2014年高考二轮复习热点预测：专题15完形填空英语试卷（解析版）

一、完型填空

1. 难度：中等

In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was   ____  that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small   ____  made me change my mind.

One day my two­year­old son,   ___   at a dozen of “stood” color marker­pens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ball­pens,   ____  to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ball­pens just lay  ____. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said   ____， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence.

My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always   ____  in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him,   ____， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised   __  about him and   ___  us to look up to him as a role model.

One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”

“Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said.

“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？”

“____.”

“Don't you have time to be with your family at all？”

He shook his head slowly and   ____  a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too ____  to even think about letting go.”

A year later I resigned. The  ____  thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I've never seen him. But occasionally his aged   ____  would come to my mind.

Until that day,  ____  knowing why the ball­pens couldn't stand up, the two­year­old had   ____  the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ball­pens and kept only those water markers for his “game”.   ___， he already learned to let go of his previous   ____ attempts.

In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to   ____  them and then decisively let go of them immediately.

1.A.confident            B．consistent         

C．conscious             D．convinced

2.A.event               B．incident           

C．accident              D．affair

3.A.pointing             B．shouting           

C．screaming            D．laughing

4.A.insisting            B．requiring          

C．intending             D．urging

5.A.flat                B．silent             

C．still                 D．quiet

6.A.deliberately         B．casually          

C．unintentionally       D．enthusiastically

7.A.interested           B．busy              

C．devoted              D．buried

8.A.therefore            B．however           

C．otherwise            D．though

9.A.high               B．highly           

C．well                D．much

10.A.promised            B．demanded         

C．inspired              D．appealed

11.A.At random         B．At times          

C．At most             D．At least

12.A.let off              B．let out            

C．sent off              D．sent out

13.A.encouraging         B．comfortable        

C．painful               D．ashamed

14.A.latter              B．later             

C．last                 D．lately

15.A.picture              B．figure             

C．reflection             D．image

16.A.for                B．with             

C．without              D．besides

17.A.received             B．accepted           

C．refused               D．rejected

18.A.Generally           B．Eventually         

C．Additionally          D．Obviously

19.A.useless              B．endless            

C．hopeful               D．meaningful

20.A.clarify  B．distinguish

C．identify  D．acknowledge

2. 难度：中等

Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having   __  is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the   ____  mentality (心态) people need in sports.

____  have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability.   ____， I was at my younger brother's baseball game the other night and his team was   ____ by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their  ____   for bravery and will to fight, his team just seemed to slowly walk around,    ____  sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so   ___  about the loss and he said it was because some kid's mom brought really good snacks.

Some parents have a  ___  with coaches shouting at their child, as they hold the view that if  a child makes a mistake, it is the coach's   ___   to correct the problem. When parents get  involved in telling the coach how to   __11__  the team, problems  ____. Some parents feel if they  pay their money, they should have an equal   ___  on how to coach the team. In order to have a  successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and  ____  the  parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to   ____   the  parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don't  ____  it.

With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the  ____. More  teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams   ____  more of what high school and junior  high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in   ____. While  having fun is important, skills and a   ____  mentality is worth more in the world of sports.

1.A.fun               B．dignity           

C．courage              D．patience

2.A.social               B．competitive        

C．healthy               D．responsible

3.A.Coaches             B．Parents            

C．Experts              D．Headmasters

4.A.As a result          B．In addition        

C．For example          D．On the contrary

5.A.up                  B．below             

C．above                D．down

6.A.scores              B．goals              

C．spirits                D．dreams

7.A.chew               B．spit               

C．count                D．swallow

8.A.worried             B．happy             

C．serious               D．casual

9.A.joke                B．problem           

C．contact               D．compromise

10.A.duty                B．experience         

C．awareness            D．turn

11.A.dismiss             B．unite              

C．handle               D．assess

12.A.stand out           B．break out          

C．work out             D．come out

13.A.say                 B．guidance           

C．response             D．reward

14.A.protect              B．defend             

C．excuse               D．discourage

15.A.assist               B．motivate           

C．please                D．blame

16.A.want                 B．deserve            

C．value                  D．appreciate

17.A.way                B．decline            

C．go                   D．rise

18.A.offer                B．require            

C．seek                 D．preserve

19.A.academics           B．sports             

C．exams                D．competitions

20.A.risking  B．controlling

C．winning  D．cooperating

3. 难度：中等

It was about the third week in June last year. My 15­year­old son had already settled into his summer routine：Go to   ____   at 2 a. m. and wake up at 1 p．m. only to get back on his computer to play computer games  ___  dinner.

It was the middle of the   ____  when the sound of his computer games woke me up again. I couldn't  ___  that any more and decided it was time for him to get a summer job. I got on the computer and found a lifeguard certification class that   ____  the next day, and a company that   ____  teenagers to guard their pools.

From that day I woke him up at 8 a．m. every day for him to   ____  the class. At first, he continued to complain that I was  ____  his summer. But by the end of the week, he was actually   ____  going. He learned something about first aid, figured he really could  ____  someone from drowning, and got some ideas on how to  ____  work for a living.

Two weeks later, he had a  ____  as a lifeguard. He took his responsibility very  ____  and never went to work late. This summer, he will be working full­time at a pool. He says a lot of his  ____  don't have jobs. And I say that is because their mothers didn't try   ____  enough! Even if your kid is super  ____  with finals and after­school activities and doesn't have time, you can  ____  job information for him.

Whether it is an ice cream store, a movie   ____， or a summer camp, you can ask if they are hiring  ___  for the summer. After your kid gets a job, pay attention to the  ____  to make sure he is never late.

1.A.school              B．study             

C．bed                  D．work

2.A.around              B．until              

C．after                 D．during

3.A.night               B．noon              

C．morning              D．afternoon

4.A.watch               B．appreciate         

C．notice                D．stand

5.A.lasted               B．rested             

C．started               D．developed

6.A.hired               B．forced             

C．persuaded            D．force

7.A.give                B．attend            

C．observe              D．help

8.A.designed            B．ruining            

C．enjoying              D．joining

9.A.looking into         B．looking out of     

C．looking down upon    D．looking forward to

10.A.recognize           B．conduct           

C．save                 D．buy

11.A.roughly             B．luckily            

C．actually              D．suddenly

12.A.job                 B．problem           

C．goal                  D．reward

13.A.slowly              B．seriously          

C．calmly               D．quickly

14.A.teachers            B．colleagues         

C．students              D．friends    

15.A.hard                B．fast               

C．early                 D．directly

16.A.clear                B．excited            

C．busy                 D．disappointed  

17.A.write down         B．think about        

C．wait for              D．search for

18.A.theatre             B．square            

C．park                 D．factory

19.A.experts             B．foreigners         

C．teenagers             D．villagers

20.A.habit  B．schedule

C．tradition  D．determination

4. 难度：中等

My mother has been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become   ____  and that I would be one of the great  ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my   ____  to it.

As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came   ____  to others. I had problems  with writing, reading and especially speaking. I didn't talk the way  ____  kids did and did not  respond to questions or stay alert (警觉的) to my surroundings. My reading was poor  ____  with  teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to   ___. My writing was not at the   ____  it  should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap  my fingers (弹手指) were  ____.

My mother   ____  all my challenges and as a professor with a PH. D. , decided to   ____  the  situation early in my development. She didn't want me to   ____. After a while, we did indeed get over all the problems that had   ____  me. She spent hours every day   ____  me everything I  needed to know, determined to help me learn.   ____  her I would not be anywhere close to the  level I am now.

In addition, she gave  ____  for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her  expectations have always been high  ___  she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She  would not allow her son to be incapable. She never   ____  on me, and to this day she tells me   education is a must. I will be a  ____  person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me  to study hard for my  ____  and attend college.

She used her gifts as a  ____  to help a child—her child—and now I have the opportunity to   become something.

1.A.everything  B．nothing

C．anything  D．something

2.A.mind  B．brain

C．feelings  D．work

3.A.smoothly  B．strongly

C．frequently  D．easily

4.A.average  B．ordinary

C．normal  D．common

5.A.just  B．ever

C．even  D．only

6.A.hear  B．write

C．read  D．understand

7.A.level  B．length

C．speed  D．degree

8.A.problems  B．excuses

C．worries  D．duties

9.A.suffered  B．observed

C．removed  D．tolerated

10.A.study  B．find

C．change  D．keep

11.A.fight  B．struggle

C．strike  D．challenge

12.A.interrupted  B．disturbed

C．terrified  D．troubled

13.A.teaching  B．giving

C．supporting  D．reminding

14.A.Without  B．Except

C．Besides  D．Beyond

15.A.information  B．advice

C．promise  D．expectation

16.A.before  B．though

C．because  D．unless

17.A.set up  B．gave up

C．pushed up  D．looked up

18.A.rich  B．famous

C．successful  D．powerful

19.A.training  B．grades

C．experiments  D．abilities

20.A.woman  B．doctor

C．sister  D．teacher

5. 难度：中等

Have you ever asked yourself what makes people successful? If you look around and talk those who are very successful, you will see that they all   ____   certain qualities which have proved  ____  for their success.

It is evident that successful people are those who act. When they find something needs to be done, they just do it instead of waiting. They believe that   ____  is taken, not given. They    ____  immediately what has to be done and then do it with   ____， thus strengthening their reputation.

Successful people are  ____  about the things they do, especially when they  ___ what  they  are doing. They are motivated by their own  ___  and the joy they get from doing their work. They work hard  ____  when no one is watching and they throw themselves into their work.

They do not   ____  failure. Failures and disappointments in life are  ____. It is failure that  teaches us much more than success. Successful people pick themselves up after a fall and try  again with more determination and   ____  and learn from each failure. They   ___  with those  they can learn from and enjoy the company of those who  ____  their achievement.

Having good IQ often gets a person what he wants but it's   ____  the EQ that keeps him  there and helps him enjoy a high reputation. Successful people are polite to everyone and treat  others with respect. By giving respect to others, they  ____  respect for themselves.

Another important   ____  of successful persons is that they never complain. It's better to  praise others and win favor with them. So instead of complaining about a situation, successful  people always try to solve it.

To put it   ____， take action and be enthusiastic. Do not be afraid to fail,  ____ get up and  start again. When you do so, success will be just  ____  the corner.

1.A.improve             B．raise               

C．test                  D．possess

2.A.vital                B．individual           

C．personal              D．mental

3.A.devotion           B．responsibility       

C．authority             D．administration

4.A.sigh               B．show               

C．weigh                D．hope

5.A.pleasure             B．honor              

C．adventure            D．behavior

6.A.enthusiastic        B．characteristic       

C．energetic             D．authentic

7.A.bring in             B．believe in           

C．call in              D．join in

8.A.effort               B．satisfaction         

C．condition             D．value

9.A.just                B．right              

C．only                 D．even

10.A.represent            B．expect               

C．fear                   D．want

11.A.apparent            B．uncomfortable     

C．unavoidable           D．urgent

12.A.commitment         B．arrangement        

C．movement            D．achievement

13.A.progress            B．work               

C．associate             D．celebrate

14.A.congratulate         B．appreciate          

C．attempt              D．choose

15.A.especially           B．totally              

C．naturally             D．really

16.A.pay                 B．receive             

C．require               D．promise

17.A.quality             B．identity            

C．ability               D．reality

18.A.honestly            B．firmly              

C．shortly               D．deeply

19.A.so                B．and               

C．or                  D．but

20.A.in                 B．at                 

C．within               D．around

6. 难度：中等

It was 1958. I was eighteen and was working as a nurse in a rural town west of Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days   ____  from duty after working overtime for some time.    ___， the only train that day back to my hometown, over 270 km away, had already   ___.    I thought I'd thumb a lift.

I waited by the side of the   ____  for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and   ____  himself as Gordon. He said that   ____  he couldn't give me a lift, I could come to his house, which was across the road, for lunch. He'd been watching me and thought I must be   ____  after standing for hours. I hesitated but he assured me I was   ____， and he also offered to help me find a   ____  home afterwards.

When we arrived at Gordon's   ____， he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he stopped a car, which took me to my hometown.

Then I got married, but my husband didn't believe in giving   ____  a ride. This made me feel   ____  when we'd pass people waiting on the roadside, as I could   ____  offer them the lift they hoped for.

Twenty­five years later, in 1983, I was driving alone to a nearby town, when I   ____  an elderly man with a small boy, standing in the glaring heat, trying to   ____   a ride. I saw my chance to repay someone for the   ____   I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked the   ____  up. I made them comfortable on the back seat and   ____  some water and sweets.

After a few minutes of small talk, the man said to me，“You haven't changed a bit,   ____ your red hair is still the same.” I couldn't   ____  where I'd met him. He then told me he was Gordon.

1.A.off                  B．away              

C．out                   B．up

2.A.Surprisingly         B．Hopefully         

C．Unfortunately        D．Strangely

3.A.started             B．left                

C．delayed               D．arrived

4.A.town                B．station            

C．railway               D．highway

5.A.considered          B．described          

C．introduced            D．named

6.A.when               B．once               

C．although              D．unless

7.A.tired                B．thirsty            

C．angry               D．hungry

8.A.careful               B．safe                

C．young                 D．suspicious

9.A.lift                  B．way               

C．train                 D．bicycle

10.A.kitchen             B．shop              

C．house                D．garage

11.A.villagers             B．strangers           

C．relatives               D．neighbours

12.A.bad                 B．nervous           

C．excited               D．anxious

13.A.ever               B．still               

C．never                 D．sometimes

14.A.recognized          B．noticed            

C．knew                D．observed

15.A.offer                B．enjoy              

C．demand              D．get

16.A.support             B．debt               

C．effort                D．favour

17.A.pair                 B．couple             

C．group                D．team

18.A.exchanged          B．shared             

C．drank                D．brought

19.A.even                 B．only                

C．thus                   D．just

20.A.remind              B．repeat             

C．recommend           D．recall

7. 难度：中等

Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out.  She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday   ____， but lacked   ____   for the things that mattered most.

She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to   ___  their lives. “We had to decide what was really   ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to   ____  with their three­year­old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.

So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying  inexpensive   ____  such as reading, cooking and going to the park.

Then Shirley   ____  her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that     ____  “At your service, buy  ____  a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks  like shopping, paying bills and   ____  parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my  hours makes a   ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the   ____   or play  basketball with him. My stress and headaches are   ____.”

Shirley and her husband are   ____   alone in wanting to   ____  and live a satisfying life. A  survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and  47 percent of married couples  ____  that they lack time together.   ____  does the time go?

For most people,  ____  and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means  becoming   ____  of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things  easier. Then we have to gain   ____  over life and have time for the pleasures.

1.A.activities             B．services            

C．demands              D．exercises

2.A.time                B．strength           

C．money                D．ability

3.A.lead                 B．simplify           

C．adapt                 D．consider

4.A.comfortable         B．interesting         

C．important            D．hard

5.A.study               B．help               

C．meet                 D．play

6.A.pleasures            B．places              

C．tasks                  D．goods

7.A.found              B．received           

C．took                 D．quit

8.A.read                B．wrote             

C．showed               D．told

9.A.us                   B．yourself            

C．children               D．herself

10.A.attending            B．organizing         

C．having               D．going

11.A.life                B．result             

C．balance               D．difference

12.A.office               B．hospital           

C．park                 D．school

13.A.gone                B．better             

C．strong                D．obvious

14.A.a bit                B．far from           

C．much too             D．more than

15.．A.keep pace           B．settle down        

C．take off              D．slow down

16.A.expect              B．doubt             

C．complain             D．imagine

17.A.How                B．When             

C．Where               D．Why

18.A.traveling            B．reading            

C．shopping             D．working

19.A.aware                B．afraid              

C．proud                 D．sure

20.A.value                B．control             

C．success                D．experience

8. 难度：中等

If you're going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.

Mostly he said that after my half­hearted (不尽力的)    ____   to weed the vegetable garden.  For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still    ____    deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the    ____   again the next day with a spade dig deep and   ____ the roots of our garden.  As I tried to focus my attention to    ____， Dad's words kept echoing in my mind: “Do it right.”

I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was   ____. All of us were sad to see them go.  They were good friends and  ____， and we worried about them. And   ____， at such times you always wonder: am I next?

But as we watched them during the week they were given to   ____， many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to.    ____   none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or   ____   in their departure. I didn't hear a negative word. I didn't see any    ____   or unhappy faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.

“It's   ____，” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they    ____   comforting me.”

Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their    ____.     I don't know if my departing friends   ____    their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and   ____   us.

Lee, a man who has seen and    ____    lots of lay­offs during almost 40 up­and­down, on­again­off­again years with the company,   ____   nicely for all of us.

“Now, that's doing it right，” he said.

Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his   ____.

1.A.attempts    B．judgements

C．expectations    D．requests

2.A.planted    B．buried  

C．grown  D．stuck

3.A.house     B．school  

C．garden     D．company

4.A.look forward to           B．come up with

C．fit in with                 D．get down to

5.A.watching   B．thinking  

C．digging      D．working

6.A.turned down            B．laid off

C．cut down            D．given up

7.A.competitors              B．colleagues

C．directors                  D．consultants

8.A.frankly     B．naturally 

C．equally      D．generally

9.A.hurry up   B．turn up   

C．pack up     D．come up

10.A.Since      B．When    

C．Unless      D．While

11.A.sadness    B．puzzle    

C．anger        D．delight

12.A.tears      B．smiles    

C．dangers      D．fears

13.A.upsetting              B．exciting

C．disappointing        D．amazing

14.A.objected to             B．insisted on

     C．ended up           D．kept on

15.A.birth      B．death    

C．arrival      D．party

16.A.view       B．recognize 

C．choose      D．describe

17.A.discouraged         B．warned

C．inspired                  D．amused

18.A.celebrated            B．witnessed

C．resisted                   D．survived

19.A.made up              B．summed up

C．picked up  D．speeded up

20.A.disagreement          B．indifference

C．admiration                D．approval