Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项

Editors of newspapers and magazines often go too far in supplying readers with facts. Last year a reporter        by a well-known magazine wrote an article on the president’s        in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to    it. The article began like this, “Hundreds of steps lead to the high         surrounding the president’s palace.” The editor      sent the reporter a telegram directing him to find out the       number of steps and height of the wall.

The reporter set out to get these important facts at once, but it         him a long time to send them back. Meanwhile, the editor was growing       , for the magazine would soon be       . He sent the reporter two urgent(加急的) telegrams, but received         reply. He sent another, yet the reporter again          to reply. The editor unwillingly published the article        it had been written. A week later, the editor at last        the reporter, who told him in the letter that not only had he been arrested(逮捕)but he had been sent to        . The poor man had been seized by the police while        the 1804 steps leading to the 15-foot wall around the palace.

1.A. answered     B. sent        C. wanted       D. taken

2.A. hometown    B. office    C. palace       D. family

3.A. publish     B. rewrite     C. sign         D. talk about

4.A. palace       B. wall      C. country      D. prison

5.A. quickly     B. later    C. hurriedly     D. immediately

6.A. exact       B. large      C. small        D. unknown

7.A. took        B. spent       C. got          D. found

8.A. glad        B. fast        C. anxious      D. happy

9.A. sold        B. sent      C. shown        D. printed

10.A. no          B. much        C. one           D. any

11.A. managed   B. failed     C. had         D. ought

12.A. until      B. like       C. when         D. as

13.A. met with    B. looked for  C. came across   D. heard from

14.A. a hotel   B. prison     C. the palace   D. the office

15.A. counting    B. going      C. measuring    D. drawing

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于故事类文章，讲述记者核实新闻信息被逮捕的故事。

1.B 考察动词。一家著名杂志派去西非国家的记者写一篇关于总统宫殿的文章，根据本句后面in a new African republic可知是被派去的，故选B。

2.C 考察名词。根据后文可知，文章是关于宫殿的，故选C。

3.A 考察动词。根据后文The editor unwillingly published the article可知，起初编辑拒绝发表，故选A。

4.B 考察名词。根据后文number of steps and height of the wall可知文章是关于宫殿的台阶和墙的，故选B。

5.D 考察副词。根据后文The reporter set out to get these important facts at once记者马上出发去获取重要的信息可知，编辑立即发了一份电报给记者，故选D。

6.A 考察形容词。根据后文the 1804 steps leading to the 15-foot wall around the palace可知，编辑叫记者去获取确切的数量，故选A。exact：准确的；unknown：未知的。

7.A 考察动词。花了很长时间返回信息，此句为句型it takes sb time to do sth，故选A。

8.C 考察形容词。根据后文He sent the reporter two urgent(加急的) telegrams可知，编辑变得很焦急，故选C。

9.D 考察动词。根据上文编辑变得焦急可知其原因是因为杂志很快就出版了，故选D。

10.A 考察代词。通过后文who told him in the letter that not only had he been arrested(逮捕)可知，编辑没有收到回复，故选A。

11.B 考察动词。通过后文who told him in the letter that not only had he been arrested(逮捕)可知，记者还是没有回复编辑，故选B。 manage to do sth: 努力做成某事；fail to do :做某事没成功；ought to do :应该做。

12.D 考察状语从句引导词。根据上下文可知，编辑没有收到记者的回复，因此不情愿地原封不动地发表了这篇文章，此处为方式状语从句，as：按照，故选D。

13.D 考察动词短语。根据后文who told him in the letter that not only had he been arrested(逮捕)可知，编辑收到记者的来信，故选D。meet with:遇见；come across：邂逅，偶遇；hear from：收到来信.

14.B 考察名词。根据本句not only …but also的结构可知，他不仅被逮捕了，而且还入狱了，故选B。

15. 考察动词。根据其宾语the 1804 steps可知，是数数，故用A。

考点：考察故事类文章。

【名师点睛】

【完型填空题的命题趋势】

1.侧重基础知识，考查学生语言知识的能力

完型填空以文入手，结合文章的内容考查学生的基础知识，主要是词语搭配、近义词辨析、辨析句子结构、掌握语法规则的能力。如第42小题A. Looked for寻找；B. Looked through浏览；C. looked into调查；D. looked after照顾。这里是指检查房子，选B。

2.上下文对照，考查学生捕捉关键词的能力

解完型填空题时，单独看一句话是找不到正确答案的，需要阅读下句或者若干句才能明白。所谓上下对照，即在上文和下文中找到与正确答案相同的关键词。因此，在做题时要边读边在大脑中储存上下文信息的能力，捕捉关键词。

3.设置语境，考查学生的分析推理能力

旨在考查学生在选项都符合语法及句子结构的情况下能否利用前后语境去推断出正确答案。

4.结合生活，考查学生利用常识题的能力

目的考查学生的生活常识，看看学生是否善于观察生活，积累生活常识，能否利用常识去做恰当的选择。

5.关注连词，考查学生对行文逻辑、句子关联的理解能力

此项用来考查学生在缺少连词的情况想，通过阅读能否理解句子的与句子的关系，是否了解行文逻辑的要求，能否掌握表示因果、转折、并列、条件、让步等的连词的用法。