Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Running for a Dream

I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the ____ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come ____ me. I saw worry and ____ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles. I felt ____. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled ____ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the ____ required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races，I didn't ____ out in the front，I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning，my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I ____ see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into ____ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them ____ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me. ____ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed. I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the ____ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both ____ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep ____ until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to ____ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry , Dad, I'm so sorry I ____ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just ____. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so ____. What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a ____ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a ____. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

1.A. dream     B. weather      C. result        D. day

2.A. for         B. to            C. across        D. over

3.A. coldness    B. astonishment  C. excitement    D. amusement

4.A. proud     B. great         C. nervous      D. afraid

5.A. programs     B. studies       C. instructions  D. practices

6.A. sacrifice    B. potential     C. patience      D. attention

7.A. look        B. move         C. start         D. come

8.A. should      B. could       C. must          D. need

9.A. relief       B. spirit        C. pleasure     D. glory

10.A. give        B. feel          C. hold          D. add

11.A. Where      B. Because     C. If            D. Although

12.A. trust       B. emotion     C. strength      D. confidence

13.A. loud        B. foreign       C. soft          D. firm

14.A. going       B. running       C. fighting      D. training

15.A. refer      B. talk          C. listen        D. agree

16.A. frightened  B. disturbed     C. disappointed D. bored

17.A. develop     B. change        C. follow        D. happen

18.A. late        B. hard          C. closely      D. quickly

19.A. new       B. near          C. rough         D. narrow

20.A. wish        B. duty          C. rank         D. race

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于记叙文，讲述了作者在一次赛跑中腿部受伤仍坚持爬过终点线，从而对人生有了更深刻的感悟。

1.D 考查上下文串联。名词dream梦想；weather天气；result结果；day日子；根据本文第一句I will never forget the November day中的the November day可知D正确。

2.A 考查介词辨析。介词for为了；to到达；across横过；over越过，超过；介词for 表目的，意为“为了……”很多熟悉的人为了我来看这场比赛。故A正确。

3.C 考查名词辨析。名词coldness冷酷；冷淡；astonishment惊讶；excitement兴奋；激动；amusement娱乐；情感线索，结合排除法，爸爸此时的心情既担心又感到兴奋。故C正确。

4.B 考查上下文串联。形容词proud自豪的；great伟大的，非常好的；nervous紧张的；afraid害怕的；根据后一句I had never before been ready for something. 所以刚开始跑的时候作者感觉很好。故B正确。

5.D 考查生活常识。名词programs节目，程序；studies学习，研究；instructions指导；使用说明；practice练习，训练；为了比赛的胜利而要控制训练的量和饮食。故D正确。

6.A 考查动词辨析。名词sacrifice牺牲；potential潜力；patience耐心；attention注意力；我朋友们理解我为实现梦想而做出的牺牲。根据句意可知A正确。

7.C 考查上下文串联。动词look观看；move移动；start开始；come来到；在我所有的比赛中，我开始的时候并没有领先，我喜欢赶超别人。故C正确。

8.B 考查情态问题辨析。情态动词should应该；could能够；must一定，想必；need需要；本句中could是过去式，表示过去的能力，我能看到终点线。与ACD三项语义不搭配。故B正确。

9.D 考查逻辑推理。名词relief放松，欣慰；spirit精神；pleasure快乐，乐趣；glory 光荣，荣誉。此句话意思是我要做最后的冲刺了，很快就能取得胜利的荣誉。故D正确。

10.C 考查动词搭配。动词give给予；feel感觉；hold控制，坚持，支撑；add增加；我的腿不能支撑住我身体的重量。ABD三项与weight不搭配。故C正确。

11.D 考查连词辨析。连词where在哪里；because因为；if如果；although尽管；尽管我知道我已无缘夺冠，但是我还要继续完成比赛。根据句意可知上下文之间是转折该词，所以使用although引导让步状语从句。

12.C 考查名词辨析。名词trust信任；emotion情绪，情感；strength力气，力量；confidence信心；作者尽全力，用手和膝盖朝终点爬去。能够让我们爬向终点的不是信任、情感和信心，而是我们的力气。故C正确。

13.B 考查形容词辨析。形容词loud大声的；响亮的；foreign 在这里不是国外的，是和familiar 相对，意为陌生的;soft柔软的；firm坚定的；我听到熟悉和陌生的声音都在鼓励着我向前。故B正确。

14.A 考查上下文串联。动词go走，前进；run奔跑；fight战斗；train训练；动词短语keep going 继续保持，作者此时是爬行，所以不选running。故A正确。

15.B 考查上下文串联。动词refer提到，参考；talk谈话；listen听；agree同意；根据下一句I whisper，可知选择talk，我只想和一个人谈谈。与ACD三项不搭配。故B正确。

16.C 考查动词辨析。动词frighten使....害怕；disturb打扰打断；disappoint使...失望；bore使...厌倦；根据下文you could never disappoint me.可知我对父亲说：对不起，我让你失望了。故C正确。

17.D 考查动词辨析。动词develop发展，形成；change改变；follow跟随，采纳；happen发生；父亲告诉我这种事难免发生，重要的是你要尽最大努力。故D正确。

18.B 考查副词辨析。动词late晚地；迟地；hard努力地；艰难地；closely亲密地；接近地；quickly迅速地；动词短语work hard 努力；父亲告诉我只要我努力了就行了，有些事情是没有办法避免的。故B正确。

19.A 考查形容词辨析。形容词new新的；near附近的；rough艰难的；narrow狭窄的；没过多久我又穿上了跑鞋，开始了一段新的征程。与之前的经历无关，我重新走上人生新历程。故A正确。

20.D 考查上下文串联。此句是文章的升华，把race 上升到人生高度。我和父亲一起经历的不是一场简单的跑步比赛，而是一场人生的宝贵经历。故D正确。

【名师点睛】

在完成完形填空时，我们可以从以下三个方面着手：

1、跳读首尾句进行预测

一般来讲，高考完形填空的首、尾句通常是不挖空的。先跳读这两句，便可判断体裁，猜想它要讲什么。若首句交代了when, where, who, what，即四个W，那么就是记叙文，很可能就是一个故事，为了测试语篇的理解能力，出题者特别注意选材的趣味性，其结尾往往出人意料，耐人寻味；若首句是提出或解释说明某事物，一般来说是说明文；若首句提出一个论点，那么就是议论文。

首句往往开宗明义，是文章的主题。细读首句可启示全文。而尾句又往往是对文章主题的总结。所以，它们是了解文章大意的一个窗口，对我们理解全文有着重要的启示作用。因此，要充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，寻找文章的脉络与线索。

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.本文主要讲述的是苏格兰第一位女打击乐器独奏演员Evelyn Glennie在耳聋的情况下成功学习打击乐器的经历。根据首句给出的信息，下面我们可以猜想Evelyn Glennie学习打击乐器过程必然充满困难，而能够在耳聋的情况下学习打击乐器，Evelyn Glennie对音乐肯定也是充满热情的。

2. 利用语法分析解题

完形填空虽然以语境填空为主，但也有部分考查语法项目的题目。对于这类题，考生可以利用平时所学的词汇知识，分析单词(组)的使用范围、动词的及物和不及物，并利用句子结构、句式特点等知识全面衡量所有选项排除干扰。

如：______do you suppose he asked for them?

A. What B. How C. Who D. Which

解析：本题中，do you suppose为插入成分。he asked for them是一个相对独立和完整的句子，因此空格处应该用副词How来修饰谓语动词asked，而不能用代词What, Who或 Which。

______ I had been born in the 16th century, I would have had no job.

A. Because B. While C. If D. Since

解析:根据后面的I had been born in the 16th century可知这只是个假设，是一个虚拟语气的条件句。故前面要用if引导。

3. 利用固定搭配解题

完形填空题中对词汇知识的考查，主要体现在习惯用法和同义词、近义词的辨析两方面。习惯用法是英语中某种固定的结构形态，即所谓的“习语”，不能随意改动。所以，考生平时应掌握好习惯用法。对词义辨析题的考查有加大力度的趋势。要做好这类题，需要有较大的词汇量和词语搭配能力、词语辨析能力，特别是在特定的语境中能灵活运用的能力。

如： They couldn't read or write. They didn't like to work and they never ______ baths.

12. A. took B. washed C. ran D. covered

解析：本题考查的是固定搭配take a bath，意为“洗澡”。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be _____ but a failure.”

2. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

解析:本题考查习语anything but，意为“决不”“根本不”，即校长认为我肯定是一个失败的人。

考点：考查夹叙夹议类阅读