【来源】[2017·河南省平顶山市高三第一次模拟]
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
—Eric Hoffer
According to legend, a young man while walking in the desert came across a spring of delicious crystalclear water.The water was so sweet, he __ __ his leather canteen so that he __ __ bring some back to an elder who had been his teacher.After a fourday journey he __ __ the water to the old man who took a __ __ drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student for the sweet water.The young man returned to his village__ __ a happy heart.
Later, the teacher let another student __ __ the water.He spat it out, saying it was __ __．It apparently had become sour __ __ the old leather container.The student __ __ his teacher，“Master, the water was foul.Why did you __ __ to like it？”The teacher replied, “You only tasted the water.I tasted the __ __．The water was simply the container for an act of lovingkindness and __ __ could be sweeter.”
I think we understand this lesson best __ __ we receive innocent gifts of love from young children.__ __ it's a jewel or a stone the natural and proper response is __ __ and expressed thankfulness because we love the idea __ __ the gift.
Gratitude doesn't always come naturally.__ __，most children and many adults value only the thing given _ __ the feeling in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and __ __ of feelings and expressions of gratitude.__ __，gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
1. A．cleared B．emptied C．filled D．freed
2. A．should B．could C．needed D．dared
3. A．contributed B．delivered C．posted D．presented
4. A．deep B．long C．hard D．broad
5. A．beyond B．with C．without D．under
6. A．breathe B．suck C．taste D．lick
7. A．sweet B．dirty C．salty D．awful
8. A．because of B．despite of C．instead of D．regardless of
9. A．offended B．challenged C．answered D．demanded
10. A．try B．intend C．pretend D．want
11. A.feeling B．gift C．dish D．mood
12. A.something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
13. A.before B．after C．when D．until
14. A.Either B．Neither C．However D．Whether
15. A.appreciation B．excitement C．disappointment D．satisfaction
16. A.for B．within C．about D．over
17. A.Luckily B．Honestly C．Unfortunately D．Actually
18. A.rather than B．other than C．more than D．less than
19. A.height B．depth C．accuracy D．purity
20. A.Above all B．In all C．After all D．At all
【来源】安徽省江南十校2017届高三3月联考
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I write, a gentle, much needed rain is falling this morning. It has been a dry___ ___have in Vermont,___ ___dry that the Spring Peepers(雨蛙)were late in coming that many thought these frogs would fail to bless us with their song. But they came, and I cant’ blame them for being___ ___. They are a___ ___of spring, and of rebirth.
It is late June and the mountain snow has___ ___the higher slopes(斜坡)of the mountains. My family___ ___our garden during the last weekend of May, and frost came twice since then,___ ___not a killing frost. But others were not so lucky: they lost most of young plants this year. Twice this spring has been____ ____enough in the day that my family went swimming, but there was ___ ___on the ground the next morning.
Planting a garden in Vermont amounts to an act of___ ___. Will our sweat___ ___, or will these efforts be in vain? My family was recently faced with a___ ___decision: shall we leave this place and its people, or shall we stay and make a____ ____? Well, we have decided this is___ ___we will make our stand___ ___the garden, this year we have planted ourselves. Will my family be___ ___with what is needed to grow and flourish(兴旺)? We have no way of knowing this but we do have faith.
What is planted must be revisited often and the garden must be taken care of with love, which ___ ___to our lives as well. Hopes and dreams must be revisited often or fear that we lose sight of the things___ ___. Commitments must be ___ ___as carefully as any garden plot. But as with gardening, there are no___ ___. But there is faith, and today is a beautiful day.
1. A. summer B. spring C. fall D. winter
2. A. too B. rather C. so D. much
3. A. late B. lazy C. swift D. noisy
4. A. scene B. reward C. message D. sign
5. A. covered B. decorated C. left D. awoken
6. A. weeded B. watered C. cleared D. planted
7. A. luckily B. properly C. obviously D. closely
8. A. fresh B. warm C. bitter D. cool
9. A. snow B. rain C. mist D. frost
10. A. love B. prayer C. faith D. choice
11. A. pay off B. flood out C. fall off D. run out
12. A. primary B. tough C. random D. casual
13. A. mistake B. profit C. commitment D. compromise
14. A. why B. what C. how D. where
15. A. Due to B. Rather than C. Along with D. Regardless of
16. A. blessed B. surrounded C. filled D. satisfied
17. A. occurs B. applies C. submits D. keeps
18. A. hurt B. change C. stay D. matter
19. A. made B. tended C. settled D. reviewed
20. A. harvests B. possibilities C. guarantees D. advantages
【来源】福建省泉州市2017届高三下学期高中毕业班3月质量检测
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A. B.C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白
处的最佳选项。
Sometimes you meet an ordinary person doing something extraordinary. On a recent trip I met Normand Gallant. Normand is someone you could pass on the street and ___ ___ notice but he is a very special person who_____ _____ recognition.
Norm lives in a remote area far from the ____ ____ big hospital, so when his wife____ ____
cancer several years ago, Norm was faced with a four hour___ ___to where she could be treated. That meant lots of____ ____ for meals, fuel, hotels and so on. But in the end the cancer took his wife ___ ___
Norm was obviously____ ____ by his wife's passing, but he was also very angry,____ ____ he realized that other people were___ ___ the same sorts of hardships. He wanted to do something but he didn't want to give money to the ___ ___ that support cancer research because he didn't know how much would actually get to the researchers. What he did was to ____ ____ parties.
About every three weeks on Saturday evenings, there is a party in Norm's garage. There is music and dancing, and ___ ___ during the evening Norm tells about a family who are having difficulties ____ ____the cost of supporting a cancer patient undertaking ____ ____ far from home. Then a honey-pail is passed around and the money ___ ___, every cent of it goes___ ___ to that family.
Norm's personal loss has ___ ___ an act of kindness that honors the ____ ____ of the wife he has lost. Wouldn't it be ___ ___if we had more people in the world like Normand Gallant? He makes the world a better place.
1. A. often B. ever C. always D. never
2. A. deserves B. dislikes C. avoids D. achieves
3. A. best B. nearest C. cleanest D. cheapest
4. A. discovered B. cured C. examined D. developed
5. A. flight B. walk C. drive D. wait
6. A. trouble B. expense C. efforts D. preparations
7. A. anyway B. somehow C. meanwhile D. instead
8. A. impressed B. stricken C. moved D. terrified
9. A. if B. although C. before D. because
10. A. understanding B. questioning C. facing D. settling
11. A. doctors B. families C. organizations D. hospitals
12. A. attend B. promote C. throw D. enjoy
13. A. at some point B. by this means C. for some reason D. in this case
14. A. calculating B. decreasing C. budgeting D. meeting
15. A. research B. treatment C. responsibility D. risk
16. A. collected B. distributed C. saved D. deposited
17. A. gradually B. smoothly C. directly D. explicitly
18. A. served as B. resulted from C. gone through D. contributed to
19. A. memory B. recovery C. cancer D. kindness
20. A. interesting B. nice C. precious D. meaningful
【来源】2017届广西玉林市、贵港市2017届高中毕业班质量检测
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuously for half a month,___ ___the railways, highways, and runways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed（使瘫痪）the power and communication system. Many people were___ ___in railway stations, bus stations and airports, and___ ___in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could to fight the snow___ ___, resulting in the good news that no one was killed from___ ___and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home___ ___.While fighting the snow, people forgot their___ ___until a moving story of a swallow couple was widely___ ___on the Internet.
Being hungry and cold, the swallow couple tried to fly___ ___people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed___ ___.They jumped and flapped their wings to___ ___the attention of the people inside the house, but failed. The wife’s body was___ ___, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. He lost his___ ___soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the end.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to___ ___his flowers because of concern and saw a___ ___swallow outside the window pane. Touching it, he found that they were two___ ___together.Moved to tears, he took them in, giving them some___ ___, but in vain. He found a small cardboard box, laid them in and___ ___them in the back garden.
In my hometown, in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the___ ___of my house. I wonder if they will come back this spring___ ___they did.
1. A. protecting B. maintaining C. blocking D. keeping
2. A. restricted B. stuck C. surrounded D. persuaded
3. A. even B. still C. yet D. nevertheless
4. A. disturbance B. occurrence C. incident D. disaster
5. A. cold B. disease C. poverty D. thirsty
6. A. merrily B. safely C. excitedly D. exhaustedly
7. A. family B. distant relatives C. parents D. animal friends
8. A. broadcast B. written C. spread D. identified
9. A. into B. through C. beyond D. across
10. A. tightly B. early C. secretly D. quickly
11. A. pay B. attract C. resist D. keep
12. A. injured B. lifted C. frozen D. broken
13. A. heat B. strength C. direction D. eyesight
14. A. water B. plant C. dig D. check
15. A. dead B. drunk C. lively D. lovely
16. A. touching B. embracing C. living D. lying
17. A. warmth B. food C. kindness D. fruit
18. A. left B. sheltered C. buried D. threw
19. A. roof B. basement C. window D. wall
20. A. when B. as C. unless D. if
【来源】2017河北省石家庄市高三复习教学质量检测（二）
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When my sister Diane began playing the violin,she was seven.How did she sound?Terrible.But she didn’t___ ___At twelve,she asked our parents if she could___ ___a full-time music school.They said no.Actually,everyone agreed that my sister___ ___talent.
I was better at my___ ___.My teacher had told my parents that I had great___ ___.So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to___ ___me.But the only time he was___ ___was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m.Back then,I was___ ___about the British TV show “The Avengers”,which was___ ___every Saturday at 3 p.m.I let nothing take up.my “Avengers”hour.So I___ ___this amazing opportunity.Today,I don’t even have a___ ___in my house.
My sister became an engineer,but she___ ___stopped making music.When she was in her 40s,she switched___ ___.She went back to college,got a(n)___ ___in music education,and became a music teacher.She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never___ ___.
Recently,she and a pianist pal put on a recital.A big crowd of friends and family___ ___for her.As she played,I looked around at the___ ___.Everyone was__ ___enjoying the music.It occurred to me that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those perfectly___ __sounds and knew how far she had come,despite ____ ____.
Talent is important.But enthusiasm is even more important.
1.A. advance B. quit C. reflect D. listen
2.A. inspect B. open C. attend D. visit
3.A. lacked B. spotted C. possessed D. admired
4.A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument
5.A. patience B. enthusiasm C. potential D. ambition
6.A. train B. examine C. correct D. challenge
7.A. punctual B. skillful C. occupied D. available
8.A. sensitive B. crazy C. serious D. particular
9.A. filmed B. designed C. aired D. commented
10.A. jumped at B. turned down C. waited for D. opened up
11.A. tutor B. violin C. musician D. piano
12. A. never B. once C. already D. even
13. A. attitudes B. careers C. plans D. positions
14. A. scholarship B. sponsor C. degree D. assistant
15. A. provided B. imagined C. received D. expected
16. A. voted B. feared C. stayed up D. turned up
17. A. students B. audience C. spotlights D. platform
18. A. obviously B. desperately C. appropriately D. anxiously
19. A. booming B. pleasing C. awful D. powerful
20. A. everything B. something C. everybody D. somebody
【来源】2017届四川省凉山州高中毕业班第二次诊断
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、 B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a temporary teacher, my daily routine___ __driving to a new school___ ___every day, so I’m usually unable to anticipate (预料) the day’s events, good or bad.
On one particular day, I was teaching in a very___ ___class. I was managing behavior all the morning and by lunch time, I needed coffee to___ ___the afternoon. So at my lunch___ ___, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of___ ___. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had___ ___my keys and my phone___ ___. I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4–or–5 minute___ ___. I thought of rushing back, but it being____ ____, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much___ ____.
So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the___ ____plaza and asked the man at the counter who ____ ____to be the manager to help me call a tab. I____ ____explained my situation and he hurried to the back to use the phone____ ____I paced in the restaurant.
The manager returned____ ____to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got____ ___. My expression began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.
Almost immediately, the manager grabbed his coat and____ ____to drive me to the school. Without____ ____, I followed him into his car and made back into my classroom with 2 minutes to ____ ____before the bell!
1.A. concludes B. involves C. relates D. connects
2.A. almost B. hardly C. really D. luckily
3.A. easy B. pleasant C. difficult D. noisy
4.A. cost B. pick C. finish D. survive
5.A. stop B. stay C. pause D. break
6.A. tea B. milk C. coffee D. wine
7.A. locked B. forgot C. threw D. shut
8.A. down B. inside C. up D. outside
9.A. distance B. drive C. walk D. time
10.A. summer B. fall C. winter D. spring
11.A. worse B. easier C. better D. simpler
12.A. other B. another C. next D. same
13.A. turned B. explained C. happened D. came
14. A. quickly B. briefly C. slowly D. hurriedly
15.A. after B. until C. when D. while
16.A. even B. only C. still D. yet
17.A. disconnected B. stuck C. troubled D. interrupted
18.A. dragged B. pulled C. offered D. pushed
19.A. problem B. choice C. alternative D. hesitation
20.A. spare B. leave C. ring D. control
