One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dried up well. The animal cried   16  for hours as the farmer tried to  17  what to do. Finally, he decided that the animal was  18  , the well needed to be covered up, and  19   the donkey just wasn’t worth the  20  , so he invited his neighbors to  21   and help him bury the donkey in the well. They all held shovels (鏟) and begin to shovel  22   into the well. At first, the donkey  23   what was happing and  24   cried pitifully. Then, to everyone’s  25  , he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked  26   into the well and was  27   at what he saw.  28   each shovel load of dirt that hit his back, the donkey  29   something surprising. He shook it off and took a step up! As the farmer’s neighbors  30   to shovel dirt  31   the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. The donkey stepped  32   over the edge of the well! As with the donkey,  33   is going to shovel dirt  34   you, all kinds of dirt. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, by never giving 35  .

1.A. happily           B. hardly        C. sadly           D. greatly

2.A. carry out        B. think out         C. leave out       D. watch out

3.A. young             B. small           C. old     D. large

4.A. rescuing         B. killing         C. selling        D. buying

5.A. money            B. effort         C. praise         D. time

6.A. come around     B. come over    C. come down   D. come to

7.A. stone     B. earth          C. dirt             D. soil

8.A. realized          B. found         C. heard         D. saw

9.A. again     B. ever           C. never         D. once

10.A. joy       B. amazement    C. disappoint ment    D. excitement

11.A. off       B. down          C. up      D. over

12.A. astonished        B. sorry         C. worried D. angry

13.A. With             B. As      C. For              D. On

14.A. did       B. had             C. made          D. considered

15.A. began          B. stopped C. started      D. con tinued

16.A. at the top of     B. on top of       C. at the foot ofD. in front of

17.A. luckily          B. successfullyC. hard               D. easily

18.A. life       B. world         C. time             D. work

19.A. off     B. on      C. up               D. down

20.A. up       B. away           C. in      D. out

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析:文章講述了一個(gè)寓言故事。一頭毛驢掉到深井里,主人打算放棄它,用土把井填上。起初毛驢驚恐哀叫,但是不久,人們竟然發(fā)現(xiàn)毛驢把填到井里的土都踩在腳下,然后一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地接近了地面。故事告訴我們,當(dāng)人們面對(duì)困境時(shí),不要驚慌失措,要善于利用不利條件,將它們變成我們通向成功的基石。

1.C 考查副詞辨析。A. 高興地;B. 幾乎不;C. 難過地;D. 非常,很。從情理可知毛驢掉到深井里,當(dāng)然會(huì)傷心難過,所以C選項(xiàng)正確。句意:毛驢悲哀得嚎叫。

2.B 考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. 執(zhí)行,開展;B. 想出;C. 遺漏;      D. 小心,留神。毛驢掉到井里了,從情理上推斷主人應(yīng)該去想辦法如何把它弄上來(lái),所以B選項(xiàng)正確。

3.C考查形容詞辨析。A年輕的;B. 小的;C. 老的;D. 大的。從下文主人做出要掩埋毛驢的決定可以推斷出毛驢是老了,沒什么用了,所以C選項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。

4.A考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 營(yíng)救;B. 殺死;C. 出售; D. 購(gòu)買。從常理可知毛驢掉井里了主人要做的就是把它救上來(lái),所以選A。

5.B考查名詞辨析。 A. 錢;B. 努力;C. 表?yè)P(yáng);D. 時(shí)間。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知把掉井里的毛驢弄到地面上不是容易的事情,所以此處用effort“努力,費(fèi)勁”。句意:他認(rèn)為不值得花大力氣把這頭老驢弄上來(lái)。

6.B 考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. 繞道而行;B.過來(lái);C. 降低;D. 共計(jì)。從下文主人和鄰居一起填井可知,此時(shí)毛驢的主人請(qǐng)鄰居們過來(lái),故正確答案是B。

7.C 考查名詞辨析。A.石頭;B.泥土;C. 灰塵;D. 土壤。從下文28空后面的each shovel load of dirt 可知C選項(xiàng)正確。

8.A考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A.意識(shí)到;B. 發(fā)現(xiàn);C. 聽說(shuō);        D. 看到。從情理推測(cè)毛驢看到人們用土埋井,應(yīng)該是明白了主人的意圖打算,所以此處用realize,正確答案是A。

9.A考查副詞辨析。A.再,又;B. 曾經(jīng);C. 從來(lái)不;D. 一旦,一次。從文章開頭The animal cired 可知此處應(yīng)該是“再次,又”,所以A選項(xiàng)正確。

10.B考查名詞辨析。A.高興;         B. 驚訝;C失望;D.興奮。按照情理,毛驢在一直哀嚎,突然間不叫了,人們應(yīng)該是感到納悶,好奇,所以選B。

11.B考查副詞辨析。A.離開;B. 向下;C. 向上;D. 結(jié)束。因?yàn)槿藗冊(cè)诘孛嫔,向井里看的時(shí)候應(yīng)該是低頭向下看,所以選B。

12.A考查形容詞辨析。A.驚訝的;B. 難過的;C. 擔(dān)心的;D. 生氣的。上文講人們對(duì)毛驢突然不叫了感到好奇,而且下文29空后出現(xiàn)的something surprising 也提示了此處是發(fā)生了讓人驚訝的事,故A選項(xiàng)正確。句意:農(nóng)民低頭向井里看,對(duì)于他所看到的情景感到萬(wàn)分驚訝。

13.A考查介詞辨析。A.用,具有;B.當(dāng)。。時(shí);C.因?yàn);D. 在。。。上面。從情景判斷此處是毛驢如何應(yīng)對(duì)落到它身上的泥土的,后句中的do和with恰好構(gòu)成短語(yǔ)do sth with sth“處理,對(duì)付”,句意:對(duì)于落到它身上的每一鐵鍬泥土,毛驢做著讓人驚訝的舉動(dòng)。故A選項(xiàng)正確。

14.A 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 做;B. 有C. 制作;D. 考慮。從詞義搭配上可知選A。do thing“做事”

15.D 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A.開始;        B. 停止;C. 開始;D.繼續(xù)。從文章內(nèi)容可知此處不是開始也不是停止填井,而應(yīng)該是繼續(xù)這樣做,故D選項(xiàng)正確。

16.B 考查介詞短語(yǔ)。A. 在。。。的頂端(內(nèi)部);B. 在。。。的頂部(外部);C.在。。。腳下;D. 在。。。前面。從情理推測(cè)人們埋井填土?xí)r,土是落到驢子的身上,所以選B。

17.B考查副詞辨析。A.幸運(yùn)地;B. 成功地;C.艱難地;D. 容易地。從上文he take a step up可知通過把土踩到腳下,毛驢成功地又回到地面上,所以B選項(xiàng)正確。

18.A考查名詞辨析。A生活,生命;B. 世界;C. 時(shí)間;D. 工作。從情理推測(cè)此處是作者是就這個(gè)故事發(fā)表議論,來(lái)暗示人們對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度,所以A選項(xiàng)正確。

19.B 考查介詞辨析。A離開;B. 在。。。上;C. 向上;D. 向下。從故事的敘述可知泥土是落到毛驢身上,所以同樣地,生活的煩惱和困擾也像塵土一樣落到你的身上,所以B為正確選項(xiàng)。

20.A考查副詞辨析。 A.向上;B.離開;C.向里,在。。。里;D. 向外,在。。。外。Give up是固定短語(yǔ)“放棄”;give away“泄漏,贈(zèng)送”;give in“屈服,投降”;give out“分發(fā),用盡”從故事可知,人們要不放棄,才會(huì)獲得成功,所以A選項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn):考查故事類短文。

 

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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:20102011學(xué)年北京東城區(qū)高三下學(xué)期第二次聯(lián)考英語(yǔ)卷 題型:完型填空

完形填空(共20小題;每小題l.5分,共30分)

    閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

    The Man Who Achieved Everything He Could

Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire --- he ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.

There were so many things he could do. He felt like the whole world could be his, 36   he set his mind to it.

He knew that his  37  had no limits. He knew that he could accumulate  38  that would dwarf (使相形見絀) that of ancient kings; he knew that he could  39  books that would shake the minds of generations; he knew that he could  40  things that would forever change the lives of millions of people. He lived, constantly feeling the power within --- and that power knew no bounds.

There was only one problem: having such a potential, but only one  41, he had to make a choice. He had to decide where to  42  all of his ability. Making that decision was extremely hard, for any  43  meant cutting off some future achievements. In the meantime, he went to school, graduated, found a job, married, and  44  children. And he spent every minute of his spare time trying to decide  45  he should bring his potential into full play.

Time went by, and he grew  46. Some roads he used to dream about became closed to him. But there was still so much he could accomplish.

One day, a sudden chest pain made him come home early. He dragged his feet to the bathroom. There, feeling  47, he looked in the mirror. A worn-out, gray-haired man stared back at him. He looked  48  into these eyes and, all of a sudden, 49  one simple truth. The next moment, the pain came again, and his heart stopped  50  forever.

The truth that came upon him was rather simple: People only flatter themselves (自以為是,自鳴得意) by thinking that they could have  51  this or that if not for such-and-such circumstances. Yet this is nothing but  52  . You simply lack something that is  53 for achieving that goal you’ve never reached — a talent, a skill, willpower,  54 something else. In fact,  55  you don’t achieve is something you’re not capable of achieving.

 

1. A. before            B. since                C. if               D. though

2. A. wisdom        B. potential            C. world            D. freedom

3.A. courage        B. interest             C. knowledge        D. power

4. A. write             B. read                 C. buy              D. edit

5. A. invent            B. acquire          C. adopt            D. destroy

6. A. step          B. life                 C. chance           D. condition

7.A. promote        B. accumulate       C. increase             D. apply

8. A. choice        B. mistake          C. failure          D. effort

9.A. assisted       B. loved            C. raised           D. punished

10. A. why          B. where            C. when             D. whether

11. A. greedier         B. wiser            C. older                D. cruder

12. A. sleepy           B. weak                 C. satisfied            D. comfortable

13. A. carelessly       B. secretly             C. angrily          D. closely

14. A. realized         B. remembered       C. reminded             D. created

15. A. fueling      B. starting             C. beating          D. moving

16. A. learned      B. achieved         C. undertaken       D. doubted

17.A. reality           B. history          C. imagination      D. record

18. A. unimportant      B. necessary        C. unbelievable         D. ordinary

19.A. and           B. even                 C. or               D. as

20. A. what             B. which            C. that                 D. how

 

 

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