湖南高考英语专题复习完形填空(含答案)一、高中英语完形填空1.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。
Several years ago, my company experienced a slowdown in business. We hoped that it was only1 . We had work enough for only four days of the week. So we decided that we would2 from Monday through Thursday, and take Fridays to do3 projects in our hometown.One day, we went to a very old gentleman's 4 to do a total cleanup. When we arrived,an elderly woman 5 us at the door. We thought she was the wife, but it turned out she was the 6 . She was 75, and her father 97! Soon, we began to 7 the house and the yard. It was 8 how much work a group could get done when everyone was working9 . That gentleman's house went from dirt to a sparkling clean palace by the time we10 .The thing I most remember about that day, 11 , was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something 12 . When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that 13 the walls. The daughter told us that her father had 14 them, and that he hadn't 15 art until he was 80 years old. I was 16 : these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum. At the time, I was in my early30s and wanted to do something that would 17 my creative and artistic competence more than being president of a company would 18 . I had felt that it was too 19 to make a change at this "advanced" stage of my life. Boy! My 20 belief system got expanded that afternoon!1. A. temporary B. easy C. proper D. impossible2. A. rest B. play C. start D. work3. A. research B. service C. design D. class4. A. company B. house C. office D. room5. A. showed B. helped C. invited D. greeted6. A. colleague B. wife C. daughter D. partner7. A. sell B. buy C. clean D. tour8. A. amazing B. amusing C. boring D. tiring9. A. individually B. together C. alone D. equally10. A. finished B. washed C. started D. arrived11. A. however B. therefore C. instead D. moreover12. A. similar B. familiar C. different D. absurd13. A. built B. faced C. made D. decorated14. A. colored B. painted C. observed D. purchased15. A. appealed to B. given up C. kept to D. taken up16. A. disappointed B. embarrassed C. shocked D. satisfied17. A. use B. lack C. add D. provide18. A. continue B. allow C. fail D. process19. A. active B. simple C. difficult D. strange20. A. open B. social C. new D. limited【答案】(1)A;(2)D;(3)B;(4)B;(5)D;(6)C;(7)C;(8)A;(9)B;(10)A;(11)A;(12)C;(13)D;(14)B;(15)D;(16)C;(17)A;(18)B;(19)A;(20)D;【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文,是几年前,作者的公司生意下滑,作者于是利用周五的时间和同时一起去了家乡做公益活动,帮助老人做清洁工作。
在一位老人的家中无意间看到了老子的画作,非常吃惊于老人的艺术天分,而老人的女儿告知作者老人是从八十岁才开始学习艺术的。
作者从这件事中得到了启发,自己有限的信念得到了扩展。
(1)考查形容词。
A. temporary“暂时的”;B. easy“容易的”;C. proper“合适的”;D. impossible“不可能的”。
根据上文可知作者的公司不景气,作者希望那只是“暂时的”,故选A。
(2)考查动词。
A. rest“休息”;B. play“玩耍”;C. start“开始”;D. work“工作”。
根据上文“only four days of the week”可知一周只从周一到周四工作,故选D。
(3)考查名词。
A. research“研究”;B. service“服务”;C. design“设计”;D. class“班级”。
根据下文作者去家乡一位老人家里打扫可知,他们周五去家乡做一些服务项目。
故选B。
(4)考查名词。
A. company“公司”;B. house“房子”;C. office“办公室”;D. room“房间”。
根据下文“do a total cleanup”可知是去一位很老的老人的房子进行大扫除。
故选B。
(5)考查动词。
句意:当我们到的时候,一位年长的女士在门口给我们打招呼。
A. showed“展示”;B. he lped“帮助”;C. invited“邀请”;D. greeted“问候,打招呼”。
故选D。
(6)考查名词。
A. colleague“同事”;B. wife“妻子”;C. daughter“女儿”;D. partner“伙伴”。
根据下文“She was 75, and her father 97”可知她是老人的女儿,故选C。
(7)考查动词。
句意:很快,我们开始打扫房子和庭院。
A. sell“出售”;B. buy“购买”;C. clean“打扫”;D. tour“旅行”。
故选C。
(8)考查形容词。
句意:当每个人都在一起工作时,一个团队能完成多少工作是令人惊讶的。
A. amazing“令人惊异的”;B. amusing “有趣的”;C. boring“无聊的”;D. tiring“累人的”。
故选A。
(9)考查副词。
A. individually“分别地”;B. together“一起”;C. alone“独自地”;D. equally“平等地”。
作者不止一个人去了老人的家,所以是一起工作的。
故选B。
(10)考查动词。
句意:我们完工时,那位先生的房子从土堆变成了一座闪闪发光的干净宫殿。
A. f inished“完成”;B. washed“洗”;C. started“开始”;D. arrived“到达”。
故选A。
(11)考查连词。
句意:然而,那天我记得最深刻的事情,并不是我们所做的伟大的清洁工作。
A. however“然而”;B. therefore“因此”;C. instead“而不是”;D. moreover“而且”。
前后文为转折关系故用转折连词。
故选A。
(12)考查形容词。
A. similar“相似的”;B. familiar“熟悉的”;C. different“不同的”;D. abs urd“荒谬的”。
让作者印象深刻的并不是他们出色的清洁工作,而是另一些不同的事情。
故选C。
(13)考查动词。
句意:当我们走进房子的时候,我注意到那些装饰墙壁的精美图画。
A. built“建造”;B. faced“面对”;C. made“制造”;D. decorated“装饰”。
故选D。
(14)考查动词。
A. colored“染色”;B. painted“画画”;C. observed“观察”;D. purchased“购买”。
女儿告诉作者是她的父亲画的。
故选B。
(15)考查动词短语。
句意:他直到80岁才开始学艺术。
A. appealed to“呼吁”;B. givenup“放弃”;C. kept to“保密”;D. taken up“开始从事”。
故选D。
(16)考查形容词。
A. disappointed“失望的”;B. embarrassed“尴尬的”;C. shocked“吃惊的”;D. satisfied“满意的”。
根据下文“these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum”可知作者对老人拥有出色的绘画才能却80岁才开始从事绘画,感到很吃惊。
故选C。