2014届高考高三英语二轮专题复习：完形填空AIn our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory __1__ course about 20 years ago.The professor __2__ the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans (豆), and invited the students to __3__ how many beans the jar contained. After __4__ shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the __5__ answer, and went on saying, “You have just __6__ an important lesson about science. That is：Never __7__ your own senses.”Twenty years later, the __8__ could guess what the professor had in mind. He __9__ himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting __10__ into an unknown world invisible (无形的) to the __11__，which can be discovered only through scientific __12__. But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even __13__ the invitation. She was just __14__ to understand the world. And she __15__ that her firsthand experience could be the __16__. The professor, however, said that it was __17__. He was taking away her only __18__ for knowing and was providing her with no subsitute (替代). “I remember feeling small and __19__，”the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I __20__ the course that afternoon, and I haven't gone near science since.”本文通过一节科学课，向人们显示了教育是如何帮助人们成功的，并且这堂课向学生显示了人们不能凭感觉做事，对于一些无形的东西，只能通过科学方法才能发现。
1．A.art B．historyC．science D．math答案：C。
从第二段第6空后可知，此处应填science。
science course科学课。
2．A.searched for B．looked atC．got through D．marched into答案：D。
教授走进演讲大厅。
search for寻找；look at看；get through完成，打通；march into走进。
根据句意D项正确。
3．A.count B．guessC．report D．watch答案：B。
教授让学生们猜猜缸里有多少豆子。
count数；guess猜；report报告；watch 看，观看，因为豆子装在缸里，同学们只有猜一下有多少。
并且4空后出现了guess一词。
4．A.warning B．givingC．turning away D．listening to答案：D。
根据上下文意思可知，同学们喊出答案，教授听到他们错误的猜测，而笑了。
5．A.ready B．possibleC．correct D．difficult答案：C。
因同学们的答案错误，所以教授给出正确答案，correct与wrong相对。
6．A.learned B．preparedC．taught D．taken答案：A。
你们学到了关于科学的重要一课。
learn...about...学会关于……的知识。
prepare 准备；teach 教；take拿走。
7．A.lose B．trustC．sharpen D．show答案：B。
根据上文可知，同学们凭感觉给出了错误的答案，所以教授说：永远不要相信自己的感觉。
lose失去；trust相信；sharpen变锋利；show显示。
8．A.lecturer B．scientistC．speaker D．woman答案：C。
此处指上文提到the woman，也就是指说上面的人，因此填speaker。
9．A.described B．respectedC．saw D．served答案：C。
describe描述；respect尊敬；see看见；serve服务。
当他鼓励他的学生对未知世界进行有趣的航行时，他自己看到了。
10．A.voyage B．movementC．change D．rush答案：A。
voyage航行；movement运动；change改变；rush冲刺。
根据9空解析，A 项正确。
11．A.professor B．eyeC．knowledge D．light答案：B。
未知世界对人眼来说是无形的，故B项正确。
12．A.model B．sensesC．spirit D．methods答案：D。
未知世界只有通过科学方法才能发现。
model模型；sense感官，感觉；spirit 精神；method方法。
13．A.hear B．makeC．present D．refuse答案：A。
17岁的女孩不能接受，甚至也不听他的激励。
hear听；make成为；present 呈现；refuse拒绝。
14．A.suggesting B．beginningC．pretending D．waiting答案：B。
对于一个17岁的女孩来说，她只是刚刚开始理解这个世界。
begin to do sth.开始干某事。
15．A.believed B．doubtedC．proved D．explained答案：A。
她相信她的第一手经验就是对的。
believe相信；double怀疑；prove证明；explain解释。
16．A.growth B．strengthC．faith D．truth答案：D。
growth成长；strength力气；faith信仰；truth正确。
根据15题的解释D项正确。
17．A.firm B．interestingC．wrong D．acceptable答案：C。
由however可知此处表转折，尽管她认为她的想法是对的，但是教授认为她的想法是不对的。
firm坚定的；interesting有趣的；wrong错误的；acceptable可接受的。
18．A.task B．toolC．success D．connection答案：B。
从上文可知这个小女孩凭经验，凭感觉来了解世界，而教授认为不对，因此教授把她了解世界的途径、工具拿走了。
19．A.cruel B．proudC．frightened D．brave答案：C。
根据下文可知，这个女孩再也没有听教授上课，表示教授的做法和观点使得她害怕了。
cruel残酷的；proud自豪的；frightened害怕的；brave勇敢的。
20．A.dropped B．startedC．passed D．missed答案：A。
因为害怕，所以下午就没来上课。
drop在此表示“辍学”。
miss“错过”。
BOne day, not too long ago, the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said, “Yesterday the person who had been hindering(阻碍) your __1__ in this company passed away. We __2__ you to join the funeral in the room that has been __3__ in the gym.”At first everyone was sad to __4__ that one of their colleagues had died, __5__ after a while they started getting __6__ about who this person might be.The excitement __7__ as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last __8__. Everyonewondered, “Who is this person that was hindering my growth? Well, __9__ he’s no longer here！”One by one the __10__ got closer to the coffin(棺材) and when they looked inside it, they __11__ became speechless. They stood over the coffin, __12__ into silence, as if someone had __13__ the deepest part of their soul.There was a mirror inside the coffin—everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a __14__ next to the mirror that __15__，“There is only one person who is capable to __16__ limits to your growth: it is YOU.”You are the only person who can revolutionize your __17__. You are the only person who can __18__ your happiness, realization and success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, your friends change, your parents change, your partner changes or your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go __19__ your limiting beliefs and when you realize that you are the only one __20__ for your life.1．A. ability B. progressC. talentD. practice2．A. demand B. allowC. inviteD. advise3．A. started B. preparedC. openedD. created4．A. learn B. receiveC. noticeD. find5．A. for B. orC. soD. but6．A. angry B. sorryC. curiousD. nervous7．A. grew B. appearedC. improvedD. developed8．A. sights B. attentionsC. appreciationsD. respects9．A. at least B. in factC. at onceD. in general10．A. employees B. managersC. friendsD. citizens11．A. quickly B. finallyC. obviouslyD. suddenly12．A. worried B. depressedC. shockedD. embarrassed13．A. broken B. touchedC. stolenD. changed14．A. letter B. signC. markD. page15．A. told B. warnedC. wroteD. read16．A. set B. takeC. putD. get17．A. business B. heartC. lifeD. success18．A. realize B. satisfyC. influenceD. consider19．A. for B. uponC. overD. beyond20．A. reasonable B. responsibleC. suitableD. valuable[答案]一个牌子上写着：一位阻挡你晋升的人昨天去世了，诚邀各位参加葬礼。