隆昌縣高考英語一輪復習完形填空專練2

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　　【2024·蚌埠市高三第三次教學質量檢查考試Some years ago when I was in my second year in university，I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s __1__filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so__2__that I decided to write an article about her.

　　I__3__Salome Bey，telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She__4__and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.I__5__I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

　　I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there__6__，taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that__7__Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The__8__was almost unbearable (不可容忍的)．I struggled for days __9__draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

　　It didn’t take long.My manuscript__10__.How stupid of me！I thought.How could I__11__in a world of professional writers？Knowing I couldn’t __12__the rejection letter，I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

　　Five years later，I was moving to California.While__13__my apartment，I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and

　　__14__the editor’s letter in disbelief：

　　Dear Ms Profit，

　　Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some __15__

　　materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to__16__your story soon.

　　Shocked，it took me a long time to__17__.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly，I lost years of__18__writing.Today，I have become a full-time writer.Looking back on this__19__，I learned a very important lesson：You can’t__20__to doubt yourself.

　　1.A．joyB．voice

　　C．speech

　　D．smile

　　2．A.moved

　　B．active

　　C．satisfiedD．proud

　　3．A.visited

　　B．emailed

　　C．interviewed

　　D．phoned

　　4．A.agreed

　　B．refused

　　C．hesitated D．paused

　　5．A.replied B．discovered

　　C．explained D．knew

　　6．A.seriously

　　B．nervously

　　C．patiently D．quietly

　　7．A.blaming

　　B．fooling

　　C．inviting D．urging

　　8. A．hardship

　　B．failure

　　C．comment

　　D．pressure

　　9．A.on

　　B．by

　　C．with

　　D．in

　　10．A.returned B．disappeared

　　C．spread

　　D．improved

　　11．A.compare

　　B．compete

　　C．survive D．struggle

　　12．A.ignoreB．deliver

　　C．face

　　D．receive

　　13．A.cleaning B．repairing

　　C．decorating D．leaving

　　14．A.saw B．read

　　C．found

　　D．noticed

　　15．A.memorial

　　B．relevant

　　C．private D．reliable

　　16．A.broadcast

　　B．create

　　C．publish

　　D．assess

　　17．A.prepare

　　B．recover

　　C．escape

　　D．concentrate

　　18．A.energetic

　　B．enjoyable

　　C．typicalD．endless

　　19．A.experience

　　B．success

　　C．benefit

　　D．accident

　　20．A.attempt B．pretend

　　C．expect

　　D．afford

　　語篇解讀　本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者通過第一次投稿的經歷給了我們很多啟示：千萬不要懷疑自己，否則你將會因此而錯失很多。

　　1．解析：　考查名詞辨析。句意為：Salome的聲音(voice)充滿了整個房間，整個劇院因她的歌聲而煥發生機。根據上一句“I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.”可知，答案B符合文意。

　　答案：　B

　　2．解析：　 考查動詞辨析。句意為：我被震撼(move感動)了，因此我決定寫一篇關于她的文章。active積極的，活躍的；satisfied滿意的；proud驕傲的，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　A

　　3．解析：　 考查動詞辨析。句意為：我打電話(phone)給Salome，說我是Essence雜志的，想約她見面并談談她的職業。根據下文的“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.”可知，答案D符合文意。

　　答案：　D

　　4．解析：　 考查動詞辨析。句意為：她同意(agree)了我的請求，約好下個星期二在她的工作室見面。根據本句中“...told me to come to her studio next Tuesday”可知，她同意了“我”和她見面的請求。

　　答案：　A

　　5．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：我知道(know)我在撒謊。根據下文“I was not a writer...”可知，作者是在說謊。reply回答；discover發現；explain解釋，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　D

　　6．解析：　考查副詞辨析。句意為：我坐在那里，很緊張地(nervously)記著筆記，開始問一些簡單的問題，與上文“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind...I was lying”相呼應，故答案B符合文意。

　　答案：　B

　　7．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：我很快意識到欺騙(fool)Salome是一回事兒，但是給一個國家級的雜志寫稿發表幾乎是不可能的事兒。根據上文“I was lying”可知，答案B符合文意。

　　答案：　B

　　8．解析：　考查名詞辨析。句意為：這種壓力(pressure)幾乎不能讓人承擔。與下句“I struggled for days...”和作者懷疑自己的能力相呼應，故答案D符合文意。hardship艱難；failure失?。籧omment評論，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　D

　　9．解析：　考查介詞辨析。句意為：我幾天來一直都一遍一遍地打草稿，寫了撕，撕了寫。struggle with為固定搭配，意為“與……掙扎，搏斗”，符合文意，故答案C正確。

　　答案：　C

　　10．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：不久后，我的手稿被退回了(return)。根據下文“the rejection letter”和“How stupid of me！”可知，答案A符合語境。disappear消失；spread傳播；improve改善，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　A

　　11．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：我怎么能夠競爭(compete)過那么多專業作家呢？與文章最后一句“You can’t________to doubt yourself.”相呼應，故答案B符合文意。compare比較；survive存活；struggle斗爭，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　B

　　12．解析：　

　　考查動詞辨析。句意為：知道自己不能夠面對(face)那封拒絕信，我把那封信拆都沒拆就直接放在抽屜里了。根據下文“Fear of rejection cost me dearly.”和“I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer”可知，作者害怕被拒絕，所以不敢面對。故答案C符合文意。

　　答案：　C

　　13．解析：　 考查動詞辨析。由上句可知，作者要搬去別的地方了，故本句句意為：在屋里打掃衛生(cleaning)時，我偶然看到了那封沒有拆開的信。repair修理；decorate裝修；leave離開，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　A

　　14．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：這次我拆開了這封信，開始讀(read)編輯給我寫的信，有些難以置信。根據下文引用的信的內容可知，作者在讀信。故答案B符合文意。

　　答案：　B

　　15．解析：　考查形容詞辨析。句意為：然而，我們需要一些相關的(relevant)資料。memorial紀念性的；private私人的；reliable可依賴的，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　B

　　16．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：我們很希望不久后就出版(publish)你的文章。根據下文“I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.”可知，答案C符合文意。

　　答案：　C

　　17．解析：　考查動詞辨析。句意為：過了很久我才從震驚中恢復(recover)過來。與本句中的“shocked”和上文的“in disbelief”相呼應，故答案B符合文意。

　　答案：　B

　　18．解析：　考查形容詞辨析。句意為：更重要的是，我失去了多年愉悅(enjoyable)的寫作。作者聽到別人優美的歌聲就想為別人寫點什么，說明寫作對作者是一個很享受的過程，故答案B符合文意。energetic有活力的；typical典型的；endless無盡的，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　B

　　19．解析：　 考查名詞辨析。句意為：回顧這次經歷(experience)，我學到了重要的一課……，success成功；benefit受益；accident事故，車禍，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　A

　　20．解析：　

　　考查動詞辨析。句意為：回顧這次經歷，我學到了重要的一課：你承擔(afford)不起懷疑自己的代價。attempt嘗試；pretend假裝；expect期望，均不符合語境，故排除。

　　答案：　DA、B、C和D中，選出最佳答案。

　　The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world.

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　　springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the

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　　areas like the desert. The control is possible even without possession of large areas of

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　　land. In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not

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　　for the water resources (資源). And laws had to be

　　to protect the water rights of the

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　　and the use of the water resources accordingly.

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　　is known to us all, there is not

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　　water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes. Deciding on the

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　　of water that will be used in any particular period

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　　careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more

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　　. Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water

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　　the water supply forecast (預報).

　　The

　　water supply forecast is based more on the water from the

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　　than from the below. Interest is

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　　in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain

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　　. With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be

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　　, and with the help of a repeater station, they send the

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　　data (數據) to the base station. The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by

　　a button. In the near future, the forecast and use of water

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　　probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground.

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　　) 1. A. Using

　　B. Holding

　　C. Owning

　　D. Finding

　　(

　　) 2. A. dry

　　B. distant

　　C. deserted

　　D. wild

　　(

　　) 3. A. fine

　　B. beautiful

　　C. rich

　　D. farming

　　(

　　) 4. A. unlawful

　　B. unacceptable

　　C. unpopular

　　D. uncommon

　　(

　　) 5. A. made

　　B. designed

　　C. signed

　　D. written

　　(

　　) 6. A. winners

　　B. settlers

　　C. fighters

　　D. supporters

　　(

　　) 7. A. That

　　B. It

　　C. What

　　D. As

　　(

　　) 8. A. plentiful

　　B. enough

　　C. any

　　D. much

　　(

　　) 9. A. type

　　B. quality

　　C. amount

　　D. level

　　(

　　) 10. A. requests

　　B. requires

　　C. means

　　D. suggests

　　(

　　) 11. A. effectively

　　B. easily

　　C. conveniently

　　D. actively

　　(

　　) 12. A. leading to

　　B. due to

　　C. owing to

　　D. according to

　　(

　　) 13. A. correct

　　B. further

　　C. average

　　D. early

　　(

　　) 14. A. clouds

　　B. sky

　　C. air

　　D. above

　　(

　　) 15. A. raising

　　B. rising

　　C. building

　　D. lasting

　　(

　　) 16. A. rocks

　　B. tips

　　C. tops

　　D. trees

　　(

　　) 17. A. taken care of

　　B. made use of

　　C. piled up

　　D. saved up

　　(

　　) 18. A. picked

　　B. produced

　　C. used

　　D. gathered

　　(

　　) 19. A. touching

　　B. knocking

　　C. pressing

　　D. turning

　　(

　　) 20. A. might

　　B. can

　　C. will

　　D. should

　　1. C 解析：文章第一句便點題“在全世界可以使用的水的總量一直是人們感興趣的”放引起下文“擁有泉水或溪流有時意味著控制”，故選owning。

　　. A 解析：因為下文提到like the desert所以此空為dry area。

　　. C 解析：“rich land”譯為“富饒肥沃的土地”本句暗示出“人們控制水要比擁有富饒肥沃的土地還重要”。

　　. D 解析：uncommon譯為“不尋常的”，本句中not uncommon”即為“common”便說明為爭水而引起爭斗打仗是常事可見水是重要的。

　　. A 解析：“make laws to do”制定法律做某事。

　　. B 解析：settlers譯為外來殖民者。

　　. D 解析：as作為關系代詞引導非限制性定語從句。

　　. B 解析：由上文可知水并不是像人們想的那樣用之不完，取之不竭的，因此“there is not enough water…”。

　　. C 解析：the amount of大量的。

　　. B 解析：require“要求”根據上下文可知用水要求有計劃節約使用。

　　. A 解析：根據上下文選effectively譯為“有效地”。