湖南省高考英语 完形填空专题学生选练4

湖南省2016年高考英语 完形填空专题学生选练4

完形填空

After 22 years of marriage，I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife，Peggy. I started dating another woman.

One day Peggy said to me，“Life is too__1__，and you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won’t believe me，but I know you love her and I think that if you spend more time with her，it will make us__2__.”

The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to__3__is my mother，a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father__4__20 years ago. Right after his death，I__5__2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago，I promised myself that I would spend more time with my mom. But with the__6__of my job and three kids，I never got around to seeing her much__7__family get-togethers and holidays.

Mom was__8__and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.

We didn’t go anywhere __9__，just a neighboring place where we could talk.__10__her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows，I had to read the menu for her. “I used to be the__11__when you were little，” she said.

“Then it is time for you to relax and let me__12__the favor，” I said.

We had a nice talk__13__dinner，just catching up on each other’s lives. We talked for so long that we__14__the movie.

“__15__was your date？my wife asked when I got home that evening.” “Nice...nicer than I thought it would be，” I said.

Mom and I get out for__16__a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie，but__17__we talk. Through the talks，I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there，and know how they__18__the difficult times. I can’t get enough of these stories. They are__19__to me，a part of my history.

Peggy was right. Dating another woman has__20__my marriage.

【语篇解读】 22年的婚姻之后，作者发现了维系夫妇二人良好关系的秘诀，那就是与另外一个女人约会，这个女人不是别人，正是自己的母亲。 1. A. easy C．short

B．difficult D．hard

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解析 根据1空后面的内容可知，作者的妻子认为人生太“短暂”。 答案 C

2． A. closer C．happier

B．longer D．easier

解析 此处与第一段中的relationship相呼应，意思是这样做能让我们之间的关系“更加亲密”。 答案 A 3．A. date C．meet

B．please D．consult

解析 根据第一段后半部分中的dating可知，作者的妻子鼓励作者与之“约会”的对象是作者的母亲。 答案 A

4．A. passed out C．passed down

B．passed by D．passed away

解析 根据4空前面的widow可知，作者的母亲是一位寡妇，由此可知她自从丈夫在20年前“去世”后就一直独居。另外，5空前面的death是线索提示。 答案 D

5．A. went C．moved

B．drove D．removed

解析 就在父亲去世后，作者“搬”到了2 500英里之外的加利福尼亚，开始了自己的生活和事业。此外，下一句开头部分的内容也是线索提示。 答案 C

6．A. pressure

C．demand

B．development D．loss

解析 虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲，但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”，除了家庭团聚和假期之外，作者从未能履行自己的诺言。 答案 C

7．A. beyond C．during

B．with D．on

解析 参见上题解析。此处beyond表示“除……之外”。 答案 A

8．A. excited C．delighted

B．annoyed D．surprised

解析 作者此前很少陪伴母亲，如今突然给母亲打电话并建议两人一同外出就餐和看电

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影，她显然很“惊讶”。本句中的suspicious也是线索提示。 答案 D

9．A. ordinary C．plain

B．fancy D．common

解析 作者和母亲并没有去任何“豪华的”地方，仅仅去了一个附近的可以说话的地方。 答案 B

10. A．Since C．If

B．Until D．Unless

解析 “因为”她的视力不佳，作者不得不将菜单读给母亲听。 答案 A

11．A. worker C．reader

B．waitress D．owner

解析 此处与上一段中的read相呼应，意思是当作者小的时候，作者的母亲经常是“读者”。 答案 C

12．A. award C．turn

B．return D．answer

解析 如今作者的母亲年事已高，是作者“回报”恩惠的时候了。 答案 B

13．A. over C．on

B．with D．across

解析 作者和母亲在晚饭期间交谈甚欢，此处over表示“在……期间”。 答案 A

14．A. forgot C．missed

B．refused D．abandoned

解析 作者和母亲交谈的时间很长，以至于“错过”了那部电影。 答案 C

15．A. What C．Where

B．Who D．How

解析 根据下一段中的内容可知，作者的妻子询问的是这次约会“如何”。 答案 D 16．A .talk C．walk

B．movie D．dinner

解析 根据第8空后面的“go out to dinner”可知作者和母亲每个月都要出去吃几次

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“晚饭”。 答案 D

17．A. finally C．mostly

B．merely D．especially

解析 上文提到作者和母亲长时间交谈，以至于错过了电影，由此可知，两人在一起的时候“主要”是交谈。 答案 C

18．A. went through C．looked through

B．got through D．saw through

解析 通过交谈，作者知道了母亲如何与父亲相识和他们如何“渡过”那些困难时光。 答案 A

19．A. friendly C．loyal

B．kind D．important

解析 根据上下文内容可知，这些故事对作者而言很“重要”。 答案 D

20．A. ruined C．helped

B．damaged D．affected

解析 根据第一段第一句的内容可知，与母亲约会对作者的婚姻有“帮助”。 答案 C

完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Woman and a Fork

There was a young woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and could only live three months. So as she was getting her things \法师）and had him come to her house to 2 certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung at the 3 , what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Everything was in order and the Rabbi was preparing to leave 4 the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.

\I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.\

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The Rabbi stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.

“That surprises you, doesn't it?” the young woman asked. \ 6 by the request,\

The young woman 7 . “My grandmother once told me this story, and from then on, I have always done so. I have also, always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of 8 .

In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main 9 were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part 10 I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie…”

So, I just want people to see me there in that casket（棺材）with a fork in my hand and I want them to 11 \with the fork?\you to tell them: \your fork…the best is yet to come.\

The Rabbi's eyes were 13 up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of 14 than he did. She had a better grasp of 15 heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.

She knew that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork 16 in her right hand. Over and over, the Rabbi heard the question \And over and over he 17 .

During his message, the Rabbi told the people of the 18 he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and what it symbolized to 19 . The Rabbi told the people how he could not stop thinking about the 20 and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either. He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. 1. A. contracted 2. A. talk

B. contacted

C. attracted

D. attached D. discuss

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B. identify C. recognize