【英语】英语完形填空题20套(带答案)及解析
一、完形填空
1．完形填空
Miss Chan, our class teacher, is my favorite teacher. We are going to 1 this school and I will miss her very much.
Miss Chan is very patient. Whenever we 2 questions in class. She explains to us very carefully. She is also 3 because she cares much about us. She often says to us. "Tell me immediately if you feel unhappy. Share your 4 with me and do not just try to solve it by yourself. "
Miss Clran is very generous（慷慨的）. One day, she gave each of us a book, Three Days to See, and told 5 We should read more. She once chose our monitor as the most helpful student, and gave him a set of stationery（文具）as a 6 . When she is free, she 7 helps us with our studies and we've made great progress.
Not only do all of us like Miss Chan, but Miss Chan also likes my class because she thinks all of us are 8 . She always says she thinks herself very 9 to be the teacher of my class. In fact, Miss Chan is the most thoughtful（体贴的）teacher I have ever met. She always thinks about our feelings. I hope I will go to a high school with 10 as good as Miss Chan.
1. A. leave B. Know C. meet D. choose
2. A. spell B. Train C. ask D. remember
3. A. surprised B. humorous C. strange D. kind
4. A. chance B. problem C. advantage D. skill
5. A. them B. you C. us D. him
6. A. gift B. mark C. smile D. joke
7. A. seldom B. often C. never D. hardly
8. A. difficult B. careless C. unable D. excellent
9. A. lucky B. silly C. angry D. worried
10. A. stars B. tourists C. teachers D. scientists
【答案】（1）A；（2）C；（3）D；（4）B；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）D；（9）A；（10）C；
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了作者喜欢的老师。
（1）句意：我们要离开这所学校，我会非常想念她。A离开，B知道，C遇见，D选择，
根据I will miss her very much可知思念一个人是因为她要离开了，故选A。
（2）句意：每当我们在课堂上提问时。A拼读，B训练，C问，D记得，根据explains to us very carefully可知解释的前提是有人提问，故选C。
（3）句意：她很好，因为她非常关心我们。A惊讶的，B幽默的，C奇怪的，D友善的，
根据because she cares much about us可知关心我们证明她很友善，故选D。
（4）句意：与我分享你的问题，不要试图独自解决。A机会，B问题，C优势，D技术，
根据do not just try to solve it by yourself可知解决的是问题，故选B。
（5）句意：一天，她给了我们每人一本书，《假如给我三天时光》，并告诉我们应该多
读一些。A他们，B你们，C我们，D他，根据she gave each of us a book可知给我们的
同时告诉我们，故选C。
（6）句意：她曾经选择我们的班长作为最有帮助的学生，并给他一套文具作为礼物。A
礼物，B分数，C微笑，D玩笑，根据generous可知慷慨的人是送礼物，故选A。
（7）句意：当她有空时，她经常帮助我们学习，我们取得了很大进步。A很少，B经常，C从不，D几乎不，根据we've made great progress可知排除AC和D的否定用法，故选B。
（8）句意：因为她认为我们都很优秀。A困难的，B粗心的，C不能的，D优秀的，根据She always thinks about our feelings她总是想着我们的感受可知让别人有自信是估计别人
的感受，故是认为对方优秀，故选D。
（9）句意：她总是说她认为自己很幸运成为我们班的老师。A幸运的，B愚蠢的，C生气的，D担心的，根据上文的她认为我们都很优秀，可知有这样的老师很幸运，故选A。（10）句意：我希望高中老师能和陈小姐一样好。A明星，B游客，C老师，D科学家，
根据Miss Chan是个老师故此处是老师间的比较，故选C。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然
后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍
检查验证。
2．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。
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 1 .
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 2 on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 3 , and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 4 there
I sat, waiting for the light to 5 , the only human being, for at least a mile in any 6 .
I started wondering why I 7 to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 8 no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been
no 9 in going through it.
Much later that 10 , after I'd met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light 11 me. I think I stopped 12 it's part of a contract （契约） we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it's
an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 13 : we don't go through red lights.
We do 14 we say we'll do. We show up when we say we'll show up.
I was so 15 of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell someone.
1. A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard
2. A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid
3. A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark
4. A. and B. or C. so D. but
5. A. return B. change C. start D. continue
6. A. attention B. background C. direction D. information
7. A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot
8. A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly
9. A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy
10. A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning
11. A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to
12. A. though B. unless C. because D. until
13. A. me B. it C. him D. us
14. A. what B. how C. why D. that
15. A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry
【答案】（1）A；（2）B；（3）C；（4）D；（5）B；（6）C；（7）A；（8）D；（9）A；（10）B；（11）D；（12）C；（13）B；（14）A；（15）C；
【解析】【分析】这篇文章讲述了作者晚上开车回家，在遇到红灯时停下来了，尽管当时路上只有他一个人，没有任何车辆和其他人。后来他一直在思考为什么自己会在那样的情况下选择停车，而没有闯红灯。这其实是遵守了每个人之间的约定，他为自己的这个行为感到自豪。
⑴根据前文It was late已经有点晚了，故此句为：我开得很快。A 快速；B 慢地；C 仔细地；D 努力地；故选A。
⑵根据后文I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing.我看看左右和后面，什么都没有；故此句为：我一个人在路上。A 晚的；B 独自；C 担心；D 害怕；结合语境故选B。
⑶根据后文and I braked to a stop我踩刹车停下；此句为：当我靠近交通灯时，它变红了。
A 绿；
B 黄；
C 红；D黑；故选C。
⑷前文讲的是路上没有任何人和车，但我还在停下来等；这里要表示一种转折关系；A 并且；B 否则；C 所以；D 但是；故选D。
⑸前文讲到交通灯变红了，作者停下车子，此句为：我坐着等灯变化；A 回来；B 改变；C 开始；D继续；结合语境故选B。
⑹结合前后文，此句为：在方圆至少一英里，唯一的一个人。In any direction在任何方向；A 注意；B 背景；C 方向；D 信息；故选C。
⑺由前文得知作者在红灯的时候停下来了，此句为：我开始想为什么我没有闯红灯；A 拒绝；B 决定；C 准备；D 忘记；故选A。
⑻从前文得知，当时路上没有一个人，此句为：因为当时很明显的周围没有警察；A 几乎不；B 幸运地；C 通常；D 明显地；结合语境故选D。
⑼前文讲到路上没有任何人和车辆，此句为：通过的话也没有任何危险；A危险；B 理由；C 空间；D 能量；结合语境故选A。
⑽根据后文near midnight接近午夜时分；故此句为：那晚很晚之后；A 时刻；B 晚上；C 下午；D 早上；结合语境故选B。
⑾结合前后文，此句为：那个我为什么停车的问题又回到我脑海；A 取决于；B 期待；C
远离；D 回来；结合语境故选D。
⑿这里讲到的是停车的原因，此句为：我想我停下来是因为我们和别人之间的契约；A 尽管；B 除非；C 因为；D 直到；结合语境故选C。
⒀前文讲到彼此间形成的协议；此句为：我们相信每个人都会遵守：不闯红灯。It指代前
文的agreement，故选B。
⒁结合前后文，此句为：我们做我们承诺做的事情。What引导宾语从句，并在从句中做
宾语；故选A。
⒂由前文得知，作者为自己能遵守规则而高兴，此句为：我为自己在红灯时停车而自豪；
A 累的；
B 准备的；
C 自豪；
D 对不起；结合语境故选C。
【点评】完型填空考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，做完型填空首先要跳过空格通读文章掌
握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。
最后通读一遍检查验证
3．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。
Tambun Gediu, now badly hurt and staying in hospital, says it was his wife that saved his life from the mouth of a tiger.
"I was 1 a rabbit in the forest not far from my home and was ready to catch it when I saw the 2 . That's when I realized that I was being followed," said Mr. Gediu. The tiger jumped at Mr Gediu at once. He stood there with great 3 so that he did not know what
to do for a moment, and then he tried 4 a tree to keep away from the animal, 5 he was pulled down by the tiger.
His wife, 55-year-old Han Besau, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise, realizing it was coming from the 6 where her husband was looking for rabbits and she 7 the nearest "weapon （武器）" -a wooden ladle（长柄勺）-rushed out of the 8 and into the nearby forest. Seeing her husband 9 hard to stop the tiger tearing（撕裂）him into pieces, she ran 10 to the animal, shouting at the top of her voice and hitting its head with the ladle until it ran off.
Tambun had to wait more than 3 hours before he could be taken to hospital in the nearest town, Gerik, because his village was very far.
It was the first time that a tiger had attacked someone in the village.
1. A. cooking B. following C. feeding D. drawing
2. A. rabbit B. tree C. weapon D. tiger
3. A. fear B. fun C. attention D. surprise
4. A. cutting B. finding C. catching D. climbing
5. A. or B. so C. but D. and
6. A. forest B. market C. town D. village
7. A. picked up B. dressed up C. made up D. set up
8. A. hospital B. bedroom C. kitchen D. bathroom
9. A. thinking B. fighting C. waiting D. running
10. A. seriously B. luckily C. carefully D. quickly
【答案】（1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）D；（5）C；（6）A；（7）A；（8）C；（9）B；（10）D；
【解析】【分析】本文讲述一个妻子从老虎嘴里救下丈夫的故事。
⑴句意：我正在我家附近不远处的森林里跟踪一只兔子，正准备抓住它的时态我看见那只
老虎。cook做饭；follow跟随；feed喂养；draw画；根据语境可知选B。
⑵rabbit兔子；tree树；weapon武器；tiger老虎。上文提到了他妻子从老虎嘴里把他就下来，故选D。
⑶句意：他吓得站在那儿以至于一时不知道怎么办。fear害怕；fun有趣；attention注意；surprise吃惊。根据语境可知选A。
⑷句意：然后他使劲爬树来躲开老虎。cut砍；find找到；catch抓住；climb爬。根据语境
可知选D。
⑸句意：但是他被老虎拽下来。表示转折用but，故选C。
⑹句意：他55岁的妻子当时正在厨房，听到声音，意识到是从他丈夫找兔子的森林里传来的。forest森林；market市场；town市镇；village村庄。根据上文可知选A。
⑺句意：他拿起最近的武器——一把长柄勺。pick up捡起；dress up打扮；make up化妆；
set up建起。根据句意可知选A。
⑻句意：冲出了厨房跑进森林里。hospital医院；bedroom卧室；kitchen厨房；bathroom
浴室。根据上文可知选C
⑼句意：看见她的丈夫使劲挣扎阻止老虎把他撕成碎片。think想；fight打斗；wait等候；
run跑。根据语境可知选B。
⑽句意：她快速跑上去，大声的喊，并用勺子打老虎的头，直到老虎逃跑。seriously严肃地；luckily幸运地；carefully认真地；quickly很快地。根据语境可知选D。
【点评】完型填空考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，做完型填空首先要跳过空格通读文章掌
握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。
最后通读一遍检查验证。
4．完形填空
What is the most beautiful flower in the world? Do you know? Peony, rose or violet? You may give me a list of the 1 of different flowers. I once asked my mother the same question.
Looking at me with a big smile, she answered, "My child, as for the 2 , children's smiling faces are the most beautiful flowers in the world."
Our smiling faces are the most beautiful flowers in the world for our parents? Are we 3 to give the most beautiful flowers to them every day? In the morning we eat the food that mother 4 us, impatient to respond to her words. In the evening we 5 the broken bike to our father and think it is the most natural thing to find a repaired one the next morning. We pay 6 attention to the things of our own. We 7 what our parents do for us.
We 8 forget to do the smallest thing to satisfy them. We said too many times "I will…", but we forget that we are really able to do many things for our parents 9 .
My friends, if you did not spend too much time 10 your parents, think about them now. You are sure to find how kind, how patient and how great they are. Next time when you see them, smile from your heart. That is the most precious（珍贵的）gift for them.
1. A. kinds B. sorts C. colors D. names
2. A. friends B. teachers C. parents D. mothers
3. A. enough happy B. so pity C. sorry enough D. generous enough
4. A. cooks B. prepares for C. ready for D. ready to
5. A. take B. give C. send D. leave
6. A. too much B. too many C. many too D. much too
7. A. are used B. used to C. are used to D. are using to
8. A. even B. just C. never D. always
9. A. just now B. right now C. just then D. at once
10. A. thinking about B. to think about C. to worry about D. worrying about
【答案】（1）D；（2）C；（3）D；（4）B；（5）D；（6）A；（7）C；（8）A；（9）B；（10）A；
【解析】【分析】大意：本文介绍世界上最美的花，在父母眼中自己孩子的微笑在父母眼中是最美的花儿，他们为我们操劳。
（1）句意：你也许会给我一张不同花的名字单。A.种类；B.种类；C.颜色；D.名字。根据Peony, rose or violet可知，这些都是花的名字，故选D。
（2）句意：我的孩子，对于父母而言，孩子的笑脸是世界上最美的花。A.拼音；B.老师；
C.父母；
D.妈妈。根据for our parents，对妈妈而言，孩子的笑脸是最美的，故选C。
（3）句意：我们每天会足够慷慨将这个最美的花给她们吗？A.足够开心；B.很可惜；C.很抱歉；D.很慷慨。根据every day，可知是慷慨的给，故选D。
（4）句意：我们早上妈妈为我们准备的食物。A.烹饪；B.准备，动词；C.为……准备，形容词短语；D.乐意，形容词短语。此处应该是吃妈妈准备的食物，分析句子可知，此定语从句缺少谓语动词，故选B。
（5）句意：我们晚上把坏的自行车留给爸爸，认为第二天发现一个被修好的自行车是最自然的事。A.拿；B.给；C.寄，送；D.离开。此处表示把坏的自行车留给爸爸，leave sth to sb，把……留给……，故选D。
（6）句意：我过多的关注我们自己。A.太多，修饰不可数名词；B.太多，修饰可数名词；
C.表达错误；
D.太。attention注意，不可数名词，用too much修饰，故选A。
（7）句意：我们习惯于我们父母为我们做的事情。A.被使用；B.过去常常；C.习惯于；D.正在用。根据前面可知，我们认为父母为我们做事是理所当然的，我们习惯父母为我们做事，be used to习惯于，符合题意，故选C。
（8）句意：我们甚至忘记做一件最小的事来使他们满意。A.甚至；B.仅仅；C.从不；D.总是。此处用even，加强语气，故选A。
（9）句意：我们说了太多次“我将……”，但是我们忘记我们现在真地能为我们的父母做很
多事情。A.刚才；B.现在；C.正在那时；D.立刻，马上。根据I will…，可知，给父母做一些
小事不需要将来，现在就可以，故选B。
（10）句意：我的朋友，如果你没有花太多时间考虑你父母，现在考虑他们。A.考虑，现
在分词；B.考虑，动词不定式；C.担心，动词不定式；D.担心，现在分词。根据think about，可知考虑父母，spend+时间+doing sth，花费时间做某事，故选A。
【点评】考查完型填空，考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先跳过空格通读全文掌
握其大意。然后一一作答。注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素，最后通读一遍检查
验证答案。
5．阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选
项
Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 1 .The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose 2 them.
One picture was of a 3 lake. The lake was like a perfect mirror with peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All people who saw this picture 4 it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had 5 too. But these were rugged（崎岖的）and bare（光秃秃的）. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful 6 . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall, there was a bush（灌木） 7 in the crack（裂缝）of the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures 8 , he chose the second picture 9 explained, "Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your 10 . That is the real meaning of peace."
1. A. argued B. invited C. tried
2. A. between B. except C. within
3. A. calm B. round C. small
4. A. announced B. thought C. doubted
5. A. lakes B. clouds C. mountains
6. A. at all B. at last C. at once
7. A. lying B. growing C. dying
8. A. actively B. carefully C. angrily
9. A. so B. but C. and
10. A. voice B. world C. heart
【答案】（1）C；（2）A；（3）A；（4）B；（5）C；（6）A；（7）B；（8）B；（9）C；（10）C；
【解析】【分析】文章大意：从前有一个国王，打算给画的最好的画家奖励，他让画家画
有关和平的最好图画，最后只剩下两个画家，其中一张是湖的图画，风平浪静，感觉很平静，另一幅是在狂风暴雨下，岩石缝里的有一个鸟巢，年俏丽的鸟安静地看着流水，最后
国王选中了第二幅。国王说：平和意味着当面对不愉快的情况时，你仍然可以保持冷静。
这才是和平的真正意义。”
（1）句意：许多画家尝试了。A.争吵；B.邀请，C.尝试，根据 The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, 可知最后剩下两幅，其余的被淘汰了，意味着许多画
家尝试过，故答案是C。
（2）句意：但是他真喜欢的只有两幅画，他必须从中选择。A.在两者之间；B.除了；C.在
之内，根据前文的叙述可知，最后剩下两幅画，他奥从两幅画当中选择，在两者之间使用between。故答案是A。
（3）句意：一张图画是一面平静的湖。A.安静的，平静的；B.圆的；C.小的，根据前文的
叙述可知国王让画一幅和平的画，所以这个画家花了一幅平静的湖面，故答案是A。
（4）句意：看到画的所有的人都认为这是最完美的表现和平的画。A.宣布；B.思考，认为；C.怀疑，it was a perfect picture of peace. 这句话使人们对画的看法，因此使用thought，故答案是B。
（5）句意：另一张画上也有湖。A.湖；B.云；C.山，根据But these were rugged（崎岖的）and bare（光秃秃的）可知另一幅画上也有山，故答案是C。
（6）句意：这根本看不出和平来。A.根本；B.最后；C.like，not…at all固定短语，根本不，故答案是A。
（7）句意：但是当过完刚靠近看的时候，他看到瀑布后面有一棵灌木生长在岩石的裂缝中。A.躺着；B.生长；C.垂死的，根据语境可知，这是一棵生长在岩石缝隙中的灌木，故答
案是B。
（8）句意：仔细地比较了这两幅画之后，过完该选择了第二幅并解释道……。A.积极地；B.
仔细地；C.生气地，因为国王要找住他认为最好的画，所以他必须认真比较，故答案是B。
（9）句意：仔细地比较了这两幅画之后，过完该选择了第二幅并解释道……。A.因此；B.
但是；C.而，并，根据 "Peace does not mean being in a place where there is no noise, trouble
or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situations, you can still be calm in your 10 . That is the real meaning of peace." 可知这是他对选择第二幅画的原因的解释，故答案是C。（10）句意：和平意味着当你面对不快乐的环境，你仍然能在内心保持平静。A.嗓音；B.
世界；C.心脏，在内心保持平静是一种至上的状态，这可能是国王所想要达到的，故答案
是C。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺
单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
6．完形填空
Do you ever watch old films？Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous 1 in the 1930s.She died when she was only 34. In her 2 life she made 70 films！
Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. In about 1921, she was playing baseball in the
3 near her home. A film director
4 her and decided to put her in a film. She was about
13 at that time. The film was one of the last silent films. She acted（表演）so well that she 5 the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to act.
In 1925, she had an agreement with a 6 studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave 7 a new name, and she acted in several films. Then, at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars（伤疤）on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not 8 . She continued to act.
It was Paramount Pictures that made Lombard a 9 . She made many films for the studio. She also married two of their stars. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 26 months. 10 seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.
1. A. nurse B. actress C. doctor
2. A. short B. lazy C. long
3. A. kitchen B. classroom C. street
4. A. forgot B. saw C. hurt
5. A. broke B. avoided C. won
6. A. dance B. film C. music
7. A. me B. it C. her
8. A. give up B. have a try C. make sure
9. A. scientist B. writer C. star
10. A. But B. Before C. Since
【答案】（1）B；（2）A；（3）C；（4）B；（5）C；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）C；（10）A；
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了Carole Lombard是如何开始自己的演绎生涯的。
（1）句意：她是20世纪30年代的著名的演员。A护士，B演员，C医生，根据本文介绍
了Carole Lombard是如何开始自己的演绎生涯的，故选B。
（2）句意：她短暂的一生拍了70部电影！A短的，B懒惰的，C长的，根据She died when she was only 34可知34岁就去世了是短暂的一生，故选A。
（3）句意：大约在1921年，她在家附近的街道上打棒球。A厨房，B教室，C街道，根
据near her home可知家附近的是街道，故选C。
（4）句意：电影导演看到她，并决定让她出演一部电影。A忘记，B看到，C伤害，根据decided to put her in a film可知先看到她才决定用她当演员，故选B。
（5）句意：她演了得太好了，以至于她赢得了一些人心。A打破，B避免，C赢得，根据
the hearts of some people，可知人心是赢得的，故选C。
（6）句意：1925年，她与20世纪福克斯公司的电影工作室达成协议。A舞蹈，B电影，
C音乐，根据20th Century Fox可知这是一家电影公司，故选B。
（7）句意：工作室给了她一个新名字，她出演了几部电影。her指代Carole Lombard，
女性，单数第三人称，故选C。
（8）句意：工作室违反了协议，但她没有放弃。A放弃，B尝试，C确定，根据She
continued to act可知继续拍电影是不放弃，故选A。
（9）句意：是派拉蒙电影使伦巴第成为明星。A科学家，B作家，C明星，Carole Lombard是名演员故是明星，故选C。
（10）句意：但是七年后，她嫁给了她一生挚爱的演员克拉克·盖博。根据Lombard was married to actor William Powell和she married Clark Gable，可知此处表示转折关系故用but，故选A。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
7．阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
An old man lived with his little grandson. Every day the old man got up early to read books. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every 1 he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa, I want to read books as you do. But I don't understand it, and I always forget 2 I close the book. What good does 3 do?"
The grandfather quietly turned back from putting 4 in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."
The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water leaked （漏） out before he got back home. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to walk faster next time."
The next time the boy ran faster, but the basket was still empty before he 5 home. The boy said, "see, Grandpa, it's 6 to do the work!"
"Is it of no use?" the old man said. " 7 the basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was 8 . Instead of a dirty old coal basket, it was 9 inside and out.
"My child, that's what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but the 10 will change you inside and out. That is the work of reading in our lives."
1. A. way B. book C. table
2. A. until B. when C. since
3. A. reading the book B. getting up early C. sitting at the desk
4. A. water B. book C. coal
5. A. returned B. left C. went
6. A. useful B. interesting C. useless
7. A. Look for B. Look at C. Look after
8. A. new B. different C. broken
9. A. beautiful B. clean C. complete
10. A. words B. water C. writer
【答案】（1）A；（2）B；（3）A；（4）A；（5）A；（6）C；（7）B；（8）A；（9）B；（10）A；
【解析】【分析】主要讲了孙子问爷爷读书的好处，爷爷让孙子用篮子打水，孙子最终明
白读书可以从内到外改变人。
（1）句意：他的孙子想像他一样，努力用他会的每种方式模仿他。A.方式；B.书；C.桌子。in every way用每种方式，故选A。
（2）句意：当我合上书的时候，我总是忘记。A.直到；B.当......时候；C.自从。当合上书的时候，忘记书的内容，when当......时候，故选B。
（3）句意：读书有什么好处？A.读书；B.早起；C.坐在桌子上。根据全文可知主要讲了读书的好处，故选A。
（4）句意：爷爷安静地把水放在炉子上又拿回来。A.水；B.书；C.煤炭。根据后文可知爷爷让孙子去取水，所以是水，故选A。
（5）句意：但是在他回家前篮子仍然是空的。A.归还，返回；B.离开；C.去。孙子去用篮子打水了，但是回家前篮子仍然是空的，return home回家，故选A。
（6）句意：看，爷爷，做这个工作是无用的。A.有用的；B.有趣的；C.无用的。孙子认为用篮子打水是无用的，故选C。
（7）句意：老人说：“看这个篮子”。A.寻找；B.看；C.照顾。根据后句The boy looked at the basket男孩看篮子，所以是看，故选B。
（8）句意：男孩看了篮子，第一次意识到篮子是新的。A.新的；B.不同的；C.坏的。根据后句Instead of a dirty old coal basket而不是脏的旧的煤炭篮子，可知现在篮子是新的，故选A。
（9）句意：它从内到外是干净的。A.漂亮的；B.干净的；C.完全的。篮子是干净的，故选B。
（10）句意：你可能不能记住或者理解一切，但是话语将从内到外改变你。A.话语；B.水；C.作家。书里的话语会潜移默化地改变你。故选A。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
8．根据短文理解, 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
On Mother's Day, after my children arrived home from school, the doorbell 1 . I went to answer it, and there stood two clean-faced, tall, smiling 2 . They held two of the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen. They said to me, “Do you 3 us? You often fed us cookies! They were so 4 . We wanted to come back and thank you and say “Happy Mother's Day” because you were like a mom to us!” I couldn't help crying, and thanked them.
I remembered the old days. At that time I did not have a lot of money or a big house and l was
a single mom with three young 5 of my own. The two boys were a bit older than my children. They always visited my yard, but they 6 cared about the fact that their faces were dirty. Every day they enjoyed themselves with my 7 girls and one small boy.
I spent a lot of time 8 healthy cookies. The two boys played happily in my yard, and they were quite happy to share food, books, games and then, for a time, they didn't 9 us.
I wanted to know what happened in their lives, and hoped for the best.
But now they came back and thanked me. This is the 10 gift I have ever received from
two young boys.
1. A. received B. sang C. rang
2. A. boys B. students C. girls
3. A. ask B. forget C. remember
4. A. delicious B. natural C. simple
5. A. children B. sons C. daughters
6. A. often B. never C. always
7. A. two B. three C. four
8. A. eating B. playing C. baking
9. A. help B. visit C. like
10. A. cleanest B. worst C. best
【答案】（1）C；（2）A；（3）C；（4）A；（5）A；（6）B；（7）A；（8）C；（9）B；（10）C；
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。通过母亲节这天两个男孩的到来，引出了文中妈妈对整个事件的回忆，向我们展示了人间的最珍贵的感情：知恩图报。
（1）根据句意可知门铃响了，故用ring的过去式rang，故答案为C。
（2）根据本文第三段开头的信息可知门外站着的是两个男孩，故答案为A.
（3）根据文意可知此处表示男孩反问这位妈妈是否还记得他们，故此处用remember，故答案为C。
（4）根据后文可知他们回味美味可口的甜饼，故此处用delicious，故答案为A。
（5）根据后文第三段中的信息可知，这位妈妈自己有三个孩子，故用children，故答案为A。
（6）根据本句中表示转折意义的连词but可知此处应该用never与前句中的always相对应，故答案为B。
（7）根据前文可知这位妈妈有三个孩子，后面给出了one small boy，故可以判断出她有两个女儿，故答案为A。
（8）根据上下文可知文中的妈妈花了很多时间烘烤健康的甜饼，故用baking，故答案为C。
（9）根据下文我想知道他们的生活中发生了什么。说明有一段时间他们没有来看我们。故选B。
（10）根据本文表达的主旨意义可知两个男孩的到来和答谢是这位妈妈母亲节这天收到的最好的礼物。故选C。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，做完型填空首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
9．根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。
My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy,
he went to school in the morning, and then 1 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework until midnight. Life was hard, because they had no 2 !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the 3 of gold, the land where poor people can become rich.
“Why don't I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of 4 .
So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 5 money in America.” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it's not 6 . They didn't like to hire（雇佣）me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 7 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it's impossible. I couldn't 8 the schooling （学费）.”
My father 9 working hard，and reached his goal.
“Alan,” he often told me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 10 in life.” That's what I learned from my father.
1. A. taught B. worked C. studied
2. A. money B. energy C. experience
3. A. land B. field C. river
4. A. worry B. doubt C. hope
5. A. discover B. make C. collect
6. A. true B. important C. difficult
7. A. giving B. running C. washing
8. A. borrow B. need C. afford
9. A. kept B. finished C. minded
10. A. really B. easily C. quietly
【答案】（1）B；（2）A；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）A；（7）C；（8）C；（9）A；（10）B；
【解析】【分析】本文叙述了作者从父亲身上学到了一个生活法则——永不放弃。作者的
父亲经过自己的努力，实现了自己的目标。他的父亲为了赚钱，来到美国。在美国，刚开
始的几年，他在一家小餐馆工作，他想上学学英语，因为没钱支付，去不了。他告诉作者，要想获得自己想要的东西，必须努力工作，永不放弃。
⑴句意：他小时候，上午到学校上学，然后在田里干活直到日落。根据in the field可知选B。
⑵句意：生活很难，因为他们没有钱。根据上poor village可知家庭贫困，故选A。
⑶根据后半句the land where……可知选A。
⑷句意：“为什么我不去美国呢？”他心里想，充满了希望。worry担心，doubt怀疑；hope
希望。故选C。
⑸句意：我原以为在美国赚钱很容易。make money赚钱，故选B。
⑹句意：但是当我到那儿的时候，我意识到那不是真的。true真的；important重要的；
difficult困难的。故选A。
⑺句意：后来我在一家小餐馆工作，擦桌子，洗盘子，扫地。故选C。
⑻我想去学校学英语，但是不可能，我付不起学费。borrow借；need需要；afford买得起；支付得起。故选C。
⑼我父亲一直努力工作，并实现了他的目标。keep doing 一直做某事。故选A。
⑽句意：如果你想要什么东西，你必须去努力并且永远不要放弃。生活中东西不会轻易到来。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，做完型填空首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通
读一遍检查验证。
10．完形填空
Therewas once a boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to. He
1 to dress in a much stranger manner, but aboveall, he liked to take his time. His parents were
2 in a hurry, and wanted him to be a lotquicker,
3 the boy didn't like this, and he wouldslow down even more.
Oneday, his parents were in their usual hurry, and they got so 4 whenhe refused to dress, that they told him that he would have to go out naked （赤裸的）. The 5 didn't mind （介意）this at all. So they went out.
Whilethe boy was standing naked outside his house, waiting for his parents to 6 thecar, the local pig farmer came along. The pig farmer was hard of hearing andhad poor eyesight. Not only that, but he'd also forgotten to put his 7 onthat day. When he saw the little boy's pink skin, he thought it was one of hispigs. With a bit of shouting and pushing, the farmer 8 to get the boy safely back to a pigsty. He was there for the wholeday, living 9 the pigs and sharing their food and home.
Finally,though, his parents found him. The boy had had such a 10 day that never again
did he want to be mistaken for anything excepta human being. Nowadays he's the first to get dressed, and look perfectly neatand tidy.
1. A. stopped B. remembered C. agreed D. preferred
2. A. always B. hardly C. nearly D. still
3. A. so B. but C. because D. or
4. A. angry B. surprised C. sad D. excited
5. A. mother B. boy C. father D. parents
6. A. find B. sell C. drive D. bring
7. A. clothes B. hat C. glasses D. shoes
8. A. tried B. decided C. helped D. managed
9. A. except B. without C. among D. beside
10. A. terrible B. relaxing C. amazing D. tiring
【答案】（1）D；（2）A；（3）B；（4）A；（5）B；（6）C；（7）C；（8）D；（9）C；（10）A；
【解析】【分析】主要讲了一个小男孩不喜欢按照父母说的打扮自己，而且速度慢，一天他裸身和父母出去，结果被一个视力不好，没带眼镜的养猪的农民当成猪圈在猪圈里，最后小男孩决定穿衣服并且把自己打扮地干净整洁。
（1）句意：他更喜欢用一种更奇怪的方式打扮，A.停止；B.记住；C.同意；D.更喜欢。根据句意可知男孩不喜欢按照父母要求打扮自己，反而更喜欢用奇怪的方式打扮，故选D。（2）句意：他的父母总是匆匆忙忙。A.总是；B.几乎不；C.几乎；D.仍然。根据后文his parents were in their usual hurry 可知父母总是匆匆忙忙，故选A。
（3）句意：但是男孩不喜欢这样。根据句意可知前后句表示转折，所以用but，故选B。（4）句意：当他拒绝打扮时他们变得如此生气以至于他们告诉他裸身出去。A.生气的；B.惊讶的；C.难过的；D.兴奋的。根据句意可知男孩不喜欢按照父母的要求做，所以父母是生气的，故选A。
（5）句意：这个男孩一点也不介意这个。A.妈妈；B.男孩；C.爸爸；D.父母。根据句意可知男孩不介意裸身出去，故选B。
（6）句意：等待他的父母开车。A.发现；B.卖；C.驾驶；D.带来。根据句意可知是开车，drive the car开车，故选C。
（7）句意：但是那天他忘记戴眼镜了。A.衣服；B.帽子；C.眼镜；D.鞋子。根据had poor eyesight可知养猪的农民视力不好，也没有戴眼镜，故选C。
（8）句意：农民成功地把男孩赶到猪圈里。A.努力；B.决定；C.帮助；D.成功。manage to do成功做某事，根据句意可知是农民把男孩赶进了猪圈，故选D。
（9）句意：在猪中生活，并且和猪分享食物和家。A.除去；B.没有；C.在......其中；D.在......附近。根据句意可知是在猪中生活，故选C。
（10）句意：男孩有了一个如此糟糕的一天。A.糟糕的；B.放松的；C.惊讶的；D.疲劳的。根据句意可知和被赶进猪圈，所以是糟糕的一天，故选A。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
11．通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项 A、B、C 和 D 中选出一个最佳选项。
When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to 1 what was coming. I had bright red hair and huge glasses. Besides, I was 2 and not very popular. 3 on the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words "She's huge!" Clearly, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus 4 in silence.
The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle（通道）and then fell face first on the bus, 5 everything I was carrying. 6 I was uneasily gathering my things, I could hear the laughter, and then the words “That felt like an earthquake!”
Anyway, I 7 to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I held back the tears running out of my eyes.
It was then 8 I went into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would walk through the
woods behind our house. I would also walk to a church. I began 9 the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then, 10 , I started losing weight. And as I became satisfied with myself, I began making 11 .
One of my newly found friends also fought with her weight. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and 12 together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing
13 the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again, I am 14 I made it through. Whenever I am fighting with any other problem in life, I always remember the saying "This too shall pass（一切都会过去的）".
If you can find a path with no obstacles（障碍）, it probably doesn't 15 anywhere.
1. A. expect B. understand C. express D. explain
2. A. thin B. overweight C. short D. tall
3. A. Running B. Sleeping C. Jumping D. Getting
4. A. drive B. lift C. ride D. travel
5. A. throwing B. losing C. leaving D. dropping
6. A. While B. Though C. Since D. Because
7. A. decided B. remembered C. failed D. managed
8. A. when B. who C. that D. which
9. A. catching B. missing C. taking D. stopping
10. A. unexpectedly B. uncertainly C. unluckily D. uninterestedly
11. A. changes B. friends C. efforts D. decisions
12. A. study B. play C. chat D. walk
13. A. along B. across C. around D. above
14. A. excited B. worried C. proud D. sad
15. A. appear B. step C. lead D. stay
【答案】（1）A；（2）B；（3）D；（4）C；（5）D；（6）A；（7）D；（8）C；（9）B；（10）A；（11）B；（12）D；（13）A；（14）C；（15）C；
【解析】【分析】本文通过作者就经历告诉我们，如果我们能够正确地面对困难，我们就会克服它，困难必须成为过去。
（1）句意：我害怕去另一所新学校我不认识任何人，因为我能预料到即将发生的事情。根据what was coming 即将发生的事，可知只能是预料，A预料，B理解，C表达，D解释，故选A。
（2）句意：我超重并且不受欢迎。根据下文I started losing weight，我开始减肥，可知她体重超标，A瘦的，B超重的，C矮的，D高的，故选B。
（3）句意：第一天登上校车，我觉得所有的目光都集中在我身上。get on the bus，上车，故选D。
（4）句意：我默默地渡过了第一次校车之行。bus ride，乘公共汽车，A驾车，B电梯，C 乘坐，D旅行，故选 C。
（5）句意：我没有注意到有几个男孩把绳子系在过道上，因此刚上公共汽车我就摔趴下
了，我带的所有东西掉落一地。根据下文 I was uneasily gathering my things 我不自在的收拾我的东西，可知她的物品掉在地上，A扔，B丢，C落下，D掉落，故选 D。
（6）句意：在我不自在地收集我的用品时，我能听到笑声，然后是这样的话“感觉就像地震！”此处是时间状语从句的引导词，表示捡东西和被人嘲笑是同时，A当......时候，表示同时，常用进行时，时间状语从句引导词，B尽管，让步状语从句引导词，C自从，现在完成时标志，D因为，引导原因状语从句，故选A。
（7）句意：无论如何，我设法找到一个座位。anyway强调结果，总之，managed也强调结果，与之呼应，manage to do，设法做成某事，故选 D。
（8）句意：就在那时我陷入了沉思。it was+被强调部分+that是强调句结构，故此处是连词that，故选 C。
（9）句意：我开始故意错过我下午的校车，然后走回家。根据下文walking home instead 相反我走着回家，可知他没有做公共汽车，A抓住，（赶车），B错过，C取得（乘车），D阻止，故选 B。
（10）句意：后来，出乎所有人意料地，我开始减肥了。A出乎意料地，B犹豫地，C不幸地，D不感兴趣地，能和开始减肥语境符合的只有unexpectedly ，故选 A。
（11）句意：当我满足于自己时，我开始交朋友。根据下文 One of my newly found friends 可知她找到了一个新朋友， make friends，是固定搭配，交朋友，符合语境，故选 B。（12）句意：她住在我家附近，所以我们会在一起见面散步。根据下文different from the lonely walks I had taken 不同于我独自走过的路，可知两个人一起散步，A学习，B玩，C聊天，D散步，故选 D。
（13）句意：这条路不同于我独自走的路。walk along the way，沿着这条路走，故选 A。（14）句意：我很自豪能够度过难关。根据I made it through我渡过了难关，可知是件值得骄傲的事情，A激动的，B担心的，C骄傲的，D伤心的，故选 C。
（15）句意：如果你找到了一条没有障碍的道路，它可能不会通向任何地方。根据anywhere 是地点，lead后接地点，通往......，故选C。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
12．阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Jonathan had broken my favorite azalea （杜鹃花）bush before I could stop him. He said nothing but gave me a back and 1 some flowers to school. He didn't see the tears in my eyes while I touched the broken bush 2 . When I was left alone, I 3 hours thinking how love had disappeared from my life.
At 5:15, I hurriedly drove to the school. I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door. She opened the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan," she said. I prepared 4 for the worst. Nothing would 5 me.
"Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked.
I nodded, 6 my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes.
"Let me tell you about yesterday," the teacher said. "See that little girl? Well, yesterday she was almost 7 . Her mother and father were going to divorce （离婚）. She told me she didn't want to live, and that she wished she could die. I watched that little girl cover her face with her hands and say loudly enough for the class to hear, 8 loves me.' I did all I could to make her happy, 9 it only seemed to make matters worse."
"I think you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan," I said.
"I do," she said. "Today your son walked 10 over to that girl. He handed her some pretty pink 11 and said quietly, 'I love you'."
I felt my heart swell （膨胀）with pride for what my son had done. I 12 at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching 13 Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As I thought of the love Jonathan 14 the little girl, a poem came to me, "…these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is 15 ." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt angry. However, now I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family and it began to bloom once again in me.
1. A. provided B. took C. sent D. sold
2. A. excitedly B. heavily C. happily D. sadly
3. A. spent B. cost C. paid D. created
4. A. ourselves B. himself C. myself D. herself
5. A. encourage B. surprise C. hurt D. create
6. A. handing out B. caring for C. looking about D. thinking about
7. A. crazy B. perfect C. dangerous D. patient
8. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Nobody D. Everybody
9. A. but B. so C. because D. or
10. A. around B. straight C. down D. back
11. A. books B. dresses C. presents D. flowers
12. A. smiled B. laughed C. cried D. shouted
13. A. under B. in C. above D. for
14. A. introduced B. showed C. found D. lent
15. A. faith B. hope C. love D. dream
【答案】（1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）A；（10）B；（11）D；（12）A；（13）D；（14）B；（15）C；
【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者的儿子Jonathan摘了作者最喜爱的杜鹃花带到学校，作者感到非常难过，下午老师让作者去学校，结果作者得知儿子用杜鹃花给了一个想要放弃生命的女孩希望，作者也开始种植爱的种子。
（1）句意：他什么也没说，只给了我一个背背影，还带了一些花去上学。A.提供；B.带走；C.发送；D.卖。儿子把花带到学校，take...to...把......带到......，固定搭配，故选B。（2）句意：当我悲伤地抚摸着那片破碎的灌木丛时，他没有看到我眼中的泪水。A.兴奋地；B.沉重地；C.高兴地；D.难过地。眼睛有泪水，所以是难过的，故选D。
（3）句意：当我独自一人时，我花了几个小时思考爱是如何从我的生活中消失的。A.花费；B.花费；C.支付；D.创造。spend+时间+doing sth.花费时间做某事，固定搭配，故选A。
（4）句意：我做好了最坏的打算。A.我们自己；B.他自己；C.我自己；D.她自己。主语是I，所以用I的反身代词myself，故选C。
（5）句意：没有事情让我惊讶。A.鼓励；B.使惊讶；C.伤害；D.创造。作者做好了最坏的打算，所以没有事情使作者惊讶，故选B。
（6）句意：我点点头，想着我最喜欢的灌木丛，想把伤害藏在眼里。A.闲逛；B.喜欢；C.四处看；D.思考。老师问作者儿子把杜鹃花带到学校，所以作者思考自己最喜欢的杜鹃花，感到难过，故选D。
（7）句意：昨天，她几乎疯了。A.疯狂的；B.完美的；C.危险的；D.有耐心的。根据后文She told me she didn't want to live, and that she wished she could die.可知小女孩不想活了，所以是疯狂的，故选A。
（8）句意：我看着那个小女孩用手捂住脸，大声地说：“没有人爱我。”A.某人；B.任何人；C.没人；D.每个人。小女孩不想活的原因是父母离婚，所以感到没人爱她，故选C。（9）句意：我尽我所能让她高兴，但这似乎只会让事情更糟。A.但是；B.所以；C.因为；
D.或者。前后句表示转折，所以用but，故选A。
（10）句意：今天你的儿子直接走向那个女孩。A.在......周围；B.直接；C.往下；D.返回。walk straight over to直接走向，故选B。
（11）句意：他手里拿着一些漂亮的粉色的花，安静地说“我爱你”。A.书；B.裙子；C.礼物；D.花。作者儿子拿的是杜鹃花，故选D。
（12）句意：我朝老师微笑。A.微笑；B.笑；C.哭；D.喊叫。smile at sb.朝某人微笑；laugh at sb.嘲笑某人。作者为儿子感到骄傲，所对老师微笑，故选A。
（13）句意：“谢谢你，”我说，伸手握住乔纳森的手，“你让我过得很愉快。”A.在......下
面；B.在......里面；C.在......上面；D.为了。reach for伸手去够......，固定搭配，故选D。（14）句意：当我想起乔纳森对小女孩的爱时，我想起了一首诗。A.介绍；B.展示；C.发现；D.借给。儿子展示了对小女孩的爱，故选B。
（15）句意：但是这些中最伟大的就是爱。A.信仰；B.希望；C.爱；D.梦想。根据后句While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt angry.可知儿子把爱付诸实践，所以爱啊最伟大的，故选C。
【点评】考查完形填空，首先通读一遍文章，跳过缺失的单词，再根据上下文来判断所缺单词的含义，最后对选项进行区别，选出正确的那一项。
13．完形填空
I keep a two-dollar bill in my wallet that was given by my mother when I was six years old. Mother gave it to me so that 1 would follow me everywhere. She looked at me and said, "I want you to 2 this two-dollar bill for extra good luck."
"Thanks, Mom," I replied. "I will keep it 3 me always."
My mother passed away when I was 17 years old and I remembered taking out my two-dollar bill, 4 it in my hand for the longest time and I knew she would be 5 me the rest of life.
On my first 6 , I was thirty years old. As I sat in the sitting room, I noticed there were five women ahead of me. All of them were 7 and well dressed, which made me more nervous. "What makes you feel you are 8 for this job?" Mrs. Martin, the office manager asked me. "I really need this job and there is 9 I can't do. I know I am not as suitable as your other applicants（申请人）for the job, but please give me a 10 .I learn quickly and can be a very capable 11 of your team."
That evening I received a call from Mrs. Martin. "Gina," she said, "you were not the most suitable applicant, 12 you have so much confidence in yourself that we decided to give you a chance to prove yourself." "Thank you, Mrs. Martin. You will not regret this 13 , "I said 14 and hung up the phone.
I got my wallet and took out my two-dollar bill." Thanks, Mom. I am sure to 15 it," I said out loud so that she could hear me.
1. A. love B. friends C. money D. luck
2. A. bring B. take C. carry D. explore
3. A. next to B. far from C. away from D. close to
4. A. holding B. taking C. watching D. checking
5. A. keeping B. protecting C. teaching D. caring
6. A. business B. interview C. journey D. vacation
7. A. older B. cleverer C. younger D. earlier
8. A. fixed B. lucky C. enough D. fit
9. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
10. A. message B. chance C. habit D. lesson
11. A. member B. leader C. friend D. hero
英语完形填空20篇（附带答案解析） 1 Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It ' s it ' s hot in ___. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2 _ began. It is not big, but it ' s cool and quiet. I could ___ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night. One day I had some 4 to solve. But I didn ' t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my _5 ___ , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn ' t see eac other after I _6_ middle school. At first he didn ' t recognizemeiHsup and down. And then he called out, “ Oh, dear! It ' s you, Fred! ” Of course we were _8_ to meet each other aga in and talked a lot about our schoolmates and _9_. Later on he showed me around his librar y. It wasn ' t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I _10_ were in them too. At last I said, 11_ you lend some dicti on aries to me, please? ” "I ' m sorry I don ' t lend any books to ” said the young man. “ Are you afraid I _13 llthem? ” “ No, I ' m not. I ' m afraid you w4n therm t o me. Look! All the books are not _15_, but borrowed! ” 1. A. spri ng B. summer C. autu mn D . win ter 2. A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday 3. A. study B. play C. rest D . run 4. A. words B. senten ces C. problems D . stories 5. A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D . classmates 6. A. fini shed B. heard C. saw D . met 7. A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled 8. A. angry B.happy C. worried D . sad 9. A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D . drivers 10. A. looked for B. read C. wrote D . looked at 11. A. Need B. Must C. May D . Can 12. A. other B. the other C. others D . ano ther 13. A. lose B. sell C. throw D . know 14. A. pay B. return C. use D . look after 15. A. made B. picked C. won D. bought 名师点评 这篇短文主要讲了 Charlie 家里有许多藏书，却没有一本是自己买的，所以他从不借书 给别人，因为他怕别人都和他一样。本题的不少答案只从缺空所在句子的语意和语法是无法 确定的，解题是要联系上下文及一般常识进行推理。 答案简析 1. B 。 hot 应该指的是夏天的天气情况。 2. D 。大学生暑假回家度假。 3. A 。学生暑假应该不忘学习。 4. C 。solve problems 意为"解决问题”。 5. D 。根据下文可得知。 6. A 。 finish middle school 表示"中学毕业”。
2016考研英语真题解析：完形填空终于看懂了 2016考研英语一的完形填空主题是关于“柬埔寨青年的结婚习俗”,内容好理解,题目也很简单,如果有同学最后不做而靠蒙的话,可就有点可惜了! 下面跨考教育英语教研室孟老师以2016年真题为例，为考生详细解析完形填空：Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) In Cambodia, the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends, __1__those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker. A young man can __2__ a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to __3__the marriage negotiations, or the young man’s parents may take the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. __4__, a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen. __5__ a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying __6__ a good family. The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days, __7__198 0s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and __8__ pray ers of blessing. Par--ts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting,__9__cotton threads soaked in h oly water around the bride's and groom's wrists, and __10__a candle around a circle of happily ma rried and respected couples to bless the __11__. Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife' s parents and may__12__ with them up to a year, __13__they can build a new house nearby. Divorce is legal and easy to __14__, but not common. Divorced persons are __15__ with some disapproval. Each spouse retains ___16___ property he or she __17__ into the marriage, and jointly-acquired property is __18__ equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice __19__up. The divorced male doesn't have a waiting period before he can remarry __20__the woman must wait ten months. 1. A. by way of B. with regard to C. on behalf of D. as well as 2. A. decide on B. provide for C. compete with D. adapt to 3. A. close B. arrange C. renew D. postpone 4. A. In theory B. Above all C. In time D. For example 5. A. Unless B. Less C. After D. Although 6. A. into B. within C. from D. through 7. A. or B. since C. but D. so 8. A. test B. copy C. recite D. create 9. A. folding B. piling C. wrapping D. tying 10. A. passing B. lighting C. hiding D. serving 11. A. association B. meeting C. collection D. union 12. A. deal B. part C. grow D. live 13. A. whereas B. until C. for D. if 14. A. avoid B. follow C. challenge D. obtain 15. A. isolated B. persuaded C. viewed D. exposed 16. A. wherever B. whatever C. whenever D. however
高中英语完形填空解题技巧和训练 一、首句信息 完形填空通常首句不设空，目的是让考生迅速进入主题，熟悉语言环境，建立正确的思维导向。英语中首句通常是文章的主题句，把握了主旨句对于理解全文和解题很有帮助。 (广东卷) It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The __1__ is based on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by __2__ situation that has designed for the __3__ children. 1. A. principle B. theory C. argument D. classification 2. A. designing B. grouping C. learning D. living 3. A. smart B. curious C. mature D. average 二、注意前后语境，暗示信息 考查考生根据上下文提供的信息进行分析及推理的能力。 考生在做题时要有全局观念，进行连贯性思维，做题时要把每个空白处的含义与前后句的意思联系起来理解，进行合乎逻辑的推理判断。难选之处通常前后多有暗示。 这种暗示多为后面暗示前面。 （广东卷）“As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the office at this very moment who might ___49___.” She wrote down a number, and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.” 49. A. hire B. accept C. suit D. offer 三、注意固定搭配，熟记常见句型， 考查考生对常见的英语固定短语和习惯用法的掌握情况。如动词与名词的搭配；动词与介词或副词的搭配；介词与名词的搭配等。这类搭配在高考完形填空中时有出现。 I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ___44___the telephone. 44. A. with B. by C. from D. on (陕西)The second rich man, seeing the worrying situation, stopped for a short time and gave the villagers all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little __34__ to them. 34. A. interest B. concern C. use D. attraction 四、注意词语辨析 考查考生在特定语境中区别近义词的能力。四个选项词性相同，意义相近，要求在特定的语境中区分它们之间的细微差别。一般说来，其中的两个选项容易排除，难辨的是两个。 Although I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his ___37_ qualities. First of all … 37. A. basic B. special C. common D. particular （全国卷）Once he ___42___ sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. 42. A. also B. nearly C. even D. only
考研英语完形填空三大技巧 导语：完形填空是考研英语中的一个大题型，攻破考研完型填空题型要从三个方面入手，分别是词汇、阅读以及完成完型填空的技巧。 一、词汇是基础 不止是完形填空，考研英语(论坛)学习的过程中，词汇都是基础。完型填空题型的攻克，是以掌握一定的词汇量为基础的。但是掌握词汇并不是仅仅是背过而已，是指能在答题时灵活运用。词汇量的提高并非是数字的简单推理，而应该是灵活应辨的能力。有些同学在记忆词汇的过程中，背熟了若干本考研词汇书之后仍然无法正确做题，并且在写作文的时候经常词义混淆。 很多同学在记单词的时候，会忽略背诵的质量。记单词的时候不要停留在单词的表面意思上，一定要结合例句和文章来理解。同时运用发散思维，记住了动词，遇到不认识的相关的名词、形容词、副词时就要往这个动词的意思上联想。词汇不是孤立的，建议同学们在学习的过程中，不要将词汇的学习和阅读分离开来。 二、阅读是方法 很多高分学员可能都会有类似的感触，单词没有记住，但是仍然得高分。其中的秘诀就是于他们的语感好。所以阅读能力的培养是很重要的。在答题中第一遍可以带着问题浏览全文，这就需要快速阅读的能力。在寻找问题的答案时，又需要又快又准的回到原文中，迅速定位。平时的复习过程中，应该在每个复习阶段，侧重不同的阅读力度。随着复习的深入，逐渐加大阅读量。尤其是快速阅读理解能力，甚至是跳过一些空格，浏览文章，掌握大意的能力。从一定意义上讲，完形填空试题是为阅读理解服务的，其主旨是考查阅读理解能力。 阅读的过程也是培养语感的过程。临近考研，可以多读读真题，把真题里的完形填空和阅读理解作为素材每天读几遍。到了考场上看到考题时就不会那么陌生。 三、技巧为捷径 一般完型填空做题的步骤是四步，看到文章后，先用一、两分钟时间快速浏览全文，把握中心。明了作者意向、态度。注意文章首末句，因为往往文章的中心句在其中。看懂它们会缩短你读懂文章的时间;结合文章空格精读，对于难于动笔的`空格先跳过，通读;串读全文，连贯通顺。对个别难句进行语言结构上的分析，结合你对文章的理解，逻辑推理出选项;最后通读，检查全文。 完型填空不是没有规律可循的。要学会掌握一种“顺藤摸瓜”的方法，也就是寻找线索。句子本身的线索主要指空格前后所要求的搭配、词汇的并列等;句子之间的线索主要指逻辑关系，如转折、因果、递进等;全文线索主要指文章的主题、作者的倾向以及词汇的同义复现，即作者在上下文中以不同的词表达同一意思等。所以要根据不同情况寻找不同线索，然后确定答案。
（英语）英语完形填空专项习题及答案解析及解析 一、完形填空 1．阅读下面短文，掌握大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Do you know anything about the invention of the bar code（条形码）? A small food store owner found it was 1 to keep records of the product information. In 1948, he asked the Drexel Institute of Technology to solve this 2 . Bernard Silver, a graduate student, was 3 . He and his friend Norman Joseph Woodland 4 to work on it. 5 , they invented their first working system. The system did work 6 , but it was very expensive and 7 the system didn't work well. If the invention was to become 8 in stores, the problems had to be solved. Finally, Woodland solved 9 . The patent （专利权） for the bar code system was 10 for by Silver and Woodland in 1949, but the patent was not given until 1952. 11 this patent was given, the system was still not popular 12 store owners. In 1970, a business named Logicon Inc. 13 the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code （通用杂货产品识别码）. Marsh Supermarket in Troy was the first store to 14 this bar code reading system. It has become very popular ever since, and now it's 15 in all types of stores all over the world. 1. A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. boring 2. A. plan B. problem C. project D. doubt 3. A. bored B. tired C. interested D. surprised 4. A. started B. continued C. refused D. failed 5. A. First B. Soon C. Recently D. Exactly 6. A. at first B. for example C. on time D. in person 7. A. often B. seldom C. sometimes D. never 8. A. lively B. cheap C. direct D. popular 9. A. it B. him C. her D. them 10. A. asked B. offered C. made D. divided 11. A. Unless B. Although C. If D. Since 12. A. between B. among C. during D. in 13. A. found B. mentioned C. invented D. remained 14. A. give up B. put up C. set up D. clean up 15. A. repaired B. tried C. learned D. used 【答案】（1）B；（2）B；（3）C；（4）A；（5）B；（6）A；（7）C；（8）D；（9）D；（10）A；（11）B；（12）B；（13）C；（14）C；（15）D； 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了条形码的发展历史。 （1）句意：一个小食品店老板发现保存产品信息的记录是非常困难的。A容易的，B困 难的，C有趣的，D无聊的，根据he asked the Drexel Institute of Technology to solve他要求 德雷克塞尔理工学院解决，可知要解决的都是难题，故是困难的，故选B。
2008年考研英语真题——完型填空 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first he, however, might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection. This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists,13 hey also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14 ave previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 ucation. The latter was seen as a (an) 17 genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately18 is argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 em to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 ate of affairs. 1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased 2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare 3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against 4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately 5. [A] Only [B] So [C] Even [D] Hence 6. [A] thought [B] sight [C] cost [D] risk 7. [A] advises [B] suggests [C] protests [D] objects 8. [A] progress [B] fact [C] need [D] question 9. [A] attaining [B] scoring [C] reaching [D] calculating 10. [A] normal [B] common [C] mean [D] total 11. [A] unconsciously [B] disproportionately [C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably 12. [A] missions [B] fortunes [C] interests [D] careers 13. [A] affirm [B] witness [C] observe [D] approve 14. [A] moreover [B] therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile 15. [A] given up [B] got over [C] carried on [D] put down 16. [A] assessing [B] supervising [C] administering [D] valuing 17. [A] development [B] origin [C] consequence [D] instrument 18. [A] linked [B] integrated [C] woven [D] combined 19. [A] limited [B] subjected [C] converted [D] directed 20. [A] paradoxical [B] incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous
2021考研英语完型填空复习 如何复习完形填空?什么时候开始准备? 答：完形填空是考研比较难的一部分，从历年的平均分可看出，每年平均分都在5分左右，低于及格分。又由于完形填空所占分值不高，许多同学都选择避开，复习阅读时顺带复习完形，或者干脆不管，考试时“蒙一水”。这种做法有一定道理，毕竟完型较难，分值不多，就算投入大量时间和精力也不一定能保证多几分。但是，就算如此，完型也不能甩手不管，需要投入一定时间去准备，另外就是了解一些完形填空出题规律以及做题的技巧和方法，争取达到及格分以上。 复习完形建议以真题为参考，立足真题。把完形出现的固定搭配、固定词组整理出来，在你开始接触真题时就该复习完型。一般在9月后开始系统准备、做题为宜。 完形填空有没有做题技巧? 答：完形填空做题技巧历来都是备受同学青睐。对于这种提分不容易，分值比例又较低的部分同学们都倾向于用“技巧”解题。在此要提醒同学们，任何技巧都是建立在基础上的，技巧不能决定成败，但可起到锦上添花作用。同时，下面给大家分享一些技巧： A、完形填空的第一句话作为文章的开篇，告诉我们文章的主题，下面的内容都是围绕它展开，因此第一句都是完整的，我们也要紧抓第一句话，自己所做的选择都应与第一句的意思相一致。另外注意完形填空选的是最佳答案，而不是正确答案
B、学会利用红花绿叶原则做题。完形词汇分为红花词和绿叶词。红花词就是每次出现在真题里都会选;绿叶词就是屡次出现屡次不选。比如说however、although、yet、because等属于红花词。Since、nowthat、what、if only、in case等都属于绿叶词。根据往年经验，利用红花绿叶原则做题能做对2-5题，但同时也有失手可能，失手也是有原因的，因为和后面提到的原则矛盾了。 C、同义原则：在四个选项中，当两个或三个实词互为同义词时，答案往往在其中。当两个或三个虚词互为同义词时，往往都不选。当四个选项都有一个共同意思时，该意思往往不能入选。更多的技巧和原则可参见李老师授课内容。 完形填空选项答案有没有什么规律? 答：根据我们对历年完形填空真题答案的整理和总结，得到答案分布是有规律可循的：A、四个选项都是4-6个之间，四个答案是均匀分布的。B、一般而言，A答案较多(至少五个)C、没有连续三个答案都是一样的情况。D、在五个一组的答案里，至少要出现三个字母。
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2014年考研英语(一)完型填空题解析 SectionI??UseofEnglish 1、【答案】Awhere 【解析】本句的句义是：我们突然不能回忆起刚才把钥匙放在哪里了，或者一个老熟人的姓名，或者是一个老乐队的名称。这根据句义，这里是表示忘记了钥匙所放在的地点，因此正确答案为A。 2、【答案】Bfades 【解析】本句的句义是：本句的句义是关于大脑的退化，我们婉转地把它称作“老年时分”(老年人的瞬间记忆丧失)。从前文可以看出，文章讲的是随着年龄增长，记忆力的衰退。由语境确定B。 3、【答案】Bwhile 【解析】本句的句义是：这看起来问题不大，但精神集中能力的丧失，对于我们的职业生涯，社会交往以及个人生活都能产生有害影响。这个空在句首，需要填一个连接词，看起来问题不大和后面句之间是转折关系，因此正确答案为B。 4、【答案】Adamaging 【解析】本句的句义同第3题。通过整篇文章语境，我们可以看出注意力的丧失会对我们造成不好的影响，造成损害，因此正确答案是damaging，表示损害。 5、【答案】Cwell-being 【解析】本句的句义同第3题。这里需要填入的是表示个人生活状态的词，因此 well-being符合题意，表示个人的幸福。 6、【答案】Dturn 【解析】It代表神经科学，它的结果是，大脑也跟我们的肌肉一样，也需要进行锻炼……这里给出的是神经科学的结论，因此选择turnout。 7、【答案】Cworkout 【解析】……适当的精神训练能够明显改善我们的基本认知……。Workout有锻炼练习的意思，因此正确答案为C。 8、【答案】Dfunctions
2011年考研英语完形填空答案及真题解析(沪江完美版) Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as ―a bodily exercise precious to health.‖ But __1___some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, ___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to __4__, a good laugh is unlikely to have __5___ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does. __6__, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the __7__, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down. Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ___10___ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional state. __11____one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow. Although sadness also ____14___ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles ___18___ more exuberantly to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, ____19___
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高考完形填空解题技巧 (I) 完形填空是全国各地高考英语必考题型之一，占20分。题型特征是：一篇短文中间留20 个空格，每个空格给出4个选项，要求从中选出最佳答案填入相应的空格内。由于这种题型既考查学生的语法、词法、句法、习惯用法等英语基础知识的综合运用能力，又考查他们对短文的阅读和理解能力。这种题型综合性较强，因而难度较大。总的来说，完形填空为了测试考生实际应用英语的能力和语感。具体说来，是从语篇角度综合测试考生的阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。因此，本文我就考试出题的三个方向、考试题型和具体解题技巧做了详细阐述： 一、考试出题的大致方向是： 1、词汇：某些词义的识别，同义词辨析。英语习惯用法的熟悉程度。 2、语法结构：语法规则的实际应用。 3、语篇句意：从语篇角度,即上下文和情景语境综合测试考生的阅读理解能力 4. 逻辑推理和生活常识 二、考试题型： （一）词汇题： 单纯地考单词或短语的释义： 1.There can be no question about the value of a safety program. From a financial standpoint alone, safety ____. (‘99) A. comes off B. turns up C. pays off D. holds up 答案：C. 词汇辨析题： 主要是指同义词、近义词的辨析，这类题较难。 2.They are needed for ____ food into energy and body maintenance. (‘96) A. shifting B. transferring C. altering D. transforming 答案：D. 固定短语搭配题： 3.With it, astronauts will acquire a workhouse vehicle ____ of flyingsintosspace and returning many times. (‘92) A. capable B. suitable C. efficient D. fit 答案：A. (二)语法题： 语法结构题，主要是考结构词：代词、介词和从句连接词。 4.Moreover, inaccurate or indefinite words may make ____ difficult for the listener to understand the message which is being transmitted to him. (’94) A. that B. it C. so D. this答案：B. (三)语篇题：
2011年考研英语完形填空答案及真题解析 阅读提示：本次研究生入学英语考试的完形填空部分原文摘自《科学美国人》网站，原文标题是"How Humor Makes You Friendlier, Sexier" （幽默感为什么能让你看来更友善性感），是一篇标准的科学说明类型文章。下面就请大家对照原题和我们一起来看看这篇文章： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But ---__1___some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, ___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to __4__, a good laugh is unlikely to have __5___ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does. __6__, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the __7__, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down. Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ___10___ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional state. __11____one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow. Although sadness also ____14___ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles ___18___ more exuberantly to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, ____19___ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around. ___20__ , the physical act of laughter could improve mood.