（英语）英语完形填空练习题及答案及解析
一、高中英语完形填空
1．阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My mother died at the age of thirty-six, leaving me aged seven. I was 1 mainly by relatives when my father remarried. By my early twenties, I had learned that my mother, who had polio (小儿麻痹症) as a young child, had not been 2 to live past her early twenties.
After the tough upbringing I've had, I began to 3 why she chose to have children when she knew she would die 4 . Finally, from my aunt, I got a simple answer: My mother had always 5 the doctors' prediction. She had done so well with her 6 issues that she thought she would live long enough to raise me.
I got a little relieved. 7 I still felt deeply 8 that my mother had left me in such a
9 situation. And then the 10 came.
There were no words spoken and no thoughts 11 but only feelings. I recall no background to the dream ― only the 12 of my mother walking toward me. She was 13 of the serious scoliosis (脊柱侧弯) that had troubled her. She walked straight and came toward me with her arms open, her kind eyes shining even more brightly than I 14 , a beautiful smile on her face. She wrapped her arms around me and I returned her a warm hug. We 15 stood, holding each other as a strong feeling of deep love 16 over me. At that dream moment I knew my mother had never 17 to bring me into the world and then leave. She loved me then and she had kept loving me.
Thirty-five years ago I awoke from that dream with a great peace. My sadness 18 . I have never had a single moment of doubt about my mother's love 19 . I continue my life, in the 20 that my mother's unconditional love is always there.
1. A. raised up B. made up C. brought up D. picked up
2. A. suggested B. expected C. promised D. proved
3. A. wonder B. understand C. realize D. appreciate
4. A. alone B. fast C. poor D. young
5. A. suited B. challenged C. followed D. failed
6. A. emotion B. management C. academy D. health
7. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Therefore
8. A. delighted B. worried C. excited D. hurt
9. A. difficult B. special C. strange D. different
10. A. chance B. problem C. dream D. decision
11. A. exchanged B. provided C. gained D. offered
12. A. imagination B. voice C. smile D. figure
13. A. aware B. free C. full D. sick
14. A. concluded B. realized C. remembered D. predicted
15. A. actually B. simply C. finally D. always
16. A. ran B. washed C. turned D. got
17. A. pretended B. managed C. intended D. happened
18. A. grew B. disappeared C. followed D. solved
19. A. though B. just C. still D. since
20. A. knowledge B. dream C. hope D. expectation
【答案】（1）C；（2）B；（3）A；（4）D；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）D；（9）A；（10）C；（11）A；（12）D；（13）B；（14）C；（15）B；（16）B；（17）C；（18）B；（19）D；（20）A；
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者因为妈妈的早逝，过着艰难的生活，所以一直误会妈妈在明知自己活不久的情况下还生下她。直到阿姨的解释和一次梦到妈妈，她才体会到妈妈对她深深的爱。
（1）考查动词短语。句意：父亲再婚后我基本上是由亲人养大的。A. raised up“举起”；B. made up“组成，编造”；C. brought up“养育”；D. picked up“捡起”。根据上文的“My mother died at the age of thirty-six, leaving me aged seven.”可知，母亲去世时，作者才7岁，再加上父亲再婚，故此处用“由亲人养大”符合语境，故选C。
（2）考查动词。句意：直到20出头，我才知道我的妈妈有小儿麻痹症，大家都认为她不能活过20多岁。A. suggested“建议”；B. expected“认为”；C. pr omised“承诺”；D. proved“证明”。根据上下文可知，此处是指大家都认为她活不过20多岁，故选B。
（3）考查动词。句意：在我被艰难的养大之后，我开始想为什么她选择生孩子即使她知道她在年轻时就会去世。A. wonder“想知道”；B. understand“明白”；C. realize“意识到”；D. appreciate“感激，欣赏”。根据下文的“why she chose to have children”可知，此处用“想知道”符合语境，故选A。
（4）考查形容词。句意：在我被艰难的养大之后，我开始想为什么她选择生孩子即使她知道她在年轻时就会去世。A. alone“独自的”；B. fast“快的”；C. poor“贫穷的”；D. young“年轻的”。根据上文的“had not been ____2____ to live past her early twenties.”可知，作者的妈妈被认为活不过20几岁，故选D。
（5）考查动词。句意：最后，从阿姨那儿我得到了一个简单的答案：我的妈妈总是挑战医生的预言。A. suited“适合”；B. challenged“挑战”；C. follo wed“采取”；D. failed“失败”。根据下文的“she would live long enough to raise me.”可知，作者的妈妈认为她可以活到把作者养大，故此处用“挑战医生的预言”符合语境，故选B。
（6）考查名词。句意：她把健康问题处理的非常好，以至于她认为她可以活到把我养大。A. emotion“感情”；B. management“管理”；C. academy“学术”；D. health“健康”。根据上文“My mother had always ____5____ the d octors' prediction.”可知，作者的妈妈曾经看过医生，故此处用健康问题符合语境，故选D。
（7）考查副词。句意：然而，妈妈让我处于一种艰难的情况，这让我感到深深的伤害。A. However“然而”；B. Moreover“此外”；C. Otherwise“否则”；D. Therefore“因此”。根据上文的“I got a little relieved”可知，作者首先感到有点欣慰，后来感觉受到了伤害，上下文是转折关系，故选A。
（8）考查形容词。句意：然而，妈妈让我处于一种艰难的情况，这让我感到深深的伤
