高中英语真题-2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习(12)及答案

高中英语真题:2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习（12）及答案

完形填空（记叙文）Try It in a Different Way

Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough

working-class neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he

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have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted

2 . Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a 3

actor, but I had a driving need to do something 4

with my life,” he says.

He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his

5 . But he didn’t make

6 . For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, 7

at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his 8 career.

In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his 9 neighborhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was 10

to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s 11

and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer 12

to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.

His 13

grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was 14

out of work and out of cash 15

he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio 16

it down. Moresco believed so 17

in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.

The movie, Crash, 18

into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards—Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.

At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an 19

success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the 20

to get it done.” 1. A. mustB. shouldC. canD. need

2. A. overB. farC. outD. up

3. A. simpleB. strictC. firmD. good

4. A. differentB. impressiveC. effectiveD. special

5. A. occasionB. treasureC. fortuneD. possibility

6. A. itB. oneC. thisD. that

7. A. communicatingB. entertaining C. practicingD. volunteering

8. A. affordedB. chosenC. respectedD. offered

9. A. earlyB. wornC. oldD. passed

10. A. turnedB. pointedC. belongedD. related

11. A. arrestingB. injuringC. killingD. shooting

12. A. advisedB. happenedC. intendedD. planned

13. A. influenceB. ambitionC. successD. reputation

14. A. againB. even C. finallyD. still

15. A. beforeB. whenC. sinceD. while

16. A. letB. lookedC. tookD. turned

17. A. stronglyB. hardlyC. deeplyD. bravely

18. A. movedB. slippedC. fellD. put

19. A. effortlessB. enjoyable C. overnightD. optimistic 20. A. waysB. linesC. mannersD. actions

参考答案159.BCDAC ADBCD CBDAB DABCA ：

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day

taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.

As they went along, they saw 36 in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had 37 finished his day’s work.

The student 38 the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a(n) 39 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his 40 when he cannot find them.”

“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never

41 ourselves at the expense of the poor. You are 42 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man. Put a 43 into each shoe, and then we will hide

ourselves and watch how the 44 affects him.”

The student did so, 45 they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by.

The poor man soon finished his work, and came 46 the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While 47 his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 48 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin.

Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He gazed

upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around 49 on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was 50 on finding the

other coin.

His feelings 51 him; he fell upon his 52 , looked up to heav