2015届高考英语二轮小专题复习之完形填空9
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- 1 - 完形填空9 When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never 11__ at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and _12_ person When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ . He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains” __15 of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked _16__, he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18__for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19__a pine, and instead of _20__it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I __21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22__. I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24__ in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches. Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26__of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy. Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__ comfort and ease never could. Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away. 1．A. shouted B. shot C. aimed D. pointed 2． A. cruel B. greedy C. pleasant D. disciplined 3．A. museum B. park C. playground D. forest 4． A. features B. theories C. characters D. instructions 5．A. class B. college C. school D. university 6．A. what B. when C. how D. why 7． A. image B. product C. generation D. species 8．A. cheap B. easy C. expensive D. rough 9． A. paint B. plant C. uproot D. establish 10．A. starving B. beating C. watering D. feeding 11．A. asked B. told C. informed D. demanded 12．A. approval B. attention C. pain D. communication 13． A. weeks B. months C. years D. days 14．A. resulted B. produced C. believed D. spent 15．A. treated B. tended C. supported D. attended 16．A. number B. couple C. row D. period 17．A. trembling B. dying C. strong D. intelligent - 2 -
18．A. while B. though C. as D. and 19． A. them B. that C. it D. this 20．A. trunks B. roots C. branches D. Leaves
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 37 ． The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, " 38 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 39 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．" I was 40 and asked why． He explained, "As if the openings were made 41 for the sake of special style and reuse．" Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 42 shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 43 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 44 the master's skill． Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife 45 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 46 _ and mend it．" Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 47 thread and they 48 a look of ice crystal （冰晶 ） hanging from a winter's branch． 49 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 50 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 51 !" "I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife． Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 53 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 54 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 55 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful． 21．A．laughter B．cheers C．tears D．speech 22．A．made B．repaired C．decorated D．preserved 23．A．Anything B．SomethingC．Everything D．Nothing 24．A．trust B．inform C．appoint D．convince 25．A．annoyed B．confused C．disappointed D．discouraged 26．A．on purpose B．by accidentC．in vain D．beyond control 27．A．neither B．any C．every D．each 28．A．remaining B．growing C．looking D．feeling 29．A．appreciate B．witness C．praise D．describe 30．A．delivered B．checked C．washed D．ironed 31．A．outside B．downtown C．home D．abroad 32．A．red B．white C．pink D．purple 33．A．took on B．put on C．decided on D．focused on 34．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway D．Besides
