高中英语完形填空专项练习及答案

完形填空专项练习:

A "dark horse "is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, 1 the experts said he had little cha nee of winning.

In politics, an 2 can didate （候选人）for office who 3 a nomin ati on（提名）or electi on is called a "dark horse".

British Prime Min ister Benjamin Disrael is believed to 4 the first to use the phrase. In his novel, "The Young Duke ", published in 1831, Disrael described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell 5 .while "a dark horse "which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand （看台）in a sweeping triumph.

From rac ing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase, dark horse ” 6 for the

first time in the national Democratic Party congress of 1844. The "dark horse" was James Knox Polk who became the llth Preside nt of the Un ited States. Polk had bee n the leader of the House of Represe ntatives from 1835 to 1839. He had 7 ____ b ee n Governor of the state of Tenn essee. But as a n ati onal leader, he was con sidered a political 8 .

Nevertheless, he 9 won the Democratic nomination and was elected 10 .Martin Van Bure n of New York, A former Preside nt, seemed sure of gett ing the nomin ati on. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the Un ited States as mother state. He was __________________ 11 it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he 12 support among those Democrats who supported slavery.

At the 1884 con gress, Van Buren could not get eno ugh votes to win the nomin atio n. The con gress got into 13 . Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thi ng would be to run a "dark horse ", 14 who could un ite the party.

And so, one of the party leaders, George Ban croft, proposed the n ame of James Knox Polk.

He won, and the party 15 beh ind him, And he defeated his opp onent , Henry Clay of the

Whig Party.

16the 1844 congress, the "dark horse "candidates became an established fact of national political life. One historian said, "The invention of the dark horse was 17 a remarkable product of our professi onal politics. "This made 18 possible for party leaders to choose can didates who were not tied to certa in ideas. Therefore, they represe nted 19 and had developed 20 e nemies.

1. A. so B. even though C. so that D. as if

2. A. unknown B. famous C. popular D. known

3. A. accepts B. looks forward to C. refuses D. wi ns

4. A. be B. being C. been D. have bee n

5. A. about B. beh ind C. asleep D. back

6. A. happened B. appeared C. used D. was come about

7. A. as well B. either C. also D. too