高考英语 完形填空基础练习精品题(14)

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- 1 - 高考英语 完形填空基础练习精品题(14) 完形填空(记叙文) When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer (制酒人). He’d 1 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 2 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 3 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 4 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 5 me to study law and business at the same time. In my second year of grade school, I began to realize that I’d 6 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 7 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 8 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life. I packed my stuff into a bus and headed to Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 9 . I finished Harvard and got a highly paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there for five years, I 10 : Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50? At that time, Americans paid 11 money for beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for 12 ? I thought. I decided to give up my job to become a (n) 13 . When I told Dad, he was 14 , but in the end he 15 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 16 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea party. 17 I sold the beer direct to beer drinker to get 18 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Samuel Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 19 to the young is simple: life is very 20 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan. 1. A. costB. spentC. takeD. paid 2. A. likeB. as ifC. soD. nor 3. A. anywhereB. nowhere C. whereD. somewhere 4. A. resultB. teachers C. gradesD. work 5. A. promisedB. made C. advisedD. allowed - 2 -

6. A. neverB. ever C. alwaysD. hardly 7. A. FortunatelyB. Obviously C. PossiblyD. Properly 8. A. expectB. thinkC. stopD. wait 9. A. schoolB. Colorado C. my homeD. my decision 10. A. realizedB. askedC. wonderedD. knew 11. A. lessB. littleC. goodD. lot 12. A. EnglishmenB. Europeans C. the worldD. Americans 13. A. lawyerB. brewer C. instructorD. engineer 14. A. surprisedB. satisfied C. interestedD. anxious 15. A. hatedB. supported C. raisedD. left 16. A. forB. atC. inD. after 17. A. ThereforeB. OtherwiseC. AlsoD. Yet 18. A. themB. the word C. teaD. the party 19. A. adviceB. life C. jobD. experience 20. A. hardB. busyC. shortD. long 参考答案123.BCACD ABDAC CDBAB DCBAD :

(201*年深圳市高三年级第一次调研考试) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Where did all the tigers go? That’s what Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to know. India’s Sariska Project Tiger Reserve,once home to 26 tigers,is now home to none. Singh has ordered a police investigation into the (1) ,and created a new taskforce to save the (2) animals.

Tigers are an endangered species(物种).Half of the world’s tiger (3) live in India. For years,tigers have been disappearing from India’s national parks,but Sariska may be the last straw. And the government has to (4) . - 3 -

On Thursday,Singh held the first meeting of (5) officials,wildlife experts,and related leaders,aiming to (6) the nation’s remaining tigers,and to (7) a plan to keep them safe.

It is not hard to guess why the tigers are disappearing. Poachers(偷猎者)can (8) the big cats for$50,000 each. Tiger skin and bones are popular in Chinese (9).A single tiger tooth can fetch $120.Recently,a group of poachers admitted killing ten tigers in Sariska and were (10) .

"Indian tiger poaching is probably the (11) conservation problem in modern times,"said Belinda Wright,the head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.

However,poaching isn’t the only (12) .Many poachers use advanced technologies,like night glasses and long-range binoculars. Forest security officers are paid so (13) that few of them (14) to track down the poachers. Even if security guards were to find a poacher,many only carry a stick to make him obey the law.

Tiger fans hope that Singh’s plans mean end for the poachers and__(15)__ for the endangered species.

(1)A. project B. disappearance C. reserve D. home

(2)A. dangerous B. huge C. rare D. fierce

(3)A. population B. percentage C. generation D. group (4)A. care B. plan C. react D. wake (5)A. business B. trade C. army D. forest