2008年高考完形填空專練21--40篇

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Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   1   into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa,   2  , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment（尷尬）at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how   3   I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very   4   to understand. “I guess we all have to   5   sometime, ”Mother said quietly. I could   6   her pain and the tension（壓力）of   7   the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me   8  . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   9   my shoulder and sobbed. I held her   10   and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could   11   it was enough. In that moment, feeling Mother’s   12   with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to   13  . She was still my mother,   14   she was something   15  : a person like me, capable of fear and   16   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions（場(chǎng)合）when I sought   17   in her arms.

    A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station   18  . “It’s a job I can do, though”she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very   19   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping   20   across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

  1. A. tired                 B. ashamed            C. lazy               D. shocked

  2. A. crying            B. smiling             C. thinking         D. whispering

  3. A. eagerly             B. worriedly          C. little              D. much

  4. A. quickly             B. slowly               C. suddenly        D. proudly

  5. A. fail                   B. win                   C. fall sick          D. give in

  6. A. know of            B. watch                C. sense              D. recognize

  7. A. holding back     B. putting away      C. sitting up        D. stopping from

  8. A. lit up                B. came true          C. turned            D. increased

  9. A. to                         B. up                    C. through          D. against

  10. A. tightly             B. thoughtfully      C. carefully        D. politely

  11. A. and that           B. now that            C. but that          D. so that

  12. A. hand               B. face                  C. hair               D. back

  13. A. content            B. break                C. fall                   D. understand

  14. A. therefore         B. however            C. yet                    D. though

  15. A. more               B. much                C. little                 D. huge

  16. A. wound            B. defeat               C. cut                    D. hurt

  17. A. kindness          B. memory            C. comfort             D. support

  18. A. supplied          B. offered              C. paid for             D. contributed

  19. A. different          B. hard                  C. pleasant             D. serious

  20. A. off                  B. away                 C. out                   D. through

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Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence . But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people .

The so-called ‘non-intelligence factors’（非智力因素）include    1     feelings , will , motivation （動(dòng)機(jī)）, interests and habits . After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males , American psychologists （心理學(xué)）   2     that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence     3    , but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn , will power and self-confidence .

    4    people all know that one should have definite objectives , a strong will and good learning habits , quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to     5    these factors .

Some parents are greatly worried    6     their children fail to do well in their studies . They blame either genetic （遺傳的）factors , malnutrition ,（營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良）or laziness , but they never take     7    consideration these non-intelligence factors . At the same time , some teachers don’t inquire into these , as reasons    8     students do poorly . They simply give them more courses and exercises , or     9    criticize or laugh at them . After all , these students lose self-confidence . Some of them just feel defeated and     10    themselves up as hopeless . Others may go astray（迷途）because they are sick of learning .   11     investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 11.5 per cent of them were   12      of learning , because of examinations , 1.4 per cent lacked persistence , initiative （主動(dòng)）and consciousness （正直地、謹(jǐn)慎的）and 10.3 per cent were sick of learning .

It is clear    13     the lack of cultivation （培養(yǎng)） of non-intelligence factors has been a main     14    to intelligence development in teenagers . It even causes an imbalance between physiological （生理的）and    15     development among a few students .

If we don’t start now to   16      the cultivation of non-intelligence factors , it will not only affect the development of the   17      of teenagers , but also affect the quality of a whole generation . Some experts have put forward    18     about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors .

First , parents and teachers should    19     understand teenage psychology . On this basis , they can help them to pursue （調(diào)動(dòng)）the objectives of learning ,     20   their interests and toughening their willpower .

1．A．one’s                   B．their                   C．his                     D．her

2．A．came out              B．found out           C．made out            D．worked out

3．A．in itself                B．by itself              C．itself                  D．on its own

4．A．Though                B．Nevertheless        C．However            D．Moreover

5．A．believing              B．studying             C．cultivating          D．developing

6．A．a(chǎn)bout                   B．when                  C．how                   D．whether

7．A．for                      B．in                      C．into                    D．over

8．A．why                     B．that                    C．when                  D．how

9．A．ever                     B．even                   C．still                    D．more

10．A．put                    B．get                      C．handle                D．give

11．A．The                    B．An                      C．Another              D．A

12．A．a(chǎn)fraid                 B．a(chǎn)head                 C．a(chǎn)ware                 D．a(chǎn)shamed

13．A．that                    B．how                   C．why                    D．which

14．A．difficulty            B．question             C．threat                 D．obstacle(障礙)

15．A．intelligent           B．characteristic       C．psychological      D．physical

16．A．practise             B．thrust                 C．strengthen           D．urge

17．A．intelligence         B．diligence             C．maturity（成熟）D．performance

18．A．projects              B．warnings            C．suggestions         D．decision

19．A．fully                  B．greatly               C．very                   D．highly

20．A．insuring             B．going                 C．encouraging        D．exciting

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We’ve heard it before-we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents －children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are not too many people that will   1   with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early   2  . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules（日程表）are as   3   as those of an adult’s.

    I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in   4   in which I was working with adults （成年人）. I have had to learn to think and   5   like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting（反思）on the   6   eighteen years－thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what   7   I have yet to achieve.

    We are expected to work hard, get excellent   8  , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do   9  . The list goes on and on. But the   10   is clear: We live in a society today that is   11   our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy－free. We are expected to   12   the strict school rules and to excel （擅長(zhǎng)）in everything we do.

    I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they   13   me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a   14   lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote（遙遠(yuǎn)的）site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had   15   to his house. We were talking about the   16   he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I   17   my basketball hoop（籃圈）. ”Then he threw a basketball to me.

    I hadn’t   18   a basketball in five years.

    We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 5 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time   19   like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have   20   once in a while.

  1. A. argue                B. disagree            C. satisfy               D. discuss

  2. A. age                   B. stage                 C. year                  D. grade

  3. A. certain                  B. busy                 C. careful                     D. perfect

  4. A. companies         B. places               C. positions           D. offices

  5. A. study                B. speak                C. work                 D. act

  6. A. last                   B. other                 C. rest                   D. coming

  7. A. purposes           B. success              C. goals                 D. jobs

  8. A. textbooks          B. grades               C. teachers             D. schools

  9. A. in life            B. in time                     C. for ages             D. for ever

  10. A. information     B. message            C. notice               D. idea

  11. A. ruining            B. correcting          C. envying             D. shortening

  12. A. respect            B. accept               C. learn                 D. follow

  13. A. inspired           B. disappointed      C. affected             D. frightened

  14. A. valuable          B. serious              C. important          D. useful

  15. A. walked            B. flown back        C. gone back          D. driven

  16. A. furniture         B. improvements    C. equipment         D. arrangements

  17. A. moved            B. fixed                 C. sold                  D. broke

  18. A. played             B. caught               C. touched             D. held

  19. A. laughing          B. shouting            C. running             D. shooting

  20. A. a rest                     B. a talk                C. fun                   D. sports

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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1―20各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Anthropology is a science which deals with man and his social habits. I think of anthropology here as “being interested, without 1, in the way other people choose to live and 2.”

―When you are curious about the way someone behaves or the way　3　feel about something, it’s　4　that you will he annoyed（惱火）.

When someone acts in a way that seems 5 to you, rather than react in your usual way, such as “I can't believe they would do that,” 6 say something to yourself like “I see, that must be the way they 7 things in their world. Very interesting.” In order for this 8 to help you, you have to be genuine (真誠(chéng)的).

Recently I was at a shopping mall with my six-year old daughter　9　a group of punk rockers walked by with orange spiked hair and tattoos (紋身) covering much of their bodies. At the sight of them, my daughter immediately asked me, “Daddy, why are they 10 like that?” Years ago I would have felt very 11 with such young people. I would have given a judgmental explanation and passed along to her my 12. Pretending to be an anthropolgist, however, has 13 my perspective (看法) a great deal, so it’s made me 14 .I said to my daughter, “I’m not really sure, but it’s interesting how 15 we all are, isn’t it?” She said, “Yeah, 16 I like my own hair.”

When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t mean you’re 17　them. I certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or 18 it to anyone else. At the same time, however, it’s really not my 19 to judge it either. One of the most important rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and 20 you away from where you want to be．

1. A. agreement　　　

B. judgrnent　　

C. improvement　　

D. entertainment

2. A. behave　　　　

B. speak　　　　

C. grow　　　　　

D. eat

3. A. you　　　　　

B. they　　　　　

C. I　　　　　　　

D. we

4. A. natural　　　　

B. certain　　　　

C. obvious　　　　

D. impossible

5. A. normal　　　　

B. common　　　

C. strange　　　　

D. passive

6. A. just 　　　　　

B. also　　　　　

C. still 　　　　　

D. never

7. A. make　　　　　

B. find　　　　　

C. see　　　　　　

D. get

8. A. person　　　　

B. way　　　　　

C. interest　　　　　

D. word

9. A. whde　　　　　

B. until　　　　

C. since　　　　　　

D. when

10. A. tried on　　　　

B. grown up　　

C. acted out 　　　　

D. dressed up

11. A. pleased　　　　

B. interested　　

C. bored　　　　　　

D. excited

12. A. views　　　　　

B. questions　　

C. advice　　　　　　

D. plan

13. A. blocked　　　　

B. changed　　　

C. enlarged　　　　　

D. raised

14. A. softer　　　　　

B. higher　　　　

C. happier　　　　　

D. angrier

15. A. similar　　　　

B. confident　　　

C. humorous　　　　

D. different

16. A. and　　　　　

B. but　　　　　　

C. so　　　　　　　

D. or

17. A. like　　　　　

B. for　　　　　　

C. beside　　　　　　

D. against

18. A. present　　　　

B. connect　　　　

C. send　　　　　　

D. suggest

19. A. place　　　　　

B. attempt　　　　

C. fault　　　　　　

D.decision

20. A. gives　　　　　

B. brings　　　　　

C. pulls　　　　　

D.puts

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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the    1    

we discuss in our classes is the    2    of quality employees（雇員）.

“What has caused you to stay    3    enough to become a manager?” I asked. After a while a new manager took the    4    and said slowly, “It was a baseball glove.”

Cynthia said she used to    5    a Circle K clerk job as an interim（臨時(shí)的）one while she looked for something    6    . On her second day behind the counter, she received a (an )   7    from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He    8    a baseball glove for the little League. She    9    that as a single mother, money was    10   , and her first check would have to go for paying    11    .

When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you    12    to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is    13    to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills    14    you can buy gloves. You know we can’t    15    good people like you as    16    as we would like to; but we do    17    and I want you to know how    18    you are to us .”

Cynthia’s story shows vividly that people    19    more how much a (n)    20    cares than how much he pays .

1．A．topics                  B．problems            C．difficulties          D．lessons

2．A．employing            B．praising              C．keeping              D．improving

3．A．soon                    B．long                   C．strong                D．calm

4．A．position               B．decision              C．question             D．a(chǎn)dvice

5．A．take                     B．change               C．lose                    D．consider

6．A．lighter                 B．easier                 C．better                 D．higher

7．A．letter                   B．call                     C．a(chǎn)nswer               D．email

8．A．bought                 B．kept                   C．needed               D．offered

9．A．complained          B．explained            C．understood          D．a(chǎn)dmitted

10．A．short                  B．enough               C．spare                  D．tight

11．A．food                   B．education            C．clothes               D．bills

12．A．talking               B．crying                C．a(chǎn)rguing              D．scolding

13．A．easy                   B．hard                   C．simple                D．nice

14．A．a(chǎn)fter                  B．until                   C．when                  D．before

15．A．value                 B．remain               C．pay                    D．fire

16．A．much                 B．many                 C．pleasant              D．possible

17．A．regret                 B．a(chǎn)gree                  C．worry                 D．care

18．A．excellent            B．important           C．thankful             D．thoughtful

19．A．remember           B．refuse                 C．thank                 D．realize

20．A．mother               B．clerk                  C．official               D．manager

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What is your favorite    1  ?Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must be an optimist（樂觀者）, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and  2  . Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are   3  quiet, shy, and you’d rather  4  than lead. You tend to be a pessimist（悲觀主義者）.

       Colors   5  our moods, there is no doubt about it. A yellow room  6  most people feel more cheerful and more  7  than a dark green one. It seems that a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.   8  the other hand, black is depressing（壓抑的）. A black bridge  9  the River Thames, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides（自殺）than 10  bridge in the area―until it   11  green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply; perhaps it   12  even more if the bridge had been done  13  .

       Pink or baby blue. Light and  14  colors make people  15  happier but   16  .It is an established fact  17  factory workers work better.

       18 , and have   19  accidents when their machines are painted orange rather  20  black or dark gray.

1．A．game                    B．color                   C．idea                    D．friend

2．A．friends                  B．parents                C．excite                  D．excitement

3．A．probably               B．possible               C．sure                    D．better

4．A．go forward            B．come                  C．follow                 D．think

5．A．influenced             B．don’t influence    C．do influence        D．effect

6．A．causes                   B．gets                    C．calls                    D．makes

7．A．relaxed                 B．relax                   C．nervous               D．worried

8．A．At                        B．For                     C．By                      D．On

9．A．on                        B．over                    C．cross                   D．through

10．A．other                  B．a(chǎn)ny other             C．a(chǎn)ny                     D．the other

11．A．painted                B．is painted            C．got                     D．was painted

12．A．would have fallen                                B．will fall               C．would fall    D．fell

13．A．with                   B．by                      C．in                       D．to

14．A．dark                   B．bright                 C．clear                   D．good

15．A．only                   B．not                     C．much                  D．not only

16．A．a(chǎn)ctive                 B．more quiet           C．more active         D．much active

17．A．which                 B．how                    C．to us                   D．that

18．A．harder                 B．more hardly         C．even hard           D．however

19．A．little                   B．less                     C．fewer                  D．more

20．A．to                       B．than                    C．for                      D．not

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The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I―595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to   1   the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky. “ 2  can't it rain?”I thought. That would  3   things off.

    I thought about my   4   , who were  5  sitting in an air-conditioned classroom at the high school right now. I'd had some   6   in school, so my parents decided to let me work     7   with my dad. We both worked for my uncle, who had taken   8  of a road maintenance (道路養(yǎng)護(hù)) company. It was up to us to keep the roads   9   of rubbish. The job was __10   and dirty, especially on hot days like this. I   11   why I ever agreed to do it.

     We continued our   12   route (路線) along 595，   13   for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some   14  were broken on the ground. They weren't like that before.

     “Dad! Pull over! I want to  15  something out. ”

     I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to   16 . . . there wasn't much time.   17  I saw a Toyota that   18  upside down in the trees. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody   19  there. Then I noticed something   20  . It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver's side window!

     "H-e-l-p!" a lady moaned (呻吟).

1. A. wipe         B. clean          C. dry             D. brush

2. A. When        B. How          C. Why            D. How long

3. A. wash         B. keep          C. stay            D. cool

4. A. relatives      B. neighbors      C. friends          D. workmates

5. A. happily       B. probably       C. really           D. finally

6. A. difficulty      B. trouble        C. questions        D. problems

7. A. full-time      B. part-time       C. all the time       D. some time

8. A. advantage     B. possession      C. position         D. place

9. A. away            B. from            C. far              D. clear  

10. A. easy           B. exciting        C. smelly            D. comfortable      

11. A. knew          B. wondered         C. believed          D. admitted   

12. A. regular       B. common       C. unusual           D. old    

13. A. leaving       B. going           C. coming           D. heading     

14. A. cars            B. bottles          C. trees               D. glasses      

15. A. check         B. turn           C. make              D. bring 

16. A. decide        B. hurry            C. consider          D. listen 

17. A. Above        B. Behind         C. Ahead             D. Below

18. A. hung          B. pulled           C. caught            D. knocked    

19. A. treasured        B. deserted        C. kept                   D. hid    

20. A. pushing      B. shouting        C. moving           D. crying

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After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr. William Thomas never thought he’d work in a nursing home. Then,  1   , he became a medical director of a nursing home in New York, and his ideas began to  2   . “For the first time in my career, I was  3   for the answer to the question, What does it mean to   4   another person?”

  5   that the biggest trouble facing nursing-home residents（居住者） are helplessness,

  6   and boredom, he arranged laughter, usefulness and love as  7   .

8   Thomas calls it, he began the “”Edenization” of the nursing home in 1992. At last he founded the Eden Alternative.

Lazy moments and loud television programmes were  9   with lovely children, playful pets,  10   plants and music in the lobby. These living things are  11   into life. Residents are

  12   to tend the animals, water the plants, weed outdoor gardens and do crarts with the children.

The Eden Altemative changed the   13   of the residents at this 80-bed nursing home. In a three-day study, the nursing home was  14   with a nursing home of equal size. The Eden Alternative had 26 percent less nurse-aide turnover, 15 percent   15   resident deaths and 3 percent lower medication costs.

In 1995 Dr. Thomas  16   his full time to the promotion of the Eden Alternative. More than 200 nursing homes throughout the country have  17   the Edenization process. Thomas receives queries（質(zhì)疑）from as   18   away as Turkey, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. He hopes that his idea of filling “  19   ”into nursing homes and inviting the community in will help to “break conventional practice in long term   20   .”

1．A．unexpectedly         B．surprisingly         C．unhappily            D．suddenly

2．A．wonder                 B．struggle               C．shake                  D．change

3．A．a(chǎn)sking                  B．a(chǎn)nswering            C．caring                 D．searching

4．A．make                    B．visit                    C．tend                    D．care

5．A．Recognizing          B．Hoping               C．Regarding           D．Including

6．A．loneliness              B．poverty               C．timelessness         D．excitement

7．A．food                     B．reference             C．treatment             D．introduction

8．A．When                   B．As                      C．Unless                 D．since

9．A．went                     B．replaced              C．began                  D．met

10．A．man-made           B．plastic                 C．a(chǎn)live                   D．live

11．A．changed              B．mixed                 C．divided               D．made

12．A．got                     B．helped                 C．encouraged          D．required

13．A．lives                   B．habits                  C．customs               D．methods

14．A．compared            B．covered               C．dealt                   D．equipped

15．A．more                  B．less                     C．worse                  D．fewer

16．A．sent                    B．led                      C．devoted               D．used

17．A．begun                 B．developed            C．prevented            D．invented

18．A．long                   B．much                  C．far                      D．soon

19．A．homeness            B．homelessness       C．plants                  D．pets

20．A．relation               B．education            C．match                 D．care

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 “Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is   1   to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and   2   other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the   3   of someone who acts important and proud.

Down-to-earth persons   4   be important members of society, of course.   5  they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not   6   themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is   7   to have “his nose in the air”. There is   8   way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.

Americans   9  &