江苏省泗阳中学2013届高三冲刺试题

完形填空8、9、10、11

Passage 8

Once an Arab was traveling in the desert，when the sun went down in the west, he stopped and __1___ his tent then, made a fire and have a___2___ meal. When night fell, he ___3___ down to sleep.

He had ___4____ fallen asleep when he felt a soft ____5__ on his elbow. He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent. The camel said: “would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm? It’s so cold outside. I won’t take up too much___6__.

The Arab was a __7___ man, “All right, do as you ____8__.”he said. Then he turned on his ___9____ and went back to sleep.

It wasn’t long __10____ he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. “Dear master,” the camel said, “my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind ___11___ I keep it inside the tent, too?”

“___12__,” the man said. But this time he felt a bit ____13__, as the camel had such a long neck.

No sooner had she shut his eyes __14____ he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said，“Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them a little?”

The Arab____15____ over to one side of the tent. He made __16___as small as he could. It wasn’t ____17______ comfortable, and sleep was now out of ___18____.

Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us. ___19___, my two hind legs are still left in the cold. It is only__20___ that you should leave the tent wholly to me.” And with that, the camel kicked the poor man out.

1. A. built B. made C. put up D. set

2. A. simple B. rich C. excellent D. ordinary

3. A. laid B. lay C. lied D. went

4. A. seldom B. not C. almost D. hardly

5. A. touch B. beat C. kick D. bite

6. A. place B. tent C. room D. blanket

7. A. hard-hearted B. kind-hearted

C. absent-hearted D. narrow-hearted

8. A. please B. willing C. are like D. wish

9. A. light B. head C. arm D. side

10. A. after B. before C. since D. then

11. A. whether B. as C. that D. if

12. A. Yes, of course B. No, not at all

C. Don’t, please D. No, you can

13. A. crowded B. comfortable C. warmer D. narrower

14. A. than B. then C. when D. after

15. A. went B. walked C. climbed D. moved

16. A. the tent B. himself C. room D. ground

17. A. very B. much C. a bit D. a little

18. A. question B. the question C. quite possible D. possibility

19. A. Except B. Besides C. After all D. But

20. A. unfair B. wrong C. reasonable D. right

答案CABDA / CBDDB/ DBAAD/ BCBBC

Passage 9

A mysterious “black cloud” ____1__ the earth---- our planet’s weather is severely affected.

_2___ the rest of June and July temperatures rose ____3__ all over the Earth. In the British isles the temperature climbed through the eighties, into the nineties, and moved towards the hundred mark. People __4____, but there was no serious____5_.

The death number in the U.S. remained quite small, thanks largely ___6__ the air-conditioning units that had been fitted during _7____ years and months. Temperatures rose to the limit of human__8__ throughout the whole country and people were __9__ remain indoors for weeks on end. Occasionally air-conditioning units failed and it was then that fatalities_____10___.

Conditions were utterly __11_____ throughout the tropics as may be judged from the fact that 7943 species of plants and animals became totally____12___. The survival of Man himself was only possible because of the caves and cellars he was able to __13___. ___14___ could be done to reduce the hot air temperature. More than seven hundred million persons are___15____ to have lost their lives.

Eventually the temperature of the __16___ waters of the sea rose, not so fast as the air temperature, but fast enough to produce a dangerous ___17__ of humidity. It was indeed this increase that produces the disastrous conditions just mentioned. Millions of people between the latitudes of Cairo and the Cape of Good Hope were __18__ a choking atmosphere that grew damper and hotter from day to day. All human movement __19___. There was nothing to be done but to lie___20__ quickly as a dog does in hot weather.

1. A. approaches B. runs after C. walks away D. pauses

2. A. Throughout B. Within C. Between D. Along

3. A. quickly B. sharply C. violently D. steadily

4. A. talked B. complained C. perceived D. hibernated

5. A. rain B. flood C. disaster D. blood

6. A. for B. on C. to D. of

7. A. previous B. last C. later D. next

8. A. temper B. body C. patience D. endurance

9. A. used to B. had to C. asked to D. obliged to

10. A. disappeared B. showed C. occurred D. met

11. A. better B. desperate C. improved D. hopeful

12. A. alive B. extinct C. died D. exhausted

13. A. find B. set C. dig D. buy

14. A. Everything B. Something C. Anything D. Nothing

15. A. killed B. known C. kept D. failed

16. A. surface B. deep C. under D. top

17. A. increase B. amount C. bit D. decrease

18. A. used to B. subjected to C. obliged to D. reckoned to

19. A. started B. began C. ceased D. disappeared

20. A. eating B. sleeping C. breathing D. swimming

答案AADBC/ CADDC/ BBCDB/ AABCC

Passage10

A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school's first teacher -parent conference. To the little boy's dismay, she said she would go. This would be the ___1__ time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was ___2___by her appearance. Although she was a ___3___woman ,there was a severe ___4___that covered nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy ___5__want to talk about why or ___6___ she got the scar.

___7_the conference ,the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother despite the scar, but the boy was still embarrassed and ____8_ himself from everyone. He did ,however, get within earshot of a ____9____ between his mother and his teacher,and heart them speaking.

"how did you get the scar on your face?" the teacher asked .

The mother ___10___,"when my son was a baby,he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of ___11___,so i went in . As i was running toward his crib, i saw a beam coming down and i placed myself over him trying to protect him . I was knocked unconscious but ___12____,a ____13__ came in and ___14___both of us ." she touched the burned side of her face." this scar will be _15_____,but to this day, i have never __16___ doing what i did ."

At this point ,the little boy came out running toward his mother with ___17__in his eyes. He ___18_her and felt an overwhelming sense of the __19____ that his mother had made for him . He held her hand__20___ for the rest of the day.

A. first B. second C. last D. third

A. ashamed B. embarrassed C. adored D. honored

A. ugly B. kind C. intelligent D. beautiful

A. cloth B. bowknot C. damage D. scar

A. seldom B. hardly C. never D. often

A. where B. when C. how D. what

A. at B. on C. of D. among

A. prevented B. hid C. kept D. pretended

A. convention B. conversation C. contribution D. construction

A. whispered B. wept C. indicated D. replied

A. order B. shape C. control D. place

A. unfortunately B. fortunately C. surprisingly D. happily

A. fireman B. doctor C. policeman D. nurse

A. survived B. helped C. scolded D. saved

A. temporary B. permanent C. transparent D. impressive

A. mind B. remembered C. hesitated D. regretted

A. luck B. sadness C. tears D. happiness

A. hugged B. puzzled C. touched D. discovered

A. sacrifice B. concern C. hatred D. influence

A. smoothly B. loosely C. tightly D. tensely

答案：ABDDC CABBD CBADB DCAAC

Passage 11

My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I _1_ to some degree, though I sometimes do want to _2_ them how much they know about Beckham, apart from his _3_ and how much they know about football apart from _4_ goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, __5___which we are unfamiliar or about which we are _6_, but we all, my friends ____7__I, consider this one of life’s___8___ .

We need these pleasures to _9 _ our lives. But that doesn't amount to craziness or nonsense. As an old saying goes: “Don't judge a book by its cover.” We should not judge anything from its appearance. We _10____all know, it is one’s good _11_ and great contribution that make one a star and unforgettable. ___12___we’d better say less about Beckham’s good looks.

If we close our eyes, falling in deep _13_, we can find that the things that move us to be really happy or _14___have a clear meaning. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with _15_ things, sooner or later we will find that we have not really gained anything because our first _16_ has blinded and misled (误导) us, and we’ll remain ignorant _17_ we realize that and make some changes.

It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a _18_ of great progress. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it _19_ us, we will finally ___20