高考英语二轮复习 专题限时训练(十五)夹叙夹议型完形填空配套作业配套作业(一)(解析版,湖南省专用)

专题限时训练(十五) [夹叙夹议型完形填空(一)]

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(一)

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __1__ and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a(n)__2__can do strange things to people. I don't mean I would__3__to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had left.

My parents and my teachers saw something in me—a__4__to live—which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.

The__5__lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of__6__that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. I mean something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being__7__， a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was__8__. “I can't use this，” I said.“Take with you，” he urged me, “ and roll it around.”The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could__9__where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible before: playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I__10__a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my__11__.It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was__12__out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, but on the average I made progress.

1．A.sky B．cloud C．sunshine D．mist

2．A.disaster B．environment C．incident D．wonder 3．A.manage B．try C．want D．prefer

4．A.purpose B．potential C．pressure D．preparation 5．A.hardest B．dullest C．simplest D．easiest

6．A.self-respect B．self-control C．self-confidence D．self-defence 7．A.imperfect B．perfect C．unfair D．fair

8．A.worried B．encouraged C．shocked D．hurt 9．A.see B．hear C．notice D．observe

10．A.invented B．discovered C．instructed D．directed

11．A.experience B．advantages C．knowledge D．limitations 12．A.hardly B．wildly C．highly D．deeply

(二)

RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY

When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a__1__. We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish was served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would__2__every bit of the food on their plates.

As I was hungry, my local colleague__3__much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not spend much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of__4__food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we__5__someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were__6__about us wasting so much food.

“We paid for our food; it is none of your__7__how much food we left behind”， my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them__8__made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in__9__arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro__10__. The officer told us in a stern(严厉的)voice: “Order what you can consume. Money is yours, but the resources belong to the society. You have no reason for wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly__11__to the officer.

My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all kept it to remind us that we should never be__12__.

1．A.restaurant B．company C．family D．bank 2．A.desert B．refuse C．oppose D．finish 3．A.kept B．sold C．ordered D．made

4．A.undiscovered B．undeveloped C．unconsumed D．undetermined 5．A.appointed B．knew C．realized D．heard 6．A.curious B．unhappy C．nervous D．optimistic 7．A.matter B．mind C．question D．business

8．A.immediately B．passively C．excitedly D．regularly 9．A.rags B．uniform C．fashion D．dream

10．A.award B．food C．fine D．souvenir

11．A.apologized B．accused C．admitted D．approved 12．A.hopeful B．grateful C．merciful D．wasteful

(三)

An old man had been working for many years for a town. His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby. Quietly and__1__， the old man guarded the hills，removed the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have__2__and polluted the fresh flow of water. The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists. Elegant swans (天鹅) floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful beyond words.

Years passed. One evening the town__3__met. As they reviewed the budget, one man's eye caught sight of the salary figure being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river. He asked, “Who is the old man? Why do we__4__to employ him? No one in the town ever sees him. For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job. His position isn't__5__any longer.” Then they voted to fire the man.

For several weeks, nothing changed…

By early autumn, the trees began to__6__their leaves. Small branches broke off and fell into the pool of the hills，__7__the flow of the shining water. One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown color in the river. A few days later, the water was much__8__. Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible __9__was soon sensed. Swans left and so did the __10__. The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness.

Quickly, the__11__town committees called a special meeting. Realizing their huge error in__12__， they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up. Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps.

Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job or life. They may all make a difference.

1．A.regularly B．suddenly C．naturally D．actually 2．A.carried B．poured C．changed D．blocked

3．A.offices B．associations C．departments D．committees 4．A.promise B．continue C．stop D．tend

5．A.powerful B．important C．necessary D．suitable 6．A.lose B．miss