2024屆高考英語二輪復(fù)習精練：完形填空（24）

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　　完形填空精練（24）

　　閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

　　Passage 1

　　An old friend once came visiting Nasruddin. And he brought along a big

　　to him. Nasruddin’s wife

　　it and they enjoyed the feast for dinner. The next morning, they had delicious chicken soup. The friend enjoyed his

　　stay with Nasruddin. When he was

　　, Nasruddin returned his friend’s thanks by thanking the

　　for bringing the big chicken along. An hour later, Nasruddin heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, a man

　　himself and

　　entered, “I’m a friend of your friend who brought you that big chicken!”

　　Not wanting to turn away the

　　of a friend, Nasruddin invited the man inside and

　　him to stay for lunch. The man

　　immediately. They had some lovely chicken cooked for lunch, which the man also enjoyed. After lunch, the man left thanking Nasruddin for the

　　chicken.

　　The next day there was no pause as another

　　entered with the same

　　: “I am a friend of the friend of the friend who had come here with a huge chicken!” Nasruddin

　　and asked the man to come right in and have a

　　. A few minutes later, a bowl of soup was

　　before him. Just one sip(一小口) told the man that this “soup” was nothing but

　　water.

　　“There is nothing in the soup!” the man protested __58__.“Not at all!” Nasruddin smiled. “This is the soup of the soup of the chicken!”Moral of the story: When people

　　your generosity, don’t turn them away rudely. Instead, invite them in and serve them a

　　they will never forget---just as Nasruddin did.

　　41. A. egg B. basket C. dinner D. chicken

　　42. A. valued B. killed C. cooked D. ate

　　43. A. short B. safe C. sudden

　　D. secret

　　44. A. promising B. leaving C. standing D. explaining

　　45. A. latter B. next C. owner D. colleague

　　46. A. expressed B. praised C. admired D. introduced

　　47. A. freely

　　B. obviously C. quickly

　　D. frequently

　　48. A. father B. teacher C. relative D. friend

　　49.A. asked B. persuaded C. alarmed D. supported

　　50. A. replied B. accepted C. passed D. prepared

　　51. A. tasty B. previous C. usual D. big

　　52. A. child B. thief C. friend D. stranger

　　53. A. rule B. invitation C. tale D. exploration

　　54. A. smiled B. doubted C. shook D. agreed

　　55. A. rest B. meal C. bath D. smoke

　　56. A. hidden B. placed C. pushed D. thrown

　　57. A. bitter B. waste C. polluted D. boiled

　　58. A. sadly B. eagerly C. angrily D. violently

　　59. A. take pride in

　　B. take advantage of C. lose sight of D. pay attention to

　　60. A. chance B. term

　　C. lesson D. report

　　Passage 1：41-45 DCABA

　　46-50 DCDAB

　　51-55 ADCAB

　　56-60 BDCBC

　　Passage 2

　　Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

　　Southeast China’s?Taiwan — On the morning of February 4, 2024, a plane of Taiwan TransAsia Airways GE235 from Taipei Songshan airport, with 58 people

　　, crashed in the Keelung river shortly

　　take-off. Before it crashed, according to the recording and control personnel, the

　　of GE235 shouted MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY— the air traffic controllers on the radio called GE235 many times, but there was no

　　. “Mayday” is an emergency code word

　　around the world in voice communications. You

　　see a war movie in which an airplane has been

　　by rocket fire. The pilot

　　his radio and calls “mayday, mayday, mayday” to tell people that his plane is in danger of

　　to the ground.

　　Mayday has

　　to do with the month of May.

　　, it comes from the French expressions “venez m’aider,” or “m’aidez”.The mayday call

　　was created by Frederick Stanley Mockford in 1923. Mockford,

　　was a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was asked to

　　a word that would indicate distress (遇難) and would easily be understood by all the pilots and ground staff in time of

　　. It was

　　much of the traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris that he

　　the word “Mayday” from the French “m’aider” (venez m’aider ) meaning “come help me ”.

　　Today, many groups use the word to mean a

　　emergency. The call is always given three times to

　　mistaking it for some

　　sounding words under noisy condition.

　　41. A. abroad

　　B. broad

　　C. board

　　D. aboard

　　42. A. before

　　B. when

　　C. after

　　D. since

　　A. drivers

　　B. pilots

　　C. clerks

　　D. passengers

　　44. A. record

　　B. sense

　　C. sound

　　D. response

　　45. A. uses

　　B. to use

　　C. used

　　D. using

　　46. A. might

　　B. must

　　C. should

　　D. would

　　47. A. pulled

　　B. beaten

　　C. heated

　　D. hit

　　48. A. gets over

　　B. gets on

　　C. gets off

　　D. gets in

　　49. A. landing

　　B. flying

　　C. cD. running

　　50. A. something

　　B. anything

　　C. everything

　　D. nothing

　　51. A. In the meantime B. As a result

　　C. In fact

　　D. Above all

　　52. A. sign

　　B. symbol

　　C. mark

　　D. signal

　　53. A. who

　　B. that

　　C. whom

　　D. which

　　54. A. find out

　　B. look over

　　C. take in

　　D. think of

　　55. A. communication B. failure

　　C. emergency

　　D. comfort

　　56. A. as for

　　B. because

　　C. due to

　　D. because of

　　57. A. wrote

　　B. reflected

　　C. proposed

　　D. sponsored

　　58. A. life –threatened

　　B. life –threateningC. life-saved

　　D. life-saving

　　59. A. keep

　　B. protect

　　C. warn

　　D. prevent

　　60. A. similar

　　B. familiar

　　C. same

　　D. different

　　Passage 2：41—45 DCBDC

　　46—50 ADBCD

　　51—55 CDADC

　　56—60 BCBDA

　　Passage 3

　　Maureen worked in an office with twenty other people, and she liked her job. Getting ahead in her career wasn’t

　　to her until the day that her friend and co-worker Betty was promoted to be the boss of the unit. Betty couldn’t have gotten the

　　if Maureen had tried to. In the eyes of the other co-workers Betty was always cheerful,

　　and ambitious, while Maureen was low-key (低調(diào)的) and easy-going.

　　Before Betty got the promotion, Maureen had been

　　at her work, even if she had not been specially happy. But once Betty was made

　　, Maureen began to fill up with resentment (怨恨) until she

　　her job and hated Betty.

　　she made a big mistake because she had a feeling of

　　all the time. Maureen began to see Betty as the source of all her problems, and she

　　to remember that she had not particularly wanted the promotion anyway. Now she just thought that it should be hers.

　　examining herself to see what her real goal was in life, she began to

　　on Betty and regarded Betty as her enemy. Maureen became completely

　　on her resentment, and she couldn’t get out of the

　　situation.

　　One of the major problems with resentment is that you believe that your

　　is entirely caused by some outside person. You stop

　　what you can do to improve your situation, because you decide that your injured feelings are the

　　of someone else’s fault. You just give up trying to find real

　　. Dealing with resentment needs awareness and

　　. First of all, you need to

　　you are feeling resentful and then try to stop yourself feeling upset. Only in this way can you solve the

　　in your life.

　　41. A. equal B. native C. similar D. important

　　42. A. job B. order C. position D. direction

　　43. A. hard-working B. good-looking C. peace-loving D. smooth-talking

　　44. A. annoyed B. pleased C. excited D. skilled

　　45. A. head B. guide C. princess D. assistant

　　46. A. did B. got C. knew D. disliked

　　47. A. Strangely B. Usually C. Eventually D. Immediately

　　48. A. safety B. pride C. unhappiness D. unemployment

　　49. A. tried B. failed C. began D. preferred

　　50. A. Instead of B. Along with C. Because of D. As for

　　51. A. drop in B. play tricks C. cut down D. make comments

　　52. A. keen B. impressed C. focused D. dependent

　　53. A. social B. national C. complex D. dangerous

　　54. A. anger B. fear C. surprise D. anxiety

　　55. A. calling on B. looking for C. learning from D. cheering for

　　56. A. goal B. truth C. result D. reason

　　57. A. differences B. solutions C. opportunities D. relationships

　　58. A. bravery B. humour C. curiosity D. calmness

　　59. A. admit B. argue C. doubt D. prove

　　60. A. case B. mystery C. crime D. problem

　　Passage 3：41-45 DCABA

　　46-50 DCCBA

　　51-55 BCDAB

　　56-60 CBDAD

　　Passage 4

　　I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily.　 41

　　to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.

　　By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You　42　have your pick from my bicycle　 43　.” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would　44　choose.

　　As Christmas　45　near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she 　46　a Salvation Army（基督教慈善組織） volunteer standing next to a big pot.

　　“Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked.

　　“Sorry, Em, I’m out of change.” I said.

　　Throughout December, Emily continued to 　47　hard. Then one day, she made a 　48　announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was really very　 49　.

　　　50　by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute　51　of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.　52　I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow（發(fā)光）.Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t 　53　the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later

　　54　the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very　 55　, sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re　56　away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”

　　Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the

　　57 ? I like to think it was God’s way of

　　a little girl for a sacrifice

　　59　her years― while giving her dad a lesson in the

　　60　.

　　41. A. Promised B. Amazed C. DeterminedD. Organized

　　42. A. need B. should C. must D. can

　　43. A. collection B. contribution C. shop D. club

　　44. A. seldomB. likely C. slightly D. merely

　　45. A. drew B. became C. wentD. pulled

　　46. A. observed B. sensed C. watchedD. noticed

　　47. A. study B. try C. listen D. work