1、高三英语专题：完形填空完形填空精讲精练（20 篇下）（十一）（A ）2007 上海卷Being alone in outer space can be frightening. That is one reason why astronauts on solo (单独的) space flights were given plenty of work to keep them 45 . They were also in constant communication with people on the earth. 46 , being with people from whom you c
2、annot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine(潜水艇) voyages. It will also happen on 47 space flights in the future. Will there be special problems of adjustment under such conditions?Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long
3、 submarine voyages. They have found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of 48 is. When men are 49 together for a long period, they begin to feel uneasy. Everyone his little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long per
4、iod of time, however, these little habits may become very 50 .Apparently, although no one wants to be 51 all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called a stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of 52 or st
5、ress.People who are well adjusted are able to 53 stress situations better than others. That is one reason why, so much care is taken in 54 our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behaviour under stress.45Atired Basleep Cconscious Dbu
6、sy46ASo far BAfter all CHowever DTherefore47Along Bfast Cdangerous Ddirect48Afuel Bentertainment Cadjustment Dhealth49Ashut up Bheld up Cbrought up Dpicked up50Apleasing Bannoying Ccommon Dvaluable51Anoisy Balone Cpersonal Dsociable52Aemphasis Bconflict Cpower Dpressure53Ahandle Bcreate Caffect Dinv
7、estigate54Abecoming Bchoosing Cordering Dpromoting(B)One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty five years, I believe I have some idea of why t
8、he failure is so total. 55 the faults already found out in the education system as a whole such as child centred learning, the “discovery” method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils there have been several serious 56 which have a direct effect on language teaching.The first is the remova
9、l from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English 57 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.Another important error is mixed ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so 58 that
10、 the most able pupils are 59 and are bored while the least able are lost and 60 bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed ability school football teams.Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 61 lessons. This is why many peop
11、le who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have forgotten it a few years later. 62 they never need it, they do not practise it.Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and 63 modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Brit
12、ain to do the same, and stop 64 resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.55ADue to BIn addition to CInstead of DIn spite of56Aerrors Bsituations Csystems Dmethods57Avocabulary Bculture Cgrammar Dliterature58Awide Bsimilar Cseparate Dunique59Akept out Bturned down Cheld back Dleft behind6
13、0Asurprisingly Bindividually Cequally Dhardly61Aextra Btraditional Cbasic Dregular62AAlthough BBecause CUntil DUnless63Arestored Babsorbed Cprohibited Dwithdrawn64Awasting Bfocusing Cexploiting Dsharing参考答案及解析45D 让他们忙碌以减缓恐惧心理。46C 意义发生转折。47A 将来长时间的太空飞行也会出现这种问题。48C 上文中有暗示， “调整心态”的问题。49A shut up “封闭、关闭
14、”的意思。50B annoying “烦人、使人恼火 ”51B 句义是：没有人愿意一直独处，但每个人都需要一定的隐私。52D pressure 和 stress 是同义词。53A handle “处理”。54B “挑选” 宇航员。55B 除了以外。56A errors 和 fault 同意。57C 下文叙述的都是语法的问题。58A wide 说明范围广。59C hold back 阻挡、阻碍人的发展 /提高。60D 差的学生也同样感到厌倦。61D 常规课程、正常上课。62B 前句说的是原因。63D withdraw “ 撤消”。64 A 不要把资源浪费在学生不需要的课程上。双向细目表 词法 重
15、点词汇: shut up; hold back; withdraw; annoying; pressure（十二）It was already late when we set out for the next town, 1 according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the 2 .There we felt 3 that we would find a bed 4 the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luck
16、ily we met 5 as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that 6 the hills. As we climbed 7 , it became colder and rain began to fall, 8 it difficult at times to see the roaDI asked John, my companion, to drive more 9 .After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the to
17、wn which was 10 on the map. We were beginning to get 11 . Then without warning the car stoppeDA quick 12 showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）. Although we had little food with us, we decided to 13 the night in the car.Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once, 14 John, who was a 15
18、sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk 16 the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the 17 of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）, 18 to push the car to the top
19、of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill. 19 less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a 20 quite easily.1Awhich Bit Cwhere Dthat2Arivers Bhills Ctowns Dvillages3Asurprised Bafraid Cpleased Dsure4Aat Bin Cthrough Dfor5Aeve
20、rybody Bsomebody Cnobody Danybody6Agot to Barrived Cled to Dbelonged to7Ataller Bhigher Clower Dfaster8Agetting Bthinking Ccausing Dmaking9Acertainly Bcarefully Cslowly Dsurely10Amarked Bset Cbuilt Ddrawn11Aexcited Bworried Ccold Dwarm12Aattention Boperation Cexamination Dinformation13Aspend Blive C
21、spare Dstay14Asince Bthough Cso Dbut15Aquick Bfast Cpoor Dheavy16Aacross Bthrough Cdown Dup17Alights Bmap Cbus Dsituation18Aought Btried Csucceeded Dmanaged19AFor BIn CSince DAt20 Apoliceman Bfriend Chotel Dcine参考答案及解析15 ABDDC 610 CBDCA 1115 BCADC 1620 DADBC1选 A。分析句子结构可知，后面是一个非限制性定语从句，关系代词应用which。2选
22、 B。从下文可知，下一个小镇应在“山”的那一边。3选 D。天已经很迟了，还出发朝下一个小镇赶，这说明他们 “坚信”在那儿能找到住宿的地方。4选 D。for the night“过夜”，for 表示“ 为了”。5选 C。在一个漆黑的夜晚，在那弯曲狭窄的路上，应该说行车是不走运的，但途中未遇一个行人，就这一点来说还算“幸运” 。6选 C。lead to 意思为“通向”。7选 B。从下文可知，他们的车子是逐渐向山上爬行的，当油用完时，车子已接近山顶。以致 John 后来散步时不知不觉中就到了山顶。8选 D。从词的用法角度可知要用 making。9选 C。由于看不清路面，所以让同伴开慢些。10选 A。
23、依据常识可知，城镇是“标” 在地图上的。11选 B。开了二十里，仍不见小镇，不免开始“忧虑” 起来。12选 C。简单“检查” 发现油没了，另三项表述不清。13选 A。 spend the night 意为“ 度过夜晚”。14选 D。填转折连词 but。15选 C。从 got out of the car 看，John 不是一个容易睡着的人。16选 D。从 From the top of the hill 可推知，他从车里出来以后是向山顶上走的。17选 A。根据常识判断。18选 D。ought to （应该）不合语境，succeed 后不接 to do 故应排除，manage和 try 均表示“
24、 设法” ，但有细微差别，前者表示设法做成了某事，后者则不一定成功。故本题答案应为 D。19选 B。 “在不到一刻钟时间内我们就到了镇上 ”。20选 C。从第二段后句子可以推知，他们赶赴那个小镇的目的是为了住宿，所以在到达目的地后很快找到的应是旅馆（hotel） 。双向细目表 词法 重点词汇: spend the night; lead to.（十三）People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution, from the last time they had a 1 p
25、roblem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 2 , they try to find a solution by trial or error. 3 , when all of these methods 4 , the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six 5 in analyzing a problem.6 the person must recog
26、nize that these is a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 7 that there is a problem with the bicycle.Next, the person must find the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must
27、 8 the parts that are wrong.Now the person must look for 9 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 10 solutions. For example, suppose Sam decides that his bicycle does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 11 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes,
28、 talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.After 12 the problem, the person should have 13 suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 14 , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change old ones.In the end, one 15 seems
29、to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 16 idea comes quite 17 because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a different way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) stuck to a brake. He 18 hits on the solution to his problem: he must 19
30、the brake.Finally the solution is 20 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.1Aserious Busual Csimilar Dcommon2ABesides BInstead COtherwise DHowever4Afail Bwork Cchange Ddevelop5Aways Bconditions Cstages Dorders6AFirst BUsually CIn general DMost import
31、antly7Aexplain Bprove Cshow Dsee8Acheckable Bdetermine Ccorrect Drecover9Aanswers Bskills Cexplanation Dinformation10Apossible Bexact Creal Dspecial11AIn other words B Once in a while CFirst of all DAt this time12Adiscussing Bsettling downCcomparing with Dstudying13Aextra Benough Cseveral Dcountless
32、14Asecondly Bagain Calso Dalone15Asuggestion Bconclusion Cdecision Ddiscovery16Anext Bclear Cfinal Dnew17Aunexpectedly Blate Cclearly Doften18Afortunately Beasily Cclearly Dimmediately19Aclean Bseparate Cloosen Dremove20Arecorded B completed Ctested Daccepted参考答案及解析15 CBDAC 610 ADBDA 1115 DDCBA 1620
33、 CADAC1C。从相似的问题上找解决新问题的办法。2B。 without thinking 意为不假思索，可根据 by trial error 判断。3D。表转折。4A。只有所有的方法失败了，才会开始 analyze(分析问题)。5C。根据下文可知，人们的分析可分 6 个阶段或步骤。6A。可根据下文的 next，after ，in the end阶段或步骤。 7D。see 此处有 understand 之意，Sam 明白自行车有问题了。8B。第二步要找出问题所在，所以选 determine，它是测定、找出的意思，与find out 意思相同。9D。 根据下文 Sam 所做的事情可知，要了解问
34、题的有关情况才能修理，所以选 information。10A。 自己去解决问题，首先得到尝试、摸索，才能真正完成，所以 possible合适，强调只是可能有效的方法。11D。 此时，这里不存在先后、转折、并列等含义，只需说明在这个阶段，Sam 该做的事情。12D。 刚才那个阶段,Sam 所做的事情是一些调查研究寻找方法的工作，study 有研究之意。13C 。A 项额外的，B 项足够， D 项不计其数的。这里需要的是几个不太确定的、可能的解决方法，所以 C 最合适。 14B 。 再次以 Sam 为例。15A。 从上文中的 several suggestions 可知。16C 。 从下文的事例中
35、发现答案。17A。 由于发现了新的情况或用了不同方法去思考，会出现意想不到的结果。18D。 看见口香糖、他当即发现问题所在。19A。 有口香糖，清洗工作是必然的。20C 。 方法被尝试。 双向细目表 词法 重点词汇：take for example.（十四）The Voice of America began during the World War. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 , American officials believed they should 2 the Germa
36、n broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 3 . “The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.After the World Warended in 1945, some A
37、mericans felt VOAs 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union became enemy of AmericAThey wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959VOA knew that man
38、y listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 of course, it is special English.In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the world
39、17 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBCVOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.1Abusiness Bculture Csupport Dinformation2Areply Banswer Cjoin Di
40、nterrupt3Asame Bshort CEnglish DGerman4Anews Bproblems Ceffects Dopinions5Astations Bnews Cannouncers Dofficials6Ahome Bposition Cpurpose Dresults7Aif Bsupposing Cconsidering Din order that8Areach Bsatisfy Cattack Dsupport9Aknown B.reported Ccalled Dprinted10AAmerican BBritish Cstandard Denough11Ano
41、rmal Bfast Cgood Dexact12Ainvented Bdiscovered Ctaught Dstopped13Ait Bwho Cwhich Dthat14Aslowly Brapidly Cnormally Dloudly15Apleasure Bcourse Copinion Dadvice16Adifficult Bimportant Cvarious Dcommon17Aflies Bsends Cdelivers Dpasts18Aall Bmajor CAmerican Dnews19Abroadcasts Bforms Cnewspapers Dcountri
42、es20Abroadcast Bannounce Ctranslate Dprepare参考答案及解析15 CBDAC 610 CCACD 1115 AACAC 1620 BABAD1选 C。二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持（support） ”，而不可能是另三项。 2选 B。由 with words 可以想到 answer。reply 后接宾语时要加 to。3选 D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文” 来播，这样德国人能听懂。4选 A。前文已说了播出的是 news report。 5选 C。播音的主体当然是 announcers（播音员）了。 6选 C。VOA 电台成立之初的目标主
43、要是对二战中的一些敌对国家进行宣传，随着二战结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。 7选 C。considering“考虑到 ”,表示改变广播目的背景。 8选 A。reach 是中性词，其他三词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不合语境。 9选 C。be called “被称做”。 10选 D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。 11选 A。区别于后文提到的 special English。 12选 A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用 invent。 13选 C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。 14选 A。正常英语听不懂，除了词汇问题，更重要的还有语速问题，即速度要
44、“慢”。 15选 C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。16选 B。后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。 17选 A。flies 表达了新闻的及时、快速的特点，其余的词没有这种意思。 18选 B。major cities 指大城市。根据常识可排除 A、D，根据 around the world，可排除 C。 19选 A。由 like 可知，所选词须与 BBC 同类。20选 D。由后面的定语从句可以推知，这里指新闻报道的前期 “准备”工作。双向细目表 词法 重点词汇: considering; be called; invent.（十五）Leonardo da Vinci began painting t
45、he Mona Lisa in 1503He was working 1 a special painting for a church at that time, 2 the church painting was not 3 well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second 4 . This is the woman who 5 be seen in the Mona LisA.All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da
46、Vincis 6 and it satisfied the husbanDDa Vinci used 7 and light in a clever 8 in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and 9 . Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状) in the Mona LisAThe face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and 10 shapes like 11 . Even her 12 can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the 13 is sitting on a balcony(阳台), and 14 can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks, so these can be seen 15 in his other
