2011届高三完形填空专练

   
    议论文突破
   
    Passage 1（2009年浙江卷）
   
    The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end , all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We __1__ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city __2__ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply   3  us all –the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money… Walking home, passing under a low bridge, we came across entire families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on for he night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
   
    The poverty(贫困) was  4   than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many  5   and cried. Spending time in this  6     moves a person to care about humanity.
   
    That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had  7   . Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult feelings that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together  8      a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that none of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
   
    Based on my experiences in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that  9    the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all  10   that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen.  11   , what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the sufferings we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on what they could do, a sense of determination  12    the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.
   
    1．A．put up with       B．got back to      C．looked back on      D．made up for
   
    2．A．now that         B．so that          C．as if               D．even if
   
    3．A．puzzled          B．annoyed        C．embarrassed         D．shocked
   
    4．A．stronger          B．deeper          C．worse             D．less
   
    5．A．gave up          B．broke down      C．set off             D．held on
   
    6．A．environment      B．hotel            C．house             D．background
   
    7．A．inspected         B．attempted        C．witnessed         D．challenged
   
    8．A．along            B．around           C．by               D．in
   
    9．A．once             B．while            C．since            D．unless
   
    10．A．supposed         B．advised           C．confirmed        D．agreed
   
    11．A．Surely           B．Rather            C．Now            D．Indeed
   
    12．A．replaced          B．changed          C．covered          D．improved
   
    Passage 2（2009年全国卷2）
   
    One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t say I didn’t like something , whatever it might be,   1     I tried it. Over the years I’ve come to realize how much of my success I owe to my    2     of those words as one of my values. My first job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I   3     what I want to do as a career（职业）.  4     I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took   5     that much. I couldn’t have been more   6   . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity（机会）to take up through the company into different position. I accepted each new opportunity with the 7   ,”Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always go back to my   8   position. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years, and I’ve   9    every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I    10    a large number of different talents（才能）and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being open to trying new opportunities. I’ve also discovered that if I believe in what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my     11  . I will succeed. That’s why I’m so excited to be a part of CareerFables. com. I think      12     has come and I am determined to make it a success.
   
    1. A. until after               B. ever since               C. so that                       D. long before
   
    2. A. suggestion              B. explanation              C. acceptance                 D. discussion
   
    3. A. determined             B. examined                C. experienced                D. introduced
   
    4. A. Actually                  B. Gradually                C. Finally                       D. Usually
   
    5. A. helped                    B. required                  C. expressed                   D. mattered
   
    6. A. careful                   B. mistaken                 C. interested                   D. prepared
   
    7. A. thought                  B. reply                      C. action                        D. advice
   
    8. A. easier                     B. newer                     C. earlier                        D. higher
   
    9. A. permitted                B. counted                  C. organized                        D. enjoyed
   
    10. A. show                   B. possess                  C. need                               D. gather
   
    11. A. business               B. goal                        C. fortune                            D. growth
   
    12. A. dream                  B. time                       C. power                             D. honor
   
    Passage 3
   
    Recently, a professor of philosophy(哲学) in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has 1._____ that how we deal with money in our day to day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he has asked his students to do is to keep a 2_____ of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really 3._____ in life.
   
    The professor says our 4._____ with others often becomes clearly defined(明确) when money enters the picture. You 5._____ have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems 6._____ than ever before. 7._____it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t.
   
    Since money is so important to us, we consider those who are rich to be very important. The professor 8._____some rich people in researching his book.
   
    Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich?
   
    Answer: The most surprising thing is why people give me so much 9 _____. I am nothing. I don’t know much.. All I am is rich.
   
    People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it 10._____? How much money do I need for any given purpose in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important 11._____ in modern society: to bring back the idea that the money is an instrument  12._____than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting
   
    money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
   
    1.A.pointed     B. studied      C. discovered       D. noticed
   
    2.A.secrect      B. diary       C. promise         D. record
   
    3.A.mean       B. value       C. get             D. make
   
    4.A.work       B. friendship      C. relation       D. union
   
    5.A.should      B. must       C. had to          D. might
   
    6.A.stronger     B. weaker      C. worse         D. looser
   
    7.A.But        B. Otherwise    C. And         D. Then
   
    8.A.saw        B. interviewed   C. questioned     D. knew
   
    9.A.worry      B. doubt         C. hate          D. respect
   
    10.A.about      B. against        C. for          D. at
   
    11.A.need        B. discovery      C. lack          D. event
   
    12.A.better        B. rather          C. more       D. less