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台儿庄市2014高考英语完形填空、阅读理解精品系列（8）含答案典型例题 robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. i 1 that students begin at an earlier age, but, rohby said that it had always been his mothers 2 to hear him play the piano. so i took him as a student. hard as robby tried, he 3 the basic sense of music. however, he persisted and at the end of each weekly 4 hed always say,my moms going to hear me play someday. but, it seemed 5 i only knew his mother from a distance as she 6 rohby off or waited in her aged car to pick him up. she always 7 and smiled but never stopped in. then one day robhy 8 coming to our lessons. he telephoned me and said his mother was 9 several weeks later i was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(实习公演) 10 robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. miss hondorf. ive just go to 11 !he insisted. the night for the recital came. the high school gymnasiurn was 12 with parents, friends and relatives. the recital went off well. then robby came up on stage. i was 13 when he announced that he had chosen mozarts concerto no. 21 in c major(莫扎特的c大调21号协奏曲). i was not 14 . what i heard next. his fingers were light on the keys. they even 15 on the keys. he played so well that everyone was 16 their feet in wild applause (鼓掌). in tears i ran up on 17 . oh robby! howd you do it?well miss hondorf. i kept on 18 at home. remember i told you my mom was sick? well, 19 she had cancer and passed away this morning. and well., she wasborn deaf, so tonight was the 20 time she ever heard me play. 1. a. prefer b. conclude c. suppose d. wish 答案：a 指导：prefer后面跟从句表达作者的“意愿”，意为“宁愿”。 理解了此处作者是想表达自己的“意愿或建议”，便可排除conclude得出结论”、suppose假定、假想”；wish也可表达“意愿”，但一般为不可实现的愿望，后面跟虚拟语气。2. a. plan b. belief c. suggestion d. dream 答案：d 指导：听他演奏一直是母亲的“梦想”。 由后文可得出答案，排除plan计划”、belief信念”和suggestion建议”。3. a. showed b. lacked c. hid d. held 答案：b 指导：前面出现让步状语从句，因此此处只能理解为：尽管他练得很卖力，但“缺乏”基本的乐感。 show表现出”与正确的理解正好相反；hid隐藏”，held“怀有”，也不合题意。4. a. test b. lesson c. show d. trial 答案：b 指导：此处是指每周“上课”结束后，罗比总是满怀信心。test测试”，show演出”，trail实验”，均不符合此处罗比每周上课，但进步不大这一语境。5. a. successful b. wonderful c. senseless d. hopeless 答案：d 指导：罗比尽管练习很卖力，但总是没有进步，因而作者认为他“没有希望”。这儿是作者对罗比下的定论。successful成功的”，wonderful绝好的”，显然与作者的结论正好相反；senseless意为“无感觉的”或“愚蠢的”，对人显然有侮辱的意味。作者此处对罗比决无侮辱的意味。6 a. put b. sent c. dropped d. saw 答案：c 指导：drop sboff表示的意义与picks sb.up正好相反。picksbup是用车“拉客”而drop sb. off的意思是“让某人下车”。此处指罗比的母亲在罗比练钢琴时，总是用车接送他。 此处考查固定短语，其他搭配都不能表示此含义。putoff意为“推迟”后面不能跟表示人称的名词；sendsboff意为“打发某人走”；see sb. off意为“为某人送行”。7. a. waved b. left c. waited d. rose 答案： a 指导：此处表示罗比的母亲很友好，总是向作者“挥手”、“微笑”。做好本题的关键第一是把握罗比的母亲有礼貌，第二是注意与后面动词smiled的并列关系。根据上述两点，可排除left和waited；rose意为“站起来”，前面因为没有信息表明罗比的母亲坐着，因此也不合逻辑。8. a. continued b. broke c. stopped d. finished 答案：c 指导：选对此题答案必须联系后面，罗比打电话说他母亲生病了，因此可以断定此处罗比“停止”来上课，是为了照顾母亲。首先broke后面不跟动名词，continue与后面矛盾，finish doingsth意为“停止干”，而此处从后文看，作者的音乐课并未结束。9. a. unhapply b. disappointed c. sick d. deaf 答案：c 指导：从后文罗比的母亲得了癌症最后去世便可得出答案。注意罗比此处用了sick一词，说明罗比不想让作者知道母亲真实的病情。10. a. as b. while c. since d. when 答案：d 指导：when用作并列连词，当“正在这个时候(突然)”讲，往往说明动作的突然性。 while，as，since都可引导时间状语从句，但都不能表示动作或事情的突然性。11. a. succeed b. learn c. play d. come 答案：c 指导：从后文看，此处表示罗比强烈要求登台“演奏”。learn，come都与下文罗比登台演奏没有联系；如选succeed“成功”，这儿显然也没有把握罗比的愿望。12. a. seated b. held c. packed d. mixed答案：c 指导：此处指大厅中挤满了人。be packed withbe crowded withbeseated作主语的一般是人；hold表示“容纳”时，不用于被动语态；bemixedwith意为“与混杂”。13. a. surprised b. angry c. happy d. certain 答案：a 指导：此处表示作者也没有想到罗比会选择这么难的曲目，故非常“惊讶”。 联系上文，罗比一直缺乏音乐才能，而且很长时间没来上课，可排除其他选项。14. a. pleased with b. interested inc. clear about d. prepared for 答案：d 指导：此处表示作者对罗比下面的演奏也没有心理准备。be prepared for意为“为做好准备”。此处还是表示作者的“吃惊”，因此可排除其他三项：be pleasedwith对满意”；be interested in对感兴趣”；bedearabout对很清楚”。15. a. slipped b. danced c. flew d. ran 答案：b 指导：此处表示罗比演奏得非常熟练、精彩，手指在琴键上像“跳舞”一般。slip意为“滑倒”；flow意为“流动、飞奔”；run跑”，都不能形容罗比弹钢琴时手指的熟练。16. a. off b. at c. against d. on 答案：d 指导：be。nonesfeet意为“站起来”，此处观众都站起来为罗比的精彩演奏鼓掌。17. a. stairs b. platform c. stage d. floor 答案：c 指导：作者本人也很激动，因此跑上了“舞台”。此处罗比演奏完毕仍在舞台上，由此可排除其他选项：stairs意为“楼梯”；platform意为“站台、讲台”；floor意为“地板”。18. a. practising b. singing c. listening d. helping 答案：a 指导：罗比虽然中断了钢琴课的学习，在家照料母亲，但一直在“练习”弹钢琴，因此才有今天的成功。19. a. unfortunately b. thereforec. however d. actually 答案：d 指导：此处罗比说明母亲生病去世的真相，因此用actually，相当于infacttherefore所以”，however然而”，都不符合此处上下文的逻辑关系；unfortunatel不幸的是”，干扰性很大。但前面出现的是问句，用于引出对真相的叙述，故unfortuanately也不能顺承上文。20. a. last b first c. best d. worst 答案：b 指导：从前文可知，罗比的母亲耳聋，因此不能听他演奏，罗比认为只有她去世后才能在天堂听他演奏，故应是“第一次”。把握了上文的叙述，再联系罗比的愿望和心理，此处其他选项便不难排除。 a funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. i was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. there we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and. . . i became invisible, absent from the conversation. the telephone used to connect you to the absent. now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected i feel? every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. with email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. with voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. if my mom has a question, i just leave the answer on her machine. as almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. you cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. directory assistance is almost always fully automated. i am not against modern technology. i own a cell phone, an atm card, a voice mail system, and an email account. giving them up isnt wise. . . theyre a great help to us. its some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy. more and more. i find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. or being relieved that voice mail picked up because i didnt really have time to talk. the industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier . . . or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts. so ive put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when im at home. 64which of the following would be the best title of the passage? a. the advance of communications technologyb. the consequences of modern technologyc. the story of communications revolutiond. the automation of modern communications65the sentence “now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. ” means that_. a. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone callb. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside youc. modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talkd. people can now go to work without going to the office66the writer feels that the use of modern communications is _ . a. satisfyingb. encouragingc. disappointingd. embarrassing67the passage implies that _. a. modern technology is bridging the peopleb. modern technology is separating the peoplec. modern technology is developing too fastd. modern technology is interrupting our communications参考答案 64、bc db *结束 cholesterol dr. arlene donar, medical director special purchase watchers alert-july 2008 “best product weve ever seen”this really workson sale now need to lower your cholesterol（胆固醇）？we strongly recommend cholesterolblocktm. this really works, and now is the best time to buy，because of a special offer for the first 250 customers only for a limited time. * takes cholesterol out of food，no matter what you eat. * clinically demonstrated effective in university and hospital testing * lowers cholesterol absorption up to 42% or more * no side effects unlike liptor, zocor，crestorother commonly prescribed（处方的） medicationssafe and effective. * outsells all other brands on internet every month. limited time onlytry cholesterol watchers free with purchase. 68. if you happen to be the 200th customer to buy cholesterolblock, you will _ . a. be able to buy it at a low priceb. be the luckiest one onlinec. try it free of charged. change your diet69. liptor , zocor , crestor are _. a. diseasesb. side effectsc. medicinesd. cholesterol70. cholesterolblocktmhas the following advantages except that _. a. it helps take cholesterol out of whatever food you eat. b. it has been proved useful in hospital testing. c. it helps people absorb at least 42% cholesterol. d. it sells best on internet every month. 71. where can you most probably read this passage? ain a travel guide book. bon a university bulletin board. cin a health magazine. din a doctors prescription. 参考答案 68、acc c *结束 heather mills mccartney lives an admirable life, attending celebrity parties, meeting regularly with the rich and famous and doing meaningful work for charity. all who work with her admire and respect her. but heathers life hasnt always been so easy. when heather was only 9 years old, her mother abandoned her and her two brothers. at the age of 13, she ran away from home and ended up living on the streets in london. eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career in modeling. at that time, heather also began helping with the war relief efforts in former yugoslavia. through her modeling and relief work, she soon became famous. but in august 1993, at age 25 her life changed once again. she was crossing the street in london when a motorcycle crashed into her. she was so badly injured that the doctors had to cut off her left leg. after that, she discovered she frequently needed to change her artificial limbs. it was expensive and she felt it was a waste to just throw away the old one. it occurred to her to set up an organization that could deliver used artificial limbs to yugoslavia and other war-torn countries. it was through her charity work that she met her husband paul mccartney. throughout her life, heather has risen above problems and focused on helping others. her work with artificial limbs even ear