2013高考英语完形填空经典训练题二十三（附答案）(1)

完形填空练习（四十五）

For most of us, it is not too difficult to correct a mistake. We say we are sorry, promise to   1   differently, and go on with no regrets. This is not   2  , though, of some   3   figures whose actions failed. They probably spent their   14   feeling regret.

Napoleon, for example, wasn’t   5   being Emperor of France. He wanted to rule all Europe and, for a time, seemed to   6  . In the end, Napoleon “met his Waterloo”. He spent the rest of his life in exile (流放) on Alba. We can only   7   the regret he must have felt   8   on that small island.

At the end of World War II, the Emperor of Japan must have regretted the   9   of Pearl Harbor (珍珠港). It brought to an end the Emperor’s   10   as a God to his people. It is   11   he did not feel regret for his country’s actions when he learned of the   12   of the atomic (原子的) bomb. He had to feel regret when he had to announce his country’s   13   to his people.

In our   14   country, a President left his office. President Nixon was deeply involved in the Water Gate problem.   15   revealing (揭露) the action of his men, he tried to cover up the   16  . When it was revealed there were tapes   17   his involvement, he must have felt regret. If he had not tried to cover up the problem, he might never have had to leave office.

It has been   18   for me to correct my mistakes so far. None of my behavior has had   19   effects. I will probably do things I will regret, but not, I hope, anything that cannot be corrected or that has a serious consequence (后果) for   20  .

1. A. work                    B. think                        C. play                         D. behave

2. A. true                      B. so                            C. same                        D. right

3. A. powerful                     B. particular                 C. historical                  D. excellent

4. A. times                    B. days                         C. periods                     D. ages

5. A. amazed                 B. satisfied                   C. appreciated               D. concerned

6. A. win                      B. succeed                    C. realize                      D. occur

7. A. imagine                B. detect                       C. expect                      D. relate

8. A. left                      B. missing                    C. lost                          D. remaining

9. A. seizing                 B. taking                      C. bombing                  D. exploding

10. A. job                            B. position                    C. role                         D. post

11. A. understandable     B. unbelievable             C. unfortunately            D. unlikely

12. A. leaking               B. delivering                 C. throwing                  D. dropping

13. A. defeat                 B. attack                       C. loss                          D. fall

14. A. great                  B. own                         C. industrial                  D. hilly

15. A. Thanks to            B. Due to                            C. Instead of                 D. Except for

16. A. appearance          B. state                         C. condition                  D. situation

17. A. trying                 B. testing                      C. challenging               D. proving

18. A. wrong                B. exciting                    C. easy                         D. usually

19. A. desired               B. lasting                      C. same                        D. harmless

20. A. others                 B. myself                            C. friends                            D. people

完形填空练习（四十六）

Time is very important in our lives. It   1   our everyday moments. However, time never had any   2   in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more   3  .

It’s round in the center with two silver hands that go around my wrist. And all of it is made of silver. This   4   tells me the importance of time in my life.

I received this   5   on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to   6   up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house.   7  , I was late because I was   8   out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 AM, I   9   my uncle, but I was very   10   for him. He had   11   the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father’s face. I felt   12   of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my   13   father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Essa, did you have   14   with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali.” He said, “What you   15   was not very nice and you should be sorry for your   16  ” I was ashamed and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again. I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a   17   for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my   18  .

I learned a very important lesson from my father: to   19   time and never be late to get someone. This watch is   20   to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1. A. appreciates            B. organizes                  C. orders                      D. explains

2. A. importance           B. similarity                 C. necessity                  D. interest

3. A. confident                     B. independent              C. efficient                   D. responsible

4. A. object                   B. belonging                 C. matter                      D. stranger

5. A. card                            B. letter                        C. gift                          D. thing

6. A. call                      B. pick                         C. put                          D. bring

7. A. Otherwise             B. Fortunately               C. However                  D. Hopefully

8. A. going                   B. hanging                    C. standing                   D. leaving

9. A. forgot                  B. remembered             C. saw                          D. visited

10. A. anxious               B. nervous                    C. early                        D. late

11. A. reached               B. recognized                C. left                          D. found

12. A. ashamed             B. frightened                C. disappointed             D. shy

13. A. kind                   B. happy                      C. angry                       D. doubtful

14. A. pleasure                     B. fun                          C. appointment             D. quarrels

15. A. said                    B. did                          C. thought                    D. forgot

16. A. ideas                  B. words                      C. actions                            D. promises

17. A. wonder               B. hope                        C. requirement                     D. reminder

18. A. life                            B. day                          C. way                         D. thought

19. A. waste                  B. respect                            C. neglect                     D. enjoy

20. A. useful                 B. necessary                  C. different                   D. important