2013高考英语完形填空经典训练题三十五（附答案）(1)

完形填空练习（六十九）

The Depression (萧条) didn’t make much change in my grandparents’ lives. But it did bring an unending flow of men out of   1  , drifting (being carried) from job to job, to the farm. The  2   to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags. He quietly   3   that he hadn’t eaten for a while. Grandpa stood watching him a   4  , then said, “There’s a stack (堆，垛) of firewood against the fence behind the barn (谷仓). I’ve been   5   to get it moved to the other side of the fence. You have just about   6   time to finish the job before lunch.”

Grandma said a   7   thing happened. The man got a   8   in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once. She   9   another place at the table and made an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger didn’t   10   much, but when he left, his   11   straightened. “Nothing ruins a man like   12   his self-respect,” Grandpa later told me.

Soon after, another man   13   up asking for a meal. This one was dressed   14   a suit and carried a small suitcase. Grandpa came out, looked at the man and offered a   15  . “There is a stack of fire wood along the fence down the barn. I’ve been meaning to get it moved. It’d sure be a   16   to me. And we’d be pleased to have you   17   for lunch.”

The fellow set his suitcase   18   and neatly laid coat on top. Then he set   19   to work.

Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they   20   a meal with during those Depression days—or how many times that stack of firewood got moved.

1. A. life                             B. business                   C. farming                   D. work

2. A. guest                   B. first                        C. second                     D. next

3. A. explained             B. spoke                      C. described                 D. talked

4. A. glance                 B. little                        C. bit                          D. look

5. A. dreaming             B. needing                   C. wishing                   D. hoping

6. A. some                   B. full                         C. much                       D. enough

7. A. fearing                B. funny                      C. serious                    D. surprising

8. A. light                    B. flame                             C. shine                       D. fire

9. A. put                             B. took                        C. set                          D. sat

10. A. sa6y                  B. drink                       C. eat                          D. have

11. A. shoulders            B. arms                       C. feet                         D. hands

12. A. throwing            B. losing                      C. hurting                    D. protecting

13. A. went                  B. appeared                  C. came                       D. showed

14. A. up                     B. in                           C. with                        D. by

15. A. smile                 B. wave                       C. nod                         D. handshake

16. A. favour                      B. offer                       C. help                        D. wonder

17. A. stay                   B. remain                    C. honour                    D. wait

18. A. away                 B. aside                       C. along                             D. around

19. A. for                    B. off                         C. of                           D. upon

20. A. spared                B. supplied                  C. supported                D. shared

完形填空练习（七十）

“Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with.

It is a pleasure to   1   someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and   2   other people as equal. A down-to-earth person is just the   3   of someone who acts important or proud.

Down-to-earth persons may be important members of   4  , of course. But they do not let their importance “  5   to their heads.” They do not consider themselves to be better persons than   6   of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride,   7   without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”. There is   8   way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.

Americans   9   another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone   10   both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good   11   of reality. He has what is called “common sense”. He may have dreams,   12   he does not allow them to block his knowledge of   14   is real.

The opposite kind of   14   is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a   15   whose mind is not in the real world.

  16   such a person can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually  17   a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.

Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very   18   to have both feet on the ground.  19   we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly   20   others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.

1. A. pick                    B. choose                     C. find                        D. receive

2. A. accepts                 B. recognizes                      C. thinks                      D. acts

3. A. same                   B. kind                        C. example                  D. opposite

4. A. companies            B. society                    C. the world                 D. the government

5. A. come                   B. appear                     C. enter                       D. go

6. A. some                   B. others                      C. ones                        D. fellows

7. A. often                   B. rarely                             C. yet                          D. still

8. A. some                   B. a                             C. no                           D. every

9. A. discover               B. find                        C. conclude                  D. use

10. A. at                             B. of                           C. with                        D. from

11. A. idea                   B. understanding          C. opinion                   D. feeling

12. A. for                    B. or                           C. but                          D. and

13. A. that                   B. what                       C. such                        D. which

14. A. idea                   B. creature                   C. attitude                    D. person

15. A. dreamer             B. stranger                   C. flyer                       D. settler

16. A. However            B. Therefore                C. Moreover                D. sometimes

17. A. teach                 B. bring                       C. lead                        D. take

18. A. fit                     B. sure                        C. likely                             D. able

19. A. When                 B. Since                             C. Though                   D. Unless

20. A. toward                      B. with                        C. over                        D. onto