2013高考英语完形填空经典训练题三十八（附答案）(1)

完形填空练习（七十五）

I ran across a dim photo of him the other day, going through some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.

  1   was his favorite recreation (娱乐). He had so much   2   in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to   3   him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you   4   throw one in.

That   5   me of the night,   6   he brought back a small chest that he found somewhere how   7   nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it   8   easily have been half a mile. The chest wasn’t a good one. It was just a   9   old piece that somebody   10  . Still, it was something he wanted, probably   11   it presented a nice problem in transportation. It tested his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we   12   him trying to get the cheat up onto the porch (门厅). It sounded   13   two or three people were trying to tear the house   14  . We came downstairs and turned on the   15   light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had   16   somehow and he was just holding his own. I suppose he would have held his own   17   dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carted the chest miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a   18   place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token (象征) of his strength in such matters.   19  , he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was   20   of his skill.

1. A. Fighting               B. Swimming               C. Barking                    D. Running

2. A. fun                      B. trouble                            C. danger                            D. difficulty

3. A. stop                            B. make                       C. get                           D. have

4. A. will                      B. do                           C. did                          D. would

5. A. reminds                B. warns                       C. tells                         D. suggests

6. A. which                   B. while                       C. as                            D. when

7. A. far                       B. long                         C. old                          D. heavy

8. A. could                   B. can                          C. should                      D. would

9. A. priceless               B. worthless                  C. valuable                   D. important

10. A. kept                   B. forgot                      C. deserted                   D. remained

11. A. because               B. only if                            C. even if                            D. in case

12. A. saw                    B. heard                       C. watched                   D. caught

13. A. like                    B. that                          C. as if                         D. at least

14. A. up                      B. in                                   C. away                        D. down

15. A. hall                    B. kitchen                     C. bedroom                  D. porch

16. A. rolled                 B. stopped                    C. caught                      D. broken

17. A. at                       B. before                      C. till                           D. during

18. A. distant                B. nearby                            C. silent                       D. busy

19. A. In all                  B. As a result                C. At last                      D. After all

20. A. proud                 B. tired                        C. ashamed                   D. doubtful

完形填空练习（七十六）

When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion (激情) for writing poetry. I   1   all my other hobbies, such as collecting stamps, and spent all my   2   time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible occasion soon got me   3   trouble at school. If a lesson   4   me, I would take out my notebook and start writing poems   5  . Of course I did this very cautiously (小心地), but it was not   6   I got caught. One day while I was busy   7   a poem during a   8   lesson, I looked up   9   the teacher standing over me, getting cross because I was not   10   attention. He tore the poem up, with a warning not to   11   time any more in his lesson.   12   I felt certain that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from   13  . Not long after, I read   14   a poetry   15   and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later,   16   I had given up   17  , I got a letter informing me I had won first prize. Everyone at school was very impressed,   18   the geography teacher, who   19   me more carefully than ever. He insisted that I   20   poetry in his class!

1. A. devoted                B. gave up                    C. enjoyed                    D. disliked

2. A. important             B. spare                        C. part                         D. other

3. A. with                            B. to                                   C. into                         D. on

4. A. doesn’t interest      B. isn’t interested          C. didn’t interest           D. wasn’t interested

5. A. after class             B. out of class               C. in class                     D. in a class

6. A. long ago               B. long before               C. soon after                 D. soon before

7. A. to write                B. writing                     C. being writing            D. with writing

8. A. history                 B. geography                C. Chinese                    D. chemistry

9. A. only to find          B. but to find                C. finding                     D. finding out

10. A. calling                B. fixing                      C. paying                            D. giving

11. A. spare                  B. save                         C. waste                       D. spend

12. A. At the same         B. All the same             C. At same                    D. The same

13. A. brain                  B. memory                   C. mind                        D. reciting

14. A. through                     B. in                                   C. about                       D. from

15. A. meet                   B. watch                       C. game                       D. contest

16. A. before long         B. long after                 C. long before               D. shortly after

17. A. courage                     B. hope                        C. wish                        D. success

18. A. except                B. besides                     C. as well as                 D. expect

19. A. guarded                     B. watched                   C. observed                  D. stared at

20. A. wouldn’t write    B. not write                  C. should write             D. would write