(08·山东)

On August 26,1999,New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm.The rain caused the streets to  36  and the subway system almost came to a stop.

Unfortunately,this happened during the morning rush hour.Many people who were going to work were  37  to go home.Some battled to  38  a taxi or to get on a bus.Still others faced the  39  bravely,walking miles to get to work.

I  40  to be one of people on the way to work that morning.I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most  41  had stopped.After making my way  42  crowds of people,I finally found a subway line that was  43  .Unfortunately,there were so many people waiting to  44  the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the  45  .So I took the train going in the opposite direction,and then switched back to the downtown train.Finally,after what seemed like forever,the train  46  my stop.Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain.When I finally got to my office,I was  47  through,exhausted and  48  .

My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off.When it was 5∶00 pm,I was ready to go home.I was about to turn off my computer  49  I received an email from Garth,my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and  50  reported to work.It is always reassuring (令人欣慰),at times like these,when employees so clearly show their  51  to their jobs.Thank you.

Garth’s email was short,but I learned more from that  52  message than I ever did from a textbook.The email taught me that a few words of  53  can make a big difference.The rainstorm and the traffic  54  had made me tired and upset.But Garth’s words immediately  55  me and put a smile back on my face.

36.A.break                           B.flood                         C.sink                          D.crash

37.A.forced                         B.refused                   C.adjusted                    D.gathered

38.A.order                           B.pay                           C.call                           D.search

39.A.climate                     B.scenery                         C.storm                        D.burden

40.A.used                            B.promised                   C.deserved                   D.happened

41.A.practice                    B.routine                   C.process                         D.service

42.A.to                                B.through                     C.over                          D.for

43.A.operating                         B.cycling                   C.turning                   D.rushing

44.A.check                          B.carry                         C.find                          D.board

45.A.street                           B.ground                   C.floor                         D.platform

46.A.paused                         B.crossed                         C.reached                     D.parked

47.A.wet                          B.weak                         C.sick                          D.hurt

48.A.ashamed                   B.discouraged            C.surprised                   D.puzzled

49.A.while                           B.when                        C.where                       D.after

50.A.hardly                          B.casually                     C.absolutely               D.eventually

51.A.devotion                   B.donation                    C.connection             D.reaction

52.A.accurate                   B.urgent                    C.brief                         D.humorous

53.A.promise                    B.appreciation            C.advice                    D.guidance

54.A.troubles                    B.signals                    C.rules                         D.signs

55.A.corrected                         B.supported                  C.amazed                     D.refreshed

 (江苏省南京十三中2009届高三第三次模拟考试)

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were   36  . His chances of surviving were small.   37   when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive—much   38   than he was when he started, but alive.

His   39   of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness — how he   40   to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发）sea water to   41   fresh water — is very interesting.

But the thing that   42   my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no   43   in continuing the struggle. He was starved and   44  worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.

When people   45   these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in   46   desperate circumstances   47   in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on   48   difficulties.

“I tell myself I can   49   it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,   50   up courage…”

I wrote that down after I read it. It   51   me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed   52   off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my   53  .

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad   54   to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you   55   through the rough situations with a little more courage.

36.   A. little                  B. rich                   C. few                  D. enough

37.   A. And                  B. Yet                    C. Still                   D. Thus

38.   A. thinner              B. stronger            C. worse               D. healthier

39.   A. attitude              B. assumption        C. instruction         D. account

40.   A. assisted             B. tended               C. managed           D. intended

41.   A. make                B. absorb               C. select                      D. replace

42.   A. attacked            B. caught               C. froze                 D. cheated

43.   A. need                B. taste                  C. message            D. point

44.   A. firmly               B. completely         C. hardly               D. generally

45.   A. deal                  B. defend               C. survive              D. observe

46.   A. similarly            B. differently          C. gradually           D. commonly

47.   A. pull                   B. take                  C. break                D. give

48.   A. for the lack of    B. in the face of     C. in exchange for  D. as a result of

49.   A. handle               B. carry                 C. follow               D. inspect

50.   A. rolling               B. using                 C. building             D. making

51.   A. defeated            B. recommended    C. introduced         D. struck

52.   A. far                    B. long                  C. ever                  D. even

53.   A. supplies             B. senses               C. ideas                 D. influences

54.   A. related               B. measured           C. contributed        D. compared

55.   A. see                   B. cut                    C. get                    D. think

【2011·江苏金沙中学模拟】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it   36   lets you know, because you keep it   37   thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many   38   not-so-worthy things. So it silently begins to focus on your needs and never let   39   grow. When mind loses its   40   to grow, creativity gets a full stop.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied   41   plenty of reading. Now   42   reading and not watching TV?   43   reading has been the most educative tool   44   by us right from the childhood. Just like that, to   45   other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading. You have countless books in this world which   46   answer all your questions. Once you read a book, not only do you   47   your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (译解) it and   48   it to you. The interesting part of the book is   49   in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new   50  . The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things,   51   which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is   52   but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will   53   like never before. Also this improves your speaking skills greatly and   54   your vocabulary largely. Within no   55  , you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.

36. A. always                B. never                C. not                 D. sometimes

37. A. easy                   B. noisy                C. busy                 D. ready

38. A. a                        B. these                C. those                D. such

39. A. it                        B. itself                C. you                   D. yourself

40. A. power                B. force                 C. right               D. freedom

41. A. with                   B. for                  C. through             D. at

42. A. why                   B. what               C. how                D. when

43. A. That                   B. Because            C. For                 D. As

44. A. produced            B. bought                     C. used                 D. learned

45. A. think                  B. develop             C. solve                 D. deal

46. A. need                   B. should              C. would              D. will

47. A. run                    B. fix                    C. place                 D. plant

48. A. gives                  B. reads               C. offers             D. explains

49. A. found                 B. stored             C. shown                   D. covered

50. A. inventions           B. discoveries      C. ideas                 D. dreams

51. A. of                      B. in                      C. over                  D. at

52. A. everything           B. nothing              C. something         D. anything

53. A. give up              B. set up              C. sit up              D. open up

54. A. adds to               B. adds up             C. adds up to         D. adds in

55. A. limit                    B. help                  C. distance            D. time

【2011·江西上高第七次月考】

完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1. 5分；满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，然后从36～55各题所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m   36  .” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things off !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38   for years—often from   39   childhood. These stories may have no basis in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will  40   have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations   41   my development? I was never   42   to work on cars or be around    43  . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,   44  , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I   45    down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the   46   side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   47   and told him about my   48   performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “  49   is it that you can solve    50   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52  . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.   54   , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   55   we choose.

36. A. honest                     B. modest                C. smart               D. impatient

37. A. yourself         B. myself                   C. them                      D. others 

38. A. said                 B. repeated                C. spread           D. spoken

39. A. as long as              B. as much as            C. as well as       D. as far back as

40. A. even                 B. ever                       C. never               D. still 

41. A. affect                B. improve                 C. lead                D. change 

42. A. hoped            B. demanded             C. encouraged    D. agreed 

43. A. means             B. hammers                C. houses           D. tools

44. A. therefore                B. however              C. instead           D. somehow

45. A. took               B. turned                   C. settled            D. closed

46. A. negative           B. active                    C. passive           D. subjective 

47. A. roads           B. trips                              C. experiences    D. paths 

48. A. unexpected     B. average                 C. excellent               D. poor

49. A. When              B. Why                      C. How                D. What

50. A. common           B. advanced                     C. complex           D. primary 

51. A. suffer                      B. separate                      C. arise                      D. come 

52. A. adopt              B. suspect                 C. believe           D. receive 

53. A. weakening              B. accepting             C. abandoning  D. strengthening

54. A. As a result              B. On the contrary     C. In addition      D. At the same time

55. A. nothing            B. something             C. anything         D. none

 (湖南省长沙市一中2010届高三第九次月考)

A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost impossible for people to walk exactly straight for 60 meters. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology found 20 healthy men and 36 them to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 meters away at normal speed. Each man had to walk on white paper fixed flat to the floor wearing wet colored socks. The footprints revealed that all walked in a winding   37   straight line. Researchers found that people  38 the direction of walking every few seconds. The amount of the winding differed from subject to subject. This suggests that  39  of us can walk in a strictly straight line. We walk in a winding way mainly because of a slight structural or functional imbalance of our limbs. 40   we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we will have changed the direction.

41 helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target. Your ears also help you walk.After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still,  42   walk straight. It’s all because your ears help you balance. Inside your inner ears there is a structure which contains liquids. On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid  43 . When you spin, the liquid inside also spins. The difference is that when you  44 , the liquid continues to spin for a while. Dizziness is the 45 of these nerves in your inner ears. When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will  46   your ears more, thus you walk in a  47  line.

36. A. made           B. ordered            C. asked               D. had

37. A. more than      B. rather than      C. other than           D. less than

38. A. rearrange      B. make               C. find             D. readjust

39. A. none            B. any                C. few               D. some

40. A. As               B. While            C. Because       D. For

41. A. Eyesight         B. Hearing          C. Touch          D. Feeling

42. A. believe it or not                      B. let alone

   C. what’s more                          D. to tell the truth

43. A. flees           B. flies              C. floats        D. flows

44. A. stop            B. walk               C. run          D. spin

45. A. sign            B. signal             C. result        D. secret

46. A. trust           B. deny              C. suspect      D. depend

47. A. direct           B. twisted           C. straight      D. smoothed