高考英语复习完形填空：考点解析3
Passage 1
(2010·重庆调研)
I had a cigarette one morning as I walked along the wooded path toward my house deep in the forest.
I know smoking is bad for me, and
__1__. I had tried to kick the habit, but
__2__. Not even when my aunt Bernie got lung cancer. How many times had she begged me to give
__3__ up? After she died, I made up my mind to stop, and did so, but
__4__
I started up again.
The house had been one of Aunt Bernie's favorite places to stay. Lately, I had earned some
__5__
income by renting it out. New renters were
__6__
to arrive that afternoon.
The house has no electricity, so I had to
__7__
there was enough propane (丙烷) in the tank to
__8__
the fridge and the stove (火炉). Seeing the house in the distance through the trees, I thought about
__9__. I could still hear her
__10__ telling me, “Give up smoking; it will
__11__
you.”
As I was
__12__
the house, the voice grew stronger, __13__
my aunt were standing right beside me. Finally, I couldn't
__14__
it any longer. I smothered (闷熄) it. “Fine, Auntie, I
__15__. See？”
I continued down the path,
__16__
the urge to light up again.
Reaching the house,
I opened the door. Whoa!
I stepped back. The
__17__
was strong. Propane gases! I ran around to the back and found the problem. The previous
__18__ had forgotten to turn off the propane tank before they left. The house had been
__19__
up with gas for a week!
If I had still been smoking that cigarette... I thought now, __20__. My aunt Bernie was right. Smoking can kill me. The next day I started a quitsmoking program, and I haven't lit up since.
1. A. helpless
B. harmful
C. useless
D. dangerous
2. A. hadn't
B. shouldn't
C. mustn't
D. couldn't
3. A. it
B. her
C. this
D. that
4. A. possibly
B. naturally
C. shortly
D. hardly
5. A. special
B. extra
C. high
D. low
6. A. able
B. glad
C. due
D. willing
7. A. take care
B. find out
C. make out
D. make sure
8. A. start
B. manage
C. run
D. stop
9. A. my cigarette
B. my aunt
C. new renters
D. the tank
10. A. sound
B. voice
C. noise
D. cry
11. A. harm
B. damage
C. kill
D. hurt
12. A. approaching
B. passing
C. opening
D. entering
13. A. even if
B. as
C. because
D. as if
14. A. see
B. find
C. bear
D. hear
15. A. put it out
B. gave it up
C. put it away
D. gave it way
16. A. stopping
B. resisting
C. feeling
D. keeping
17. A. desire
B. house
C. voice
D. smell
18. A. owners
B. renters
C. neighbours
D. guests
19. A. mixed
B. covered
C. filled
D. caught
20. A. frightened
B. excited
C. surprised
D. disappointed
答案与解析：
1．D 从文章最后的Smoking can kill me可知抽烟不但有害，而且还很危险(dangerous)。
2．D 作者尝试戒烟，但不能(couldn't)戒掉。
3．A 指请求作者戒烟，故用it指代抽烟。
4．C 作者下决心戒烟，但很快(shortly)又开始吸了。
5．B 作者继承了Aunt的房子，将它出租，当然可赚得些额外(extra)的钱。
6．C be due to do sth.意为“预定要干某事”，符合语境。
7．D 这里指确保(make sure)有足够的丙烷，让冰箱和炉子运行。
8．C 从上题解析可知应用run。run此处意为“(使某物)运转，起作用”。
9．B 在远处透过树林看这个房子作者想起了Aunt。
10．B 从常识及下文的the voice grew stronger可知应该是voice。
11．C 从上文可知，作者的Aunt，就是因为吸烟患肺癌而死，再结合此处作者的Aunt告诫如果不戒烟，它会让作者丢掉性命。
12．A 随着作者靠近(approach)房子Aunt的声音变得越来越大。
13．D 好像Aunt就站在我身边一样，故用as if。
14．C 想起Aunt的话，终于作者不能再忍受(bear)，把烟熄灭了。
15．A 从前面的I smothered(弄熄)it可知是灭掉烟，故用put out。
16．B 把烟弄熄后，作者开始作思想斗争，抵制(resist)想抽烟的诱惑。
17．D 下文反复提到房子里丙烷泄漏了，这里指气味(smell)很强烈。
18．B 指以前的租客(renter)忘记关气罐了。
19．C 指整个房子里都弥漫着丙烷气体。fill up with意为“充满”。
20．A 作者想到如果自己还在抽烟的话，后果不堪设想，当然是害怕(frightened)了。
Passage 2
(2010·海淀期末练习)
The Pecan Thief
When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather's farm in Kansas.
Grandpa had sent me into the
__1__
to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really
__2__
work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn't about to
__3__ Grandpa down. Just then something caught my
__4__.
A large brown squirrel was a few feet away.
I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and
__5__
in a large hole in the trunk.
A moment later the squirrel
__6__
out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut.
Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so
__7__
anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole.
It was
__8__
with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my
__9__. Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so
__10__
of myself. I couldn't wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.
__11__， I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans！” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many？” I told him how I'd
__12__
the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I'd been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that __13__
me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently
__14__
my shoulders.
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter
__15__ of food，” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don't you think that little squirrel will
__16__
the cold winter？”
“I didn't think about that，” I said.
“I know，” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take
__17__
of someone else's hard work.”
Suddenly I felt a bit
__18__. The image of the starving squirrel wouldn't
__19__
my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn't eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the
__20__
of knowing I had done just the right thing.
1. A. rooms
B. woods
C. holes
D. roads
2. A. hard
B. dirty
C. light
D. easy
3. A. let
B. settle
C. have
D. keep
4. A. sweater
B. basket
C. eye
D. hand
5. A. joined
B. lived
C. discovered
D. disappeared
6. A. jumped
B. held
C. stood
D. found
7. A. strange
B. secret
C. anxious
D. patient
8. A. covered
B. filled
C. rebuilt
D. decorated
9. A. time
B. choice
C. chance
D. achievement
10. A. afraid
B. ashamed
C. careful
D. proud
11. A. Otherwise
B. However
C. Besides
D. Therefore
12. A. driven
B. followed
C. protected
D. caught
13. A. annoyed
B. satisfied
C. surprised
D. delighted
14. A. off
B. beside
C. over
D. around
15. A. supply
B. cost
C. support
D. preparation
16. A. escape
B. spend
C. survive
D. flee
17. A. place
B. notice
C. advantage
D. charge
18. A. guilty
B. unconfident
C. embarrassed
D. nervous
19. A. open
B. leave
C. cross
D. occupy
20. A. inspiration
B. expectation
C. impression
D. satisfaction
答案与解析：
1．B 从上下文知，我被爷爷派去捡山核桃，再结合第一句中的“farm”和选项可知我应该到树林(woods)里去，而不是房间(rooms)，洞里(holes)和路上(roads)。
2．A 从后面的我才捡半篮山核桃可知，捡山核桃对我来说是一项挺困难的(hard)活，其他选项都不符合语境。
3．A 从下文知，我不想让爷爷失望，此处let sb. down是固定词组，意为“令某人失望”。
4．C 就在此时，不远处的一只棕色大松鼠引起了我的注意。catch one's eye表示“引起某人的注意”。
5．D 那只松鼠捡起一颗山核桃向一棵树跑去，最后消失(disappear)在树干的大洞中。该句中的三个动作表承接：先picked up，然后hurried to，最后disappeared。join“加入”，live“生存”，discover“发现”都不符合语境。
6．A 该处表示：不久，那只松鼠又从洞中跳了出来(jump out)，故选A项。hold out“伸出，坚持”；stand out“突出”；find out“发现”都不符合语境。
7．B 从后文中dashed over to the tree可知，作者认为松鼠捡山核桃不再是秘密了。
8．B 我发现洞中到处都是山核桃，be filled with是固定词组，意为“充满着”，符合语境；be covered with“覆盖”；be decorated with“用……装饰”。
9．C 当看到洞中有这么多的山核桃，作者认为自己的机会来了。
10．D 作者拿了这么多的山核桃，心里非常高兴，当然很骄傲。be proud of“自豪，高兴”，符合语境。be afraid of表示“害怕，担忧”；he ashamed of表示“感到羞愧”；be careful of表示“小心”。
11．D 此处表示我迫不及待地想把捡到的山核桃让爷爷看，因此兴奋地大叫起来，前后句构成“因果关系”，用therefore。otherwise“否则”；however“然而”；besides“除此之外还……”。
12．B 我告诉了爷爷，我是如何跟踪(follow)松鼠，从而找到这些山核桃的。
13．C 此处表示爷爷虽然表扬了我，但他接下来做的事情让我很吃惊(surprise)。
14．D 爷爷用胳膊挽着我的肩膀，用介词around。
15．A 松鼠努力工作，收集了过冬食物，此处supply of food表示“食物储备”。
16．C 你把他的食物都拿走了，难道你没有想过他在寒冷的冬天还能活下去吗？survive“挺过”，符合语境。
17．C 好人不应该利用(take advantage of)别人的辛勤劳动。take place of“代替”；take notice of“注意到”；take charge of“负责”，都与语境不符。
18．A 爷爷说了这些话后，我突然有了一种负罪感(guilty)。
19．B 那只松鼠挨饿的场景在我心头挥之不去，所以用leave one's mind表示“离开……心头”。
20．D 此处表示作者为自己做了一件正确的事情而感到很满足(satisfaction)。
Passage 3
(2010·河南部分重点联考)
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he
__1__
up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his __2__
expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before
__3__， he bought a Rolex watch with the
__4__
made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be
__5__ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the
__6__
goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying
__7__
for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless
__8__. When he was
