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高考英语
“完形填空＋语法填空”组合练
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Ⅰ.完形填空
At the age
of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool.
The day arrived
when I was to be tested
to see if I could __1__ to a higher level class.
Fifteen
of
us
were
to
__2__
swimming
from
one
side
of
the
pool
to
the
other
and
back. I
watched as my __3__
，
one by
one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to
__4__
，
I mean, my
turn to attempt to pass the test. It was about
halfway when I
got __5__. I immediately
stopped and __6__ the side of the pool, ending my
test.
Our instructor, a college
student, was standing __7
__ me. “Why
did you stop？”
he yelled, in a less
than __8
__ voice. “I got water in my
nose，” I __
9__.
That
’
s
when
this
college
student
__10__
me
one
of
life
’
s
great
lessons,
__11__
he probably never
realized
that. Bending down, he
shouted, “So？”
“So？”
The
__
12__
shocked
me.
It
had
just
seemed
__13__
to
me
that
the
answer
to pain was to remove the thing causing
the __14
__. My nine?year?old brain had
not
understood the fact that a valuable
__15__ is worth achieving, however difficult
to get there. Recognizing that,
I was
__16__ nothing would
keep me from
completing
the
test. In fact, I did it rather __17__ on my next
attempt. Seeing me __18__ the
test,
almost all the others did so as well.
Life is a journey, and the road
won
’
t __19__ be easy. We
have to focus on the
final destination,
not the __20__ along the road.
语篇解读：
本文是一篇记叙文。
作者讲述了自己九岁的
时候参加游泳考试的一段经历。
从这
段经历中，作者认识到：有
价值的目标是值得一个人为之努力和奋斗的。
1
．
C
．
advance
B
．
refer
D
．
add
解析：
选
C
空处所在句子表示作者要参加游泳考试以便确认能否“升级到”一个更高
层次的课程，a
dvance to“达到
(
某地等
)
，前进到”符合语境。
2
．
turns
C
．
take risks
B
．
insist on
D
．
put off
解析：选
A
根据下文的“one
by one”可知，作者和同学们是“轮流”进行考试的，
take turns
doing sth. “轮流做某事”符合语境。insist on“坚持”；take
risks“冒
险”；put
off “推迟”。
3
．
itors
C
．
students
B
．
classmates
D
．
instructors
解析：选
B
根据首段首句“At
the age of
nine,
I was
taking swimming
lessons at
a pool.”可知，作者参加了一个游泳班，作者观看的应是“同班同学”轮流考试
，所以答
案是
classmates
。
competitor“竞争者”；student“学生”；instructor“指导者”。
4
．
C
．
fail
B
．
leave
D
．
observe
解析：选
C
上文讲到，作者眼看着他
的同学们一个跟着一个进行游泳考试，但都失败
了，
接下来，<
/p>
轮到自己“失败”了，
所以答案是
fai
l
。
show“显示，
显出”；
leave“离开”；
observe“观察”。
5
．
d
C
．
trapped
B
．
blamed
D
．
choked
解析：选
D
根据下文中的“I
got water in my nose”可知，作者在游泳考试中被水
“呛”着了
，由此可知答案是
choked
，
ch
oke
的意思是“呛，窒息”，get
choked“被呛着
了”。get
injured“受伤”；get blamed“被责备”；get
trapped“被困住”。
6
．
C
．
grabbed
B
．
pressed
D
．
controlled
解析：选
C
作者被水呛到后马上停止
了游泳，“抓住”了泳池的边，结束了考试。
grab“抓住”符合语境。push“推
”；press“按，压”；control“控制”。
7
．
C
．
beside
B
．
below
D
．
beyond
解析：
选
A
作者因为被水呛着停止了游泳考试，
抓住了泳池的边，
此时，<
/p>
他的教练——
一个大学生，正站在他的“上方”。作者在泳池里，
教练应是站在游泳池边上，所以要用
above
，表示“在……
上方”。
b
elow“在……下面”；beside“在……旁
边”；beyond“超
出
(
某个数量
、水平或限度)”。
8
．
sed
C
．
annoyed
B
．
sympathetic
D
．
cold
解析：选
B
作者因为被水呛着停止了
考试，抓住了泳池的边。结合下文可知，此时，
教练用毫不“同情的”声音对作者喊：<
/p>
“你为什么不游了？”所以答案是
sympathetic“同<
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情的”。surprised“吃惊的”；annoyed“烦恼的”；cold“冷淡的
，不友好的”。
9
．
ned
C
．
declined
B
．
reacted
D
．
urged
解析：选
A
当教练用毫不同情的声音
质问作者为什么停止游泳的时候，作者“解释”
说：“我的鼻子进水了。”所以答案是<
/p>
explained“解释”。react“反应”；decline“拒