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高考演练：熟词生义完形篇
well
熟义：
adv
好
生义：
v
（液体）涌出；流出
invite
熟义：
v
邀请
生义：
v
招致（尤指坏事）
lift
熟义：
n
电梯
生义：
v
消散；消失
sit
熟义：
v
坐
生义：
v
参加考试；应试
sentence
熟义：
n
句子
生义：
v
宣判；判刑
place
熟义：
n
地方
生义：
n
资格；求学机会；入学名额
share
熟义：
v
分享
生义：
n
（分摊的）一份
learn
熟义：
v
学习
生义：
v
得知；获悉
persuade
熟义：
v
劝说；说服
生义：
v
使相信
note
熟义：
n
笔记
生义：
n
音调；音符
behave
熟义：
v
表现
生义：
v
行为规矩
reach
熟义：
v
到达
生义：
v
伸；伸手
round
熟义：
adj
圆形的
生义：
v
绕行；绕过
recognize
熟义：
v
认出；辨别出
生义：
v
承认；赏识
distant
熟义：
adj
远处的
生义：
adj
冷淡的；疏远的
serious
熟义：
adj
严重的
生义：
adj
认真的
熟词生义一直以来都是高考的
重难点，在考试中的完形、阅读中频频出现。
上面所罗列
单词的
熟词生义皆来自于一下的完形中。
（一）
I was 11 when
I asked my mum for piano lessons. We were in an
economic crisis and she
’
d
recently been 1
off. She said
a polite “no”
.
That
didn
’
t 2me. I drew a
keyboard onto a piece of paper and stuck it on my
desk. I would
3notes on an online
keyboard and
“
play
”
them back on my paper
one
—
keeping the sound they
made on the computer in my head. I
spent six months playing without
4
a real piano. As my
mum found I was 5about it, she bought
me 10 lessons with borrowed money.
I
still remember the first one. I was 6by how
organic the sound of the piano was, as I had
become familiar with the 7electronic
sound. The teacher was trying to explain where
middle C was,
but I could 8play all the
major and minor scales.
I 9my grade one
after eight lessons and got distinction. By the
time I started secondary school,
we
couldn
’
t 10lessons again, so
I returned to my paper keyboard. I passed grade
three, then grade
five, practising only
on my piece of paper.
For the grades
above that, thereis an 11that you add a certain
sensitivity into your playing. The
music teacher at my school said I could
practise on the school
’
s
grand piano. I would wake up at
5:30 am
to get there in time and play until lessons
started. I
’
d 12lunch and
then practise after school
until the
caretaker kicked me out. At home,
I
’
d have dinner, do three
hours of revision, and then
13practice
until 1:00 am.
My school
didn
’
t offer music A-level.
I found the Purcell School for young musicians.
The
audition (
试镜
)
was extremely14, and I felt overwhelmed. To my
amazement, I was offered a15.
I had
been told I had started playing too 16to reach
conservatoire (
音乐学院
) level,
but when
I left Purcell, I was awarded
the senior piano prize. That was the point when I
realized I wasn
’
t
behind
everyone
else.
I
am
now
at
the
Guildhall
School
in
London,
where
I
was
offered
a
scholarship. I feel 17:
i
t’
s been 10 years since I
drew my paper piano and I
’
m
at one of the world
’
s
18conservatoires.
The irony
is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away
from the pianowhat we call mental
practice. It 19key areas of the mind
that are less readily accessed by piano playing
alone. The paper
piano helped stimulate
my 20about how music works.
1. A. laid
B. pushed
C. dropped
D.
knocked
2. A. annoy
B.
bother C. embarrass
D. discourage
3. A. take
B. sign
C. click
D. compose
4. A. seeing
B. touching
C. enjoying
D. choosing
5. A. serious
B. careful
C
. hesitant
D.
nervous
6. A. struck
B.
puzzled
C. comforted
D.
inspired
7. A. natural
B.
artificial
C. practical
D.
magical
8. A. only
B. still
C. hardly D. already
9. A.
sat
B. joined C. failed
D.
repeated
10. A. offer
B.
teach
C. afford
D. observe
11. A. attitude B. expectation C.
opinion
D. opportunity
12.
A. avoid
B. miss
C. save
D. skip
13. A. social
B. mental
C. mechanical D.
physical
14. A. fascinating
B. motivating
C. frightening
D. challenging
15. A. course
B. reward
C
.
place
D. certificate
16. A.
soon
B. late
C. hurriedly
D. suddenly
17. A. proud
B. lucky
C. ambitious
D. grateful
18. A. grand
B. strict
C. leading
D. expensive
19. A. builds
B. covers C. defines
D.
unlocks
20. A. prediction
B.
memory
C. curiosity
D.
imagination
（二）
Love in a Box
When I was a
little girl, I found love in a box all because of
a class assignment. On a Friday night I
1
at dinner table, “MY
teacher said we have to bring a box, a special
box, for our valentines
(
情人节
)
on
Monday”.
Mother said, “We’ll
see,” and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean? I
had
to have that box2
my
second grade Valentine’s Day would be a
disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me
enough to help me with my
3.
All Saturday I waited4and with Sunday
arriving, my concern increased, but I5an enquiry
about the
box might6anger or loud
voice, for in my house children only asked once.
More than that7trouble.
Late Sunday
afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen.
The table was covered with colorful8of
different kinds. A(n)9shoebox rested on
top of it.10flooded through me when Daddy said,
“Let’s get
started11
your
project.”
In the next hour
my father12the shoebox into impressive valentine
box. Colorful paper covered the
ugly
cardboard with red hearts13to what I considered
all the right places. He sang while he worked.
When he finished, he was so delighted
that a14
smile spread over his face.
“What do you think of
that?” he
asked.
I answered him with a
hug.
But
inside,15danced
all
the
way
to
my
heart.
It
was
the
first
time
that
my
father
devoted
so
much16to me, for his
world consisted of work only.
The
holiday
party
arrived,
and
my
classmates
put
cards,
and
presents
into
the
valentine
boxes.
Laughter filled our classroom until
dismissal time17.
On the way home, I
held out my valentine box for the world to18. The
love that filled it meant more
to me
than all the valentines inside.
The
valentine box became a symbol of his love
that19
through decades of other
Valentine’s Days.
He gave me other
gifts through the years, but none20compared with
the love I felt within the limits
of
the old, empty shoebox.
1.
A
．
announced
B
．
appeared
C
．
served
D
．
sat
2.
A
．
and
B
．
however
C
．
or
D
．
so
3.
A
．
design
B
．
plan
C
．
idea
D
．
project
4.
A
．
sadly
B
．
anxiously
C
．
disappointedly
D
．
patiently
5.
A
．
found
B
．
realized
C
．
knew
D
．
imagined
6.
A
．
start
B
．
cause
C
．
mark
D
．
produce
7.
A
．
invited
B
．
took
C
．
saved
D
．
had
8.
A
．
boxes
B
．
gifts
C
．
paper
D
．
food
9.
A
．
new
B
．
big
C
．
attractive
D
．
empty
10.
A
．
Relaxation
B
．
Relief
C
．
Cheer
D
．
Calm
11.
A
．
by
B
．
at
C
．
in
D
．
on
12.
A
．
folded
B
．
packed
C
．
changed
D
．
pressed
13.
A
．
joined
B
．
attached
C
．
linked
D
．
connected
14.
A
．
slight
B
．
brief
C
．
broad
D
．
confident
15.
A
．
joy
B
．
fun
C
．
interest
D
．
amusement
16. A
．
money
B
．
time
C
．
support
D
．
hope
17. A
．
reached
B
．
set
C
．
spent
D
．
came
18.
A
．
accept
B
．
respect
C
．
admire
D
．
recognize
19. A
．
carriedB
．
kept
C
．
spread
D
．
lasted
20. A
．
ever
B
．
even
C
．
yet
D
．
still
（三）
At six feet, seven inches tall and
weighing 253 pounds, Father was a quiet giant
(
巨人
) who
only
roared when he was angry. He would work long days,
often 1when I was already in bed. My
two younger sisters and I both loved
and feared him. Hearing the words, “Just wait
until
your father
comes
home,” would guarantee the three of us would
start
2immediately. I was seven years
old the
night the “giant” became a
person, and my
3. All it took was the
4of a tiny, dirty kitten.
I 5to the
sounds of my father coming home from work. I
slipped out of bed and moved quietly
towards the living room in hopes of
spending a few precious minutes 6with my parents
without my
annoying sisters around.
I heard mum say, “We cannot
7
it.” What was the “it”? The
giant saw me and
8 I should sit
down near him. I was at a loss,
although 9might be a better word, for I had never
seen or heard of a
giant crying before.
Unshed
（满眶）
tears 10up in his
eyes. His cheeks were 11from the ones he
had cried earlier.
The giant reached into a
cardboard box and brought out a dirty young cat
and 12it on my lap. I
was soon 13, as
the giant shared a story with mum. As he spoke,
with shaking shoulders caused by
14and
at times sorrow, he transformed from a giant to a
man who became my hero.
He
15that he was on his way home when he heard two
men laughing and talking. As he
rounded
the corner, he heard the most terrible scream of
pain. He couldn’t
16what he saw. The
men
had thrown a kitten into a
furnace
（火炉）
. He yelled and
ran up to them but it was too17. He
couldn’t save the kitten. The men had
run away and he was about to run after themwhen he
saw
another kitten at his feet.
“We have to
18
it; we have to keep it!”
said the giant.
“It needs a
19
,” said mum.
“I can help, Mommy!”
Reminded of my presence, mum and my
hero sent me off to bed. As I fell asleep, I heard
mum
running some water.
We named the kitten Cinder and it
joined our family. I never saw “the giant” again;
I only saw
my hero and a man whose
heart was 20 than he was.
1. A. greeting
B. chatting
C. returning
D. wandering
D.
behaving
D. friend
2. A. waiting
3. A. model
4. A. visit
5. A. awoke
6. A. straight
7. A. keep
9. A. regretful
10. A. built
11. A. wet
B.
escaping
C.
preparing
B. hero
C. tutor
B. story
B. alone
C. arrival
C. rushed
C. train
D. life
D. dreamed
D. gradually
D. clean
D. terrified
D.
welled
D. fresh
D. dropped
B. listened
B.
leave
C. indoors
8. A. appealed
B. urged
C. indicated
D. proposed
C. unwilling
C.
bright
C. blocked
B. hopeless
B. rolled
B. red
12. A. spread
B. placed
C.
led
13. A. discovered
14. A. fear
15. A. argued
16. A. believe
17. A. bad
18. A. help
19. A. meal
B.
forgotten
B. emphasized
B. prove
B. late
B. cure
B. rest
C. convinced
C. explained
C. guess
C. fast
C.
feed
C. bath
（四）
D. relieved
B.
surprise
C. anxiety
D. anger
D. summarized
D. judge
D. far
D. buy
D. lift
20. A. lighter
B.
purer
C. warmer
D. larger
Don’t
Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league
a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me.
My coach
said that I had lots of
potential, and I became captain of my 1. That was
before all the fun was taken
out of 2.
At first, everyone on the team got
3playing time. Then the team moved up to the top
division after
winning
all
its
games,
and
the
4started.
Some
parents,
who
had
paid
the
coach
extra
so
their
daughters could have
5one-on-
one training, got angry when
she didn’t give them more playing time
in our6. The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the
fun out of the game: All we did during practice
was 7. I always
wished to God that it
would rain so we would not have the 8. Of course,
all teams run drills; they are
9. But
we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble
10
. Younger people shouldn’t be doing
exercises
11 for
18-year-olds.
I was very thin
12
I started football, but as a member
of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was
afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared
making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me
to make
more than my usual14.
Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up
leaving the football team. Four other girls did
the same, and
two of them stopped
playing football completely. That’s
16,
because they had so much potential.
They were just burned-out with all the
pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school
and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team
coached by my
school coach. When I
started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to
relax because I looked nervous.
After I
20
down, I played better. When you
enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it
well.
1.
B
. club
C. team
D. board
2.
g
B. living
C. learning
D. working
3.
. equal
C. right
D. extra
4.
ss
B. struggle
C.
attempt
D. pressure
5.
A. free B.
private
C
. good
D. basic
6.
s
B. courses
C.
lessons
D. programs
7.
B.
play
C. run
D. shoot
8.
B. meeting
C. operation
D. training
9.
ary
B. boring C. scientific
D.
practical
10.
A.
speaking
B. moving
C.
sleeping
D. breathing
11.
B. intended
C. made
D. described
12.
B. since
C.
before D. because
13.
B. tired
C. lazy
D. big