2009年高考英语完形填空模拟题

2009年高考英语完形填空模拟题(附详解)I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___for college, so I said yes. I ___5___after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___we had at that time ___8___and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve alway s remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.Y ears later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.I ___14___my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.1.A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports2.A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer3.A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help4.A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying5.A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked6.A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing7.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everythin8.A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store9.A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled10.A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise11.A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter12.A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend13.A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger14.A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted15.A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation16.A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved17.A. pleasure B. sadness C. interest D. disappointment18. A.at the TV station B.in the Students Union C.at the U. S. Forest ServiceD.at McCarley’s Bookstore19.A. so B. and C. but D. because20.A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers【答案与解析】本文叙述作者读大学时在外做兼职时所经历的一些事情以及对现在工作的影响。

1.B。

当你到书店的书架前，你首先看到的是书的“名称/题目”。

2.C。

柜台后面一般是售货员或店老板，因为选项中没有售货员，因此答案是“店老板”。

3.B。

根据下文作者的回答可知老板问作者是否想找“一份工作”。

4.B。

因为上大学需要钱，所以需要“积攒，节省”。

5.D。

根据上文“找工作”可得出答案。

6.C。

根据下文，尤其是I felt in having helped her这句话可以猜出答案。

7.D。

根据下文和本句中的副词almost(我几乎把书店里所有的书都给她看了)可得出答案。

8.D。

文章开头第一句就交代了“书店”，上下文都可以证实。

9.A。

根据上文作者的热情服务把书店几乎所有的书都拿给她看，以及下文作者对自己工作的满意心情可以判断，那位妇女走时是带着“不太着急的”心情离开的。

10.A。

从上文的叙述和下文的I felt in having helped her可知作者因帮助了这样一位妇女而感到很“自豪”。

11.D。

根据下文的NBC News得出答案是电视台记者。

12.C。

因为是移民，因此判断他家里“付不起”矫正的手术费。

13.A。

因为手是残疾，再根据后面“把手藏在口袋里”判断答案为“害羞”。

14.C。

根据下文“我写的故事被播出了”可知我“说服”了老板让我写这个故事。

15.D。

从上文提到“矫正手术”得出答案()。

16.A。

从上文，手术后在医院康复期间，作者看望了那个小孩，他做的第一件事就是举起他那动手术“修复过”的手。

17.A。

看到那个小孩举起他的手，我有一种“高兴”的感觉。

18.D。

从文章的第一句话可得出答案。

19.C。

从句子的前后意思可知表示转折关系。

20.B。

因为作者现在是一位电视工作者，所做的工作是为“看电视的观众”而做的。

report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move intocities, especially cities in ___5___countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.1.A. learning B. project C. notice D. study2.A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue3.A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible4.A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as5.A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous6.A. none B. each C. all D. neither7.A. insist B. reduce C. increase D. continue8.A. so B. but C. or D. however9.A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never10.A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected11.A. destroying B. protecting C. disturbing D. interrupting12.A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used13.A. Air pollution B. Water pollution C. Some diseases D. All farmland14.A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people15.A. must be true B. will come true C.can’t be true D. may be wrong16.A. happens B. develops C. exists D. appears17.A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing18.A. no B. still C. less D. plenty of19.A. about B. in C. out D. for20.A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting1.D。