2019届高考英语二轮复习必刷题型：(11)完形填空(一)含答案解析

完形填空（一）

Although I love my life, it hasn't been a lot of fun as I've been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and in my twenties, when my 1 was more manageable, I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension ) . 6 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider

8 to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn't have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 14 . "This means a lot to you, doesn't it?" he said. "Come with me."

He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, "I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and I'll record them for you. That should get you started."

I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help. His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.A.loneliness B.sadness C.tiredness D.sickness

2.A.set B.enjoyed C.kept D.shared

3.A.Gladly B.Eventually C.Unfortunately D.Surprisingly

4.A.Now B.Then C.Sometime D.Meanwhile

5.A.add up to B.make up for C.get rid of D.take advantage of

6.A.If B.As C.Though D.Before

7.A.movements B.conditions C.choices D.positions

8.A.reaching out B.living up C.getting on D.going back

9.A.recognized B.interviewed C.found D.invited

10.A.money B.time C.energy D.knowledge

11.A.thus B.once C.seldom D.often

12.A.actually B.hardly C.nearly D.formerly

13.A.job B.family C.idea D.offer

14.A.face B.view C.look D.sight

15.A.over B.along C.towards D.through

16.A.unhappily B.lovingly C.pitifully D.gratefully

17.A.pick B.turn C.role D.step

18.A.had to cry B.ought to cry C.should have cried D.could have cried

19.A.more B.the ones C.few D.the rest

20.A.courage B.devotion C.kindness D.trust

I live in the northern suburb of San Francisco, where driving is considered the main transportation choice for most people. I still remember how 1 I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago. 2 at night,with music calming me down,I was filled with joy and 3 in a foreign land! I had a photo taken of my hugging my 4

and sent it to my family in China. I 5 my car! Sometimes she was my only 6 in lonely nights.

7 , as time went by,that excitement wore off, and I 9 driving. So I joined the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge and began to walk. On a walking day, I said 9 to a neighbor named June,who was watering her flowers. She 10 my greetings and asked,“What happened to your hair?” I touched my hair and 11 what might have gone wrong. Seeing the confusion(困惑) on my face,she then realized that she’d made a 12 . She walked across the street and said, “You sounded so 13 that I thought you were Mike. ” We both laughed.

I 14 the new neighbor next door,and two different gardeners on different days and listened to their joy in gardening after a (n) 15 day一working all day in front of a computer. I 16 at everyone passing by me.

I walked to the streets I 17 wouldn’t pass through if I drove my car, and 18 a tinyfree library on the sidewalk. I began to 19 if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a completely new town I 20 so little about! I'm grateful for the 21-day Challenge. Mindful Walking Challenge.