专题强化练(十八) 完形填空——夹叙夹议文类
Test 1
(2022·福州高中毕业班质量检测)Once upon a time,my father and I got lost in a forest in France.I must have been about twelve or thirteen.Anyway,it was before the time when most people 1 a mobile phone.It was in the Loire Valley.About half an hour later,my dad 2 the truth.“Oh,it seems that we're lost.”We walked around and around in circles,trying to find the path, 3 with no luck.I could tell my dad was starting to 4 ,even if he was trying to hide it from me.We had been in the forest for hours then and we both knew my mum would be in a state of absolute 5 .At school,I had just been told the story of the hikers who had died in the wilderness and I found it easy to 6 that would be our fate too.“If we keep going in a 7 line,we'll get out of here,” my dad said.
And he was right. 8 we heard the sounds of cars and 9 a main road.We were eleven miles from the village where we had 10 ,but at least we had signposts.And I often think of that strategy,when I am totally 11 —literally or metaphorically.I thought of it when I was in the middle of a 12 ,and when my heart beat rapidly with 13 and I didn't know how I could carry on living.Walking one foot in front of the other,in the same 14 ,will always get you further than running around in circles.It's about the 15 to keep walking forward.
【语篇解读】 作者年少时和父亲外出的时候,在法国的一片森林里迷了路。他们绕了很多圈,毫无进展。最后,父亲提议一路向前,他们终于走出了森林。这个策略也在作者以后的生活中发挥了很大的作用,并使作者深受启发:勇往直前,方能战胜困难。
1.A.owned B.borrowed
C.invented D.promoted
解析:根据上句“I must have been about twelve or thirteen”可知,当时作者只有十二三岁,还没有到大部分人可以拥有手机的时期。
答案:A
2.A.revealed B.realized
C.told D.faced
解析:根据作者父亲所说的话“Oh,it seems that we're lost”可知,大约半个小时后,父亲才意识到他们迷路了。
答案:B
3.A.all B.therefore
C.yet D.so
解析:结合语境可知,空前的“我们不停地绕圈,试图找到出去的路”和空后的“运气不佳”形成了转折。
答案:C
4.A.complain B.erupt
C.regret D.panic
解析:根据空后的“even if he was trying to hide it from me”可以推测,尽管父亲在试图掩饰,但是作者可以看出他已经开始慌了。erupt“喷发;爆发”。
答案:D
5.A.terror B.anger
C.disappointment D.loss
解析:根据本句中的“We had been in the forest for hours”和常识可知,他们已经在森林里迷路几个小时了,因此,他们都知道作者的母亲会很恐惧。
答案:A
6.A.decide B.announce
C.imagine D.clarify
解析:根据语境可知,作者在学校听过登山者在野外死亡的故事,因此,在森林里迷路几个小时之后,作者很容易会想到那也会是他们的命运。clarify“澄清,阐明”。
答案:C
7.A.simple B.short
C.straight D.similar
解析:结合下文中的描述以及结尾部分的“keep walking forward”可知,作者的父亲建议走直线。
答案:C
8.A.Regularly B.Eventually
C.Surprisingly D.Generally
解析:根据语境和空前的“he was right”可知,他们最终听到了车声,到达了大路。
答案:B
9.A.chose B.missed
C.followed D.reached
解析:参见上题解析。
答案:D
10.A.set off B.passed
C.called on D.lived
解析:根据上句中讲到的到达大路和下文中的“at least we had signposts”可以推测,路标可以指引他们到达出发(set off)的村庄。call on“探访”。
答案:A
11.A.lost B.sensitive
C.angry D.stuck
解析:根据语境可知,空前的“that strategy”指的是作者和父亲在迷路时用的策略,所以作者在迷路或迷惘的时候,经常会想起那个策略。
答案:A
12.A.term B.race
C.performance D.breakdown
解析:本句是对上一句的阐述,作者会在精神崩溃、因为害怕而心跳加速等时想起这个策略。
答案:D
13.A.excitement B.surprise
C.fear D.interest
解析:参见上题解析。
答案:C
14.A.way B.cycle
C.direction D.distance
解析:根据空后的“will always get you further than running around in circles”可知,一步一步地朝着相同的方向会让你走得更远。
答案:C
15.A.ambition B.determination
C.inspiration D.cooperation
解析:根据语境可知,无论你是真的迷路还是感到迷惘,都要有一路向前的决心。
答案:B