一.高考真题------------完型填空

What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I 36 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 37 of 100, scored 160. I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 38 have scored more than 80. 39 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him - and he always 40 it. Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 41 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I' d prove myself a 42 . In a world where I have to work with my 43 , I' d do poorly. Consider my auto-repair man 44 . He had a habit of telling 45 . One time he said, \聋哑) man 46 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 47 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 48 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 49 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 50 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). 51 do you suppose he asked for them?\

movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, \ 52 and asked for them. I' ve been 53 that on all my customers today, but I knew 54 I'd catch you. \very 55 .\

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

36. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose 37. A. an average B. a total C. an exam D.a number 38. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently 39. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet 40. A. fixed

B. checked

C. drove D. changed:

41. A. answered B. practised C. designed D. tried 42. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool 43. A. brains B. effort C. hands D. attention 44. A. again B. as usual C. too D. as well 45. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales 46. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed 47. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling 48. A. nodded B. raised C. shook D. turned 49. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold 50. A. clever B. other C. right D. next 51. A. What B. How C. Who D. Which 52. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information 53. A. trying 54. A. for sure

B. proving C. practising D. examining B. at once C. in fact D. right now

55. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart

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二.

I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 36 and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and 37 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 38 victory. After all, Ed’s idea of 39 has always been nothing more 40 than lifting a fork to his mouth. 41 I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family. and 42 proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often 43 about that. I’d refused to buy a 44 T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed 45 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 46 . I was so surprised that I was 47 . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. 48 , at the point in our game when I’d have predicted（预计） the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 49 7 to 9 — and Ed was 50 . The sudden realization was painful. We 51 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up. I was having serious 52 about staying alive until 21 years old. Let alone 53 that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to 54 . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 55 . 36. A. encouraging 37. A. declared 38. A. unforgettable 39. A. exercise 40. A. time-saving 41. A. As soon as 42. A. strangely 43. A. cared 44. A. clean 45. A. set out 46. A. notice 47. A. nervous 48. A. After all 50. A. leading

B. hopeless B. mentioned B. unexpected B. preparation B. comfortable B. As long as B. forgot B. larger B. admire B. curious

C. surprising D. regular C. persuaded

D. suggested

C. easy D. early C. joy D. fitness C. suitable D. effort-making C. When

D. Since D. eagerly

B. personally C. reasonably

C. straight C. believe C. careless C. instead C. waiting

C. quarreled D. joked

D. darker D. returned D. measure D. speechless D. naturally D. counting

B. got ready C. arrived

B. As a result C. Above all D. At last B. coming

49. A. mistakenly B. then 51. A. pretended B. stopped 52. A. thoughts B. doubts 53. A. scoring 54. A. play

C. continued D. decided C. situations D. problems C. sleep

D. move

B. completing C. receiving D. keeping B. start

C. support D. favor

55. A. friendship B. respect

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四.

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics (题目) , \Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条) \

36 of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville 37 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 38 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic (外来的) treat in 39 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 40 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 41 it. What laughing 42 we had about the 43 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 44 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 45 it down simply for my own 46 , not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. 47 , I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 48 left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 49 my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the 50 papers. He said, %u a composition, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti'. \

My words! He was reading my words out 51 to the whole class. 52 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 53 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 54 my words had the power to make people 55 . 36. A. memory 37. A. when 38. A. cooked 39. A. their 40. A. none 42. A. speeches 43. A. nearly 44. A. Especially 45. A. settle 46. A. work 47. A. However 48. A. time 49. A. give up 50. A. written 51. A. laid 52. A. People 53. A. shock 54. A. if 55. A. excited

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B. thought B. where B. served B. past B. one B. lessons B. naturally B. Probably B. put B. story B. Therefore B. excuse B. continue B. graded B. fast B. Nobody B. wonder B. for B. satisfied

C. knowledge C. since C. got C. last C. earns C. fond of C. sayings C. officially C. Suddenly C. Bite C. luck C. As for him C. way C. hand in C. collected C. publicly C. Somebody C. worry C. while C. think

D. experience D. after D. made D. those D. neither

41. A. careful about B. good at D. interested in D. arguments D. socially D. let D. joy

D. Except for that D. idea D. delay D. calmly D. calmly D. I

D. Fortunately

D. pleasure D. although D. laugh