专题限时检测(十二) 完形填空之夹叙夹议文体(一)
(共3篇，每篇限时18分钟)
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(2017·南通市高三三模)My brother had distrusted my driving skill since the day I smashed his car against a wooden pole at the garage of our small compound. “You are too __1__！” he said sharply. I could offer no __2__ at the moment, although any expert could have made the same silly mistake — trust me. At first, I was quite __3__ in myself for having damaged the new car. I found myself building a story in my head: It's so __4__.“Why could it have been me in this __5__？”
Then I dug a little __6___ to realize why I was feeling so upset. I realized I was making something __7__into a big deal. I was merely building a story that made no __8__ to me at all. I was too __9__ to the current situation. I just taught myself, “I may as well __10__ this and move on！”
__11__ looking at where you are and start looking at what you can be. We are sure to be__12__ when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
Your future depends on many things, but __13__ on you. You may succeed if __14__ else believes in you, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in __15__. A focus on the past causes us to miss opportunities in the __16__.
Don't spend half your __17__ telling what you are going to do and the other half explaining why you __18__ do it. Forgive yourself for past __19__ and hurts. Reach out to the wonderful things that lie __20__ of you. A man is not what he's called; a man is what he responds to.
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者不慎撞坏哥哥的新车，受到责怪，虽无言以对，却愤愤不平。事后思考，感到自己当时的失望、不快是小题大做，跟自己过不去只能使自己成为输家。一个人专注于过去只会失去眼前的机遇；宽恕自己过往的错失，才能向美好的未来前行。
1．A.absent-minded C．fierce
B．self-confident D．ridiculous
解析：选A absent-minded在此相当于careless，是对作者撞坏车的责怪之辞。absent-minded“心不在焉的”；self-confident“自信的”；fierce“激烈的”；ridiculous“可笑的”。
2．A.assistance C．advice
B．excuse D．compensation
解析：选B 句意：尽管任何一个专家都有可能犯相同的愚蠢的错误，但是我一时也找
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不到托词(来为自己撞坏车辩解)。
3．A.confused C．annoyed
B．amazed D．disappointed
解析：选D 根据上下文可知，作者对自己撞坏新车感到失望。confused“困惑的”；amazed“惊奇的”；annoyed“恼怒的”；disappointed“失望的”。
4．A.unusual C．unfair
B．unclear D．uncertain
解析：选C 由下一句“怎么是我遇到这种(蠢事)”，可推断作者想的是老天待自己不公平(unfair)。
5．A.mess C．trap
B．adventure D．conflict
解析：选A 参见上一题解析。in a mess“乱七八糟，处境狼狈”。 6．A.faster C．harder
B．deeper D．further
解析：选B dig的本意是“挖”，常与副词deep连用，表示“深挖”；此处用其引申意义，dig a little deeper意为“稍作深思”。
7．A.abnormal C．challenging
B．bitter D．unimportant
解析：选D 由下文可知，作者意识到自己在“小题大做”。abnormal“不正常的”；bitter“痛苦的”；challenging“具有挑战性的”；unimportant“不重要的”。
8．A.reply C．apology
B．sense D．difference
解析：选B 根据上下文可知，作者认为原先的想法对于自己而言其实毫无意义。make no sense“没有意义”。
9．A.accustomed C．attached
B．exposed D．limited
解析：选C 此处表示“使自己过于专注眼前之事”，即不能轻易摆脱它们。accustomed“习惯于，通常的”；exposed“无遮蔽的”；attached“依恋的，爱慕的”；limited“有限的”。
10．A.accept C．check
B．maintain D．improve
解析：选A 此句是对上一句的说明：不能摆脱掉，那就接受，继续前行。 11．A.Keep C．Enjoy
B．Practise D．Stop
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解析：选D 作者在反省之后，亮出自己的观点：不要再专注自己身在何处(指遇到什么事情)，而要开始审视自己能做什么。
12．A.fighters C．losers
B．judges D．observers
解析：选C 根据上文作者所持态度来推断，作者认为没有必要自己跟自己过不去，不然输者(loser)只会是我们自己。
13．A.currently C．gradually
B．mostly D．actually
解析：选B 根据下文可知，人要成功主要靠自己。mostly“大部分地，主要地”。currently“目前，当前”；gradually“逐渐地”；actually“真实地，事实上”。
14．A.somebody C．anybody
B．everybody D．nobody
解析：选D 句意：如果没有一个人相信你，你也可能会成功，但是如果你不相信你自己，你将永远不会成功。
15．A.yourself C．luck
解析：选A 参见上一题解析。 16．A.dark C．present
B．course D．competition B．others D．education
解析：选C in the present意为“现在”，与句中的the past(过去)相对应。 17．A.fortune C．minute
B．energy D．penny
解析：选B 此处指不要多花精力去说将来要做什么或解释所做之事。 18．A.didn't C．eventually
B．shouldn't D．frequently
解析：选A 参见上一题解析。didn't与前面的将来时态相对应。 19．A.experiences C．failures
B．memories D．difficulties
解析：选C failures与hurts属于同一范畴，表示“失败和伤痛”。 20．A.instead C．right
B．out D．ahead
解析：选D 上一句讲过去的不快，本句与之相对，讲向前看美好的事物。
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(2017·苏北四市高三一模)Once a wise man and his student traveled to a remote,
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