2012海淀区高三年级第二学期期末练习（二模）2012.05
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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are 36that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of 37.
When I was small I was somewhat 38 of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in 39 that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better 40 later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 41 it travelled to the ground like a spark. When it travelled 42 the air it made the air so hot that it 43. Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 44 the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, 45 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that 46.
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 47. It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could 48 and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were 49 to the universe. Our warmth was going to 50 the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I 51 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I 52but no longer remember. What I did 53, in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were 54 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been 55 in science.
36. A. others B. few C. some D. all 37. A. science 38. A. sure
B. nature B. fond
C. weather C. tired
D. universe D. afraid
39. A. depth 40. A. understanding 41. A. but 42. A. above 43. A. shone 44. A. fill 45. A. trying 46. A. clap 47. A. cold 48. A. explore 49. A. committed 50. A. heat 51. A. ever 52. A. selected 53. A. consider 54. A. memories 55. A. engaged
B. words C. gestures B. knowledge C. command B. and C. for B. to C. along B. burned C. expanded B. make C. avoid B. proving C. hoping B. remark C. voice B. bright C. clear B. foresee C. imagine B. exposed C. related B. protect C. extend B. also C. even B. arranged C. absorbed B. promise C. explain B. blankets C. mysteries B. interested
C. successful
Education from My Father D. data D. confidence D. or D. through D. broke D. break D. pretending D. crash D. foggy D. identify D. led D. light D. still D. delivered D. learn D. thunders D. skillful
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are 36that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing（influence）on my love of 37 .
When I was small I was somewhat 38 of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in39 that a child could understand but was basically correct.I gained a better40 later, but I didn’t have tounlearnanything.
(unlearn=to deliberately forget something you have learned, in order to change the way you do something: It's difficult to unlearn bad driving habits.)
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 41 it travelled to the ground like a spark. When it travelled 42 the air it made the air so hot that it 43 . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 44 the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, 45 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that46.
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 47 . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could 48 and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were 49 to the universe. Our warmth was going to 50 the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I51 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I52but no longer remember. What I did 53 , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were 54 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been55 inscience.
36. A. others B. few 37. A. science B. nature 38. A. sure B. fond
C. some
C. weather C. tired
D. all
D. universe D. afraid