高考英语完形填空系列训练 10页

‎2014高考英语完形填空系列训练（12）‎ 完形填空训练 On Easter Day 1722,some European explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They 1 it Easter Island. The explorers found that the island had good soil 2 the 200 natives living there survived with little food. Even more 3 , these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization. All that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues 4 human heads. They 5 up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres. The stone men face 6 , rather than out to sea, and their eyes are focused upon the sky. They are all carved from 7 volcanic rock (火山岩) and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral. Since their 8 , these huge stone men 9 one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Who built them? Why did they do it? Some experts believe the stone men are 10 to Inca stonework, and suggest the figures were created by people of Peruvian descent (血统). 11 have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space. The latest suggestion 12 the idea that Easter Island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history. It is said that a small group of Asians settled on Easter Island 13 between 400 and 700 AD. They developed a great civilization with huge forests and 14 food. At the peak of their civilization, the people began to build the giant 15 men. Why they did this is still 16 but it is possible the figures represent the settlers’ gods or ancestors. 17 the statues grew larger, the people’s lifestyles became more and more wasteful. The forest began to disappear, which 18 all the animals dying out. 19 couldn’t get food and were forced to eat other humans. Society began to 20 and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.‎ ‎1. A. said B. were called C. named D. spoke ‎2. A. and B. but C. however D. still ‎3. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly ‎4. A. looking B. resembling C. liking D. ‎ standing for ‎5. A. weigh B. lift C. get D. measure ‎6. A. forward B. outward C. onward D. inward ‎7. A. broken B. soft C. hard D. burnt ‎8. A. looking B. invention C. discovery D. covering ‎9. A. have happened B. have led to C. have taken place D. have created ‎10. A. usual B. common C. familiar D. similar ‎11. A. Another B. Other C. Others D. Many ‎ ‎12. A. is focused on B. is based on C. is depended on D. is concentrated on ‎13. A. some day B. one day C. sometime D. once ‎14. A. plenty of B. number of C. much of D. amount of ‎15. A. clever B. stone C. wooden D. iron ‎16. A. welcome B. known C. unimportant D. unknown ‎17. A. While B. After C. With D. As ‎18. A. resulted in B. resulted from C. created D. lay in ‎19. A. The islands B. The people C. The animals D. The Europeans ‎20. A. break out B. break in C. break into D. break down 完形填空训练（十二）‎ ‎1~5 CBDBA 6~10 DBCDD 11~15 CBCAB 16~20 DDABD 完形填空（记叙文）‎ ‎ Jennifer Figge from Aspen,　Colorado,　at the age of 56,　has become the first woman on record to swim from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to　1　.　‎ Figge got the idea of swimming　2　the Atlantic Ocean in the 1960s. She was on a bumpy trans-Atlantic flight and thought　3　 she needed to she could put on a life vest and swim the rest of the way.　‎ Decades later,　Figge began　‎4　in extreme sports and endurance　5　. She said she had run 3, 000 miles, 　6　from Iowa to Mexico. She trained for swimming across the Atlantic Ocean for months by swimming in an　7　 pool in Aspen in rough conditions.　‎ ‎　8　 the Atlantic,　Figge swam in a 19-foot-by-13-foot cage made out steel that　9　her from predators. She didn’t　10　any sharks,　but she did encounter whales,　turtles, 　11　,　and Portuguese men-of-war dermatitis. The cage was pulled by a sailboat　12　was manned by a crew of engineers from NASA and Boeing.　‎ During her adventure,　Figge would sleep on the boat. She would wake up at ‎7 a. m. and eat while the crew　13　the weather. She would spend　14　8 hours swimming,　or as little as 21 minutes, 　15　weather conditions. But some days,　the weather was　16　bad that she wasn’t able to swim　17　. The weather was so extreme and the waves were so high that her　18　had trouble ‎ seeing her. ‎ She ended up swimming 19 of 24 hours. 　19　Figge didn’t swim the whole way,　the boat crew was working on calculating how many miles she actually swam. The final score　20　to be known until Figge completes the last leg of her swim. She plans on swimming another 559 miles from Trinidad to the British Virgin Islands.　 ‎ ‎1. A. the other B. another C. other D. opposite ‎2. A. on B. through C. over D. across ‎3. A. that whether B. that if C. that D. if ‎ ‎4. A. participating B. attending C. taking D. involving ‎5. A. difficulties B. train C. challenges D. failures ‎6. A. including B. except C. as D. besides ‎ ‎7. A. indoor B. outdoor C. indoors D. outdoors ‎8. A. To cross B. Crossing C. Crossed D. Across ‎9. A. kept B. prevented C. stopped D. protected ‎10. A. come into B. come up C. run into D. run up ‎11. A. dolphins B. tigers C. fish D. birds ‎12. A. where B. that C. what D. as ‎13. A. examined B. checked C. corrected D. tested ‎14. A. as few as B. as little as C. as much asD. as many as ‎15. A. basing on B. according on C. judging by D. depending on ‎16. A. so B. very C. too D. such ‎17. A. in all B. at all C. after all D. above all ‎18. A. group B. friends C. engineers D. crew ‎19. A. Though B. Since C. If D. While ‎20. A. plans B. depends C. focuses D. agrees 参考答案61.ADBAC　ABADC　ABBCD　ABDBA　　： ‎ 完形填空（记叙文）‎ Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment—to draw a picture of something for which they were　1　.　‎ Most of the class might be considered economically　2　,　but still many would　3　the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These,　the teacher thought,　would be the　4　of most of her students