【英语】2019届高考英语二轮复习巩固训练：专题3完形填空文体2夹叙夹议文 4页

第一编　专题三　文体2‎ ‎(2016·浙江卷)‎ During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be __1. C__ him. I hated the place. I had never __2. A__ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a longterm duty，and I was left in a tiny shack (棚屋) alone. The heat was __3. D__ —almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus (仙人掌). __4. B__ a soul to talk to. The wind blew nonstop，and all the food I ate，and the very air I breathed，were __5. B__ with sand，sand，sand！‎ I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was __6. C__ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I __7. C__ be in prison！My father answered my __8. D__ with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my __9. D__ —two lines that completely changed my life：‎ Two men looked out from prison bars，‎ One saw the mud，the other saw the stars. ‎ I read those two lines __10. A__ . I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11. C__ ；I would look for the stars. ‎ I made friends with the natives，and their __12. B__ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13. A__ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets，and __14. B__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15. A__ . ‎ What brought about this __16. D__ change in me？ The desert hadn’t changed， __17. B__ I had. I had changed my __18. A__ . And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing __19. D__ of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self－created prison and __20. C__ the stars. ‎ 文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者为了陪伴丈夫来到沙漠。恶劣的生存环境让作者感到不快乐。而作者父亲回信中的两行话彻底改变了她，让她改变了生活态度，学会了在逆境中享受生活。‎ ‎❶　A．off B．behind C．near D．beyond 解析：上文语境题。根据空格前的went to live there可以看出，作者到那里住的目的是希望离丈夫近(near)一些。off离开；behind在……后面；near在……附近；beyond超出，远于。‎ ‎❷　A．before B．already C．then D．still 解析：上下文语境题。根据上文使用的过去时及下文I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. 可知，作者在此之前(before)从未那么不快乐过。before在……之前；already已经；then然后，那么；still仍然。‎ ‎❸　A．inflexible B．incomprehensible C．uncontrollable D．unbearable 解析：下文语境题。由破折号后的almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus可知，即便是在仙人掌的阴凉里，这种炎热也是让人无法忍受的(unbearable)。inflexible缺乏弹性的，不可改变的；incomprehensible难懂的，不可理解的；uncontrollable控制不住的，无法管束的；unbearable无法忍受的，承受不住的。‎ ‎❹　A．Only B．Not C．Many D．Such 解析：上下文语境题。由该段内容可以看出，作者所居住地方的炎热的天气、永无休止的风、所吃的食物、呼吸的空气都令人无法忍受。空格处应该指这里没有(not)作者可以与之聊天的人。only仅仅，只有；not没有；many许多；such那样的。‎ ‎❺　A．covered B．filled C．buried D．charged 解析：上下文语境题。此处各选项均可填入构成短语：be covered with用……覆盖；be filled with充满……；be buried with被……掩埋；be charged with被指控犯……(罪)。由该句语境可以看出，无论是作者吃的食物还是呼吸的空气，到处都充满了(were filled with)沙子。‎ ‎❻　A．catching up B．keeping up C．giving up D．getting up 解析：下文语境题。由后面的I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. 可以看出，由于居住地恶劣的环境，作者打算放弃(give up)并准备回家。catch up赶上；keep up保持，维持；give up放弃；get up起床。‎ ‎❼　A．ought to B．might well C．would rather D．had better 解析：上下文语境题。由该空所在句可知，作者在信中告诉父母，她一分钟也坚持不下去了，她宁愿(would rather)去蹲监狱。ought to应该；might well有充分理由，足以；would rather宁愿；had better最好。‎ ‎❽　A．request B．call C．question D．letter 解析：上文语境题。由该段第一句中的I wrote to my parents可知，作者给自己的父母写了封信。request请求，要求；call通话，召唤；question问题；letter信。‎ ‎❾　A．comparison B．imagination C．consideration D．memory 解析：下文语境题。由下文可以看出，作者父亲的这两行话彻底改变了作者对生活的态度，所以这两行话总是在她的记忆(memory)里唱响。comparison对比；imagination想象；consideration考虑，体贴；memory记忆。‎ 　A．over and over B．by and by C．up and down D．now and then 解析：上下文语境题。由上下文语境可知，作者收到父亲的信后反复(over and over)阅读，并为自己感到羞愧。over and over再三，反复；by and by不久，很快；up and down上上下下，来回；now and then不时，时常。‎ 　A．company B．occupation C．situation D．relationship 解析：上文语境题。由上文可知，空格所在句表示作者下定决心找到自己目前处境(situation)的优势。company陪伴，公司；occupation工作，占用；situation处境，状况；relationship关系。‎ 　A．movement B．reaction C．guidance D．purpose 解析：上下文语境题。由该段内容可知，作者与当地人交朋友，而他们把最喜欢的艺术品作为礼物送给作者。他们的反应(reaction)让作者感到吃惊。movement运动，活动；reaction反应；guidance指导；purpose目的。‎ 　A．refused B．failed C．managed D．happened 解析：上下文语境题。由上下文语境可知，当地人对作者做出的反应让作者感到吃惊，因为他们竟然舍得将拒绝(refuse)卖给游客的艺术品当作礼物送给作者。refuse拒绝；fail失败，不及格；manage管理；happen发生，碰巧。‎ 　A．asked B．hunted C．waited D．headed 解析：上下文语境题。各选项均可与空格后的for构成短语。ask for请求，要求；hunt for寻找；wait for等待；head for前往……。由下文中的定语从句that had been left there millions of years ago可知，作者在沙漠里寻找(hunt for)几百万年前遗留下来的贝壳。‎ 　A．floor B．surface C．rock D．level 解析：上文语境题。由空格所在句when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__ 可知，沙漠里的沙地曾经是海底(floor)‎ ‎。floor底部，地面；surface表面；rock岩石；level水平。‎ 　A．shocking B．challenging C．puzzling D．astonishing 解析：上文语境题。由上文可以看出，作者由最初的抱怨并打算放弃在沙漠中的生活，到后来接受自己的处境并学会欣赏生活中的美好可以看出，作者的变化是令人十分惊讶的(astonishing)。shocking骇人的；challenging具有挑战性的；puzzling令人感到迷惑的；astonishing令人十分惊讶的。‎ 　A．as B．but C．for D．or 解析：语意关系题。由上文可以看出，沙漠没有改变，但(but)作者发生了变化。as表原因；but表转折；for表原因；or表示出现相反的情况。‎ 　A．attitude B．principle C．identity D．standard 解析：上文语境题。由上文可以看出，作者由最初的不快乐到后来学会享受沙漠生活，完全是因为自己对生活的态度(attitude)发生了改变。attitude态度；principle原则；identity身份，一致；standard标准。‎ 　A．vacation B．operation C．affair D．adventure 解析：上文语境题。所给选项中的adventure与该句中的experience相对应。vacation假期；operation操作，手术；affair事务，事件；adventure冒险，奇遇。‎ 　A．sought B．counted C．found D．reached 解析：上文语境题。作者将自己从最初感受到沙漠之苦到后来体验到沙漠生活的快乐的转变比喻为在自设的监狱里发现(find)了星星。seek寻找；count数数；find发现；reach到达。‎