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基础组Cloze 1
限时：17分钟
[2024·枣强中学热身]This year John was overjoyed by the Christmas season. He was becoming a___1___. He knew soon he would be old
enough to ___2___ the orphanage (孤儿院). He was ___3___ by this expectation. He would save his orange, the Christmas gift, until his___4___in July. If he___5___ it very carefully,
he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
Christmas Day finally came. Entering the big dining hall, John could smell the___6___ aroma (味)
of meat. Because of his excitement, he lost his footing, causing a
___7___. Immediately the master___8___， “John, leave the hall and there'll
be no___9___for you this year.” John's heart broke ___10___. Tears in eyes, he turned and went swiftly back to the cold room so that the children would not see his___11___.
Later he heard the door open and some children entered. Little Elizabeth ___12___
a piece of rag. “Here John，”
shesaid. “This is for you.”
John was ___13___
by her innocence as he ___14___ the bulge (鼓胀) in her hand. Lifting back the edges of the rag, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered...and then he ___15___ what they had done. Each had
___16___their own orange by sharing a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him.
John never forgot the love and sharing his friends had shown him that Christmas Day. John's beginning was a poor existence;
___17___， his growth to manhood was
___18___by wealth and success. ___19___that day, every year he would send oranges to children in orphanages. His desire was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a(n) ___20___Christmas fruit!
孤儿院的孩子们亲手制作的温暖的“大橘子”深深地感动了在孤儿院长大的John。
1．A.father B．master
C．man
D．soldier
答案 C [由文章最后一段中的“his growth to manhood”可知，约翰已经长大成人了。]
2．A.leave
B．assist
C．rebuild
D．escape
答案 A [通读全文可知，约翰已经长成大人，要离开(leave)孤儿院了。]
3．A.disappointed
B．excited
C．annoyed
D．embarrassed
答案 B [一想到自己到了可以去闯荡的年龄，约翰就很激动(excite)，故选B。]
4．A.graduation
B．anniversary
C．wedding
D．birthday
答案 D [根据第一段最后一句中的“he might be able to eat it on his birthday”可知，约翰想把他的橘子留到七月过生日(birthday)的时候再吃。故选D项。]
5．A.polished
B．hid
C．preserved
D．planted
答案 C [从圣诞节到7月有半年多的时间，因此要精心地保存橘子。preserve“保存”，符合语境。]
6．A.awful
B．strange
C．sour
D．unusual
答案 D [第二段第二句中的“his excitement”说明约翰闻到了不同寻常(unusual)的肉香味。故选D。]
7．A.disturbance
B．praise
C．loss
D．misunderstanding
答案 A [由第二段中的“he lost his footing”可知，约翰跌倒了，造成了一阵混乱(disturbance)。]
8．A.whistled
B．shouted
C．whispered
D．sighed
答案 B [第二段中的“leave the hall and there'll be no
___9___
for you this year”表明，当时院长毫不客气地冲John大喊(shouted)。]
9．A.friend
B．toy
C．prize
D．orange
答案 D [根据第一段中的“He would save his orange,
the Christmas gift”可知，应选D项。]
10．A.quietly
B．slowly
C．violently
D．narrowly
答案 C [约翰听了院长的话后，顿时感到心碎了。violently“猛烈地，剧烈地”，用于形容约翰伤心的程度。]
11．A.delight
B．sorrow
C．excitement
D．surprise
答案 B [第二段中的“Tears in eyes”说明当时约翰很悲伤(sorrow)。故选B项。]
12．A.helped out
B．picked out
C．held out
D．tried out
答案 C [第三段中的“Lifting back the edges of the rag”表明，小伊丽莎白拿着(held out)一小块布。]
13．A.touched
B．puzzled
C．shocked
D．amazed
答案 A [约翰被小伊丽莎白的天真感动了。touched“受感动的”，符合语境。]
14．A.pointed to
B．stuck to
C．searched for
D．reached for
答案 D [第三段表明，约翰看到了一个不同寻常的大橘子，因此这里指他伸手去拿(reached for)那块布。]
15.A.wondered
B．realized
C．analyzed
D．ignored
答案 B [打开布包之后，约翰意识到了(realize)他的伙伴们所做的事。]
16．A.collected
B．kept
C．sacrificed
D．picked
答案 C [每个人都献出(sacrificed)了自己橘子的1/4，共同为约翰创造了一个“巨大的、美丽的”橘子。]
17．A.however
B．besides
C．instead
D．therefore
答案 A [最后一段中的“John's beginning was a poor existence”和“his growth to manhood was ___18___ by wealth and success”是转折关系。故选however。]
18．A.replied
B．returned
C．reacted
D．rewarded
答案 D [根据空后的“wealth and success”可知，约翰的青年时期，上帝给了他财富和成功作为奖励(rewarded)。]
19．A.In search of
B．In memory of
C．In favor of
D．In honor of
答案 B [为纪念(in memory of)那年的圣诞节，约翰每年都会送橘子给孤儿院的孩子们。]
20．A.common
B．expensive
C．special
D．large
答案 C [橘子对于约翰来讲是不同寻常的圣诞节礼物。special“不同寻常的”，符合语境。]
Cloze 2限时：16分钟
[2024·衡水中学猜题]During Hurricane Sandy last year, the garage and basement of Christine O'Donovan's house in New York were flooded, and two cars, years of paperwork, and photos were __1__. Still, her husband, five children (ages 2 to 12), and an adopted dog named Buster remained __2__. Six months earlier, she'd taken Buster __3__ after finding the sixmonthold puppy (小狗仔) left __4__ to a telephone pole.
Just a month later, __5__， as construction workers repaired the house, Buster dashed through the open front gate and __6__. “I was extremely sad，” O'Donovan says. All the searches for him were __7__. Weeks later, O'Donovan got a text from a friend, __8__ her to look at a Facebook page that lists __9__ scheduled to be killed at New York City shelters the next day. __10__ enough, when O'Donovan visited the website, there was a picture of Buster, who was apparently to be put to sleep eight __11__ later, early the next morning. The shelter was closed for the night and wouldn't __12__ again to the public until 8 a．m.“I'm thinking, how am I going to get him __13__ they do this？” says O'Donovan. The next morning, she drove to the __14__ with all five kids. She asked the woman at the front desk if Buster was still there. When the woman replied yes, “it was like a thousand pounds __15__ my shoulders，” says O'Donovan. To __16__ her ownership, she told the assistant, “__17__ me to the back where he is, and you will see he's my dog.” When Buster spotted his __18__， he went wild, barking, jumping and licking O'Donovan's face. She burst into __19__. The shelter worker needed nothing __20__ and Buster went home.
本文讲述了主人通过网络找到遗失的宠物狗，使其免于被屠宰，体现了宠物和主人之间的真挚情感。
1．A.destroyed
B．injured
C．hurt
D．exposed
答案 A [根据语境，在此次飓风中，two cars, years of paperwork, and photos被毁坏(destroyed)了。destroy指彻底的“破坏”，含有“不能或很难修复”的意思；injure指意外事故造成的损伤；hurt常指身体或精神的“伤害”，特指有疼痛的“受伤”；expose指“暴露”。]
2．A.dead
B．lucky
C．safe
D．healthy
答案 C [由still可知，上文说到东西被毁了，而作者的丈夫、五个孩子还有宠物狗仍然安全(safe)。]
3．A.away
B．home
C．out
D．up
答案 B [根据上文可知，她将小流浪狗带回了家(home)。]
4．A.stuck
B．fixed
C．joined
D．tied
答案 D [根据a telephone pole可知，小狗被拴(tie)在电话线杆上。stuck“卡住”；fix“安装”；join“连接”；tie“栓，系”。]
5．A.however
B．but
C．therefore
D．nevertheless
答案 A [根据语境可知，小狗被领回家，但是一个月后走失了，前后两句为转折关系，且空格后有逗号，故选however。]
6．A.died down
B．showed up
C．ran off
D．rushed in
答案 C [根据“... dashed through the open front gate...”可知，小狗跑掉了(run off)。]
7．A.in place
B．in vain
C．by design
D．by chance
答案 B [根据extremely sad可知，一连串的寻找都是徒劳的(in vain)。in place“在正确的位置，准备就绪的”；by design“故意地”；by chance“偶然地”。]
8．A.wishing
B．preventing
C．stopping
D．telling
答案 D [根据上下文信息的内容可知用“讲述(tell)”。]
9．A.people
B．children
C．animals
D．Buster
答案 C [根据下文中的“... to be killed...”及下文内容可知此处表示被屠宰的动物(animal)。]
10．A.Strangely
B．Sadly
C．Well
D．Sure
答案 D [sure enough意为“果真，果然”，为固定搭配。]
11．A.days
B．hours
C．minutes
D．weeks
答案 B [根据next morning可知是8小时(hour)后。]
12．A.open
B．close
C．work
D．give
答案 A [根据was closed可知，直到第二天早晨八点，这个地方才能开放(open)。]
13．A.after
B．since
C．before
D．when
答案 C [根据语境可知，作者要在小狗被屠宰之前(before)找到它。]
14．A.dog
B．shelter
C．house
D．website
答案 B [根据上文可知此处表示收容所(shelter)。]
15．A.lifted off
B．put on
C．went away
D．came to
答案 A [听说小狗还在那里，我如释重负。lift... off“将……移去”；put on“放在……上；穿上”；go away“走掉”；come to sth.“(形势)成为，变为(通常指变糟)”。]
16．A.make
B．gave
C．prove
D．produce
答案 C [空格所在处意为：为了证明(prove)她是小狗的主人……。]
17．A.Tell
B．Take
C．Help
D．Bring
答案 B [句意：将我带到(take)小狗那里，(然后)你就知道它是我的小狗了。]
18．A.mother
B．mend
C．baby
D．owner
答案 D [根据常识可知，小狗看到主人(owner)时才会有文中那一系列的动作。]
19．A.laughter
B．tears
C．flames
D．love
答案 B [根据语境及常识可知此处表示突然哭起来(burst into tears)。]
20．A.better
B．best
C．most
D．more
答案 D [空格所在处意为：工作人员再不需要任何别的东西(去证明她是小狗的主人了)。所以选more。]
Cloze 3
限时：16分钟
[2024·衡水中学一轮检测]Roland, a carpenter in Virginia, and Sheila had three kids—two boys and one baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of __1__for the last year because of several diseases. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not __2__ that she would live another year.
Taking care of Jessica was so costly that the family felt it hard to __3__ it.
Things were bad. Roland saw no __4__ at the end of this tunnel. Then he saw a(n) __5__ in the newspaper：“Security guards and contract workers __6__. $100,000 a year. First $80,000 tax free. $20,000 __7__ for extending contract an extra year.” He called the number. The __8__ was busy, but he kept calling and finally got through. He __9__ that the jobs were all taken, but they told him plenty of jobs were __10__ available. They said, they would give him two weeks of __11__ in Texas. Then they would fly him to Iraq for his job.
Roland told Sheila he had to __12__ the job. He knew it was dangerous; he might get injured or killed, but the money was only too __13__. Plus, the family would have full medical benefits, which would enable the baby to get the __14__ she needed. Roland said if he __15__ the first year, he would probably __16__ for the bonus and a second year.
But Sheila was worried. She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do __17__ you？”
“You can't think like that, honey，” he said. “You've got to be __18__. Think about how well off we'll be in two or three __19__ after I bring back all that money. This is the best thing I can do for this __20__.”
Sheila hugged him and sobbed.“I don't want you to go.”
孩子生病，家庭贫困，罗兰德走投无路，最终应聘了一个危险的职位。为了孩子和家庭的生活，他什么都愿意做，可是妻子希拉却不愿意让自己的丈夫离去。
1．A.bed
B．hospital
C．sight
D．time
答案 B [下文中的“because of several diseases”说明，该婴儿不断出入医院(hospital)。]
2．A.confident
B．aware
C．worried
D．surprised
答案 A [根据上文中的“She was very weak and sick.”可知，医生对其能否再活一年没有信心(confident)。]
