2013高考英語南京市一模（完形填空）強化訓練（9）及答案b(2013濰坊質檢)a farmer once owned an old mule (騾子). one day, the mule fell into a nearby well, and he began to _21_ and made a lot of loud noise. after carefully assessing the _22_， the farmer felt sympathy for the mule, but _23_ that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving, then he called his _24_ together and told them what had happened and _25_ them to help shovel(鏟) some dirt to bury the old mule in the _26_ and put him out of his suffering.hearing many people coming to help, the old mule initially was _27_ . but as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his hack, a thought suddenly_28_ him. he was _29_ that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his _30_， he should shake it off and step up！so he did, blow after blow.he repeated “shake it off and step up！” to _31_ himself. no matter how painful the blows were, or how disappointing the situation seemed, the old mule just _32_ on shaking it off and stepping up!as you might have guessed, it was not long _33_ the old mule finally stepped over the wall of the well, painful and tired. what would otherwise _34_ him, actually blessed him because of the manner in which he _35_ his adversity (逆境)_36_ is life! as long as we face our problems and respond to them _37_， and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or selfpity, the adversities that come along to bury us _38_ have the potential to _39_ and bless us! forgiveness, tolerance, hope and perseverance are _40_ in shaking it off and stepping up out of the well in which we find ourselves.21a.sink bstrugglecleave dsigh解析：騾子掙扎，并弄出了很大的聲音。sink沉下去；leave離開；struggle掙扎；sigh嘆息。答案：b22a.location bgroundcposition dsituation解析：仔細分析過形勢之后，農民對他感到惋惜。situation“形勢，情形”，符合語境。下文or how disappointing the situation seemed也有提示。答案：d23a.decided bdoubtedccomplained dresponded解析：這位農民斷定騾子和井都不值得救了。decide斷定；doubt懷疑；complain抱怨；respond回答，回復。答案：a24a.brothers brelativescneighbors dchildren解析：聯系下文but as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling可知選c。答案：c25a.required brequestedcdemanded drecommended解析：農民請求他們幫忙鏟土把騾子埋了。request請求；require要求；demand要求；recommend推薦。答案：b26a.house bwaterchole dwell解析：聯系上文one day，the mule fell into a nearby well可知選d。答案：d27a.excited bamusedcdisappointed dsurprised解析：聽到許多人來幫忙，起初騾子很激動(excited)。答案：a28a.came bhappenedcstruck doccurred解析：他忽然想起了一個主意。a(n) thought/idea stricks sb.某人忽然想起一個主意，是固定搭配。答案：c29a.awake bawarecafraid dashamed解析：他意識到每次土落到他背上時awake清醒的；aware意識到的；afraid害怕的；ashamed羞愧的。答案：b30a.chest bstomachctail dback解析：聯系上文the dirt hit his back可知選d。答案：d31a.enjoy bexpresscencourage dpraise解析：他不斷地說“把土抖掉，向上邁”來鼓勵自己。答案：c32a.kept bheldcmoved drelied解析：老騾子不斷地抖土向上邁。keep on doing 堅持做某事。答案：a33a.when bbeforecuntil dsince解析：正如你猜測的那樣，不久騾子就上到了井沿上。it was/is not long before不久。答案：b34a.save bprotectcdesert dbury解析：因為他處理逆境的方式，使一件本來會埋葬他的事，事實上卻拯救了他。聯系上文to help shovel(鏟)some dirt to bury the old mule可知選d。答案：d35a.solved bhandledcrefused dexperienced解析：solve解決；handle處理；refuse拒絕；experience體驗。句意見上題解析。答案：b36a.that bhowcas dwhat解析：這就是生活。that代指前面提到的事情。答案：a37a.readily bpassivelycpositively dwillingly解析：只要我們積極地面對問題，應對問題，不向恐慌、痛苦和自憐屈服readily容易地，不費事地；passively被動地；positively積極地；willingly愿意地。答案：c38a.frequently bseldomcnever dusually解析：要埋葬我們的逆境通常(usually)有可能會對我們有利且保佑我們。答案：d39a.affect bbenefitcdirect dconduct解析：affect影響；benefit有利；direct指導，指揮；conduct舉止，表現。根據語境可知選b。答案：b40a.cheerful bhopefulchelpful dmeaningful解析：寬容、忍讓、希望和堅持在抖掉土和邁出井方面是非常有幫助的。答案：c。*結束a(2013鄭州質檢)it was half an hour before midnight on december 24th last year. i was a ticketcounter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the _1_ of my shift (輪班) at stapleton international airport in denver. my wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could _2_ our gifts for christmas.just then, a very _3_ gentleman went up to me. he asked how he could get to cheyenne, wyoming. he had just arrived from philadelphia and _4_ his connecting flight. i pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a _5_. and then i called my wife to let her know i would be home _6_.about fifteen minutes later, the gentleman _7_ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars _8_. i told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. hearing that, he burst into _9_.i tried to make him calm down. he explained that his name was tom, and that his only son was _10_ ill at home and was not expected to _11_ another year. he expected that this would likely be the _12_ christmas with his son.i told tom to _13_ his luggage and wait for me at the gate. i was driving to cheyenne. i called my wife kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. i drove fast _14_ and we arrived in cheyenne around 2：30 am.kathy was still _15_ me when i got home in the early morning. we traded gifts and then our conversation _16_ tom. for kathy and me, there was no _17_ that driving tom to cheyenne was the _18_ choice.a couple of days later, i _19_ a christmas card with a picture of tom and his family. in it, tom thanked me for the special _20_ he had received that holiday season, but i knew the best gift was mine.語篇解讀：“我”在平安夜駕車送一位陌生人回家，幫助那位錯過轉接飛機的父親圓了和患重病的兒子一起過圣誕節的愿望，妻子為“我”的善行表示理解和欣慰。1a.end bturncrole dchange解析：時間是平安夜的11：30，作者期待著下班回家。the end of my shift指“我上班的結束”。答案：a2a.expect bgetcexchange dmake解析：因為是平安夜，作者的妻子等他回家互相交換圣誕節的禮物。第六段中的第二句“we traded gifts”是答案暗示。答案：c3a.kind bhelpless csad dworried解析：由下文可知，這位先生錯過了轉接班機，他過來問作者怎樣才能到達夏延，由此可推知他應該很擔心(worried)。答案：d4a.mistook bmissedccaught dcontinued解析：他來自費城，錯過了(missed)轉接班機。答案：b5a.bus bflightcroom dcar解析：我給他指了指地上交通區域。在那里，他可以租一輛車(car)。答案：d6a.soon blatecearly dlately解析：然后，我給妻子打電話，告訴她我一會兒就回家。答案：a7a.left bmovedccame dreturned解析：大約15分鐘后，那位先生又返回來了(returned)。答案：d8a.reliable bpresentcavailable dacceptable解析：他告訴我，所有的公交車已滿，而且也找不到可租用的(available)車。答案：c9a.laughter btearscanger dsorrow解析：我告訴他，他只能在機場住宿一夜。聽到這，他突然大哭起來(burst into tears)。答案：b10a.really bslightlycseriously dunluckily解析：他唯一的兒子得了重病。seriously“嚴重地”。答案：c11a.suffer blivecshare dgrow解析：估計孩子活(live)不了一年了。答案：b12a.last bbestchappiest dhardest解析：他期待能和孩子度過很可能是最后的一個圣誕節。答案：a13