专题限时训练(二十) [记叙文型完形填空(二)]
(限时：30分钟)
(一)
As a teaching student, I was sent on my first practice at a high school.During my practice, I __1__realized high school hadn't changed since I was there and still an awful place of Cliques(派系)．
Jess, a Year 8 student, always respected her classmates, __2__the lack of respect she usually received in return.Kids constantly__3__her behind her back.As a teacher, my instinct(本能) was to __4__students like Jess, but I soon realized that there's only so much I can actually do.
Tyson was at the__5__end of the scale (等级)．A handsome Year 12 student, and always surrounded by mates, it was clear that he was a confident and__6__young man.
When Jess asked to perform a solo act(独唱) in the school talent show, I __7__to allow her to take the stage, fearing that she might face teasing.However, I knew that it would be __8__to say no on these grounds, __9__her name made it onto the list of__10__.
The day of the show, the whole school__11__in the auditorium(礼堂)．Shortly after the acts began, it was Jess' __12__.Smiling, she stepped onto stage.The music started and, to my horror, she__13__ the first line of the song.She became__14__， sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics (歌词)．As she struggled__15__the song, kids whispered and laughed.
Jess looked__16__and was about to give up when the sound of somebody clapping along to the__17__of the song began to rise above the crowd.It was Tyson.
He was clapping proudly and urged his friends to __18__and, surprisingly, they did.
Slowly, from Tyson's group to the rest of Year 12, finally throughout the auditorium, the claps__19__.
The smile on Jess' face that day is one that I'll never forget.Tyson changed my life by restoring my__20__ in the goodness of youth.
1．A.excitedly B．disappointedly
C．gratefully D．curiously
2．A.in spite of B．owing to
C．apart from D．in addition to
3．A.laughed at B．came across
C．spied on D．talked about
4．A.dislike B．praise
C．forgive D．protect
5．A.same B．right
C．opposite D．general
6．A.popular B．rough
C．desperate D．aggressive
7．A.agreed B．decided
C．hesitated D．demanded
8．A.dangerous B．impolite
C．useless D．unfair
9．A.but B．so
C．unless D．if
10．A.teachers B．classmates
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C．performers D．partners
11．A.watched B．collected
C．marched D．celebrated
12．A.turn B．role
C．step D．choice
13．A.passed B．sang
C．remembered D．missed
14．A.confused B．calm
C．ambitious D．unsatisfied
15．A.up B．on
C．with D．through
16．A.hopeless B．guilty
C．bored D．unprepared
17．A.sound B．meaning
C．beat D．ring
18．A.join in B．leave out
C．settle down D．turn up
19．A.stopped B．spread
C．appeared D．survived
20．A.touch B．power
C．faith D．strength
(二)
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty__21__from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)__22__，and he believed that studying the famous paintings__23__in that museum would help him.
It was 1930，when many people were out of work, money was__24__and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were__25__with energy and colour.As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on.He__26__those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the__27__.
Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance__28__her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more__29__.But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art programme saw that he was talented.Alston__30__him how to use paints to make stage sets.
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio. That was an exciting place for a young black man __31__to become an artist.Many creative people__32__there to talk about art, literature and history.From their__33__，Jacob learned that history books often __34__the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a picture describing the story of a black hero.He __35__Toussaint, who had helped free his people__36__French ruling.
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed__37__admiration.To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that__38__him away from painting.Then something encouraging happened.An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job.For eighteen months, Jacob was given a__39__to paint pictures. For the first time, he felt like a__40__artist.
21．A.steps B．blocks
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C．buildings D．avenues
22．A.artist B．tutor
C．scholar D．official
23．A.swinging B．existing
C．hanging D．twisting
24．A.blank B．loose
C．tough D．tight
25．A.lined B．decorated
C．associated D．filled
26．A.stored B．received
C．created D．remembered
27．A.museum B．studio
C．church D．street
28．A.whether B．which
C．that D．when
29．A.precious B．practical
C．standard D．flexible
30．A.recommended B．reminded
C．provided D．showed
31．A.hesitating B．struggling
C．marching D．participating
32．A.settled B．wandered
C．gathered D．rushed
33．A.experiences B．performances
C．accents D．conversations
34．A.acknowledged B．accused
C．ignored D．witnessed
35．A.chose B．accepted
C．counted D．employed
36．A.against B．from
C．for D．with
37．A.more than B．rather than
C．other than D．less than
38．A.broke B．gave
C．permitted D．took
39．A.award B．title
C．salary D．prize
40．A.permanent B．popular
C．positive D．professional
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专题限时训练(二十)【记叙文型完形填空(二)】
(一)
【文章大意】 本篇讲述一个学生的善举使得一位原本对高中学生失望的实习教师重新相信学生是善良的故事。
1．B 根据后文Tyson改变了“我”的生活，使“我”重新相信年轻人善良可知，作者在实习时，发现高中仍然充满了小集团斗争很失望。
2．A 本句前后文间是转折关系。虽然Jess很少得到尊重作为回报，她仍十分尊重自己的同学，故选A。
3．A 根据前文“…the lack of respect she usually received in return.”可知，选A。
4．D 作为老师，“我”本能地想要保护像Jess这样的学生，但很快“我”就意识到，事实上能做的也只有这么多了。再根据后文作者为她担心可知，选D。
5．C 根据后文“A handsome Year 12 student，and always surrounded by mates…”可知，Tyson是和Jess完全不同的人。故选C。
6．A 根据前文“…always surrounded by mates…”可知答案。
7．C 根据后文fearing that she might face teasing 和however，可知起初作者很犹豫，不想让Jess登台表演。
8．D 但是，基于此而说不是不公平(unfair) 的。
9．B 此处上下文两句间是因果关系，故选B。
10．C 根据后文，Jess登台表演了，可知她是上了表演者的名单。
11．B 根据前文the day of the show可知，表演那天全校聚集(collect)到了大礼堂，故选B。
12．A 从后文“Smiling，she stepped onto stage.”可知轮到Jess表演了。
13．D 从前文to my horror和后文forgot her lyrics可知Jess错过了歌曲的第一句。
14．A 从后文“…sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics(歌词)”可知，Jess完全糊涂(confused)了。故选A。
15．D 当她挣扎着想要唱完这首歌时，其他的孩子们都在窃窃私语，咯咯地笑。故选D。
16．A 从后文was about to give up可知，Jess此时很绝望。
17．C 就在此时，有人随着歌曲的节拍拍手的声音在人群中传来。故选C。
18．A 从后文“Slowly，from Tyson's group to the rest of Year 12，finally throughout the auditorium…”可知，Tyson是催促朋友们加入到拍手中来。
19．B 据语境可知，打拍子的声音慢慢蔓延开来。
20．C 开篇作者觉得失望，现在Tyson的善举使作者对于年轻人的善良恢复了信心。
(二)
【文章大意】 本文讲述的是著名艺术家Jacob Lawrence从小很有天赋，常常步行六十个街区去博物馆看画，他因画黑人英雄杜桑，让自己出名了。虽然很有名，但他不得不靠打工为生。最终，一个名叫Augusta的艺术家给他提供了画画挣钱的机会。
21．B 当他年轻时，Jacob Lawrence通常会走六十个街区(block)从他家到博物馆。
22．A 他想成为一个艺术家。根据上文提到“…from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”可推知他想成为艺术家，故选A项。
23．C 他相信研究那些挂在博物馆里面的画有助于他，hanging分词作后置定语来修饰the famous paintings，故选C项。
24．D 在1930年，当时大多数人失业，钱很紧张(tight)，人们遭受许多痛苦。根据时间状语1930，可知当时正值全球金融危机，故钱很紧张，选D项。
25．D 街道充满能量与生机。be filled with“充满”，是固定短语，故选D项。
26．A 他头脑中储存着那些画面以及他在博物馆所看到的画像。根据上文提到“…he believed
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that studying the famous paintings…in that museum would help him.”可知，他看过许多名画，故选A项。
27．A 见上题解析。
28．C 他来自穷人的家庭，他的妈妈相信他的儿子几乎没有机会成为一个成功的画家。chance后面接同位语从句，由that来引导，故选 C项。
29．B 母亲希望他多学些实际的(practical)东西。根据句意可知，与他学的画画相比，母亲更希望他学实用的技能，故选B项。
30．D 根据上文提到“But Jacob's teacher，Alston，in an art programme saw that he was talented.”他的老师认为他很有天赋，故是向他展示，所以选D项。
31．B 对于这个努力想成为一个艺术家的年轻人来说，这是个令人兴奋的地方。struggling to do“努力去做某事”，作伴随状语，故选B项。
32．C 许多有创造力的人聚集在这儿谈论艺术、文学和历史。根据句意可知这些有才的人聚集(gather) 在此，故选C项。
33．D 见上题解析。
34．C 从他们的对话中，他明白历史通常忽视(ignore) 非裔美国人的作品。所以选C项。
35．A 他选择杜桑·卢维杜尔，他帮助解放了他的民族，使其摆脱了法国的统治。
36．B free from 解放，使自由。
37．A 许多人钦佩他的画，但他需要的不仅仅是钦佩。根据下文提到“To help his family，he often had to work at jobs…”为了帮助家人，他不得不做给他薪水的工作，可知他不仅仅需要钦佩，故选A项。
38．D take away from使……远离。
39．C 一个叫作Augusta的艺术家，给了他一份工作，他可以通过作画来挣钱。give sb a salary“给某人薪水”，故选C项。
40．D 第一次，他感觉像个职业(professional) 艺术家。选D项。
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