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m完形填空[2015 •山西省山大附中高二月考]

My father was a highly educated,intelligent gentle?man. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your 32       in the process. I thought there was nothing he wasn't  33       to do.

A few days before my younger brother's 7       th birthday. Dad planned to assemble (装配) a new 34       as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of35       the instructions. Dad was still unable to36       the new bike together. Later he37       the paper of instructions,38       up his tool box,and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra 39      to have it correctly assembled there.40       an idea came to him,as he called out to Lovett,the quiet little man who cut our grassland.

"Lovett,have you ever assembled a boy's bicycle?" As Lovett walked towards the bike,Dad handed him the   41       . Lovett handed it back to him,saying, "No,thanks. I can't read. When you can't read,you have to 42        Less than 15 minutes later,the new bicycle was 43      ; assembled,with no 44      parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett's hand,patted him on the back,thanked him,and hid the bike.

On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift,Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great45      in telling it over and over again―he used it as an example of thinking.

He did not refer to illiteracy (文盲) ，but strongly taught us to use our 46       . The joke was on my father,47       he was able to turn it into a learning tool,and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new 48       for Lovett. To me he had 49        been the old yard man who didn't50       much,but after that day,he seemed to smile51      ,even walk taller. It's amazing what a real nod of approval can do to lift people up.

32. A. belief   B. breath   C. view   D. attention

33. A. willing   B. able   C. lucky   D. capable

34. A. bicycle   B. toy   C. computer   D. boat

35. A. reviewing   B. reading   C. examining   D. searching

36. A. bring   B. get   C. work   D. put

37. A. looked through   B. folded up   C. turned to   D. devoted to

38. A. brought   B. added   C. picked   D. set

39. A. effort   B. tax

   C. service   D. money

40. A. Then   B. Thus

   C. Since   D. Though

41. A. tools   B. rotes   C. instructions   D. orders

42. A. exchange   B. think   C. learn   D. admit

43. A. partly   B. largely   C. hardly   D. fully

44. A. separate   B. different   C. major   D. spare

45. A. care   B. action   C. delight   D. risk

46. A. resources   B. heads   C. knowledge   D. hands

47. A. so   B. but   C. or   D. and

48. A. respect   B. reward   C. relief   D. regard

49. A. never   B. ever   C. always   D. often

50. A. say   B. show   C. care   D. earn

51. A. colder   B. weaker   C. broader   D. grayer

Answer 1

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过讲述不善言辞且没有什么学识的割草工人帮助博学、善谈的父亲完美组装好自行车的故事，启迪读者：凡事要多动脑筋。

32. D 根据语境"He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic..."可推知，作者的父亲博学强记，能言善辩，自然气场强大，能在辩论中引起大家的关注，故选   D.

33. B 与下文"…and I liked him even more after that incident."形成呼应可知，作者深深地崇拜自己的父亲,认为父亲无所不能，故选   B. be able to do sth=be capable of doing sth能够做某事。

34. A由下文中的the new bike可知，作者的父亲准备组装一辆新的自行车，故选A.

35. B与下文中的"'No,thanks. I can't read—'"形成呼应和对比可知，作者的父亲很博学，因此要先读懂说明书之后才能够组装自行车，故选   B.

36. D与上文中的assemble呼应可知，作者的父亲要组装自行车，故选put sth together.

37. B look through浏览;fold up折叠;turn to转向;devote to 致力于。根据语境"…decided to take the bike back to the local toy store..."可推知，作者的父亲不准备自己组装了，于是便把说明书给折叠起来，故选   B.

38. C既然作者的父亲不准备组装了，于是便收拾起工具箱，故选   C. pick up捡起。

39. D与语境pay呼应可知，父亲决定把零件拿回店里多付点儿钱让别人去组装，故选   D.

40. A 根据语境可知,上下文表示时间的先后关系，故选A.

41. C与上文中的the instructions和下文中的"'No,thanks. I can't read…'"呼应可知，父亲递给Lovett说明书，让Lovett先看看，故选(：。

42. B与下文中的"...he used it as an example of thinking."呼应可知，Lovett是一个善于思考的人，故选   B.

43. D根据语境"…with no... parts remaining."可知，Lovett 不一会就把自行车完全装好了，故选   D.

44. D根据下文中的"Dad shook Lovett's hand,patted him on the back,thanked him,and hid the bike."可知,Lovett把自行车完全装好了，任何零配件都没有剩下，故选   D. spare 剩余的，业余的。

45. C与语境"―he used it as an example of thinking."呼应可知，作者的父亲对此事津津乐道，故选   C. take delight in 以……为乐。

46. B与上文中的"...he used it as an example of thinking."呼应可知，作者的父亲教育孩子们要多动脑筋，故选   B.

47. B根据语境joke和a learning tool可知，上下文表示逻辑上的转折关系，故选   B.

48. A根据下文中的"…even walk taller."，并结合上文可知，作者对割草工人Lovett多了几分敬意，故选A.

49. C由语境中的过去完成时可推知，在作者的眼里，Lovett 一直是一个不善言辞的老园艺工作者而已，故选   C.

50. A与作者的父亲的博学、善谈形成对比和呼应可知， Lovett是一个不善言辞的人，故选A.

51. C由下文中的"It's amazing what a real nod of approval can do to lift people up."可知，作者对Lovett多了几分敬意，因此认为他笑得更灿烂了，与语境even walk taller形成呼应，故选   C.