英语中考英语完形填空专题1

英语中考英语完形填空专题1

一、中考英语完形填空（含答案详细解析）

1．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C

和D项中选出最佳选项。

The first astronauts

Since the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets. Today people use modern machines 1 at the sky. This is very different from the situation 2 years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamed of 3 the universe.

When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago, 4 the first astronauts were not people-they were animals.

Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as 5 as possible for humans. So they decided to experiment with animals and test 6 in spaceflights. Insects, mice, frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals 7 first went into space. Many of them 8 , but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service, we 9 forget these animals.

Albert Ⅱ was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 10 his spaceship landed back on Earth.

11 the result was different for Ham the Monkey. His story ended happily when he return to earth 12 very good health.

Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question: could 13 animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth? The answer came when Ham 14 into space in 1961. Yes, he did everything well and lived for 15 16 years

1. A. look B. to look C. looking D. looked

2. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of

3. A. explore B. to explore C. explored D. exploring

4. A. as B. or C. but D. so

5. A. safe B. safer C. safest D. the safest

6. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs

7. A. whom B. what C. that D. whose

8. A. die B. died C. have died D. will die

9. A. shouldn't B. may not C. don't have to D. needn't

10. A. if B. because C. after D. since

11. A. Luck B. Luck C. Luck D. Luckily

12. A. at B. on C. in D. for

13. A. a B. an C. the D. /

14. A. send B. sent C. is sent D. was sent

15. A. another B. other C. others D. the others

【答案】（1）B；（2）D；（3）D；（4）A；（5）A；（6）B；（7）C；（8）B；（9）A；（10）C；（11）D；（12）C；（13）B；（14）D；（15）A；

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了人类第一批宇航员，他们是昆虫、老鼠、青蛙、狗和猴子，为人类探索太空做出的了贡献。

（1）句意：今天，人们使用现代机器观测太空。use to do固定搭配，用来做某事，故选B。

（2）句意：这与几千年前人们只能用眼睛的情况大不相同。基数词+thousand，固定搭配，……千，thousands of，固定搭配，数以千计的，此处没有基数词，故用thousands of，故选D。

（3）句意：也许他们梦想着探索宇宙。of是介词其后是动名词，故选D。

（4）句意：这个故事开始于不久前，当时第一批宇航员不是人——他们是动物。A当时，B或者，C但是，D所以，根据began not so very long ago可知此处表示时间，故是当时，故选A。

（5）句意：科学家们想使人类到太空旅行尽可能安全。as+形容词或副词原形+as possible，固定搭配，尽可能的......，故选A。

（6）句意：所以他们决定用动物做实验，并在太空飞行中测试它们。A主格，他们，B宾格，他们，C形容词性物主代词，他们的，D名词性物主代词，他们的，test动词后缺少宾语，宾格them指代animals，故选B。

（7）句意：昆虫、老鼠、青蛙、狗和猴子是最早进入太空的动物。定语从句中缺少主语，先行词是some，故关系代词是that，故选C。

（8）句意：他们中的许多人死了，但他们帮助使太空旅行对人类更安全。描述过去用一般过去时，故选B。

（9）句意：为了他们的伟大贡献，我们不应该忘记这些动物。A不应该，B可能不，C不必，D不必，根据For their great service为了他们的伟大贡献，可知是不应该忘记它们的贡献，故选A。

（10）句意：可悲的是，他的宇宙飞船回到了地球后他死了。A如果，B因为，C在......之后，D自从，是现在完成时标志，根据in 1949可知与时间的先后有关，died是一般过去时，故用after，故选C。

（11）句意：幸运的是Ham的结果不同。副词位于句首修饰全句，luckily是副词，故选D。

（12）句意：当他身体健康地回到地球时，他的故事愉快地结束了。be in good health，固定搭配，身体健康，故选C。

（13）句意：像哈姆这样的动物能在太空做和在地球上一样的事情吗？ animal是以元音音素开头的单数名词，故用不定冠词an表示泛指，故选B。

（14）句意：在1961年哈姆被送入太空时有了答案。in 1961是一般过去时标志，send 与主语Ham是被动关系，故是一般过去时的被动语态，was sent，故选D。

（15）句意：是的，他做得很好，又活了16年。another+基数词+名词复数，另外的……，故选A。

【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。