2019届高考英语满分突破完形填空专题练习(三)

2019届高考英语满分突破专题练习

完形填空（三）

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

一

My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I __1__ him. Once, my father made a(n) __2__ with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my __3__．

I played the lead in Gigi. However, the __4__ of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews __5__ my father.

Would I be as good as my father? Would I be as popular? I was extremely __6__．

I loved my father, but my __7__ was just him.

“Daddy，”I began, “please don’t be __8__ when I tell you this. I want to change my __9__. I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.”

I tried not to __10__ during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight __11__ with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t __12__. They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone __13__ you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”

The next night __14__ the crowd filed into the theater, the stage manager __15__ me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that __16__，“Run your own race, Baby.”

Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways：“Be __17__”；“Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all __18__ my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself, “Am I running my race or __19__ else’s？”

I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my __20__．

1．A. hated B．adored

C．feared D．avoided 2．A. movie B．album C．record D．interview 3．A. position B．award C．degree D．chance 4．A. affection B．anxiety C．excitement D．bitterness 5．A. focused on B．relied on C．appealed to D．attended to 6．A. calm B．upset C．touched D．guilty 7．A. belief B．limit C．model D．problem 8．A. puzzled B．injured C．hurt D．confused 9．A. role B．name C．school D．major 10．A. cry B．smile C．scream D．laugh 11．A. ahead B．around C．about D．aside 12．A. hesitate B．move C．shout D．listen 13．A. leading B．comparing C．tying D．introducing 14．A. until B．though C．as D．since 15．A. delivered B．handed C．dropped D．pressed 16．A. wrote B．showed C．printed D．read