2015高考英语完形填空及阅读理解回顾练习(4)及答案

2015高考英语完形填空及阅读理解回顾练习（4）及答案

完形填空

Perhaps you’ve attended some parties. But like New York，where a party or dinner often __1__ business with pleasure, a Washington party is a __2__ part of the business of politics, the business of making __3_ connections.

Some Washington parties have a __4__ aura (气氛) about them, depending on who gives them and who is there, but most parties are open-house __5__ in fact, with the hosts not knowing most of the __6__ who are there.

I went to a few of these parties __7__ I wanted to see the inside of some of the Washington mansions (公馆) I had __8__ so much about. Almost every time during the evening some man would come close to talk with me __9__, we didn’t know each other at all. Such a __10__ exchange clearly proves “a gathering of friends” __11__ Washington party standards. You don’t even need an __12__ to attend many Washington parties. You just have to know about them. No Washington hostess would __13__ her servants to ask you who you were. Most of the bigger parties, those with 300 or 400 guests, _14__ to impress somebody, and Washingtonians __15_.

Most members of the Congress ,for example, _16__ middle-class backgrounds in smaller communities _17__ the country. They are dazzled (眼花缭乱的) by _18__. They are dazzled by big names. They are ready to help Washington __19__ hostesses. They go along with them because they are good friends or they don’t notice that they __20__ or they don’t care if they are.

1. A. follows B. connects C. mixes D. goes

2. A. daily B. necessary C. chief D. cheap

3. A. still B. cruel C. mental D. important

4. A. social B. nervous C. terrible D. simple

5. A. events B. affairs C. conferences D. games

6. A. guests B. customers C. guards D. guides

7. A. so that B. in order that C. as if D. because

8. A. found B. noticed C. heard D. wrote

9. A. since B. though C. when D. whether

10. A. common B. strict C. public D. special

11. A. including B. comparing with C. according to D. depending on

12. A. invitation B. envelope C. instrument D. acceptance

13. A. refuse B. allow C. agree D. warn

14. A. are given B. give C. are supplied D. supply

15. A. easily forget B. hardly remember C. easily impress D. are easily impressed

16. A. hear from B. write to C. come from D. call out

17. A. over B. below C. between D. across

18. A. money B. equal C. freedom D. discussion

19. A. strange B. famous C. poor D. stupid

20. A. are using B. are being used C. are obeying D. are being obeyed

【广西省南宁市2014高考英语模拟试题】

完型填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their 36 condition, two of Durer’s children had a dream to seek their talent for 37 . but they knew well their father would never be able to send 38 of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.

The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss (投掷) a coin. The 39 would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer 40 the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, 41 work at the academy was almost an 42 success. Albrecht’s woodcuts and oils were 43 better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees 44 his works.

When the young 45 returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, “Now, Albert, it is your 46 to seek your dream. I will support you.”

All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he 47 and repeated, “No ...no.” Finall y, Albert rose and 48 the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, “I

49 go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to 50 your toast.”

Today, Albrecht Durer’s masterful works 51 in every great museum in the world, but chances are great 52 you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother’s abus ed hands with palms together and thin 53 stretched skyward. He 54 it “The Praying Hands.”