广东高考完形填空专练

广东高考完形填空专练

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An unemployed man goes to try for a job with Microsoft as a cleaner. After an interview, the manager says, “You are 1 .Let me have your e-mail address so that I can send you a form to 2 and advise you where to work on your first day.”

The man says he doesn’t have a 3 or e-mail. Listening to this, the manager replies, “Well, then, that really means that you can

4 expect to be employed.”

5 , the man leaves. Not knowing whereto turn and only having $10 left, he decides to

6 a 10 kg box of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells them at 100% profit.

7 the process several times that day, he ends up with $100 before returning home. The man

8 he can quite easily make a living by selling tomatoes. Getting up early every day and going to bed late, he doubled his

9 in quite a short time. Soon he acquires a cart and then a truck to 10 his tomatoes. By the end of the first year, he manages a staff of several hundred people, all selling tomatoes.

Now considering the future of his family, he decides to buy some life insurance. 11 an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone 12 , the adviser asks him for his e-mail. When the man replies he has no e-mail, the adviser is 13 . “What? You don’t even have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to amass(积聚) such wealth without the Internet? Just 14 where you would have been by now if you had owned e-mail!”After a moment’s 15 , the millionaire replies, “A cleaner at Microsoft!”

1. A. understood B. disturbed C. invited D. employed

2. A. make B. complete C. describe D. learn

3. A. computer B. job C. pen D. form

4. A. finally B. nearly C. hardly D. luckily

5. A. Satisfied B. Encouraged C. Worried D. Disappointed

6. A. buy B. sell C. carry D. stay

7. A. Changing B. Breaking C. Repeating D. Explaining

8. A. suggests B. hears C. admits D. realizes

9. A. tomatoes B. profits C. efforts D. desires

10. A. transport B. plant C. store D. protect

11. A. Introducing B. Calling C. Refusing D. Helping

12. A. line B. message C. conversation D. test

13. A. annoyed B. surprised C. pleased D. ashamed

14. A. imagine B. remember C. announce D. foretell

15. A. discussion B. chat C. breath D. silence

B

Stevenson and his family went to Scotland for a holiday. One rainy morning, he took his wife and his son Lloyd out for a long walk over the hills. They had been 1 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 2 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 3 .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 4 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 5 . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the 6 treasure, ” said the boy. Robert suddenly 7 something of an adventure story in the boy’s 8 .

While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 9 a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)？

Robert had a food friend named Henley, who walked around with 10 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 11 such a man in a story. 12 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 13 . So, thanks to a 14 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 15 stories in the English language.

1. A. attempting B. missing C. planning D. enjoying

2. A. quiet B. dull C. busy D. cold

3. A. cleaning B. writing C. drawing D. exercising

4. A. doubted B. noticed C. decided D. recognized

5. A. the sea B. the house C. Scotland D. the island

6. A. forgotten B. buried C. discovered D. unexpected