江苏省2020届高三最新英语考试试卷精选汇编：完形填空

完形填空

苏州市高三期初调研试卷

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight when a flight attendant asked a(n)

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question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time 37 the call button. The flight attendant came by and 38 the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s 39 and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t 40 his message.

Clara 41 to have been studying ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she 42 her seat belt and walked toward the seat of Tim Cook, then 64.

43 taking his hand, she 44 , “Are you OK?” Coo k asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted

to know the time. On her third 45 , she stopped and stayed a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to 46 .” Clara says.

So for the next hour, that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future. Cook told Clara

47 he had gradually become blind over time and 48 stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looke d 49 at his face with such kindness,”

a passenger reported, “We can see she smiled with happiness, 50 she made a difference in someone’s life.”

“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very 51 to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a(n) 52 .”

Cook’s 53 , “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

Life is a continuous learning experience. As for Clara, she said, “I’ve also learned a lot. The best thing for 54 is to learn something. Learning is the only thing that never 55 .

36. A. puzzling B. urgent C. awkward D. delicate

37. A. rewound B. lifted C. tied D. pressed

38. A. analyzed B. faced C. explained D. observed

39. A. ill B. blind C. homesick D. thirsty

40. A. get across B. get through C. get into D. get off

41. A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. attempted

42. A. unwrapped B. unfastened C. unfolded D. unpacked

43. A. Cautiously B. Secretly C. Gently D. Seriously

44. A. whispered B. signed C. asked D. repeated

45. A. turn B. ride C. journey D. visit

46. A. talk B. relax C. sleep D. cheer

47. A. what B. why C. how D. when

48. A. invented B. conveyed C. created D. shared

49. A. attentively B. surprisingly C. crazily D. anxiously

50. A. if B. because C. so D. but