2017年高考英语二轮复习专题15完形填空押题专练(含解析)

专题15 完形填空

一、

When you meet friends，family and new people，they all want to have an interesting conversation.Most of the time this__1__you will make a great impression when you

bring up interesting topics of__2__told in the form of a story.

__3__，let's say a new hotel has just opened in your city.One way to__4__this

is to give the facts and the statistics—it is a 5 Star hotel with 200 rooms，a gym，great views of the skyline and a roof top restaurant.That is not the__5__I'd

introduce that news as a topic of conversation.I'd tell a story.

“On Tuesday evening last night a little after 8pm I was walking down Main Street with Lisa when we__6__unusual red lights way down the street.We had some time

to__7__before meeting her sister so we walked a few more blocks__8__those red lights got closer and closer.We still didn't know what the__9__were about.

Anyway，we got to the building and__10__that those red lights were all around

the building.It's a hotel but it doesn't look like any hotel I've__11__seen.As you walk up to the entrance it's more like walking along a passage__12__a really weird

art gallery and a European late night bar.

We walked in and ended up talking to the__13__.He even gave us a tour of the

bar and restaurant before taking us__14__in the elevator to the roof.What a__15__！You can see right across the city from up there.This is a very__16__hotel.I've never seen anything like it.”

Notice how I__17__a news item without making it sound like a news broadcast.I

introduced very few__18__.I would share more information if the person I'm talking

to__19__me to tell them more.First I need to get their attention to__20__if they

have any interest in that subject.Story telling is the best way to do that.

【语篇导读】不管是会见朋友，还是和家人相聚，谈话的方式都很重要。本文通过作

者的亲身体会，介绍了交流的最佳方法。在作者看来，以讲故事的形式谈话会有意想不到的

谈话效果。

1．A.promises B．means C．explains D．proves

2．A.quarrel B．argument

C．discussion D．conversation

2．D 从句的意思是：当你以故事的形式提出谈话(conversation)的话题的时候。3．A.For example B．What's more

C．In fact D．By the way

3．A 根据上下文的语境可知，这里是列举例子，所以是例如(For example)。4．A.build B．design C．mention D．enjoy

4．C 一种提到(mention)这个话题的方式是给出事实和数据。

5．A.time B．excuse C．reason D．way

5．D 它不是我要介绍有关信息的方式(way)。

6．A.switched B．spotted C．recognized D．transform

6．B 我们看到(spotted)街道上有很多不同寻常的红灯。

7．A.spare B．save C．kill D．rest

7．C 在我们见到她姐姐之前还有一些时间可以消磨(kill)。

8．A.until B．if C．though D．because

8．A 我们一直(until)走到红灯越来越近的地方。

9．A.houses B．trees C．roads D．lights

9．D 我们不知道这些灯是为了(about)什么。

10．A.predicted B．noticed C．guessed D．admitted

10．B 我们走近这座建筑物，注意到(noticed)建筑物的周围都是红灯。

11．A.often B．usually C．ever D．hardly

11．C 那是一座宾馆，它看上去不像我以前(ever)见过的任何一个。

12．A.between B．through C．beyond D．along

13．A.captain B．chairman C．monitor D．manager

13．D 我们走进去，最后和经理(manager)进行攀谈。

14．A.down B．up C．in D．out

14．B 根据下文的意思可知，作者和经理乘坐电梯到上面的(up)顶层。