高考英语抓分训练 记叙文型完形填空

2014高考英语抓分训练：记叙文型完形填空

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The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid.I __1__ becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic.Through her work, she observed that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they __2__ watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre­selected TV programmes during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and __3__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a __4__. My mother was illiterate.

When I entered high school, I was an A­student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to __5__ with the guys. I went from being an A­student to a B­student to a C­student. One night my mother came home from __6__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __7__ food and pay the bills. With money __8__， you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very __9__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was __10__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, __11__ buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my __12__ and became an A­student again, and eventually I __13__ my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother's story—a woman with __14__ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job __15__ than parenting. This I believe.

1．A.majored in B．got used to

C．dreamed of D．got tired of

2．A.spent B．paid

C．took D．did

3．A.read to B．present

C．teach D．explain to

4．A.joke B．means

C．tool D．trick

5．A.get along B．hang out

C．break away D．keep in touch

6．A.making B．stopping

C．working D．getting

7．A.your brother B．yourself

C．your sister D．the family

8．A.left over B．paid off

C．used up D．carried out

9．A.angry B．pleased

C．disappointed D．bored

10．A.anything B．everything

C．something D．nothing

11．A.let alone B．let out

C．let in D．leave alone

12．A.guys B．mother

C．studies D．play

13．A.made B．fulfilled

C．changed D．tried

14．A.little B．much

C．few D．high

15．A.more interesting B．less important

C．more important D．less interesting

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Our children grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, although my husband and I sometimes sneak one late at night with a glass of milk. I believe that the success of this __1__ loved concoction(混合物) lies not in the brand of peanut butter, but rather in the jelly. The right jelly __2__ the palate, and homemade is the only choice.

My mother­in­law was the jelly maker in this family. This limited choice was a welcome __3__ in the days of toddlers, siblings and puppies. All I did was to __4__ baby food jars, which my mother­in­law would seal wi th wax(蜡) and __5__ back home with us. Whenever I wanted to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, all I had to do was reach for one of little jars. Jelly making was just a way of __6__ for my mother­in­law. She always did it, setting the __7__ jelly on the shelves.

My father­in­law died several years ago and this past December, she also __8__. Among the things in the house to be divided by her children were the __9__ canned goods.

The other day I reached my pantry(储物间) for jelly for a quick sandwich. Sitting all alone on the far side of the shelf was a small jar of grape jelly, whose lid was __10__ in places. Written on it was “GR” for grape and the year when the jelly was made.

As I picked up the jar, I suddenly realized something that I had __11__ to see earlier. This was the last jar we would ever have from the patient, loving hands. We hardly ever opened a jar of jelly at table without __12__ about those thousands of little jars she had filled. It seems like such a small thing, and most days it was something that was __13__ for granted.

No longer was it just a jar of jelly. It was the end of a family __14__. We expect these hundreds of pictures and many more memories to __15__ the years and to pass on to our children. The jar of jelly won't keep that long. It will either have to be eaten or thrown o ut…but not today.

1．A.consequently B．mentally