2012年湖南高考新题型完形填空练习

2012年湖南高考新题型考前热身：完形填空练习A college professor had his sociology calss go into the poor areas of Baltimore to do research _______ 200 boys. The students in the sociology class were asked to write a predicition of each boy’s future. In every case the students wrote, “ He hasn’t got a chance.” Twenty-five years _____ another sociology professor came across the earlier study. He had his students follow up on the project to see what had ____ to these days.With the exception of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the students learned that 176 of the remaining 180 had achieved more than ordinary success as lawyers, doctors and businessmen.The professor was surprised and decided to ______ into the matter further. Fortunately, all the men were in the area and he was able to ask each one, “How do you _______ for your success?’ In each case the reply came with feeling, “ There was a teacher.”The teacher was still alive, so he sought her out and asked the old lady _______ magic she had used to make these boys achieve success.The teacher’s ________ sparkled and her lips broke into a gentle smile. “It’s really very ______ ,” she said, “I loved those boys.”Keys: 1. on ter 3. happened 4. into5. how6.what7.a8. simpleAn American soldier called his parents from San Francisco after a war. “ Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring _______ me.’“Sure,” they replied. “ we’d love to meet him.”“There’s something you should know,” the son continued. “ he was hurt pretty ______ in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine _______ lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come and live with us.”“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find _______ to live.”“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”“ Son,” said the father, “ Somene like him would be a terrible burden on us. Just come home and forget about this guy. He will find a way to live on his _______.”At that point , the son hung up the ________ .A few days later, the parents received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, _______ the police believed was suicide. They went and recognized him, but ________ their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t expect: their son had only one arm and one leg.Key: 1. with 2. badly 3. and 4. somewhere 5. own6. phone/telephone7. which8. toOne morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building _______ a hat next to his feet. He held a sign which said, “ I am blind. Please help me.”There were only a few coins in the hat, but a man walking by took the sign, turned it around,and wrote some words on it. Soon the hat begam to fill up. That afternoon the man came to see _______ things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked. “ Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”The man said, “ I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”What he had written was, “today is a beautiful day, but I cannot ______ it.”Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the _______ thing?Of course _______ signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, _______ the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were no blind.There are at least two ________ we can learn from this simple story.The first lesson is : Treasure what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.The second lesson is: Be creative. Think ______. There’s always a better way.Key: 1. with 2. how 3. see 4. same 5. both6. but7. lessons8. differentlyThanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class ________ fun assignment --- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.Most of the class would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the themes of most of her students’ art. And they were. Douglas made a different kind of picture, _____ . when asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an ________ hand.His abstract image captured the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. _______ suggested a police officer’s, because the police protect and care _______ people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went ---- until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.When the children had gone on to other assignments, she stopped at Douglas’desk, bent down, and asked him ____ hand it was. The little boy looked away and said, “it’s yours, teacher.”She recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How _______ had she said, “Take my hand, Douglas,we’ll go outside.”Or, “let me show you how to hold your pencil,”Or, “Let’s do this together.”Douglas was mst thankful for his teacher’s hand. Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglas of the world. They might not always say thanks, _____ they’ll remember the hand that reaches out.Key: 1. a 2. though 3. empty 4. Another 5. for / about6. whose7. often8.but。