2024届高考英语二轮小专题复习之完形填空：14
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Night after night, as was often the case, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the
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,then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started
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me. But it did. Finally one night, I shouted out as her, “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too
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！” She didn’t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother
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my day with that familiar
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of her love.
With the years passing, my thoughts
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to that night, when I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight
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on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very
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, while sometimes far away. But always it was hidden in the back of my
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. Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I
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thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my
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. And now my own children are grown and gone. One Thanksgiving Eve,
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I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a
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hand hesitantly run across my face to
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the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so
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, touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice
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. “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too rough!”
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, I caught Mom’s hand in hand, saying how
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I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know
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I was talking about. She had forgotten, and forgiven long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new
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for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
1．A．place B．way C．order D．shape
A．pleasing B．frightening C．satisfying D．annoying
A．sweet B．tough C．ugly D．rough
A．take up B．give up C．end up D．break up
A．expressionB．symbol C．promise D．experience
A．remained B．returned C．occurred D．missed
A．story B．greeting C．kiss D．song
A．close B．serious C．different D．unusual
A．brain B．mind C．spirit D．heart
A．once B．even C．still D．always
A．husband B．children C．family D．father
A．as B．before C．although D．since
A．rough B．reliable C．thin D．familiar
A．tidy B．touch C．brush D．wiped
A．gently B．friendly C．closely D．weakly
A．wept B．whispered C．complained D．struggled
A．On time B．All at once C．Once again D．As usual
A．grateful B．anxious C．sorry D．excited
A．where B．why C．what D．whom
A．memory B．sense C．pleasure D．appreciation
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler
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everyone's spirits up to the ceiling, I
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there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, "Dad, I want to
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people feel like that." My father asked me
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I meant. "I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Ziglar. I replied A(An)
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was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.
41 a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company
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as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my
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. Many people were
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that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked
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I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my
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to start my own company and leave my worryingless position after
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a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a
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that changed my life. He asked us, 揑f a god would offer you three wishes, what would they
be?” After giving us a
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to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, 揥hy do you need a
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??I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that
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I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didnld’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was
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.
Having made that decision, I was immediately
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. One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no
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. But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several
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engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
21．A．rise B．blow C．put D．raise
22．A．left B．came C．arrived D．slipped
23．A．get B．hope C．make D．cheer
24．A．that B．what C．which D．if
25．A．dream B．idea C．girl D．speaker
26．A．After B．Before C．Because D．While
27．A．beginning B．working C．acting D．regarding
28．A．life B．love C．income D．career
29．A．disappointed B．moved C．surprised D．delighted
30．A．when B．why C．if D．how
31．A．plan B．promise C．decision D．mind
32．A．attending B．joining C．entering D．holding
34．A．day B．second C．week D．moment
35．A．help B．job C．god D．company
36．A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
37．A．alive B．dead C．missing D．born
38．A．examined B．searched C．checked D．tested
39．A．help B．harm C．income D．money
40．A．selling
B．speaking
C．writing
D．listening
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On a hot day, I decide to mow our extremely hilly lawn. It was likely to 21 a jungle（丛林）with weeds growing wildly. I need to mow it at once.
After several false 22 , I had to examine it and finally got our old lawn mower 23 . I was mowing and trying hard to push the machine uphill, which was really a hard job, for the machine was too old to work well. I was so 24 that I complained under my breath, so I decided to take a short break.
At the top of a rise, I 25 to see my 12-year-old John Thomas standing there, with a smile on his face and a glass of 26 in his hand. "Here, Mom, "he said, "have a drink, Want me to help you? Dad 27 me work on hte flat places."
I 28 the ice water and went to sit in the 29 of a tall tree. As I took my drink, I 30 my son. To my surprise, he didn't seem to be 31 the normal mowing pattern. And he kept smiling at me 32 he worked. I wondered 33 made him so happy? I thought to myself.
After a while, he 34 mowing and looked in my direction. "Hey, Mom. Could you 35 here? " "He's always naughty like this, lazy again?" I said to myself 36 . Then I stood up and walked across the lawn, noticing that he had missed a sizable spot. "John, you didn't..." My angry words gradually became 37 , for the spot I thought he'd missed had been 38 mowed into the shape of a（an） 39 , suddenly I felt something warm and gentle rising from inside.
"Like it, Mom? It's mine and it's for you." he asked with a big 40 .
"Now I'll finish the job."
21. A. turn on B. turn into C. turn down D. turn up
22. A. starts B. words C. ends D. behavior
23. A. work B. move C. going D. flying
24. A. cheerful B. tired C. cared D. boring
25. A. looked through B. looked over C. looked after D. looked up
26. A. hot tea B. chocolate C. milk D. ice water
27. A. asks B. allows C. lets D. agrees
28. A. drank B. heated C. accepted D. received
29. A. shade B. leaves C. root D. top
30. A. saw B. watched C. observed D. noticed
31. A. feeling B. finding C. following D. feeding
32. A. if B. since C. whether D. as
33. A. what B. that C. all D. it
34. A. continued B. went on C. stopped D. finished
35. A. go over B. turn over C. driver over D. come over
36. A. happily B. angrily C. eagerly D. anxiously
37. A. heavier B. thicker C. louder D. quieter
38. A. carefully B. carelessly C. casually D. comfortably
39. A. heart B. apple C. hand D. foot
40. A. sign B. smile C. surprise D. sigh
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When I was young, my grandmother used to tell me stories. I’d like to
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with you one of my favorites.
Once, there was a young boy. He was very
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because he couldn’t keep his friends. He asked his father
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this was so. His father
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replied, “Son, each time you say or do something that
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one of your friends, hammer a piece of wood into the
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.” The curious boy did
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he was told and soon he made fence(篱笆)
out of the wood.
“Father!” he cried, “I can’t get out! I am blocked by this fence!”
“Well, Son, each time you say something
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to a friend, you can take one piece of wood out.”
The boy
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this, too. On the first day he took out one piece of wood and on the second day he took out
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two. On the third day he took out
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more. Finally he had
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all of the wood. “But Father!” he cried again, “Look at the
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in the ground! They are big and dark! Oh, how ugly!”
“Son,” his father said, “this is why you aren’t able to
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your friends. Remember: when you hurt someone’s feeling, no matter what you do to
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for it, there will always be a scar(伤痕) in his
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.”
From that day on, the boy was very
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of his words and actions and he
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hurt his friends’ feelings again.
I always keep this story close to my heart. It has
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me lot. I am always careful not to hurt any of my friends because they are people that I wouldn’t want to
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.
36. A. argue
B. discuss
C. share
D. compare
37. A. happy
B. upset
C. friendly
D. frightened
38. A. what
B. how
C. when
D. why
39. A. just
B. hardly
C. also
D. once
40. A. leaves
B. pleases
C. hurts
D. amuses
41. A. wall
B. ground
C. field
D. door
42. A. that
B. which
C. when
D. as
43. A. surprising
B. interesting
C. nice
D. bad
44. A. did
B. made
C. refused
D. said
45. A. other
B. another
C. the other
D. others
46. A. few
B. some
C. any
D. no
47. A. removed
B. repeated
C. replanted
D. recycled
48. A. sand
B. dirt
C. holes
D. sticks
49. A. make
B. meet
C. keep
D. stay
50. A. turn up
B. take up
C. bring up
D. make up
51. A. heart
B. face
C. neck
D. hand
52. A. afraid
B. careful
C. proud
D. fond
53. A. always
B. ever
C. never
D. already
54. A. found
B. taught
C. lent
D. saved
55. A. avoid
B. admire
C. respect
D. lose
参考答案
1．B
2．D
3．D
4．C
5．A
6．B
7．C
8．A
9．B
10．A
11．C
12．A
13．D
14．C
15．A
16．C
17．B
18．C
19．C
20．D
【解析】
1．B主要测试名词。根据语境可知句子译文：她弯下腰，拨开（out of the way）我的头发，然后亲吻我的前额。
主要测试形容词。四个选项的意思分别如下：高兴；害怕；满意；讨厌、厌倦。再结合下文内容可知句子译文：我不记得这种动作什么时候开始让我讨厌（annoying）。但是他确实令我讨厌。
主要测试形容词。结合下文的句子：“Don’t do that any more – your hands are too rough!，再结合所给选项可以选出最佳答案为：rough。句子译文如下：最后一天晚上，我对母亲大嚷，“不要再那样做了—你的手太粗糙了！”
主要测试短语动词。所给选项的意思分别如下：开始从事（某职业）、占有；放弃；结束、死亡；崩溃、分离、解散。由具体语境可知句子译文如下：母亲再也没有用那种熟悉的表达方式（expression）表达她的爱，使我结束（end up）自己的一天。故此选择：end up最佳。
