Unit17 完形填空
Every four years, mentally disabled athletes come together to take part in the Special Olympics which has now involved 1 sports. Just like the 2 Olympic Games, the 3 are surrounded by grand ceremony and the competition is fierce, 4 there is also a strong 5 of unity and friendship. Each athlete 6 to train for many years and overcome fear and hardships to reach the games. For many of the special Olympic athletes, simply 7 in the games is a victory. Winning is not about being the first one across the finish line or 8 the most goals, but it is about being the best you 9 .
Athletes at the Special Olympic are fighters in 10 one way. Living with a mental disability is perhaps the most difficult 11 a human being can face in life. The disability makes everyday life difficult and society often 12 to treat the mentally disabled with 13 and respect. 14 , we have now realized that there is much 15 can be done to help. The Special Olympics is one example of 16 society can improve the quality of life for all its citizens.
The first Special Olympics was held in Chicago in 17 . One thousand participants from Canada and the United States competed in three events. At the 2003 Special Olympics in Ireland, more than 6,500 athletes form over 150 countries 18 and the number of different sports increased to seven times as it was at the beginning. Interest in the Special Olympics has spread across the world and cities are now 19 for the honor to host the event. In 2007, the fortieth Special Olympics will 20 in Shanghai. Athletes, their friends, parents and the audience will be proud to welcome Special Olympics to China.
1. A. about 10 B. about 15 C. about 20 D. about 30
2. A. regular B. old C. Special D. new
3. A. games B. events C. competitions D. athletes
4. A. and B. but C. so D. \
5. A. idea B. opinion C. feeling D. sense
6. A. has had B. had C. has D. who has
7. A. to take part B. taking part C. participate D. join
8. A. scoring B. kicking C. to get D. make
9. A. are B. want to C. should be D. can be
10. A. no more than B. more than
C. only D. other
11. A. challenge B. challenging C. challenges D. challenged
12. A. fails B. failing C. failed D. to fail
13. A. honor B. love C. sympathy D. dignity
14. A. Fortunately B. Sadly C. publicly D. Recently
15. A. that B. which C. what D. they
16. A. why B. how C. what D. if
17. A. 1886 B. 1932 C. 1895 D. 1968
18. A. took part B. joined in C. participated in D. attended
19. A. searching B. applying C. competing D. voting
20. A. take place B. hold C. be holding D. happen
2005高考英语辽宁卷
Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had 36 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 37 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 38 they started the 950-mile journey back.
The journey was unexpectedly 39 and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 40 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had 41 to mark their way home. To make things 42 . Evans, whom they had all thought of 43 the strongest of the five, fell , badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 44 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.
The four who were 45 pushed on at the best speed they could 46 . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 47 fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could 48 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great 49 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 50 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 51 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 52 for another night.
The following morning, 53 the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be 54 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 55 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.
36．A．hit B．fought C．won D．beaten
37．A．growing B．putting C．planting D．laying
38．A．after B．until C．while D．before
39．A．safe B．fast C．short D．slow
40．A．rose B．set C．appeared D．disappeared
41．A．taken up B．cut up C．set up D．picked up
42．A．easier B．better C．bitter D．worse
43．A．to B．upon C．as D．in
44．A．battled B．struggled C．speeded D．waited
45．A．left B．lost C．defeated D．saved
46．A．manage B．try C．employ D．find
47．A．ached B．frozen C．harden D．harmed
48．A．hardly B．never C．seldom D．nearly
49．A．pain B．fear C．trouble D．danger
50．A．all others B．some others C．others D．the others
51．A．away B．with C．off D．on
52．A．bed B．tent C．blanket D．sleeping-bag
53．A．while B．since C．for D．once
54．A．missed B．separated C．passed D．gone
55．A．patiently B．lonely C．alone D．worriedly
2005高考英语 （湖北卷）
You are near the front line of a battle .Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t 36 carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very 39 .In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were 41 .What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes ,you take it 46 it is a war.”But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying 48 your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts , you’ll be 50 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ,” adds Michael .But he always 52 a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war .It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53 ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 55 ,because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
36．A．simply B．really C．merely D．even
37．A．crowd B．house C．battlefield D．camera
38．A．producers B．viewers C．directors D．actors
39．A．dangerous B．exciting C．normal D．disappointing
40．A．stay B．fight C．war D．life
41．A．injured B．buried C．defeated D．saved
42．A．bring B．show C．take D．make
43．A．scenes B．passages C．stories D．contents
44．A．belief B．dream C．duty D．faith
45．A．why B．what C．how D．where
46．A．even so B．ever since C．as if D．even if
47．A．fear B．surprise C．shame D．sadness
48．A．into B．around C．past D．through
49．A．returns B．goes C．continues D．occurs
50．A．there B．away C．out D．home
51．A．leave B．escape C．die D．remain
52．A．hangs B．wears C．holds D．carries
53．A．never B．many times C．some time D．seldom
54．A．consider B．accept C．promise D．guess
55．A．whispering B．laughing C．screaming D．crying
2005高考英语（湖南卷）
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 36 the move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're 39 to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn't seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into own new home.
44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our
new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 47 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. _54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."
36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
41 A. picture B. ground C. sense D. area
42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D.explained
43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D.stepped
44. A. If B. After C. once D.While
45. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D.eagerly
46 A as well B. as usual C. fight away D. on time
47. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch
48. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least
49. A. desert B. city C. state D.country
50. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger
51. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached
52. A. why B. when C. how D. where
53. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect
54. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
55. A. idea B. life C. home D. family
Key : 1~5 CABBD 6~10 ABADB 11~15AADAA 16~20BDAC
辽宁卷：36—40 DCDDC 41—45 CDCBA 46—50 ABAAD 51—55 DBADC
湖北：36.D 37.D 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.A 42.A 43.C 44.B 45.D 46.D 47.A 48.C 49.B 50.A 51.C 52.D 53.B 54.C 55.B
湖南：36-40 DACBC 41-45 CAADD 46-50 BDBAC 51-55 ABCDB