高三英语完形专项训练三
Passage 1
It is true that paper can not last long. But is there any 36 that would last as long as stone and as easy to 37 as paper? The Babylonians discovered just such a material. 38 an Englishman unearthed a large library of a king of Babylonia, 39 books were made of clay.
This is the way these books were 40 . They just made a sheet of clay of proper 41 and thickness, and wrote on it with a sharp 42 . These books of clay, 43 they had been dried and fired in an oven, could last 44 as long as stone. Such books will not 45 up in a fire nor be spoiled by wetness; nor will they be 46 by mice or rats. It is true that they could be 47 , but the broken pieces of the book can be 48 and fitted together. The Englishman had to work a very long 49 with broken sheets which have been discovered there before he got them all put together 50 .
There were 30,000 sheets in the library.
Every book was made 51 many sheets, as our books have many leaves. It was, of course, 52 to sew them together as we 53 now with our books. So all the clay sheets had to be 54 and the name of the book had to be placed on 55 .
36. A. paper B. material C. wood D. cloth
37. A. write B. carve C. write on D. carve in
38. A. Recently B. Lately C. Later D. Immediately
39. A. which B. that C. where D. whose
40. A. made B. invented C. discovered D. found
41. A. thinness B. size C. color D. material
42. A. pen B. stick C. tooth D. finger
43. A. while B. if C. after D. as soon as
44. A. exactly B. hardly C. only D. almost
45. A. turn B. keep C. break D. burn
46. A. caught B. eaten C. stolen D. used
47. A. broken B. watered C. burned D. lost
48. A. kept B. sewn C. collected D. thrown
49. A. time B. year C. century D. month
50. A. completely B. properly C. hurriedly D. separately
51. A. ready for B. from C. up of D. into
52. A. easy B. impossible C. important D. interesting
53. A. make B. tie C. pick D. do
54. A. counted B. copied C. numbered D. pointed
55. A. everyone B. someone C. some one D. every one
Answers
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To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your students, you must be 36 -speaking, with a good, strong, 37 voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to 38 what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
39 a good teacher and you will see that he does not sit still before his class; he 40 the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his 41 , hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his 42 . Listen to him, and you will 43 the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always 44 according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t 45 that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for. There are very important 46 between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The 47 has to speak out words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the 48 words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually 49 beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem 50 on the stage.
A good teacher 51 in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his 52 :they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t 53 something, they will say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must 54 it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who were fine 55 in class but unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn’t keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.
36．A．clear B．slow C．small D．low
37．A．frightening B．fearing C．exciting D．pleasing
38．A．act out B．talk about C．say out D．speak out
39．A．Listen B．Look C．Watch D．Learn
40．A．stands B．sits C．lies D．talks
41．A．tongue B．words C．legs D．arms
42．A．attention B．thanks C．feelings D．sentences
43．A．hear B．see C．think D．guess
44．A．making B．changing C．expressing D．giving
45．A．tell B．express C．show D．mean
46．A． things B．differences C．points D．jobs
47．A．actor B． teacher C．boy D．student
48．A．different B．same C．above D．following
49．A．read B．known C．fixed D．written
50．A．natural B．bad C．false D．clear
51．A．is B．works C．has D．teaches
52．A．group B．party C．class D．play
53．A．give B．place C．obey D．hear
54．A．invent B．discover C．teach D．continue
55．A．learners B．watchers C．actors D．listeners
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Passage 3
That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 21 for seventeen years, I had no 22 about my ability to hold their attention and to 23 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted," 24 !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 25 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness(尴尬) was over, I quickly 26 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect--perhaps 27 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students 28 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 29 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today. 30 her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 31 theme. "Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 32 for all the works we'll study in class," I complained." How 33 they say I didn't teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it 34 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 35 of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to raise 36 questions and provide enough background so that students could 37 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide 38 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
39 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 40 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
21. A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Australia
22. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience
23. A. impress B. put C. leave D. fix
24. A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up
25. A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried
26. A. found B. returned C. regained D. followed
27. A. more B. even C. yet D. still
28. A. passed B. borrowed C. read D. kept
29. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved
30. A. Naturally B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably
31. A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual
32. A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background
33. A. should B. need C. will D. must
34. A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually
35. A. that B. what C. those D. ones
36. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual
37. A. draw B. look C. search D. offer
38. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious
39. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Though
40. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better
Answers
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My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 36 , but I always knew he was 37 . He never criticized (批评) us, but used 38 to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish If you don’t give them water, they die.” I 39 as a child I said something 40 about somebody, and my father said, “ 41 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best 42 people, I would get the best 43 . From then on I’ve always tried to 44 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very 45 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 46 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 47 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, 48 any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad 49 me to go into law. And I’ve 50 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 51 I didn’t pursue my 52 . You know what you want. Go fulfill（实现）it.”
As 53 turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 54 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 55 me.
36. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener
37. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned
38.A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth
39. A. think B. imagine C. remember D. guess
40. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual
41. A. Another B. Some C. Any D. Other
42. A. on B. in C. at D. about
43. A. in case B. by turns C. by chance D. in return
44. A. revise B. set C. review D. follow
45. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding
46. A. taking up B. making up C. picking up D. keeping up
47. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice
48. A. and B. as C. even if D. as if
49. A. helped B. allowed C. persuaded D. suggested
50. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost
51. A. rather B. but C. for D. therefore
52. A. promise B. task C. belief D. dream
53. A. this B. he C. it D. that
54. A. newspaper B. magazine C. program D. project
55. A. controlled B. comforted C. reminded D. raised
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