2008高考完形专练 (4)
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John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had
been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the
1 move out to sea…? If they swam out to sea he could jump in
and get to shore 2 they saw him.
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their 3
was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them
move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks can
4 blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut
deep into the 5 . The blood ran out and he caught it
on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around
his leg to 6 the flow of blood. He then tied a long
piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and 7
it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came
8 toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt
and the sharks raced after it. He was 9 them
away from shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the 10
and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across 11
he turned to look back. A high bony fin（鳍）was
12 through the water toward him. He put his face in the
water and kicked and splashed himself 13 as fast as he
could. The shore was near now. He lifted his head again to 14
and he saw the shore very near. From behind he felt the water rush toward him,
almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost
rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with 15
and he pulled himself up the stones. The shark, 16 by
the smell of blood and the chase（追逐），went
wildly after him. Its great body crashed against 17 .
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the
shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up 18 by others
as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled 19 his
feet.
“So,” he said, “you did not get me.” And he looked down at
the sharks still eating 20 they weren’t hungry.
He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.
1．A．boats
B．sharks C．soldiers D．shells
2．A．before
B．after C．until D．when
3．A．food
B．hunger C．anger D．wish
4．A．fear
B．taste C．drink D．smell
5．A．sand
B．shark C．flesh D．meat
6．A．stop
B．keep C．join D．cause
7．A．pulled
B．wrapped C．connected D．caught
8．A．running
B．racing C．swimming D．jumping
9．A．driving
B．keeping C．preventing D．leading
10．A．sea B．shore C．island D．sand
11．A．before B．while C．unless D．when
12．A．going B．running C．cutting D．swimming
13．A．forward B．backward C．upward D．downward
14．A．cry B．breathe C．swim D．escape
15．A．his feet B．a stick C．his fingers D．the shirt
16．A．interested B．frightened C．disappointed D．excited
17．A．the shore B．Perry C．the stones D．the shells
18．A．lively B．alive C．dead D．friendly
19．A．on B．by C．to D．with
20．A．as though B．even though C．as soon
as D．as long as
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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were
final _1_ . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing
their 2 . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would
have to 3 them in September. There were usually a few
who 4 , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She
had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother
5 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her
mother 6 that she should have an early night and
take a sleeping pill. She promised to 7 her up
in the morning.
Jane was too 8 to fall asleep. Her mind
kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the
9 did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the
examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer 10 of
the questions. Everyone 11 her was writing pages and pages.
12 she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about.
From time to time she looked at her 13 .
Time was running 14 . There was only an hour to 15
. She started one question, wrote two sentences,
16 and tried another. With only half an hour left she
wrote 17 two sentences. By this time she was so worried
that she started 18 . Her whole body shook. It shook
so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible
19 . A minute later, 20 called her name.
1. A. harvests B. exams C. reports D. papers
2. A. exercises B. jobs C. books D. lessons
3. A. take B. write C. attend D. do
4. A. cheated B. succeeded C. passed
D. failed
5.A.cared for B.felt proud of C. worried about D. thought highly of
6. A. insisted B. agreed C. promised D. allowed
7. A. ring B. wake C. bring
D. pick
8. A. sad B. tired C. happy D. nervous
9. A. dream B. pill C. suggestion D. music
10. A. all B. none C. any D. some
11. A. ahead of B. behind C.
in front of D. around
12. A. Unless B. However C. Though D. As
13. A.
watch B. paper C. teacher D. book
14. A. up B. down C. out D. over
15. A. run B. leave C. remain D. go
16. A. gave out B. gave up C.
put off D. put out
17. A. another B. more C. other D. the other
18. A. thinking B. dreaming C. crying
D. writing
19. A. exam B. dream C. story
D. night
20. A. her mother B. her teacher C.
a classmate D. a friend
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I woke up the next morning after a deep sleep, just as it
was getting light. I hadn’t realized how 1 I
was. I went to the mouth of the 2 and looked out. The
weather was still very windy, 3 much less cloudy
and it had stopped raining. I could see the hillside below us.
I woke up my brother and we collected our things and set off
down the 4 . At first it was very
5 to climb down over the rocks. There were also thick
bushes and it was difficult to walk through them. At one stage my brother
stopped and 6 his pack. He took out a T-shirt
and a 7 and cut an arm off the T-shirt.
“What on earth are you doing?” I shouted. “Watch!” he replied, as he tied the
piece of material to a branch of trees: “We 8 find
our way back to the cave. ” I looked around and realized what a good idea this
was. There were hills all around us and one 9 looked
very much like anothe We went on climbing down the hill and
finally came to a small river which 10 through a wood.
It was easy now to follow the river through the trees. We walked on, probably
for about half an hour. 11 we came to a
small farmhouse. Smoke was coming from the chimney and we knocked hard on the
door. However, there was no answer. There was a path that
12 to the farmhouse, so we decided to follow this. We walked
along the path for about twenty minutes and 13
a narrow road. We stopped and wondered. “Which way now?”
14 we were thinking, a small van came round the corner.
We waved and the 15 stopped. “Where do you
want to go? ”
“We don’t know. We’re completely 16 !”
We told her where we lived. “How did you get here?” she asked.
“We were walking on the hills, and
17 came down and we got lost. ” “Jump in. I'll take you to the
next village and you can 18 from here.”
The 19 were wonderful!
It was a baker’s van, and was full of hot bread with the most delicious
20 . “Hungry?” said the driver. We nodded, and she pulled out a long
thin loaf and handed it to us. We were on our way home.
1. A.happy B.sad C.tired D.hungry
2. A.hill B.cave C.farmhouse D.window
3. A.and B.but C.however D.so
4 A.road B.way C.direction D.hillside
5. A.easy B.wonderful C.interesting D.difficult
6. A.threw off B.started off C.took off D.Searched for
7. A.knife B.book C.picture D.material
8. A.need to B.can C.may D.will
9. A.cave B.tree C.T-shirt D.hill
10. A.led B.passed C.showed D.floated
11. A.In
the end B.Quickly C.Suddenly D.The moment
12. A.led up B.set up C.wound up D.put up
13. A.found B.came to C.looked for D.discovered
14. A.Because B.While C.What D.As soon as
15. A.farmer B.baker C.driver D.brother
16. A.lost B.hungry C.unknown D.puzzled
17. A.wind B.rain C.night D.clouds
18. A.arrive B.remember C.understand D.telephone
19. A. sight B.journey C.van D.adventure
20. A. color B.shape C.smell D.taste
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In history, a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on
horseback. He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows. The work was
dirty, tiring and not very well paid.
People in the western states had
to 1 cattle at low cost and send them by railway
to the eastern 2 . But someone had to 3 the
cattle and get them to the nearest railroad. This was the job of a cowboy.
Sometimes the 4 was more than a thousand
kilometers away and it could take as 5 as six months to move the cattle. The 6 was long but the cattle were driven
7 so as not to lose 8 . Then they could be sold at a good price.
Most cowboys were young,
9 men. A good horse
10 their job of moving cattle much easier. A good cowboy
11 cows and knew how to control them. At night, he
12 to the cows to keep them calm. In the late 1800s, America was changing from
a nation of farm to one of 13 and cities. The cowboy
seemed 14 compared with other Americans doing ordinary
jobs.
Today, the 15
of cowboys has 16 greatly. One change is the
use of trucks. The job is not so 17 as it used to be.
And cowboys are better 18 now. They are
19 to be married. Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck
drivers. Some work for big companies. 20 at night and
on weekends, they become cowboys. These part- time cowboys increase the total
production of meat, keeping the beef price low.
1．A. get B. buy C. sell
D. raise
2．A. markets B. countries
C. cities D. stories
3．A. deal with B. find out C.
look after D. pay off
4．A. road B. railroad C.
state D. farm
5．A. good B. much C.
long D. far
6．A. journey B. trip C.
tour D. travel
7．A. hurriedly B. smoothly C.
slowly D. carefully
8．A. mind B. direction
C. head D. weight
9．A. unmarried B. proud C.
strong D. educated
10．A. had B. made C.
found D. helped
11．A. recognized B. understood
C. owned D. kept
12．A. whispered B. shouted C. cried
D. sang
13．A. towns B. factories C. companies
D. villages
14．A. free B. brave C. easy D.
pleased
15．A. manner B. job C. life D. mind
16．A. changed B. developed C. improved
D. realized
17．A. tiring B. hard C. exciting D.
dangerous
18．A. known B. paid C. treated D.
dressed
19．A. afraid B. eager C. worried D.
likely
20．A. Because B. And C. When D. But
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