高考英语复习自选训练 完形填空38
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 37 but a failure.”
After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat 39 that could have happened to me. I 40 ! wanted-to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 41 that what people said about me was 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 43 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 44 and went to college. My first novel (小说) 45 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I 54 wish all the people that have put me down had 55 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
36. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
37. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
40. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
41. A. me B. them C. her D. it
42. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
43. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
44. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
45. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
46. A. day B. night C. month D. year
47. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
48. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
49. A. while B. if C. when D. or
50. A. there B. here C. it D. that
51. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
52. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous
53. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
54. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
55. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
答案 36.B 37.A 38.B 39.D 40.B 41.C 42.A 43.D 44.C 45.C 46.A 47.C 48.D 49.C 50.B 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.A 55.B
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
“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
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
答案 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