2014年高考英语复习指导：完形填空

【摘要】高考复习的重点一是要掌握所有的知识点，二就是要大量的做题，精品学习网的编辑就为各位考生带来了2014年高考英语复习指导：完形填空

Ⅱ.完形填空

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure，please read on.For often，achieving what you __1__ to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a __2__ hole behind their house.As they were working，a couple of older boys stopped by to __3__.

“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.

“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” one of the brothers __4__ excitedly.

The older boys began to laugh，__5__ the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was __6__.After a long __7__，one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders，worms and a wide variety of insects.He __8__ the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑的) __9__.

Then he said quietly and __10__，“Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth，look what we have found along the way!”

Their __11__ was far too ambitious，but it did __12__ them to dig.And that is what a goal is for--to cause us to move in the __13__ we have chosen; __14__，to set us to digging!

But not every goal will be fully __15__.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.Not every dream will be __16__.

But when you __17__ your aim，perhaps you can say，“Yes，__18__ look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”

It is in the __19__ that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey，in the end，that truly __20__.

1.A.look forward B.set out

C.set about D.give in

答案：B　[set out to do sth.开始干某事，着手干某事，比较：set about doing sth]

2.A.wide B.deep C.large D.shallow

答案：B　[从下文all the way through the earth可知应选deep]

3.A.watch B.discuss C.introduce D.instruct

答案：A　[从上下文可以看出，几个大男孩是过来看热闹的。]

4.A.whispered B.commented

C.lectured D.volunteered

答案：D　[What are you doing?是问弟兄俩的，其中一个主动作了回答。因此用volunteered，其他选项意思不附]

5.A.expressing B.explaining

C.telling D.arguing

答案：C　[全句的意思是“几个大男孩笑了，告诉比他们小的弟兄俩，挖个洞穿过地球是不可能的。”]

6.A.unnecessary B.impossible

C.unbelievable D.incorrect

答案：B　[见5解释]

7.A.silence B.intention

C.recreation D.imagination

答案：A　[after a long silence “沉默了很长时间”，在这里的意思是，弟兄俩没有再理会他们，而是继续干活，直至他们挖出了一个盛满了蜘蛛、蠕虫和各种昆虫的坛子。]

8.A.folded B.covered C.removed D.deleted

答案：C　[removed the lid “拿掉盖子”， 符合题意。]