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1、- 1 -南昌市 2014高考英语完形填空训练（26）及答案或解析完形填空(共 20小题;每小题 1.5分,满分 30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 3655 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good _36_ in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him. For a moment, I thought he
2、might be 38 , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a
3、 very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong . He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.His friends main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player,
4、and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis courts; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 48 that maybe ther
5、e were more private courts in the country than he 49 , but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brothers lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had
6、a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbor had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brothers house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything. - 2 -“Would your friends name happen to be
7、Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He _54_and said, “Yes. Would your brothers name happen to be Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes.” I replied.36 Abrother Bteacher Cneighbour Dfriend37 Amanaged Bhappened Ctried Dwanted38 Aexpecting B1ying Cjoking Dtalking39 Afunny Bserious Ccareful Ddisappoint
8、ed40 A. think Bfind Crealize Dsee41 Aindeed Bactually Cinstead Dexactly42 Afamous Binteresting Cnoisy Dbig43 Abegan Bstopped Crefused Dfailed44 Aproblem Binterest Cchoice Dwork45 Ajust Bever Ceven Dsurely46 Asuit Bhabit Cpools Driver47 Apeople Bplayers Cstrangers Dfriends48 Aadvised Bargued Cadmitte
9、d Dannounced49 Arecognized Brealized Cvisited Dfound50 Ahow Bwhether Cwhen Dwhere51 Abecause Bif Cthen Dthough52 Adoctor Bfriend Cneighbour Dplayer53 Arented Bvisited Cdesigned Dsold54 Asmiled B1aughed Ccried Dnodded55 Achance Bpleasure Ctime Dturn参考答案3640 DBCBA 4145 CDABC 4650 CACBD 5155 AAABD*结束-
10、3 -Passage *Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the 36 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeas
11、t Scotland and began 37 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 38 .Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 39 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never40 me.”“My 41 was to bec
12、ome a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 42 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 43 the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动 ) I feel through my body and through my 44 .My entire sound world exists by making use of
13、 almost every 45 that I have.”“I was 46 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 47 this before and some teachers 48 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 49 admitted and went on to 50 with th
14、e academys highest honours.”“After that, I established myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I 51 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 52 had been written specially for solo percussionists.”“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 53 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didnt 54 that my passion couldnt be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 55 by others. Follow your - 4 -passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the
