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1、无锡市2014高考英语一轮完形填空和阅读理解（精品）训练（24）附答案 .完形填空Words：342难度系数：建议用时：17分钟Another persons enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia.My father _1_ me to her with these words：“I would like y
2、ou to meet the fellow who is _2_ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no _3_ than tomorrow morning.”My stepmother walked over to me, _4_ my head slightly upward，and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied，“You are _5_.This i
3、s not the worst boy at all，_6_ the smartest one who hasnt yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”That statement began a(n) _7_ between us.No one had ever called me smart.My family and neighbors had built me up in my _8_ as a bad boy.My stepmother changed all that.She changed many things.She _
4、9_ my father to go to a dental school，from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county seat，where my fathers career could be more _10_ and my brothers and I could be better _11_.When I turned fourteen，she bought me a secondhand _12_ and told me that she believed that I could
5、become a writer.I knew her enthusiasm，I _13_ it，and I saw how it had already improved our lives.I accepted her _14_ and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of _15_ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my lifes work later.I wa
6、snt the _16_ beneficiary(受益者)My father became the _17_ man in town.My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician，a dentist，a lawyer，and a college president.What power _18_ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of ones purpose and is _19_strengthened by faith，it becomes an irres
7、istible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never _20_.You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.【解题导语】继母的出现改变了作者的一生，也让整个家庭旧貌换新颜。她的热情深深感染了作者，让作者领悟到了热情的神奇力量。1A.rushedBsentCcarried Dintroduced解析：选D。根据作者的父亲所说的
8、话可知他是在把作者“介绍”给作者的继母。2A.distinguished BfavoredCmistaken Drewarded解析：选A。在父亲的眼中，作者不是一个好孩子，而以本地最坏的孩子“著称”。distinguished“著名的”。3A.sooner BlaterClonger Dearlier解析：选B。父亲认为作者是本地最坏的孩子，显然不会轻而易举地接受继母，不“迟于”明天早上就会向她扔石头。4A.dragged BshookCraised Dbent解析：选C。根据本段后半部分继母的话可知她不赞同作者父亲的观点，而是非常欣赏作者，认为作者只是没有把潜能发挥出来，因此表现出来的是爱
9、意，所以是轻轻地“扶起”作者的头。A项表示“拉”；B项表示“摇动”；C项表示“扶起，抬起”；D项表示“倾斜”。5A.perfect BrightCwrong Dimpolite解析：选C。根据引号中的话可知她认为作者父亲的观点是“错误的”。6A.but BsoCand Dor解析：选A。他根本不是最坏的孩子，而是还没有找到释放热情的途径的最聪明的孩子。本句是“not.but.”结构，表示“不是而是”。7A.agreement BfriendshipCgap Drelationship解析：选B。作者没有想到继母会如此欣赏自己，自然一开始就与她建立了“友谊”。两个人本来就是母子关系，所以D项不恰
10、当。8A.opinion BimageCexpectation Dmind解析：选D。作者的家人和邻居已经让作者在脑海中形成了根深蒂固的观念，认为自己是一个坏男孩。9A.begged BpersuadedCordered Dinvited解析：选B。根据本句后半部分的内容可知她“说服”了作者的父亲去上牙医学校。10A.successful BmeaningfulChelpful Duseful解析：选A。她搬家的目的是想让作者父亲的事业更加“成功”。最后两项的意思基本相同，可排除。11A.treated BentertainedCeducated Drespected解析：选C。根据下一段开头
11、部分提到的作者的年龄可推测她搬家也是为了让孩子更好地“受教育”。12A.camera BradioCbicycle Dtypewriter解析：选D。她相信作者可以成为一名作家，结合选项，继母应该是给作者买了一台二手“打字机”。13A.considered BsuspectedCignored Dappreciated解析：选D。她发现了作者的写作才能并加以鼓励，作者自然对此非常“感激”。14A.belief BrequestCcriticism Ddescription解析：选A。作者接受了她的“信念”。此处与该段第一句话中的believed相呼应。15A.teaching Bwriting
12、Cstudying Dreading解析：选B。上文叙述的是“写作”的事情，再根据空处前面的“the same kind of”可知选B项。16A.next BsameConly Dreal解析：选C。根据后面两句话的内容可知作者不是“唯一的”受益者。17A.cleverest BwealthiestCstrongest Dhealthiest解析：选B。上文提到继母说服了作者的父亲去上牙医学校，并举家搬迁以便让他的事业更加成功，由此可推断作者的父亲成为了城镇中最“富有的”人。18A.enthusiasm BsympathyCfortune Dconfidence解析：选A。所有的这一切都是“
13、热情”的力量！文章中多次出现的关键词enthusiasm也是答案提示。19A.deliberately BhappilyCtraditionally Dconstantly解析：选D。当热情释放的能量来支撑一个人的目标，并且这一能量“不断地”被信仰强化时，它就会产生不可抗拒的力量。20A.win BmatchCreach Ddoubt解析：选B。热情所释放出来的巨大能量是贫穷和暂时的失败所不能“匹敌”的。*结束Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave u
14、ntil five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line(排队), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe(咖啡馆). He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror(镜子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Toms workmates came in and sat with Tom. “What time is your bus?” asked Mike. “Theres plenty of time yet,” answere
