完形填空专题
江苏省常州市2021届高三上学期期中检测英语试卷
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As soon as the words left my mouth,I knew I'd made a mistake."You think Jane ＿41_?" the man opposite me asked in disbelief. Then,he and his colleague took turns to_42 my claim.
＂I just mean.."I said in a bright voice, in order to keep the tone_43_,“that she's not as biting as Virginia Woolf."
The two professors,like a couple of cats toying with a_44_bird,gave specific examples of how Austen' s work was, 45_,more biting.With no more action to take,I simply smiled and said,"Let's just agree to disagree, shall we?" And at that moment,my dreams of going to Oxford
University 46 in a puff of smoke.
Part of my problem was a_47_of confidence.Even though I was a straight A student and had prepared for the interview to the best of my ability, I wasn't a skilled_48_.When faced with two experts who told me that I was wrong,instead of_49_mylf,I rolled over and accepted 50
So,months later,I already knew the_51_of my thin envelope when it appeared on my doormat._52_,I felt a pang of disappointment. However,failing my Oxford interview provided a_53_life lesson.I'm now more confident of my opinions,and I try to_54_my points with hard evidence.What's more,I have never since_55_a discussion by giving a simpering smile and saying,"Let's just agree to disagree,shall we?"
ble B.soft C.beautiful D.clumsy
42.A.appreciate B.submit C.challenge D.substitute
43.A.pleasing B.rious C.low D.light
44.A.frightened B.brave C.fragile D.naughty
the contrary B.by no means C.for example D.beyond expectation
46.A.developed B.arrived C.disappeared D.shifted
47.A.matter B.lack. C.n D.kind
48.A.debater B.learner C.fighter D.educator
pressing B.behaving C.defending D.identifying
uth B.advice C.prejudice D.defeat
51.A.details B. spirits C.contents D.statistics
52.A. Frequently B.Originally C.Absolutely D.Naturally
pical B.valuable C.mirable D.temporary
54.A.make up B.take up C.pick up D.back up
ded B.mended C.attended D.extended
完形填空41-45 BCDAA 46-50 CBACD 51-55 CDBDA
03完形填空答案：
41-45 BCDAA 46-50 CBACD 51-55 CDBDA
这篇完型主要讲了作者去剑桥大学面试时自己的观点收到质疑，但当时自己缺乏自信，所以没有进行辩论，并没能被录取。但是从此以后，作者吸取教训，变得更加自信。文章本身理解起来较容易，所考察的词汇虽然并不冷门，但是需要学生明白词义之间具体的区别，从而排除迷惑选项，主要考察学生词义辨析和固定搭配，属于有一定难度的完型，可能的难题是43,44,52。
详细解析：
第41题 根据后面说我觉得自己说错话了，而且第二段说not as biting(尖锐) as,所以这里应该是作者说Austen is soft。
第42题 根据前面说我知道自己说错话了，对面的男人也表达出了他的难以置信可知，这里是他们轮番挑战我的言论，及和我辩论，因此选challenge。
第43题 根据前面用的是“I just mean”，而且作者也知道说错了，因此是作者因心虚而想使语调听起来轻松，照应前面的bright voice，因此是light，low只是音量低，但是前面有了bright，用light更与其呼应。
第44 题 根据下文作者没有再说什么来辩解，下一段也描述了自己的不自信，而且这里用的是toy with表示玩弄，可知，这里是将牛津的教授比作猫，而形成对比的作者像一只受惊的小鸟，frightened。而fragile形容人表示thin and delicate，与这里情境不相符，这里主要是体现对权威人士观点的敬畏和害怕。
第45题 根据作者前面说觉得Austen不如Virginia Woolf尖锐可知，这里是填on the contrary,相反地，教授们向我举例证明Austen更尖锐。
第46题 根据此处作者受到了反驳，并且选择放弃解释可知，她是感到失落的，因此是她的梦想消失了，选disappeared。
第47题 从前文作者在教授举例后没有采取行动可知，作者是缺乏自信的，选lack。
第48题 根据前文作者没有进行据理力争可知，这里是作者虽然是个好学生，但是不是个娴熟的辩论者，选debater。
第49题 根据前面是instead of，以及作者实际采取的行动可知，这里是我没有为自己辩护，而是选择接受，defend sb可表示为某人辩护，这里作者已经表达过自己的观点，只是观点受到了挑战，需要去辩论，所以选express没有选defend来的好。
第50题 根据前面作者选择不再说什么，缺乏自信可知，这里是她接受失败，选defeat。
第51题 根据前一段作者叙述了自己的不自信可知，这里是她已经猜到薄薄的信封里的内容，即她可能不会被录取。
第52题 自然而然，她感受到的是一种强烈的失望情绪，这里应该2句话之间是一种因果关系，naturally引导因果关系。所以选D。
第53题 根据前面是失望，这里转折可知，肯定是填褒义词，牛津大学面试的失败给我上了宝贵的一课，选valuable最合适。
第54题 根据前半句我现在更加自信可知，我是尝试用确凿的证据来支撑我的观点，因此是back up，表示支持。
第55题 根据后面的by giving a simpering smile……可知，这里是自那以后我再也没有用一个苦笑着说“我们就保持各自的想法吧”来结束一场讨论，end sth. by sth，用……来结束……。04语法填空
江苏省无锡市2021届上学期高三期中调研英语
第一节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The town of Paradi has suffered a fire, which lasted 17 days and caud a loss of $16.5 billion. As a result, the beautifully named place 41 its beauty.
Shane Grammer, Creative Director for Disney’s theme parks in Los Angeles, paid clo attention to the news of the fire’s deadly path. In fact, he felt quite 42 to help when ei
ng the picture shared by his friend, in which only a white chimney of his hou 43 after the fire.
“I’ve got to 44 that chimney,” he said. “I’m not trying to say anything. It’s just that I’m an artist. And it was a(n) 45 for me to express mylf and be an artist, wasn’t it?”
Grammer spent three hours spray-painting the image of a woman on the chimney in black and white, which was 46 mysterious. Perhaps it rved as a(n) 47 of the beauty of life or just life itlf.
