高考英语完形填空真题详解
1990年高考英语完形填空真题详解
While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a ___1___ hou. One ___2___ my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was ___3___ the window. I suddenly ___4___ that he was turning very pale. I sat ___5___, for I did not want to __6__ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ___7___ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine is ___8___ here to e me this evening, and I wish to be ___9___ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We ___10___, went to our room and clod the door.
Soon I heard a ___11___ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ___12___ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ___13___ near, I ized the pistol(手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, "For God’s sake(快!), child, ___14___ the door. " I did so. To my horror(恐怖), I saw, ___15___ my father’s shoulder, a gorilla(大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in ___16___. He was ___17___ my father. I raid the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with ___18___ loud cry. Father took th
e ___19___ smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which ___20___ the gorilla.
It happened that father had ___21___ us upstairs becau he thought he would be able to ___22___ the door ––– which was twenty feet away –––___23___ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ___24___ for him; and this was the cau of the ___25___ flight(逃跑) up the stairs.
1. A. two-storeyed B. two storeyed C. two-storeys D. two storeys
2. A. o’clock B. night C. evening D. time
3. A. towards B. opposite C. inside D. behind
4. A. knew B. learned C. felt D. noticed
5. A. still B. lonely C. sadly D. unhappily
6. A. hurt B. frighten C. lo D. trouble
7. A. loud B. sad C. calm D. pleasant
8. A. moving B. staying C. running D. coming
9. A. friendly to B. alone with C. helpful to D. careful with
10. A. promid B. trembled C. obeyed D. replied
11. A. sound B. cry C. voice D. shout
12. A. to B. down C. through D. up
13. A. some difficulty B. a thief C. some danger D. an accident
14. A. open B. clo C. pull D. draw
15. A. on B. above C. over D. from
16. A. South America B. Africa C. South Asia D. Europe
17. A. aiming at B. marching towards C. shooting at D. running after
18. A. an exciting B. a calm C. an angry D. a natural
19. A. still B. yet C. even D. already
20. A. hit B. murdered C. frightened D. killed
21. A. taken B. nt C. driven D. forced
22. A. push B. lock C. guard D. defend
23. A. until B. when C. before D. though
24. A. quick B. huge C. heavy D. stupid
25. A. anxious B. fearless C. excited D. hurried
【答案与解释】
先通读短文，了解大意：“我”父亲是英军的一位军官，“我”与妹妹随父亲一起在部队里。有一天傍晚，一只大猩猩来袭击我家，当时父亲为了不让“我”和妹妹不受惊吓，借故要我们
上楼。之后，他因未来得及关上门而让大猩猩闯入了我家。再后，父亲上楼，大猩猩后面追，我闻知拿枪开门，并开枪打伤了大猩猩。最后父亲接过枪，开枪将大猩猩击毙。
1. A。类似的表达法有：one-eyed(独眼的)，three-legged(三条腿的)等(注：这是九十年代以来，高考英语完形填空题中唯一道纯语法题，从此以后这样的纯语法题再也没有在高考完形填空题中出现过)。
2. C。这里选 A,D 显然不行，选 B(night)与语境也不符,因为既然是“晚上”，父亲又怎么能通过窗子看到外面的大猩猩呢? 另外须注意的是下文(第8空之后)也出现了 evening 这样的暗示性的词。
3. B。这里若选 C,D 都显然不行。选 A(towards)的话，这是一个动态介词，表示“朝……方向”，也不行，而选 B 刚好符合语境：正由于父亲坐在窗子对面(opposite the window)，所以才能通过窗子看见外面的大猩猩。
4. D。“我”发现父亲的脸色变得苍白，这是由视觉得出的结果， 所以这里选 noticed 最合语境。
5. A。这里的 still 意为“一动不动”。
6. B。父亲发现大猩猩，脸色变得苍白，此时按理我要问问父亲出了什么事；但是由于妹妹有病(sick)，所以我坐着一动不动(still)，这显然是为了不“使妹妹受惊吓”，所以选 frighten 正合语境。
7. C。联系上面的语境:为了不让妹妹受惊吓，这时父亲虽然知道大猩猩来的危险，但仍用“平静的”(calm)的声音借故要我们上楼去。
8. D。因为这是直接引语,从语境上看此处应用一般将来时态(注：此题虽有其语境因素，但也有一定的语法特征。这类题在以后的高考完形填空题中很少出现)。
9. B。此句的下文是：父亲要我们上楼去，也就是说他要与这位“朋友”单独相处(alone with)。
10. C。这里的 obeyed 意为“照办”。这从下文显然可知。
11. A。联系下文，这显然是指听到“像门被冲开的声音(heard a sound like that of a door burst in)”，因为从常识上说，“门被冲开”不可能发出像 cry, voice, shout 等之类的声音。
12. D。因为上文说：“我”和妹妹上了楼，下文又说：父亲叫“我”开门。 这就说明现在父亲正在“上(up)”楼梯。
13. C。下文说：我从桌上拿起了手枪，这说明是“有危险”。
14. A。因为“我”和妹妹上楼后，把门关了起来， 所以现在父亲是叫我们把门 “打开(open)”。
15. C。此题 A, B 选项易排除。但为什么选 C 而不选 D 呢？当时的情景是：父亲在楼梯上，“我”从上往下看，通过父亲的肩膀，看到其后的是一只大猩猩。这里用 over 表示“我”与父亲有一段距离；若用 from，它表示的是“我”从父亲的肩膀那儿往下看(即“我”和父亲在一起，不合语境)。
16. B。这道题其实很简单，从某种角度上来说它主要考察考生是否细心。因为前文第一句就出现了in South Africa 这样的暗示。粗心的考生此处会选有可能 A(South America)。
17. D。若选 A(aiming at), C(shooting at)这显然不合情理，因为大猩猩怎么会能“瞄准”或“射击”？选 B(marching towards)与语境也不符。
18. C。大猩猩被我打了一枪，并从楼梯上退下去。从常识上看，此时大猩猩应该是发出一个“愤怒的”(angry)的声音。
19. A，20. D。指当时父亲从我手上接过还在(still) 冒烟的枪，又开了一枪；这一枪就击毙(killed)了大猩猩。
21. B。若选 C(driven), D(forced)，显然不合上文语境：父亲对孩子说“请你们上楼到自己的房间去好吗?”若选 A (taken) 也不对，因 take指自己亲自带去。选 B(nt)正合语境要求。
22. B，23. C，24. A。父亲之所以强作镇静把我们叫上楼去，一方面是为了使有病的妹妹不受惊吓，另一方面则是他以为他能够赶在大猩猩进屋之前(before)把门闩(lock)好。但是，父亲未来得及，因为大猩猩太快(quick)了。
25. D。这可以从52空这一句的暗示可知。
1991年高考英语完形填空真题详解
It was a cold winter’s afternoon, Robert stopped for a moment as he crosd the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any ___1___ on the river. ___2___ the bridge, however, almost directly below, ___3___ was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was ___4___ wearing many clothes, Robert ___5___. He shivered(打了个寒颤) and walked on.
