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2005年高考英语完形填空真题详解·安徽卷

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ___36___ and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be ___37___ but a failure.”
After five years of ___38___ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best ___39___ that could have happened to me. I ___40___ I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to ___41___ that what people said about me was ___42___. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s ___43___ it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ___44 and went to college. My first novel (小说) ___45___ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the ___46___ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a ___47___ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ___48___ that job to write full time ___49___ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself—___50___ was a working-class boy who’d ___51___ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and ___52___, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ___53___ what does it mean? I ___54___ wish all the people that have put me down had ___55___: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
36. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
37. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
39. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
40. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
41. A. me B. them C. her D. it
42. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
43. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
44. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
45. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
46. A. day B. night C. month D. year
47. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
48. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
49. A. while B. if C. when D. or
50. A. there B. here C. it D. that
51. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
52 A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous
53. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
54. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
55. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
【答案与解析】
本文主要讲我们即便身处劣境，也不要气馁，而应保持积极的心态，努力进取。同时作者也希望人们能给那些表现不很出色的人多一些鼓励。
36. B。前句说“我”在学校表现不好，故此处用useless表示校长认为“我”是一个“无用”的人。
37. A。anything but 是习语，意为“决不”“根本不”，与其前的否定词never构成双重否定，表示强调的肯定，即校长认为我肯定是一个失败的人。
38. B。从下文来看，情况一直都不好，故用poor。
39. D。对“我”这样一个境况如此糟糕的人来说，能与 a very nice middle-class girl谈恋爱，当然是一件最好的事了。
40. B。此处指作者下决心(decide)要做一些积极的事情以改变自己的境况。
41. C。此处指作者要向其女朋友证明不像别人所说的那样不行。
42. A。指作者想证明，人们认为他不行的看法是错误的(wrong)。
43. D。Let’s face it 意为“咱们面对现实吧”。
44. C。根据下一句提到的 my first novel 可知此处应填空C。
45. C。come out 在此指“出版”。
46. A。与下文的evening class 相对，处指用 during the day。
47. C。get a degree 指获得学位。degree 意为“学位”。
48. D。此处指作者想辞掉工作做一个专职作家，故用give up。
49. C。指就在那时作者得到了一份在大学兼职的工作，when意为“就在那时”。
50. B。此处here表示一种自豪的心态。
51. A。leave school 指“退学”。
52. D。下文中说作者出现在电视上，并且与rich 并列，因此填famous。
53. B。but 表转折，即有钱和有名又能意味什么呢?
54. A。/ 55. B。此句的意思是：“我”只是想，要是那些曾经瞧不起我的人能说“我想信你，你会成功的”该是多好啊。

2005年高考英语完形填空真题详解·北京卷

Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ___36___.
I wanted to do something very ___37___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ___38___ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___39___ it looked almost new. I was so ___40___ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.
I could ___41___ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to ___42___ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ___43___:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so ___44___. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ___45___ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ___46___.
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ___47___ this expensive gift.
Of course, the ___48___ awoke, and my son was thrilled(激动的)with my reaction. Many kisses were ___49___, and I immediately wanted him to ___50___ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ___51___ what I was expecting. Then I ___52___ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ___53___ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ___54___ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to ___55___ this story.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
36. A. hope B. advice C. support D. courage
37. A. polite B. similar C. special D. private
38. A. played B. studied C. traveled D. worked
39. A. after B. before C. unless D. until
40. A. sure B. fond C. proud D. confident
41. A. perhaps B. really C. almost D. hardly
42. A. start B. cook C. set D. serve
43. A. note B. notice C. word D. sign
44. A. disturbed B. confused C. astonished D. inspired
45. A. give B. take C. draw D. teach
46. A. reason B. request C. comment D. response
47. A. present B. afford C. find D. order
48. A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house
49. A. exchanged B. experienced C. expected D. exhibited
50. A. tear B. open C. check D. receive
51. A. purely B. basically C. obviously D. exactly
52. A. realized B. remembered C. imagined D. supposed
53. A. only B. still C. ever D. even
54. A. works B. exists C. matters D. counts
55. A. send B. publish C. share D. write
【答案与解析】
本文通过讲述一对母子互相为对方买礼物的故事，说明世界上仍有无私的爱的存在。
36. A。针对Laura对“当今世界是否有无私的真爱”的怀疑态度，作者通过自己的亲身经历来说明无私的真爱是存的。比较4个选项，同时结合下文的内容，只有A最佳。
37. C。下文(51空处)讲，“我”希望看到儿子激动的表情，所以是想给儿子一个特殊的(special)礼物。
38. D。因为要挣钱买摩托车，所以整个夏天都在work。
39. D。此处指儿子在这辆二手摩托车上花费了很长时间，一直到(until)它看上去跟新车一样。
40. C。从搭配上看，四个选项都是对的，即：be sure of对……有把握，be fond of喜欢， be proud of为……而骄傲，be confident of对……有信心(把握)。但根据文章意思可知，作者的儿子是一个优秀而且很懂事的孩子，所以作者应该是对他引以自豪。
41. D。此处指母亲等不及希望儿子早点见到礼物，描述的是母亲的迫切的心情。hardly 意为“几乎不”。
42. A。由于 tea 和 morning goodies 无需cook，故排除B；而set 和 serve 不合语境。start 在此表示“开始准备”。
43. A。note在此指“字条”“便条”。
44. C。没想到儿子会给自己买keyboard，所感到很吃惊。另外，根据下文的I stood there shocked 也可推知答案。
45. B。根据下文说的 Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one 可知，作者还不会弹钢琴，此处用take lessons表示“上课”，也就是学钢琴。
46. D。作者想拥有一架钢琴，而她的丈夫的答复是Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one。
47. B。此处指作者想知道儿子是怎样弄到那么钱来买这个礼物的。afford 指“付得起钱”。
48. D。家里人都醒了，也就是整个屋子的人都醒了，这是拟人的写法。
49. A。指家人之间因高兴而互相亲吻。比较：exchange交换，experience经历，expect期待，exhibit展览。
50. B。此处用open 表示打开礼物的包装。
51. D。此处指作者的儿子看到礼物后脸上的表情并不像作者所期待的那样兴奋(因为他把摩托车卖掉了)。exactly意为“确切地”。
52. A。根据作者儿子给她买的贵重礼物以及儿子收到礼物后的表情来看，此时作者意识到儿子是把摩托车给卖掉了。
53. C。ever与最高级连用表示加强语气，ever的意思“一直以来”，又如：It was the best result they’ve ever had. 这是他们历来取得的最好成绩。
54. B。指作者想让 Laura 相信，无私的爱仍然存在(exist)。
55. C。指作者认为Laura 会与自己分享(share)这个故事。

2005年高考英语完形填空真题详解·福建卷

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment (预约) into the outer ___36___of Harvard’s president. But they were ___37___ by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, ___38___ that the couple would finally become ___39___ and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though ___40___.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a ___41___ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that ___42___ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was _43___ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to ___44___ a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t ___45___ Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died If we did, this ___46___ would look like a cemetery (墓地).” “Oh, no,” the lady ___47___ quickly, “we don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a ___48___ to Harvard. “The president rolled his eyes and ___49___ at the couple and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any ___50___ how much a building costs? We have spent over $ 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was ___51___, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a ___52___? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. ___53___ their offer was turned down. Mr, and Mrs Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ___54___, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer ___55___ about.
36. A. Lab B. library C. hall D. off ice
37. A. watched B. stopped C. followed D. interviewed
38. A. hoping B. finding C. realizing D. imaging
39. A. surprised B. disappointed C. worried D. troubled
40. A. hopelessly B. carefully C. unexpected D. unwillingly
41. A. pleasant B. funny C. cold D. sad
42. A. attended B. visited C. studied D. served
43 A. clever B. brave C. proud D. happy
44. A. set about B. set up C. take down D. take over
45. A. satisfied B. excited C. moved D. ashamed
46. A. house B. part C. garden D. place
47. A. explained B. expressed C. refused D. admitted
48. A. building B. yard C. playground D. square
49. A. laughed B. shouted C. glanced D. called
50. A. suggestion B. idea C. thought D. opinion
51. A. bored B. astonished C. interested D. pleased
52. A. department B. university C. business D. club
53. A. Once B. While C. Since D. Though
54. A. name B. character C. picture D. sign
55. A. talked B. knew C. beard D. cared
【答案与解析】
本文主要讲述了Stanford大学是怎样创建的。
36. D。Stanford夫妇没有预约来找Harvard的校长，根据常识，他们应该是在校长办公室的外间。
37. B。根据前文讲到的 without an appointment和后文讲到的kept waiting可知，此处指Stanford夫妇被秘书拦住(stopped)了。
38. A。根据For hours, the secretary took no notice of them 这一信息来看，秘书肯定是希望(hoping)他们最后变得失望而离开。
39. B。分析见上题。

40. D。秘书开始对Stanford夫妇不理不睬，是希望他们最后变得失望而离开。但是，他们的坚持最后使得秘书不得不去找校长，故此处用 unwillingly 最合语境。
41. C。从下文可以看出，校长对Stanford夫妇一直很冷淡，而且拒绝了他们的要求。故此处填cold 最佳。
42. A。表示Harvard学习，要用study in Harvard或attend Harvard。
43. D。根据前文的 He love Harvard可知，Stanford夫妇的儿子在Harvard很愉快。
44. B。比较：set about着手工作；set up 建立；take down 拿下，记下；take over 继承；接管。根据与其后宾语的搭配，只有set up 最佳。
45. C。此处指校长并没有被夫妇二人的话所感动。相反，他感到很震惊，并拒绝了他们的请求。
46. D。If we did 在此的意思是“如果我们同意你们哈佛为你们的儿子建一个纪念物的话”，故此处选place，this place 指哈佛大学。
47. A。根据后文Harvard 夫人说的话来看，她是在作解释(explain)。
48. A。根据下文提到的how much a building costs 可以推断出此处填building。
49. C。此处指校长不相信Stanford夫妇有能力盖一座楼，所以他用轻蔑的眼光扫视他们，故用glance 最贴切。
50. B。have an idea about sth 意为“知道……”。
51. D。此处指的是校长感到很高兴，因为他认为现在可以摆脱掉他们了。
52. B。从下文可知，Stanford夫妇想建立了一所属于自己的大学。
53. C。因上下文为因果关系，故用since。
54. A。bear one’s name 意为“用……的名字”“带有……的名字”。
55. D。比较：talk about 谈论；know about 知道，了解；hear about 听说；care about 在乎，关心。根据文章语境，选care about 最佳。

2005年高考英语完形填空真题详解·广东卷

Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ___36___ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ___37___ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his ___38___. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he ___39___ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ___40___. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ___41___ what happened to Persephone, she became so ___42___ that she caused all plants to ___43___ People were in ___44___ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow ___45___ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. ___46___, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ___47___. She could go back to her mother if she had not ___48___ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter ___49___ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus ___50___ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ___51___, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it ___52___ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore ___53___ not let the crops grow. That is ___54___ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ___55___, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again
36. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age
37. A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter
38. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter
39. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept
40. A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission
41. A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
42. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious
43. A. grow fast B. start growing C. stop growing D. grow slowly
44. A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case
45. A. since B. until C. after D. when
46. A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades
47. A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey
48. A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard
49. A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted
50. A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared
51. A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler
52. A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts
53. A. should B. can C. dare D. will
54. A. where B. because C. why D. how
55. A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy
【答案与解析】
本文通常一个希腊神话说明了四季变化的由来。
36. B。根据文章最后几句话可知，文章讲的是季节(season)的更换。
37. B。Zeus是宇宙之神，是众神的统治者。从下文可以看出，不仅Demeter和Hades之间的矛盾的需要Zeus的调解，而且他们的想法也要取得Zeus的同意。
38. A。根据上文的Hades…fell in love with Persephone 以及后文的…agree to the marriage 可知，Hades想娶Persephone为妻。
39. A。此处指的是Zeus既不会同意这桩婚事，也不会禁止。
40. D。根据下文可知，Hades是抢走Persephone，即没有得到允许。
41. D。比较：find out查明真相；let out放开，放出；work out 算出；think out 想出。只有选项D最符合语境。
42. C。后文说Demeter 决定要让所有植物停止生长，可见她很生气(angry)。
43. C。根据第54空处的内容可知，此处指她使所有植物停止生长。
44. A。比较：in danger of 处于……的危险中；in the hope of 怀有……的希望；in turn 依次；in case of 以防万一。根据后文的starving 可知，此题填空in danger of 最佳。
45. B。not...until 意为“直到……才”，此处指的是她要直到她女儿回来才让植物生长。
46. B。根据其后的still not wanting to disappoint Hades可知答案。
47. A。此处指Persephone回到她母亲身边。
48. C。根据下文的Persephone had eaten several pomegranate seeds可知答案。
49. D。根据上下文的语境看，Demeter 接受了Zeus的条件。
50. A。此处指“发现”事情真相。
51. B。根据下文的she must spend part of the year in the underworld可知出此处应选with her mother。
52. C。句中的it 为形式主语，真正的主语是that 引导的主语从句。此处的意思是“……就这样发生了”。
53. D。比较四个选项，只有will 最合语境。
54. C。That’s why… 的意思是“这就是为什么……”“这就是……的原因”。
55. D。当 Persephone 回来时，Demeter很高兴，所以就是春天，植物开始生长。

2005年高考英语完形填空真题详解·湖北卷

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