2016年6月浙江卷

第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分0)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

During the war,my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be 21 him. I hated the place .I had never 22 been so unhappy . My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty,and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was 23 -almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)。 24 a soul to talk to . The wind blew non-stop ,and all the food I ate ,and the evry air I breathed,were 25 with sand , sand , sand !

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was 26 and coming back home.I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I 27 be in prison! My father answered my 28 with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my 29 - two lines that completely changed my life :

Two men looked out from prison bars

One saw the mud ,the other saw the stars

I read those two lines 30 I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present 31 ; I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives,and their 32 amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had 33 to sell to toueists . I studied the delightful forms of the cactus .I watched for the desert sunsets,and 34 for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean 35

What brought about this 36 change in me ? The desert hadn’t changed , 37 I had .I had changed my 38 And by doing so ,I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing 39 of my life . I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and 40 the stars

21. A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond

22. A. before B. already C. then D. still

23. A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable D.unbearable

24. A. Only B. Not C. Many D.Such

25. A. covered B. filled C. buried D. charhed

26. A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D.getting up

27. A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D.had better

28. A.request B. call C. question D.letter

29. A. comparison B. imagination C. consideration D. memory

30. A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D.noe and then

31. A. company B. occupation C. situation D.relationship

32. A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D.purpose

33. A. refused B. failed C. managed D.happened

34. A. asked B. hunted C. waited D.headed

35. A. floor B. surface C. rock D.level

36. A. shocking B. challenging C. puzzling D.astonishing

37. A. as B. but C. for D.or

38. A. attitude B. principle C. identity D.standard

39. A. vacation B. operation C. affair D. adventure

40. A. sought B. counted C. found D.reached

答案解析：

21. C 句子中提到“我住在那里是为了靠近他”，表示作者想与丈夫离得近一些，因此选项C“near”符合语境。

22. A 句子中使用了过去完成时"had never been"，表示在过去某个时间点之前从未有过这样的经历，因此选项A"before"符合语境。

23. D 句子中描述的是天气热得让人无法忍受，所以正确的形容词应该是unbearable(无法忍受的)。其他选项inflexible(不灵活的)、incomprehensible(不可理解的)和uncontrollable(无法控制的)都与句意不符。

24. B 句子中使用了否定词"not"，表示没有人可以聊天，因此选项B"not"为正确答案。

25. B 句子中描述的是空气中充满了沙子，所以正确的动词应该是filled(充满)。其他选项的意思与句子不符。

26. C 句子中提到了"coming back home"，暗示了放弃当前的情况，因此选项C"giving up"符合语境。

27. C 句子中使用了would rather表示“宁愿”，表明说话者更愿意在监狱里。因此，答案为C。

28. D 下文提到了"my father answered my letter"，说明父亲回复了我的信，因此可以确定我写的是一封信，选项D为正确答案。

29. D 句子中提到“这两行字将永远在我的记忆里唱响”，说明这两行字对作者来说很重要，会留在记忆中，因此选项D“memory”符合语境。

30. A 句子中说到"I read those two lines over and over"，意思是作者反复读这两行字，所以选项A"over and over"符合语境。

31. C 句子中提到要找出当前情况中好的方面，所以正确选项应该是situation(情况)。其他选项company(公司)、occupation(职业)和relationship(关系)都与句意不符。

32. B 句子中提到当地人的反应让作者很惊讶，所以正确答案是B，即reaction(反应)。

33. A 句子中提到当地人拒绝把艺术品卖给游客，所以正确的动词应该是refused(拒绝)。

34. B 句子中提到作者在寻找贝壳，所以正确的动词应该是hunted(寻找)。其他选项的意思与句子不符。

35. A 句子中提到沙漠曾经是海洋的海底，所以正确的名词应该是floor(海底)。其他选项surface(表面)、rock(岩石)和level(水平)都与句意不符。

36. D 句子中使用了astonishing来形容变化，表示这个变化非常令人惊讶。其他选项的意思与句子不符。

37. B 句子中出现了转折关系，前面说沙漠没有改变，但是后面说作者改变了，因此用but表示转折关系。

38. A 句子中提到“我改变了我的态度”，所以正确答案是A，即态度。

39. D 句子中提到作者将一次不愉快的经历变成了一次奇妙的冒险，所以正确的名词应该是adventure(冒险)。其他选项vacation(假期)、operation(手术)和affair(事务)都与句意不符。

40. C 句子中提到作者发现了星星，所以正确的动词应该是found(发现)。其他选项sought(寻找)、counted(数)和reached(到达)都与句意不符。