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2009届高三高考完型填空专练 （1） I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 21 the necessities of life, but they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he just couldn’t 22 them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I graduated from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily tasks. Completing these tasks successfully 23 discipline, team-work and responsibility. I went 24 to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I enjoyed most was the consulting(咨询) meeting I 25 with the family members of the men and women in my 26 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of separation. 27 I was being asked to give encouraging 28 to business groups, educators and kids across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real 29 , and my life is still guided by the 30 lessons I learned there. 21. A. provided B. got C. made D. bought 22. A. pay B. find C. produce D. afford 23. A. included B. asked C. required D. met 24. A. out B. on C. away D. off 25. A. ended B. began C. continued D. held 26. A. charge B. situation C. position D. choice 27. A. Long before B. Before long C. As usual D. Once again 28. A. performances B. descriptions C. speeches D. gifts 29. A. vacation B. place C. job D. travel 30. A. important B. bitter C. normal D. difficult
(2) Ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it was 21 for human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister 22 them wrong in 1954. In the same year 36 other runners broke the 23 barrier. And the year after that, 300 other runners did the 24 thing. Have you heard about the placebo effect(安慰剂效应)? People will 25 an effect many times if they have been told the drug they take will have the effect, 26 when given a pill without quality. These two cases show the power of belief. In a way it determines how much we’ll be 27 to realize our potential. So pay attention to some of your beliefs. Do you believe you are 28 mathematics, or weak in it? Do you believe that other people don’t like you? Belief is not 29 , however. It is nothing but the generalization of a 30 incident. For example, as a kid, if a dog bit you, you believe all dogs to be dangerous. So beliefs can be changed. Review your beliefs and find out which ones you need to change. 21. A. impossible B. improper C. important D. imaginable 22. A. discovered B. proved C. checked D. admitted 23. A. belief B. fear C. decision D. effect 24. A. true B. proper C. opposite D. same 25. A. remember B. doubt C. experience D. change 26. A. still B. even C. only D. hardly 27. A. eager B. able C. limited D. devoted 28. A. curious about B. nervous about C. good at D. bad at 29. A. exciting B. changeable C. powerful D. mysterious 30. A. following B. last C. recent D. past (3) Chang’e I, China’s pioneering lunar probing (月球探测) satellite, came through its first lunar eclipse (月食) yesterday and had regained full operations. The moon orbiter was temporarily hidden from solar rays and lost __21__ with Earth for two-and –half hours during a blackout that started at 10 am., Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer in __22__ of the satellite system, said. Chang’e I had to switch off some its __23__ and rely on onboard batteries during this challenging time, when it was __24__ from solar energy, Ye said. Full details of how Chang’e I __25__ during the eclipse were due to be released last night. Gu Shen, a deputy (副) director with the lunar probe’s measurement and control system, said scientists __26__ the orbit of the satellite and shortened the __27__ the probe was out of direct sunlight by about 80 minutes. As of 10 pm. Wednesday, the satellite had __28__ 1204 orbits of the moon. Before yesterday’s eclipse, the __29__ time Chang’s I had been without contact with the Earth was 49 minutes. The European Space Agency helped __30__ the satellite, which will perform a second orbital adjustment during another eclipse in August, Ye said. 21. A. experiment B. track C. control D. contact
22. A. need B. honor C. charge D. possession 23. A. equipment B. furniture C. power D. data 24. A. separated B. protected C. supplied D. blocked 25. A. failed B. suffered C. competed D. performed 26. A. adopted B. adjusted C. measured D. promoted 27. A. chance B. distance C. time D. risk 28. A. completed B. covered C. opened D. realized 29. A. nearest B. fastest C. longest D. shortest 30. A. observe B. monitor C. approach D. organize (4) On Thursday, October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is an MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very 21 sleep and 22 , he drinks a tot of coffee—anywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking 23 much coffee was making it hard for him to sleep at all. He also began having problems with his digestion, and 24 of stomachaches. Adam's doctor made this suggestion; stop drinking coffee altogether. When Adam got up on October 3, he began his day 25 his morning coffee. By 11:00 A.M., Adam was in a terrible 26 . He was tired and had a headache. At 11:30, he had a meeting. In the meeting, he found it almost impossible to concentrate. What was going on? Caffeine, a chemical found in coffee, was most 27 the reason for how Adam felt. Caffeine is stimulant that 28 energy levels and improves concentration—but only for a short time. Lowering caffeine consumption often causes a drop in blood pressure, and the result is a coffee headache.' The good news is that these feelings usually pass after four to five days. 29 , if&nb
