湖南成人教育學位英語【完形填空】
練習和答案詳解（2）
(1)
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(條紋，線條) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(桿狀物) of light through the dusty air. I take a ___2___ and the concrete and paint ___3___ tickle my nose. I ___4___ everything about this room.
Some of the ___5___ times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(諷刺的), but the ___6___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to ___7___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___8___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your ___9___ ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___10___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and ___11___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, ___12___ it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不穩定的) ___13___ of being different and alone.
I ___14___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___15___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___16___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___17___ to know that I succeed in an area where ___18___ others—and virtually(事實上) no girls—do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___19___. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ___20___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. last look B. long walk C. short breath D. deep breath
3. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
4. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
5. A. worst B. tiring C. best D. better
6. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
7. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
8. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
9. A. acting B. speaking C. moving D. repeating
10. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
11. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chances D. pressures
12. A. and B. however C. but D. though
13. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
14. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
15. A. hope B. doubt C. think D. suspect
16. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
17. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
18. A. few B. many C. a few D. some
19. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
20. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure of D. interested in
(2)
I close my eyes and can still hear her—the little girl with a ___1___ so strong and powerful we could hear her halfway down the block. She was a(n) ___2___ peasant who asked for money and ___3___ gave the only thing she had—her voice. I paused outside a small shop and listened. She brought to my mind the ___4___ of Little Orphan Annie. I could not understand the words she ___5___, but her voice begged for ___6___. It stood out from the noises of Arbat Street, pure and impressive, like the chime of a bell. She sang ___7___ an old-style lamp post in the shadow of a building, her arms extended and ___8___ thrown back. She was small and of unremarkable looks. Her brown hair ___9___ the bun(發髻) it had been pulled into, and she occasionally reached up to ___10___ a stray piece from her face. Her clothing I can’t recall. Her voice, on the other hand, is ___11___ imprinted in my mind.
I asked one of the translators about the girl. Elaina told me that she and hundreds of others like her throughout the ___12___ Soviet Union add to their families’ income by working on the streets. The children are unable to ___13___ school, and their parents work fulltime. These children know that the consequence of an ___14___ day is no food for the table. Similar situations occurred during the Depression(蕭條) in the United States, but those American children were ___15___ shoeshine boys of the ___16___. This girl was real to me.
When we walked past her I gave her money. It was not out of pity ___17___ rather admiration. Her smile of ___18___ did not interrupt her singing. The girl watched us as we walked down the street. I know this because when I looked back she smiled again. We ___19___ that smile, and I knew I could never forget her courage and ___20___ strength.
1. A. will B. strength C. voice D. determination
2. A. American B. Chinese C. Japanese D. Russian
3. A. in return B. in turn C. by hand D. in silence
4. A. voice B. image C. story D. looks
5. A. said B. murmured C. used D. sang
6. A. attention B. love C. help D. mercy
7. A. across B. from C. under D. from underneath
8. A. hands B. feet C. head D. face
9. A. fell out B. escaped C. did up D. tied to
10. A. remove B. tear C. cut off D. dress
11. A. never B. permanently C. occasionally D. sometimes
12. A. latter B. rich C. former D. great
13. A. attend B. finish C. leave D. enjoy
14. A. unhappy B. unsatisfied C. unusual D. unsuccessful
15. A. faced B. real C. faceless D. visible
16. A. twenties B. thirties C. forties D. teens
17. A. and B. while C. but D. or
18. A. contempt B. pity C. bitterness D. thanks
19. A. stopped B. shared C. won D. exchanged
20. A. full B. inner C. brave D. fighting
【答案與解析】
(1)
1. B 句意為“陽光透過高大的窗戶上的百葉窗，照射到空氣中的灰塵里，被分割成條狀的光束”。故選 B。
2. D take a deep breath 意為“深呼吸”，與下空有關。
3. A 只有“氣味”刺鼻(tickle my nose)，首句有提示。
4. B 縱觀下文和全文主題句(尾句)可知答案選 B。miss 意為“想念”，作者已在現場，故不妥。
5. C 根據上下文語境和上空可知答案應選 C。
6. D 根據首句中的 the drama room 和第 3 段中的 when I’m on stage 可知答案應選 D。
7. A 舞臺是假裝(演戲)的地方，此處是轉折句，故答案選 A。
8. C 句意為“像很多年輕人一樣，我不停地想到人們在評判我，但是當我演出時，這種感覺沒有了”。but之后是時間狀語，故其前也應是時間副詞，故答案選 C。
9. A 根據上文的 when I act 可知答案應選 A。
10. B 根據前文的提示 people are judging me 可知答案選 B。
11. D 句意為“我所擔心的和來自外界的壓力都被制止了”，故答案選D。
12.C
13. A 這是一個意義上發生轉折的并列分句。句意為“緊張是肯定的，但是也很刺激，很讓人興奮，不是那種與眾不同的孤單的感覺”。
14. D relatively 意為“相對地，比較地”，absolutely 意為“絕對地，完全地”。根據下文可知應選 D。句意為“我非常喜歡在后臺工作，還有上臺表演”。
15. B doubt 表示“懷疑其無”，suspect 表示“懷疑其有”。句意為“我估計沒有別的女孩愿意在滿是繩索和灰塵的梯子上工作，而我卻非常喜歡”。故答案選 B。
16.C elbow 意為“肘”。be up to the elbow in 意為“埋頭于，專心于”，out at elbows 意為“衣衫襤褸的；貧困的”。故答案選 C。
17. A
18. A 句意為“我能夠在一個很少有人(尤其女孩)能勝任的領域里很成功，這讓我覺得自己很獨特，讓我很自豪”。故答案選 A。
19. D cruelly 意為“殘忍地”，tensely 意為“緊張地”，friendly 意為“友好的”，mildly 意為“溫柔地”。故答案選 D。
20. C 句意為“跟其他人一樣，我也經常覺得不安，不知道我是誰，不知道將來會發生什么”。故答案選 C。
（2）
1. C 根據下文的 hear her… 可知答案應選 C。
2. D 根據第 2 段中 the 12 Soviet Union 的提示可知答案應選 D。
3. A 用僅有的歌聲來回報。in turn 意為“輪流”，by hand 意為“人工的”，in silence 意為“安靜地”。故答案選 A。
4. B 她讓我想起小孤兒安妮(美國漫畫人物)的“形象”。
5. D 根據下文幾處提到小女孩“唱歌”。
6. A 從前文 who asked for money 可知她唱歌的目的是為了吸引行人的“注意”，讓別人給她錢。
7. D
8. C 句意為“她站在大樓下面的一盞老式路燈下，唱歌時伸著雙臂仰著頭”。此處用雙介詞使含義更加豐富。
9. B / 10. A 句意為“棕色的頭發從發髻上散落下來，她不時抬手從臉上撩開散落的發絲”。fall out 意為“(頭發)脫落”，do up 意為“盤發”，tie to意為“扎”。
11. B 句意為“我記不起她穿的是什么衣服，可她的聲音卻永遠(permanently)刻在了我的腦海里”。
12. C 由文章內容可知這里是指“前蘇聯”。
13. A attend school 意為“上學”，finish / leave school 意為“放學；畢業”，enjoy school 意為“喜歡上學”。故答案選 A。
14. D 句意為“如果一天的乞討沒有收獲，就意味著沒有飯吃”。D 項最符合句意。
15. C 句意為“但在我眼里，那些美國孩子是 20 年代的沒有具體形象的擦鞋男童”。faceless 意為“看不見臉面的”符合語境。
16. A根據常識可知，美國上個世紀 20 年代發生了經濟危機。此處不表年紀，而是指年代。
17. C 這里是指“不是出于憐憫，而是因為欽佩”。
18. D 句意為“她表示謝意的微笑并沒有影響她唱歌”。smile of contempt 意為“輕蔑的笑”，smile of pity 意為“憐憫的笑”，smile of bitterness意為“苦笑”。故答案選 D。
19. B stop that smile 意為“阻止笑”，share that smile 意為“一起笑”，win that smile 意為“贏得笑聲”，exchange smiles 意為“相互一笑”。故選B。
20. B inner strength 意為“內心的力量”；full strength 意為“全力”；fighting strength 意為“戰斗力”。Brave 與 courage 語意重復。故答案選 B。
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