高考英语二轮复习-完形填空四月天天练23.doc

2012届高考英语二轮：完形填空四月天天练【23】【答案】

该套资源选择的完形填空短文既有经典的，也有新颖的，排版工整，每两天的组合在一起，除去答案，刚好4页，印制成1张练习卷，是训练完形填空的极好材料。

（四十八）

The sculpture, a plastic bottle of melted ice from Antarctic, was the creation of the American-born artist and writer Wayne Hill.
But one light-fingered (善于扒窃的), and maybe 1 visitor to the exhibition may have 2 the point that the sculpture was intended to be a strong 3 on the danger of global 4 . The visitor is believed to have 5 the piece 6 considering the danger to the Antarctic icecap.
The police have been 7 to look into the mystery of the 8 water bottle, which disappeared at a festival at Dartington Hall in southern Devon. They are not sure if the thief knew the water was 9 of a sculpture and drank it as a 10 or if he 11 it for an ordinary bottle of water. Officers 12 say that someone 13 think the piece was just a/n 14 bottle and threw it away.
It was Wayne Hill who brought back two litres of melted ice from the west Antarctic and designed a bottle to 15 it. A notice on the bottle described where the water was from and 16 the words: “Weapon of Mass Destruction”, because of the 17 that melting icecap could bring.
Hill said, “ 18 the fact that it was designed to look like an ordinary object, it was clearly 19 out as an exhibit (展品). If you put something on a base, people usually 20 it as a piece of art and treat it with respect.” Hill said he was considering making another identical piece.

1. A. thirsty B. curious C. frightened D. surprised
2. A. missed B. realized C. discussed D. grasped
3. A. desire B. anxiety C. comment D. belief
4. A. change B. warming C. pollution D. climate
5. A. bought B. drunk C. seen D. loved
6. A. instead of B. as for C. more than D. except for
7. A. called up B. called out C. called off D. called in
8. A. boring B. puzzling C. inviting D. missing
9. A. part B. origin C. material D. content
10. A. pleasure B. joke C. gift D. prize
11. A. changed B. took C. provided D. stole
12. A. only B. still C. also D. hardly
13. A. must B. had to C. should D. might
14. A. empty B. useless C. broken D. ugly
15. A. save B. store C. fill D. hold
16. A. included B. contained C. wrote D. said
17. A. hardship B. disaster C. suffering D. harm
18. A. As a result of B. In spite of C. In the face of D. Due to
19. A. pointed B. made C. shown D. marked
20. A. keep B. think C. recognize D. admit

（四十八）
1~5 AACBB 6~10 ADDAB 11~15 BCDBD 16~20 ABBDC

（四十九）

I was really honoured to be one of the students sent to South Korea to improve the relation between our city, Zibo, and our sister city—Gwangju (光州) City. When my teacher told me that I was chosen, I was happy and surprised and an image of the country appeared in my dreams several times. Also, many 1 ran through my mind, such as how would we communicate?
2 I saw the friendly faces of our South Korean partners waiting outside the hotel, all my questions floated off to the Pacific Ocean. We 3 a warm welcome organized by the government and settled into the Aria House Hotel.
4 the next seven days, we visited many places, including Never Land, the biggest park in South Korea and the Seoul World Cup Stadium (汉城世界杯体育场).
But what 5 me most was the experience I had in their school. The school was built on a hill, so we had a very wonderful 6 from the top. But I paid 7 attention to their classrooms. Obviously, the situation was 8 . In China, there are usually more than sixty students in one class but in Korea their classrooms had just thirty seats.
As I went to the front of the class, something really 9 me. Was I in South Korea, one of the most developed countries in the world? I saw lots of 10 chalk, too small to be held, saved for 11 . In our country, 12 lots of children can’t receive education because of the lack of 13 , nobody ever uses the bits of chalk like that. I couldn’t 14 thinking about the clean roads, the neat paper money and the cars running on the roads in South Korea. It is the 15 that makes South Korea a strong country, something we lost for years.
In South Korea, I saw many old buildings built in the 16 style. Moreover, the people were very interested in Chinese traditional culture. I saw many books written by Confucius and other Chinese philosophers. Also, learning Chinese is part of students’ curriculum.
China has 5000 years’ splendid history and thousands of renowned scholars. Not only should we study our glorious (光荣的) 17 in class, but we must put it into 18 . 19 a civilized and developed country, I think it is necessary to 20 our culture back to life.

1. A. doubts B. questions C. problems D. nervousness
2. A. As long as B. As far as C. As soon as D. At once
3. A. earned B. delivered C. accepted D. received
4. A. Over B. For C. On D. Along
5. A. surprised B. taught C. impressed D. excited
6. A. scene B. sight C. time D. view
7. A. great B. little C. more D. a little
8. A. interesting B. different C. strange D. better
9. A. puzzled B. inspired C. shocked D. interested
10. A. bits of B. pieces of C. heads of D. coloured
11. A. future use B. spare use C. collection D. cleaning
12. A. though B. while C. as D. where
13. A. sources B. development C. money D. help
14. A. stop B. help C. keep D. avoid
15. A. hard work B. culture C. people D. spirit
16. A. traditional B. modern C. Chinese D. familiar
17. A. history B. past C. tradition D. culture
18. A. effect B. practice C. action D. service
19. A. For B. Building C. With D. In order to be
20. A. take B. make C. lead D. bring

（四十九）
1~5 BCDAC 6~10 CDBCA 11~15 ADCBD 16~20 CDBDD

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