2009高考英语强化训练——完形填空１8（

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The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international   1  , American officials believed they should   2   the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in   3  . “The   4   may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA   5   were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

 

After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s   6   had to be changed, 7   the Soviet Union became enemy of AmericA. They wanted to   8    Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

 

In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was   9  “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know   10  English to completely understand its   11   English broadcast. So VOA   12   a simpler kind of English,   13   uses about 1,500 words and is spoken   14   of course, it is special English.

 

In the   15   of most VOA listeners, the most   16   program is the news report. News from around the world   17   into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in   18   cities and also from other   19   like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to   20   news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

 

1. A. business               B. culture              C. support        D. information

 

2. A. reply                  B. answer            C. join           D. interrupt

 

3. A. same                  B. short         C. English        D. German

 

4. A. news                  B. problems     C. effects         D. opinions

 

5. A. stations                B. news         C. announcers     D. officials

 

6. A. home                  B. position       C. purpose        D. results

 

7. A. if                      B. supposing          C. considering     D. in order that

 

8. A. reach                  B. satisfy       C. attack         D. support

 

9. A. known                 B. reported       C. called        D. printed

 

10. A. American             B. British      C. standard       D. enough

 

11. A. normal               B. fast         C. good          D. exact

 

12. A. invented              B. discovered         C. taught              D. stopped

 

13. A. it                    B. who               C. which         D. that

 

14. A. slowly                B. rapidly              C. normally      D. loudly

 

15. A. pleasure               B. course             C. opinion       D. advice

 

16. A. difficult               B. important           C. various        D. common

 

17. A. flies                  B. sends              C. delivers        D. pasts

 

18. A. all                    B. major              C. American            D. news

 

19. A. broadcasts            B. forms       C. newspapers     D. countries

 

20. A. broadcast             B. announce     C. translate       D. prepare

 

答案解析：

 

1. 选C。二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持（support）”，而不可能是另三项。

 

2. 选B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。

 

3. 选D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。

 

4. 选A。前文已说了播出的是news report。

 

5. 选C。播音的主体当然是announcers（播音员）了。

 

6. 选C。VOA电台成立之初的目标主要是对二战中的一些敌对国家进行宣传，随着二战结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。

 

7. 选C。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。

 

8. 选A。reach是中性词，其他三词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不合语境。

 

9. 选C。be called “被称做…”。

 

10. 选D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。

 

11. 选A。区别于后文提到的special English。

 

12. 选A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent。

 

13. 选C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。

 

14. 选A。正常英语听不懂，除了词汇问题，更重要的还有语速问题，即速度要“慢”。

 

15. 选C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。

 

16. 选B。后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。

 

17. 选A。flies表达了新闻的及时、快速的特点，其余的词没有这种意思。

 

18. 选B。major cities指大城市。根据常识可排除A、D，根据around the world，可排除C。

 

19. 选A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。

 

20. 选D。由后面的定语从句可以推知，这里指新闻报道的前期“准备”工作。

 

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Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working   1   a special painting for a church at that time,   2   the church painting was not   3   well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second   4  . This is the woman who   5   be seen in the Mona LisA.

 

All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s   6   and it satisfied the husbanD. Da Vinci used   7   and light in a clever   8   in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and   9  . Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状) in the Mona LisA. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and   10   shapes like   11  . Even her   12   can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the   13   is sitting on a balcony(阳台), and   14   can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks, so these can be seen   15   in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees   16   the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are   17   together in front of her. This way of   18   is now used by many   19   when   20  . The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.

 

1. A. up                    B. in            C. on          D. about

 

2. A. but                    B. thus              C. however       D. so

 

3. A. doing                  B. going              C. making        D. working

 

4. A. servant                B. daughter           C. nurse          D. wife

 

5. A. must                  B. should             C. might         D. can

 

6. A. works                 B. jobs                 C. novels        D. photos

 

7. A. heaviness              B. black               C. darkness       D. oils

 

8. A. way                  B. picture              C. hand               D. eye

 

9. A. chemistry              B. maths             C. geography     D. biology

 

10. A. square                B. round       C. long          D. egg

 

11. A. balls                 B. sticks              C. vases         D. boxes

 

12. A. smile                 B. shout               C. cry           D. anger

 

13. A. church                B. painting      C. sofa          D. house

 

14. A. trees                 B. buildings           C. mountains     D. flowers

 

15. A. by and by              B. here and there C. over and over   D. up and down

 

16. A. on                    B. by                C. to             D. beyond

 

17. A. caught                B. held              C. supported      D. hung

 

18. A. painting               B. living       C. smiling        D. sitting

 

19. A. women               B. actresses          C. girls           D. models

 

20. A. they are being painted  B. painting   C. being painted  D. they have painted

 

答案解析：  

 

1. 选C。work on指从事某一件事。

 

2. 选A。上下文意义有“转折”关系。

 

3. 选B。go well表示进展顺利，如：Everything goes well（一切顺利）。

 

4. 选D。从后面的the husband中可以得到足够的启示。

 

5. 选D。情态动词can表示 “能、会”。

 

6. 选A。works意为“作品”。《蒙娜丽莎》应是达·芬奇的“作品”之一。

 

7. 选C。与light相对应的是darkness。

 

8. 选A。明暗对比是绘画技巧、方法之一。

 

9. 选B。在其画中大量使用几何形状，说明他喜爱“数学”。

 

10. 选B。和circles相当的自然是“round” shapes。

 

11. 选A。圆形的东西，四个选项中只有balls肯定是。

 

12. 选A。根据常识，B、C、D三项无法用几何图形来表达。

 

13. 选B。the woman指的就是“画”中的蒙娜丽莎。

 

14. 选C。由后面的rocks可以联想到mountains。

 

15. 选C。在其它的一些画中也能看到rocks，说明rocks“反复地、再三地” 出现在他的画中。

 

16. 选C。to the side指侧向一边，符合画的意境。

 

17. 选B。保持身体姿势怎样用hold。

 

18. 选D。前面谈的就是蒙娜丽莎的“坐”姿。

 

19. 选D。仿效这种坐姿的应是艺术“模特”

 

20. 选A。模特应该是在供人们作画时才摆出这种坐姿的。