高中英语完形填空第三十一套

完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四 个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
选出最佳答案。
A
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an
appointment（预约）into the outer 1 of Harvard’s president. But they were 2 by
his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3
that the couple would finally become 4 and go away. But they didn’t. The
secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though5 .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6 face.
The lady told him, “We had a son that 7 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard.
He was 8 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I
would like to 9 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t 10 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t
put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 11
would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady 12 quickly “We don’t want
to put up a statue. We would like to give a 13 to Harvard.” The president rolled his
eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any 15
how much a building costs? We have spent over $$7 500 000 on the campus building
at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 16 ,because he
could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is
that all it costs to start a 17 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband
nodded. 18 their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to
California where they founded the University that bears their19 ,a memorial to a son
that Harvard no longer 20 about.
( ) B. library C. hall D. office
答案:D
( ) d B. stopped C. followed D. interviewed
答案:B
( ) B. finding C. realizing D. imagining

答案:A
( ) sed B. disappointed C. worried D. troubled
答案:B
( ) ssly B. carefully C. unexpectedly D. unwillingly
答案:D
( ) nt B. funny C. cold D. sad
答案:C
( ) ed B. visited C. studied D. served
答案:A
( ) B. brave C. proud D. happy
答案:D
( ) about B. set up C. take down D. take over
答案:B
( ) ied B. excited C. moved D. ashamed
答案:C
( )
答案:D
( ) ned B. expressed C. refused D. admitted
答案:A
( ) ng B. yard C. playground D. square
答案:A
( ) d B. shouted C. glanced D. called
答案:C
( ) tion B. idea C. thought D. opinion
答案:B
( ) B. astonished C. interested D. pleased
答案:D
( ) ment B. university C. business D. club
答案:B
( ) B. While C. Since D. Though

答案:C
( ) B. character C. picture D. sign
答案:A
( ) B. knew C. heard D. cared
答案:D
1. 提示:夫妇二人来到的地方是哈佛大学校长的……，根据后文中提到了秘书，
结合常识，应知他们到达的地方应是校长办公室的外间。
2. 提示:从后文中的“keep waiting”与前文中的“without appointment”可推知他们
应该被秘书挡住了。
3. 提示:从“For hours, the secretary took no notice of them”及后文中的go away可
知，秘书是希望他们走开。
4. 提示:夫妇两人会因为等的时间过长而变得无望，从而自己走开。
5. 提示:从文中可知秘书希望他 们自己因无望而离开，但夫妇二人的坚持使之无
奈地去找校长，自然，这样做是不情愿的，故用unwi llingly。
6. 提示:从上下文中的没有预约，可知校长是不情愿地接见夫妇二人，脸色自然
不好，态度不热情，故用cold“冷漠的”。
7. 提示:从后文可知他们的儿子是在哈佛学习，应该用study in Harvard或attend
Harvard。
8. 提示:用clever或brave不符合上下文语境，用proud后需加of构成be proud of
结构。因此可推知他们的孩子在哈佛生活、学习得很愉快，故用happy。
9. 提示:为儿子建立一个纪念物。建立应用set up。set about开始做……；take down
取下；拿下；take over接收；接管。
10. 提示:从文意来看，校长并没有被夫妇二人的话打动，相反的是感到震惊并拒
绝了他们的请求。
11. 提示:“If we did”，意为“如果我们同意在哈佛校园为你们的儿子建立纪念物的< br>话”，由此可知下文提到的是哈佛这个地方。
12. 提示:后文是那位女士对校长的解释，故用explain。
13. 提示:从后文中校长所说的话:“A building!...”可知。
14. 提示:从上文中“rolled his eyes”及下文中的话可知，校长不相信夫妇二人能负

担得起盖一座楼，因此看他们也使用轻视的目光，故用glance。laugh at意为“嘲
笑”；shout at意为 “对……大喊大叫”；call at意为“拜访（某地）”。而exclaim
为“大声说”，因此排除laugh与shout。
15. 提示:idea主意，概念；suggestion建议，提议；thought想法；opi nion观点。
根据语境应用idea。
16. 提示:从上下文可知，那女子不说话了，校长认为能“get rid of them”，自然地，
他会感到高兴。
17. 提示:从上文 “We have spent over $$7 500 000 on the campus building at
Harvard.”可知，此处应是创办一所大学。
18. 提示:上下文为因果关系，故用since。
19. 提示:bear one’s name“用… …的名字”。从常识也应该知道，美国加利福尼亚
出名的大学是斯坦福大学，文中又提到了Stanfo rd夫妇，故可知A项正确。
20. 提示:take about谈论；know about了解；hear about听说；care about在乎；
在意。
B
Anthropology is a science which deals with man and his social habits. I think of
anthropology here as “being interested, without 1 ,in the way other people choose to
live and 2 .”
When you are curious about the way someone behaves or the way 3 feel
about something, it’s 4 that you will he annoyed(恼火).
When someone acts in a way that seems5 to you, rather than react in your
usual way, such as “I can’t believe they would do that,” 6 say something to
yourself like “I see, that must be the way they 7 things in their world. Very
interesting.” In order for this 8 to help you, you have to be genuine(真诚的).
Recently I was at a shopping mall with my six-year old daughter 9 a group of
punk rockers walked by with orange spiked hair and tattoos(文身) covering much of
their bodies. At the sight of them, my daughter immediately asked me, “Daddy, why
are they 10 like that?” Years ago I would have felt very 11 with such young
people. I would have given a judgmental explanation and passed along to her my

12 .Pretending to be an anthropologist, however, has 13 my perspective(看法)a
great deal, so it’s made me 14 .I said to my daughter, “I’m not really sure, but it’s
interesting how 15 we all are, isn’t it?” She said, “Yeah, 16 I like my own
hair.”
When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t mean you’re 17 them.
I certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or 18 it to anyone else. At the same
time, however, it’s really not my 19 to judge it either. One of the most important
rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and 20 you
away from where you want to be.
( ) ent B. judgment C. improvement D. entertainment
答案:B
( ) B. speak C. grow D. eat
答案:A
( ) B. they C.I D. we
答案:B
( ) l B. certain C. obvious D. impossible
答案:D
( ) B. common C. strange D. passive
答案:C
( ) B. also C. still D. never
答案:A
( ) B. find C. see D. get
答案:C
( ) B. way C. interest D. word
答案:B
( ) B. until C. since D. when
答案:D
( ) on B. grown up C. acted out D. dressed up
答案:D
( ) d B. interested C. bored D. excited

答案:C
( ) B. questions C. advice D. plan
答案:A
( ) d B. changed C. enlarged D. raised
答案:B
( ) B. higher C. happier D. angrier
答案:A
( ) r B. confident C. humorous D. different
答案:D
( ) B. but C. so D. or
答案:B
( ) B. for C. beside D. against
答案:B
( ) t B. connect C. send D. suggest
答案:D
( ) B. attempt C. fault D. decision
答案:A
( ) B. brings C. pulls D. puts
答案:C
1. 提示:without judgment的意思是“不加判断地”，相当于下文解释该句的
curious。
2. 提示:B、C、D三项都表示的是behave(行为)的具体表现，此处的A项正好和
下文的解释相吻 合。
3. 提示:英文中常用they来指代someone。
4. 提示:既然你对别人的生活和行为感兴趣，那么你也就不可能感到不安了。
5. 提示:从下文“rather than react in your usual way”来看，此处是“别人的行为方式
使你感到奇怪”。
6. 提示:可由when引导的从句到“...they would do that”为止，say是祈使句中的谓
语，由此开始是告诫自己的话，因此，say之前用just。

7. 提示:see在此相当于regard(看待)。make things表示“制造物品”；find things
表示“(丢失后)的找到物品”；D项表示“得到物品”，均与题意不符。
8. 提示:第二段谈论的都是别人或者你自己的“行为方式”，因此，此处表示的是
“为了让这种方式对你有 益”。
9. 提示:when在此处是并列连词，相当于and suddenly。
10. 提示:在这四个选项中，只有D项可以用于被动语态，表示“打扮)，和上文描
述的那 群人发型等相吻合。
11. 提示:其他三项表示的都是积极意义的单词，只有C项表示消极意义。从 下
文看，作者多年前对那群人的穿衣打扮是“厌烦的”。
12. 提示:views在此相当于opinions,表示“意见、看法”。
13. 提示:上文谈论的是以前的看法，此处谈论的是现在不同的看法，因此说，看
法已有了改变。
14. 提示:soft在此表示言行性格的“宽厚”。既然经过了多年的磨炼，看法已经改
变 了许多，那么整个人也就变得比过去“温和”了。
15. 提示:那群人的发型和“我们所有人的”是不一样的，因此才显得有趣。
16. 提示:从“我喜欢自己的头发样式”来看，此处应用表示转折意思的but。
17. 提示:be f or的意思相当于agree；like和be动词连用时是介词(像)；C项表示
“在旁边”；D项表 示“反对”。
18. 提示:D项表示“把这种发型推荐给别人”；发型是没有办法“赠送；连接；寄
送”给别人的，因此排除A、B、C三项。
19. 提示:place在此表示“工作、职责”。
20. 提示:pull oneself away为固定短语，意思是“使自己离开”。