2023年高考英语一轮随堂限时备考练习3完形阅读7新人教版.docx

完形阅读综合练(七) 1 (2023·南宁名校联考) The power of encouragement is great.You may draw some inspiration from the following story. Dante Gabriel Rossetti,a famous 19th­century poet and artist,was once　1　by an elderly man.The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he　2　Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good,or if they at least showed　3　 talent. Rossetti looked them　4　carefully.After the first few,he knew that they were worthless,showing not the least　5　of artistic talent.But Rossetti was a 　6　man,and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little　7　 and showed little talent.He was sorry,but he could not　8　to the man. The visitor was　9　,but seemed to expect Rossetti’s　10　.He then apologized for　11　 Rossetti’s time,but would he just　12　a few more drawings—these done by a(n)　13　art student？Rossetti looked over the　14　batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they　15　.“These,〞 he said,“Oh,these are good.This young student has great talent.He should be given every 16 and encouragement in his career as an artist.He has a 17 future if he will work and stick to it.〞 Rossetti could see that the old man was 18 moved.“Who is this fine young artist？〞 he asked.“Your son？〞 “No,〞 said the old man sadly.“It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago. 19 I had heard your praise then！For you see,I got discouraged and 20 drawing—too soon.〞 1．A.abandoned B．approached C．inspected D．requested 答案　B 解析　approach在此意为“接近,靠近；访问(某人)〞。 2．A.hoped B．made C．had D．wanted 答案　D 解析　want sb.to do sth.想要某人做某事。hope后面不能接不定式作宾补。make,have 后面可接不定式作宾补,但要省略不定式符号to。 B．commercial C．official D．spiritual 答案　A 解析　potential talent潜能。 4．A.up B．on C．over D．down 答案　C 解析　look sth.over逐一检查某物。后面的looked over the...batch也有提示。 B．mark C．chance D．view 答案　A 解析　show not the least sign of没有表现出一点迹象。 6．A.rude B．kind C．talented D．creative 答案　B 解析　从后面一句“he told the elderly man as gently as possible〞可以看出这位艺术家 的“善良〞。 B．price C．value D．quality 答案　C 解析　从后面的“showed little talent〞可以看出这些画没什么价值。 8．A.speak B．apologize C．listen D．lie 答案　D 解析　虽然他感到遗憾,但他得实话实说(不能对老人撒谎)。 B．annoyed C．delighted D．puzzled 答案　A 解析　听到这样的评价当然会使人“感到失望〞。 B．adjustment C．statement D．judgment 答案　D 解析　从后面可以看出这位老人期待艺术家评价一下另外一批绘画作品。应选 judgment。 11．A.taking up B．turning up C．making up D．looking up 答案　A 解析　take up在此是“占用〞之意。 12．A.aim at B．glare at C．look at D．stare at 答案　C 解析　这位老人希望艺术家再看几幅绘画作品。 13．A.old B．young C．famous D．talented 答案　B 解析　从后面艺术家猜想这些画是老人的儿子所作可知young在此比拟适宜。 B．second C．third D．last 答案　B 解析　开始时看了一批画,这时看的画应该属于“第二批〞。 15．A.reviewed B．exposed C．revealed D．rejected 答案　C 解析　reveal显示,展示,显露。 16．A.help B．time C．chance D．work 答案　A 解析　应该给予这位有才华的年轻画家以更多的帮助。 17．A.charming B．booming C．promising D．touching 答案　C 解析　promising有希望的,有前途的。 B．smoothly C．barely D．deeply 答案　D 解析　这位老人被深深地(deeply)打动了。 19．A.If only B．Only if C．Now that D．As long as 答案　A 解析　if only要是……该多好呀,后面接虚拟语气,表示未能实现的一种愿望。 20．A.insisted on B．gave up C．headed to D．led to 答案　B 解析　老人年轻时没有得到应有的鼓励,感到气馁,故可断定他过早地放弃了绘画事业。 2 I’m a skeptic when it comes to the benefits of taking vitamins and other supplements. We swallow far more vitamins than any other country—yet we’re not the healthiest folks by far,nor do we live the longest. There’s more bad news for vitamins this week：Taking folic acid (维生素B) and vitamin B12 supplements doesn’t prevent heart attacks or death,according to a major new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.It was hoped they would,since the vitamins do reduce levels of homocysteine,an amino acid (氨基酸) that is higher in the blood of people who have a higher risk of heart disease.In fact,homocysteine was reduced 30 per cent after one year of treatment in the participants who took both vitamins.But in the following three years,many vitamin takers died as those who didn’t take the vitamins.Even worse,the study was stopped early because another similar study suggested that there may be an increased risk of cancer from taking B vitamins. I had been taking a health food store monster multivitamin (综合维生素剂) for months. Coincidentally,I had been experiencing some strange numbness in my legs that was starting to scare me.I remember sitting in a long meeting with my ankles crossed,when I tried to stand up I crumpled on the floor and hit my chin on the glass coffee table because my legs had gone completely numb and worthless.As I sat there and shook my legs,I got that“pins and needles〞feeling and soon was OK.But it scared me enough to make an appointment with a neurologist,who suggested an MRI to rule out multiple sclerosis,stroke,or a brain tumor (肿块)． While I’ll never know for sure if the vitamins caused my problem,many studies have reminded us that pill forms of vitamins a