2023年高考热点命题1：完形填空

Test 1

I awoke one day to find the dry stone wall in my front yard toppled （倒塌）; small holeswere all over the garden. I replaced the stones and 1 the holes. The next morning， thesame thing happened. This occurred 2 .

It wasnt long before I saw the 3 —a fox with a red bushy tail， a pointy nose andlong whiskers.

He was 4 at the start although day by day he became bolder. He always knewwhen it was garbage night. He could slip through the fence with the greatest of 5 toavoid you， and 6 himself in undergrowth.

I admired him for his cleverness. But when my rose bushes were 7 ， enough wasenough. So， a cage was 8 and baited with a foxs favourite 9 —chicken drumsticks.

I watched as he climbed the porch steps to get a better view of the 10 . You couldalmost see the cogs （轮齿） turning in his 11 as he tried to 12 how to get to themeal.

He 13 the cage， surveying it from every angle. Still， he sensed something was14 and wouldnt enter the cage in which twice the neighbours cat was caught.

As I write， the fox is still on the run. He has my 15 .

1. A. refilled B. repositioned C. reopened D. reproduced

2. A. repeatedly B. relatively C. accidentally D. temporarily

3. A. target B. criminal C. polluter D. observer

4. A. active B. smart C. shy D. polite

5. A. effort B. ease C. courage D. determination

6. A. comfort B. accompany C. prepare D. hide

7. A. preserved B. recognized C. established D. destroyed

8. A. held up B. picked up C. set up D. brought up

9. A. instrument B. treat C. toy D. spot

10. A. rose B. street C. cage D. garbage

11. A. claws B. ears C. body D. mind

12. A. work out B. turn out C. give out D. leave out

13. A. circled B. bit C. seized D. broke

14. A. urgent B. wrong C. cruel D. poisonous

15. A. mercy B. concern C. admiration D. apology

Test 2

When my friend and I arrived to meet my new⁃found paternal cousin， the summer aftermy father died， her dog Sooty was at her front gate. He saw my 1 and greeted her2 ， and then， to my surprise， instead of treating me as another stranger he acted as if healready knew me and I was 3 to him.

With his body pressed against my leg， walking was 4 as he insisted on stayingwith me.

For the whole 5 ， Sooty sat on the sofa beside me with his head on my lap， gazingup at me fondly. Worried that he was 6 me， my cousin tried several times to 7 him，but he wouldnt go. She apologized， explaining that he only behaved that way with 8 .That was profound because she was the first blood relative of my fathers that I had evermet.

When I stood up to leave， Sooty 9 himself firmly against me for an ungainly （笨拙的） walk back to the 10 . He wouldnt 11 from me and had to be 12 removed.

His owner and I 13 cousins and Sooty formed a relationship with me， too. Did he14 something in the shared family 15 ？ I like to think so.

1. A. companion B. relative C. colleague D. pet

2. A. warmly B. briefly C. instantly D. equally

3. A. kind B. polite C. faithful D. special

4. A. awkward B. messy C. terrifying D. annoying

5. A. trip B. conference C. visit D. activity

6. A. entertaining B. threatening C. bothering D. disabling

7. A. observe B. remove C. ignore D. alarm

8. A. trainers B. friends C. strangers D. families

9. A. repositioned B. regained C. repeated D. reminded

10. A. sitting⁃room B. house C. gate D. diner

11. A. hear B. part C. learn D. escape

12. A. voluntarily B. thoroughly C. willingly D. forcibly

13. A. bonded as B. started with C. turned out D. focused on

14. A. adopt B. confirm C. sense D. desire

15. A. traditions B. beliefs C. atmospheres D. genes

Test 3

Its always a little nerve⁃wracking （伤脑筋的） to drive in a big city. The sea of cars，one⁃way streets and traffic lights can be 1 ， even if youre an experienced city driver.Take Paris， for instance. The city is famous for its chaotic 2 . Youd think stop signswould be a 3 —and yet the city doesnt have a single one.

Paris hasnt always been a stop⁃sign⁃free city 4 . The city did have a stop sign.Yes， just one—a single red sign 5 “STOP”stood at the exit of a construction site.

It was 6 on a riverside road in Pariss 16th district. And despite this signs 7claim to fame， it seems that no one paid much 8 to it. Sometime between May 2012and September 2014， the stop sign just 9 right off the post that 10 it， and it hasntbeen returned.

There may not be stop signs， but plenty of other 11 keep Parisian streets from12 a mess. One of the most common is a red circle with a line through it， which 13a one⁃way street. Basically， if you ever find yourself behind the 14 in Paris， drive15 .

1.A. grateful B. powerful C. skillful D. stressful

2. A. roads B. scenes C. buildings D. railways

3. A. similarity B. necessity C. reality D. possibility

4. A. either B. otherwise C. though D. besides

5. A. writing B. reading C. reflecting D. recognizing