2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破完形填空45.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破：完形填空 1. A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail (桶), and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of 36 roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The boy dug around the rock, managing to 37 it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle, he pushed the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, 38 , he found that he couldn’t roll it up and over the little wall. 39 , the little boy shoved and pushed, but every time he thought he had made some progress the rock moved and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy struggled, pushed, and shoved again but his only 40 was to have the rock roll back. Finally he burst into tears of frustration. All this time the boy’s father 41 from his living room window as the drama unfolded. As the 42 fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. 43 but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the 44 that you had available?” Defeated, the boy sobbed back, “ But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!” “No, son,” 45 the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.” With that the father reached down, 46 the rock and removed it from the sandbox. Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don’t have what it 47 to lift them alone? There is one who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. Isn’t it funny how we sometimes try so hard to do things all by ourselves? 36. A. drawing B. painting C. creating D. cutting 37. A. pull B. remove C. obtain D. leave 38. A. therefore B. then C. even D. however 39. A. Determined B. Depressed C. Defeated D. Discouraged 40. A. purpose B. r