2014年高考英语二轮复习完形填空 拉分题（较难题目）特训：夹叙夹议.docVIP

2014年高考英语二轮复习完形填空 拉分题（较难题目）特训：夹叙夹议 1 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discovering diamond mines. These　1　so excited the farmer that he could hardly wait to　2　his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself.　 So he sold the　3　and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent, searching　4　for the gleaming gems that brought such high prices on the markets of the world.　 Finally, worn out, and in a fit of despondency, he　5　himself into a river and drowned.　 Meanwhile, the man who had　6　his farm happened to be crossing a small stream one day when he　7　something gleaming at the bottom of the stream. He　8　it up. It was a sparkling　9　—a good size stone—and, admiring it, he later put it on his fireplace mantel as an interesting curiosity.　 Several weeks later, a　10　 admired the stone, looking closely at it. He asked the farmer if he　11　what he’d found. When the farmer said no, the visitor told him he had found one of the　12　diamonds ever discovered.　 The farmer was　13　. He told the man that his creek was full of these brilliant stones, and his farmland was　14　with them.　 Needless to say, the farm the first farmer had sold, 　15　he could search for a diamond mine, turned out to be the most　16　diamond mine on the entire African continent.　 The first farmer had 　17　, free and clear, acres of diamonds, but had sold them in order to look for them elsewhere.　 The moral is clear: If the first farmer had only　18　the time to study and prepare himself—to learn what　19　 looked like in their rough state—and, since he had already owned a piece of land, to thoroughly explore the property he had before looking elsewhere, his wildest　20　would have come true.　 1?. A. tales B. opinions C. ideas D. novels 2. A. leave B. sell C. desert D. crop 3. A. cattle B. house C. farm D. shop 4. A. widely B. sadly C. unfortunately D. unsuccessfully 5. A. sent B. threw C. swam D. rafted