2014年高考英语完形填空考前练习（五）.docVIP

2014年高考英语完形填空考前练习（五） （1） A rich man once opened a theater. He gave a(n) 1 that he would reward whoever invented a new amusement. [来源:Z§xx§k.Com] Various public performers went for the 2 . Among them came a clown well known for his jokes. He said he had a kind of entertainment that had never been brought out on any stage before. His words 3 people around, and the theater was soon crowded. The clown appeared alone upon the stage, without any instrument or partner, and there was a complete 4 . He suddenly bent his head and imitated (模仿) the sound of a little pig so 5 that the audience declared he had a little pig under his coat, and demanded it should be shaken out. When that was done and nothing was 6 , they cheered the actor. A countryman, observing all this, said, “He cannot 7 me at that trick!” He announced he would do the same thing the next day, in a much more 8 way. The next day, an even larger crowd gathered in the theater, but most of them came rather to 9 the countryman than to see his performance. The clown performed first, and obtained, as the day before, the 10 . Now it was the countryman’s turn. He hid a little pig under his clothes, which was not found by the audience, and pulled its ear to cause it to scream. The crowd, 11 , agreed that the clown had given a far more exact imitation, and asked the countryman to be kicked out. On this, the countryman brought out the little pig from his coat and showed that all of them were 12 . “Look here,” he said. “This shows what sort of judges you are.” 1. A. cause B. answer C. notice D. plan 2. A. surprise B. power C. knowledge D. prize 3. A. puzzled B. excited C. amused D. satisfied 4. A. silence B. anger C. danger D. worry 5. A. strangely B. anxiously C. seriously D. vividly 6. A. filled B. felt C. found D. delivered 7. A. beat B