2014届高考高三英语二轮专题复习：完形填空76.docVIP

2014届高考高三英语二轮专题复习：完形填空 1.?阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been 21 by a well-known magazine to write an article 22 the presidents palace in a new African republic. When the article 23 , the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article 24: Hundreds of steps 25 the high wall which surrounds the presidents palace. The editor at once sent the journalist 26 instructing him to find out 27 the exact number of steps and the 28 of the wall. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these 29 facts, 30 he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting 31 , for the magazine would 32 go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but 33 no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that 34 he did not reply soon he would be fired. 35 the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had 36 been written. A week later, the editor 37 received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been 38 , but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been 39 to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested 40 counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace. 21. A. ordered B. hoped C. instructed D. suggested 22. A. for B. on C. of D. to 23. A. arrived B. received C. reached D. got 24. A. read B. said C. went D. began 25. A. link to B. point to C. lead to D. connect to 26. A. a letter B. an E-mail C. a message D. a fax 27. A. by all means B. by no means C. by any means D. by means of 28. A. position B. surroundings C. height D. condition 29. A. important B.