2014届高三英语二轮专题强化精选：完形填空17.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题强化精选：完形填空 1.完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分）(请将答案的序号填入答题页的空格中) Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __21 and was even sent to the Belgian __22 community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __23 deplorable(悲惨的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families __24__ simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __25 him a moderate life-style, which, __26 , seemed to him unfair. One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艰难)home, he __27 an old man staggering(蹒跚)toward him across the fields, __28 in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __29 enough for one change, and decided to give__30 away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __31 had been killed in a cave-in. He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __32 for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __33 himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them. A (an) __34 family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __35__ the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __36 serve his community of poor miners. He believed that if he wanted them to __37 him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __38 with them. He was aware of the wide chasm(鸿沟)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __39 louder and clearer than words. Others are “ __40 ” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them? 21. A. office clerk B. coal miner C. factory worker D. church minister 22. A. mining B. religion C. poverty D. working 23. A. shared B. suffered C. complained D. enjoyed 24. A. tried B. managed C. struggled D. worked 25. A. allowed B. a