2014届高三英语二轮专题提升训练：完形填空与写作17.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题提升训练：完形填空与写作17 完形填空—记叙文 .A simple gesture could save someone’s life. No, that does not happen every time but it pays to be kind to someone. Mark was walking home from school one day　1　he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and　2　all the books he was　3　, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder.　 Mark knelt down and helped the boy　4　the scattered articles. Since they were going the　5　way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they　6　, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, and that he loved video games, 　7　and history. He was having a lot of trouble　8　his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.　 Mark went home after dropping Bill at his house. They　9　to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both　10　 from junior high school. They　11　in the same high school, 　12　they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came.　 Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill　13　him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying　14　many things home that day? ” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to　15　a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going　16　to commit suicide.　 But after we　17　some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had　18　myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, that　19　 gesture, you did a lot more. You saved my　20　. ” 1?. A. whereB. howC. whenD. why 2. A. gathered B. abandonedC. droppedD. buried 3. A. studyingB. carryingC. buyingD. writing 4. A. take up B. pick upC. hold up D. turn up 5. A. sameB. familiar C. similar D. different 6. A. walkedB. ran C. drove D. rode 7. A. basketballB. baseballC. football D. volleyball 8. A. at B. inC. withD. about 9. A. cancelled B