【三维设计】（江苏专用）2016届高考英语一轮复习 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained课时跟踪检测B卷（必修2）.docVIP

Tales of the unexplained　课时跟踪检测B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2015·徐州高三第三次质检) The Fish I didnt Catch I still remember my first fishing experience as if it were but yesterday.I have been __1__many times in my life (like when I got admitted to the best school), but never more intensely so than when I received that first fishing __2__ from my uncle. My uncle, who knew by long __3__where pickerel(梭鱼)would gather，__4__placed me at the most favorable point.I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite，__5__the float up and down rapidly on the surface of the water.But nothing came of it.“Try again，”said my uncle.Suddenly the float __6__out of sight.“Now for it，” thought I，“here is a fish at last.” I made a strong pull，only to bring up a tangle of weeds.Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty.I looked at my uncle __7__.“Try once more，” he said，“we fishermen must have __8__.” Suddenly something tugged at my line，and swept off with it into deep water.Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun.“Uncle！” I cried, looking back in uncontrollable __9__，“I’ve got a fish！” “Not yet，”said my uncle.Just then, I saw the scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung __10__from the line.I had lost my prize. My heart sank with it and I felt like a failure.We tend to speak of the __11__of childhood as matters of little importance __12__those of grown-ups.Controlled by reason and self-respect, the sorrows of grown-ups __13__the social customs and rules of conduct __14__the sorrows of childhood are a complete abandonment to the passion.The doll?s nose is broken, and the whole world __15__with it. So, overcome with my bitter disappointment, I refused to be __16__， even by my uncle’s guarantee that there were more fish in the river.He refitted my bait, and, putting the pole again in my hands, told me to try my luck once more. “But remember, boy” he said, with a smile, “it’s no use to boast (自夸) of anything before its done, nor then