2014届高考英语二轮专题测试：完形填空1.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题测试：完形填空 1.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discove- ring diamond mines. These tales so 36 the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go 37diamonds himself. So he sold the farm and 38 the rest of. his life looking for diamonds, but without luck. Finally 39 he threw himself into a river and drowned. 40 the man who had bought his farm 41 to be crossing a small stream on the farm one day 42 he saw something shining at the bottom of the stream. He 43 the stone and later put it on his fireplace mantel(壁炉架) as a(n) 44 Several weeks later, a visitor came and admired the stone. After looking 45 at it and weighing it in his hand, he asked the farmer if he knew 46 hed found. When the farmer said no, the visitor told him he had found one of the largest diamonds 47 discovered. The farmer was 48 . He told the man that his stream was full of these 49 stones, and that his farmland was covered with them. Needless to say, the 50 the first farmer had sold,so that he could hunt for a diamond mine, 51 to be the most productive diamond mine on the entire African continent. 52 of us is standing on our own land of diamonds. 53 we have the wisdom and patience to be- gin by 54 ourselves, we will find that we 55 all the riches necessary for future success. 36. A. moved B. shocked C. excited D. scared 37. A. searching for B. applying for C. sending for D. calling for 38. A. devoted B. spent C. took D. concentrated 39. A. in despair B. in surprise C. in delight D. in panic 40. A. Therefore B. Meanwhile C. Moreover D. Somehow 41. A. seemed B. pretended C. happened D. intended 42. A. when B. while