2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读与词汇训练10.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读与词汇训练10 Ⅰ. 完形填空 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。 字数：313完成时间：15分钟难度：★★ 10-year-old John ran bare foot out of the door on a windy, cold day in February and he __1__ straight for the 125-foot electric tower behind their home. The tower carried 230,000 volts through its silver wires but John wasn’t __2__ of the danger. He had suffered from a mental illness, a condition that separates him from reality, __3__ him to live within his own __4__. That day his thoughts were set on climbing to the top of that tower, touching the sky and feeling what it was like to __5__. His seventeen-year-old brother, James, who had always been close by, watching him and making sure that no __6__ came to him, __7__ to realize that he was missing this time. John had already __8__ the handrails(栏杆) and was making his __9__ to the sky by the time James __10__ him. James understood the __11__ of the electrical tower but he chose to follow his younger brother up each gray rail, trying not to look __12__,all the way to the top. James finally __13__ his brother and held him tightly with his right hand. With his left hand, he held on to a metal bar to help stabilize(固定) them __14__. The minutes lengthened into hours __15__ they balanced on a three-inch rail. James sang songs to __16__ his own beating heart and to draw his brother’s attention away from the rescue action taking place__17__. Hundreds of people gathered at the base of the tower and they looked like ants to James. Helicopters(直升飞机) began to circle overhead and emergency trucks rushed to the __18__.When secured with a safety line, the brothers and their rescuers were carefully lowered to the ground, the crowd below burst out __19__. They witnessed the __20__ of a 17-year-old boy named James. 1. A. looked B. headed C. cared D. sent 2. A. aware B. proud C. sure D. afraid 3. A. teaching B. allowing C. coaching D. forcing 4. A. words B. opinions C. thoughts