2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读与词汇训练9.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读与词汇训练9 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：343完成时间：15分钟难度：★★ It was a test all of us would hope to pass, but none of us really wants to take. A masked gunman points his weapon at a Christian and asks “Do you __1__ God?” She knows that if she says 搚es,?she’ll pay with her __2__. But unfaithfulness to her Lord is unthinkable. So, with what would be her last __3__, she calmly answers “Yes, I believe in God.” As you may have guessed, the event I’m __4__ took place last Tuesday in Littleton, Colorado. As the Washington Post __5__, the two students who shot 13 people, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, did not __6__ their victims at random(随意)—they were __7__ out of ugly prejudices(偏见). Media coverage has __8__ the killers’hostility(敌意) toward racial minorities and athletes, but there was another group the pair __9__ every bit as much, if not more: Christians. And, there were plenty of them to hate at Columbine High School. According to some _10___ eight Christians—four Evangelicals and four Catholics—were killed. Among them was Cassia Bernall. And it was Cassia who made the dramatic _11___ I’ve just described梖itting for a person whose _12___ movie was Brave heart in which the hero dies a martyrt’s(殉教的) _13___. Cassia was a 17-year-old junior with long blond hair, hair she wanted to _14___ and have made into wigs(假发) for cancer patients who had _15___ their hair through chemotherapy（化疗）. She was _16___ in her youth group at West Pool’s Community Church and was known for _17___ a Bible to school. Cassia was in the school library reading her Bible when the two young killers _18___. According to witnesses, one of the killers _19___ his gun at Cassia and asked, “Do you believe in God?” Cassia _20___ and then answered, “Yes, I believe in God.” “Why?” the gunman asked. Cassia did not have a chance to respond;the gunman had already shot her head. 1. A. believe in B. care for C. fight against D. rely on 2. A. money B. belief