2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空64.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空 1.完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a __36__ across the river. The wait seemed __37__. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time. __38__, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s __39__ and said, “Sir, would you __40__ giving me a ride to the other side?” __41__ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost __42__. He could not get __43__ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, __44__ to the old man’s home. As they __45__ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I __46__ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? __47__I had said ‘no’ and left you there?” The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked __48__ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t __49__. It would be __50__ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw __51__. I knew that you would help me.” The words __52__ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others __53__ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does __54__ in my heart.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his __55__ back to the White House 36. A. help B. ride C. trip D. drive 37. A. useful B. boring C. fortunate D. endless 38. A. Gradually B. Finally C. Sadly D. Surprisingly 39. A .eyes B. hand C. back