2016年高考真题(浙江卷)6.pdf

6.5 2016普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江卷） 英语 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分0） During the war,my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.! went to live there in order to be 2 1 him. I hated the place .1 had never 22 been so unhappy . My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty,and I was left in a tiny shac （棚屋）alone. The heat was 23 -almost 125 °F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）。 24 a soul to tal to . The wind blew non-stop ,and all the food I ate ,and the very air I breathed,were 25 with sand , sand , sand ! I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was 26 and coming bac home.I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer. I 27 be in prison ! My father answered my 28 with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my 29 - two lines that completely changed my life : Two men loo ed out from prison bars One saw the mud ,the other saw the stars I read those two lines 30 I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present 31 ; I would loo for the stars I made friends with the natives,and their 32 amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artwor s which they had 33 to sell to tourists . I studied the delightful forms of the cactus .1 watched for the desert sunsets,and 34 for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean 35 What brought about this 36 change in me ? The desert hadnt changed , 37 I had .1 had changed my 38 And by doing so ,1 changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing 39 of my life . I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had loo ed out of my self-created prison and 40 the stars 2 1. A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond 22. A. before