完形填空專題練習18篇

吳建華 劉嫦云 劉藝玲 方莉苗 等

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

（一）

I went shopping with my partner， who needed a pair of trousers. After 2 hours of looking， ______1______， etc， we decided to sit at a Cafe for a______ 2______， we both hate shopping. While waiting for the______ 3______， my partner noticed a homeless woman outside and told me that she’d______ 4______ a pound coin in the changing room and she was going to give it to a man. My partner told me that on her______ 5______ the man was talking“nonsense”without even looking at her. The woman had______ 6______ to have a conversation with the man without______ 7______. Eventually the man just______ 8______ the money in one of her bags. The woman had lots of bags and was also checking the bags to find the coin. At that time， the man______ 9______ a few times was“I have a million pounds in my bank______ 10______”. Bless him， who knows.

I was______ 11______ by my partner’s gesture. Not long before this， he found a penny coin on the______ 12______. I suggested he should do what my grandmother always told me：______ 13______ it on to someone else， no matter how______ 14______. He’d made fun of me as I’d also suggested adding a pound to it as it was such a small amount. A penny or a pound， it all makes a kind______ 15______.

（二）

A couple of years ago， I planned to take the subway in Upper Manhattan. I felt extremely______ 1______ after a long and stressful day at work， dreaming about the______ 2______ of my bed.

I stopped in a store on the way to my apartment to______ 3______ a bag of popcorn. A woman in front of me at the checkout（收銀臺）______4______ towards me， telling me that I______ 5______ tired. Then， she turned towards the______ 6______ and said that she was going to pay for my______ 7______， too. I politely refused and was______8______pulling out my wallet， but this woman wouldn’t allow me to say no. She______ 9______ the cashier a couple of extra dollars to cover my popcorn and told me that she______ 10______hoped everything went well with me. She______ 11______ out of the store and I never saw her again.

The world needed a little more______ 12______——especially with the year we just had. It’s pretty______ 13______ for us to get caught up in personal worries. As a result， we neglect those around us. The woman who______ 14______ my popcorn has stuck with me and also has______ 15______ me to help those people who need a hand. It feels great to be kind！

（三）

Kindness on Auto

Christmas 2020 was shaping up to be a heartbreaker for Melanie Lee. Her son had______ 1______ his battle with a long illness， then her______ 2______ broke down. She had no means of paying for it to be______ 3______.

Enter Eliot Middleton， the owner of a______ 4______ restaurant and former auto mechanic（修理工） who， in his free time， repairs and gives away______ 5______ cars. He’d heard about Lee’s______ 6______ situation. On Christmas morning， Middleton showed up at Lee’s home with a______ 7______： a white 1993 Oldsmobile.

“He______ 8______ me the keys and didn’t ask for anything. I was so______ 9______.”said Lee.

The______10______ for the used-car giveaway came to Middleton a year earlier during a food______ 11______ he’d organized. Many of those who’d lined up for a______ 12______ walked up to four miles to get there because they didn’t have cars.

So he______13______ on Facebook an offer to trade his restaurant’s barbecued ribs（肋骨）for? broken-down vehicles. Since then， friends and strangers have______ 14______ cars in various states of disrepair（失修）. Many sit in Middleton’s yard waiting to be______ 15______.

“People think Middleton is an angel（天使），”Mayor McClary said.“And I do too.”

（四）

On James Owen’s 70th birthday， he saw a video of himself bending and shuffling（拖著腳步走）up to the platform where he was giving a talk.“I looked like an old man，”says Owen.______ 1______， he felt like an old man.

He was about 25 pounds overweight and had chronic（慢性的）trouble with his back， knees， and shoulders. But instead of______2______ age， Owen decided to set an ambitious five-year______ 3???? ： He wanted to be pain-free， and he______4______ the way to get there was through???? 5______.

Owen began his new exercise regimen（養生法）by walking， though he was______6______ after five minutes. But that didn’t______?? ?7______ him. He kept at the walks every day， along with some stretching.

Once he______8______ those basic skills， he started weight lifting and hired a personal______9______ to teach him and to design a routine he could______10______ on his own. In less than five years， Owen was able to______11______ for miles each day. And yes， he was free of aches and______12______.

“Aging well is only about 20 to 25 percent genes， and the rest is______13______”he says. “As long as you’re still???? 14______， it’s never too late to become more???? 15______.”

（五）

Te Paa， who is totally blind， and her friend， Claire Sara， stepped into the restaurant. When Sara informed restaurant______? 1______ that it was Te Paa’s______ 2______ celebration， they looked up how to write the message of their best wishes in Braille（盲文）and made sure the chocolate was______ 3______ enough so it wouldn’t melt （融化）when she touched it.

While Sara______ 4______ her hand to the plate， Te Paa started feeling the raised dots and， after realizing what it reads， screamed， “Oh my gosh！Is this in Braille？ That is wild. Thank you so much.”Te Paa added she was especially______ 5______ by the obvious care offered by the thoughtful employees. She has______ 6______ her birthday with nice desserts or waited staff singing her“Happy Birthday”before， but this was the first time a restaurant had______ 7______ her disability like that.

Her______8______ Sara recorded Te Paa’s delighted______ 9______ to the surprise party and______ 10______ the jubilant footage（歡欣鼓舞的畫面）to TikTo（抖音）. Since the______ 11______ video was shared， it has______ 12______ nearly 16 million views. Te Paa was “blown away”by the extremely______ 13______ response.

“The fact that people have______ 14______ so much and so well to it just shows how much the world needs______ 15______ right now， needs to see people doing things for each other，”she continued.

（六）

Since November 2021 a resident（居民）in Colorado Springs who calls himself“the Ugly Sweater Elf”has placed free gifts in random busy places around the city. Not inspired by______1______ or awards， he______2______wants to spread a little joy this season.

The generous Secret Santa has______3______ gifts worth thousands of dollars each day. He expects nothing______4______. He places the festive______5______ packages in public places， such as bus stops， for unsuspecting______6______ to find. A message on the front of each package______7______，“If you found this， it is a gift for you！Please open！” Inside the package， a note______8______ the giftee to“pay it forward.”

One woman named Dani， a______9______ single mother， found such a surprise gift when she was down to her last few dollars and could not get home. While at the______10______ station， she suddenly______11______ and noticed the package. When she opened it， she found $60. She said the gift restored her______12______ in humankind.

The Ugly Sweater Elf said that such stories encourage him to______13______. He hopes his giving______14______ will create a“pay it forward”chain in all communities（社區）and bring the______15______ spirit to all.

（七）

Rojas rode to the Wildlife Refuge to go bird-watching. Bingo！A mile into her walk， she______1______ a mute swan（天鵝） near the water’s edge. As a former worker at the Wild Bird Fund recovery center， she knew mute swans can be______2______. But as she approached this one， it didn’t______3______. So now she was______4______ that the bird needed medical attention.

Her best???? 5______ was the recovery center. But how was she going to______6______ a 17-pound swan？______7______， some strangers driving by offered her and the swan a lift to a nearby______8______.

Rojas called the recovery center， and Higgins， an animal-care manager， picked her up at the station and drove the bird， bike， and???? 9______ to the facilities（設施）. There， staff members______10______ that the swan might have taken in something mistakenly.

The swan was back up on her feet！ Sadly， she got a bacterial infection（感染）. Two months after Rojas came to her rescue， she______11______.

Though it’s a______12______ ending， the real story is just how______ 13______ some people are willing to go to______14______ a swan in the big city. Rojas traveled two hours by foot， car， and subway.“That’s the______15______ summary of who she is.”says Higgins.

（八）

Apple， a doctor， had been on call two days， with little sleep. Exemely tired， she drove to a meeting in Kentucky. She tried______1______ her CB radio to refresh herself， but the airwaves（廣播頻道）were______2______. Soon， Apple was asleep.

A trucker named Woody Key found a______3______ahead， drifting off（漸漸偏離）the road. Key shouted into his CB microphone，“Four-wheeler， are you all right？”Apple______4______. She responded，“I’m tired， and I’m lucky I’m still______5______. Thanks！”

“Call me Woodpecker， my CB nickname，”the???? 6???? said. “Where are you going？”“Kentucky.”“I’ll travel behind and keep you awake. What’s your CB nickname？”“Froot Loops.”After arrival， she??? ?7______him for keeping her awake and______8______on the long， dark road.

Years later， Apple was checking a man whose head was badly hurt in a（n）???? 9______. She tried to calm him.“It’s not your time to die！”Then he asked for her______10______.

“Dr. Sherry Apple.”

“No... your CB nickname. ...I know your______11______...”

“Froot Loops”

“Oh...It’s me...Woodpecker！”

The first days out of the operating room were very painful for Key. Often Apple would find her phone______12______. Nurses， unable to calm Key， asked her to return. She______13______did.

Two months later， Key was______14______ to leave the hospital. He told Apple，“I don’t think I could have made______15______without you.”Apple’s eyes welled up.“Without you I wouldn’t have， either.

（九）

A British teen Amelia fought off a crocodile（鱷魚）that tore her leg to pieces and left her foot hanging. She was named“the bravest girl”by the______1______ treating her.

Amelia’s proud dad， Brent， 60， recalled his daughter’s narrow______2______. They were______3______ by the guides to swim in the area considered to be______4???? . Everything was fine when they______5______ in the water. But as they returned to the______6______， a large crocodile attacked Amelie. As Amelie desperately fought to keep herself out of the crocodile， the guides______7______ to her aid. They got Amelie out of the water swiftly. But a lower leg of Amelie was______8______ to pieces with her right foot left hanging loose.

Despite the horror of the???? 9??? ， Amelie remained??? 10???? and shocked the crew because she didn’t even cry. The guides______11???? to give effective first aid. Later， pilots airlifted（空運）Amelie to an aid post in a nearby town before being taken on a 240 mile journey to a big______12______. There， she had several operations which______13______ her right foot. Half a year later， Amelie could walk with her right foot.

Brent said his family felt______14______ appreciative of the courage and professionalism of all those______15______ in Amelie’s life-saving rescue and her treatment.

（十）

A mum has thanked medical staff. They have helped her “New Year miracle（奇跡）”???? 1______ Preston who suffered from a______2______ health condition.

Deborah said she was told during her 16-week pregnancy

3______that Preston’s brain was abnormal. It could cause______4______ or total disability of the legs. But with the timely______5______ and operation given by the doctors， Preston was born on January 1st， 2020. The doctors______6______ his progress before returning home one month later.

After______7______ being given a“scaring”outlook， Deborah said Preston learnt to sit，______ 8______ ， and leap by himself， calling him their family’s“New Year miracle”.

“The doctors didn’t think Preston would be able to sit without help. So to see him doing all these things is______9______. I think you take for granted all these little things______10______ it’s a huge accomplishment for Preston. He has______11______ medical staff.

Now， the woman and the boy’s dad David have______12______ hospital staff as the family prepares to______13______ their first New Year together. Meanwhile， Deborah invited them to her house for dinner with Preston______14______ his first birthday.

Deborah said：“We didn’t know how Preston would be now without them. We are so grateful for all the medical staff that______15______ us.”

（十一）

Stephanie Hollifield， who is White， adopted a Black baby girl. Hollifield loved Haley no differently than her______1______ children. But as her daughter grew up， Hollifield realized she wasn’t doing her black daughter’s______2______ correctly. The mom of five tried to reach out to strangers on social media to help______3______? her.

She shared an update and wrote：“A couple of days ago， I posted to Facebook______4______ advice on caring for my African American daughter’s hair. As a white mama， I was a bit______5______. This lady， Monica Hunter， who I had never met______6______ before today， offered to come to my house and walk me through exactly how to______7______ my daughter’s hair.”Hunter arrived fully______8______.”She gave us her time， advice， headbands，______9______， and hair product. She asked for nothing in return and wouldn’t______10______ my money.”

Hollifield added，“By the time she left I had a little more

11______in fixing my daughter’s hair and most importantly I felt______12______ by my new friend. Our world needs more people like this.”The story went viral（瘋狂傳播）and people were full of______13______ for women supporting women. One Facebook user wrote：“Strong women are asking for______14______ when it is needed， and making a______15______ act of help. We can all learn from you.”

（十二）

Carole-Ann Warburton’s dream was to work in her own bookstore. It took a______1______ experience to find her way to it.

In 2010， she______2______ at home due to a debilitating （使人衰弱的）illness. Her legs didn’t know what to do after the fall， so she had to learn to______3______ again. She had worked for 15 years in an administrative post. During her recovery， her daughter felt it was time to______ 4______.“‘Here are some houses for sale，’ she said. Coincidentally， she showed me details for a little shop with a flat above it.”

The barber shop had been on the______5______ for years. Warburton viewed it on her new walking______6______.“It was an______ 7______ place. I fell in love with it.”

At work， she______8______ her retirement notice， saying：“I’m going to have a bookshop.”It was the first time she had spoken of her______9______ aloud. She sold her house，______10______ the shop and， a few weeks after her 65th birthday， The Book Rest______11______.

Warburton has been an enthusiastic book______12______ since childhood. By the time The Book Rest came along， she had over 8，000______13______ with which to fill it.

Having______14______ her own dream， she says：“All the dreams are in the books. They are all there waiting to be______15______.”

（十三）

Two babies swapped at birth due to a hospital error. Sicilian______1______ Caterina Alagna and Melissa Fodera were both 23 years old when they gave birth to baby girls 15 minutes apart.

When it was time for the mothers and______2______to head home， Alagna and Fodera both______3______ why the babies weren’t wearing the______4______ they’d brought， but the hospital staff ensured them it was______5______a wardrobe snafu （衣柜混亂）.

Three years later， as Alagna was______6______ her daughter Melissa from nursery school， she saw something______7______. Another child， Caterina by name， bore a surprising______8______ to Alagna’s two other biological daughters.

When she recognized the little girl’s mother Fodera as the woman she’d______9______ the maternity（產科）ward with， the clothing incident popped into her mind—and something clicked. The clothing hadn’t been______10______， but the babies had. Fifteen days later， DNA tests______11______ her suspicions. It was a choice neither one of them wanted to face.

But rather than simply make the swap back， the______12______ parents found a way to______13______ their daughters together under one roof. The arrangement______14______so well that emotionally the two girls， now grown to young adulthood， couldn’t be better. Today they are more like twins than sisters and there is a kind of love which binds（聯合在一起）the two______15______.

（十四）

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy（讀寫）skills. With their???? 1______brown eyes， wagging tails， and unconditional love， dogs can???? 2???? the non-judgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to???? 3______confidence， according to Inter-mountain Therapy Animals（ITA）in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first______4???? in the country to use dogs to help???? 5______literacy in children， with the???? 6______of those dogs as Reading Education Assistance Dogs（READ）.

The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the???? 7______. “Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often???? 8______ reading aloud in a group， often have lower self-respect， and???? 9______reading as a headache.”said Lisa Myton， manager of the children’s department，“But their ability to read can certainly be improved if trained______10______.”

Last November the two groups???? 11______an activity named “Dog Day Afternoon”in the children’s department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes，______12______ for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a“paw-graphed”book at the last______13______， which was both delightful and______14______.

The program was so???? 15______that the library plans to repeat it in April， according to Dana Thumpowsky， public relations manager.

（十五）

Diving below the waves can be like entering another world， but for National Geographic Explorer Jonathan Cybulski， it is also like travelling back in time. A______1______ marine（海洋）ecologist specializing in coral（珊瑚）， Cybulski uncovers the stories of how______2______ ecosystems have changed through time， and what can be done to prevent their______3______.

“I look at coral reefs and try to set a historical baseline，”says Cybulski.“What were they like in the past？ How do we use that information to infer how they’ve______4______？ And what has caused that change， which——surprise！——it’s usually humans. Then， how can we look at that ecosystem today and use my______5______to better conserve or restore it for the future.

US-born Cybulski has______6______a unique insight into Hong Kong’s coral ecosystem. Part of his work includes______7______to collect historical data， using a coring pipe to dig______8______ into the seabed to take out layers of sediment（沉積物）that______9______ a window into the past—and potentially a lifeline for the______10______.

As Cybulski______11______， Hong Kong’s coral has declined in the past few decades______12______factors such as pollution and human activities. Areas that have been particularly______13______in this regard include Tolo Harbour and the Ninepin Group of islands， and______14______ greater conservation measures， some coral species could______15______from Hong Kong waters forever.

（十六）

On March 19， I read that a lockdown（禁閉）in London was coming and flights would stop at any minute. The slow-rolling panic I’d been feeling???? 1______boiled over. Soon I???? 2______all my possessions， waiting to board a______3______at the airport to Auckland， New Zealand.

However， after arriving， I was???? 4______to self-isolate（隔離）in a hotel for two weeks， where what? ???5______money I had left went. I???? 6______all my time applying for jobs， but in vain. With no family in New Zealand to support me， I was preparing myself for the???? 7______that I might be completely???? 8______in a matter of days.

Then the acts of______9______from strangers started happening. First， the hotel didn’t kick me out or______10______me beyond my initial two-week stay. Then， another miracle（奇跡）happened. I had______11______ a games company about a job. Although they didn’t have a job for me，______12______ they offer me a rent-free place to stay，______13______with all the items， from a bed to a cupboard filled with food. There was even internet set up！

Every day I wake up grateful to have a???? 14______over my head， food in the cupboard， and running water—the little things that provide a sense of???? 15______in these far from normal times.

（十七）

Clark was an American social psychologist specializing in child development in Black children. Clark took advantage of her early______1______as a Black child in the segregated（種族隔離的）American South to help children who???? 2______the same inequalities. Clark first majored in mathematics in 1934， but???? 3???? to psychology after meeting psychology student Kenneth， who later became Clark’s husband and???? 4______. Clark graduated in psychology and then tried to???? 5______her dream for a higher degree. Her master’s essay，“The Development of Consciousness in Negro Pre-School Children”， investigated（調查）the???? 6______at which young Black children become???? 7______of their race， concluding that boys as young as three and four showed distinct???? 8______awareness.

Clark went on to???? 9______a PhD in psychology with her husband. They started the famous Doll Test， which showed that Black children in segregated?? ??10______were more likely to prefer dolls with white skin and yellow hair while______11______ the brown dolls with black hair and giving negative（消極的）personalities to them. The study showed the______12______ effect of school segregation on Black children. Based on their______13______， they argued for school integration（融合）in 1954.

Clark had been???? 14______devoted to her cause.______15______， she was awarded the American Association of University achievement award in 1973.

（十八）

When Scarlette Tipton was born， she had a physical problem. Her left arm was larger than her right. It turned out that Scarlette was born with a rare______1______， and her doctors recommended an amputation（截肢）.

After Scarlette’s left arm was______2???? ， her parents Matt and Simone began talking about______3______ a pet that was also missing a limb（肢腿）so that their daughter could have a______4______ like her. When the family heard about a 3-month-old kitten named Doc who______5______ her front leg， they knew they had found that pet. They______6______ the shelter but was told that Doc was still______7______from her injury of surgery， and was not ready for adoption， but the parents______8______ drove to get the kitten before anyone else could jump______9???? in line.

On the day the little girl met Doc for the first time， she touched her???? 10______. She knew， despite her______11______ age， that this particular cat was______12______to her. The family could not be happier with how Doc has settled into life at her new______13______.

“We wanted to find a companion for Scarlette so she could grow up with someone______14______ to herself — not only can she see that she’s not the only one， but also she can grow______15______ and learn how to cope just like Doc does.”

答案與解析

（一）本文描述了作者與同伴去買衣服，在咖啡館休息看到了一個無家可歸的女人撿了一分錢返還給別人，但是那人不接受，并稱自己在銀行有百萬存款。最后作者回憶起自己同伴類似的經歷，也讓作者想起奶奶的告誡，不管一分錢還是一英磅都起到善意的影響。

1. B 由前文講到作者和同伴去買褲子，可知作者和同伴是反復看并試穿（trying）。

2. A 上文講到作者看、試穿了二個小時，以及下文講到他們不喜歡購物，可知是到咖啡館休息（break）。

3. D 由上文講到他們在咖啡館坐下來，所以是等咖啡（coffee）。

4. B 由后文語境可知，那個無家可歸的女人是發現（found）了一只英鎊硬幣。

5. D 由后文可知，是那個女人把硬幣歸還給（return）原主。

6. A 由上文那個男人正眼都沒有看那個無家可歸的女人一眼，可知那個無家可歸的人在嘗試（try）與對方對話。

7. D 由上下文可知，無家可歸的女人沒有成功（success）地與對方溝通上。

8. B 結合下文The woman had lots of bags and was also checking the bags to find the coin（這女人帶著很多包，一直查看她的包以尋找那一英鎊硬幣），可知那個男人把錢放到（put）無家可歸女人的包里。……