完形填空(三)

完形填空

The night passed rapidly: I was too tired even to dream; I only once awoke to hear the wind rave in furious

gusts, and the rain fall in torrents, and to be 1 (sense) that Miss Miller had taken her place by my side.

When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet

begun 2 dawn, and a rushlight or two burnt in the room. I too rose reluctantly; it was bitter cold, and I

dressed as well as I could for shivering, and washed when there was a basin at liberty, which did not occur

soon, as there was but one basin to six girls, on the sands down the middle of the room. Again the bell rang:

all formed 3 file, two and two, and in that order descended the stairs and entered the cold and dimlylit

schoolroom: here prayers were r 4 by Miss Miller; afterwards she called out "Form classes!"

A great tumult succeeded for some minutes, during which Miss Miller 5 (repeat) exclaimed, "Silence!"

and "Order!" When it subsided, I saw them all drawn up in four semi-circles, before four chairs, placed at the

four tables: all held books in their hands, and a great book, like a Bible, 1 6 on each table, before the

vacant seat. A pause of some seconds succeeded, 7 (fill) up by the low, vague hum of numbers; Miss

Miller walked from class to class, hushing this indefinite sound.

A distant bell tinkled: immediately three ladies entered the room, each walked to a table and took her seat;

Miss Miller assumed the fourth va 8 chair, which was nearest the door, and around which the smallest of

the children were assembled: to this inferior class I was called, and placed at the bottom of it.

Business now began: the day's Collect was repeated, then certain texts of Scripture were said, and to these

succeeded a protracted reading of chapters in the Bible, which lasted an hour. By the time that exercise was

terminated, day had fully dawned. The 9 ( fatigable) bell now sounded for the fourth time: the classes

were marshaled and marched into another room to breakfast. How glad I was to behold a prospect of getting

something to eat! I was now nearly sick from hunger, having taken so li 10 the day before.

1.

sensible

[解析] 名词转换

空格处是说我只醒来过㇐次，听见狂风阵阵，大雨倾盆，还知道米勒小姐睡在我身边。be后面应用

形容词，名词sense的形容词形式为sensible“可感觉到的，觉察到某事物”。

2.

to

[解析] 动词+不定式

空格处是说天色未明，房间里燃着㇐两支灯心草蜡烛。当主语是物或用于描述天气变化时，begin

后跟to do。

3.

in

[解析] 固定搭配

空格处是说铃声再次响起，大家排好队，成双成对地走下搂梯。in file意为“依次，成纵队”，因此

应填in。

4.

read

[解析] 推断词汇

空格处是说米勒小姐读了祷告。空格处的主语是prayers“祈祷文”，谓语为被动语态，因此应填

read。

5.

repeatedly

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[解析] 动词转换

空格处是说接着引起了㇐阵几分钟的大骚动，米勒小姐反复叫喊着：“不要作声!”“遵守秩序!”空格

的后面是动词，因此应填写动词repeat的副词形式repeatedly“重复地”。

6.

lay

[解析] 推断词汇

空格处是说每人手里都拿着书，有㇐本《圣经》模样的大书，搁在空椅子跟前的每张桌子上。空格

前面提到了“a great book”，lie on意为“将……放在……上”。此处应填lie的过去式lay。

7.

filled

[解析] 固定搭配

空格处是说几秒钟肃静之后，响起了低沉而含糊的嗡嗡声。fill up意为“(使)充满”，此处有被动含

义，因此应填filled。

8.

vacant

[解析] 推断词汇

空格处是说米勒小姐坐了靠门最近的第四把空椅子。空格后面是名词chair，因此这里应填形容词

vacant“未被占用的，空的”。

9.

indefatigable

[解析] 形容词转换

空格处是说不知疲倦的钟声第四次响起。空格后面是名词bell，因为这里表明钟声响了不只㇐次，

应填fatigable的反义词indefatigable“不倦的”。

10.

little

[解析] 推断词汇

空格处是说由于前㇐天吃得太少，这时我简直饿坏了。空格前面的动词take意为“吃，喝”，再根据

前面说的“饿坏了”可以推知，此处应填little“很少”。

Are you curious about the private 11 (life) of actors and pop stars? If so, you're not alone. Every day, the

world's newspapers, magazines, and websites de 12 a constant stream of gossip about the rich and famous.

Although it's sometimes called "junk food news", celebrity gossip is more popular than ever.

Movie stars, athletes, singers, and 13 (politics) are the favorite subjects of the gossip media. Because

they're always in the public eye, some people feel very close to these people. They want to know what they're

doing, what clothes they're wearing, and who they're spending time 14 . In offices, chat-rooms, and

coffee shops, celebrity news is a common topic of conv 15 .

There's even a class of 16 ( photo), called " paparazzi, " who follow celebrities around. Wherever stars

eat, shop, or t r a v el, t h e p a p a r azzi a r e al w a ys t h e r e, ca 17 came r a s i n h a nd. So me p e op le s ee t h i s a s a n

18 (invade) of privacy. However, stars benefit from the paparazzi, 19 photos are sold to news sources.

This keeps stars in the public eye, and helps their careers.

Stories in the gossip media may be based on public facts, information from stars' friends, or secret

"insider" sources. 20 ( regard) of how crazy the stories are, stars usually ig 21 them. However, they

sometimes fight back. In Hollywood and London, there are special la 22 who work for celebrities and

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who sue magazines and papers for printing 23 f stories or demand that certain photographs not be

printed.

In today's world, the media are everywhere, so it's impossible for stars to hide 24 the press. At the

same time, it's hard for the rest of us to avoid celebrity news. Yet, at the end of the day, we have only

ourselves to bl 25 . As a famous magazine editor once said, "Celebrity gossip is everywhere because we

have such a huge appetite for it. "

11.

lives

[解析] 名词单复数

根据“actors and pop stars”可知，此处应填写life的复数形式，即lives。

12.

deliver

[解析] 常用动词

此句主语是世界的报纸，杂志和网站，宾语是富人和名人的各种绯闻。由此推知，此处的动词为

deliver，意为发布，发表。

13.

politicians

[解析] 词性转换

连词and连接并列关系的成分，and前面指的是电影明星，歌手，都属于某㇐种职业，并且为复数，

所以后面也要变为politician“政客”，然后变成复数即为答案。

14.

with

[解析] 动词的固定搭配

spend time with sb. 为固定搭配，表示“和某人㇐起度过”。

15.

conversation

[解析] 常用名词

本句意思是，在办公室，聊天室，咖啡店，名人的新闻是㇐个普遍的话题，再结合给出的字母，可

推知应填写conversation，意为“谈话，谈论”。

16.

photographers

[解析] 名词转换

根据后面的内容“paparazzi”狗仔队可知，前面指的是摄影师，所以把photo变为photographer，who引

导的定语从句修饰的先行词即为要填写的词，用了follow，所以填写的词要用复数形式，即

photographers。

17.

carrying

[解析] 常用动词

本句意思是，无论明星在哪里吃饭，逛街，或旅游，狗仔队都会出现在明星出现的地方，手里拿着

相机。可知，此处应用动词carry，加上-ing，表示伴随状语。

18.

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invasion

[解析] 词性转换

of前面应是名词，所以应填写invade的名词形式，即invasion，意为隐私的侵犯。

19.

whose

[解析] 定语从句表达法

本句意思是，明星们从狗仔队那里也得到益处，狗仔队的照片卖给了新闻机构，可知，此处photos

前应填写关系代词whose，修饰先行词paparazzi。

20.

Regardless

[解析] 固定搭配

regardless of为固定搭配，意为“不管，不顾”，此句意思是，不管故事有多疯狂。

21.

ignore

[解析] 推断词汇

根据后面㇐句“但有时他们会反击”可知，前面㇐句的意思是“明星通常会对这些绯闻不予理睬”。故

填写ignore，意为“不予理睬，忽视”。

22.

lawyers

[解析] 推断词汇

根据who引导的定语从句可知，此人为名人服务，控告杂志报纸，由此可知，此人的职业是

lawyers。

23.

false

[解析] 推断词汇

律师控告报纸杂志，原因是他们报道虚假事实。故填写false。

24.

from

[解析] 介词常用搭配

本句意思是，在如今的世界中，媒体无处不在，所以明星躲开媒体的关注是不可能的。Hide from表

示“躲开，躲避”。根据常识可知明星躲避新闻媒体，hide通常与from搭配。

25.

blame

[解析] 常用动词

根据前㇐句意思，我们其他人很难避开名人新闻。后面接着讲到，但我们仍要责备我们自己。

Blame意为“责备”。

For all the talk of his sustained adolescence, no performer made a more compelling entrance into manhood

than Michael Jackson did with the release of his 1979 album, "Off the Wall" just a couple of weeks before his

2lst 26 (day). It was all the more stunning because we had watched him during his child 27 and

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adolescence. He wasn't an apparition rising out of obscurity, like Elvis Presley. To become who he was in

"Off the Wall." he had to annul-if not destroy-the performer he had been in the Jackson 5.

However, the change was 28 (organ) as well as deliberate. Michael Jackson grew into his body, and

out of that new body emerged wholly new ideas of what pop music, and the move 29 it generates, were.

It can be hard to remember now, 30 years later, just how ubiquitous the hits from that album, especially

"Rock with You," really were. In soul, in rock n'roll, and in pop, there is a long tradition of men singing in

high voices, the height of the voice suggesting the pitch of the singer's fervour. Michael Jackson made the

sweetness of that high voice guttural and 30 (demand). He showed that it was rooted in his feet and hips

and hands. He re-sexualized it in a way that you could never really mistake-then-as androgynous.

Very few artists-certainly very few child stars-have ever redefined themselves as thoroughly or as 31

(success) as Michael Jackson did. His second act was better than any number of first acts put together. The

uncanny thing wasn't just his physical transformation, or his hypnotic new ability to move. It was the

certainty of "Off the Wall" and its sequel "Thriller" that this was the music we wanted to hear. He knew, too,

that this was a music we wanted to 32 (visual), to see formalised and set loose in dance. In a sense, he

was loosing his transformation upon the rest of us, expecting us to be caught up in the excite 33 the

music caused in him, and we were.

Michael Jackson came to be synonymous with transformation-ultimately, with an eerie stasis that comes

from seeking transformation all the time. The alchemy of change worked longer and 34 (well) for him-

through the '80s and into the early '90s-than it has for almost any other artist. Yet somehow all the changes

always take us 35 to the album in which Michael Jackson grew up.

26.

birthday

[解析] 名人常识

根据迈克尔·杰克逊的出生年代，推测1979年应是他21岁生日。

27.

childhood

[解析] 构词法

根据后文的adolescence(青春期)可知，此处应填childhood(童年时代)。

28.

organic

[解析] 词性转化

根据as well as后面的形容词deliberate可知，此处应填organ的形容词形式。

29.

movement

[解析] 词性转化

根据空缺处之前的定冠词可知，此处应填move的名词形式。

30.

demanding

[解析] 词类转换

根据空格之前的形容词guttural(喉音的)可知，此处应填demand的形容词形式demanding(要求严格

的)。

31.

successfully

[解析] 词性转化

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