完形填空 高考真题 1990

1990年高考英语完形填空真题

While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a ___1___ house. One ___2___ my father and sister andI were sitting together. He was ___3___ the window. I suddenly ___4___ that he was turning very pale. I sat ___5___, for I did not want to __6__ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ___7___ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine is ___8___ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ___9___ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We ___10___, went to our room and closed the door. 

Soon I heard a ___11___ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ___12___ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ___13___ near, I seized the pistol(手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, "For God’s sake, child, ___14___ the door. " I did so. To my horror(恐怖), I saw, ___15___ my father’s shoulder, a gorilla(大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in ___16___. He was ___17___ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with ___18___ loud cry. Father took the ___19___ smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which ___20___ the gorilla. 

It happened that father had ___21___ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ___22___ the door ––– which was twenty feet away –––___23___ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ___24___ for him; and this was the cause of the ___25___ flight(逃跑) up the stairs. 

1.A. two-storeyedB. two storeyedC.two-storeysD. two storeys

2.A. o’clockB. nightC.eveningD.time

3.A. towardsB. oppositeC.insideD.behind

4.A. knewB. learnedC.feltD.noticed

5.A. stillB. lonelyC.sadlyD.unhappily

6.A. hurtB. frightenC.loseD.trouble

7.A. loudB. sadC.calmD.pleasant

8.A. movingB. stayingC.runningD.coming

9.A. friendly toB. alone withC.helpful toD. careful with

10.A. promisedB. trembledC.obeyedD.replied

11.A. soundB. cryC.voiceD.shout

12.A. toB. downC.throughD.up

13.A. some difficultyB.a thiefC.some dangerD. an accident

14.A. openB. closeC.pullD.draw

15.A. onB. aboveC.overD.from

16.A. South AmericaB.AfricaC.South AsiaD. Europe

17.A. aiming atB. marching towards C. shooting atD. running after

18.A. an excitingB. a calmC.an angryD.a natural

19.A. stillB.yetC.evenD.already

20.A. hitB. murderedC.frightenedD. killed

21.A. takenB. sentC.drivenD.forced

22.A. pushB. lockC.guardD.defend

23.A. untilB. whenC.beforeD.though

24.A. quickB. hugeC.heavyD.stupid 

25.A. anxiousB. fearlessC.excitedD.hurried

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1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.D 21.B 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.D

一、

Sake

1.FOR CHRIST'S, GOD'S, GOODNESS', HEAVEN'S, PITY'S, ETC. ˈSAKE

used to emphasize that it is important to do sth or when you are annoyed about sth（强调重要或表示恼火）看在上帝份上，天哪，行行好吧，千万

Do be careful, for goodness' sake.千万要小心。

Oh, for heaven's sake!哎哟，天哪！

2.FOR STH'S SAKE

because of the interest or value sth has, not because of the advantages it may bring为某事本身的缘故；鉴于某事本身的价值

I believe in education for its own sake.我相信教育本身就是有价值的。

art for art's sake为艺术而艺术

3.FOR THE SAKE OF SB/STHFOR SB'S/STH'S SAKE

in order to help sb/sth or because you like sb/sth为了某人（或某事）起见；因某人（或某事）的缘故

They stayed together for the sake of the children.为了孩子，他们还待在一起。

You can do it. Please, for my sake.这个你是能做的。求你了，就算为了我。

I hope you're right, for all our sakes (= because this is important for all of us) .我希望你没事，这对我们大家都好。

4.FOR THE SAKE OF STH/OF DOING STH

in order to get or keep sth为获得（或保持）某物

The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.这篇译文为求准确而不惜牺牲自然流畅。

She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.为保持身体健康，她戒了烟。

Let's suppose, for the sake of argument (= in order to have a discussion) , that interest rates went up by 2%.为了便于讨论，不妨设想利率提高了2%。

以上来源于: 牛津词典

以上来源于: 网易有道翻译

二、

I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with an angry loud cry. Father took the still smoking pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.

三、

Family Protection

四、重点短语

1.a friend of mine 我的一位朋友（双重所有格）

2.burst in 闯入；破门而入

3.hurry up the stairs 快步冲上楼梯

4.seize the pistol 抓起手枪

5.for God’s sake 天啊；求求你

6.to one’s horror 令某人惊恐的是

7.fall backwards 向后倒下

8.it happened that… 碰巧……

9.be able to do sth. 能够做某事