【创新设计】（课标通用）高考英语大二轮复习测试完形填空专题专题二完形填空解题五技巧——破解夹叙文Cloze1体裁：夹叙夹议话题：励志人生时间：16分钟Thereisastoryaboutanelmtree.Itwasplantedinthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturyonafarm.Itgrewtobea__1__tree.Thefamilythatownedthefarmkeptabull__2__totheelm.Thebullpacedaroundthetree，draggingaheavyironchainwithit，which__3__atrenchinthebarkaboutthreefeetoffground.Thetrench__4__overtheyears，thoughforwhateverreason，whichdidnotkillthetree.Aftersomeyears，thefamilysoldthe__5__andtooktheirbull.Theycutthechain，leavingthelooparoundthetreeandonelinkhangingdown.Overtheyears，the__6__slowlycoveredtherustingchain.Thenoneyearlater，anagriculturaldisasterstruckMichiganintheformofa__7__.Itleftapathofdeathacrossvastareas.Alloftheelms__8__theroadbecameinfectedanddied.Everyone__9__thattheoldelmwouldbethenext.Thepresentownerofthefarmconsidereddoingthe__10__thing:cuttingitdownandchoppingitupintofirewoodbeforeit__11__.Buthesimplycouldnotbringhimselftodoit.Itwasasiftheoldtreehadbecomeafamilyfriend.Sohedecidedtolet__12__takeitscourse.__13__，thetreedidnotdie.Yearafteryearit__14__.Nobodycouldunderstandwhyitwasthattheonlyelmwasstillstandinginthecounty!Scientistscameto__15__thetree.Theyobservedthescarleftbytheironchain，whichwasalmostcompletely__16__bythebarkandbadlyrustednow.Theydecidedthatitwasthechainthat__17__theelm'slife.Theyreasonedthatthetreemusthave__18__somuchironfromtherustingchainthatitbecame__19__tothefungus.Lookatthewoundmadebythechain.Our__20__cangiveusresourcesweneedtosurvive.Theycantrulymakeusstrong.【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章讲述了农场上的一棵榆树，树皮上被磨出了一道很深的印痕，后来路两旁的树都因为一种病而死去，而这棵榆树却幸存下来的故事。作者意在告诉我们：我们自己所受的伤会使我们获得生存所需的东西，会使我们更加坚强。1．A.hollowB．leaflessC．youngD．magnificent解析考查上下文暗示。结合前面的“Itwasplantedinthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturyonafarm.”和下文内容可知这棵树很早以前就被种下了，所以应该已经长成了一棵很大的树。hollow“空心的”；leafless“无叶的”；young“幼小的”。答案D2．A.chainedB．fixedC．attachedD．joined解析考查语境中动词的辨析。从后面的“draggingaheavyironchainwithit”可知，此处是指用一条链子把牛拴在了树上。fix“固定”，指把某物固定在某个地方，使其不能移动。attach“把……固定”，指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。join侧重把原来不相连的物体连接在一起，但仍可再分开，也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来或加入到某团体中。chain是指用锁链拴住，与语境相符。故选A。答案A3．A.scratchedB．filledC．scrapedD．dug解析考查语境中动词的辨析。链子在树皮上刮出了一条沟。scratch“抓，搔”；fill“填上”；dig“挖”；scrape“刮掉，擦坏”。由此可知答案为C。答案C4．A.deepenedB．disappearedC．lengthenedD．shortened解析考查上下文暗示。结合后面的“overtheyears，thoughforwhateverreason，whichdidnotkillthetree”可知，随着时间的推移，铁链把树皮上的沟磨得越来越深。disappear“消失”；lengthen“变长”；shorten“变短”。答案A5．A.houseB．bullC．elmD．farm解析考查上下文照应。从第二段的“Thefamilythatownedthefarm...”以及下文内容可知此处是指这家人卖了农场，所以选D。答案D6．A.branchB．barkC．rootD．stem解析考查上下文暗示。经过很多年，树皮把生锈的铁链给遮掩住了。branch“树枝”；root“树根”；stem“(树木的)干”。答案B7．A.pollutionB．diseaseC．floodD．draught解析考查上下文暗示。从后面的“Itleftapathofdeathacrossvastareas.Alloftheelm...
