I played a racquetball game. against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the m
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I played a racquetball game. against my cousin Ed last week. Itwas one of the most __36__ and tiring games I’ve ever had．When Ed first phoned and __37__we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an __38__ victory. After all,Ed’s idea of __39__ has always been nothing more __40__ thanlifting a fork to his mouth. __41__ I can remember, Ed’s been the leastphysically fit member in the family, and __42__ proud of himself. Hisbig stomach has always ballooned out between his T shirt and trousers. Althoughthe family often __43__ about that, Ed refused to buy a __44__T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed __45__ for our game not only withthe bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomachyou could hardly __46__, Iwas so surprised that I was __47__. My cousin must have made an effortto get himself into shape. __48__, at the point in our game when I’dhave predicted (预计) the score to be a bout 9 to 1 in my favor, it was __49__7 to 9—and Ed was __50__. The sudden realization was painful. We __51__to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious __52__about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone __53__ that manypoints. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs,too tired to __54__. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, butcousin Ed my __55__.
| 1.(03—36) | A．encouraging | B．hopeless | C．surprising | D．regular |
| 2.(03—37) | A．declared | B．mentioned | C．persuaded | D．suggested |
| 3.(03—38) | A．unforgettable | B．unexpected | C．easy | D．early |
| 4.(03—39) | A．exercise | B．preparation | C．joy | D．fitness |
| 5.(03—40) | A．time saving | B．comfortable | C．suitable | D．effort making |
| 6.(03—41) | A．As soon as | B．As long as | C．When | D．Since |
| 7.(03—42) | A．strangely | B．personally | C．reasonably | D．eagerly |
| 8.(03—43) | A．cared | B．forgot | C．quarreled | D．joked |
| 9.(03—44) | A．clean | B．larger | C．straight | D．darker |
| 10.(03—45) | A．set out | B．got ready | C．arrived | D．returned |
| 11.(03—46) | A．notice | Bt9．admire | C．believe | D．measure |
| 12.(03—47) | A．nervous | B．curious | C．careless | D．speechless |
| 13.(03—48) | A．After all | B．As a result | C．Above all | D．At last |
| 14.(03—49) | A．mistakenly | B．then | C．instead | D．naturally |
| 15.(03—50) | A．leading | B．coming | C．waiting | D．counting |
| 16.(03—51) | A．pretended | B．stopped | C．continued | D．decided |
| 17.(03—52) | A．thoughts | B．doubts | C．situations | D．problems |
| 18.(03—53) | A．scoring | B．completing | C．receiving | D．keeping |
| 19.(03—54) | A．play | B．start | C．sleep | D．move |
| 20.(03—55) | A．friendship | B．respect | C．support | D．favour |
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答案：C;D;C;A;D;B;A;D;B;C;A;D;B;C;A;C;B;A;D;B
提示：| 2003年完形填空选材与2002年相似，仍为记叙文，以第一人称讲述了“我”与cousin Ed的一场球赛以及比赛前后对其看法的改变，叙议结合，涉及对于人物的态度与评价，倡导通过健身锻炼意志、培养品格，对于青少年具有教育意义。读者需要把握人物行为活动的进展，以及人物心理活动的细致描写，对于阅读过程中的思维活动提出了较高的要求。2003年完形填空在选材与设题方面继续保持了多年来养成的稳定、鲜明的风格。今年所选短文文长263词=239(题于)+20(空)+4(41、48空各加2词)。最小空间距为6个单词(49～50空之间)；最大空间距23词(45～46；48～49空之间)。 1．(03—36) [思路] 短文开头句交待出故事背景：人物——I，my Cousin Ed；时间——last week；事件——played a racquetballgame。以下情节围绕这场锻炼比赛展开。本空答案的选择需要从全文来考虑，下文中对于Ed印象和态度的转变(at the point in ourgame when I’d have predicted the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor，it was...)，说明这场比赛既让人tiring，其结局却又令人surprising。 把握本句结构是前提：这里说的It指的是全文所记述的这场racquetball game。 [答案]C [说明]从下文看，“我”本身并没从比赛中获得什么鼓舞，encouraging(选项A)不妥；比赛仍为“我”赢，但即使是我“输”，也谈不上是hopeless，B项不对；regu lar(D项)指常规式的平淡无奇，显然与文章内容不符。 2．(03—37) [答案]D 3．(03—38) [思路]此处描述“我”在接电话后的心理活动： laughed quietly，结合下文对于Ed的印象与看法，此处一定是figuring on an easy victory，赢他是“易如反掌”。 [答案]C [说明]三个干扰项，从形式上看，都可以接在an后填人本空，但是从文意考虑不能满足要求： A．unforgettable：此时认为赢他一定不会费劲，怎会“令人难忘”? B．unexpected：既为figuring on(=expecting；plan ning)，自然不该是unexpected了； D．early：从前面对Ed的描述看，作者在乎的是赢得比赛的容易程度，而非早或晚。 4．(03—39) [思路]本空与全文主题相关：这场比赛的出发点是“exercise”，讲的是Ed刻苦锻炼取得的成效令“我”刮目相看。此处所说的正是Ed关于“锻炼”方面的idea(= picture in mind；conception)。 [答案]A [说明]部分考生对于fitness本身的词义似乎已了解，但对于本句句意把握不够准确：idea of fitness(关于健康的概念)与句子后面lifting fork to his mouth并非对应；idea of exercise(锻炼的概念)才与lifting...相关，为最佳答案。 5．(03—40) [思路]与上空呼应，表明“我”对Ed的印象：锻炼对于Ed来说(Ed’s idea of exercise)只不过是lifting a fork to his mouth。答题时应该领会作者的幽默口吻(留心此处用的是lifting，可以“链接”到weight lifting)，比较的是哪方面更加effort making。 [答案]D 6．(03—41) [思路]本句对上句作出进一步解释：在“我”的记忆里，Ed是家族中the least physically fit member。 正确选项中的As long as在此并非固定短语，其含义不是原固定短语的on condition that，而是“像……一样长久”，与短文中的内容(I can remember)结合后，其意思为“在我的记忆中”。 [答案]B [说明]since引导一个时间状语从句时，是指从过去的某个时间算起，意思是after the past time when或from the(past)time when，用于此处显然不合适。 7．(03—42) [思路]分析本空所在的句子后会看到，一方面，Ed’s been(=Ed has been)the least physically fit member inthe family；另一方面，(He’s been)proud of himself。前后并列着的处境与心态似乎不合常情：不以为羞反觉自豪。突出这一反差的副词，在四个选项中自然应该是strangely。 [答案]A 8．(03—43) [答案< b>] D 9．(03—44) [答案]B 10．(03—45) [思路]上文为我们描述了Ed的形象，本句则开始讲此次racquetball game的过程。由过去过渡到面前的Ed自然应该是他出现(arrived)后的事情。 [答案]C [说明]实际上，如果仅仅考虑与后面介词(for)的接续搭配，本题所给的四个选项都是可以成立的，这也是“完形填空”设题的重要特征之一。解题中主要考虑的还应该是文意内容。此处为：Ed arrived...notonly with...but also with...，读完本句，便能理解此处是要交待Ed到达时面貌一新。 11．(03—46) [思路]此时的Ed，shirt扎进裤子里(with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers)，同时，stomach也不再像原来那样ballooned out，也就是：with a stomach youcould hardly notice，难以觉察到了。对本句的理解也为把握下文情节的发展埋下伏笔，因此，Ed打起球来自然会是“今非昔比”了。 [答案]A [说明]显然我们不会说：believe a stomach；此外，汉语词义的干扰(could hardly believe=“难以置信”)也是导致一些考生误选C项的主要因素之一。“完形填空”就是在阅读理解的基础上考查词汇的综合运用能力，良好的语言基本功与语言意识是提高本题得分的基础。 12．(03—47) [思路]看到Ed的变化后，作者自述非常吃惊，按照生活常识，吃惊到一定程度后常常会说不出话来(speechless)，而不会是拘谨(nervous)、好奇(curious)或毫不关心(careless)。 [答案]D 13．(03—48) [思路]本题要求根据行文需要选择恰当的附加状语。精神面貌和体态都已焕然一新的Ed，打起比赛来的结果该会如何，应该选择As a result。前面说到Ed的外表变化令人“刮目相看”，后面要说球赛中的表现，结果也是顺理成章的了。As a result用来表示一种“因果关系(causes)”，表示所说事实的存在是因为有了前面的事实，可以满足此处行文的需要。 [答案]B [说明]Above all表示的语义(=most important of all)不合乎此处文理。此处并非强调一项更为重要之事而是想要表示一种“结局”，故用As a result才好。 14．(03—49) [答案]C 15．(03—50) [答? ?/span> 16．(03—51) [答案]C 17．(03—52) [思路] |