2014 年高考英语一轮复习完形填空专项训练（7）AThe computer plays an important part in our everyday life. It is one of the great _1_ in the world in the _2_ century. It works for us not only at home, in the offices, in big shops, _3_ at schools. Today it is used _4_ many ways. It really _5_ the world large wealth (财富) and happiness.The first computer in the world was _6_ Enid. It was built in America in 1946. It was _7_ and heavy. _8_ it was born, it has been developing ve ry fast. Until now it has gone _9_ four periods（时期，阶段）and changed a lot. Therere many kinds of computers. Computers ar e getting smaller and smaller and computing faster and faster. It becomes m ore and more _10_.The computer can do most of the things _11_ the people. It can help us to _12_ about the real world more quickly, to learn _13_ we want to learn and to think _14_ ourselves. _1 5_ a student in the twe nty -first century, you must work hard at it.名师点评本文介绍了电脑的产生、发展以及在我们日常生活中广泛的使用，针对一些人对将来电脑会控制人类的担忧，作者提出了自己的看法。(A)1. A. inventions B. discoveries C. robots D. inventors【解析】A。one of 后要用可数名词的复数形式，根据文章意思，可知答案是 A。(D)2. A. twe nty-first B. twenties C. t welfth D. twentieth【解析】D。要表达第几个世纪，应该用 “序数词century” ，而根据常识，计算机是二十世纪的产物，A 项“二十一世纪 ”与实际不符合。(B)3. A. also B. but also C. too D. either【解析】B。固定搭配 not onlybut (also) 意思是“不但而且” 。所以答案是B。(A)4. A. in B. to C. by D. over 【解析】A。in many ways 为一固定用法，表示“在许多方面 ”。(D)5. A. takes B. helps C. gets D. brings 【解析】D。根据文章大意，可知答案是 D，表示“给人们带来财富和快乐 ”。(C)6. A. found B. invented C. called D. bought 【解析】C。因为 Enid 是名字，故用 called。(C)7. A. easy B. small C. large D. light【解析】C。根据常识可知老式计算机庞大而笨重，故填 large。(D)8. A. For B. Until C. When D. Since【解析】D。该句句意为“自它诞生之日起，它的发展就非常迅速” ，since 在意思和时态上与主句呼应，为正确选 项。(C)9. A. by B. across C. through D. against 【解析】C。动词短语 go through 表示“经历” 。( D)10 .A. serious B. harmful. C. dangerous D. helpful 【解析】D。(A)11.A. for B. to C. at D. with 【解析】A。用介词 for+宾语表示“为人们做事” ，故选 A。(C)12.A. set B. tell C. know D. talk 【解析】C。know about 表示“了解” ，侧重于有关某人或某事的具体情况。(A)13.A. what B. that C. which D. who 【解析】A。learn 后面接的是一个宾语从句，而且连接词在从句中做 learn 的宾语，所以只能用 what，因为 that 在宾语从句中是纯连词，只能起连接作用，不能做句子成分 。(D)14.A. of B. about C. out D. for 【解析】D。think of 表示“想起；认为” ；think about 表示“考虑” ；think out 表示“想出” ；根据文章含义 ，答案应是 D。(C)15.A. For B. Be C. As D. To【解析】C。介词 as 表示“作为” ，为正确选项。BYou may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, _1_ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little _2_, but it is not _3_ for most plants. Still we can see some plan ts _4_ in the desert.There is _5_ in some places in the desert. We _6_ these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow _7_ kinds of crops in the fields there.People _8_ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend _9_ the desert plants for their food and do not need _10_ water.The _11_ are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the anim als. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look 12 grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to _13 _ place. The desert people are _14_. No man in the desert would ever refuse _15_ the people in trouble and give them food and water.名师点评本文讲述了人类是如何利用沙漠中的绿洲、动物，并依靠自身的努力而得以在沙漠中种植庄稼，从而生存下来。说明人定胜天的道理。(B)1. A. and B. but C. or D. so【解析】B。空白部分两句构成转折关系，故选择并列 连词 but。(B)2. A. rain B. rains C. wind D. winds【解析】B。沙漠中风多雨少， rain 一词为不可数名词，其复数形式 rains 表示雨水多，故应选 rain。(D)3. A. good B. good enough C. enough good D. enough【解析】D。这里讲沙漠中的一点点雨水，并不能满足大多数植物生长的需要，故选择enough。(A)4. A. live B. to live C. lives D. lived【解析】A。see sb. do sth. 意为 “看见某人做某事” ，这里应用省去 to 的动词不定式 。(D)5. A. stones B. plants C . wood D. water【解析】D。沙漠之所以出现绿洲的根本原因是有了水，故选 water。(C)6. A. say B. tell C. call D. find【解析】C。call 在这里意为 “将称为”为正确选项。(B)7. A. every B. all C. a D. one【解析】B。every, a 和 one 后面都应该接可数名词单数，不能放在 kinds 前面。all kinds of 意为“各种各样的” 。(A)8. A. also B. too C. either D. still【解析】A。表示“也”时， too 一般放在肯定句末，either 放在否定句末，also 放在句中，在此为正确选项，而 still 不合题意。(C)9. A. with B. in C. on D. by【解析】C。固定说法 depend on 意为“依靠” 、 “凭借” 。(C)10. A. a little B. few C. much D. any【解析】C。一些动物能在沙漠中生存下来，说明了他们适应了这里雨水稀少的气候，不像其他动物那样需要太多的水，故选择 much。(D)11. A. water B. plants C. crops D. an imals【解析】D。通读本段不难发现，本段承上文接着讲述动物的用途，故选 animals。(B)12. A. at B. for C. up D. after【解析】B。固定说法 look for 意思为“寻找” 。(D)13. A. other B. the other C. the others D. another【解析】D。other 后接可数名词时应用复数形式；the other 后接可数名词单数时表示两者中的另一个, 不合文意。(C)14. A. well B. friend C. friendly D. carefully【解析】C。根据下文沙漠里的人从不会拒绝帮助别人，说明他们彼此友好。(D)15. A. help B. helps C. helping D. to help【解析】D。固定搭配 refuse to do sth.意为“拒绝干某事” 。CA boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的) apple on one of the branches of an apple tr ee hanging out over a tall fence.