- 1 -南昌市 2014 高考英语完形填空训练（15）及答案或解析完形填空（共 20 小题，每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36-55 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. Both worked very hard.After several years, the boss promoted Jackie to sales executive but Charlie 36 a salesman. One day Charlie could not 37 it anymore, tendered his resignation(辞职书)to the boss and complained the boss did not 38 hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him. He thought it was really 39 .The boss knew that Charlie had spared no 40 for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie realize the 41 between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the 42 : “Go and find out if anyone is selling watermelon in the market.” Charlie returned and 43 said yes. The boss asked, “How much per kg?” Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to _44 12 per kg.The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the 45 question. Jackie went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelon, 12 per kg, 100 for 10kg. He has a 46 of 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons and every melon weighs about 15kg , 47 from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red and of good 48 .” Charlie was 49 and realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to_50 but to learn from Jackie.My dear friends, a more 51 person is more observant, thinks more and understands in 52 .For the same matter, a more successful person sees several years ahead, 53 you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how can you 54 ?Think! How far have you seen ahead in your life? How 55 in depth are you?- 2 -36. A. made B. because C. remained D. kept37. A. take B. do C. get D. put38. A. enjoy B. meet C. reply D. value39. A. unusual B. unfair C. careless D. selfless40. A. rest B. trouble C. effect D. effort41. A. competition B. relationship C. difference D. distance42. A. following B. finding C. shopping D. searching43. A. still B. again C. even D. only44. A. offer B. answer C. remind D. repeat45. A. difficult B. familiar C. same D. simple46. A. total B. lot C. pile D. number47. A. taken B. come C. bought D. heard48. A. value B. quality C. condition D. shape49. A. struck B. moved C. puzzled D. encouraged50. A. stay B. stop C. work D. leave51. A. important B. intelligent C. successful D. hardworking52. A. time B. depth C. need D. common53. A. while B. though C. unless D. since54. A. see B. think C. know D. win55. A. hopeful B. thoughtful C. helpful D. meaningful参考答案 36-55CADBD CADBC ACBAD CBADB- 3 -*结束Passage *On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees.Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch.Suddenly she 42 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot.Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”Neilson 44 .Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground.She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys.Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47 , heard the screams and began running.When they 48 Neilsons car, the attacker had jumped into the drivers seat and was49 searching for the keys.Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out.The attacker 50 back.But even in his cornered panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic men.Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too.He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropesused to tie up newspapers.With his arms 53 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 55 him and waited for the police.Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker (劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 57 but with a full head of hairhad been recently printed on their own newspaper.Neilson considers herself lucky 58 she suffered injuries.She believes - 4 -the story might have had a 59