专题二完形填空
考试大纲要求考纲解读在一篇约250词的短文中留
出20个空白，要求考生从每题给的4个选项中选出最佳选项，使补足的短文意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。既考查考生的英语基础知识，
又考查考生综合运用语言的
主要测验学生的语言综合运
用能力，包括词语辨析能力、
语法结构分析能力、语篇理解
能力、逻辑推理能力、文化背
景透析能力、作者意图剖析能
力和生活常识综合运用能力。
该题型分值高、区分度强，是
考生最容易“拉开距离”的一
项测试。
江苏高考完形填空近五年考查分布明细统计
年份体裁
选项设置
词汇复现语境词义逻辑关系固定搭配2018 记叙文  3 15    2 0
2017 记叙文  3 14    2    1
2016 夹叙夹议文  4 14 0    2
2015 记叙文  1 17    2 0
2014 记叙文  2 14    1    3
从上表可以看出，江苏高考完形填空题设空以语境题和词汇题为主，注重在语境中考查词义及搭配。四个选项基本上属同一词类，相同语义范畴，选择时要求上下文通篇考虑。
Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment.Their savings had
诊断) with a __37__ been __36__ to pay lawyers’ fees.To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed(
disease.There was no __38__，only pain relief.
Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a __39__ journey, as they caught sight of an 徒步旅行者) guide.
old hikers’ (
This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and __40__ recovery.When leaving home, Raynor
and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank.They planned to keep the __41__ low by living on boiled noodles，with the __42__ hamburger shop treat.
Wild camping is __43__ in England.To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up __44__
and packed it away early in the morning.The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a
lot __45__ than they remember it was in their 20s.Raynor __46__ all over and desired a bath.Moth, meanwhile, after an initial __47__ , found his symptoms were strangely __48__ by their daily tiring journey.
__49__，the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that
they thought had __50__ forever.“Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes __51__ to a thread, but we were alive.”
During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer.She writes, “__52__ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) __53__ written book.It
had also given me a __54__，either to leave that page __55__ or to keep writing the story with hope.I chose hope.”
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Raynor Winn和她丈夫Moth因为投资失误变得
无家可归。祸不单行，她丈夫被诊断出患有严重疾病，无法医治。他们决定靠着仅有的一些钱外
出旅行。
36.A.drawn up    B.used up
C.backed up
D.kept up
答案B[根据首句中的homeless与下文第三段中的“had just ￡320 in the bank”可知他们的积
蓄都用于支付律师费了，因此选择used up(用光)。draw up“拟订，起草”；back up“支持，支援”；keep up“
跟上，保持”。]
37.A.mild    Bmon
C.preventable
D.serious
答案D[根据下一句中的“only pain relief”
可知，Moth被诊断出患了一种严重的疾病，因此选
择serious。]
38.A.cure    B.luck
C.care
D.promise
答案A[没有方法(cure)，只能缓解疼痛。]
39.A.business    B.walking
C.bus
D.rail
答案B[根据本句中的“an old hikers’（
徒步旅行者)guide”与下文的内容可知，他们决定进行一
场徒步旅行，因此选择walking。]
pected    B.frightening
C.disappointing
D.surprising
答案D[从下文内容可知，这不但是一个艰苦的旅行，也是一个给他们带来惊喜的旅行，因
此选择surprising。]
41.A.budget    B.revenue
Cpensation
D.allowance
答案A[根据本段中的“had just ￡320 in the bank”和“by living on boiled noodles”
可知，他们想方设法减少预算，因此选择budget。]
42.A.frequent    B.occasional
C.abundant
答案B[以吃煮面条为主，偶尔也会去汉堡店里买点汉堡犒劳自己。occasional“偶尔的”，符合语境。]
43.A.unpopular    B.lawful
C.attractive
D.illegal
答案D[根据后一句中的“To avoid being caught”可知，在英国野营是不合法的，因此选择illegal。]
44.A.soon    B.early
C.late
D.slowly
答案C[为了不被抓到，他们不得不晚睡早起，因此选择late。]
45.A.harder    B.easier
C.cheaper
D.funnier
答案A[他们很快发现在50多岁进行徒步旅行比在20多岁进行徒步旅行困难多了。因此选
择harder。]
lled    B.bled
C.ached
答案C[根据上文并结合常识可知，Raynor浑身疼痛并且想洗个澡。因此选择ached。]
47.A.struggle    B.progress
答案A[经过最初与疾病的斗争(struggle)，Moth发现他的症状奇怪地减轻(reduced)了。]
48.A.developed    B.controlled
D.increased
答案C[参见上题解析。]
49.A.Initially    B.Eventually
C.Temporarily
D.Consequently
答案B[最后，这对夫妇发现他们的身体好转。eventually“最后，终于”，符合语境。]
50.A.gained    B.kept
C.wounded
D.lost
答案D[他们重新回了原本认为已经永远失去的强有力的肌肉。根据re-found可知应选择lost。]
51.A.sewn    B.washed
C.worn
D.ironed
答案C[根据语境和空前的“Our hair was fried and falling out，nails broken”
可知，此处在描述他们旅途的艰辛。故选择worn表示衣服破了。]
52.A.Doctors    B.Hiking
C.Lawyers
D.Homelessness
答案D[根据上文可知，无家可归的境况(Homelessness)使他们失去了一切物质上的东西。]
53.A.well    B.partly
答案B[根据上文中的“nature writer”和下文中的“leave that page __55__ or to keep writing the 可知，此处表示这本书还未完成，即部分未完成的书。因此选择partly。]
story”
54.A.choice    B.reward
C.promise
D.break
可知，选choice。]
答案A[根据本句中的“”
55.A.loose    B.full
C.blank
D.missing
可知，选择blank。表示一种选择
答案C[根据本句中的“or to keep writing the story with hope”
是留着空白页，意思是停止旅行，还有一种选择是继续满怀希望地写作，即继续旅行。]
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all.In his first years of high school，Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students，__36__across the campus with their heavy instrument cases，__37__at school for practice hours__38__ anyone else had to be there.He swore to himself to__39__music，as he hated getting to school extra early.
__40__，one day，in the music class that was __41__ of his school’s standard curriculum
，
2015年江苏高考
he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it __42__ to pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling，he realized that he actually __43__ doing it.He tried to hide his __44__ pleasure from the music teacher，who had __45__ over to listen.He might not have done this particularly well，__46__ the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good __47__ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if
any of the instruments there __48__ him.There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a __49__.When he began practicing，he took it very __50__.But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument，and was __51__ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This __52__，of course，that he arrived at school early in the morning，__53__ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the __54__ looks of the non-musicians he had left __55__.
avelling    B.marching
C.pacing
D.struggling
可知，每天上学的时候，Gabriel总是同情地看答案D[根据“with their heavy instrument cases”
着背着沉重乐器的同学们艰难地穿梭于校园中，struggle“努力，艰难地行进，斗争”，符合语境。]
37.A.rising up    Bing up
C.driving up
D.turning up
答案D[根据“__37__ at school for practice hours __38__ anyone else”可知，学习音乐的同学需
要比不学音乐的早到学校几个小时，为了练习弹奏乐器。turn up“出现”，符合语境。]