2015中考广州完形
2015中考广州完形

Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions. 

In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to  21  the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. When he returned to Australia, he  22  to do something about it. 

He organized a community  23  called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour.” On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to  24  away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge  25 . Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local  26  

Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got  27  every year. In 2002, for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches, parks and streets. 

Kierman was  28  with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the  29  of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World”, an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown  30  and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world. 

1.

A save

B collect

C notice

D produce

解析:选C。C 考查的是动词辨析和上下文理解。save表示“节约、拯救”, notice表示“注意”,collect 表示“收集”,produce表示“生产”。根据下文,可知道“当他从澳大利亚回来的时候,他决定做一些事情解决海洋垃圾问题”,所以在他参加比赛时应是“注意”到海上有很多垃圾,因此选C。

2.

A refused

B decided

C pretended

D stopped

解析:选B。B 考查的是词组辨析。refuse to表示“拒绝做”,decide to表示“决定做”, pretend to表 示“假装做”,stop to表示“停下来去做另一件事”,从下文“他发起一个清理垃圾的社区活动”可知选decide to。

3.

A law

B party

C company

D event

解析:选D。D 考查的是名词辨析和上下文理解。根据下文第3段“Kierman made the clean-up a national event”,Kierman把这个清洁活动变成一个全国性的活动”,可知他刚开始组织的是一个“社区活动”,因此选event表示“活动”。

4.

A clear

B send

C turn

D give

解析:选A。A 考查的是词组。clear away表示“清理”,send away表示“发送、遣散”, turn away表示 “拒绝、离开”,give away表示“捐赠”,根据上文“他组织了一个叫做’清理悉尼海湾’的活动”可知这些人应该是出来“清理垃圾”,因此选clear away。

5.

A problem

B success

C surprise

D failure

解析:选B。B 考查名词和上下文。文中讲到许多人参加这个活动清理垃圾,应该是获得巨大成功,因此选B

6.

A culture

B project

C government

D environment

解析:选D。D 考查考查名词和上下文。根据上文可知,许多人参加这个活动清理垃圾,应该是“改善当地环境”,因此,此处应该填“environment”表示环境。

7.

A older

B smaller

C bigger

D faster

解析:选C。C 考查上下文。1990年大约3000,000人参加这个活动,2002年有8000,000人参加,所以这个活动应该是“每年规模更大”,另外,下文第5段提到In 2003, he started an even bigger program,,因此选bigger。

8.

A happy

B angry

C disappointed

D concerned

解析:选A。A 考查形容词辨析。happy表示“高兴的”, angry表示“生气的”, disappointed表示“沮丧的”, concerned表示“担心的”,根据常识,活动获得成功应该是“高兴”,故选“happy”。

9.

A need

B help

C hope

D action

解析:选B。B 考查词组。“with the help of”表示“在……的帮助下”,无“with the need/hope/action of”的用法,因此选“help”。

10.

A loudly

B gently

C rapidly

D busily

解析:选C。C 考查副词和上下文理解。loudly表示“大声地”, gently表示“温柔地”, rapidly表示“迅速地”, busily表示“忙碌地”,上文讲到每年参加清洁活动的人越来越多,下文讲到他的想法现在已经从一个城市发展到全世界,表明这个活动发展迅速,因此选rapidly。