导读：完型填空可以说是在英语考试中综合性最强的题型，不仅考察学生联系上下文进行理解的能力，同时考察学生对于单词语法的熟练程度，对于高中英语应试学习来说，看错题是提高成绩的最有效方法，题不用做很多，但是做过的一定要完全理解，不是记住答案，而是把一类的题都放在一起总结分析。长沙新东方为正在高考备考的考生们收集了一则完形填空题，分享给学生进行备考中的自我练习。

　　All the World Asks

　　On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization (文明世界) after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I SAT, 1 enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, 2 unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a 3 who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 4 what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but 5 of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in 6 , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 7 myself? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious 8 about my ability to make it 9 college. Not until late that night did my thinking 10 . It was a long-distance 11 from my daughter, my fellow college freshman (新生), that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was 12 . She was certain that she’d never 13 at college. How 14 her worries sounded. In my most confident parental 15 , I said, “Doing your best is all the world 16 .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a 17 for the class, nobody, including me, 18 to answer. When I looked around at the 19 and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew 20 what I had to do: my best. That’s all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.

　　1. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong

　　2. A. and B. so C. or D. yet

　　3. A. professor B. teacher C. lecturer D. instructor

　　4. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered

　　5. A. think B. speak C. talk D. hear

　　6. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college

　　7. A. father B. parent C. child D. son

　　8. A. fears B. doubts C. opinions D. ideas

　　9. A. over B. on C. with D. through

　　10. A. stop B. turn C. change D. continue

　　11. A. call B. talk C. report D. discussion

　　12. A. acquiring B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling

　　13. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass

　　14. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar

　　15. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice

　　16. A. hopes B. asks C. wants D. expects

　　17. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand

　　18. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared

　　19. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger

　　20. A. exACTly B. roughly C. gradually D. certainly

　　答案：

　　完形填空练习

　　1~5 CDABA 6~10 DCBDC 11~15 ACBDD 16~20 BCACA