文档介绍：2014 高考英语宏志班优化设计系列基础梳理训练及答案:新人教版必修 5 综合检测阶段检测五( 必修 5) 高考预练完形填空—记叙文(湖北省襄阳市四校 2013 届高三上学期期中联考) 阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A 、B、C和 D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to e a freelance writer ( 自由作家), no one could tell for sure whether he would eed or not. He found a cold storage room ina building, set upa 31 typewriter and settled down to work. After a year or so, however, Alex began to 32 himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by 33 what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test 34 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 35. This is the shadow land of hope, and 36 with a dream must learn to live there. One day Alex got a(n) 37,“ We need an assistant, and we ’ re paying $6,000 a year. ”$6,000 was 38 money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a second-hand car and more. 39, he could write on the side. 40 the dollars were dancing in Alex ’s head, something 41 his senses. He had dreamed of being a(n) 42— full time. “ Thanks but no, ” Alex said 43,“I’m going to stick it out and write. ” After Alex got off the phone, he 44 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself, “ There ’s everything you ’ ve made of yourself so far. ” Finally his work was 45 in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and ess that few writers 46 experience. The shadows had turned into limelight ( 聚光灯). Then one day, Alex 47a box filled with things he had owned years before. 48 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he 49 himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the 50 and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadow land. 3 1. A. simpleB. wastedC. goodD. used 32. A. doubtB. checkC. teachD. hate 33. A. collectingB. sellingC. readingD. showing 34. A. in caseB. now thatC. even if D. as if 35. A. failureB. difficultyC. lossD. danger 36. A. someoneB. nob