高考英语完形填空真题15（含答案解析）

2020年全国II卷

第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 (共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be 41 to the public because of Italy’s privacy laws, 42 working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction(拍卖)” 43 by the Italian police where things 44 on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look 45 above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder 46 until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.

When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he 47 the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had 48 from Turin. His son, age 15, who had 49 an art appreciation class, thought that there was something 50 about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed(签名) “Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he 51 it, he only found “Bonnard," a French 52 he had never heard of. He bought a book and was 53 to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same 54 as his father’s painting.

"That’s the garden in our picture,"Nicolo’s son told his father. They 55 learned that the painting they 56 was called "The Girl with Two Chairs." They 57 the other painting and learned that it was 58 Paul Gauguin’s “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a small Dog." The 59 called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the paintings were 60 and worth as much as $50 million.

41. A. attached B. allocated C. exposed D. submitted

42. A. finished B. delayed C. considered D. tried

43. A. attended B. reserved C. cancelled D. run

44. A. shown B. found C. kept D. hidden

45. A. nice B. familiar C. useful D. real

46. A. battled B. debated C. discussed D. bargain

47. A. held B. left C. registered D. brought

48. A. chosen B. received C. ordered D. moved

49. A. missed B. failed C. taken D. led

50. A. concrete B. unusual C. unappealing D. natual

51. A. appreciated B. touched C. researched D. witnessed

52. A. painter B. designer C. author D. actor

53. A. expected B. surprised C. anxious D. ready

54. A. room B. kitchen C. hall D. garden

55. A. apparently B. confidently C. eventually D. temporarily

56. A. owned B. borrowed C. sold D. stole

57. A. collected B. cleaned C. framed D. studied

58. A. suitably B. actually C. rightly D. specifically

59. A. girl B. artist C. family D. police

60. A. copies B. originals C. models D. presents

答案解析：

41. C. exposed

此处的意思是意大利的隐私法不允许公开Nicolo的真名。Expose意为“暴露，公开”，符合语境。

42. A. finished

根据后文的内容，Nicolo在日出后去了拍卖会，说明他刚完成了一整夜的工作。Finish意为“完成”，符合语境。

43. D. run

此处指的是由意大利警方举办的“下班后拍卖”。Run an auction意为“举办拍卖会”，符合语境。

44. B. found

此处指的是在火车上找到的东西被出售。Find意为“找到”，符合语境。

45. A. nice

Nicolo认为这两幅画挂在他餐桌上方会很漂亮。Nice意为“好的，漂亮的”，符合语境。

46. A. battled

此处指的是Nicolo和其他竞拍者争夺画作直到最后。Battle意为“争斗”，符合语境。

47. D. brought

Nicolo退休后带着画去了西西里。Bring意为“带来”，符合语境。

48. D. moved

Nicolo把画挂在他从都灵搬来的同一张餐桌上方。Move意为“移动”，符合语境。

49. C. taken

Nicolo的儿子上过一门艺术欣赏课。Take a class意为“上课”，符合语境。

50. B. unusual

Nicolo的儿子觉得画中的年轻女孩坐在花园椅子上这幅画有点不同寻常。Unusual意为“不寻常的”，符合语境。

51. C. researched

Nicolo的儿子查看了画作。Research意为“研究”，符合语境。

52. A. painter

此处指的是画作上签的是“Bonnard”，一个他从未听说过的法国画家。Painter意为“画家”，符合语境。

53. B. surprised

Nicolo的儿子惊讶地在书中找到了画家的照片。Surprised意为“惊讶的”，符合语境。

54. D. garden

画中的Pierre Bonnard坐在与画中相同的花园椅子上。Garden意为“花园”，符合语境。

55. C. eventually

他们最终得知了画作的名称。Eventually意为“最终”，符合语境。

56. A. owned

他们得知了自己拥有的画作叫做“坐在两把椅子上的女孩”。Own意为“拥有”，符合语境。

57. D. studied

他们也研究了另一幅画。Study意为“研究”，符合语境。

58. B. actually

他们得知另一幅画实际上是Paul Gauguin的“有只小狗的桌子上的静物水果”。Actually意为“实际上”，符合语境。

59. C. family

这家人联系了意大利文化部。Family意为“家庭”，符合语境。

60. B. originals

官方确认这些画作是真迹，价值高达5000万美元。Originals意为“原作”，符合语境。