2017届高考英语三轮冲刺复习：完形与阅读强化训练15_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语三轮冲刺复习：完形与阅读强化训练15

　　2017届高考英语三轮复习完形与阅读强化训练15

　　题号一二总分

　　得分

　　、完形填空（本大题共1小题，共30分）

　　I cannot describe my excitement when I saw the famous general Arthur Scoresby covered with medals at a party given to honor him However，there was a__1__look in the eyes of an old friend of mine who sat next to me.He leaned toward me and whispered—“__2__—he is a fool and yet a lucky dog.” This came as a__3__to me.Then he told me the whole story：

　　“Years ago，I was an instructor in the military (军事) school at Woolwich when young Scoresby was given his first__4__.Everybody answered the questions well__5__he did not know anything.I felt sympathy and questioned him just__6__I thought he knew.He got through the examination.I thought that what in the end would__7__him would be the mathematics examination.Well，try to imagine the__8__.By some strange yet__9__accident，he took first prize！I never dreamed it would__10__such strange，laughable results.

　　Then，the Crimean War broke out.He was appointed an officer.But__11__knew the secret.They saw his stupid mistakes as works of great__12__.And every mistake he made increased his glory and fame.

　　The battle grew hotter.The English army were steadily retreating (撤退) all over the field.Our regiment (团)__13__an extremely important position.One mistake now would bring total__14__.An order came for him to fall back and support our right.__15__，he moved forward and went over the hill to the left.A large and__16__Russian army was waiting there！The surprised Russians thought that no single regiment by itself would__17__there at such a time and that it must be the whole British army.They fled in wild__18__.The British turned defeat into a sweeping and shining__19__.Scoresby became famous that day as a great military__20__honored throughout the world.”