一、完形填空

It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came towards me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said "To the Tower", and decided to 1 him.
I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was 2 to see the attendant(工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and touching the wall with the 3 of the other, the blind man reached the stairs leading to the hallway.
"That man can't see. Why would he climb up the tower?" I said to the attendant, expecting him to notice the poor blind man, but he didn't answer.
"Not the 4 certainly," I thought, feeling quite worried up the stairs. "Oh, my Gosh! Perhaps he wants to 5 from the tower."
The man hadn't gone as far as I imagined. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his steps. I slowed down and came after him at a little distance(距离). He 6 from time to time.
When he got to the balcony, I was many steps 7 . As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.
At last, after ten minutes, I got closer to him. "Excuse me, but I am 8 why you came up."
He smiled. "Coming up the 9 , you will notice how not just light but sun pours into the tower through the narrow 10 here and there, so that you can feel the 11 the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm and how up here behind the wall there is shade(阴影), but you can find the 12 as soon as going opposite a window. On the way, I took time to enjoy the fun. There is no 13 so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I've come up."
The blind man seemed quite 14 , just like a child who lost himself in his favourite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the 15 in life although(尽管) they cannot enjoy the sights of the world.
()1. A. save
B. follow
C. help
D. visit
()2. A. frightened
B. excited
C. surprised
D. glad
()3. A. fingers
B. thumbs
C. body
D. hand
()4. A. view
B. test
C. prize
D. competition
()5. A. climb
B. hear
C. jump
D. relax
()6. A. laughed
B. moved
C. shouted
D. stopped
()7. A. behind
B. beside
C. around
D. outside
()8. A. thinking
B. asking
C. wondering
D. searching
()9. A. office
B. balcony
C. top
D. stairs
()10. A. stairs
B. windows
C. holes
D. doors
()11. A. way
B. changes
C. same
D. air
()12. A. sun
B. shade
C. wind
D. wall
()13. A. reason
B. place
C. time
D. person
()14. A. bored
B. tired
C. pleased
D. patient
()15. A. truth
B. difficulties
C. lessons
D. beauty

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲述了作者跟随着一位盲人登塔，盲人告诉他尽管盲人们无法享受世界上的风景，但他们也能找到生活里的美。
1. B 根据“I caught up with him in the ticket office.”可知，此处应指作者跟随盲人。故选 B。
2. C 根据“see the attendant selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor”可知，此处指作者对工作人员把这个盲人当作正常人一样看待感到惊讶。故选 C。
3. A 根据“with the ticket in one hand and touching the wall with the 3 of the other”可知，另一只手的手指扶着墙。故选 A。
4. A 因为盲人看不到，所以作者认为盲人不是为了景色。故选 A。
5. C 根据“feeling quite worried up the stairs. ‘Oh, my Gosh! Perhaps he wants to 5 from the tower.’”可知，作者很担心盲人，怕他跳塔。故选 C。
6. D 根据“He 6 from time to time.”可知，此处形容盲人时不时停下，符合语境。故选 D。
7. A 根据“As I reached it”可知，此处应指作者落后几个台阶了。故选 A。
8. C 根据“That man can’t see. Why would he climb up the tower?”可知，作者想知道盲人为什么上来。故选 C。
9. D 根据“the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm...”可知，此处应指走上楼梯。故选 D。
10. B 根据“sun pours into the tower through”与“you can find the 12 as soon as going opposite a window”可知，阳光是通过窗户倾泻进塔中。故选 B。
11. B 根据“the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm”可知，此处应指感受到变化。故选 B。
12. A 根据“sun pours into the tower through the narrow...”与“you can find the 12 as soon as going opposite a window”可知，对着窗户就能找到太阳。故选 A。
13. B 根据“There is no 13 so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade.”以及结合上文可知，盲人来到塔上可以感受到明暗差别，因此此处应指没有别的地方比这里更能感受明暗差别了。故选 B。
14. C 根据“just like a child who lost himself in his favourite games”可知，此处应指盲人很高兴。故选 C。
15. D 根据“There is no 13 so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade.”与“although they cannot enjoy the sights of the world”可知，此处应指尽管如此，但是他们能找到生活中的美。故选 D。

【分析】
拿到这篇记叙文完形填空，首先第一步先通读全文，梳理清楚故事的完整脉络：作者在塔底遇到一名打算登塔的盲人，出于好奇一路跟随他，一开始误以为盲人要做危险的事，最后和盲人交谈得知，盲人是特意来登塔感受光影在楼梯间的变化，体会独属于这里的风景。解题时每一个空都要锚定上下文给出的明确线索，不要孤立看单句选答案：比如看到后文提到“我追上他”就能对应第一空的动作，看到作者后续的担心就能对应他一开始的心理活动，最后结合盲人的自述就能把后半部分的空全部对应上，同时结合词义辨析排除不符合语境的选项，就能顺利得出全部正确答案。
【解析】
1. 选B。根据后文“I caught up with him in the ticket office（我在售票厅追上了他）”的提示，可知作者决定跟随这名盲人，follow表示跟随，符合语境。
2. 选C。作者看到工作人员像对待普通游客一样给盲人卖票，对此感到很意外，surprised表示惊讶的，符合语境。
3. 选A。盲人一只手拿票，用另一只手的手指触碰墙面探路，fingers表示手指，符合盲人探路的动作逻辑。
4. 选A。作者认为盲人看不见，肯定不是为了观赏风景才登塔，view表示风景、景色，符合语境。
5. 选C。作者越想越担心，误以为盲人想要从塔上跳下去，jump表示跳，符合作者担忧的心理逻辑。
6. 选D。盲人登塔的过程中时不时停下脚步，符合后文他慢慢感受周边环境的设定，stopped表示停下，符合语境。
7. 选A。根据后文“As I reached it（当我抵达阳台的时候）”的提示，可知盲人走到阳台时，作者还落后好几个台阶，behind表示在后面，符合语境。
8. 选C。作者一直对盲人登塔的原因感到疑惑，此处上前询问，I'm wondering表示我想知道，符合作者的状态。
9. 选D。根据后文“the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm（冰凉的楼梯突然变得很暖）”的提示，可知盲人说的是沿着楼梯往上走的体验，选stairs。
10. 选B。阳光是透过狭窄的窗户洒进塔里的，后文也提到了“going opposite a window”的提示，选windows。
11. 选B。后文提到楼梯从凉变热，墙面后有阴影，这些都是能感知到的变化，changes表示变化，符合语境。
12. 选A。走到窗户对面就能直接晒到太阳，对应前文阳光透过窗户洒入的设定，选sun。
13. 选B。盲人表示没有任何其他地方能像这座塔一样，让他这么好地感受到光影的区别，place表示地点，符合语境。
14. 选C。根据后文“就像沉浸在自己最爱的游戏里的孩子”的提示，可知盲人此刻十分愉悦，pleased表示开心的、满足的，符合语境。
15. 选D。全文主旨点明：盲人虽然无法看见世界的景色，却也能找到生活里的美好，beauty表示美好，契合全文主旨。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.D
【知识点】
词义辨析，语境逻辑推理，记叙文主旨理解
【点评】
本题属于中等偏难的叙事类完形填空，所有题目的解题线索都藏在前后文的情节、人物心理和人物对话当中，既考察学生对常见核心词汇的掌握程度，也要求学生具备串联全文逻辑、梳理故事发展脉络的能力，故事本身传递的积极内核也能引导学生学会用不同的方式感知生活的美好。
【难度系数】
0.4