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2017年高考英語新课标卷Ⅰ的完形填空题如下：

While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life， college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this 1 process and found something that has changed my 2 at college for the better： I discovered ASL—American Sign Language（美式手语）.

I never felt an urge to 3 any sign language before. My entire family is hearing， and so are all my friends. The 4 language were enough in all my interactions（交往）. Little did I know that I would discover my 5 for ASL.

The 6 began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club 7 their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very 8 of communicating without speaking 9 me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the 10 . This newness just left me 11 more.

After that， feeling the need to 12 further， I decided to drop in on one of ASL clubs meetings. I only learned how to 13 the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 14 progress， I was excited. I then made it a point to 15 those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term， I 16 an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was 17 . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 18 ， if there had been any talking， it would have 19 us to learn less. Now， I appreciate the silence and the 20 way of communication it opens.

1. A. searching B. planning

C. natural D. formal

2. A. progress B. experience

C. major D. opinion

3. A. choose B. read

C. learn D. create

4. A. official B. foreign

C. body D. spoken

5. A. love B. concern

C. goal D. request

6. A. meeting B. trip

C. story D. task

7. A. recorded B. performed

C. recited D. discussed

8. A. idea B. amount

C. dream D. reason

9. A. disturbed B. supported

C. embarrassed D. attracted

10. A. end B. past

C. course D. distance

11. A. showing B. acting

C. saying D. wanting

12. A. exercise B. explore

C. express D. explain

13. A. print B. write

C. sign D. count

14. A. slow B. steady

C. normal D. obvious

15. A. chair B. sponsor

C. attend D. organize

16. A. missed B. passed

C. gave up D. registered for

17. A. prohibited B. welcomed

C. ignored D. repeated

18. A. Lastly B. Thusendprint

C. Instead D. However

19. A. required B. caused

C. allowed D. expected

20. A. easy B. popular

C. quick D. new

解析 作者用第一人称记述了自己在大学选修手势语课程的起因、过程和感悟。

1. A。开篇的观点是“高中大体上不鼓励学生探索新的生活”。search process表示“搜索过程”，与found相呼应。

2. B。探索新生活的过程便是一种经历，所以选experience。

3. C。句意：我以前从未有过学习手势语的渴望。下文讲的都是学习手势语的经历，所以选C。

4. D。上句说“我的家人和朋友都是听觉健全的人”，所以此处填spoken，说明“口语足够我们交流”。

5. A。填love。承接上句，在此表示“我不知道我会爱上手势语”。

6. C。故事开始于“我”上大学的第一周。

7. B。performed表示“表演”，是对第一次接触手势语的描写——当时“我”在看美国手势语俱乐部表演歌曲翻译。

8. A。手部动作和无言的交流这个要领都吸引了“我”。

9. D。见上一题解释。

10. B。填past，意思是“我看到的是我以前从未见过的”，因为“我”过去并不了解手势语。

11. D。wanting表示“想要”。句意：新奇使我更加想学（手势语）。

12. B。此处呼应开篇——explore new aspects of life（探索新生活）。

13. C。sign是动词，表示“做手势”。

14. A。slow progress表示“缓慢的进步”，从discouraged可以得出答案。

15. C。attend表示“出席”。句意：然后我努力做到出席那些集会，学习我能学到的一切。make it a point“对……特别在意”。

16. D。registered for an ASL class表示“注册了一门手势语课程”。

17. A。prohibit表示“禁止”，从后一句中的silence可以得出答案。

18. C。instead“而”，表示转折。

19. B。caused表示“导致”。在此作者的意思是：我很快就认识到无声并非不愉快，与此相反，如果当时有谈话，我就不可能学到那么多手势语。

20. D。用new说明手势语对于作者来说是一种新的交流方式。

高考试卷包括四个部分：第一部分是“听力”；