2014届高考英语二轮复习完形填空与阅读理解集中训练14

2014届高考英语二轮复习完形填空与阅读理解集中训练14

i.

、完形填空（本大题共2小题，共0分）

1. (2013·江西省高三上学期七校联考)

When I entered Berkeley College.I hoped to earn a scholarship.Having been a straight A student，I believed I could__1__tough subjects and really learn something.One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne.I was extremely interested in the ideas he__2__in class. When I took the first exam，I was__3__to find a 77，C-plus，on my test paper，__4__English was my best subject.I went to Professor Jayne，who listened to my arguments but remained__5__. I decided to try harder，although I didn’t know what that__6__because study had always been easy for me.I read the books more carefully，but got another 77.Again，I__7__with Professor Jayne.Again，he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his__8__. One more test before the final exam.One more__9__to improve my grades.So I redoubled my efforts and，for the first time，__10__the meaning of the word “thorough”．But my__11__did no good and everything__12__as before. The last hurdle (障碍) was the final.No matter what__13__I got，it wouldn’t cancel C-pluses.I might as well kiss the__14__goodbye. I stopped working hard.I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would.The night before the final，I even__15__myself to a movie.The next day I decided for once not to__16__much about the result of the test. A week later，I was surprised to find I got an A．I hurried into Professor Jayne’s office.He__17__to be expecting me.“If I had given you the A-pluses you__18__，you wouldn’t have continued to work as hard.”

I stared at him，__19__that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct.I had worked my head__20__，as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived：A-plus.It was the only A-plus given.The next year I received my scholarship.I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.A.take C．cover 2．A.sought C．exchanged 3．A.shocked C．scared 4．A.but

B．discuss D．get B．presented D．obtained B．worried D．anxious B．so

C．for

5．A.unchanged C．unfriendly 6．A.reflected C．improved 7．A.quarreled C．bargained 8．A.attitude C．plan 9．A.choice C．chance 10．A.memorized C．accepted 11.A.ambition C．efforts 12.A.stayed C．worked 13．A.grade C．lesson 14．A.scholarship C．degree 15．A.helped C．treated 16．A.care C．cheat 17．A.happened C．pretended 18．A.valued C．expected 19．A.remembering C．supposing 20．A.out C．on

D．or B．unpleasant D．unmoved B．meant D．affected B．reasoned D．concerned B．mind D．view B．step D．measure B．considered D．learned B．confidence D．methods B．went D．changed B．answer D．comment B．course D．subject B．favored D．relaxed B．ask D．produce B．proved D．seemed B．imagined D．welcomed B．guessing D．realizing B．over D．off

【答案解析】语篇解读：

件事情。

本文主要讲述了发生在作者和Jayne教授之间的一

1．解析： 作者一直是全优生，相信自己可以修(take)难的课程，真正学点儿东西。 答案： A

2．解析： 作者对Jayne教授在课堂上陈述(presented)的观点非常感兴趣。A项表示“寻找”，C项表示“交换”，D项表示“获得”，都不符合语境。

答案： B

3．解析： 第一次考试作者只得了77分，自然感到震惊(shocked)。 答案： A

4．解析： 因为(for)英语是作者最好的科目。 答案： C

5．解析： 作者去找Jayne教授，但是任凭作者如何争辩，他都无动于衷 (unmoved)。 答案： D

6．解析： 作者决定更加努力，虽然作者不知道那意味(meant)着什么，因为学习对作者而言一直非常轻松。

答案： B

7．解析： 作者努力学习后，不曾想成绩依然是77分，于是再次与Jayne教授理论。reason with sb.表示“与某人讲道理”。

答案： B

8．解析： 教授耐心倾听，但是不肯改变自己的主意，故用mind。 答案： B

9．解析： 在期末考试前还有一次考试，这是提高成绩的又一次机会(chance)。 答案： C

10．解析： 作者加倍努力，第一次学习(learned)了“thorough”这一词的含义。 答案： D

11．解析： 此处与上一句中的efforts相呼应，表示作者的努力(efforts)没有得到相应的回报。

答案： C

12．解析： 虽然作者加倍努力，然而成绩不见起色，一切如旧。此处go意为“(事情)进展，进行”。

答案： B

13．解析： 作者根据自己前几次的考试经历认定，无论自己在期末考试中考出什么样的成绩(grade)，仍然取消不了之前的C。

＋

答案： A

14．解析： 第一段第二句提到作者想获得奖学金，可接连几次的考试成绩都不理想，所以作者认为他要和奖学金(scholarship)拜拜了。

答案： A

15．解析： 作者不再努力学习，在期末考试的前夜，甚至请自己看了一场电影。treat sb.to...表示“请某人??”。

答案： C

16．解析： 第二天，作者决定就这一次不那么看重考试结果。care about在意，看重。 答案： A

17．解析： 根据下文的内容可知，过去的一切都是教授的精心安排，所以他似乎(seemed)是在等着作者。

答案： D

18．解析： 教授解释说，如果他给了作者期望(expected)得到的A，作者就不会继续如此努力了。

答案： C

19．解析： 作者凝视着教授，意识到(realizing)他的分析和策略是正确的。 答案： D

20．解析： work one’s head off表示“不断工作，拼命干活”，此处可理解为“拼命学习”。

答案： D

2.(B)

The birthrate is Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.

Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 65 cash encouragement, some women just don’t want to be 66 holding the baby. “What we know is that it’s good for the 67 if men and women share the burden of having children,” says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish ministry. 68 Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n) 69 day off work.

Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers 70 go give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (产假)。In January. Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months’ paid leave,

＋

with a warming: use it or 71 it.

Kindlund admits that men are under 72 to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,” he says. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can 73 a relationship.”

In Norway, a(n) 74 policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of 1.85 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. 65. A. is spite of

B. at the cost of

C. in addition to

D. due to

66. A. sent B. left 67. A. birthrate B. income 68. A. Just as 69. A. one 70. A. willing 71. A. reserve 72. A. discussion 73. A. make out 74. A. impersonal

B. Only if B. mere B. reluctant B. misuse B. attack B. add up

C. caught D. seen C. health C. Even though C. only C. likely C. ignore C. control C. build up

D. spirit D. Now that D. single D. unable D. lose D. pressure D. set aside

B. similar C. severe D. global

【答案解析】65—69 ABACD 70—74 BDDCB

ii.

、阅读理解（本大题共3小题，共0分）

A

3. (2013·湖南省五市十校第一次联考)

Men can be beautiful too，right?

China is going to host the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest in Guangzhou this December.This year for the first time the contest will include a male section.Students from over 130 countries will compete for Mr and Miss Beauty.The contest is one of the most

respected beauty contests in the world.It was copied by the United Nations University (an international university belonging to the United Nations) in 1986.

Stick to studying

Li Yining，an economics professor at Peking University，said that he would not encourage students to try their luck in the stock market (股市)．“They should stress study，” Li said in his speech at Beijing Foreign Studies University.When asked，the professor said he expected house prices in Beijing to continue to rise.Li thinks the government should provide more affordable houses for low-level income people.

Campus cinema

Students at over 100 universities will have a digital cinema on campus after the National Day holiday.The 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project was launched at the end of September.The ticket will cost 3－8

yuan，rather than 30－40 yuan at cinemas in town.Students often download movies online or watch DVDs.Now they can enjoy original films in the digital cinema.The digital cinema will show a variety of films besides Hollywood blockbusters (好莱坞大片)．

Getting practical

All 12,000 graduates from vocational school in Shanxi Province have landed a job，according to the provincial government.In the past five years， it is estimated that over 95 percent of the professional school graduates have found jobs.However，the number for university graduates is 70 percent.Some employers said that they prefer professional school graduates who learned something more practical in school and expected lower salaries than university students.

6．In the third part，the underlined word “launched” may mean________.

A．started

B．ended

C．told D．mentioned

7．Where can the material be chosen from? A．A novel.

B．A newspaper.

D．A fashion magazine.

C．An advertisement.

8．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．More than 130 countries will take part in the 18th World University Student Beauty Contest.

B．The ticket for a digital film on campus will cost 3-8 yuan. C．In the past five years，over 95 percent of the university graduates have found jobs in Shanxi Province.

D．Over 100 universities will take part in the 21st Century Digital Film on Campus Project.

9．Professor Li thinks that________.

A. the house prices in Beijing will keep going up B．the students should try their luck in the stock market C．the government can do nothing about the housing problem D．the students should not only pay attention to study 10．What can we infer from the passage?

A．In Shanxi Province，the professional school graduates are less popular with employers than university graduates recently.

B．The digital cinema will only show Hollywood blockbusters. C．The graduates from universities can put what they learned into practice more easily.

D．No men competed in the World University Students Beauty Contest before this year.

【答案解析】语篇解读：

文章介绍了四则新闻：一、男士参加选美比

赛；二、学生应以学业为重；三、校园数字电影项目启动；四、职业学校毕业生更符合市场的实际需要。

6．解析： 词义猜测题。根据画线词的上下文可知，此处表示21世纪校园数字电影项目是在9月底开始的，故A项正确。

答案： A

7．解析： 推理判断题。通读全文可知，这是四则新闻，故有可能从报纸上选取，即B项正确。

答案： B

8．解析： 正误判断题。根据最后一段第二、三两句“In the past five years，it is estimated that over 95 percent of the professional school graduates have found jobs.However，the number for university graduates is 70 percent.”可知，C项表述错误，故选C。

答案： C

9．解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“When asked，the professor said he expected house prices in Beijing to continue to rise.”可知，李教授认为北京的房价将会持续上涨。

答案： A

10．解析： 推理判断题。根据第一段第二句“This year for the first time the contest will include a male section.”可知，今年是第一次将会有男士参加世界大学生选美比赛，故D项正确。

答案： D

B

4.Imagine，one day，getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to Beijing and having dinner there．

Sounds unusual，doesn't it? But it's not that unrealistic，with the development of China’s high—speed railway system．And that’s not a11．China has an even greater high—speed railway plan—to connect the country with Southeast Asia，and eventually Eastern Europe．

China is negotiating to extend its own high·-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 1 0 to 15 years，eventually reaching London and Singapore．

China has proposed three such projects．The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia．Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan

and Uzbekistan，and possibly to Germany．The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe．

If China’s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from London to Beiling in under two days．

The new system would still follow China’s high—speed railway standard．And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour，almost as fast as some airplanes．

China’s bullet train(高速客车)，the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou，already has the World’s fastest average speed．It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours．

Of course，there are some technical challenges to overcome．There are so many issues that need to be settled，such as safety，rail gauge(轨距)，maintenance of railway tracks．So，it’s important to pay attention to every detail．

But the key issue is really money．China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansion．

China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment．Resources from those countries could stream into China to sustain development． It’11 be a win-win project. For other countries，the railway network will definitely create more opportunities for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countnes．

For China，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop China’s far west．We foresee that in the coming decades，millions of people will migrate to the western regions，where the land is empty and resources unused．With high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for a11．And they’11 trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries．

67．China’s new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because ． A．China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions B．China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways C．China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries

D． the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation，business and tourism 68．According to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan

is ．

A．technical issues B．safety of the system C．financial problems D．maintenance of railway tracks

69．Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards China’s high-speed railway plan?

A．Critical． B．Reserved． C．Doubtful D. Positive． 70．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A．New Railway Standards B．Big Railway Dreams C．High—speed Bullet Trains D．International Railway Network

【答案解析】67选B在文章倒数第二段中有明确答案

68选C . 在文章第8段看到 There are so many issues that need to be settled. . . 及第9节中 But the key issue is really money

69选D . 尽管在文章第8，9段中 提到存在的问题，但从最后两段中不难看出作者是持支持的态度

70选B. 贯穿全文须知这只是一个梦想

C

5.Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in

an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientist; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.

However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.

There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

68. The new products become more and more time-saving because . A. our love of speed seems never-ending B. time is limited.

C. the prices are increasingly high. D. the manufactures boast a lot.

69. What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Imaginary life B. Simple life in the past. C. Times of inventions D. Time for constant activity. 70. What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?

A. Critical B. Objective. C. Optimistic. D. Negative. 71. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The present and past times. B. Machinery and human beings. C. Imaginations and inventions. D. Modern technology and its influence.

【答案解析】68答案：A

题目: 新发明变得越来越省时, 是因为？

A. 我们对速度的热爱从未停止。 可回原文定位never-ending（因为有连词符号）。原文第一段说到Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. 事实上, 我们对速度的热爱从未停止。A选项是对原文的同意改写。 B. 时间有限。原文未提及。

C. 价格日渐攀升。原文未提及价格因素。

D. 生产商大肆吹嘘。回原文定位Boast(因为有中文注释). 第一段最后一句说Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

解析：每年都有更高速的新车出产, 而且新电脑也吹嘘能节省宝贵的每一秒钟。可见, 题目和选项矛盾。越来越省时是事实, 不是因为吹嘘而变得省时了。 69答案：B

题目: 第三段的“the days”指的是什么？ A: 想象的生活 B: 过去的简单生活 C: 发明的时间 D: 连续活动的时间

解析： 回原文定位第三段该句Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world. 也许, 我们静静聆听广播里的故事节目, 任想象插上翅膀肆意翱翔的日子, 已经一去不返了。根据前后一句可得知, 文章重点是说的高速生活和简单生活的对比。故:B选项是对原文的正确解读。而A选项的理解有偏差, 重点转移了。 70答案：B

题目: 作者对现代科技的态度是？

A: 批判的 B: 客观的 C: 乐观的 D: 消极的

解析： 根据文章结构, 第一段陈述事实, 说现代高科技省时省力。第二段说高速生活的弊端。第三段说对简单生活的向往, 但最后第四段却说高科技对现代生活的积极影响。所以, 作者的观点是不偏不倚的。

71答案：D

题目: 这篇文章主要说的是什么？ A: 过去与现在 B: 机器和人类 C: 想象力和创造力 D: 现代科技和它的影响

解析： 根据文章首尾段的大意可知, 文章重在分析高科技的利与弊。

本文来源：https://www.bwwdw.com/article/svvo.html