2014年版高考英语完形填空、阅读理解、书面表达二轮提分专练2

2014年版高考英语完形填空、阅读理解、书面表达二轮提分专练2

‎(二十四)完形填空＋阅读理解＋书面表达 ‎ ‎(限时45分钟)‎ Ⅰ.完形填空 ‎(2013·河南三市一调)‎ 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, Cplus, 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 Cpluses. 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 Apluses 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：Aplus. It was the only Aplus 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.‎ 本文主要讲述了发生在作者和Jayne教授之间的一件事情。‎ ‎1．A.take B．discuss C．cover D．get 答案：A　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。‎ ‎2．A.sought B．presented C．exchanged D．obtained 答案：B　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。‎ ‎3．A.shocked B．worried C．scared D．anxious 答案：A　第一次考试作者只得了77分，自然感到震惊(shocked)。‎ ‎4．A.but B．so C．for D．or 答案：C　结合空前内容可知，这里作者之所以惊讶是因为(for)英语是作者最好的科目。‎ ‎5．A.unchanged B．unpleasant C．unfriendly D．unmoved 答案：D　作者去找Jayne教授，但是任凭作者如何争辩，他都无动于衷(unmoved)。‎ ‎6．A.reflected B．meant C．improved D．affected 答案：B　作者决定更加努力，虽然作者不知道那意味着(meant)什么，因为学习对作者而言一直非常轻松。‎ ‎7．A.quarreled B．reasoned C．bargained D．concerned 答案：B　作者更加努力学习后，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”。‎ ‎8．A.attitude B．mind C．plan D．view 答案：B　教授耐心倾听，但是不肯改变主意，故用mind。‎ ‎9．A.choice B．step C．chance D．measure 答案：C　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)。‎ ‎10．A.memorized B．considered C．accepted D．learned 答案：D　作者加倍努力，第一次明白了“thorough”这一词的含义。learn在这里表示“明白，意识到，认识到”。‎ ‎11．A.ambition B．confidence C．efforts D．methods 答案：C　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。‎ ‎12．A.stayed B．went C．worked D．changed 答案：B　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”。‎ ‎13．A.grade B．answer C．lesson D．comment 答案：A　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＋。9空后的grades也是提示。‎ ‎14．A.scholarship B．course C．degree D．subject 答案：A　第一段第一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)说拜拜了。‎ ‎15．A.helped B．favored C．treated D．relaxed 答案：C　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……”。‎ ‎16．A.care B．ask C．cheat D．produce 答案：A　第二天，作者决定这一次不那么看重考试结果。care much about“很看重”。‎ ‎17．A.happened B．proved C．pretended D．seemed 答案：D　根据下文的内容可知，过去的一切都是教授精心安排的，所以他似乎(seemed)在等着作者去找他。‎ ‎18．A.valued B．imagined C．expected D．welcomed 答案：C　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。‎ ‎19．A.remembering B．guessing C．supposing D．realizing 答案：D　作者凝视着教授，意识到(realizing)他的分析和策略是正确的。‎ ‎20．A.out B．over C．on D．off 答案：D　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”。‎ Ⅱ.阅读理解 A When 19yearold Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation(基金会), nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.‎ Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “It's a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true，” Sophia explained.‎ We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make ‎ Chris's dream come true—so, with everybody's help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，” explained Sophia.‎ Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A MakeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.‎ 本文为记叙文。文章通过圆梦基金会的一名19岁的志愿者Sophia Giorgi介绍了该基金会的创建原因、宗旨、服务对象和方式等。‎ ‎1．Sophia found out about MakeAWish because her best friend had ________.‎ A．benefited from it B．volunteered to help it C．dreamed about it D．told the author about it 答案：A　细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.”可知选A项。‎ ‎2．According to Sophia, MakeAWish ________.‎ A．is an international charity B．was understood by nobody at first C．raises money for very poor families D．started by drawing the interest of the public 答案：A　细节理解题。根据第二段“Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.‘It's a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses...come true，’Sophia explained.”可知答案。‎ ‎3．What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?‎ A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.‎ B．He gave people the idea of starting MakeAWish.‎ C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true.‎ D．He was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.‎ 答案：B　细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris，who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a ‎ policeman.”以及下文中的“When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true，they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of MakeAWish”可知答案为B项。‎ ‎4．Which of the following is true about MakeAWish volunteers?‎ A．They are important for making wishes come true.‎ B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.‎ C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.‎ D．They provide what is necessary to make MakeAWish popular.‎ 答案：A　推理判断题。根据最后一段第三句“Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.”可知A项正确。‎ 疑难词汇解读 raise vt.①举起，抬起 raise your arm举起你的胳膊 ‎②筹款 Last week our school had a big fair in order to raise money for the disabled.上周我们学校举行了一场大型义卖会，为残疾人筹款。‎ 长难句子分析 But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends.‎ 分析：这是一个主从复合句。But Sophia knew为主句，just how important MakeAWish could be为宾语从句，作knew的宾语；because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends为原因状语从句，说明原因。‎ 句意：但Sophia知道圆梦基金是多么重要，因为这个特别的组织曾经帮助她的一个好朋友实现了一个梦想。‎ B ‎(2013·东北三省三校一模)‎ Jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment.We're all used to thinking that work provides the material things of life—the goods and services that make our modern civilization possible.But we are much less conscious of the degree to which work provides the more important psychological wellbeing that can make the difference between a full and an empty life.‎ Historically，work has been associated with slavery and sin (罪恶)and ‎ punishment.And in our own day we are used to bearing traditional complaints.Against this background，it may well come as a surprise to learn that not only psychologists but other behavioral scientists have come to accept the positive contribution of work to the individual's happiness and sense of personal achievement.Work is more than a necessity for most human beings；it is the focus of their lives，the source of their identity and creativity.‎ Rather than a punishment of a burden，work is the opportunity to realize one's potential.And the opposite is true，too.For large numbers of people，the absence of work is harmful to their health.Retirement often brings many problems surrounding the “What do I do with myself？”question，even though there may be no financial cares.Large numbers of people regularly get headaches and other illnesses on weekends when they don't have their jobs to go to，and must take care of themselves.It has been observed that unemployment，quite apart from financial pressures，brings enormous psychological troubles and that many individuals'conditions become worse rapidly when jobless.‎ But why？Why should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction？A good share of the answer rests in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job，by the activity of accomplishing.‎ 提到工作，大多数人都会抱怨又累又辛苦。那么，工作到底带给了我们什么呢？‎ ‎5．Which of the following statements can NOT be learned from the passage?‎ A．People feel happier and more content than they realize when working.‎ B．Work is likely to provide you with the chance of achieving your potential.‎ C．Happiness can only be gained through working.‎ D．A lot of people will suffer physically and psychologically without work.‎ 答案：C　细节理解题。文章第一句提及A项；第三段第一句提及B项；第三段第三句以及最后一句提及D项。故答案选C项。‎ ‎6．Traditionally，people are used to believing ________.‎ A．work is related to negative aspects B．happiness has nothing to do with work C．identity and creativity depend on work D．work is not only a necessity for humans but the focus of their lives 答案：‎ A　推理判断题。根据第二段前两句可知，在历史上，工作是与奴役、罪恶和惩罚相关联的，而今天的我们也习惯于听到这种传统的抱怨。由此推断，人们传统上习惯于相信工作消极的一面。‎ ‎7．What would the author probably discuss in the following paragraph?‎ A．What the proper way to balance work and life is.‎ B．How work brings people pride in accomplishment.‎ C．Which is more important：the material things of life or psychological wellbeing.‎ D．How people overcome the problems arising from retirement.‎ 答案：B　推理判断题。根据全文最后一句．..the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job，by the activity of accomplishing.可知，下文要继续讨论工作是如何给人带来成就感的。‎ ‎8．Which best describes the author's attitude towards work in the passage?‎ A．Doubtful. B．Concerned.‎ C．Approving. D．Neutral.‎ 答案：C　观点态度题。根据作者在文章中表达的观点，即工作给人带来快乐和满足感；工作使人身心健康；工作让人有成就感等，不难分析出，作者对于工作的态度是赞同的。‎ Ⅲ.书面表达 请根据下图写一篇100～120词的短文。你的短文应包括下列要点：‎ ‎1．简要描写图画内容；‎ ‎2．说明图画含义；‎ ‎3．从中学生的角度谈谈你的看法。‎ 参考词汇：container n. 容器 As is shown in the above picture，the moment the mouse gets into the huge container full of food，it starts to enjoy the crops busily，totally ignoring the potential danger.After it consumes the last grain of crop，to its horror，it suddenly finds itself trapped in the container.‎ The picture vividly conveys the message that one cannot just focus on the present ‎ comfortable life without making preparations for his/her future.We students can certainly learn something from this.Some of us are addicted to video games and don't take their study seriously.All that they care about is the present “happy” life.But the truth is that if we don't study hard now and equip ourselves with enough knowledge and skills，we will get into serious trouble in the future.So，to avoid the miserable ending of the mouse，let's take action now!‎