完形和阅读强化练习.docx

高一英语综合能力练习 一.完形题空（2篇，共40小题，每题1分） Recently，I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive，the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight _1_before setting down. High desert winds had _2_the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be _3 the city for a few minutes waiting to _4 We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened _5 there might be a few bumps(颠簸)Well，that few minutes turned into about fourfive minutes，including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) 6 by comparison The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt 7 and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess，thats not good thing to have happen in a(n) 8 space because it only 9 to increase the discomfort of the situation.About twenty minutes into the adventure，the entire airplane became very 10 . There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be 11 noticedEvery passenger simply held on for dear life except one. A 12 was having a good time! With each bump of the 13 !he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight As I observed this，I 14 that he didnt know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his 15 He neither thought about the past nor about the future Those are what we grownups have learned from 16 .He was 17 the ride because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this，I took a deep breath and 18 back into my seat，pretending I was 19 on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even 20 to giggle once or twice ,much to the chagrin(随恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.1. A. mistake B. delay C. change D. wind2. A. forced B. warned C. swept D. reminded3. A. watching B. visiting C. circling D. crossing4. A. arrive B. enter C. stop D. land5. A. if B. though C. because D. while6. A. light B. pale C. easy D. quick7. A. sick B. nervous C. angry D. afraid8. A. empty B. narrow C. secret D. open9. A. happens B. continues C. fails D. serves10. A. quiet B. hot C. dirty D. crowded11. A. partly B. gradually C. shortly D. clearly12. A. pilot B. baby C. guard D. man13. A. seats B. passengers C. flight D. airplane14. A. realized B. hoped C. agreed D. insisted15. A. health B. safety C.joy D. future16. A. teachers B. books C. experience D. practice17. A. learning B. taking C. missing D. enjoying18. A. sat B. lay C. went D. rode19. A. nearly B. finally C. really D. suddenly20. A. attempted B. managed C. wanted D. decided BIn 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year _1_. According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a _2_ one. The world will be more _3_ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be _4_ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in _5_ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would _6_ have 15 million by then. Food production will _7_, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, _8_ most of the increase would be in countries that _9_ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is _10_ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are _11_ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is _12_ as cities become larger and more houses are built. _13_ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the worlds _14_ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 _15_. They only carried out the situation that _16_ today. By changing the situation, by _17_ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is _18_ time for the nations of the world to work _19_ a plan of action. But they warned that _20_ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success. 1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study 2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue 3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible 4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as 5. A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous 6. A. none B. each C. all D. neither 7. A. insist B. reduce C increase D. continue 8. A. so B. but C. or D. however 9. A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never 10. A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected 11. A. destroying B. protecting C. disturbing D. interrupting 12. A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used 13. A. Air pollution B. Water pollution C. Some diseases D. All farmland 14. A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people 15. A. must be true B. will come true C. cant be true D. may be wrong 16. A. happens B. develops C . exists D. appears 17. A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing 18. A. no B. still C. less D. plenty of 19. A. about B. in C. out D. for 20. A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting 二阅读理解(4篇，共20小题，每小题2分) AWhen something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, Well, its so-and-sos fault. or I know Im late, but its not my fault; the car broke down. It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winners key to success . Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well. This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situation to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on whose fault it is. Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.1. According to the passage, winnersA. deal with problems rather than blame othersB. meet with fewer difficulties in their byesC. have responsible and able colleaguesD. blame themselves rather than others2. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .A. avoid B. accept C. improve D. Consider3. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should . A. find a better way to handle the problemB. blame him for his lack of responsibilityC. tell him to find the cause of the problemD. ask a more able colleague for help4. When problems occur, winners take them as A. excuses for their failuresB. barriers to greater powerC. challenges to their colleaguesD. chances for self-development5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Winners Secret.B. A Winners Problem.C. A Winners Opportunity.D. A Winners Achievement. B Food sometimes gets poisoned with harmful things. A person who eats such food can get an illness called food poisoning. Food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are deadly, The symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within hours of eating the poisoned food. Fever is one of the most common symptoms. Certain microorganisms (微生物) cause most types of food poisoning. Bacteria and other microorganisms can poison eggs, meat, vegetables, and many other foods. After entering the body, these tiny living things release (释放) poisons that make people sick. Some chemicals can also cause food poisoning. They are often added to food while it is being grown, processed, or prepaid. For example, many farmers spray chemicals on crops to kill weeds and insects. Some people may have a bad reaction to those chemicals when they eat the crops. Some plants and animals contain natural poisons that are harmful to people. These include certain kinds of seafood, grains, nuts, seeds, beans, and mushrooms. When people handle food properly, the risk of food poisoning is very small Microorganisms multiply rapidly in dirty places and in warm temperatures. This means that people should never touch food with dirty hands or put food on unwashed surfaces. Food should be kept in a refrigerator to stop microorganisms from gnawing. Meat needs to be cooked thoroughly to kill any dangerous microorganisms. People should also wash food covered with chemicals before eating it. Finally, people should not eat raid mushrooms or other foods that grow in the wild. Some of these foods may contain natural materials that are poisonous to humans. In addition, some types of fish can be poisonous. Most people recover from food poisoning after a few days of resting and drinking extra water. If people eat natural poisons, they must go to the hospital right away to have their stomachs emptied.6. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Food when poisoned can make people sick.B. Food poisoning means death. C. Food poisoning comes in varieties.D. Food poisoning can be serious.7. We know from the passage that the symptoms of food poisoning .A. are always accompanied by a feverB. are too common to be notedC. can be noticed within hoursD. can be ignored8. Food poisoning can be caused by all the following EXCEPT . A. some chemicals B. low temperatures C. some tiny living things D. certain natural materials9. From Paragraph 5, we can learn thatA. mushrooms should not be eatenB. vegetables are safer than meat and seafoodC. natural poisons are more dangerous than chemicalsD. different types of food should be handled differently10. It can be inferred from the passage that A. natural materials are safe in food processingB. chemicals are needed in food processing C. food poisoning can be kept under controlD. food poisoning is out of control C When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesnt work out, youll have something to rely on. Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course, she recalls. The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her morn, I dont know how to use a computer, she admits. Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as anaward-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. I felt there was a need for a book like this, she says.I didnt want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when were self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease. But she hasnt always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet. Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. Everybody on earth can ask, why me? about something or other, she insists. It doesnt do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. Ive come to realize the importance of that as Ive grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.11. Why did Mary feel regretful?A. She didnt achieve her ambition.B. She didnt take care of her mother.C. She didnt complete her high school.D. She didnt follow her mothers advice.12, We can know that before 1995 Mary 。A. had two books publishedB. received many career awardsC. knew how to use a computerD. supported the JDRF by writing13. Marys second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her _A, living with diabetesB, successful show businessC. service for an organizationD. remembrance of her mother14. When Mary received the life-changing news, she _.A. lost control of herself B. began a balanced diet C. Med to get a treatment D. behaved in an adult way15. What can we know from the last paragraph? A. Mary feels pity for herself. B. Mary has recovered from her disease. C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible. D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor. D Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (danger) are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.16. The passage mainly discusses _.A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new way of training driversD. a new type of optical illusion17. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _.A. they should avoid speed-related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong lane C. they should slow down their speedD. they are coming near to the speed limit18. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former _.A. can keep drivers awakeB. can cut road accidents in half C. will look more attractiveD. will have a longer effect on drivers19. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _.A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the country C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevr