湖南省长沙市芙蓉区高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮练习（12）.doc

湖南省长沙市芙蓉区2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮练习（12）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 last july, my 12-year-old car died on californias santa ana freeway. it was an hour before sunset, and i was 25 miles from home. i couldnt reach anyone to pick me up, so i decided to take a bus. not knowing the routes, i figured id just head east. a bus pulled up, and i asked the driver how far she was going. “four more lights,” she said. there was another bus i could take from there. this clearly was going to be a long night. she dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. after waiting 30 minutes, i began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. then a bus pulled up. there was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃). it was out of service. but the door opened, and i was surprised to find that it was the same driver. “i just cant leave you here,” she said. “this isnt the nicest place. ill give you a ride home.” “youll drive me home in the bus?” i asked, perplexed(困惑). “no, ill take you in my car,” she said. “its a long way,” i protested. “come on, ” she said. “i have nothing else to do.” as we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. a few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. a good samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “im just passing the favor along, ” she said. when i offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldnt hear of it. “that wouldnt make it a favor, ” she said. “just do something nice for somebody. pass it along.” 1. why did the writer say that he would have a long night?a. he wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus. b. no driver would give him a ride. c. he didnt know the routes. d. he perhaps would have to take a taxi. 2. judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was _. a. very quiet and peaceful b. dark without street lightsc. neither clean nor beautiful d. a little unsafe3. why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?a. no bus would come at the time. b. a taxi ride would be more comfortable. c. he became impatient and a bit worried. d. he knew the driver would never return. 4. the bus driver drove the writer home later because _. a. she happened to go in the same direction b. she wanted to do something good for other peoplec. her brother told her to do so d. she wanted to earn more money5. the bus driver hoped that the writer _. a. would do as she did b. would keep her in memoryc. would give the money to others d. would do her a favor1. a。推理判断题。根据four more lights, she said. there was another bus i could take from there. this clearly was going to be a long night可知答案为a。2. d。推理判断题。根据i just cant leave you here, this isnt the nicest place. ill give you a ride home(晚上这里不安全，我将送你回家)可知答案为d。3. c。推理判断题。根据after waiting 30 minutes, i began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home作者在这里等了很久都不见有车来，因此他应该是着急了，所以有搭的士车回家的想法，即答案选c。4. b。推理判断题。从司机的回答just do something nice for somebody. pass it along 可知他只是想帮助别人，即答案选b。5. a。事实细节题。从司机和作者的对话中可知她只是想为他人做些好事，比较四个选项可知此题最佳答案为a。 【2015高考复习】阅读理解once when i was six years old，i saw an amazing picture in a book called true stories from nature about the primeval forest.it was a picture of a boa constrictor(大蟒蛇) in the act of swallowing an animal.in the book it said：“boa constrictors swallow their prey wholly without chewing it.after that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.”i thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle.and after some work with a colored pencil，i succeeded in making my first drawing，my drawing number one.i showed my work to the grownups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.but they answered: “frighten? why should anyone be frightened by a hat？”my drawing was not a picture of a hat.it was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.but since the grownups were not able to understand it，i made another drawing.i drew the inside of the boa constrictor so that the grownups could see it clearly.they always need to have things explained.thats my drawing number two.the grownups response this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography，history，arithmetic and grammar.that is why at the age of six i gave up the dream that i might have been a great painter.i had been disheartened by the failure of my drawing number one and my drawing number two.grownups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.so then i chose another profession and learned to pilot airplanes.i have flown a little over all parts of the world，and it is true that geography has been very useful to me.at a glance，i can distinguish china from arizona.if one gets lost in the night，such knowledge is valuable.in the course of this life，i have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people.and that hasnt much improved my opinion of them.whenever i met one of them who seemed to me at all clearsighted，i tried showing him my drawing number one which i have always kept.i would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding.but whoever it was，he or she would always say: that is a hat.then i would never talk to that person about boa constrictors or primeval forests or stars.i would bring myself down to his level.i would talk to him about bridge，golf，politics and neckties.and the grownup would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.【语篇导读】作者的两幅画一直都得不到人们的真正理解，他感到非常困惑，希望能遇到一个理解自己的人，但希望总是落空。20the writer drew his first picture in order to_.ashow the grownups what the book was aboutbfrighten the grownups trying to enter the forestcremind himself of the adventures of the jungledillustrate a boa constrictors act of digesting an animal答案d推理判断题。根据第三段中的“it was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.”可知，应选d项。21how did the writer understand the grownups response to his second drawing?ahe was actually only good at academic study.bit was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.che had difficulty in communicating with the adults.dhe was good at anything but geography.答案b推理判断题。根据文章的第四段开头可知，大人们觉得作者继续画画简直就是浪费时间。故选b项。22the underlined word “disheartened”in paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by_.adiscouraged bdissatisfiedcdiscriminated ddisturbed答案a词义猜测题。根据上下文和画线词后面的“the failure”可知，这两幅画的失败打击了作者，故dishearten在此可理解为“使失去信心，使泄气”。故选a项。23which of the following statements is true?athe writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.bthe writer finally changed his opinion of grownups.cthe writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.dthe writer felt nobody could have really understood him.答案d正误判断题。根据最后一段中的“i would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding.but whoever it was，he or she would always say：that is a hat.”可知d项正确。 时闻型阅读理解。londona british judge on thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadnt cared about potentially deadly consequences.it is believed that james mccormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectorswhich were based on a kind of golf ball finderto countries including iraq, belgium and saudi arabia.mccormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced thursday at the old bailey court in london.“your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，” judge richard hone told mccormick.“you have neither regret，nor shame，nor any sense of guilt.”the detectors，sold for up to $42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. but in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.mccormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in kenya，the prison service in hong kong，the army in egypt and the border control in thailand.“i never had any bad results from customers，” he said.1why was mccormick sentenced to prison?ahe sold bombs.bhe caused death of people.che made detectors.dhe cheated in business. 2according to the judge, what mccormick had done _. a. increased the cost of safeguardingb. lowered peoples guard against dangerc. changed peoples idea of social securityd. caused innocent people to commit crimes3mccormick sold his detectors to the following countries except_a. egypt bkenya c. thailand dkorea4which of the following is true of the detectors? a. they have not been sold to africa.b. they have caused many serious problems.c. they can find dangerous objects in water.d. they dont function on the basis of science.5it can be inferred from the passage that mccormick _ a. sold the equipment at a low price b. was wellknown in most countriesc. did not think he had committed the crimed. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text【要点综述】 这是一篇新闻报道。文章叙述了英国法官审判了一位商人，他有出售假冒炸弹探测器的犯罪行为。但这名犯罪嫌疑人根本没有意识到他的行为给社会带来的危害。1d细节理解题。根据第一段“a british judge on thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison”以及“mccormick, 57, was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month”可知，mccormick被判处欺诈罪。故可以判断选d。2b推理判断题。根据第四段“your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people”可知选b。3d细节理解题。由倒数第二段可得出答案。4d细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“but in fact they lacked any grounding in science and were of no use.”可知，事实上它们“没有任何科学根据”，是没有用的。可以判断选d。5c推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“mccormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in kenya, the prison service in hong kong, the army in egypt and the border control in thailand.”及最后一段可知，麦考密克曾在法庭上说，他出售自己的探测器给肯尼亚警察、香港监狱、埃及的军队和泰国的边境管制处， 而且他从来没有从客户那里听到任何不好的结果。故可以推断出他根本没有认识到他的罪行。故选c。【2014高考英语安徽省合肥市质量检测】完形填空。阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 all of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. its the age when we have to deal with the most 36 in our life. this transition (过渡) from childhood to adulthood is 37 for some, but rough for others. the most important thing about being a teenager is 38 . when we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do. unlike before when we were small kids, even if we made a big trouble, we didnt need to pay anything for it.its all not so 39 about being a teenager though. we dont have to have our 40 take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldnt go before. we can have 41 with friends or even alone, which we couldnt have because we were too 42 to know what pleasure is! its a very enjoyable time of life. during this age, we are old enough to 43 what is good for us, and make decisions by ourselves without 44 others.but like the saying goes all good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue 45 .” during this period, we are having much 46 for our studies. if we dont pass, we wont get jobs, and things will take a turn for the 47 . with the present world economy in _48 , we have to do really, really well in our 49 for a job. adults say that their _50 is the hardest part of life. but i think the transition from a kid to an adult is much 51_ than being already an adult. what we do in our teenage years will 52 what we become and how we lead our life in the future.in conclusion, it is quite 53 that parents put much pressure on an alread