陕西省西安市高考英语四月阅读理解、完形填空选练（12）.doc

2015西安市高考英语【四月】阅读理解、完形填空选练（12）答案阅读理解。i received a call today asking if i would be willing to bring food to a family in need. the mother was having a major operation and would be lying down for several weeks. of course, i responded with an immediate“yes! ”. as i planned the meal in my head, i reflected on how many times over the years i had been asked to prepare food. i have done so countless times with a very open heart. but the truly amazing thing is that i have received double over the course of my life. when my mother passed away, our house was filled with fresh dinners for weeks. a woman from the church of our community stepped by each evening with some food. the gift of food was her small way of trying to ease our pain. later in my life, when i was on bed rest during my pregnancy with twins, women of the church again stepped in to help. they arranged babysitting for my two-year-old daughter, and brought lovely dinners to our house. even when i was put in the hospital, my husband would bring cooked meals to my hospital room. how we relied on these dinners to feed my tired husband and young daughter! food is all about comfort. it feeds our bodies, but it can also feed our souls. when you hear people talking about their favourite holidays, it usually includes their feelings connected with sharing food. i know that i will have many more opportunities in my lifetime to prepare food for others. it is truly a gift i want to prepare and deliver to someone in need. 【文章大意】作者的母亲过世的时候, 社区教堂中的女人给她带过食物; 作者怀孕的时候, 社区教堂中的女人也同样给她带过食物, 并帮她照顾她两岁的女儿。因此, 今天有人需要帮助的时候, 作者也非常愿意伸出援手。1. the author has given lots of food to others because. a. she is poor at cookingb. she is a church memberc. she is friendly to othersd. she has received others food【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据第二段“but the truly amazing thing is that i have received double over the course of my life. ”可知作者乐于赠送食物给别人是因为她自己也曾经受到别人的许多馈赠。2. we can learn from the first paragraph that the author. a. had to stay in bed for several weeksb. knew the family in need very wellc. was glad to be able to lend a handd. was tired of preparing food【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据第一段“of course, i responded with an immediateyes! ”可以推断作者非常高兴能帮助别人。3. which of the following is true about the author? a. her mother died when she was in hospital. b. she didnt get enough food during her pregnancy. c. she received food as well as comfort in her hard times. d. she thinks offering food is the best way to show love. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。根据第二、三段可知作者在她自己有困难的时候接受过他人的食物与照顾。4. according to the passage, which of the following conclusions can we get? a. a good beginning makes a good ending. b. one good turn deserves another. c. actions speak louder than words. d. every man has his faults. 【解析】选b。推理判断题。通过上下文可知, 作者在自己困难的时候接受过别人的帮助, 如今她也非常乐意帮助别人, 由此可得出这么一个结论: 善有善报。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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。all ric o barry wants is to stop the dolphin-killing, so he is headed to this seaside japanese town, taijithe american activist, who is the star of a new award-winning documentary that portrays the dolphin-killing here, got an unwelcome reception when he showed up here this week for the start of the annual hunthis movie, the cove（海豚湾）, directed by national geographic photographer louie psihoyos, was released in the united states a month ago but has not yet to come out in japanscenes in the film, some of which were shot secretly, show fishermen banging on metal poles stuck in the water to create a wall of sound that scares the dolphinswhich have supersensitive sonar（声纳系统）and sends them fleeing into a covethere, the fishermen sometimes pick a few to be sold for aquarium shows, for as much as $150,000they kill the others, spearing（刺）the animals repeatedly until the water turns redthe meat from one dolphin is worth about 50,000 yen, and is sold at supermarkets across japangreenpeace and other groups have tried to stop the hunt for yearsactivists hope the cove will bring the issue to more people internationallyand eventually in japanalready, the australian town of broome dropped its 28-year sister-city relationship with taiji last month, partly because of the movie“some regions have a tradition of eating dolphin meat,” said fisheries official toshinori uoya“dolphin-killing may be negative for our international image, but it is not something orders can stop”the town government in taijiwhich has made whales and dolphins its trademarkrefused to comment about the cove, or the growing international criticism against dolphin-killingmany in taiji take the dolphin hunt for granted as part of everyday lifethey are defensive about the cove, seeing themselves as powerless victims of overseas pressure to end a simple and honest way of making a living1ric o barry made the cove because he wanted to astop the dolphin-killingbwin an international awardcsupport green peaces effortsdmake taiji well-known in the world2viewers can learn from the cove athe advanced techniques to catch dolphinsbthe cruel and bloody dolphin-killingcthe beautiful japanese seaside town taijidthe sale of dolphin meat around the world3what is the response to the cove on the japanese side？ataiji broke up with its western sister-city broomebjapanese officials decided to ban dolphin-killingcthe town government in taiji kept silent on criticismdmost japanese people were against eating dolphin meat4what does the underlined word “defensive” probably mean?afeeling guilty for killing dolphinsbprotecting themselves against criticismcattacking those against dolphin-killingdmaking the determination to change5what can we infer from the passage?amany people in japan have seen the cove in the cinemabthe cove has not influenced japans international imagectaijis dolphin-killing industry has been seriously damageddthe cove has brought international attention to dolphin-killing【参考答案】15、a b c b d bnearly all of todays native americans in north, central and south america can trace their ancestry to just six women whose descendants（后裔）immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a dna study suggeststhe finding does not mean that only these six women gave rise to migrants who crossed into north america from asia in the earliest population of the continentrather, it suggests that only six left a particular dna legacy that persists to today in about 95% of native americans, said study co-author ugo perego in utah“the women did not necessarily arrive together, nor even all live at the same time,” he saidresults indicate the women arrived sometime between 18,000 and 21,000 years agothe work was published this week by the journal plos oneperego is from the sorenson molecular genealogy foundation in salt lake city and the university of pavia in italythe work confirms the previous indications of just six maternal（母系的）lineages, as well as a date of around 20,000 years ago when the first people in north america arrived after crossing a land bridge from asia, perego saidthe researchers studied mitochondrial （线粒体） dna, which is passed only from mother to daughterthey created a “family tree” that traces the different dna lineages found in todays native americansby noting mutations（突变）in each branch and applying a formula for how often such mutations arise, they calculated how old each branch wasthat indicated when each branch arose in a single womanthe six “founding mothers” obviously did not live in asia because the dna signatures they left behind are not found there, perego saidso they probably lived in beringia, the now-submerged land bridge that stretched to north america, he said6what is the passage mainly about?aa study indicates that women arrived in america around 20,000 years agoba study indicates six women gave rise to migrants of americaca dna study tells about people who crossed into north america from asiada study indicates native americans can trace their ancestry to just six women7which of the following is true about the research?ait shows that dna is passed from parents to daughtersbit concludes that the six women arrived individually but lived at the same timecit is a joint one conducted by salt lake city and an italian universitydit shows that only six women in 95% of present native americans have got a particular dna legacy8which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “lineages”?aclasses bvarieties cfamilies dfindings9what didnt ugo perego and his team do?athey used a “family tree” to analyze the findingsbthey focused on life styles of the original womencthey clarified genetic changes in the family treedthey studied how long each branch had developed10what can we infer from the finding?athe six mothers probably lived on the present islands in north americabmost native americans have got the dna legacy passed from the six womencberingian dna was found in the women who originally immigrated to north americadthe research was not accepted by the previous scientists because of its contradiction【参考答案】610、 d c c b b完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。whenever a disaster takes place，thousands of people start to contact various organizations and post to online groups in an effort to try to volunteer at 1._ disaster site.some2._ jump into their cars and drive to the area.but 3._ _