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2015贵阳市高考英语阅读理解和完形填空自选练习（9）答案（四月）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。america is growing older. fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the united states were 65 or older. today, 10 out of every 100 americans are over 65. the aging of the population will affect american society in many ways education, medicine, and business. quietly, the aging of america has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.a persons age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. the social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. it doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. public ideas are changing.many people say, “i am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” no one says “act your age” any more. weve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.1. it can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in america _.a. has made people feel younger b. has changed peoples social positionc. has changed peoples understanding of age d. has slowed down the countrys social development2. the underlined word “one” refers to _.a. a society b. america c. a place d. population3. “act your age” means people should _.a. be active when they are old b. do the right thing at the right agec. show respect to their parents young or old d. take more physical exercises suitable to their age4. if a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.a. normal b. wonderfulc. unbelievable d. unreasonable1. c 主旨题。根据第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判断。2. a 细节题。one是a society的同位语且后面跟了一个定语从句，可以通过分析句子结构得出正确答案。3. b 细节题。全文最后一句话给出了提示。4. a 推理题。可仔细阅读第二段中倒数第二句话。阅读理解 if english means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?according to a new study by a british university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. this is the area of the brain which processes information. it is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.the study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.a team led by dr andrea mechelli, from university college london, took a group of britons who only spoke english. they were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. but the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.it means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.professor dylan vaughan jones of the university of wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “you are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”the findings were matched in a study of native italian speakers who had learned english as a second language between the ages of two and 34. reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. the results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.11. the main subject talked about in this passage is_.a. science on learning a second language b. language can help brain powerc. mans ability of learning a second language d. language learning and maths study12. in the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_.a. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work wellb. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languagec. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the languaged. say language is also a kind of physical labor13. the underlined word “bilingual” probably means_. a. a researcher on language learningb. an english native speakerc. an active language learnerd. a person who can speak two languages14. we may know from the scientific findings that_.a. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the timeb. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesnt know a second languagec. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on peoples braind. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is15. in the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_.a. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjectsb. learning a second language is the same as studying mathsc. italian is the best choice for you as a second languaged. youd better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language【参考答案】1115、badda 【2015高考复习】完形填空a guy was on the side of the road trying to get a lift on a very dark night in a terrible rainstorm，with no cars on the road.the storm was so strong that the guy could_16_see a few feet ahead of him._17_，he saw a car come toward him and_18_.the guy，without thinking，got in and closed the door and until then，he realized that there was nobody_19_the wheel.the car started to move very_20_.the guy looked at the road and saw a curve(拐弯处)coming his_21_._22_，he started to pray，begging for his life.he had not come out_23_，just before the car hit the curve，a hand suddenly_24_through the window and moved the_25_.the guy now couldnt move out of_26_and watched how the hand appeared every time the car was_27_a curve.finally，although terrified，the guy managed to open the door and_28_out.without looking back，the guy_29_through the storm all the way to the nearest town.like a drowned rat，in complete horror，the shocked guy walked into a nearby bar and asked for some_30_.then，still shaking and frightened，he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just_31_.everyone listened in_32_and became frightened，with hair standing on end，when they realized the guy was telling the_33_because he was crying and he definitely was not drunk!about half an hour later two guys walked into the_34_bar and one said to the other，“hey，theres the bad guy who jumped into the car while we were_35_it！”【语篇解读】 在一个风雨交加的晚上，一个人站在路边试图搭车。天很黑，路上一辆车都没有。突然一辆车停到了他面前， 他想都没想便上车了，进去后才发现车里没有驾驶员。接下来发生的事情让他感到很惊恐16a.simply beasily chardly droughly答案c暴风雨如此猛烈以至于他几乎看不见前面几英尺远的地方。hardly表示“几乎不”，符合语境。17a.suddenly bsecretlycunfortunately dhurriedly答案a突然他看到一辆车向他开来并且停在了他面前。18a.reach bstop ccontinue drest答案b参见上题解析。19a.beside bon cbehind daround答案c直到上了车关上门他才意识到车子的方向盘后面(即驾驶员的位置上)没有人。因此选behind。20a.wonderfully bslowlycquickly dcomfortably答案b根据上文可知，当时下着大雨，视线非常不好，因此车应该开得非常慢。21a.way broad cpath ddirection答案a他看着路，发现前面有拐弯处。come his way的意思是“朝着他这边过来”。22a.disappointed bdiscouragedcsurprised dfrightened答案d根据22空后面的“begging for his life”可知，他感到很害怕。23a.where bwhen cunless dwhile答案b他没有下车，就在车快要撞到弯道的时候，突然一只手从车窗伸了进来转动了方向盘。whe