湖北省荆州市高考英语 阅读理解、完形填空训练（4）.doc

湖北省荆州市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空训练（4）及答案阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：almost 300 students at the four top high schools in beijing have given up plans to sit college entrance exams in favor of studying overseas for the international experience.the capitals other three top high schoolsno.four，no.eight and no.11 high schoolsalso have overseas study classes.fan xiaozhou,18，is a student in the overseas study class at the experimental high school attached to beijing normal university.she is waiting for an offer from the 12 universities she applied to in the us.her first choice is pennsylvania state university.“for students who take university entrance exams，they only need to study hard for the final year of high school.the next four years of university life would be stressfree，” she said，“but if i get the chance to study in the us，i will have to study hard right now and ill also cherish every moment there.”a key feature of overseas study classes is that english and chinese cultures are essential parts of the curriculum.there are additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us，but mostly the syllabus deals with reviewing knowledge learned during the previous two years of high school education.the emphasis is always on preparing for the university entrance examination.most of the students in the class have beyond average academic performance and some also have overseas study experiences.it was reported that in the past three years，more than 30,000 high school graduates chose to study overseas instead of taking university entrance exam.more than 100,000 students sat in the national college entrance exams in beijing last year,16,000 less than the previous year.notes：curriculum n课程syllabus n课程提纲长短句分析：there are additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us，but mostly the syllabus (课程提纲) deals with reviewing knowledge learned during the previous two years of high school education.句法点睛：本句中，created by the advanced placement program in the us与learned during the previous two years of high school education为过去分词短语作定语。句意：还有由美国高级选修课程设置的课程，但是课程提纲主要涉及在过去两年高中里所学习的课程。【语篇解读】 本文主要讲了在北京的高中毕业生中，许多人放弃报考国内的大学而申请到国外留学。1what does the whole passage mainly tell us?amany high schools in beijing have overseas study classes.bmany students want to give up plans to sit college entrance exams to study abroad in beijing.cwhats the advantage of studying abroad.dwhy middle school students choose to study abroad.答案b主旨大意题。全文讲述了北京很多高中生放弃国内大学的入学考试，打算到国外学习的事情。2besides the curriculum required for the university entrance exams，if you want to study abroad you must _.alearn englishblearn chinese cultureclearn some other courses required by the university in usdprepare for the exams two years答案c细节理解题。从“there are additional courses created by the advanced placement program in the us”可知，要到国外上大学，除了学习高中要求的课程外，还要学习国外大学要求的一些课程。3according to the writer，most of the students who want to study abroad _.ahave a good knowledge of overseas studybknow little about overseas studychave little hope in being admitted to a key university at homedwant to major in hot courses in the foreign country答案a细节理解题。从“most of the students in the class have beyond average academic performance and some also have overseas study experiences.”可知，这些学生的知识很丰富，有的已经有了国外学习的经历。4from the passage we can see _.athe number of senior students is less and lessbfewer and fewer students want to go to collegecmost senior students in china do not value a college educationdmore and more senior students choose to go to foreign universities答案d推理判断题。从最后一段可知，今年北京报考国内大学的人数减少了许多，这表明很多人报考了国外的大学，因此说越来越多的人选择到国外读大学。*结束 ahonesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. of course, this didnt include her when she told me that if i didnt eat all my vegetables father christmas would find out and wouldnt give me any presents. but when it comes to medicine, i had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. after all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so i thought. i had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科). mr. mcmahon was brought in when his baby was found very swollen. i took a medical history from his daughter who had accompanied him in the ambulance. shed been his main carer for years. i stood looking at him as she gave a detailed history. has he lost any weight recently? i asked, well, its funny you should mention that, but yes. she said slowly. there was silence for a few moments.why? what are you worried about? she asked, i hesitated. she was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that i told her the truth. well, we need to prove its not cancer. i said and talked briefly about some of the tests i was going to order. half an hour later, a nurse called me: mr. mcmahons daughter broke downshe said you told her he had cancer. my heart sank. by the time i arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed that he had cancer. i stood silently at the end of the bed. my consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left mr. mcmahon, she turned to me. why on earth did you do that? she asked in disbelief. i looked at her and bit my lip. she asked me what i was worried about and i told her. i said, hanging my head. and give her more to worry about? replied my consultant. you dont say the word cancer until its confirmed. even if you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people. as it turned out, it wasnt cancer. but i did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one theyre sometimes selective in what they hearand as a doctor its important to be mindful of this. in being truthful, id made the situation worse. 51. the purpose of the first two paragraphs is to show that the author_. a.misunderstood the doctor-patient relationship b.was anxious to receive christmas gifts c.regarded honesty as the best policy d.had an unhealthy eating habit 52. the authors consultant was angry with him because _. a.he told the daughter what he suspected. b.he delayed running the necessary tests. c.he failed to confirm the parents disease. d.he forgot what the consultant had advised. 53. the author hung his head (the underlined part in para. 4) because he was feeling_. a.guilty b.hurt c.disappointed d.helpless 54.what lesson has the author learnt from his experience? a.learning from parents is necessary. b.jumping to a conclusion is dangerous. c.telling the truth may not always be the best solution. d.selecting pleasant words may not be the perfect policy.参考答案-5155 caaca*结束it may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. at some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious(明显的)to the listeners. why? because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. they hear only what the speaker does say. if you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. when such moments occur, dont worry about them. just continue as if nothing happened.even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don t really matter. if you have ever listen to martin luther king s famous speech“i have a dream ”, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) his words twice during the speech, most likely. however. you dont remember. why? because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. people care a lot about makings mistake in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流). they feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. but, infect the listeners are not looking for a period performance. they are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speakers ideas clearly and directly. sometimes a mistake or he can actually increase a speakers attractiveness by making him more human.as you work on your speech, dont worry about being perfect. once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.72. the underlined part and the first paragraph means that no one will _ a. be smarter than you b. notice your mistakesc. do better than you d. know what you are talking about73. you dont remember obvious mistakes in a speech because_a. your attention is on the content b. you dont fully understand the speechc. you dont know what the speaker plans to sayd. you find the way of speech-making more important74. it can be inferred from the passage that_a. giving a speech is like giving a performanceb. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be badc. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is maded. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be75. what would be the best title for the passage?a. how to be a perfect speaker b. how to make a perfect speechc. don i expect a perfect speech d. dont expect mistakes in a speech4答案 72.b 73.a 74.b 75.c*结束 this was no ordinary class. the students who came together were all science or engineering professors at cornell university. they had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry”. this class was part of a study to answer the questions: why is science difficult for many nonscience students? what can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?the students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. they had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. all students noticed one thingthe importance of spoken words. in science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. but in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. they didnt write anything on the board.the scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. in both subjects, students need to find layers (层次)of meaning . some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. this search for different levels of meaning doesnt happen much in undergraduate(本科)science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. and it is always important in humanities(人文科学).both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. one poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informative as he teaches. most of the scientists agreed on several points. first, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. second, the poetry class was fun. one engineer decided, “we need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.”but perhaps the most important result of the experience was this: all of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.49. what do we know about this unusual class?a. the teachers did lots of writing on the board.b. the teacher were invited to attend several lectures.c. the students were professors from a university.d. the students were studying science and humanities.50. the experiment was designed to find out . a. how to teach the students in the science class b. whether poetry is difficult for science studentsc. what to be taught in the humanities class d. why many humanities students find science hard51. finding levels of meaning is . a. important for graduate students in humanities b. difficult for graduate students in humanitiesc. common for undergraduate students in science d. easy for undergraduate students in science52. what did the science professors learn after the experiment? a. they should change the way they teach. b. a poem could be explained in clear definitions.c. a poetry class could be more informative. d. their teaching was an enjoyable experience.2. 答案 49.c 50.d 51.a 52.a*结束 we can achieve knowledge either actively or passively(被动地). we achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning.we achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch tv or read newspapers or magazines is passive. conditioned as we are to passive learning, its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers.unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. it makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor(谣言).did you ever play the game rumor? it begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone. then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. that person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. the last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. then the two written statements are compared. typically, the original message has changed.thats what happens in daily life