湖北省武汉市高考英语 阅读理解和完形填空自选训练（5）.doc

湖北省武汉市2016高考英语 阅读理解和完形填空自选训练（5）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。one day the employees of a large company in st louis, missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. the sign said: “yesterday the person who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. we invite you to join the funeral (葬礼) in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”at first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be.the excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. everyone wondered: “who is this person that was hindering my progress? well, at least hes no longer here.”one by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材) and when they looked inside it they became speechless. they stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. there was a mirror inside the coffin. everyone who looked inside it could see himself. there was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “there is only one person who can set limits to your growth: it is you.”you are the only person who can revolutionize (彻底改变) your life. you are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. you are the only person who can help yourself.your life does not change when your family changes, when your friends change, when your boss changes, and when your company changes.your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.1. the writers purpose in writing the article is to tell us that _.a. the harder we work, the more successful we will becomeb. our work and life are closely connected with othersc. changing our lives is down to ourselvesd. we will have a better future if people do not hinder our development2. people were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because _.a. there was nothing but a mirror inside b. they could see their own souls insidec. their closest colleague lay inside d. what was inside told a great truth3. who probably wrote the sign on the front door?a. the company boss. b. a worker who liked to make fun of others.c. the director in charge of production. d. a worker who wanted to teach others a lesson.4. what can we conclude from the article?a. the employees went to the gym to join the funeral.b. the lesson the employees learned would influence them greatly.c. the employees lives depended on the attitude of their boss.d. the employees got angry after the funeral.【参考答案】14、c d a b 社会生活类-阅读理解。this question comes up naturally in the first few weeks at home if a baby is crying a lot between feedings instead of sleeping peacefully. you pick him up and walk him around and he stops crying, at least for the time being. lay him down, and he starts all over again. i dont think you need to worry much about spoiling in the first month or even the first 6 months. the chances are great that such a young baby is feeling miserable. if he stops crying when picked up, its probably because the warm pressure on his abdomen from being held make him forget his pain or tension. the answer to this question really depends on what lessons you think babies are learning in the first months of life. it is unlikely that they are capable of learning to expect their every wish to be attended to 24 hours a day. what infants are learning during this period is a sense of basic trust in the world. if their needs are met lovingly, they come to feel that the world is a place where good things generally happen and bad experiences are soon corrected. psychologists use the term “secure attachment (依赖)” to talk about basic trust. a child who has a secure attachment to a parent or caregiver believes that parent will keep him safe and will provide for his pressing needs. some parents worry that picking up babies right away will make them overly dependent. i like to tell these parents about a very important study on the effects picking up crying babies. babies whose parents try to respond immediately to their crying actually cry less, and are more independent as preschoolers, compared to babies who were left to “cry it out”. 1. which of the following is the best title for the passage? a. can an infant be spoiled? b. why does an infant cry? c. how do you deal with an infant? d. shall an infant be picked up? 2. the reason why an infant cries is that . a. he/she expects to be picked up b. he/she doesnt feel comfortablec. he/she plays a trick on purpose d. he/she is in great need of sleep3. what does the underlined word “abdomen” in the second paragraph mean? a. face b. arm c. stomach d. head4. if an infant is picked up when crying, . a. he/she will think the world is magic b. he/she will form a habit of dependence c. he/she will seek more help from others d. he/she will have a sense of basic trust5. the psychologists think that . a. caring an infant too much is bad for his/her healthb. you can never spoil your infant too much c. an infant being picked up will lead to laziness d. it is much better to leave a crying baby aside【参考答案】13. abcdb 社会生活类-阅读理解。although i started learning english during my college years, when i entered the states, i only understood two english words “yes” and “no”. we learned many grammar rules but we could not make the language connections to the real english world. language frustration worries almost all first generation immigrants. for example, i got a letter from a chinese-american who has lived in the states for a long time and has a good it job saying “my 11-year-old girl writes quite well, but as her parents, we could not even read her article.”in addition, my chinese-american professor friend has difficulty reading a novel. improving our english skills has become a long journey for all of us. honestly, if i have a chance, i really want to reach out to everyone in the world who has had a similar experience: learning a second language in adulthood. i wish i could encourage them to speak out about the culture shock, frustration they felt about the differences between west and east. i have mainly focused on my english writing since 2008 after i found “literacy volunteers”, an organization that specially focuses on helping immigrants improve their english. i decided to challenge myself, writing a story like an american. i saw many wonderful americans there. as soon as i met my teacher alice, i asked her to be my private language tutor and have taken tims english class. every week alice and i have worked on my english essays sentence by sentence. to observe the culture differences between west and east, occasionally, i posted a few of my english essays online. i mentioned previously about american culture; when people read the same article or even face the same situation, american and chinese act very differently. in my viewpoint, these differences make america the strongest country in the world. i know you have the right to express your own opinions, but accusing others without proof is not acceptable. 1. the purpose of the passage is. a. to show how hard a chinese-american lives in americab. to share her experience of improving her englishc. to imply grammar rules are not importantd. to warn chinese-americans of english 2. the underlined word “frustration” in the first paragraph means. a. failure and setbacksb. words and problemsc. understanding and progressd. slang and idioms3. if the author had a good master of english, . a. she would open a school for chinese-americans b. she would like to hears the differences spoken outc. she could lend a hand to the children for learningd. she might earn some money by giving advice4. in the passage, “literacy volunteers” is. a. only intended to help the chinese-americansb. an organization which is set up to make a profitc. of great use to people like the authord. a school showing how to enjoy literature5. from the last paragraph we can learn that. a. americans and chinese are of the same idea about somethingb. culture shock only exists between chinese and americansc. accusing others freely can be acceptable in americad. culture differences have great influence on the people【参考答案】14.babcd 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项 。in a few years, you might be able to speak chinese, korean, japanese, french, and englishand all at the same time. this sounds incredible, but alex waibel, a computer science professor at uss carnegie mellon university(cmu)and germanys university of karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be a reality. he and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other. one application, called lecture translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. users also have to be trained how to use the programme. another prototype (雏形机)can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “it is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,”waibel said. prefer to read? so-called translation glasses transcribe (转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal (液晶) display(lcd)screen. then theres the muscle translator. electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. the signals are then translated into speech. the electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a persons face, according to researchers. during a demonstration held last thursday in cmus pittsburgh campus, a chinese student named sang jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. then he mouthedwithout speaking alouda few words in mandarin (普通话) to the audience. a few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in english and spanish: “let me introduce our new prototype.”this particular gadget (器具), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “the idea behind the universitys prototypes is to creategood enough bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,”waibel said. with spontaneous (自发的) translators, foreign drivers in germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in china could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there. 1. which of the following statements is not true? a. a lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily. b. muscle translators can translate what you th