江苏省准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练8.doc

江苏省2014届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练8i. 完形 its that time of year again when students face a hard decision: at which university to continue their education. university_1_can be a useful starting point for this difficult choice._2_are rankings enough for making such an important_3_?university league tables can be_4_as they do not accurately represent the diversity of an institutions offering. there are also factors _5_a universitys academic performance that are worth_6_.“we do not_7_the ranking of higher education institutions,” said uwe brandenburg, project manager at germany-based che consult, a think tank focusing on higher education. as brandenburg explained, a ranking does not take into consideration the_8_that exist across the various courses an institution offers._9_, a university may excel at teaching engineering, but it may perform_10_in english literature.so what_11_should students take into consideration when choosing a university?for georgia lewis, 24, a business management graduate from the uk-based university of manchester, the course offering was most_12_. “when i looked at universities, the course structure, modules and entry requirements were the first things i considered,” she said.some will also consider how a course_13_their future plans. nick krachler from south africa started a master of science in political sociology at the london school of economics. “my main_14_was that the actual program is the ideal combination for what i want to research in my phd,” explained the 25-year-old.others are drawn by opportunities for_15_study, such as william rowles, 25, from the uk, who had a great_16_in learning mandarin. “i chose the university of nottingham_17_its strong connections with china,” he said.beyond academic factors, the_18_life and campus are also important. for lewis, it was manchesters great student life that made her_19_decision. “i knew the nightlife would keep me_20_for three years,” she said.1. a. styles b. rankings c. comparison d. impression2. a. but b. so c. besides d. therefore3. a. change b. plan c. decision d. conclusion4. a. amusing b. boring c. incorrect d. misleading5. a. beyond b. with c. except d. within6. a. accepting b. considering c. improving d. ignoring7. a. work out b. care about c. believe in d. doubt about8. a. differences b. similarities c. advantages d. connections9. a. in general b. in fact c. after all d. for example10. a. well b. poorly c. equally d. normally11. a. lessons b. facts c. factors d. problems12. a. useful b. difficult c. impressive d. important13. a. relates to b. adapts to c. belongs to d. leads to14. a. purpose b. ambition c. reason d. advice15. a. free b. international c. advanced d. independent16. a. difficulty b. experience c. interest d. confidence17. a. because of b. more than c. according to d. regardless of18. a. family b. social c. peaceful d. busy19. a. main b. original c. first d. final20. a. upset b. happy c. exhausted d. confidentii. 阅读(a)finally, a cell phonethats. a phonewith rates as low as $3.75 per week!“well, i finally did it. i finally decided to enter the digital age and get a cell phone. my kids have been annoying me and the last straw was when my car broke down, and i was stuck by the highway for an hour before someone stopped to help. but when i went to the cell phone store, i almost changed my mind. the phones all have cameras, computers and a global-positioning something or other thats supposed to spot me from space. goodness, all i want to do is to be able to talk to my grandkids! the people at the store werent much help. they couldnt understand why someone wouldnt want a phone the size of a postage stamp. and the rate plans! they were confusing, and expensive. and the contract lasted for two years! id almost given up until a friend told me about her new jitterbug phone. now, i have the convenience and safety of being about to stay in touch with a phone i can actually use.”affordable plans that i can understand and no contract to sign! unlike other cell phones, jitterbug has plans that make sense. why should i pay for minutes im never going to use? and if i do talk more than i plan, i wont find myself with no minutes like my friend who has a prepaid phone. best of all, there is no contract to sign so im not locked in for years at a time. the us-based customer service is second to none. and the phone gets service anywhere in the country.call now and receive a free gift when you order. try jitterbug for 30 days and if you dont love it, just return it! why wait, the jitterbug comes ready to use right out of the box. if you arent as happy with it as i am, you can return it and get your money back. call now, the jitterbug product experts are ready to answer your questions.call 1-888-809-8794 or visit www. .21. what made “i” finally think of getting a cell phone?a. being stuck by the highway.b. being urged by his grandkids.c. being persuaded by cell phone salespersons.d. being attracted by the friendly return policy.22. on the monthly basis of 100 minutes, the jitterbug weekly rate is about _.a. $3.75 b. $4.99 c. $14.99 d. $19.9923. an advantage of jitterbug mentioned in the passage is _.a. its discount price with a free giftb. its reasonable rate plans without a contractc. its “global-positioning” system with 911 accessd. its good customer service all over the world24. the main purpose of the passage is to _.a. tell a customers story of jitterbugb. provide two ways to order jitterbugc. give a brief introduction of jitterbugd. attract potential customers to jitterbug(b)barditch high school decided to have an all-school reunion. over 450 people came to the event. there were tours of the old school building and a picnic at confederate park. several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. ms. mabel yates, the english teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the park.some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when ms. yates was about to speak. many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.then ms. yates started to speak:“i cant tell you how pleased i am to be here. i havent seen many of you since your graduation, but i have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. i have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. although i havent appeared in person, i have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination.”ms. yates paused and started crying a bit. then she continued:“it was my belief that if i pushed you as hard as i could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. regardless of our motives, i can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”“there is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. you have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and i want you to know i love you all from the bottom of my heart.”there was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. the clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten english teacher from their hometown.25. what activity was organized for the school reunion?a. sightseeing in the park.b. a picnic on the school playground.c. telling stories about past events.d. graduates reports in the old building.26. what can be inferred from paragraph 2?a. some graduates were too busy to listen to ms. yates speech.b. many graduates disliked ms. yates ways of teaching.c. some people got tired from the reunion activities.d. most people had little interest in the reunion.27. what was ms. yates belief in teaching teenagers?a. teachers knowledge is the key to students achievements.b. pressure on students from teachers should be reduced.c. hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.d. students respect is the best reward for teachers.28. which of the following can best describe ms. yates?a. reliable and devoted. b. tough and generous.c. proud but patient. d. strict but caring. (c)it was a simple letter asking for a place to study at scotlands oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. a 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at st andrews university has been discovered by researchers. written by sophia jex-blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on international womens day.the document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案) by part-time history student lis smith, who is completing her phd at st andrews institute of scottish historical research. she said: “we knew that sophia jex-blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the senatus academicus (校评议委员会) at st andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didnt know documentary evidence existed. while searching the archives for information about the universitys higher certificate for women, i was astonished to come across what must be the very letter jex-blake wrote.”in the letter, sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at st andrews. although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the ladies literate in arts at st andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. the qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. it was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to st andrews in 1892.ms jex-blake went on to help establish the london school of medicine for women in 1874. she was accepted by the university of berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in january 1877. eventually, she moved back to edinburgh and opened her own practice.29. lis smith found sophias letter to st andrews university_ .a. by pure chanceb. in the school officec. with her supporters helpd. while reading history books30. sophias letter resulted in the establishment of_ .a. the london school of medicine for womenb. a degree programme for womenc. a system of medical educationd. the university of berne31. when did st andrews university begin to take full-time women students?a. in 1873. b. in 1874.c. in 1877. d. in 1892. (d)“in wilderness is the preservation of the world.” this is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. the frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.as john sauven of greenpeace uk points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. the urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation (开发) brings to such landscapes (景观) is real. some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans need the rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. to mr sauven, these “ecosystem services” far outweigh the gains from exploitation.lee lane, a visiting fellow at the hudson institute, takes the opposing view. he acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. but that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. there are ever more people on the earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. while the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. if they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.i look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participants. one challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. and there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.this is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. what position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.32. john sauven holds that_.a. many people value nature too muchb. exploitation of wildernesses is harmfulc. wildernesses provide humans with necessitiesd. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong33. what is the main idea of para 3?a. the exploitation is necessary for the poor people.b. wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials.c. useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation.d. all the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.34. what is the authors attitude towards this debate?a. objective. b. disapproving.c. skeptical. d. optimistic.35. which of the following shows the structure of the passage? (cp: central point; p: point; sp: sub-point; c: conclusion)keys: 1-5 bacda 6-10 bcadb11-15 cdacb 16-20 cabdb1. b。由下一句紧接着的“ 2 are rankings enough”可知答案为b。2. a。前后两句是转折关系，大学排名榜对于选择那所学校就读非常有帮助，但是这是不是就足够以做如此重要的决定了呢？3. c。上文提到了“a hard decision”、“this difficult choice”，所以这里表示选择去哪所学校就读的决定。4. d。amusing 有趣的；boring 枯燥的；incorrect不正确的；misleading 有误导性的。由下文“as they do not accurately represent the diversity of an institutions offering”可知，大学排名榜不能全面准确地反映多样化的情况，但这并不意味着这一排名是错误的，只是可能让人产生一些错误认识，故选d。5. a。这里对应最后一段的首句“beyond academic factors”，句意为：选择大学时，除了大学的学术水平，还有其他的因素值得考虑。beyond 除之外；超出之外。6. b。这里对应下文的“so what 11 should students take into consideration when choosing a university?” consider =take into consideration。7. c。由下文可知uwe brandenburg认为大学排名没有考虑到一所院校的不同科目之间存在的差异，所以他对于这一排名也是不认同的，故选c。8. a。由下文例子中的“but”可知这里描述的是一种相反的情况，说明这一大学在这两个专业之间的不平衡，存在差异，故选a。9. d。这里是举例说明brandenburg的观点，故选d。10. b。句意理解参见第8题。与excel 相对的就是perform poorly。11. c。这里对应上文“there are also factors 5 a universitys academic performance that are worth 6 .”12. d。由下文“the first things i considered”可知georgia lewis认为课程设置非常重要。13. a。由下文的“the actual program is the ideal combination for what i want to research in my p hd”可知，由于该项目与nick krachler将来读哲学博士要研究的东西结合得非常紧密，他才选择了该学校，所以可以推知他把可能与将来的发展之间的关联看得很重要。relate to 与有关；adapt to适应；belong to 属于；lead to 导致，只有a选项符合语境。14. c。这里是解释他选择该学校的理由，故选c。15. b。free 免费的；international 国际的；advanced 高等的；independent 独立的。从下文可以推知，热爱汉语学习的william因为诺丁山大学与中国的合作联系而选择了该大学，对于身在英国的william来说，这种联系意味着也许他将来有机会到中国学习，故选b。其他选项都不符合语境。16. c。由下文的“i chose the university of nottingham 17 its strong connections with china,”可以推知他对中国的兴趣，由此可以推知他学习汉语的浓厚兴趣，故选。17. a。前后分句是因果关系，故选。18. b。由下文中的“manchesters great student life”以及“the nightlife”可以推知社交生活也是某些学生选择学校的因素之一。19. d。句意为：曼彻斯特大学丰富多彩的校园生活使他做了最终决定。20. b。这种生活方式是他喜欢的，那么当然会让他开心。21. a。这是一道细节理解题。我们可以采用“题干定位法”，根据题干中的关键词“finally”和“getting a cell phone”回到原文，根据开篇第一句“i finally did it.”以及第二句“my kids have been annoying me and the last straw was when my car broke down, and i was stuck by the highway”可知答案为a项。22. b