江苏省准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练10.doc

i. 完形the concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. in the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be _1_. solitude can be hard to discover _2_ it has been given up. in this respect, new technologies have _3_ our culture.the desire to be connected has brought solitude to a (n) _4_ as weve known it. people have become so _5_ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted _6_ theyd rather not be. today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our _7_ but from our mobile phones as well.most developed nations have become _8_ on digital technology simply because theyve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not _9_ it would make them an outsider. _10_, many jobs and careers require people to be _11_. from this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. being reachable might feel like a _12_ to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.i suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who _13_ wants it. computers can be shut _14_ and mobile phones can be turned off. the ability to be connected and on has many _15_, as well as disadvantages. travelers have ended up _16_ on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. they can also make people feel _17_ and forced to answer unwanted calls or _18_ to unwanted texts.attitudes towards our connectedness as a society _19_ across generations. some find todays technology a gift. others consider it a curse. regardless of anyones view on the subject, its hard to imagine what life would be like _20_ daily advancements in technology.1.a. updatedb. receivedc. sharedd. collected2.a. thoughb. untilc. onced. before3.a. respected b. shaped c. ignoredd. preserved4.a. edge b. stage c. endd. balance5. a. sensitiveb. intelligentc. considerate d. reachable6. a. even if b. only ifc. as if d. if only7.a.mediab. computesc. databases d. monitors8.a. bentb. hardc. keen d. dependent9. a. findingb. using c. protecting d. changing10. a. also b. instead c. otherwise d. somehow11. a. connected b. trained c. recommended d. interested12. a. pleasure b. benefit c. burden d. disappointment13.a. slightlyb. hardlyc. merely d. really14.a. outb. down c. upd. in15.a. aspectsb. weaknessesc. advantages d. exceptions16.a. hiddenb. lostc. relaxedd. deserted17.a. trappedb. excited c. confused d. amused18.a. turnb. submit c. objectd. reply19.a. varyb. arise c. spread d. exist20.a. beyondb. within c. despite d. withoutii. 阅读(a) if doctors want to test you for something, theyll usually take a blood or urine sample. but wouldnt it be much more convenient if they just asked you to keep breathing instead?in fact, your breath can say a lot about you. in traditional chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.just like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of “metabolites (代谢物)” the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. they are like personal health fingerprints, whichu. is why scientists sometimes call them “breathprints”, according to science daily.compared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of hours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the bodily fluids. this means the test can be taken frequently to better detect (检测) early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment. it can also be used to test athletes for steroid (类固醇) use.on the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as reliable as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. however, researchers in zurich, switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didnt change much throughout the day, reported bbc.“our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,” said malcolm kohler, professor at the university hospital zurich.to get there, breath-testing instruments have to be improved first, because the current ones are expensive and weighty. small and portable instruments already exist but they are not accurate enough. scientists are also working to better match breathprint patterns to specific diseases.21. which of the following is true about breath testing?a. it is more often used by traffic police than by doctors.b. it has been used in traditional chinese medicine for years.c. some animals can detect early signs of cancer better than medical equipment can.d. it is not very reliable because breaths may change throughout the day.22. what are the advantages of breath testing according to the text?a. its equipment is lighter. b. it is quicker. c. it is more economic.d. it is as reliable as fingerprints. e. it doesnt need a container.a. abd b. bde c. ace d. cde23. what are the scientists going to do to improve breath analysis?a. study most genes in human dna.b. match breathprint patterns to every disease.c. perfect the instruments used to perform it.d. prove that metabolites vary from person to person.(b)aggressive pedestrians are in fact as dangerous as careless drivers. they cause traffic accidents, injury and death.these dangerous walkers can be seen in any big city all over the world. about 69% of last years pedestrian deaths in the us occurred in urban areas. they cross streets ignoring “dont walk” signals, suddenly appear without warning from behind parked vehicles, walk slowly at crossroads with cell phones attached to heads, blocking traffic.these pedestrians and drivers share a common disregard for the rules of the road, both for selfish reasons. the drivers believe in the power of their machines. if their machines can go faster, they believe they have the right to go faster. if their machines are bigger, they believe they have the right to push smaller vehicles aside. aggressive pedestrians, on the other hand, believe in the primacy of the individual, the idea that they are first in any environment, under any circumstances, even when they are on foot in a roaring tide of steel and rubber.last year, an estimated 5,220 pedestrians died in traffic accidents. some 69,000 pedestrians were injured. on average, that worked out to one pedestrian killed in a traffic crash every 101 minutes, and one injured every eight minutes. the good news is that the accident rate is dropping. for example, the number of pedestrians killed last year was 24 percent less than the number killed in traffic accidents a decade earlier. the bad news is that the basic causes of pedestrian deaths remain pretty much the same-disregard for traffic signals, inattention and crossing roads under the influence of alcohol and drugs. alcohol, in fact, was involved in 46 percent of the traffic accidents that resulted in pedestrian deaths. of those, 31 percent of the pedestrians were found to be drunk.the bottom line is that the pedestrians must do more to protect their lives as well as the lives of other road users. they can start by obeying traffic signals, using marked cross-walks and calling a cab when theyve had too much to drink.24. the passage is mainly about _.a. how aggressive pedestrians cause traffic accidentsb. why so many americans were killed on roads last yearc. what the traffic rules of the road about pedestrians were d. who are to blame for pedestrian deaths, drunk drivers or the aggressive pedestrians25. what is the pedestrians selfish reason for traffic jams?a. they know all drivers are skilled and with great care.b. they believe individuals are always first.c. they think traffic rules have nothing to do with them.d. they guess all vehicles will slow down at crossroads.26. what was not the basic cause of pedestrian deaths in the us a decade ago?a. disregard for traffic signalsb. paying no attention to surroundings.c. crossing roads drunk.d. overspeeding driving.27. what word can best describe the authors attitude to the traffic accidents caused by pedestrians?a. excited.b. cold.c. concernedd. unconnected.(c)franz kafka wrote that a book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us. i once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didnt seem to require any explanation.wed just finished john steinbecks novel of mice and men. when we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did i. are you crying? one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. i am, i told her, and the funny thing is ive read it many times. but they understood. when george shoots lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. in my 14 years of teaching in a new york city public middle school, ive taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. they understand, more than i ever will, the novels terrible logicthe giving way of dreams to fate.for the last seven years, i have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. i originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school-one that often attracts the literary-minded children of manhattans upper classesinto a less competitive setting. the daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. i thought additional cultural capital could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned ph.d.s. along with of mice and men, my groups read: sounder, the red pony, lord of the flies, romeo and juliet and macbeth. the students didnt always read from the expected point of view. about the red pony, one student said, its about being a man, its about manliness. i had never before seen the parallels between scarface and macbeth, nor had i heard lady macbeths soliloquies (独白)read as raps (说唱) , but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. once introduced to steinbecks writing, one boy went on to read the grapes of wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that all these people hate each other, and theyre all white. his historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. year after year former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. we are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. we are teaching them that words do no. amaze but confuse. we mav succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.28.the underlined words in paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to_a. realize our dreams b. give support to our life c. smooth away difficulties d. awake our emotions29.the girl left the selective high school possibly because_.a. she was a literary-minded girlb. her parents were immigrantsc. she couldnt fit in with her classd. her father was then in prison30.to the authors surprise, the students read the novels_.a. creativelyb. passivelyc. repeatedlyd. carelessly31.the author writes the passage mainly to_.a. introduce classic works of literatureb. advocate teaching literature to touch the heartc.argue for equality among high school studentsd. defend the current testing system (d)well, edward? she said; tell me.well, helena, dear; those people have no heart!they have refused?yes. they have refused me a ship! they talked of the millions that had been wasted in search for franklin, and declared the document was obscure and unintelligible. and, then, they said it was two years now since they were cast away, and there was little chance of finding them. besides, they would have it that the indians, who made them prisoners, would have dragged them into the interior, and it was impossible, they said, to hunt all through patagonia for three men-three scotchmen; that the search would be vain and perilous, and cost more lives than it saved. in short, they assigned all the reasons that people invent who have made up their minds to refuse. the truth is, they remembered captain grants projects, and that is the secret of the whole affair. so the poor fellow is lost for ever.my father! my poor father! cried mary grant, throwing herself on her knees before lord glenarvan, who exclaimed in amazement:your father? what? is this miss-yes, edward, said lady helena; this is miss mary grant and her brother, the two children condemned to orphanage by the cruel admiralty!oh! miss grant, said lord glenarvan, raising the young girl, if i had known of your presence-he said no more, and there was a painful silence in the courtyard, broken only by sobs. no one spoke, but the very attitude of both servants and masters spoke their indignation at the conduct of the english government.at last the major said, addressing lord glenarvan: then you have no hope whatever?none, was the reply.very well, then, exclaimed little robert, ill go and speak to those people myself, and well see if they- he did not complete his sentence, for his sister stopped him; but his clenched fists showed his intentions were the reverse of pacific.no, robert, said mary grant, we will thank this noble lord and lady for what they have done for us, and never cease to think of them with gratitude; and then well both go together.mary! said lady helena, in a tone of surprise.go where? asked lord glenarvan.i am going to throw myself at the queens feet, and we shall see if she will turn a deaf ear to the prayers of two children, who implore their fathers life.lord glenarvan shook his head; not that he doubted the kind heart of her majesty, but he knew mary would never gain access to her. suppliants but too rarely reach the steps of a throne; it seems as if royal palaces had the same inscription on their doors that the english have on their ships: passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel.lady glenarvan understood what was passing in her husbands mind, and she felt the young girls attempt would be useless, and only plunge the poor children in deeper despair. suddenly, a grand, generous purpose fired her soul, and she called out: mary grant! wait, my child, and listen to what im going to say.mary had just taken her brother by the hand, and turned to go away; but she stepped back at lady helenas bidding.the young wife went up to her husband, and said, with tears in her eyes, though her voice was firm, and her face beamed with animation: edward, when captain grant wrote that letter and threw it into the sea, he committed it to the care of god. god has sent it to us-to us! undoubtedly god intends us to undertake the rescue of these poor men.what do you mean, helena?i mean this, that we ought to think ourselves fortunate if we can begin our married life with a good action. well, you know, edward, that to please me you planned a pleasure trip; but what could give us such genuine pleasure, or be so useful, as to save those unfortunate fellows, cast off by their country?helena! exclaimed lord glenarvan.yes, edward, you understand me. the duncan is a good strong ship, she can venture in the southern seas, or go round the world if necessary. let us go, edward; let us start off and search for captain grant!lord glenarvan made no reply to this bold proposition, but smiled, and, holding out his arms, drew his wife into a close, fond embrace. mary and robert seized her hands, and covered them with kisses; and the servants who thronged the courtyard, and had been witnesses of this touching scene, shouted with one voice, hurrah for the lady of luss. three cheers for lord and lady glenarvan!32. the inscription “passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel” is mentioned to show _. a. mary would fail to get a chance to meet the queen b. passengers have to obey the rules on the shipc. the man at the wheel always has great powerd. the queen always knows what to do33. what did helena really want to do?a. she wanted to stop mary doing anything stupid.b. she herself wanted to search for captain grant.c. she wanted to see the queen herself.d. she wanted to see the officials again.34 according to the last paragraph but three, we can draw the conclusion that _.a. the duncan was strong enough to take them around the worldb. lord glenarvan decided to