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江西省瑞金市2014高考英语阅读理解和完形填空训练（3）（含答案）what is ebay? the simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. people can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods，including cars, movies and dvds, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes the list goes on and on.the idea came from pierre omidyar, who was born in paris and moved to washington when he was still a child. at high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from tufts university in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. in his free time he started ebay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. by 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. joined by a friend, peter skoll, and in 1998 by his capable ceo, meg whitman, he_has_never_looked_back. even in the crashes of the late 1990s, ebay has gone from strength to strength. it is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the internet.ebay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. all you have to do is take an ephoto, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. of course for each item (商品)sold ebay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on ebay and eighty percent of the items are sold.语篇解读文章向我们介绍了ebay网的一些情况。1we learn from the text that ebay provides people with _.a. a way of buying and selling goodsb. a website for them to upgradec. a place to exhibit their own photosd. a chance to buy things at low prices解析根据第一段内容可知。答案a2why did pierre create ebay after graduating from university?a. for fun.b. to make money.c. for gathering the engineers.d. to fulfill a task of his company.解析由第二段第三句话可知。答案a3from “he has never looked back ”in paragraph 2 we learn that pierre_.a. did not feel lonelyb. was always hopefulc. did not think about the pastd. became more and more successful解析peter由原来的业余爱好开始，逐步走向成功，创建了世界知名网站。答案d4how does ebay make money from its website?a. by bringing sellers together.b. by charging for each sale.c. by listing items online.d. by making ephotos.解析由最后一段第一句话可知，这个网站通过提供交易平台，然后收取适当的服务费。因此b项正确。答案b*结束第*套完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。you did more than carry my booksmark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. mark 21 down and helped the boy pick up these articles. 22 they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. as they walked mark 23 the boys name was bill, that he 24 computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of 25 with his other subjects and that he had just broken 26 with his girlfriend.they arrived at bills home first and mark was 27 in for a coke-cola and to watch some television. the afternoon passed 28 with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then mark went home. they 29 to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. just three weeks before 30 , bill asked mark if they 31 talk.bill 32 him of the day years ago when they had first met. do you 33 wonder why i was carrying so many things home that day? asked bill. you see, i 34 out my locker(柜) because i didnt want to leave a mess（脏乱） 35 anyone else. i had planned to run away and i was going home to 36 my things. but after we spent some time together 37 and laughing, i realized that 38 i had done that, i would have 39 a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. so you see, mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. you 40 my life. 21afellbsatclaydknelt22aalthoughbsincecafterduntil23adiscoveredbrealizedcsaidddecided24aplayedblovedctrieddmade25aquestionsbideasctroubleddoubt26aupboutcoffdaway27aputbhelpedcinviteddpushed28apeacefullybwillinglycfreelydpleasantly29acontinuedbagreedcforceddoffered30agraduationbmovementcseparationdvacation31awouldbshouldccoulddmust32ademandedbremindedcremoveddasked33aeverbusuallycevendnever34acheckedbtookccleaneddput35aoverbintocwithdfor36afindbpickcpackdhold37atalkingbplayingcreadingdwatching38abeforebifcwhiledas 39aforgottenbpassedcleftdlost40ahelpedbrecoveredcimproveddchanged参考答案 、2125 dbabc 2630 acdaa 3135 cbacd 3640 cabdd*结束 its great fun to explore (探索) new placesit feels like an adventure, even when you know youre not the first to have been there. but make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles. do the map reading if youre being driven somewhere. itll be easier if you keep turning the map so it follows the direction you re traveling in. keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or youll have to move to the back seat. get a group of friends together and go exploring. youll need a good map, a compass (指南针), a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies (应急现金). tell someone where youre going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. the test is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up. see if your school or a club organizes orienteering activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. this can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from a to b (and b to c, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. either way, its not only good fun, but a great way to keep fit.48. sitting beside the driver, you should _.a. direct the driver when necessary b. look ahead to see where theres a turnc. move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable d. keep looking at the map to find a place to go to49. why do you need to tell someone your exploration plan before setting out?a. to get information when in danger. b. to be saved in case of an accident.c. to share the fun with him/her in exploration. d. to tell him/her whats going on with the group members.50. orienteering activities can _.a. make people work fast b. help people stay healthyc. help people organize other activities d. make people get prepared for sports51. the text mainly talks about_?a. the fun of exploration b. what to bring for explorationc. the way to use the map in exploration d. how to prevent getting lost in exploration52. in poland, who get together and cook before a weeding?a. children b. men c. women d. fathers参考答案48、 abb 51-2 dc *结束 of all the problems facing modern astronomers, perhaps the most fascinating is: “can intelligent(有智能的) life exist elsewhere?” since the earth is an unimportant planet moving round an unimportant star, it would be a pride on our part to suppose that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. but to obtain proof is difficult.the main trouble is that our neighbor worlds, the bodies in the solar system appear to be unsuitable for advanced life forms. the moon may be ruled out at once; it has hardly any atmosphere. venus（金星） is little better; the surface temperature is extremely high and the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. mars（火星） with a very thin atmosphere and a severe shortage of water, may well support simple plant life but there seems no hope of finding animals, while the attractive martians of the story tellers have long since been given up.of course this has not stopped the flow of bright ideas for communicating with the supposed people on mars. in the early nineteenth century the great mathematician gauss suggested planting tree patterns in siberia, so that the martians would see them and replay suitably. following up this idea, the austrian scientist karl littrow proposed digging very wide ditches（沟） in the sahara, triangular in patterns, and then filling them with petrol or some substance so that, when lit, the ditches would present martian observers with a “flaming triangle” which would show the existence here of intelligent minds. even better were the plans of charles cross, a french writer of the 1870s, who wanted to build a large mirror to reflect the suns rays and concentrate them on the surface of mars, thereby making a vast burning glass. by swinging the mirror around, cross explained it would be practicable to write words in the martian deserts simply by burning the sand. for many years he bombarded (鼓吹) the french government with literature about this plan and was very disappointed when no official interest was shown.48from the passage we can learn that the opinion of the writer is that .apeople on the earth are almost certainly the only intelligent beings in the universe bpeople on the earth are definitely the only intelligent beings in the universecthere may be other intelligent beings in the universedthere are other intelligent beings in the universe49why is there unlikely any life on venus?abecause the weather is too cold.bbecause it is severely short of water.cbecause it has a very thin atmosphere.dbecause the surface temperature is too hot.50according to the passage, it seems that mars .amay have both vegetable and animal lifebmay be inhabited by attractive martians cmay have some vegetable lifedcan have no life at all51how did gauss, the mathematician, want to establish contact with the martians?aby building a large mirror.bby making patters with trees.cby filling wide ditches with oil.dby planting trees in triangular shape.52it can be learned from the last paragraph that charles cross felt .adisappointed at the lack of official interest shown in his planbsurprised that the officials were interested in his suggestioncangry when the government paid little attention to his ideasdpleased when the government did take notice of his plan*结束 a machine which makes water out of air could become the greatest household invention since the microwaveusing the same technology as a dehumidifier (除湿器)，the water mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water by getting it from a limitless sourcethe airthe company behind the machine says not only doesit offer all alterative to bottled water in developed countries，but it is a solution for the millions who face a daily water shortagethe machine works by drawing in damp air through afilter(过滤器) and over a cooling element which changes it into water dropletsit can produce up to 12 liters a daythe water mill will also produce more water when storms pass over, as the humidity（湿度）in the air increasesin keeping with its ecodevelopment，the machine uses the same amount of electricity as three light bulbs inventor jonathan ritchey said：“the demand for water is off the chartpeople are lookingfor freedom from water distribution systems that are shaky and unreliable” the machine，which is about 3 feet wide，is likely to cost800 when it goes on sale here in the springits maker, canadian firm element four, estimates（估计）that a liter of water will cost around 20 pence to produce environmentalists claim half the worlds population will face water shortage because of climate change by 2080one in five humans is said to lack access to safe drinking water the water mill is not effective in areas with below about 30 percent relative humidity, but with average relative humidity in england of more than 70 percent that wont be much of an issue here.45according to the author, the biggest advantage of the machine is its alittle power use bproper sizecunlimited sourcedhigh production46we can conclude from the passage that the machine acan be used everywherebhas not been on salecwill replace the water distribution systemdwill solve the problem of water shortage47what is necessary for the machine to work? aenough air benough humidity cenough waterdenough containers48what would be the best title for this passage? amachine to make water out of air bmicrowave for household usecfilter to draw in damp air dmodern dehumidifier on sale参考答案45-48 cbba *结束take action for a better world: volunteers neededsix months preparation in denmark: africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk group teenagers. six months community work in malawi in people to people projects: child aid, hiv / aids. fights and teacher training. qualifications: 18 years, hard working and social engagement. please contact us by e-mail: takeaction .part-time work with exchange studentsyouth international is a non-profit high school foreign exchange students organization. we welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. the community representative is a part-time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money. applicants 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