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2015贵阳市高考英语阅读、阅读表达一轮自练题（7） 及答案完型填空。请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。what happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? did you 36 it because you thought that it was just a little thought? have you ever 37 what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts (直觉) 38 if you had paid more attention to it?imagine a scene, 39 you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is 40 on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. the thought 41 your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to 42 it, but wait a minute! that thought could be the potential beginning of the 43 you have so mush wished for. as the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has 44 escaped you. it is almost as if a wise man has 45 the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. it is like finding the 46 piece of jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏). this becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that 47 but powerful thought.your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become 48 of the great possibilities that can 49 if that little thought is acted upon. this becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put 50 any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review. 51 meaningless little thought or ideas when acted 52 have a potential to explode into great projects. many successful projects have been 53 from the little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.dont waste a(n) 54 to act on a potentially brilliant idea. you dont have to wait for a major idea, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.that little thought or idea is the 55 of great things if you decide to follow it through.36. a. hateb. ignore c. liked. value37. a. discoveredb. remembered c. considered d. complained38. a. but b. or c. and d. nor39. a. when b. what c. where d. while40. a. taken b. worked c. moved d. turned41. a. catchesb. puts c. causes d. pulls42. a. adoreb. adopt c. abandon d. account43. a. wealth b. successc. dreamd. reality44. a. highlyb. long c. hardly d. fast45. a. talkedb. shoutedc. laughed d. whispered46. a. first b. last c. bestd. exact47. a. weakb. good c. little d. strong48. a. capableb. conscious c. proudd. typical49. a. attainb. arise c. cause d. prove50. a. down b. off c. upd. out51. a. fortunately b. deliberately c. obviouslyd. seemingly 52. a. in b. upon c. by d. to53. a. grownb. done c. born d. torn54. a. minute b. possibility c. moment d. opportunity55. a. center b. beginning c. signd. result 【参考答案】完型： 3640 b c b c d 41-45 a c b b d 4650 b c b b a 5155 d b c d b【2014高考英语模拟题】完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。while i was a kid , i worked as a salesman. we worked by 31 in newspapers to introduce our products. when we had 32 sufficient replies, we would load our trucks, drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied.every time we would get a(n) 33 on a postcard saying, “please bring me a piano for my 34 . i can pay $10 a month.” we could not sell a piano for $10 a month. no finance company would carry a contract (合同) with her 35 the payments were too small, so we 36 her postcards.the postcards 37 coming to me after i owned my own company. 38 i knew that i was about to make a terrible business decision, i 39 a piano to her and told her i would carry the contract myself at $10 a month with no interest. i had thought that i just 40 a piano, but all the payments came in. it was 41 !then one day 20 years later in a party, i 42 the most beautiful piano music. i was 43 by a young womans admirable skill and moved closer to her, listening 44 . when she took a 45 she came to me and asked. “arent you the man who 46 my grandma a piano a long time ago?” i suddenly 47 . it was her!she told me how her grandmother had sold eggs and 48 every penny to buy a piano for her. “she always told me to keep 49 in my heart for those who helped us,” she said. moved by her story, i choked and 50 to speak a word.31. a. advertising b. writingc. communicating d. editing32. a. gave b. received c. maded. sent33. a. response b. note c. announcement d. contract34. a. daughterb. son c. granddaughter d. grandson35. a. until b. though c. while d. for 36. a. answered b. avoidedc. hid d. ignored37. a. stoppedb. startedc. proceededd. liked38. a. while b. for c. afterd. since39. a. purchased b. donatedc. delivered d. recommended40. a. benefited from b. give awayc. reflected on d. appealed to41. a. unfair b. unbelievable c. unpredictable d. uncomfortable42. a. heardb. performedc. createdd. recorded43. a. accompanied b. attacked c. alarmed d. attracted44. a. frequently b. anxiously c. attentively d. automatically45. a. break b. walk c. breath d. talk46. a. lent b. sold c. gave d. guaranteed 47. a. remembered b. understood c. struggled d. acknowledged48. a. spent b. borrowedc. saved d. picked49. a. memoriesb. hopes c. thanks d. confidence50. a. caught b. stopped c. turned d. failed【参考答案】3150、abacd dbacb badca baccd阅读理解。the garden city was largely the invention of ebenezer howard(18501928). after immigrating from england to the usa,and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer,he moved to chicago,where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. in those days,it was nicknamed “the garden city”,almost certainly the source of howards name for his later building plan of towns. returning to london,howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s,drawing on ideas that were popular at the time,but creating a unique combination of designs.the nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place,dirty and crowded;but it offered economic and social opportunities. at the same time,the british countryside was in fact equally unattractive:though it promised fresh air and nature,it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages,nor much social life. howards idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement,the garden city. howards idea was that a group of people should set up a company,borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside,far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.garden cities would provide a central public open space,radial avenues and connecting industries. they would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt,also owned by the company,containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. as more and more people moved in,the garden city would reach its planned limithoward suggested 32,000 people;then,another would be started a short distance away. thus,over time,there would develop a vast planned house collection,extending almost without limit;within it,each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services,but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system,thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.1. how did howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?a. through his observation of the country life.b. through the combination of different ideas.c. by taking other peoples advice.d. by using the nickname of the reconstructed chicago.2. the underlined phrase “drawing on” in paragraph 1 probably means.a. making use of b. making comments onc. giving an explanation ofd. giving a description of3. according to howard,garden cities should be built.a. as far as possible from existing citiesb. in the countryside where the land was cheapc. in the countryside where agriculture was developedd. near cities where employment opportunities already existed4. what can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?a. their number would continue to rise.b. each one would continue to become larger.c. people would live and work in the same place.d. each one would contain a certain type of business.5. what could be the best title for the passage?a. city and countryside b. the invention of the garden cityc. a new city in chicago d. a famous garden city in england【参考答案】69.1-5 dabab 阅读理解【2014江西省九江市高三年级模拟考试】many people think of the brain as a mystery.they dont know much about intelligence and how it works.when they do think about what intelligence is，many people believe that a person is born smart，average，or dumband stays that way in the whole life.but new research shows that the brain is more like a muscleit changes and gets stronger when you use it.and scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.everyone knows that when you lift weights，your muscles get bigger and you get stronger.a person who cant lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time.thats because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise.and when you stop exercising，the muscles shrink and you get weaker.thats why people say “use it or lose it！” but most people dont know that when they practice and learn new things，parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise.inside the cortex (皮层) of the brain are billions of tiny nerve cells，called neurons.the nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated network.communication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems.when you learn new things，these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger.the more you challenge your mind to learn，the more your brain cells grow.then，things that you once found very hard or even impossible to dolike speaking a foreign language or doing algebra (代数)seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time.the result is a stronger，smarter brain.scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals brains.they found out that animals that lived in a challenging environment were more “perspicacious”they were better at solving problems and learning new things.1. according to the first paragraph，_.athe function of our brain is like that of the musclebuntil now its impossible to explain the brains mysterycmany people believe ones intelligence is naturally determineddones brain grows stronger as the age increases2training muscles is compared to_.ausing the brainbconnecting things in your brainclifting weightsddoing research about the brain3what is paragraph 3 mainly about?athe complex structure of the brain.bhow changes in the muscles affect the brain.cthe importance of the brain.dhow the brain becomes stronger by learning new things.4what does the underlined word “perspicacious” in the last paragraph probably mean?astrong.bsmart.cpopular.dactive.5the following paragraph will most probably talk about_.athe differences between animals brains and humans brainsbthe relation between human brains and musclescscientists findings about animals brainsdhow to make your brain smarter through selfdevelopment语篇解读科学研究发现，经常学习能促进大脑的发育，正如经常锻炼能使肌肉更强健一样。1解析：考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“many people believe that a person is born smart，average，or dumband stays that way in the whole life.”可知c项正确。答案：c2解析：考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“but new research shows that the brain is more like a muscleit changes and gets stronger when you use it.”可知答案。答案：a3解析：考查段落大意。本段详细描述了大脑如何通过练习和学习新事物而发生变化，从而变得更敏捷。答案： d4解析：考查词义猜测。根据破折号后面的“they were better at sloving problems and learning new things”可知，该词应为“敏锐的”之意。答案：b5解析：考查推理判断。最后一段提出科学家是从研究动物的大脑得出的结论，因此下一段最可能进一步描述这些研究成果。答案：c.【上海市黄浦区】 directions: read the passage carefully. then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.the first explorers who saw totem poles called them “monstrous figures.” missionaries(传教士) thought that the native americans worshipped the totem poles, and they encouraged their destruction. but the missionaries were wrong. even today, when people refer to the “low man on the totem pole, ” they do not realize that the largest figure was usually on the bottom and was the most important. the origin of the first totem pole is uncertain. it is known that totem poles told stories about rich and important native american families. an artist carved the pole to represent a familys traits and personal strengths and even to have hidden meanings. poles were carved from cedar（雪松木）, using handmade tools. the chisel（凿子）used for carving was made from an animal horn. the adze, which was like an ax, had a hard stone blade. once finished carving, the artist used animal-hair brushes to paint the poles. some poles stood as high as 60 feet(180m).native americans celebrated important life eventssuch as births or marriageswith huge feasts