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山西长治县2015高考英语阅读自练（5）完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中，选出最佳答案。 a lady and her husband stepped off the train in boston. they walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 1 of harvards president. but they were 2 by his secretary and kept waiting. for hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become 4 and go away. but they didnt. the secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though5 . a few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6 face. the lady told him, “we had a son that 7 harvard for one year. he loved harvard. he was 8 here. but about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. my husband and i would like to 9 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.” the president wasnt 10 . instead, he was shocked. “madam,” he said, “we cant put up a statue for every person who studied at harvard and died. if we did, this 11 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “oh, no,” the lady 12 quickly “we dont want to put up a statue. we would like to give a 13 to harvard.” the president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed,” a building! do you have any 15 how much a building costs? we have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at harvard.” for a moment the lady was silent. the president was 16 ,because he could get rid of them now. then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “is that all it costs to start a 17 ? why dont we just start our own?” her husband nodded. 18 their offer was turned down, mr. and mrs. stanford traveled to california where they founded the university that bears their19 ,a memorial to a son that harvard no longer 20 about.( ) 1.a.lab b. library c. hall d. office答案:d( ) 2.a.watched b. stopped c. followed d. interviewed答案:b( ) 3.a.hoping b. finding c. realizing d. imagining答案:a( ) 4.a.surprised b. disappointed c. worried d. troubled答案:b( ) 5.a.hopelessly b. carefully c. unexpectedly d. unwillingly答案:d( ) 6.a.pleasant b. funny c. cold d. sad答案:c( ) 7.a.attended b. visited c. studied d. served答案:a( ) 8.a.clever b. brave c. proud d. happy答案:d( ) 9.a.set about b. set up c. take down d. take over答案:b( ) 10.a.satisfied b. excited c. moved d. ashamed答案:c( ) 11.a.house b.part c.garden d.place答案:d( ) 12.a.explained b. expressed c. refused d. admitted答案:a( ) 13.a.building b. yard c. playground d. square答案:a( ) 14.a.laughed b. shouted c. glanced d. called答案:c( ) 15.a.suggestion b. idea c. thought d. opinion答案:b( ) 16.a.bored b. astonished c. interested d. pleased答案:d( ) 17.a.department b. university c. business d. club答案:b( ) 18.a.once b. while c. since d. though答案:c( ) 19.a.name b. character c. picture d. sign答案:a( ) 20.a.talked b. knew c. heard d. cared答案:d1. 提示:夫妇二人来到的地方是哈佛大学校长的，根据后文中提到了秘书，结合常识，应知他们到达的地方应是校长办公室的外间。2. 提示:从后文中的“keep waiting”与前文中的“without appointment”可推知他们应该被秘书挡住了。3. 提示:从“for hours, the secretary took no notice of them”及后文中的go away可知，秘书是希望他们走开。4. 提示:夫妇两人会因为等的时间过长而变得无望，从而自己走开。5. 提示:从文中可知秘书希望他们自己因无望而离开，但夫妇二人的坚持使之无奈地去找校长，自然，这样做是不情愿的，故用unwillingly。6. 提示:从上下文中的没有预约，可知校长是不情愿地接见夫妇二人，脸色自然不好，态度不热情，故用cold“冷漠的”。7. 提示:从后文可知他们的儿子是在哈佛学习，应该用study in harvard或attend harvard。8. 提示:用clever或brave不符合上下文语境，用proud后需加of构成be proud of结构。因此可推知他们的孩子在哈佛生活、学习得很愉快，故用happy。9. 提示:为儿子建立一个纪念物。建立应用set up。set about开始做；take down取下；拿下；take over接收；接管。10. 提示:从文意来看，校长并没有被夫妇二人的话打动，相反的是感到震惊并拒绝了他们的请求。11. 提示:“if we did”，意为“如果我们同意在哈佛校园为你们的儿子建立纪念物的话”，由此可知下文提到的是哈佛这个地方。12. 提示:后文是那位女士对校长的解释，故用explain。13. 提示:从后文中校长所说的话:“a building!.”可知。14. 提示:从上文中“rolled his eyes”及下文中的话可知，校长不相信夫妇二人能负担得起盖一座楼，因此看他们也使用轻视的目光，故用glance。laugh at意为“嘲笑”；shout at意为 “对大喊大叫”；call at意为“拜访（某地）”。而exclaim为“大声说”，因此排除laugh与shout。15. 提示:idea主意，概念；suggestion建议，提议；thought想法；opinion观点。根据语境应用idea。16. 提示:从上下文可知，那女子不说话了，校长认为能“get rid of them”，自然地，他会感到高兴。17. 提示:从上文 “we have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at harvard.”可知，此处应是创办一所大学。18. 提示:上下文为因果关系，故用since。19. 提示:bear ones name“用的名字”。从常识也应该知道，美国加利福尼亚出名的大学是斯坦福大学，文中又提到了stanford夫妇，故可知a项正确。20. 提示:take about谈论；know about了解；hear about听说；care about在乎；在意。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 “today is the day i start the big healthy diet,” i told my wife as i raised my hand and promise，“no chocolate today!” “oh, has the hospital gift shop stopped selling it?” she asked. “no,” i said. “ill just have to depend on my strong determination.” but when i arrived at the hospital, my little friend benton had been there again. i knew my promise would quickly disappear. because if benton had things his way, id always be eating a piece of candy from the bottomless bag he often shared with me.benton was an eight-year-old boy who was blind because of a kind of cancer, which caused him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen months old. for the next twenty-six months, he was in and out of our hospital. for nearly four years, it seemed as though benton could beat the disease, until one friday afternoon in april 2011, when he developed a headache and lost movement on his right side. his mom rushed him to the hospital. over the next several months, benton came to our hospital many more times. each time he came, we would say hello, while benton answered the greeting by holding out a candy from his bag. so, on that first day of my diet, i went to his room and found benton lying in his bed, his eyes opened but not looking into this world. “we brought his candy bag with us. would you like to have some?” his mother asked. without thinking of my diet, i reached into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched. it was my favorite as if benton had saved one last piece for me. at home that evening, i answered a phone about bentons death. as i hung it up, i opened the candy and ate it.6. what did the writer promise to do?a. to begin a healthy diet without chocolate.b. to go on selling candy.c. to share chocolate with his wife.d. to eat a piece of candy.7. on what condition would the writers promise be gone?a. if the shop had stopped selling chocolate.b. if he had reached hospital to see benton.c. if he had shared chocolate with benton.d. if his wife had seen him.8. which of the following shows the correct order of the events about benton?a. he lived in the darkness b. he lost movement on his right side c. he was in and out of the hospital. d. his eyes opened, not looking into this worlda. a d c b b. d c b a c. a c b d d. d b a c9. what might the writer be?a. a doctor. b. a patient.c. a teacher.d. a cook.10. from the passage, it implies that _.a. the writer was kind to bentonb. benton preferred sweets rather than his lifec. the writer loved candy befored. the writer has been aware of the danger of chocolate【参考答案】610、abcad 阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。 diana jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. “i have two kids in college, and i want to say come home, but at the same time i want to provide them with a good education,” says jacobs.the jacobs family did work out a solution: they asked and received more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. they will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. with unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the jacobs. more students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. college administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. at the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. a report from the national center for public policy and higher education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade, “if we go on this way for another 25years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,” says patrick m. callan, president of the center. “the middle class families have been financing it through debt. they will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.” financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. the good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.1. according to paragraph 1, why did the plan of jacobs family fail?a. the twins wasted too much money. b. the father was out of work.c. their saving ran out. d. the family fell apart.2. how did the jacobs manage to solve their problem?a. they asked the