高三英语二轮精品卷语法填空和完形填空（14）.doc

2014届高三英语二轮精品卷：语法填空和完形填空（14）ii. grammar and vocabularysection adirections: after reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. for the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(a)like many of my generation, i have a weakness for hero worship. at some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. this leads us to ask: what is a hero?(25)_ immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.a hero does something worth (26) _ (talk) about. a hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. but a hero goes beyond mere fame.heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. like high-voltage (高电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down (27) _ _ it can be used by ordinary people.the hero lives a life worthy of imitation. those who imitate a genuine hero (28) _ (experience) life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. a sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? what are they willing to live and die for? (29) _ the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. madonna and michael jackson are famous, (30) _ who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. they have a vision from the mountaintop. they have the skill and the charm to move the masses. they create new possibilities. without gandhi, india (31) _ still be part of the british empire. (32) _ may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.(b)when young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situation. they may find that everything is different from the way things (33) _ (be) at school. it is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. eventually, they realize that university classes cant be the only preparation for all of the different situations (34) _ appear in the working world.perhaps the best way (35) _ (learn) how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. in doing so, youll be able to see what it is (36) _ you admire in this person. for example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble. perhaps even (37) _ (important), you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations (38) _ (be). while you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like (39) _ and how you can learn from his response to different situations. by (40) _ (learn) from a model, you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.section bdirections: complete the following passage by using the words in the box. each word can only be used once. note that there is one word more than you need.a. revealedb. countsc. responsibled. releasee. virtuallyf. extentg. annuallyh. extincti. extendsj. monitork. realizedin the time that records have been kept of bird populations, 20 percent of all species have gone 41 . more are likely to follow. in march the 42 of a large-scale, 24-year survey gave one of the clearest pictures yet of the decline of australian and asian shorebirds, including the long-distance migrants (候鸟) that are most difficult to 43 . the results of the survey are awful.every october for more than two decades, teams from the university of new south wales in australia counted birds from an airplane flown low over 130,000 square miles of wetlands in the eastern third of the continent. their 44 showed a steady decline, beginning in the mid-1980s. by 2006 the number of migratory shorebirds had dropped by 73 percent and the number of australias resident of shorebirds had fallen by 81 percent. “the 45 of the decline took us by surprise,” says evolutionary ecologist silke nebel of the university of western ontario in london, the lead author of the report.the survey 46 that inland wetlands were more important to both resident and migratory birds than had been 47 , and that wetland loss from damming (筑坝) and the diversion (分散) of river water for irrigation was at least in part 48 for the shorebird decline in australia. but wetlands are becoming smaller in countries all along the major flyway that 49 from eastern siberia to new zealand, the studys authors note, so protecting the 8 million birds that use the corridor 50 will require an international solution.iii. reading comprehension section adirections: for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.the motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. so the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a(n) 51 problem. in fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people, just ordinary people acting 52 , you might say. but it is a 53 both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when ones actions could bring death or damage to others. a minority of the 54 go even beyond carelessness to total irresponsibility. researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be attributed to (归因于) the 55 condition of the driver. emotional upsets can affect drivers reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be 56 . the experts warn that it is 57 for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep ones emotions under control. yet drivers are not the only ones to blame for the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem. street walkers 58 break traffic regulations, they are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even 59 that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road. significant legal advances have been made towards safer driving in the past few years. safety 60 for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. 61 , speed limits have been lowered. due to these 62 , the accident rate has decreased. but the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. the only real and lasting 63 , say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task. it 64 constant care and concentration. those who fail to do all these things present a(n) 65 to those with whom they share the road.51. a. socialb. practicalc. emotionald. legal52. a. strangelyb. fearlesslyc. carelesslyd. selfishly53. a. priorityb. principlec. processd. system54. a. survivorsb. victimsc. suspectsd. killers55. a. psychologicalb. currentc. originald. d