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广西柳州市2015高考英语完形填空、阅读训练（9） 议论文型完形填空 (一)with excitement and enthusiasm we started our small business. no longer were we _1_ to have a weekly paycheck (工资). we now were on our own to _2_ an income to provide us with the money to live. i was a little _3_ about our ability to do this, but byron believed in our products, and believed in our ability to _4_we invested heavily in producing a number of products, _5_ none of them are popular with customers. the market gave us so heavy a _6_ that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.we now had our money _7_ in the booth (货摊) that we had rented for the summer and fall months. we had a lot of money _8_ up in materials. so we did not have enough money to _9_ our monthly bills. we were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.as we discussed our _10_， i happened to read the words by mary pickford: “if you have made mistakesthere is always another chance for youyou may have a _11_ start, for this thing we call failure is not falling down, but _12_ down.”the words strengthen my determination and byrons _13_ that we could succeed. we did fall down, but we were _14_ not to stay down! so, we stepped back and refocused. we came up with new products using remaining _15_. we redesigned our booth. we reconsidered our pricing system. and, we started making enough money to pay our _16_if we had done nothing, if we allowed ourselves to “stay down”， then we would have _17_. but we made the choice to learn from our _18_， and we moved forward with more determination. these words _19_ a much better idea on failure a chance for a fresh start! the most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you _20_ your failure, you decide if you stay down.1. ahappy bwillingcsafe dready2. areceive bproducecwin dsave3. apatient bfondcproud dworried4. awork bsurviveccompete dsucceed5. aunless bbutcso dthough6. asurprise bgiftcpleasure dblow7. aspent blentcwasted dlost8. aput btiedctaken dused9. aprint bcovercwrite dsend10. aholidays bchoicescskills dtrips11. afresh bgoodcnatural dsudden12. alying bfallingcstaying dturning13. asuggestion bimaginationcbelief drequirement14. areminded bsupposedcdetermined dprepared15. atools bmachinescmaterials dgoods16. adebts bbillscproducts dprices17. adied bhurtcslept dfailed18. amistakes bdreamscperformances dpromises19. aexplain bcreatecoffer dprove20. aexplore bpreventcforget dview(一)【要点综述】本文通过作者自身创业的经历，向人们诠释了“失败”的真谛，即“失败”意味着有机会重新开始！1c每周领取的工资自然是“安全可靠的”。句意：“我们”失去了每周得以保障生活的工资。2b收入是靠挣来的，故选择produce“创收”。句意：“我们”现在只能靠自己来赚钱维持生计。3d因为刚开始创业，所以对未来充满“担忧”。句意：“我”很担心“我们”的能力是否能应对这些。4d拜伦对“我们”的产品非常信赖，不仅如此，他还相信“我们”的能力，相信“我们”一定能成功。5b句意：“我们”在市场上投入了大量的资金，生产了大量的产品，但是没有一种产品受顾客的青睐。6d句意：市场给了“我们”沉重的打击，结果“我们”几乎没有足够的钱来支出费用。a heavy blow一个沉重的打击。7a根据下文“we had rented for the summer”可知a项正确。句意：现在“我们”的钱都用来租货摊8b钱都用来买原材料了，所以都被捆绑住了。tie up此处意为“投放(钱、资金、储蓄等)使不能移作他用”。9b句意：因此，“我们”没有足够的钱来供应每个月的花销。cover此处意为“负担、支付(费用)”。10b这里指面对不利情况，“我们”要做的选择。11aa fresh start重新开始。12c失败并不意味着跌倒，而意味着一直往下跌。stay此处意为“保持(的状态)”。13c根据文章语境可知c项正确。这些话使“我们”更加坚定信心。14c句意：“我们”是跌倒了，但“我们”绝不会一直往下跌！be determined to do sth决心做某事。15c根据前文的“钱都花在买原材料上了”可知c项正确。16bpay bills支付账单。17d句意：如果“我们”什么都不做，如果“我们”放任自己一直往下跌，“我们”就真的失败了。18a句意：但是，“我们”选择从错误中吸取教训，然后更加坚定地前进。19c句意：这些话给了“失败”更好的诠释有机会重新开始！20d事情完全取决于你对失败的看法，取决于你是否决定任其下跌。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。which are you more likely to have with you at any given momentyour cellphone or your wallet? soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electronic scanner. in january, starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6, 800 of its stores. this is the first pay-by-phone practice in the u. s. , but were likely to see more wireless payment alternatives as something called near field communication(nfc) gets into americas consumer electronics. last december, some new smart phones which contain an nfc chip were introduced to the public. already in use in parts of asia and europe, nfc allows shoppers to wave their phones a few inches above a payment terminala contact-free system built for speed and convenience. but before nfc becomes widely adopted in the u. s. , a few problems need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable transaction (交易) fees. although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave-and-pay systems that use nfc-enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers may try to muscle their way into the point-of-sale(pos) market. three big cellphone service providers have formed a joint venture(合资企业) that will go into operation over the next 15 months. its goal is “to lead the u. s. payments industry from cards to mobile phones.”the other big nfc issue, apart from how payments will be processed, is security. for instance, whats to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “were still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against you in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,” says jimmy shah, a mobile-security researcher. “users may also be able to set transaction limits, perhaps requiring a password to be entered for larger purchases.”still uneasy about this digital-wallet business? keep in mind that if you lose your smart phone, it can be located on a map and remotely disabled. plus, your phone can be password protected. your wallet isnt. 1. what is predicted to happen in the u. s. ? a. the expansion of cellphone companies. b. the boom of pay-by-phone business.c. the disappearance of credit cards. d. the increase of starbucks sales.2. the nfc technology can be used to.a. ensure the safety of shoppers b. collect transaction fees easilyc. make purchase faster and simpler d. improve the quality of cellphones3. three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to.a. strengthen their relationship b. get a share in the payments industryc. sell more cellphones d. test the nfc technology4. according to the passage, what can users do if they lose their smart phones? a. stop the functioning of their phones. b. set up a password.c. get all the money out of their phones. d. cancel large purchases.【参考答案】14、 bcba【山东省青岛市2014高考英语一模】阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。 1 william butler yeats, a most famous irish writer, was born in dublin on june 13, 1865. his childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. later, yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered little of childhood but its pain. in fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family both his father and his brother were painters. but he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry. 2 yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. he set himself the fresh task in founding an irish national theatre in the late 1890s. his early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. he didnt lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama. 3 compared with his dramatic works, yeatss poems attract much admiring notice. the subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. though yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. as his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition. 4 he had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the nobel prize in 1923. yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. _, he would probably now be valued as a minor (不重要的) poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. after yeatss death in 1939, w. h. auden wrote, among others, the following lines: earth, receive an honored guest: william yeats is laid to rest. let the irish vessel (船) lie emptied of its poetry. 66. what does the first paragraph mainly tell us? (no more than 10 words )_67. explain the underlined sentence in paragraph 2. ( no more than 10 words)_ 68. what does th