高考英语完形填空专题训练精品题（81）.doc

2014高考英语完形填空专题训练精品题（81）及答案阅读理解-cit was a hot summer day my dad and i were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat with my friend katie and the dog when the phone call came, the call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark, gloomy onei had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top, and packed my bag with sunscreen and everything else i would need for the day i ran into my parents room to find dad when i saw him on the phone, he was crying id never seen my dad cry before my heart sank what possibly could have happened?max, im so sorry, i heard him say thats when it hit me i knew that suzie had died max has been my dads best friend for years suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body her brain was ok she knew what was going on; she knew that she had problems and was different from other kids once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body yet although she couldnt live a normal life ，she was still happywhen suzie and i were little, we spent quite a bit of time together as we grew up, we grew apart she lived in new york, and i lived in the midwest when suzie was ten she had to live in a hospital in virginia about eight months before she died, max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked at least twice a week until the end suzie was always so excited to talk to us and wanted to know every detail about my life she wanted to know everything i did and every thing i ate in a way, she lived through me after we found out about her death, we made our plans to go to new york for the funeral when she was alive, i sent her a beanie baby and she sent one back to me i had bought her another one but never had the chance to send it to her, so i took it to put in her casket（棺材）her funeral was very different from any funeral id ever been to after they lowered her casket, each one of us put a shovelful of dirt over her i remember crying so hard, i felt weak my cheeks burned from the tears my whole body was shaking as i picked up the shovel, but im glad i did itwhen suzie and i first started calling one another, i thought it would be more of a burden on me, but i was completely wrong i learned so much from her she gave me more than i could ever give to her i will never forget her or the talks we had i now know that i must never take anything for granted especially my health and the gift of life9what does the underlined part “in a way, she lived through me” mean?asuzie got to know what life outside hospital was like by sharing my experiencebsuzie was financially dependent of mecsuzie managed to pull through her illness with the help of my familydsuzie was too weak to live her own life10which of the following is true according to the text?asuzie was the only person helping the author with difficultiesbthe author feared that she might also get the same disease as suziecthe author benefited a lot from talking on the phone with suziedthe author didnt understand suzie was her true friend until suzies death11what is the most important lesson the author learned from suzies death?anever let go of a friend even if you are apartbbe thankful for what we have in our lifectalking with a friend can cure your illnessdwe can learn more from our friends than they do from us【参考答案】911、acbathere is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. this moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life were living is not a mirror of who we really are.for some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. for others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. in these challenging times, its more critical(关键时刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. as i travel and talk to people about their lives, i often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes - a look that says “im so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”. as a result, we end up feeling lonely. yet we keep on going the way weve been going. we tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. we get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. when you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself. to start positive change, you need the power of your mind. ive come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. you will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. its easier than you might think.1. reset your happiness set point. dont limit yourself! when i decided that i wanted more control over my life, i set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. i challenged myself to consider every possible choice. imagine things youve never believed you could achieve. dont let your past determine your future.2. trust your courage. too often, when youre first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. its important to develop a strong connection with your inner guidance system. ive heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.3. take action. once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. again, turn to those people you respect - the ones achieving what you desire - for support and guidance. they will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.4. have faith. believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. when youve done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. when we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.5. be patient. this can be the toughest step. its not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. remind yourself of the benefits of patience. in my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.1. what does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?a. the start of some turning points in ones life is caused by crisis.b. loss of a job or the death of a loved one are all dramatic things.c. no one can live a life without any turning points.d. no one can predict his future of being good or not.2. in the authors opinion, we should _.a. adjust our beliefs from time to timeb. always control ourselves for anythingc. keep on going the way we are goingd. seize the challenging times to live an active life3. the author suggests that when setting your happiness set points, you should _.a. know the limitation of your set pointb. build self-confidence without doubtc. limit your goals in different ways d. consider every possible choice with care4. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. when youve done all you can, you may believe that the right result will occur. b. when you set goals, and take action, it is possible to make things happen.c. when you first learn to take charge of your life, you will always doubt yourself.d. if things do not happen in a way that is best, patience is always worth the wait. 【参考答案】14、adbc阅读理解-b“to be or not to be”outside the bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the worldthey were spoken by hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in shakespeare because hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and womanto be or not to be-to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcelya philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionallyhe answered it by saying, “i think, therefore i am”but the best definition of existence i ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said, “to be is to be in relations” if this is true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is aliveto live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity （强度） of our relationsunfortunately, we are so constituted that we get to love our routinebut other than our regular occupation, how much are we alive? if you are interested only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extentso far as other things are concerned-poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs-you are deadon the contrary, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest-even more, a new accomplishment-you increase your power of lifeno one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappythe real pessimist is the person who has lost interestbacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friendbut we gain new life by contacts with new friends, and new ideas and thoughts, toowhere your thoughts are, there will be your life alsoif your thoughts are limited only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow restricted lifebut if you are interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interested people; if you listen intently to fine music, you are always away from immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imaginationto be or not to be - to live intensely and richly, or merely to exist, that depends on ourselveslet us widen and intensify our relationswhile we live, let us live1what does the author mainly want to do by this passage?aargue against an ideabput forward an ideacintroduce some famous sayingsdexplain some famous sayings2what does the underlined word “pessimist” most probably mean?asomebody who always expects the worst to happenbsomebody who is always interested in making new friendscsomebody who always lives in a world of passion and imaginationdsomebody who likes to live a rich and abundant life3which of the following behaviors is most probably not encouraged by the author?athinking more than your own businessbcaring only about your physical welfarecreading good novelsdlistening to fine music4what is the main idea of the passage?ato be or not to be, that is a questionbi think, therefore i amcto be is to be in relationsda man dies as often as he loses a friend【参考答案】14、babc阅读理解-dthe future of agriculture must achieve several goals at the same time first, it now appears that we will have to double world food production in the next 40 years due to population growth, increasing meat consumption and pressure from biofuels （生物燃料） we will also have to reduce the environmental impacts from our farming practices, which have caused widespread damage to soils, ecosystems, waters and even the atmosphere in fact, agricultures impacts are as bad as climate change as an environmental concern besides, we will have to improve food security for the worlds poor while the green revolution of the 1960s made it possible to feed hundreds of millions more people than in earlier eras, the number of the under-nourished in the world has started to rise again finally, we will have to increase the recovering ability of agriculture from shocks today, our high-efficiency, globalized world has many benefits, but it is vulnerable （易受伤的） to destruction, whether from droughts, diseases or sudden price rises we must start building better food systems to better keep us away from future shockscurrently, there are two models of agriculture: local and organic agriculture vs globalized and industrialized agriculture each has been strongly supported and severely criticized, but neither of these models, standing alone, can fully meet our needsorganic agriculture teaches us important lessons about soils, nutrition and pest management unfortunately, organic food provides less than 1% of the worlds calories, mostly to the wealthy it is hard to imagine organic farming developing to feed 9 billion globalized and industrialized agriculture has benefits of high output and low labor demands without it, billions of people would have starved however, it has come with enormous environmental and social costs, which