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2015届高考限时阅读训练（29）编制人：地四组 一、完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。This morning, I arrived at my office earlier to catch up on some emails. On the way to _1_, I couldnt _2_ it when I saw some beautiful flowers at the grocery store. I picked some up, _3_ a few chocolate bars. With the office so empty, I decided to take the _4_ to put the chocolate bars on some desks. I started heading towards areas _5_ no one had come yet. I _6_ one and a smile card on the CEOs desk. And then I went to his _7_ desk and placed one there, and quickly put a third one on the desk of a quiet gentleman. Later, I entered the kitchen, _8_ two cups of water and walked into the _9_. I took out the flowers from my bag and _10_ them in two bunches, one in each cup.With a little sigh of _11_, I stepped out of the rest room and looked around. The office was still _12_ empty and the people closest to me were _13_ in a Monday morning “How was your weekend?” _14_. I _15_ and went back to my desk. It struck me that my housemate who had packed my lunch for me so _16_ today snuck (偷偷地给) a chocolate bar in there, so I _17_ place it on the desk of our receptionist to complete the circle as I headed out of the office this evening. Our receptionist is always the first person in the office, and she always _18_ me with a smile when I come in. Maybe tomorrow morning, this _19_ can greet her. I have no _20_ how they feel when receiving their gifts, but they will surely smile! 1A. work B. job C. company D. business2A. stop B. help C. get D. afford 3A. regardless of B. along with C. except for D. instead of4A. adventure B. authority C. possibility D. opportunity 5A. when B. because C. though D. where6A. chose B. placed C. delivered D. carried7A. wifes B. managers C. assistants D. directors 8A. discovered B. ordered C. filled D. emptied9A. rest room B. meeting room C. smoking area D. office room10A. applied B. adjusted C. arranged D. attached11A. regret B. concern C. relief D. excitement12A. especially B. thoroughly C. totally D. pretty13A. concerned B. accustomed C. limited D. occupied14A. conversation B. congratulation C. consideration D. condition15A. amazed B. smiled C. delighted D. celebrated16A. sweetly B. obviously C. wildly D. fortunately17A. need B. could C. must D. should 18A. waves B. nods C. greets D. meets19A. gift B. performance C. flower D. method 20A. opinion B. point C. view D. idea【答案】BACBA BCCAD DBCBA DADCB 【解析】文章讲述了一个唯美的爱情故事，相爱的人在默默注视！【小题1】B 名词辨析。A信号；B骄傲；C成功；D期待；这里是指他成为了学院的骄傲。【小题2】A 词义辨析。A崇拜者；B女朋友；C亲戚；D同事。这里是指Nola是他众多的崇拜者之一。【小题3】C 副词辨析。这里是指在Johnson教授的家里，体育明星是得不到高度评价的。【小题4】B 上下文串联。根据上文可知他们很少交流，总是保持一定的距离。【小题5】A 名词辨析。这里是指在Nola家附近有一个很大的体育场。【小题6】B 词义辨析。这里是指在回家之前Gary总是要练至少一个小时的篮球。【小题7】C 上下文串联。根据31空上一行可知Nola是在阳台上看Gary练球。【小题8】C 名词辨析。根据下一句可知当她回家以后，她在阳台上读书做作业是一个习惯。【小题9】A 连词辨析。解析同上。【小题10】D 动词辨析。Count数；这里是指Nola数Gary击球的次数。【小题11】D 动词辨析。根据下面的breeze可知她搬动椅子是为了避开风。【小题12】B 名词辨析。这里是指外面的声音突然没有了，Nola感觉非常奇怪。【小题13】C 形容词辨析。解析同上。【小题14】B 上下文串联。根据下文的chalk可知是写，用粉笔自然应该是些东西。【小题15】A 动词辨析。Nola想知道Gary所写的内容。【小题16】D 上下文串联。上文提及Gary弯腰，那么这里应该是指他写完以后站起来。【小题17】A 副词辨析。Nola本来是在阳台上，现在走下阳台来看Gary所写的内容。【小题18】D 动词辨析。这里是指Nola来到Gary所待的地方。【小题19】C 上下文串联。根据上文提到的Gary用粉笔在写东西，Nola也用粉笔写下一下内容。【小题20】B 连词辨析。上一句是一个否定的疑问句。在回答的时候yes要翻译为不；句意为：不，我在看。二、阅读理解 ABrazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazils population belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited(继承) being Portugals colony(殖民地).Historically, the country was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic(半游牧的) people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated(孤立) from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above foreign people immigrated(移民) to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became the residents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese people do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly.The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugals colony for a very long time. The southern states mainly consist of European population and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population dont believe any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or Judaism.Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship（独裁） of Getulo Vargas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country.21Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about _. A. 22 years B. 300 years C. 322 years D. 328 years22The writer mainly tells us the _ of Brazil in the passage.A. religion B. history C. culture D. political situation23Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Brazil was isolated from other countries when Maria I stayed there. B. The industry of the country started working in 1888. C. Brazil has the largest population of Catholics in the world.D. Some people in Brazil dont believe any god.24It can be inferred that Brazil is a country with _. A. western cultureB. modern cultureC. traditional cultureD. mixed culture【答案】CBAD【解析】本文讲述了巴西的发展历程，从奴隶制，被葡萄牙所统治，再到独立，以及以后的发展，以及巴西的人口，文化等。文章主要讲述的是巴西的历史。89C 细节计算题。根据第2段The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500以及So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822,可知葡萄牙人统治了巴西大约322年。91B 总结归纳题，本文讲述了巴西的发展历程，从奴隶制，被葡萄牙所统治，再到独立，以及以后的发展，以及巴西的人口，文化等。文章主要讲述的是巴西的历史，故B正确。92A 细节题。根据第二段during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated(孤立) from other countries.可知在Maria统治期间巴西不再孤立，而是与其他国家有了很强的联系。故A错误。93D 推理题。根据2,3段可知在巴西有很多欧洲，亚洲的移民，所以它是一个多元文化的国家。BViolent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled. Still, Meekins paid close attention to the horizon. This was the type of weather that could blow ships hundreds of miles off course.Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newman would soon break up. He made the decision to beach his ship, then fired a signal, praying that someone onshore would see it.Meekins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the signal, but so much spray (水雾) covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no chances. After summoning (召集) the station keeper, Captain Richard Etheridge, Meekins set off a coston signal, a signal made by using lamps of different colors. Together, the two men searched the darkness for a reply. A few moments later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress (遇险). Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge had summoned his men and begun rescue operations. For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newman was nothing unusual. Over the years, so many ships had foundered off the Outer Banks that sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain Etheridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to control. Instead, he decided to use another way to help the survivors.The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck (海滩). Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ships mast (船桅). After the ships crew dragged the line onboard, the surfmen would fire a second line and carry survivors safely to shore.The surfmen crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newman. The water was freezing, and the men often sank up to their knees in sand. Captain Etheridge noted in his diary that “the voice of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew,” but that “it seemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweeping current.”Even when the rescue equipment proved useless, Etheridge refused to give up. Choosing two of his strongest surfmen, he tied rope lines around their waists and sent them into the water. The two men, holding a line from shore, walked with huge effort as far as they could before diving through the waves. Nearly worn out while swimming against the tide, they finally made it to the shore.The first to be rescued were the captains wife and child. With the two passengers tied to their backs, the surfmen fought their way back to shore. Taking turns, Etheridge and his crew made ten trips to the Newman, saving every person onboard. It was 1:00 a.m. when the crew and survivors finally made it back to the station.That night, as the exhausted survivors lay sleeping and his lifesaving crew rested, Captain Etheridge picked up his pen, and in the light of an oil lantern, wrote with satisfaction that all the people onboard had been saved and were “sheltered in this station”words he would remember for many years to come.25The beach patrols were canceled because _. A. Meekins paid enough attention to the horizonB. there was too much spray on the windowsC. the winds and tide were too strongD. there was no ship near the station26The underlined word “foundered” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_”. A. stopped B. sank C. sailed D. arrived27What was the authors main purpose in writing the passage? A. To warn sailors of the dangers of hurricanes.B. To create a story describing a rescue at sea.C. To inform people about Richard Etheridge.D. To record the details about the Newman.28What is the main idea of the passage?A. The newman was very dangerous before Richard Etheridge and his team members saw the signal.B. A terrible hurricane took place off the coast of North Carolina and threatened the lives of many sailors.C. At no other time in American history have so many shipwrecked passengers survived such a violent storm.D. All the passengers of a shipwreck were rescued because of heroic the efforts of a special leader and his crew.【答案】CBBD【解析】试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了所有的乘客都得救了，因为有英勇机智的船长和船员们的营救。答题前先阅读问题，带着问题读文章，有针对性的寻找有用信息。68根据A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled.故选C。69foundered沉没，故选B。70作者写这篇文章的目的在于描述了一个海上营救的故事，故选B。71这篇文章主要讲了所有的乘客都得救了，因为有英勇机智的船长和船员们的营救。考点：这篇是记叙文。点评：精读和泛读是阅读的两种主要方法，二者相辅相成，不可偏废也无法互相代替。比起泛读，精读是点。对一些有一定难度、写得较好的文章要进行剖析、归纳、总结作者的写作意图、思路及中心论点，最后达到获取详细信息和深层次理解的目的。如果说精读是点，泛读即是面。只有通过大量阅读，才能积累大量词汇和句型，才能扩大知识面，培养语感，提高对英语文字的反应能力。在阅读时，要多积累英、美等国家的社会、历史、地理、文化及风俗方面的知识，这有利于提高阅读水平。 C “In wilderness(荒野) is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved. As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation(开发) brings to such landscapes(景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans needthe rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr.Sauven, these ”ecosystem services” far outweigh the gains from exploitation.Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.I look forwards to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.29John Sauven holds that_. A. many people value nature too much B. exploitation of wildernesses is harmful C. wildernesses provide humans with necessities D. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong30What is the main idea of Para. 3? A. The exploitation is necessary for the poor people. B. Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials. C. Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation. D. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.31What is the authors attitude towards this debate? A. Objective. B. Disapproving. C. Sceptical. D. Optimistic.32Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A. B. C. D. CP: Central PointP: PointSp: Sub-point(次要点) : Conclusion【答案】BCAD 【解析】72B 细节题。根据第二段第三行， The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation brings to such landscapes is real.73C 段落大意题。根据本段He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, but that is not a reason to avoid all human presence.说明C正确。74A 观点态度题。根据This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reasondeserves much more serious thinking.说明作者的态度是很客观的。故A正确。75D 篇章结构题。文章第一段是主题段，2，3两段是要点，接在第4段是次要点，最后一段提出了结论。这是一个总分总的结构类型，故D正确。考点：考查人生百味类短文阅读点评：本文的难度不算大，可以先看题目，再看文章。分析每一段的中心思想，如68题，同时也要注意篇章结构和作者的观点态度。Decision-making under StressA new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative (负面的) consequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.“Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress.”For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images(影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadnt gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making