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广东茂名市2015高考英语语法填空和阅读系列练习（1）语法填空。阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。one day the king of the gods, zeus, decided that he would populate the world with women as well as men. so he ordered hephaistos, the god of crafts, 16 (create) the first woman. hephaistos thought a great deal and eventually came up 17 a solution using water and earth. the first womans arrival on the earth was the opportunity for a splendid party and the gods decided to celebratc by giving her some presents. so they each gave her one talent: for example, aphrodite, the goddess of love, gave beauty; apollo, the god of music, gave her musical ability; and hermes, the messenger of the gods gave her persuasion. as a result zeus decided that she would b e called pandora, which means “all-gifted”.so pandora was sent to the earth to live with the rest of mankind. 18 she went she was given a box which she was ordered never to open under 19 circumstances. however, being 20 (nature) curious, pandopra, opened the box, and all the evils of the world such as war, disease, famine and floods 21 were contained within it escaped and spread over the earth. pandora was horrified to see such things escaping but she found it impossible to close the lid. at last when almost the entire contents of the jar 22 （escape）, and there was only one thing lying at the bottom of the box, pandora managed to close the lid. immediately there was a tiny voice 23 (call) “let me out! let me out!” frightened as 24 was, panda cautiously opened the box in time to see the small object within-hope-wing its way out into the world. so that was 25 the earth was filled with evil as a result of pandoras curiosity. fortunately, there hope on earth as well.【参考答案】语法填空 （共10小题 , 每小题1.5分 , 满分15分）16. to create 17. with 18. before 19. any 20. naturally 21. that/which 22. had escaped 23. calling 24. she 25. how【山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】a完形填空。阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 while many young people were enjoying the final weeks of summer vacation, zach, bonner was working his hardest he started 11 from valrico, florida, his hometown, on christmas, 2009, and stepped over the los angeles city line nine months l2 in september, covering a total of 2,478 miles and 13 close to $ 120,000 for kids in needa1ong the way, zach attended school online, thanks to his mother, laurie bonner, and brother and sister, who l4 walking and driving alongside him despite his age, zach has a long_15 of helping others when hurricane charley hit town in 2004, zach, then six, pulled a wagon through his neighborhood 16 food for storm victims since then, he has raised some $400,000 for his little red wagon foundation, which gives money to projects helping homeless l7 ，in 2007, zach began walking to supporta childrens charity in florida, finishing his_18_ 23 days later, 280 miles away in tallahasseethen in the summer of 2009, he walked about 670 miles from atlanta to washington, dc,in just two months “what, really 19 me going i8 these kids, zach has said they dont have to say, im 20 of being homelessso why should l get to quit?”11atouring bwalking cdriving driding12aago baway c1ater dover13araising bearning cmaking dsaving14aput on bgave up cset about dtook turns15aimpression bhistory cmotivation dattempt16acooking boffering cseeking dcollecting17apatients bchildren cbeggars dwomen18adistance bvacation cmovement djourney19akeeps bcatches cleaves dstops20aexcited bfond ctired dproud【参考答案】1120、bcadb dbdac阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。“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 question bi 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【山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】b完形填空。阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 a boy was sitting by the window, waiting for his father to come home and play with himwhen his father finally opened the door, the boy ran to 21 him the father was tired he 22 his coat and shoes and walked into the living room daddy! come and 23 ! the boy held his arm and pulled daddy is too 24 to play, the father said this seemed like the most 25 thing anyone could say he then took a 26 from the table but the boy would not 27 he stood there, asking his father to play with him, 28 his father tried to read to make the boy stop his request, the father 29 a page from the magazine there was a map of a country on that pagehe tore it into small bits and gave 30 to his son here, put this puzzle back together ill play with you 31 youve finished the map was so big and detailed that it would 32 hours for a little boy to get it back together again after 33 seemed like a minute the father felt the familiar pulling in his 34 the little boy was holding the page, the pieces carefully taped together how did you 35 to do that so fast? there was a picture of santa claus on the other 8ide, the boy pointed i _36 the puzzle pieces aroundi did the santa clau8 puzzle _37 and when i turned the page, the map was there too ! we are often stuck in our 38 ways of thinking when we could really use some 6-year-old chinkingso the next time you are 39 with a dilemma, twist the idea in your 40 and you might suddenly have a new idea you could use successfully ! 21a meet b trouble c invite d tell22a put away b took off c left out d gave over23a seat b enjoy c relax d play24a busy b sleepy c tired d happy25a available b careful cuseful d miserable26a book b paper c map d magazine27a insist on b take on c make up d give in28a since b while c because d though29a tore b folded c drew d opened30a it b that c those d this31a before b after c unless d until32atake b8pend c lastd waste33awhich bwhen cthatd what34aleg bear ceyed arm35aarrange bintend cmanaged bother36achanged blooked craisedd turned37abesides binstead cotherwised thus38acreative bdifferent ctraditionald popular39afaced bmet ctrappedd joined40ameans bmind cwordsd way【参考答案】2140、abdca ddbac baddc dbcab 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。the term “underemployment” has three related meanings. in one sense, it refers to a situation in which someone with excellent job qualifications (资格) is working in a position that requires less qualifications, as for instance in the case of a lawyer driving a school bus. in the second sense, it means working part-time when one would prefer to be working full-time. in the third sense, it is a form of overstaffing (人浮于事) in which employees are not being fully made use of. all forms of underemployment have effect on the economy and the health of the business community. long-term underemployment can also cover up the truth behind the employment situations. when nations collect employment statistics, they usually come up with a base number of “unemployed” individuals, using that number to judge the health of the job market. this number does not include part-time workers looking for full-time jobs, as they are considered employed, and it also doesnt reflect workers who are underpaid, considering their qualifications. in the first sense, underemployment is a common problem in many of the developed world. many people with college degrees are working in low-level or service industry jobs because the job market is full. the issue of part-time employment is also very serious. some people are forced into part-time jobs, while others find themselves taking a part-time job because nothing else is available, even though they really need to work full-time. this problem is especially common in areas with seasonal employment, where employers find it cheaper to maintain and lay off part-time staffs, rather than keeping a full staff at all times. in the sense of shortage of workers, underemployment appears in a variety of situations. some companies maintain a full staff to be prepared for seasonal work, or to keep well-trained, qualified workers so that they will be available when needed. labor laws and union pressures may also prevent a company from cutting down on staff or working hours, l