河南省新郑市高考英语 阅读理解、完形填空类训练（4）.doc

新郑市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空类训练（4）及答案阅读理解the year 2009 is the year of ox. the ox is a representative of the farming culture of china. in the farming economy (经济), oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁)of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. in fact, they are seen as “boats_on_land” for their ability to carry loads. besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. with all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.in the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the chinese. even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. for example, some people who live in southwest china will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. they believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. in order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along，which indicates they regard the creature as human.because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the chinese people are very grateful to the animal. in addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the chinese nation.语篇解读牛年说牛，文章介绍了有关牛的一些民间文化。1the words “boats on land” underlined in paragraph 2 refer to_.a. animals for taking goodsb. creatures for pulling plowsc. treasures of the folk cultured. tools in the farming economy解析猜测词义题。由第二段中的“they are seen as.ability to carry loads”内容可以得出答案，介词for是对前面作解释说明：为什么牛被看成陆地之舟。答案a2from the third paragraph, we know that_.a. oxen are no more important today than in the pastb. ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soupc. oxen are treated as human in some areas of chinad. people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month解析理解判断题。由文章第三段的首句以及最后一句内容可得出答案。答案c3which of the following helps to develop traditional customs?a. the special role of oxen in farming.b. people s respect and love for oxen.c. the practical value of an oxs body.d. the contribution of oxen to the economy.解析细节判断题。由文章最后一段最后一句话可得出答案。答案b4why does the author write the text?a. to stress the importance of oxen in farming.b. to introduce the chinese folk culture.c. to describe how to celebrate the year of ox.d. to explain how to develop agriculture with oxen.解析写作意图题。由文章内容可知，作者是为了介绍有关牛的一些民间文化。答案b。*结束 when nathan winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer in california to run an animal shelter in tompkins county, new york, his father looked at him for a long minute and then asked, “what do dogs and cats need a lawyer for?” the move meant giving up eight weeks vacation, an office with a view of the san francisco bay and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area known for its harsh winters. but winograds wife, jennifer, also an animal lover, was all for it. so they packed everything they owned, and with two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats winograd had rescued, drove crosscountry. on the second day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. they found an old horse trough, filled it with hay and nestled the animals inside. they placed it next to the front desk, and within a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by people who walked into the shelter and couldnt resist. blind dogs, cats with missing limbsall find homes. “there is no dog or cat too old, , toougly or too undesirable not to be adopted by someone,” says winograd. today, tompkins county is considered the only no-kill county in the united states. nine out of ten dogs ,cats that come through the shelter doors are saved. only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the truly evil, are put down. the national average is half of all dogs and 70 percent of cats, totaling more than four million animals last year alone. even though he drives an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget while his classmates from stanford law earn six-figure salaries, winograd says hes doing what hed always wanted to do when he grew up; run an animal shelter and save all the animals. as a young district lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal cruelty case. a man was accused of intentionally setting his brown cat on fire. winograd made his case, and the abusive owner was sentenced to prison. it was the first of many such cases, and he raised each with vigor. but the senseless violence, neglect and ignorance never failed to shock him. he decided simply, “i need to get to the other side and start saving these animals.” now, winograd is helping to save thousands, even millions, “im convinced that a no-kill nation is possible, im just here trying to shorten the time until it arrives.”53what was his fathers response when nathan winograd left his job as a lawyer in california?ahe was all for it.bhe was strongly against it.che was greatly puzzled.dhe was very angry.54how did winograd successfully save so many animals?ahe kept all the rejected animals in a large shelter.bhe let the animals adopted by people who visited the shelter.che sold some of the animals and get some money.dhe delivered the animals to the local government. 55which could be the right order of the following events according to the passage?awinograd and jennifer set up an animal shelter.bwinograd and jennifer lead a comfortable life.cwinograd and jennifer got married and had two children.dwinograd and his family lived on a tight bugget. ewinograd worked against animal cruelty as a lawyer. fwinograd worked as a lawyer in california gwinograd and jennifer moved to tompkins county.af-c-b-g-a-e-dbf-e-d-e-a-g-bcg-a-c-b-f-e-dde-d-g-a-f-c-d56which could be the best title of the passage? abeing rich is importantbanimals, our best friendscno pet left behinddthe winograd family参考答案53-56 cbac*结束完形填空until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. as years 36 ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and roger bannister, a young english 37 ,began to believe be might 38 this almost magic barrier.it was a cold afternoon on may 6th,1954,when bannister knew be had a 39 chance. bannister had been 40 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 41 to him. describring the 42 later,bannister said,“on the way to the track the wind blew strongly. as i 43 for the start i glanced at the flag. it moved 44 now. this was the moment when i made my decision.”“the gun fired. my legs 45 to meet no resistance, as if i was 46 forward by some unknown force. the noise from the faithful 47 gave me greater strength. i felt the 48 of a lifetimes had come.”“i was driven on by a 49 of fear and pride. my body had long since used up all its energy 50 it went on running just the same. this was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 51 could have done in previous years. when i leapt at（冲向）the 52 tape, i fell, almost 53 .“i knew i had done it, even before i 54 the time. the announcement came. result of the one miletime, three minutesthe test was 55 in the noise of excitement.”36.a.passed along b.passed down c.went by d.went ove37.a.coach b.athlete c.captain d.judge38.a.defeat b.move c.beat d.break39.a.real b.lucky c.serious d.false40.a.competing b.training c.figthting d.attending41.a.eagerness b.pleasure c.relief d.worry42.a.accident b.event c.issue d.topie43.a.did up b.made up c.put up d.lined up44.a.safely b.heavily c.thinly d.gently45.a.seemed b.used c.happened d.had46.a.dragged b.drawn c.pulled d.pushed47.a.mass b.residents c.crowd d.team48.a.moment b.period c.while d.date49.a.concentration b.collection c.combination d.cleassification50.a.so b.but c.or d.as51.a.never b.ever c.even d.still52.a.starting b.lasting c.finishing d.running53.a.unconcerned b.unconscious c.unkinown d.unnoticed54.a.offered b.told c.announced d.beard55.a.stuck b.involved c.lost d.spread参考答案 36.c 37.b 38.d 39.a 40.b 41.d 42.b 43.d 44.d 45.a46.d 47.c 48.a 49.c 50.b 51.a 52.c 53.b 54.d 55.c*结束pacing and pausing sara tried to befriend her old friend steves new wife, but betty never seemed to have anything to say. while sara felt betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, betty complained to steve that sara never gave her a chance to talk. the problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. conversation is a turn-taking game. when our habits are similar, theres no problem. but if our habits are different, you may start to talk before im finished or fail to take your turn when im finished. thats what was happening with betty and sara. it may not be coincidental that betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is british, and sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is american. betty often felt interrupted by sara. but betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from finland. and sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from latin america or israel. the general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. these habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping. and these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. for example, a woman from the southwestern part of the us went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. when the personnel department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in-and never found it. although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. when she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. thats why slight differences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on ones life. the result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems-even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.45. what did sara think of betty when talking with her? a. betty was talkative.b. betty was an interrupter.c. betty did not take her turn. d. betty paid no attention to sara.46. according to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?a. americans. b. the british. c. israelis. d. the finns.47. we can learn from the passage that _.a. one should receive training to build up ones confidenceb. ones inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesc. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the usd. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing48. the underlined word assertiveness in the last paragraph probably means _a. being willing to speak ones mindb. being able to increase ones powerc. being ready to make ones own judgment d. being quick to express ones ideas confidently参考答案 ccbd *结束the internet will open up new vistas (前景), create the global villageyou can make new friends all around the worldthat, at least, is what it promised usthe difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into accountthe reality is that we cannot keep relationship more than a limited number of people. no matter how hard the internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mindthe problem is twofoldfirst, there is a limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful relationship withthat number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest in themwe invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribute whats left among as many others as we canthe problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline until eventually it dies into “someone i once knew”this is not, of course, to say that the internet doesnt serve a socially valuable functionof course it doesbut the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have more to the other side of the worldin one sense, thats a good thingbut it also has a disadvantageif you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see them, then certainly you arent using your time to make new friends where you now liveand i suspect that probably isnt the best use of your timemeaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. the internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it wont stop that happening eventually57what is stressed in the first paragraph?athe present situation of the internetbthe socially valuable function of the internetcthe difficulty in communication on the internetdthe role of the human mind in the internet communication58the underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “_”aconnection bappointment cinterview dagreement59according to the passenger, the author holds the view that_a. the internet greatly increases the size of social circlesb. the internet determines the quality of social relationshipsc. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised d. the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk in many cases60what is the authors attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships?ahe doubts it bhe is hopeful of itche approves of it dhe is uncertain about it参考答案 daca*结束 avalentines day is named for saint valentine, an early christian churchman who reportedly helped young loversvalentine was killed for his christian beliefs on february 14 more than 1,700 years ago, but the day that has his name is even earlier than thatmore than 2,000 years ago, the ancient romans celebrated a holiday for loversas part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large containerboys reached into the container and pulled one outthe girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a yearlovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each