河北新乐市高考英语阅读练习（2）.doc

河北新乐市2015高考英语阅读练习（2）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和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 i was successful at my job. i worked very hard , but it _1_ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. id worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. _2_, one afternoon last may, i was called to the office, and it was _3_ explained to me that they were letting me go. i just sat there _4_ they talked on and all i could think was, “ive _5_.” id been so well respected; _6_ i was of no value. for six weeks, i was in a very _7_ place. i wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).i could _8_ things needed doing, but would not do anything. my beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything _9_ me. then, in late june, my youngest sons football team made the city cup final. the year before, hed been very sad when i _10_ the same final, so he was _11_ when i told him id go. not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me _12_ him on was unbelievable. from then in , i spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . i attended match after match and performances of my elder sons band i _13_ went to another city to watch him play. these moments were so _14_. my life had been so much devoted to _15_ for so long, and i felt 16_ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world. 17_, being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose i was someones mum! i felt a sense of being _18_ again. now i feel more positive about my professional _19_ and im getting on better with my family than i ever have. losing my job made me realize just how _20_ it is to achieve real balance in life. ( ) 1. a. promised b. afforded c. showed d. left 【答案】b ( ) 2. a. therefore b. anyhow c. otherwise d. however 【答案】d ( ) 3. a. quickly b. gently c. partly d. easily 【答案】b ( ) 4. a. until b. after c. as d. so 【答案】c ( ) 5. a. failed b. finished c. tried d. changed 【答案】a ( ) 6. a. suddenly b. finally c. immediately d. shortly 【答案】a ( ) 7. a. secret b. quiet c. lonely d. dark 【答案】d ( ) 8. a. see b. get c. suggest d. understand 【答案】a ( ) 9. a. defended b. directed c. deserted d. disturbed 【答案】c ( ) 10. a. watched b. missed c. lost d. won 【答案】b ( ) 11. a. disappointed b. worried c. honoured d. delighted 【答案】d ( ) 12. a. cheering b. taking c. leading d. passing 【答案】a ( ) 13. a. just b. even c. still d. almost 【答案】b ( ) 14. a. hopeful b. meaningful c. difficult d. strange 【答案】b ( ) 15. a. work b. family c. matches d. performances 【答案】a ( ) 16. a. successful b. thoughtful c. thankful d. peaceful 【答案】c ( ) 17. a. naturally b. doubtfully c. disagreeably d. unexpectedly 【答案】d ( ) 18. a. employed b. comforted c. valued d. encouraged 【答案】c ( ) 19. a. education b. experience c. relationship d. future【答案】d ( ) 20. a. important b. interesting c. simple d. surprising【答案】a 1. 【解析】afford sb. sth.提供某人某物。该句的意思是我的工作给予了我和我的家人一种极好的生活方式。2. 【解析】根据前后文可知是表示转折，然而一天下午我被叫到办公室。3. 【解析】由于是要辞退作者，所以要用柔和的语气向作者表明她被辞退了。4.【解析】as 引导一个时间状语从句，当他们在给我讲话的时候我坐在那里。5.【解析】当他们告诉我我被解雇了的时候，我所想到的一切只是我失败了，与句首的成功形成对比。6.【解析】作者一直认为很成功，现在却被告知被解雇了，所以说作者突然觉得自己很没用。7.【解析】被解雇后作者生活在黑暗的日子里，感到绝望和无助。 8.【解析】我能看到有些事情需要我去做，但是我就是不愿意做，这与作者被解雇后的心情是一致的，同时也与后面的变化形成了对比。 9.【解析】由于作者被解雇，作者原有的遇事情能够向前看，并且看到事情中的积极的一面，这种人生信仰也抛弃了作者，用desert生动形象，有拟人化的手法。10.【解析】watch“看”；miss“错过”；lose“失去比赛”；win“赢得比赛”。b项符合语境。 11.【解析】当作者告诉孩子要去看他们的球队的比赛时，孩子当然是表现的很高兴。 12.【解析】cheer sb. on 为某人喝彩，为某人加油。13.【解析】even甚至，用来表示程度的加剧，深化。作者甚至去另外的一个城市里去看孩子的表演。14.【解析】这些时刻与作者解雇后的心情相比是极其有意义的。 15. 【解析】在事业后的这一段经历中，通过和孩子相处，作者认识到她过去太致力于工作了。 16. 【解析】作者很感激，在自己忽略孩子们之后孩子还是很欢迎她进入孩子们的世界，这让作者感到很是感激。 17. 【解析】出人意料的是，失业让我重新有了一种人生的目的感。18. 【解析】我再次觉得我的人生有价值有意义。与前文形成对应。 19.【解析】在经历了失业这一人生挫折之后，作者变得对自己的职业前景更为主动，和乐观。20.【解析】在经历了失业后，作者认识到保持工作和生活的一种平衡是非常的重要。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。the way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. if fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. but in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.as a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. they fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment （预担的义务）, self-improvement.ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. if he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. for commitment is in fact quite painful. the single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. i dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. but couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. it liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. it liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. and it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.16. according to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _ . a. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesb. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singlec. he finds more fun in dating than in marriaged. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement17. raising children, in the authors opinion is _ . a. a moral duty b. a thankless job c. a rewarding task d. a source of inevitable pain18. from the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from （源于）_ . a. hatredb. misunderstanding c. prejudiced. ignorance19. to understand what true happiness is one must _ . a. have as much fun as possible during ones lifetime b. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain c. put up with pain under all circumstances d. be able to distinguish happiness from fun20. what is the author trying to tell us? a. happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. b. one must know how to attain happiness. c. it is important to make commitments. d. it is pain that leads to happiness【参考答案16-20】acbda阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项。it is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers(生产商) follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征) of clothes. what seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. take a look at the way your clothes button. mens clothes tend to button from the right, and womens from the left. considering most of the worlds population-men and women-are right-handed, the mens standard would appear to make more sense for women. so why do womens clothes button from the left? history really seems to matter here. buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. for the mostly right-handed servants, having womens shirts button from the left would be easier. on the other hand, having mens shirts button from the right made sense, too. most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt. today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. is it interesting? actually, a standard, once set, resists change. at a time when all womens shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer womens shirts that buttoned from the right. after all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing mens shirts. ( ) 1. what is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry? a. it has been followed by the industry for over 400 years. b. it is different for mens clothing and womens. c. it woks better with men than with women. d. it fails to consider right-handed people. ( ) 2. what do we know about the rich men in the 17th century? a. they tended to wear clothes without buttons. b. they were interested in the historical matters. c. they were mostly dressed by servants. d. they drew their swords from the left. ( ) 3. womens clothes still button from the left today because.a. adopting mens style is improper for women b. manufacturers should follow standards c. modern women dress themselves d. customs are hard to change ( ) 4. the passage is mainly developed by. a. analyzing causes b. making comparisons c. examining differences d. following the time order 【语篇解读 语篇解读】本文由男女衣服的不同,分析产生这种不同的原因,并且告诉我们这种不同为 语篇解读 什么延续到现在.1. 答案 b 【解析】 细节理解题. what seems strange , however, is that the standard adopted for women 由 is the opposite of the one for men.可知男女衣服的标准不一样令人惊奇.所以答案选 b 项. 2. 答案 d 【解析】 细节理解题. 根据文中 most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hang would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.可判断选 d 项. 3. 答案 d 【解析】细节理解题.根据actually, a standard , once set, resists change.可知,习惯一旦 养成,就很难改变是女式衣服的纽扣仍然在左边的原因.由此判断选 d 项. 4. 答案 a 【解析】组织结构题.通观整篇文章可以看出,作在开始提到一个现象男女衣服的标准 相反,然后分析这种现象产生的历史原因,最后告诉我们现在这是这样的原因.由此判断选 a 项. 短文改错。假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许