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江苏省姜堰市蒋垛中学2014届高三英语 阅读理解、完形填空晚间练习4（含解析） britain s largest companies are promising to offer greener products and invest in research and technology as part of a wider push to reduce carbon emissions . eighteen of britains top companies, including carmakers, airlines, retailers and banks, are publishing a report on monday, in which they promise to develop new products and services that allow customers to cut their carbon emissions. the report is also intended to send a message to companies around the world to make fighting climate change a higher priority.this requires urgent action, and the sooner we do it, the better and the cheaper it will be, said ben verwaayen, chief executive of bt and chairman of the task force group that produced the report. its members employ two million people worldwide and have more than 1 trillion in income.the report is a result of british businesses addressing issues raised by the stern review , a study commissioned by the british government and published last year on the economic impact of global warming . the review , led by the government s top economist, nicholas stern ,concluded that spending about one percent of global gross product in reducing emissions today would avoid having to spend about five to twenty percent-in the future. monday s report says that the responsibility to cut emissions lies with consumers, who through their purchases contribute to sixty percent of britain s emissions, with companies , which can cut emissions by offering greener products, and with the government , which should use tax cuts as a great encouragement for consumers to cut emissions.1. the underlined word “urgent” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “_”.a. extreme b. important c. immediate d. unbelievable 2. from the passage , we can learn that _.a. britains largest companies want to prevent global warmingb. reducing carbon emissions has nothing to do with consumersc. carmakers don t want to reduce carbon emissionsd. ben verwaayen thinks it unnecessary to reduce carbon emissions3.according to the passage, which of the following statements about nicholas stem is true?a. he is one of the best economists in the british government .b. he is the author of the famous book stern, review. c. he suggests spending ten percent of global gross products in reducing emissions. d. he is the first person in britain to call on people to reduce emissions.4. where is this passage most probably taken from ? a. novel b. instruction c. newspaper d. advertisement 5. what should be the best title of this passage ? a. the sooner, the cheaper. b. british firms urge action on climate change.c. a report on global warming.d. how to reduce carbon emissions.完形填空a friend in need brownie and spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. like pairs of dogs you 1 find in any neighborhood, these two 2 each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses. one evening, brownies family 3 that brownie hadnt returned home. they went looking for him with no 4 brownie didnt appear the next day, and despite(尽管)their 5 to find him, by the next week he was still missing.curiously, spotty 6 at brownies house alone, barking. busy with their own lives, brownies family just ignored the 7 little neighbor dog. finally, one morning spotty 8 to take no” for an answer any longer. he followed ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say, 9 me! its urgent ! then ted followed the anxious spotty. the little dog led the man to a 10 spot a half mile from the house. there ted found his beloved brownie 11 , but. one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg-hold trap. horrified, ted now wished hed taken spottys earlier requirement 12 then ted noticed something quite remarkable. spotty had done more than simply 13 brownies owner to his trapped friend. in a circle around the 14 dog, ted found some dog food, which was later 15 as the remains of every meal spotty had been fed that 16 ! spotty had been visiting brownie 17 in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. spot- ty had obviously 18 with brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him warm and touching him gently with its nose to keep his 19 up. brownies leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. for many years afterward, the two 20 watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏)and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses. 1. a. must b. should c. can d. need 答案：c 指导：此题考查情态动词的含义。该句的意思是“就像在任何街上都能见到的成对的狗一样”，所以选c2. a. loved b. hated c. stayed d. fought 答案：a 指导：由后文中两只狗经常在一起，把两家间的草地都踩成了一条道，可知两只小狗非常的好，所以选a.3. a. watched b. heard c. feared d. noticed 答案： d 指导：notice的意思是注意到，此句的意思是“发现小狗brownie没有回来。”4. a. hope b. success c. failure d. information 答案：b 指导：由后文可知道当时没有找到brownie5. a. wishes b. demands c. efforts d. worries 答案：c 指导：根据句子含义，应该是一直在尽力找。所以选efforts6. a. showed up b. showed off c. turned out d. turned off 答案：a 指导：show up露、露出、露面；show off炫耀，卖弄；turn out结果是；turn off关掉，避开。7. a. clever b. eager c. angry d. nervous 答案：d指导：spotty显然是非常急于让人去救护brownie8. a. decided b. refused c. wanted d. pretended 答案：b 指导：由后文可以看出spotty对于人们的态度要采取措施来引起人们的注意，所以选择refusedf9. a. love b. feed . forgive d. follow 答案：d指导：这里spotty是在给人们指示说明。10. a. beautiful b. distant c. wild d. clean 答案：c 指导：由文中可以看出没有找到brownie的原因就是它的出事地点比较偏荒芜。11. a. alive b. dead c. brave d. sleepy 答案：a 指导：ted认为brownie可能已经死了或丢失了。结合所给四个答案比较，故选择alive12. a. immediately b. seriously c. directly d. honestly 答案： b 指导：ted现在后悔了当时没有认真地对待spotty 的表现。13. a. asked b. told c. informed d. led 答案：d 指导：spotty把ted领到了brownie出事的地方。14. a. injured b. defeated c. frightened d, worried 答案：a 指导：brownie的腿夹住了，受了伤。15. a. regarded b. determined c. recognized d. showed 答案：c 指导：ted辨闪出是spotty的食物。16. a. month b. day c. evening d. week 答案： d 指导：由文中可以看出brownie失踪了一个礼拜，所以spotty给它送了一个礼拜的食物。17. a. particularly b. regularly c. usually d. especially 答案：b 指导：为了brownie活下来，spotty是每天都来照顾brownie18. a. lived b. slept c. stayed d. played 答案： c 指导：这段时间spotty和brownie呆在一起保护它，安慰它。19. a. head b. spirits c. temperature d. mind 答案：b指导：keep ones spirits up在这里的意思是“鼓励，让某人充满勇气”。20. a. families b. parents c. dogs d. friends答案：a 指导：文章中涉及的就是两只狗以及它们的主人。所以这里根据内容选择familiesperhaps you have heard a lot about the internet, but what is it, do you know? the internet is a network. it uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.maybe that doesnt sound very interesting. but when youve joined to the internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. you can send e-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. you can also do with all kinds of information on the world wide web (www).there are many different kinds of computers now. they all can be joined to the internet. most of them are small machines sitting on peoples desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. these computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the internet itself.there are lots of places for you to go into the internet. for example, your school may have the internet. you can use it during lessons or free time. libraries often have computers joined to the internet. you are welcome to use it at only time.thanks to the internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. it is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. you can buy or sell whatever you want by the internet. but do you know 98% of the information on the internet is in english? so what will english be like tomorrow?1. what is the passage mainly about?a. internet.b. information. c. computers.d. e-mails.2. which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?a. by post.b. by e-mail. c. by telephone.d. by satellite.3. which may be the most possible place for people to work in tomorrow?a. in the office.b. at school. c. at home.d. in the company