2010年高考英语预测系列试题(7)·阅读理解.doc

2010年高考英语预测系列试题（7）完型填空 适用：全国完型填空预测两篇 (一)Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the worlds attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 1 the theme Water for Life. There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 2 drinking water. The United Nations 3 to cut this number in half by 2015. Solving such a big problem seems like 4 chal-lenge. But everyone, 5 teenagers, can do some-thing to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an exam-ple to 6 of her age around the world. Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work 7 discarded batteries which pollute water. In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an ex-hibit about how 8 in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie. Haggerty learnt that 9 the batteries was an easy solution. I think everybody can do it, because everyone 10 batteries, and it can make a bigdiffer-ence. With these words, she began to 11 aware-ness in her area. She 12 her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling pro-gramme in schools 13 the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management 14 , she gathered contain-ers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 15 video. Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 16 progress. When asked 17 she feels like a hero Haggerty is quite 18 . Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved ! Every year the Gloria Barron Prize 19 young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 20 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.1. A. had B. gave C. wrote D. discussed2. A. enough B. safe C. much D. polluted3. A. asks B. orders C. hopes D. ensures4. A. a great B. a strongC. an important D. an unreal5. A. especially B. sometimesC. even D. seldom6. A. boys B. othersC. students D. grown-ups7. A. collecting B. selling C. buying D. using8. A. things B. chemicalsC. water D. air9. A. making B. recyclingC. reducing D. handling10. A. uses B. has C. throws D. needs11. A. tell B. increase C. spread D. inform12. A. talked to B. listened toC. heard from D. thought about13. A. and B. besidesC. as well as D. as good as14. A. officials B. workersC. clerks D. experts15. A. industrial B. agricuturalC. scientific D.educational16. A, much B. no . C. some D. little17. A. if B. how C. when D. why18. A. pround B. gladC. modest D. worried19. A. praises B. helpsC. supports D. honours20. A. benefiting B. savingC. serving D. favouring(二) Salsa is a musical type that has existed for many years and is still 1 today. Salsa comes from Cuba, but many people 2 that the Puerto Ricans who moved to the US 3 the style of salsa we know today. Because of political problems in the 4 20th century, many people left Puerto Rico and settled in the US. Between 1915 and 1930, about 50,000 Puerto Ricans 5 in the US. In 1917, a 6 was passed that made people from Puerto Rico Americans move 7 After this, Puerto Ricans were able to move 8 between their home and the US mainland. Between 1940 and 1969, about 800,000 Puerto Ri-cans moved to the US, 9 to New York City and Miami. They brought with them their culture, style, and Latin rhythm (节拍). One style of music and dance they 10 to the US was a mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Puerto Rican traditional dance. In New York, 11 incorporated (little) American jazz, and the salsa we know today 12 . During this time, sala music and dance, were popular in the New York City and around the US.The song words 13 stories of the immigrants (移民) struggle to make a 14 in New York City. By the late 1970s, salsa caliente was 15 popular; another style-salsa romantica, with its romantic love lyrics (词句) -became popular, 16 . Salsa romantica is still popular today and is 17 by musicians suchas Mare Anthony, a singer from Puerto Rico. 18 Puerto Ricans continue to make special mixtures of salsa by combining it with other musical styles. A mixture of hip-hop and salsa can be 19 in Jennifer. Lopezs music which became world famous by combining rock rhythms with the salsa romantics style. For many people, listening to salsa music is not 20 ;its fast rhythm and lively beat make them want to get up and dance.1. A. new B. popular C. beautiful D. wonderful2. A. believe B. doubt C. agree D. guess3.A. formed B. got C. developed D. invented4. A. middle B. late C. unknown D. early5. A. arrived B. lived C. worked D. visited6. A. plan B. law C. suggestion D. rule7. A. back and forth B. up and downC. in and out D. here and there8. A. slowly B. quickly C. gradually D. freely9. A. exactly B. certainlyC. mainly D. impossibly10. A. brought B. took C. carried D. gave11. A. singers B. musiciansC. dancers D. New Yorkers12. A. was born B. came outC. was finished D. went on13. A. wrote B. made upC. changed into D. told14. A. journey B. roomC. living D. contribution15. A. for ever B. even moreC. no longer D. now and then16. A. instead B. indeed C. too D. either17. A. acted B. performedC. played D. showed18. A. Old B. Young C. Man D. Woman19. A. seen B. felt C. heard D. imagined20. A. good B. comfortableC. enough D. easy【参考答案及解析】(一)1A。因为每个节日都“有”一个主题，所以“节水日”也是一样。2B。这里是指没有洁净的水，所以饮用也就不“安全”。3C。 这里是说联合国“希望”将这个数字减少一半。4D。要达到这个目的有极大的困难，好像是一个不真实的挑战。5C。这里是说“甚至”青少年也可以参与到这个活动中，做一些有帮助的事情。6B。泛指与之年龄相仿的其他青少年，并非指其他某类人。7A。根据后文知是“收集”废弃龟池。8B。是由于电池里面的“化学物”对环境造成的污染和危害。9B。这里只有“回收”电池符合上下文。10A。人人都能做点事是因为人人都“使用”它。11B。因为她有这种想法，所以她开始使她生活的地方的人们认识到这一点。12A。于是她就向她们县的管理部门和学校董事会“谈”这件事。13C。因为后面有and，所以这里只能用as well as。14A。存waste-management部门工作的是政府官员。15D。这里说的是她制作一个用于宣传教育的电视影像。16 . D。根据这甲的but判断。17A。根据后面的答语not really来判断。18C。根据下文判断。19D。根据后文知，the Gloria Barron Prize每年都要“奖励”些8到18岁的那些“为公众服务和保护地球”的青少年.20C。同上。(二)1B。既已存在多年，自然不是new，另后文有提示popular和很多人仍然了解、熟悉。2A。由第二、三、四、五段陈述的Salsa演变的事实决定此空应为believe。3C。从Salsa最初的形式到今天的形式应是演变、发展，而不是发明、得到、形成。4D。由后句1915 and 1930和in 1917知是20世纪初，不是middle和late。5A。从前句settled，本句的50，000 Puerto Ricans以及后文内容知此处应是arrived，不是B、C、D项。6B。移民是一项严肃的国策，涉及许多社会问题，只有法(1aw)才能解决，并非计划