2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习精品题(7).doc

2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习精品题（7）及答案【北京市2013高考模拟】DWhy Laughter MattersAlthough most people believe that laughter is one of the natures great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.“Laughter above all else is a social thing,” says Baltimore neuroscientist, Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “All laughter groups laugh ha-ha-ha basically the same way. Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.”Laughing is our first way of communicating. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather to a joke. Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isnt dependent on single sense but on social interactions.And laughter is not just a people thing. Chimps tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University Psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickledthey return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.By studying rats, scientists can figure out whats going on in the brain during laughter. Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor, Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药). He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new chemical target to develop drugs that can fight depression.Even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts said. Margaret Stuber, a professor at University of California, studied whether laugher helped patients. She found that distraction(分心) and mood improvement helped, but she could not find a benefit of laughter alone.“No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit,” Provine said, largely because its hard to separate laughter from just feeling good. But he thinks it doesnt really matter: “Isnt the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough?”67. The most important finding of Robert Provines research is that _. A. laughter makes a person feel good B. laughter depends on different senses C. laughter is a quality people are born with D. laughter is a social response shared by all creatures68. According to the passage, scientists studied rats in order to find _. A. if they will laughB. if they like laughing C. what laughter in rats producesD. how rats react while being tickled69. What can we learn from the passage? A. Patients will recover if they laugh enough. B. Laughter is a means of communication as well as language. C. A new medicine has been developed based on the laughter research. D. Scientists can know what is happening in a human brain when he laughs.70. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CPA. CP3P2P1B. CPCP1P3SpSpP2CPC. P1P2Sp1Sp2CCPD.P1P2Sp2Sp1CCP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion【参考答案】D篇DABD 第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A(2012合肥质检一)Nowadays a growing number of grassroots entertainers are stepping into the public eye.Although a sudden success provides quick fame, experts say not all the rising stars will have a promising future.The grassroots band Xu Ri Yang Gang, meaning the rising sun in Chinese, suddenly became popular after uploading a video of them singing “In the Spring”Actually, they have never stopped struggling to realize their dreams.After that they were frequently invited to big media events in China, like the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.However, just as many thought they were about to go further, the original singer of the song “In the Spring” stepped in to prevent the band from performing his songs.Different from Xu Ri Yang Gang, Chinas rising star Liu Wei is considered to have more professional skills, enabling him to enjoy a longlasting.The armless pianist who plays the music of the song “Hope” with his toes has won the champion of the television talent show Chinas Got Talent.Now, he is signed with Fremantle Media and Sony Music, and is kept busy every day. He believes it is his determination that makes him a_hit.Another fairy story is the case of the rising star Susan Boyle.She came to international public attention after appearing as a candidate on Britains Got Talent in 2009, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables.Her first album became the biggest selling album in the world in 2009, selling 9 million copies.As for Chinese grassroots stars, experts say besides big dreams, they need more original compositions to achieve big results.文章大意：最近，很多草根明星闯入了大众的视野。然而，作者认为他们还有很长的路要走。56What would be the best title for the text?A.Rising grassroots stars B.Comparison of grassroots starsC.Ways of grassroots getting famous DDifferences between grassroots stars lives57From the text we know that Xu Ri Yang Gang got popular through _.A.CCTV B.newspapers C.contests Dthe internet58The underlined words “a hit” in Paragraph 5 most probably means_.A.a strike B.a success C.an achievement D.an influence59It can be inferred from the text that_.A.grassroots stars cant have a promising future at allB.most of grassroots stars have got professional skillsC.grassroots stars need to focus more on their original worksD.talent show is the only way for grassroots stars to become popular56答案：A主旨大意题。由文章大意可知，本文讲述的是对草根明星的成功的认识，所以A项正确。57答案：D细节理解题。由第二段第一句话“.after uploading a video of them singing In the Spring”可知，旭日阳刚组合是把他们的春天里传到网上而出名的。58答案：B猜测词义题。刘伟和Fremantle Media and Sony Music签约了，每天都很忙，所以他认为他的决心使他如此成功。59答案：C推理判断题。由最后一段“As for Chinese grassroots stars, experts say besides big dreams, they need more original compositions to achieve big results.”可知，草根明星们需要把精力放在原创作品上。 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【安徽省望江中学2013模拟】AMy greatest hero isnt a celebrity or someone who lived a rags-to-riches storyAs a matter of fact, this person is my motherMy poor mother didnt many wellAs my mother explained to us later in lift, she simply didnt want us growing up to be an alcoholicSo, one day she packed up her seven kids and headed south to Montgomery, Alabama, leaving her drunk husband behindShe had every excuse to give up or even to turn lo alcohol or drugs, but she did notAt five foot tall, she was a black woman of small stature, with no college educationBut for her, giving up was not an optionShe did whatever she had to do to survive as a single parent and to successfully raise all her children to adulthoodBy high school I had suited to sense that my mother had accomplished something amazing as a single parentWhen I was 17 years old, I signed up as a soldierThe day I left for basic training, my mother said to me, Just do your best Her words gave me a lifetime of powerful inspiration, thus removing my previous anxietyIve had ups and downs in my life, from military service to working, as a border agent in southern CaliforniaWhenever I met with difficultyI would think to myself, If my mother overcame her challengesI have no excuse not to do the same The more I matured, the more I admired her for what she had achievedI graduated from community college with highest honors, and now Im a student it Columbia UniversityEvery stop of the way, I have been fueled by the inspiration of my mother my heroI have never given upI have tried to do my best And I owe it all to my mother56What can we learn about the authors father?AHe was very poor BHe died of a disease earlyCHe deserted his family DHe was addicted to alcohol.57According to the author, his mother was_Adetermined Bwell-educatedCsuccessful in her career Da little selfish58How did the author feel at first when he was to leave for his military training?AHopeful BExcited CGrateful DAnxious59The author writes the passage to_.Aexplain how he succeeded in lifeBexpress h is gratitude to his motherCencourage people to face challenges bravelyDshow inspiration can mike a difference in life【参考答案】5659、DADB (2012顺义区高三尖子生综合素质展示)The brown widow spider became established in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego. The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into Central California.The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in Africa although it was first described from South America, which adds confusion as to where it might have originated. It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii, Florida, parts of Australia, South Africa and Japan. In North America, the brown widow was restricted for many decades to the Florida peninsula. However, around the year 2000, it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states. Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina.The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches. Some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots, mail boxes, entry way corners, under eaves, storage closets and garages, undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. They choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore, appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species. The reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its larger relatives, but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison. The two major symptoms of a brown widow bite were that the bite hurt when it was given and it left a red mark. These two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal household spiders.There is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals. Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general. Therefore, most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows. Avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them. Also, one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders. These items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves, recreational items like sports equipment (i.e., baseball gloves) and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.文章大意：本文介绍了褐寡妇蜘蛛的生活习惯并提醒我们它们有毒。60The author wrote this article to_.A. announce the result of a research on spidersB. introduce the ways to get rid of the spidersC. report a new finding of the widow speciesD. warn readers against the brown widow61From the passage we can conclude that_.Abrown widows are spreading northwardBthe brown widow originated from AfricaCbrown widows now can be found in all countriesDthere used to be no brown widows in North America62The third paragraph is mainly about_.A. the brown widows web buildingB. the characteristics of the brown widowC. the habitat preferences of the brown widowD. the brown widows threaten to human beings63It can be inferred that_.A. brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicalsB. at present people can only control brown widow spidersC. the brown widow has more poison than the black widowD. victims bitten by the brown widow neednt see the doctor60答案：D推理判断题。由文章大意可知，本文主要讲述了褐寡妇蜘蛛的生活习性并且提醒我们它们有毒。61答案：A推理判断题。由第一段最后一句话“The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into Central California.”可知。62答案：C主旨大意题。由第三段可知，主要讲述了褐寡妇蜘蛛最喜欢在什么地方栖息。63答案：B推理判断题。由最后一段第二句话“Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general.”可知B项正确。其他三项都不对。【安徽省望江中学2013模拟】BLondon is one of the most expensive cities in the world to stay in, but there are many budget hotels that offer accommodation at a reasonable cost. Please take careful note of the facilities (设施)described for each budget hotel; the very cheapest accommodation may offer good budget deals but a minimum of facilities. The higher the price per room, the greater the number and quality of facilities you can expect. Arriva HotelThis 2 star Arriva Hotel lies at the heart of the city centre - just a short walk from Kings Cross Tube station Londons famous attractions are all easily accessible by foot or public transport. A short stroll（闲逛）stroll will bring you to the British Museum and the fashionable area of Bloomsbury. With 75 en-suite rooms（浴室套间） available, the Arriva Hotel is a large budget hotel that offers accommodation for tourists at a very reasonable price. Also, Wi-Fi Internet（无线网络） connection is available in most rooms and a