高考英语总复习 语法先行 连词同步检测2（含解析）(1).doc

连词2语法填空：(1) in the united states, there were 222 people 1._（report）to be billionaires（亿万富翁）in 2003. the 2._of these is bill gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 3._starting the company microsoft. mr. gates was only 21 years old 4._he first helped to set up the company in 1976. he was a billionaire 5. _the time he was 6._, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 7._（young）ages. other young people who have struck it rich include jackie coogan and shirley temple. 8._of these child actors made over a million dollars 9._（act）in movies before they were 14. but 10. _ youngest billionaire is albert von thurn und taxis of germany, who, in 2001, inherited （继承）a billion dollars when he turned 18! （2） finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car 1._（steal）. they filed a report 2._the police station and a detective drove them 3._to the parking lot to look for evidence. to their 4._（amaze）, the car had been returned 5._there was a note in it that said: “i apologize for taking your car. my wife was having a baby and i had to rush her to the 6._. please forget the inconvenience. there are two tickets 7._tonights mania twain concert.” their faith in humanity restored. the couple attended 8._concert. but when they returned home, they immediately found. 9._their house had been ransacked （洗劫）. on the bathroom mirror was 10._note: “i have to put my kid through college somehow, dont i?” 阅读：(1) if you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. this is the research finding of a team of japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon. professor taiju matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down. with a team of colleagues at tokyo national university, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations. computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (the rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.) contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas observed i some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds. matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with ageusing the head. the findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. those least at risk, says matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. white collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant. matsuzawas findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “the best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says, “think hard and engage in conversation. dont rely on pocket calculators.” 1. the team of doctors wanted to find out _. a. why certain people age sooner than others b. how to make people live longer c. the size of certain peoples brains d. which people are most intelligent 2. on what are their research findings based? a. a survey of farmers in northern japan. b. tests performed on a thousand old people. c. the study of brain volumes of different people d. the latest development of computer technology. 3.the doctors test show that _. a. our brains shrink as we grow older b. the front section of the brain does not shrink c. sixty-year-olds have the better brains than thirty-year-olds d. some peoples brains have contracted more than other peoples. 4.the word “subjects” in paragraph 5 means _. a. something to be considered b. branches of knowledge studied c. persons chosen to be studied in an experiment d. any member of a state except the supreme ruler. 5. according to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others? a. lawyers. b. farmers. c. clerks. d. shop assistants. (2) the speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. heads nodded in agreement when he said, high school english teachers are not doing their jobs. he described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. i was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.my topic is not standards nor its decline（降低）. what the speaker was really saying is that eh is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult. my point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable. it is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction. before english became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies（缺陷）. but since then, english teachers have been under constant attack.the complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. as their own command of the language improves, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. to the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate. since this concern about the decline and fall of the english language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to todays young people, it naturally follows that todays english teachers cannot be doing their jobs. otherwise, young people would not have a poor command of english. 1.the speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that _. a. the language of the younger generation is usually inferior to that t of the older generation b. the students had a poor command of english because they didnt work hard enough c. he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching english for sixteen years d. english teachers should be held responsible for the students poor command of english 2.in the authors opinion, the speaker _. a. gave a correct judgment of the english level of the students b. had exaggerated （夸张）the language problems of the students c. was right in saying that english teachers were not doing their jobs d. could think and speak intelligently 3.the authors attitude towards the speakers remarks is _. a. neutral b. positive c. critical d. compromising 4.it can be concluded from the passage that _. a. it is justifiable to include english as a school subject b. the author disagrees with the speaker over the standard of english at grade 9 level c. english language teaching is by no means an easy job d. language improvement needs time and effort 5.in the passage the author argues that _. a. it is unfair to blame the english teachers for the language deficiencies of the students b. young people would not have a poor command of english if the teachers did their jobs properly c. to get rid of language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and ears d.to improve the standard of english requires the effort of several generations 参考答案:连词2语法填空：（1）1. reported 2. richest/wealthiest 3. by 4. when 5. by 6. however 7. younger 8. both 9. acting 10. the （2）1. had been stolen 2. at 3. back 4. amazement 5. and 6. hospital 7.for 8. the 9. that 10. another 阅读理解：(1) 1.【答案】a 【解析】细节理解题。由第二段“professor taiju matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.”可知医生们想要研究出为什么一些人比其他人老得更快。 2.【答案】c 【解析】细节理解题。由“he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.”可知选c。 3.【答案】d 【解析】细节理解题。由“the findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.”可知医生们的测试发现，一般而言，乡下人比城镇里的人的大脑收缩的更早。故选d。 4.【答案】c 【解析】词义猜测题。由“but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.”可知“subjects”指的是被选入实验中做研究的人。故选c。 5.【答案】a 【解析】细节理解题。由“those least at risk, says matsuzawa, are lawyers,”可知律师变老的风险最小。故选a。 (2) 1.【答案】d 【解析】细节理解题。由“high school english teachers are not doing their