高考英语三轮冲刺复习 完形与阅读强化训练18.doc

2015届高考英语三轮复习完形与阅读强化训练18题号一二总分得分一 、完形填空（本大题共1小题，共30分）several factors make a good newspaper story. first， 1 ，it must be new. but since tv can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 2 . they usually respond 3 it in one of three ways.one by providing 4 detail, comment or background information.one by finding a new 5 on the days major stories.one by printing completely different stories which 6 doesnt broadcast.what else? wellit also has to be 7 . people dont want to read about 8 , everyday life. because of this, many stories 9 some kind of conflict or danger. this is one reason why so much news seems to be 10 news , “ plane lands safelyno-one hurt ”doesnt sell newspapers. “plane 11 200 feared dead !” does .next, theres human interest. people are interested in other 12 particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians, 13 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers .finally, for many editors, 14 is an important factor, too. they prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. thats 15 the stories in tokyos newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in paris, cairo, new york or buenos aires. 1. a .graduallyb. extremelyc. obviouslyd. precisely2. a. newspapers b. publications c. reporters d. broadcasters3. a. withb. onc. ofd. to 4. a. extra b. available c. reliable d. memorable5. a. direction b. look c. angle d. section6. a. tvb. internetc. newspaperd. radio7. a. conventional b. dramatic c. professional d. sensitive8. a. commonb. usualc. ordinaryd. special9. a. urge b. neglect c. increase d. involve10. a. good b. bad c. exciting d. informative11. a. crashes b. bumps c. strikes d. drops12. a. places b. people c. things d. news13. a. in addition b. in any case c. for example d. after all 14. a. personality b. similarity c. tolerance d. familiarity15. a. thatb. whyc. becaused. what二 、阅读理解（本大题共2小题，共20分）a（2014辽宁卷）dtravis is the manager of g&g where he is responsible for forty employees（雇员） and profits (利润) of over $2 million per year. hes never late to work. he does not get upset on the job. when one of his employees started crying after a customer screamed at her, travis took her away. “your working uniform is your shelter,” he told her. “nothing anyone says will ever hurt you. you will always be as strong as you want to be.”travis picked up that lecture in one of his g&g training courses, an education program that began on his first day and continues throughout an employees occupation. the training has, travis says, changed his life. g&g has taught him how to live, how to focus, how to get to work on time, and how to master his emotions（情绪）.most importantly, it taught him willpower.at the center of that education is an extreme focus on an all-important habit: willpower. dozens of cases show that willpower is the single most important habit for a person s success.and the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit. “sometimes it looks like people with great self-control arent working hardbut thats because theyve made it automatic,” angela duckworth, one of the university of pennsylvania researchers said. “their willpower occurs without them having to think about it.”the company spent millions of dollars developing programs of study to train employees on self-control. managers wrote workbooks that serve as guides to how to make willpower a habit in workers lives. those courses are, in part, why g&g has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.33.we learn from paragraph 2 that employees in g&g must .a.learn to give lecturesb.attend education programsc.design a working uniformd.develop a common hobby34.willpower will become a habit when employees can . a.focus on the profitsb.benefit from the jobc.protect themselves welld.control their feelings well 35.what can we infer from the passage?a.g&g has grown into a large company.b.g&g will spend half its profits training employees.c.g&g may become more successful in the future.d.g&g has to produce more workbooks for managers.b（2014届佛山市高三教学质量检测二）b do you know the open-air art gallery in londons blackall street? probably -not. not many londoners know it either, but henri does and he is willing to show it to you. henri used to sleep in parks until he met a charity(慈善机构) that helps homeless people get back on their feet by becoming tour guides. rather than show traditional london sights, “unseen tours take people off the beaten track. henri has been teaching tourists about the history and architecture of shoreditch, where he slept on public benches for three years. when he felt separated from the society, contact with the volunteer network the sock mob gave henri hope. not everyone just looked down on me, he said. the tours arent the only actions trying to help those who have suffered a misfortune to stand tall again. an innovative(创新的) college for homeless people in london, the first ofits kind in the country, is attracting hundreds of students. the recovery college, set up by st mungos charity, is providing courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills. according to andy williams, who helps to organize the college, the most popular courses have proved to be about raising self-confidence and developing self-pride. steve, now in his 50s, told a reporter how much of a difference it makes to have a bit of confidence. he had difficulty learning to read and had to leave school when he was 12. because steves problem was not recognized at the time, he was seen to be unable to read or write, and suffered with depression and alcohol addiction. he says the status of student is itselfimportant for people who are used to being treated as outcasts（被遗弃者） some charities aim not only to help the homeless become independent but also to make them popular. the homeless world cup started ten years ago. today the tournament draws teams from 48 countries made up of players-men and women-who are, or have been, living in the streets. it gives them a chance to become football heroes.31. the underlined part take people off the beaten track means take people to_.”a. famous galleries b. traditional sightsc.unusual places d. public benches32. how does the recovery college help the homeless people?a. by training them to be guides, b. by offering them different courses.c. by keeping in contact with them. d. by asking more students to help them.33. at the age of 12, steve _ .a. wasnt treated as a normal student b. had much confidence in himselfc. didnt want to study at school d. left school because of depression34. the purpose of the homeless world cup is to help the homeless people _.a. become football stars b. improve life skillsc. gain self-confidence d. find properjobs35. which is the best title for the passage?a. confidence back now. b. london tour.c. the popular homeless. d. football heroes.一 、完形填空 【答案】 1-5 cadac 6-10 abcdb 11-15 abcdb二 、阅读理解【考点】考察文化教育类阅读【文章大意】本文通过g&g的培训课程告诉我们人的意志力是我们是否能够取得成功的关键。33. 【答案】b 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段1,2行travis picked up that lecture in one of his g&g training courses, an education program that began on his first day and continues throughout an employees occupation.可知g&g的培训课程在新员工入职第一天就开始了，而且在贯穿与员工的工作之中。也就是说g&g的员工都得参加这样的培训课程。故b正确。34. 【答案】d 【试题解析】推理题。根据第三段1,2行and the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit. “sometimes it looks like people with great self-control arent working hardbut thats because theyve made it automatic可知加强意志力最好的方法就是让意志力成为一种习惯。有时候有很强自我控制里的人工作并不努力，你是因为他们还没有把自我控制当成一种习惯。也就是说当人们能够很好地控制我们的感情时，我们就会让意志力成为习惯。我们就能表现得很好。故d正确。35. 【答案】c 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后一段第一句the company spent millions of dollars developing programs of study to train employees on self-control.和 最后一句those courses are, in part, why g&g has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.可知这家公司在培训员工方面花了很多钱，而且也让公司发展得很好，也正是因为在员工培训方面的投入很大，所以他们可能在未来会取得更大的成功。故c正确。【长难句解析】and the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into