高中英语 Unit4 Helping people aroUnitnd the world完形填空和阅读理解练习（1）牛津译林版选修6.doc

2015年高中英语 unit4 helping people arounitnd the world完形填空和阅读理解练习（1）牛津译林版选修6【2014届江苏省南京市金陵中学高三第四次模拟考试）】请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。“kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. my heart plunged. i was 9 years old and i thought that my life was going to 36 . my brother and i were going to move with my mother to southern california. my dad was to 37 in new jersey because of work. my family was splitting apart. now that my mom is a single parent, i do my own 38 , make dinner and do extra chores around the house. 39 it was hard at first, i now recognize the positive 40 that this responsibility had on me. my mother gave me these chores and duties so that i would learn to become 41 and trustworthy. i strive to display these 42 in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. when i was only 11 years old, my 43 told me that he was selecting me as soccer team captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to 44 themselves. we lost the championship, but i won the 45 play award for keeping my team together. i am always 46 to be an individual and not participate in anything that i feel is wrong. i am, for example, extremely proud of my decision not to drink alcohol. 47 , i dont feel the need to drink to have fun, and i stand by my decision even when others try to 48 me. my mom and dad both found new 49 and happily remarried. i am 50 close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. i thought my parents divorce was going to be the worst thing that 51 happened to me. ironically (讽刺的是), it turned out to be the 52 . i wasnt willing to let it ruin my life without putting up a fight, and 53 was my family. at age 9, i struggled with the confusion and 54 of divorce. today, at age 16, i understand that 55 can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination and self-control can turn your worst time into your best time.36. a. fall apart b. give away c. pick up d. take off37. a. drop b. remainc. call d. break38. a. housework b. farming c. cookingd. laundry39. a. although b. because c. if d. since40. a. attitude b. experiencec. effect d. situation 41. a. self-centered b. self-absorbed c. self-disciplined d. self-concerned42. a. skills b. difficulties c. emotions d. qualities43. a. father b. headmaster c. brotherd. coach44. a. enjoy b. teach c. prove d. push45. a. fierce b. fair c. close d. decisive46. a. determined b. reminded c. relieved d. amazed47. a. fortunatelyb. surprisinglyc. personallyd. consequently48. a. cheat b. pressure c. pleased. delight49. a. families b. jobs c. kids d. partners50. a. still b. not c. rarely d. less51. a. never b. evenc. ever d. almost52. a. best b. worst c. busiestd. first53. a. so b. suchc. asd. neither54. a. pain b. memory c. significanced. emergency55. a. barriers b. families c. parents d. routines解析：36.选a，父母离异了，我感觉我的生活要崩溃了。fall apart 崩溃37.选b，父母离异后，母亲去了加利福尼亚，父亲因为工作的关系，继续待在新泽西，家庭正式破裂了。38.选d，和下文做饭、做杂务并列只能是自己洗衣服了。39.选a，根据上下句逻辑关系，尽管这一切一开始很难，但是我现在认识到他的积极影响。40.选c，参照39题。41.选c，和trustworthy并列，表示一种好的人的品质，只能选c了，self-disciplined 自律。42.选d， 承接上文，我努力在我生活的各个方面展示这些品质，并且有着一些收获。43.选d，因为我的能够使我的队友能够拼搏、奋发的能力，选我当足球队长的当然是教练了。44.选d， 参照上题。45.选b, fair play award 公平竞赛奖46.选a，我立志成为一个有个性的人，不去参加任何我我感觉错误的事。47.选c，personally 就个人而言，我不想喝酒寻乐，即使在别人迫使我喝酒的时候，我都能坚持自己的决定。48.选b，参照上题。49.选d，此处指的是，父母离婚后，都又找到了新的伴侣。50.选a，still 依然。我依然和父亲非常亲密，尽管我们相隔很远。51.选c，ever 曾经：我过去认为父母离婚对我来讲是曾经发生过的最糟糕的事。然而实际情况证明是它是最好的，根据ironically可知上下句意思相反。52.选a，参照上题。53.选d，我不想没有奋勇抵抗就让它毁了我的生活和家庭，neither表示否定。54.选a，和confusion并列只能选a了，pain痛苦。父母离婚带来的痛苦和困惑。55.选a，障碍会带来机会和成功，这是作者的人生感悟。 2014山西省五校高三联合测试brandon craggs was born with cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹). doctors told his parents that the boy would always be too _1_to take part in sporting events, _2_ major competitions.but the youngster from wolverhampton has proved doctors _3_ by winning a major championship. mum helen who works as a technician said brandon had always been extremely _4_ and that his _5_ resulted from his never giving up. she said, “he had problems with his fine movement and had weak _6_. we were really sad when we were told by doctors that he might never walk _7_ and they warned us he would be clumsy when _8_ sports. but we did exercise his weak ankles and he _9_ the orthopaedic boots (矫形靴) everyday for around three years. his dad has always loved _10_ and when brandon was five he would walk around behind his dad. brandon had his first _11_ when he was seven and just absolutely _12_ it. “brandon was recently crowned winner of the wolverhampton schools championship_13_ the golfers who were five years his senior.after years of physiotherapy(物理疗法) he can now walk without problems although he does _14_ from hearing issues in both ears. michael said his sons recent win was _15_.“i gave up my membership at a local golf so i could _16_ more time with him. he has had a lot to _17_in the past and he still has to go for regular audiograms(听力敏度图) to monitor his hearing loss. its unbelievable to think about where we have gone from _18_ he was just a few months old. we are both very proud of what he has _19_.” mick woodhouse, organiser of penn golf course, where brandon _20_ and won, added, “brandon is a delightful guy and very good player.”1a. clumsyb. comfortablec. active d. lazy2. a. rather than b. as usualc. let alone d. such as3.a. right b. wrongc. clever d. brilliant4.a. powerful b. changeablec. determined d. careful5.a. illness b. mistakec. failure d. success6.a. legs b. armsc. ankles d. hands7.a. carefully b. normallyc. weakly d. disappointedly8.a. playing b. watchingc. working d. studying9.a. carried b. worec. brought d. took10a. music b. volleyballc. golf d. basketball11a. lesson b. businessc. fortune d. operation12a. avoided b. refusedc. praised d. loved13a. winning b. beatingc. helping d. saving14a. benefit b. sufferc. learn d. prevent15. a. available b. uncomfortablec. unbelievable d. unacceptable16.a. spend b. payc. waste d. ruin17.a. laugh at b. deal withc. look for d. pick out18.a. where b. howc. when d. whether19a. needed b. achievedc. showed d. matched20. a. competed b. trainedc. fought d. attended文章大意本文是一篇记叙文。被医生诊断为不能正常走路的小男孩最终凭着自己的毅力成为了高尔夫球冠军！1a。根据第二段的“they warned us he would be clumsy when _8_ sports”可知答案为a。2c。从上句中的“too_1_ to take part in sporting events”可以推知，男孩连进行体育运动都困难，“更不用说”参加重大比赛。故答案为c。let alone“更不用说，更谈不上”。3b。上文中提到医生说brandon craggs 不能参加比赛，而根据空后的“by winning a major championship”可以断定，医生的看法是“错误的”(wrong)。4c。从下文的“never giving up”可推知，此处表达的是他的意志非常坚定。故答案为c。5d。从上文中的“winning a major championship”可知，此处指他的“成功”，所以要用success。6c。根据第8空后面的“but we did exercise his weak ankles”可知，他的“脚踝”有问题。故答案为c。7b。根据医生的判断“he had problems with his fine movement”可以推知，他走路不正常。故答案为b。8a。医生警告我们当他做体育运动的时候会非常笨拙。故答案为a。9b。根据空后的“the orthopaedic boots(矫形靴)”可知，此处要用wore。10c。从该段最后一句的“the golfers who were five years his senior”可知brandon的父亲喜欢的是高尔夫球。11a。在brandon 7岁的时候上了第一节高尔夫球课，并完全爱上了它。故选a。12d。参见上题解析。 love“爱，喜欢”，符合语境。13b。冠军是通过“打败”年长他五岁的选手赢得的。所以此处要用beating。win常常表示“赢得(比赛)”。14b。从下文中的“go for regular audiograms(听力敏度图)to monitor his hearing loss”可知，他还有听力问题，所以此处要用suffer from，表示“遭受(疾病，悲伤等)”。15.c。michael对他儿子取得的成绩感到自豪，觉得“难以置信”，故要用unbelievable。16.a。与儿子一起度过(spend)更多的时间。17b。在身体不健康的情况下brandon还能取得那么好的成绩，这就可以说明他在过去的时间里克服了很多困难，所以要用deal with，表示“处理，解决”。18c。从后面的“he was just a few months old”可知，此处是指他的年龄，故应该用when。19.b。我们都很满意他所取得的成就。achieve“取得”，符合语境。20a。根据“won”可知，brandon参加了比赛，故答案为a项。compete“参加比赛”。阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d) 中, 选出最佳选项。they were just grasshoppers(蚂蚱). but there were millions of them, which was why dad was so anxious to get rid of them. “theyre totally destroying our beans, ”he told mom over lunchtime one saturday. “ive been trying to keep them out of the tomatoes, but i dont know if i can make it. ”“isnt there something you can do about them? ”mom asked. she was mostly concerned about the tomatoes. “i think theres a spray(喷雾)or something, ”dad said. “im going down to the garden center after lunch and see if they have any suggestions. ”im pretty sure thats what he said. but what i heard was, “while im gone, why dont you and george come up with your own plan for getting rid of the grasshoppers? ”and so thats what we did. it was the summer between fifth and sixth grade, so we were feeling pretty clever and mature. certainly we knew how to get rid of these grasshoppers. that seemed simple enough. finally ron and don joined us but then, things got a little crazy. before we knew it we were doing terrible experiments. i wont describe our experiments. lets just call it“the adventures of the marquis de orkin”. dad came home and saw these different deaths. we were laughing, but the laughter quickly turned to silence when we saw the look on my dads face. “what are you boys doing? ”he asked. “were just sort of helping to get rid of the grasshoppers, ”i said. “this isnt getting rid of grasshoppers, ”dad said. “this is killing. ”i was confused. i looked at the insecticide he was carrying. “but arent you going to kill grasshoppers with that? ”i asked. “yes, because its something we need to do for the protection of our garden, ”he said seriously. “but im not going to enjoy it. ”【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者家的菜园遭到蚂蚱的破坏, 天真的作者想帮助父亲除掉蚂蚱, 不想他和同伴使用的方法让父亲很生气, 父亲告诫他们: 不能杀生取乐, 要学会仁慈。1. it can be inferred from the text that. a. the tomatoes in the garden were badly damaged by grasshoppersb. the father was advised to get rid of grasshoppers with insecticidec. the father asked the author to help catch grasshoppersd. the authors way of treating grasshoppers was interesting【解析】选b。推理判断题。由文章第三段中提到的父亲午饭后要去花卉商店寻求帮助以及倒数第二段中的i looked at the insecticide he was carrying. 可知, 花卉商店建议父亲使用杀虫剂。故选b项。2. the underlined sentence“and so thats what we did. ”means that. a. we killed the grasshoppers for funb. we carried out an experiment on the grasshoppersc. we thought of a way to deal with the grasshoppersd. we were clever enough to get rid of the grasshoppers【解析】选c。推理判断题。在上一段中提到作者认为父亲的言外之意是让作者想办法除掉蚂蚱, 因此此句承接上文, 指“我们就是那样做了”, 即“我们自己想出了除掉蚂蚱的办法”。3. how did the authors father feel when he saw what the children were doing? a. angry. b. confused. c. satisfied. d. fearful. 【解析】选a。推理判断题。由文章第五段中的最后一句we were laughing, but the laughter quickly turned to silence when we saw the look on my dads face. 以及文章最后一句but im not going to enjoy it. 可知父亲看到孩子们残杀蚂蚱取乐很生气。4. in which magazine would you most probably find this passage? a. american laboratory. b. accounts of chemical research. c. readers digest. d. technology. 【解析】选c。文章出处题。本文的主题是“仁慈, 不杀生取乐”。此类题材的文章最有可能来自读者文摘这样的期刊。【2014高考英语湖北省八校联考】阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。many skilled young people are being forced into part-time and unskilled work, the report says. it warns of a crisis with more than six million people so disillusioned they have given up looking for work. the ilo（international labor organization）wants governments to make job creation a priority. it wants more training schemes, and also tax breaks for employers. the youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policymaking and private sector investment picks up significantly, said jose manuel salazar-xirinachs, executive director of the ilos employment sector.since 2007, the number of young people without jobs has risen by four million - up from less than 12%, the global employment trends for youth report says. almost 13% of people aged between 15 and 24 - or almost 75 million - have no work, although this is slightly down on its peak in 2009.in the european union, one in five young people are looking for work, the report claims. some 27.9% of youths were unemployed in north africa last year a rise of five percentage points on 2010. in the middle east, the figure stood at 26.5% in the reports regional breakdown. even in east asia, perhaps the most economically active region, the unemployment rate was 2.8 times higher for young people than for adults, the report said.but, the ilo report reveals, the true picture of youth unemployment is even more pessimistic. many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs. others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for. the ilo says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and are becomingly increasingly detached from society. by not using their skills they are losing them, the report says, and if there is no improvement in the jobs market soon, they may be not only unemployed, but unemployable.the ilo suggests offering tax breaks to businesses hiring young people and offering more programmes to help kick-start careers.63. which of the following is true according to jose manuel salazar-xirinachs?a. since 2007, the number of young people out of job has risen to 4 million.b. nearly 13% of the young people have no work.c. job creation should be made a key priority in policymaking.d. the youth unemployment rate can never go down.64. the various figures in paragraph 3 and 4 were used to show_.a. the employment situation is serious only in the european unionb. the global youth employment situation is depressingc. east asia enjoys a high youth employment rated. compared with the situation in 2009, the youth employment in 2007 is slightly better65. according to ilo, the following are caused by high youth unemployment rate except_.a. the government calls on young people to take up whatever job is availableb. many young people are making their time in higher education longerc. some young people are taking part-time unskilled workd. many young people have given up looking for work66. the ilo offered many solutions to the crisis of youth unemployment, including_.a. making job creations a priority b. more training schemes c. encouraging public investment d. tax breaks for employers e. offering more entrepreneurship programmes to help start careersa. a b c e b. b c d e c. a c d e d. a b d e【参考答案】63-66cbad 【2014高考英语湖北省八校联考】阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。the issue of privacy versus openness is a paradox, particularly when it comes to the american home. “lots” or “yards” (gardens) can be large and many are not enclosed by the walls, fences or hedges so popular in other cultures. similarly, “window treatments” frame the window. but the use of european-style net curtains to screen out nosy neighbors is rare. in the same style, first-time visitors to an american home may be proudly given the full tour; even walk-in closets and en suite bathrooms are not considered off-limits. they may also be encouraged to help themselves to a soda from the fridge. all this gives an impression of openness. yet americans do value their personal space and privacy. a brazilian expatriate (侨民) who dropped in on her usually friendly connecticut neighbors unannounced got the clear impression she should have called first. similarly while a typical suburban home features large, shared areas, such as an open-plan kitchen and family room or “den”, ample private space is also allowed in the floor plan. a visit to a family home in the evening would likely find the family members dispersed, each independently watching tv, on the phone, surfing the internet, or otherwise recharging batteries in the privacy of their own bedroom. american individualism, expansiveness, and abundance are expressed in lifestyle. despite the fact that the average household size has declined over the past thirty years from3.1 people to 2.6 people per household, the average size of a new family home increased during the same period from 1,500 to 2,200 square feet. a common observation is just how outsized e