北京东城区高考英语阅读及阅读表达自练（1）.doc

2015北京东城区高考英语阅读及阅读表达自练（1）完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1120各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。a lady and her husband stepped off the train in bostonthey walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer office of harvards presidentbut they were 11 by his secretary and kept waitingfor hours，the secretary took no notice of them， 12 that the couple would finally become 13 and go awaybut they didntthe secretary finally decided to disturb the president，though unwillingly a few minutes later，the president walked towards the couple with a 14 facethe lady told him，“we had a son that 15 harvard for one yearhe loved harvardhe was happy herebut about a year ago，he was accidentally killedmy husband and i would like to 16 a memorial（纪念物）to him，somewhere on campus”the president wasnt moved instead，he was shocked“madam,” he said，“we cant put up a statue for every person who studied at harvard and 17 if we did，this place would look like a cemetory,” “oh，no,” the lady explained quickly “we dont want to put up a statuewe would like to give a building to harvard”the president rolled his eyes and 18 at the couple and then exclaimed，“a building! do you have any idea how much a building costs? we have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at harvard” for a moment the lady was silentthe president was 19 ，because he could get rid of them nowthen the lady turned to her husband and said quietly，“is that all it costs to start a university? why dont we just start our own?” her husband noddedsince their offer was turned down，mrand mrsstanford traveled to california where they founded the university that bears their 20 ，a memorial to a son that harvard no longer cared about11awatched binterviewed cfollowed dstopped12afinding bhoping crealizing dimagining13adisappointed bsurprised cworried dtroubled14acold bfunny cpleasant dsad15avisited battended cstudied dserved16aset about btake over ctake down dset up17adied bencouraged ckilled dfought18alaughed bshouted ccalled dglanced19abored bpleased cinterested dastonished20apicture bcharacter cname dsign【参考答案】11-15：dbaab 16-20：da dbc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。the diversity of the original american indian settlers was not quite as great as that of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries when waves of european, asian and unwilling african immigrants arrived on american shores. however, the first americans did have more far-going origins that were ever suspected. for example, braces studies have revealed that the blackfoot, iroquois, and other tribes from minnesota, michigan, ontario, and massachusetts came down from the jomon, a prehistoric people of japan. the inuit in the far north and tribal groups who once lived down the eastern seaboard into florida appear to be a later branch from the trunk of the jomon family tree. the athabaskan-speaking people from the yukon and northern-western canada, who spread as far south as arizona and northern mexico, appear to trace their origins to china. “their facial shapes link them more closely to the living chinese than to any other population in either part of the world,” says brace.johanna nichols, a professor of slavic languages and literature at the university of california at berkeley, says that new evidence from native languages throughout the new world strongly suggests that humans have been in the americas since as early as 40,000 bc. she says that it is only along the west coast that languages appear to have come from immigrants who arrived after the ice age, 14,000 years ago.nichols also has some different ideas about the direction in which the country was settled. breaking with the traditional view of migrations, she says that the inside of north america was colonized not only from siberia but also from the south.to bolster her argument for an early settlement date, nichols points to findings from the monte verde site in southern chile. it has been dated at 12,500 years old, which means the area was occupied during the last ice age. and, the monte verde people would have needed at least 6,500 years to travel from alaska to chile. yet, that only takes us back to about 19,000 years ago. her research suggests a very high degree of language diversity is something that happens only with time. she insists that the approximately 150 distinct native american language families we know of today must have required at least 35,000 years to develop.1. in the first paragraph the writer uses the word “unwilling” to show that _.a. the africans came against the will of most americansb. the africans came without the approval of their parentsc. the africans were taken here against their own willd. the europeans who came at the time didnt want the africans to come together2. which of the following statements is true about the athabaskan-speaking people? a. they were related to people living in japan in prehistoric times.b. they were a branch from the trunk of the jomon family tree.c. they have no links to any other people.d. they were thought to have certain links to the ancestors of the chinese people.3. the underlined word bolster in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _.a. useb. havec. supportd. build4. from the passage we can know _.a. people in the americas today are believed to have probably come down only from the northb. nichols strongly suggests that humans have lived in the americas for about 6,500 yearsc. nichols supports the traditional ideas about the direction in which the country was settledd. it surely takes a very long time for language diversity to come about【参考答案】14、cdcd【山东省2014高考仿真冲刺卷（6）】b完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中选出最佳选项。one day，some of the girls in our neighborhood started acting a bit strangely towards methey 21 talking to meafter a day or so of this，i finally 22 what was going onid said something to a（n） 23 girl the night before that she didnt likeid had a few 24 that night, and like everyone i sometimes say things that 25 severer than i mean them toanyway，it seemed that the girl had told many of her friends，and now they were all 26 at methey found a great 27 to think of all the other supposed“crimes”id committed over the past year28 theyd all really liked me before, suddenly they 29 i was a really bad guythis was a difficult problemi 30 to get along well with these people and i liked them alli didnt want them to 31 me because of something stupid id said when i was drunkit didnt 32 much whether they or i was wrongall i wanted was things to be 33 to normal againso i wrote the popular girl a note 34 saying：“im sorry if i hurt your feelingsi didnt mean to”and that was itthe problem was solved35 the girls who were angry with me now liked me 36 than everthey felt id done something 37 in admitting i was wrong and apologizinglearn how and when to 38 often，the pride and stubbornness you hold onto by refusing to back down isnt worth the 39 of a lasting argumentan apology can 40 for healing a difficult situationand often, people will think better of you for it21abegan bcontinued cavoided dregretted22afound out bpicked out cgave out dspoke out23aspecial bpopular cfamiliar dordinary24aquarrels bcomments cproblems ddrinks25alook bsound cfeel dappear26asurprised bangry cexcited damazed27aright bopportunity cspace dneed28aas bsince cas if dwhile29aconvinced badmitted cdecided dpromised30ahappened bused cprepared dagreed31aforget bforgive chate drespect32amatter bchange ccare dexplain33aaround bup cabout dback34asimply bgenerally cregularly dgently35aat first bin fact cat least das usual36arather bworse cless dbetter37adoubtful binteresting cbrave dshameful38acheer bforgive cworry dapologize39aeffort bprice cresult dcause40apermit bfail cwork dlast【参考答案】2125cabdb 2630 bbdcb 3135 cadab 3640 dcdbc阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。while some dictionaries define the word “right” as “a privilege” when used in the context of “human rights”, we are talking about something more basic. originally, people had rights only because of their membership in a group, such as a family. then, in 539 bc, cyrus the great, after conquering the city of babylon, did something totally unexpectedhe set all slaves free and let them return home. moreover, he declared people should choose their own religion. cyrus statements are about the first “human rights” declaration in history. every person has certain basic rights, simply by the fact of being human. these are called “human rights” rather than a privilege, which can be taken away at someones sudden desire. they are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be, to do or to have. these rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. they are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace. yet many people, when asked to name their rights, will list only freedom of speech and belief and perhaps one or two others. there is no question that these are important rights, but the full scope of human rights is very broad. they mean choice and opportunity. they mean the freedom to get a job, adopt a career, select a partner of ones choice and raise children. they include the right to travel widely and the right to work without trouble, abuse and threat of arbitrary (霸道) dismissal. they even embrace the right to leisure. in ages past, there were no human rights. then the idea turned up that people should have certain freedoms. and that idea, in the wake of world war ii, resulted finally in the document called the universal declaration of human rights and the thirty rights to which all people are entitled. 1. which of the following is the best title for the text? a. what are human rights? b. why do we have human rights? c. how do human rights come into being? d. what to do with human rights? 2. how did the first human rights come into being? a. by cyrus conquering the city of babylon. b. by cyrus setting the slaves free. c. by cyrus making his statement about human rights. d. by choosing ones own beliefs. 3. which of the following is true according to the text? a. human rights can be taken away for some reason. b. human rights have the same meaning as privileges. c. human rights can help you live a peaceful life. d. human rights can be used to hurt others. 4. the underlined word “embrace” in the third paragraph means. a. to seekb. to includec. to enjoyd. to share5. from the last paragraph we can infer that. a. people would have freedom rather than human rightsb. at the beginning of 20th the more complete rights appearedc. thirty human rights have existed for about 70 yearsd. world war ii decided human rights【参考答案】15、accbc【山东省济南市2014高考英语一模试题】阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上。（请注意问题后的字数要求）1 katharine meyer was born in new yolk city in 1917. in 1917, her father, eugene meyer bought a failing newspaper, the washington post. it was the least successful of five newspapers in washington. she married philip graham, who became publisher of the washington post. mr. graham improved the newspaper. he bought newsweek magazine and several television stations. he also established close ties with important political leaders.2 for many years, mr. graham suffered from mental illness. he killed himself in 1963. in those days, it was _ for a woman to be the head of a business. women were expected to supervise only their homes and children. she did not think she had the ability to do an important job. she had no training in business or experience in operating a large company.3 katharine graham met with officials of the post. she said it would remain in her family. she was elected president of the washington post company. she had no idea about how to operate a newspaper. so she decided to learn. she began by hiring benjamin bradlee. he later became chief editor. mr. bradlee improved the newspaper, too. he hired excellent reporters and editors. they began doing important investigative reporting. in 1969, katharine graham became publisher a