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高考提分强化练 三限时40分钟. 完形填空体裁夹叙夹议文话题人物介绍词数324what makes a supermodel? an extraordinary beauty, of course, but there is1, a certain personal appeal, an always correct fashion instinct, and so on. and a mere2becomes asupernot only when she becomes very famous, but also when she somehow summarizes her era. the supermodel provides a3idea of a moment in time because she is4the focus of the fashionable cultural life of her time. evelyn nesbit, a tall, 5and copper-haired beauty from philadelphia, was the most sought-after artistic and6model in americas gilded age(镀金时代). nesbit7her era in more ways than one. the late 19th century was a8period of rapid economic growth in the us but it was also an era of considerable9, as many poor european immigrants poured in. nesbit in her lifetime saw both10. she came from a modest scots-irish background in tarentum, pennsylvania, and after her father11leaving lots of debts, her mother struggled to12the family. the young evelyn was from a respectable family, and13for artists from the age of 14, as a14out of poverty for the whole family. when she came to new york in 1900, she rose to fame at once. but she was also15a new, different world. american famous painter james carroll beckwith16her to other artists, and nesbit was soon the most in-demand model in new york. she was the17for quite many art works, including sculptor george grey barnards18piece innocence(now in the metropolitan museum of art)and charles dana gibsons women: the eternal question(1905). she was a popular face too, on the covers of many19and magazines, such as vanity fair, harpers bazaar, the delineator and ladies home journal, and her photographs were also found20almost everything from face creams to toothpastes. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了美国知名艺术模特兼时装模特伊芙琳内斯比特, 她的身上浓缩了美国镀金时代的特色。1. a. moreb. betterc. lessd. fewer【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。根据语境可知, 超模需要的除了非凡的美貌, 还有更多: 个人魅力、总是正确的时尚本能等。2. a. womanb. modelc. persond. baby【解析】选b。词汇复现题。根据句意可知, 一个纯粹的模特要成为超模不仅要非常出名, 她的身上更要浓缩她的时代。上句已提到a supermodel。3. a. detailedb. briefc. newd. good【解析】选b。逻辑推理题。根据前面一句中的summarizes her era可知, 超模提供了对某个时刻的简要了解, 因为她总是她的时代的时尚文化生活的焦点。brief简要的, 符合语境。4. a. neverb. oftenc. seldomd. always【解析】选d。词义辨析题。根据生活常识及语境可知, 一位超模是时代的缩影, 因为她总是那个时代时尚文化生活的焦点。5. a. strongb. fatc. thind. heavy【解析】选c。背景常识题。根据常识可知, 模特一般要有高挑的身材, 故thin“苗条的”符合语境。6. a. carb. footc. handd. fashion【解析】选d。词义辨析题。费城女孩伊芙琳内斯比特拥有高挑的身材和古铜色的头发, 她的美丽使她成为美国镀金时代最抢手的艺术模特和时装模特。fashion时装, 时尚, 修饰后面的model, 符合语境与当时的社会状况。7. a. representedb. likedc. hatedd. understood【解析】选a。词义辨析题。根据前后语境可知, 伊芙琳内斯比特不止是从一个方面展示着那个时代。represent反映, 展示, 符合语境。8. a. commonb. badc. uniqued. difficult【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。19世纪晚期是一个美国经济快速增长的独特的阶段, 但是随着大量贫穷的欧洲移民涌了进来, 它也是一个相当贫穷的时期。根据后面的of rapid economic growth in the us以及上一段中的americas gilded age可知, 这个阶段是美国历史上的一个独特的(unique)时期。9. a. povertyb. wealthc. healthd. length【解析】选a。词汇复现题。根据后面的as many poor european immigrants poured in可知, 有很多贫穷的欧洲移民涌入使得那一时期非常贫穷。poverty贫穷, 符合语境。10. a. peopleb. sidesc. advantagesd. benefits【解析】选b。逻辑推理题。内斯比特经历了这两个方面, 也就是当时经济的快速发展与当时的贫穷。side方面, 符合语境。11. a. signedb. returnedc. diedd. helped【解析】选c。逻辑推理题。内斯比特来自一个苏格兰-爱尔兰背景的普通家庭, 父亲去世后留下了大笔债务。12. a. leaveb. persuadec. supportd. defeat【解析】选c。词义辨析题。内斯比特的父亲去世后, 留下了大笔债务, 因此她的母亲吃力地养活一家人。support此处意为“资助; 供养; 赡养”, 符合语境。13. a. studiedb. drewc. performedd. modelled【解析】选d。词汇复现题。来自“正派”家庭的内斯比特从14岁就开始当艺术模特穿戴整齐。根据后文可知, 内斯比特很小就当上了艺术模特。文章第二段已提到。14. a. wayb. futurec. successd. failure【解析】选a。固定搭配题。母亲艰难地维持一家人的生计, 小内斯比特当上了艺术模特这是全家人摆脱贫困的一种解决办法。a way out of sth. 为固定用法, 意为“摆脱的方法”。15. a. depending onb. thinking overc. stepping intod. looking after【解析】选c。短语辨析题。当内斯比特于1900年来到纽约时, 她立刻名声大噪。但是她也步入了一个全新的不同的世界。depend on依靠, 取决于; think over仔细考虑, 深思熟虑; look after照顾, 照料, 都与语境不符。step into迈进, 步入, 符合语境。16. a. repliedb. introducedc. criticizedd. judged【解析】选b。固定搭配题。美国著名画家詹姆斯卡路尔贝克威思把内斯比特介绍给了其他艺术家, 内斯比特很快就成为了纽约需求量最大的模特。introduce sb. to sb. 意为“把介绍给”, 符合语境。17. a. leaderb. fighterc. educatord. inspiration【解析】选d。词义辨析题。内斯比特是许多艺术作品的灵感来源, 这些作品包括雕刻家乔治格雷巴纳德的天真、查尔斯达纳吉卜森的妇女: 永恒的话题等。inspiration灵感; 鼓舞人心的人或事, 启发灵感的人(或事物), 符合语境。18. a. terribleb. failedc. unfinishedd. famous【解析】选d。逻辑推理题。根据后面括号里的内容可知, 被收藏在大都会艺术博物馆里的应该是乔治格雷巴纳德的著名作品。famous著名的, 符合语境。19. a. journalsb. diariesc. pagesd. textbooks【解析】选a。逻辑推理题。内斯比特也是一个很受欢迎的人, 多次出现在期刊和杂志封面上。journal专业期刊, 日志, 符合语境。20. a. decreasingb. producingc. advertisingd. retelling【解析】选c。背景常识题。内斯比特的照片也被用于为脸部护肤霜到牙膏等几乎一切做宣传。根据生活常识可知, 名人照片经常被用于广告宣传。advertise为做广告, 宣传, 符合语境。. 阅读理解its amazing how we grow from careless kids to responsible teens. what happens in the course that makes us responsible now? its the seed that we sow in the beginning which grows and becomes a huge tree. as i sit here, silently thinking about my growth, i wonder over some questions which dont have an answer but its because of such unanswerable situations that life has become a roller coaster ride. as a kid, i used to read a lot of storybooks. in one particular book, i read a story of a bird. from then on, that has become an integral(必不可少的)part of my life. it described a male bird which takes a lot of pain to build a nest and the female bird takes shelter in it and nourishes the baby. when the bird learns to fly, the whole family flies off to a different place leaving behind the beautiful nest for other birds to grow their family in it. it made me wonder. how could they so easily sacrifice their house built with so much effort? one night, when i was deep in sleep, i got this particular dream. i was walking miles on the endless road, totally isolated but lined with beautiful trees on the either side. fascinated by the greenery, i marched towards it only to end up deeper and deeper into the greenery. i happened to stop upon seeing something. it was a massive, wonderful house. i fell in love with that amazing part of art. yeah, it was indeed a piece of art with every nook and corner touched artistically and lovingly. i dont know why i felt that it was done lovingly. maybe because, things turn out to be beautiful only when we put our love into itjust like the food prepared by mom which tastes more delicious with her love. i explored the house only to fall more in love with it. there was a sloping roof which matched with the greenery around; the large central open courtyard reminded me of the activities that might have taken place there which felt lively even now when it is completely deserted. the small water body that kept the house cool added to the beauty of the houseof course, it was all dried up now. its really wonderful how such things add life to the spaces which otherwise just become structures. such liveliness and happening turn the house into a home. they say the home is where the heart is, but now i began to feel it. this is where my heart belongs. this is what im destined to do. when i woke up from the dream, i was clear about everything. i realized where that mile of walk was intending me to lead. i realized what message my dream wanted to convey me. and years later, when finally my turn of choosing my destination came, i simply closed my eyes, held that book in my hand, pressed it against my chest and relived the dream. when i opened my eyes, i was sure what to do. i decided to choose the roadless traveled. yes, i took up architecture as my profession because this is what i am destined to do. i wanted to do the same thing that the male bird in the story did, to take pain in building a beautiful house and let others stay in it. this is my dream which has come true and the happiness that i gain now from this profession is indescribable. 【文章大意】这是一篇故事类文章阅读, 主要讲述“我”从事建筑的原因: 因为这是“我”最想做的事。1. when the writer read the story of the bird, the writer probably felt_. a. upsetb. confusedc. amazedd. amused【解析】选b。细节理解题。从第二段的倒数第二句it made me wonder. 可知。2. to the writer, “the seed that we sow in the beginning”(paragraph 1)is_. a. the house in the writers dreamb. mothers foodc. the story of the birdd. the writers storybook【解析】选c。推理判断题。作者想表达的是: 往往一开始读的故事会印象很深, 会伴随着我们成长。3. moms food always tastes better because_. a. mom cooks with her loveb. we are so familiar with moms foodc. moms are better cooks than fathersd. mom is experienced in cooking【解析】选a。细节理解题。从第三段的最后一句可知。4. in the writers dream, what part of the house attracted the writer most? a. the greenery surrounding the house. b. the body of water that keeps the house cool. c. the liveliness the writer sensed around the house. d. the fact that the house was very large. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。从第四段的倒数第三、四句such liveliness and happening turn the house into a home. they say the home is where the heart is. . . 可知。5. the above passage is mainly about_. a. how the writer finally becomes an honest citizenb. where the true meaning of responsibility liesc. what we need to do when we are seeking fortuned. why the writer takes up architecture as his career【解析】选d。主旨大意题。从最后一段的when i opened my eyes, i was sure what to do. i decided to choose the roadless traveled. yes, i took up architecture as my profession because this is what i am destined to do. 可知。qixi festival, the chinese equivalent of valentines day that fell yesterday, was not only a disappointment for forgotten lovers, but also for businessmen left with empty pockets. the cold reception has prompted cultural experts to seriously worry that the lovers festival, marked for generations since the han dynasty(206 bcad 220), is dying out. some have even called for legislation to make the festival a legal chinese lovers day, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar year. but the effectiveness of such a measure is in doubt, although efforts to preserve traditional festivals deserve high praise. a growing number of traditional chinese festivals, such as the dragon boat festival and mid-autumn festival, share the same fate of the qixi festival. young people are showing less interest in traditional culture as symbolized by these festivals. even if all traditional festivals are finally made legal, the risk of them becoming purely formalized celebrations with little meaning is not removed. if the younger generation fails to identify with the cultural significance of these holidays, there is little that can be done. while complaining about traditional festivals fading appeal, decision-makers should reflect on cultural protection. undeniably, our country has done a bad job of preserving culture and traditional festivals, compared to neighbouring japan and the republic of korea(rok). the 2, 500-year-old dragon boat festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. the traditional customs and ceremonies of the occasion, which originated in china, have been better preserved in the rok. only a few years ago did china begin to realize the significance of preserving intangible(无形的)cultural heritage when the rok planned to apply to the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization to list its version of the dragon boat festival as an important example of intangible culture. concern about the traditional holidays also reminds people of the growing influence of foreign cultures as the country opens wider to the outside world. with traditional festivals becoming less important and imports such as christmas and valentines day gaining widespread popularity, the public including cultural professionals have tended to measure traditional chinese festivals in economic terms. business rather than culture has begun to play a dominant role. more and more people are preoccupied with how much money can be made during the holidays. in fact what makes traditional festivals unique and keeps them alive is their cultural elements. after all, it is unique culture that contributes to the worlds diversity with globalization. 【文章大意】七夕节没有受到公众的欢迎, 这多少出乎人的意料, 但也从另一方面反映了越来越多的人一味追求经济利益, 不能让传统节日长存。6. what makes chinese cultural experts worry that the loversfestival is dying out? a. the disappointment for both businessmen and lovers. b. the cold reaction of the public to qixi festival. c. the failure to make traditional chinese festivals legal. d. the action to preserve culture and traditional festivals. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。从第二段的第一句the cold reception. . . 可知。7. the public looks at the effectiveness of the legalization