2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 完形阅读强化综合训练（三十四）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练 三十四 届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练 三十四 完形填空 A Kentucky young man was taken to a hospital and then to county prison after leading police on a one hour freeway chase 追赶 in a stolen SUV The chase 26 in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel Most of the chase was 27 except for an empty 28 of wine that the driver threw at one police vehicle When the driver got into downtown 29 started to happen He ran over a fire hydrant 消防栓 The water poured out of the hydrant 30 all the books in several carts 手推车 that a seller had put outside to 31 customers into his bookstore The driver 32 turned west onto Grand Avenue and managed to knock into three 33 cars on one side of that street and two cars on the other side The driver also tried to run over 34 who was standing in the 35 ordering him to stop Turning north the driver caused a bus to hit its 36 to avoid a crash The bus was empty and the bus driver was uninjured 37 two police cars that were chasing the SUV 38 different directions were not so 39 One of them ran into the front of the bus and the other into the back 40 the drivers had braked early enough the damage to their cars was 41 Both officers continued the chase They only went two 42 north to find that the SUV had come to a full stop because it had 43 into a newspaper stand in front of the Spring Hotel The driver 44 heavily behind the steering wheel 方向盘 The police 45 the driver of failure to give in to a police officer 26 A began B happened C ended D resulted 27 A pleasant B common C surprising D unusual 28 A tank B box C case D bottle 29 A things B objects C fights D kills 30 A ruining B separating C softening D boring 31 A please B attract C fill D admit 32 A slowly B carefully C hurriedly D suddenly 用心 爱心 专心 2 33 A hidden B broken C passing D parked 34 A another driver B a passer by C the seller D a police officer 35 A crosswalk B police box C shop nearby D police vehicle 36 A lights B brakes C engines D wheels 37 A Besides B Instead C However D Therefore 38 A from B into C under D toward 39 A proud B lucky C regretful D sorry 40 A Before B Although C Because D When 41 A effective B serious C normal D slight 42 A steps B shops C meters D blocks 43 A rushed B entered C came D backed 44 A flew B fell C flowed D fled 45 A provided B impressed C accused D marked 阅读理解 A 篇 Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family As the only girl in a family of seven children she often felt like she had seven fathers because her six brothers as well as her father tried to control her Feeling shy and unimportant she retreated 躲避 into books Despite her love of reading she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate In high school with the encouragement of one particular teacher Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine Her father encouraged her to go to college because her thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband Cisneros did attend college but instead of searching for a husband she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa At the university s Writers Workshop however she felt lonely a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families The feeling of being so different helped 用心 爱心 专心 3 Cisneros find her Creative voice It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice I knew I was a Mexican woman but I didn t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life but it had everything to do with it That s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn t write about Cisneros published her first work The House on Mango Street when she was twenty nine The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish speaking area in Chicago much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level Since then Cisneros has published several books of poetry a children s book and a short story collection 46 Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood A She had seven brothers B She felt herself a nobody C She was too shy to go to school D She did not have any good teachers 47 The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to A work for a school magazine B run away from her family C make a lot of friends D develop her writing style 48 According to Cisneros what played the decisive role in her success A Her early years in college B Her training in the Workshop C Her feeling of being different D Her childhood experience 49 What do we learn about The House on Mango Street A It is quite popular among students B It is the only book ever written by Cisneros 用心 爱心 专心 4 C It wasn t success as it was written in Spanish D It won an award when Cisneros was twenty nine B 篇 Monarch Butterflies One of the last West Coast homes of the Monarch butterfly a type of insect 昆 虫 may soon disappear Strangely it is in a town that calls itself Butterfly U S A Pacific Grove California The town of Pacific Grove loves the butterflies Every year they have a parade 游行 and hundreds of children dress up as butterflies Monarch butterflies are the town mascot Tourism is very important and many people come to see the butterflies The butterflies are good for the development of the town In 1981 there were so many butterflies it looked like it was raining butterflies Tens of thousands of Monarchs stayed on tree branches near Pacific Grove Now there are not so many The building goes on a little bit at a time and you don t notice it day by day Over time you can see that there has been a lot of development As new buildings go up many trees are cut down This reduces the natural homes for the butterflies Monarchs travel hundreds of miles each year returning to the same woods often to the same trees The female Monarchs need milkweed to lay their eggs the males will follow the females Millions of Monarchs have traveled regularly along the same path for thousands of years They start their trip in the mountains of Mexico and travel to the middle part of America If the woods where the butterflies live are destroyed the whole species 物种 could be lost There have been Monarch butterflies along the coast of California for as long as man can remember but no one is sure how much longer they will last 50 Why are Monarch butterflies important to Pacific Grove A They may disappear 用心 爱心 专心 5 B They come t