2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 完形阅读强化综合训练（一百三十二）

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 一百三十二 届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练 一百三十二 完形填空 When I was 16 years old I made my first visit to the United States It wasn t the first time I had been 56 Like most English children I learned French 57 school and I had often been to France so I 58 speaking a foreign language to people who didn t understand 59 But when I went to America I was really looking forward to 60 a nice easy holiday without any 61 problems 62 wrong I was The misunderstanding began at the airport I was looking for a 63 telephone to give my American friend Danny a 64 and tell her that I had arrived A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked 65 he could help me Yes I said I want to give my friend a ring Well that s 66 he exclaimed Are you getting 67 But aren t you a bit 68 Who is talking about marriage I replied I 69 want to give my friend a ring to tell her I ve arrived Can you tell me 70 there s a phone box Oh he said there s a phone downstairs When at last we 71 meet up Danny explained the misunderstandings to me Don t worry she said to me I had so many 72 at first There are lots of words which the Americans 73 differently in meaning from us British You ll soon get used to 74 funny things they say Most of the 75 British and American people understand each other 56 A out B away C outside D abroad 国外 57 A from B during C at D after 58 A get used to B was used to C used to D used 59 A English B French C Russian D Latin 60 A buying B having C giving D receiving 61 A time B human C language D money 62 A Too B What a C What D How 63 A cheap B popular C public D good 64 A letter B ring C news D information 65 A that B if C where D when 66 A well B over C nice D ring 67 A to marry B to be married C marrying D married 68 A small B big C old D young 69 A very B just C just now D so 70 A where B in which C over there D that 71 A did B do C could D had 72 A trouble B difficulties C things D fun 73 A write B speak C use D read 74 A every B each C some D all the 75 A chance B situation C condition D time 阅读理解 A COMPUTER AND TELEPHONE 用心 爱心 专心 2 Do you ever call long distance from a pay phone You dial the number and then you hear something like Sixty cents please Please deposit 将 硬币 投入 sixty cents for the first three minutes If you are placing the call in New York State don t try to ask the operator a question There is no one on the line with you The voice you hear comes from a computer It has a vocabulary of seventy words in its memory This program is known as the Automatic Coin Telephone Service The words and numbers are first recorded by an actress The sounds are then changed into electronic signals and stored in a computer memory circuit 线路 The circuit is hooked 连接 into the computer that controls all the calls made from pay telephones While you dial your call the computer senses each of the numbers When you finish it calculates 计算 the cost and produces the voice that you hear As soon as you deposit the money the computer automatically connects your call Have you ever called information and heard an operator say Information May I help you You tell the operator a name and he or she gives you the phone number In the past the operator would have to thumb through 翻阅 the telephone directory to look up the number Now a new computer system provides this information much more quickly Sometimes it can find the number even if you misspell the name Information operators who use this new system type in the name you give on the computer terminal In a flash the computer displays the name and telephone number on the CRT At the same time the computer calls up nine similar names In case you spelled the name wrong the operator may still be able to find it All new phones are also entered into this computer system The information operators therefore have the up to the minute 最新的 listings At the end of the year the computer is hooked into a machine that automatically sets the type for the new telephone directory The directory is then printed from this type accurately quickly and at a great saving in cost 76 A computerized pay phone doesn t connect your call A but you needn t pay some money B unless you pay a certain sum of money C because you don t want to pay a bit of money D when you pay a certain sum of money 77 Computerized telephones A don t need special programs B don t need any operators C have special programs D need different kinds of help 78 The voice you hear A comes from a telephone B comes from an actress C from a computer is made by itself D from a computer is recorded by an actress 用心 爱心 专心 3 79 When you tell information operator a name A he or she can give you the name quickly B he or she has to thumb through the telephone directory to look up the number C they can give you the number quickly D he or she can give you the number quickly 80 A computerized telephone is the one that is not computerized A as convenient 方便的 as B more convenient than C not so convenient as D more interesting than B Hundreds of years ago a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland The Scots loved their country They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland But there were too many of the Romans It looked as if the Romans would win One night the leader of the Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill We will rest here tonight my men he said Tomorrow we will fight one more battle We must win or we will die They were all very tired So they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep There were four guards on duty but they were very tired and one by one they fell asleep The Romans were not asleep Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill Slowly they went up the hill Closer they came to the sleeping Scots They were almost at the top A few minutes more the war would be over Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle The fighting was hard but it did not last long The Scots wiped out 消灭 the Romans and saved Scotland The thistle is not a beautiful plant It has sharp needles 刺 all over it Few people liked it But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower 81 Hundreds of years ago the Romans A came from the north of England to fight the Scots B came from the north through England to make war on Scotland C came to the north from the south of Britain to fight the Scots D came to the north from England to make war on Scotland 82 The leader of the Scots told his men they would fight A another battle to wipe out the Romans the next day B more other battles to wipe out the Romans the next day C more than one battle to wipe out the Romans the next day D not more than one battle to wipe out the Romans the next day 83 At the shout of a Roman soldier all the Scots who were asleep at the hill A began to fight the Romans hard 用心 爱心 专心 4 B put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight C stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fight D woke and rose immediately to fight 84 The result of the war is that A the Romans killed all the Scots B the Scots defeated 战胜 the Romans C the Scots were defeated D the Scots were driven out of Scotland 85 The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle A gave them happiness B helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans C is a kind of useful plant D is lovely though not beautiful C English is a mixture of many different languages Because of this the vocabulary of the English language is very large It is much larger than almost any other language in the world Many English words came from Latin the old language of Rome and Greek From Latin we get words like wine use and day From Greek we have words such as photograph bible 圣经 and ink Because these two languages are extinct 过时的 the words have more often come through other languages such as French or the old German language There are also words from both Greek and Latin combined television for example tele is Greek for far and vision comes from Latin meaning seeing Many common English words came from other different places Tea is from China banana from west Africa Potato from the island of Haiti 海地 in the West Indies 西印度群岛 and tomato from Mexico One reason why the English language came from different languages is that many nations had invaded 侵略 Britain before Two thousand years ago Romans came from Italy and stayed for over four hundred years After they left came the Anglos 盎格鲁人 Saxons 撒 克逊人 and Jutes 朱特人 from the northern part of Germany In the ninth and tenth centuries Scandinavians 斯堪的纳维亚人 invaded the northern and eastern parts of the country Finally in the eleventh century William of Normandy 诺曼 底 came from France and became the King of England Thus the French civilization 文明 and the French language were introduced into Britain 86 Which two languages are extinct A English and French B Roman and Greek C Latin and Greek D French and German 87 The vocabulary of the English language is large because A the English do not like to speak other language B it came from different languages C many English words come from Latin 用心 爱心 专心 5 D Britain has a long history 88 The old Romans spoke A Latin B Italian C French D Greek 89 Which of the following about television is TRUE A It is a mixture of two languages B It is a verb C It is a Greek word D It is an English word 90 How did French civilization come to Britain A William of Normandy conquered England B Anglos Saxons and Jutes came to Britain C Scandinavians lived in the northern and eastern parts of the country D The Romans stayed in Britain 1 5 DCBAB 6 10 CDCBB 11 15 CDDBA 16 20 ABCDD 1 B 细节题 从第二段我们得知 在你拨号后首先听到的是告诉你要付多少钱 因此 B 为 最佳答案 2 C 细节题 从第三段 This program is known as the Automatic Coin Telephone Service 得此答案 3 D 细节题 从第四段 The words and numbers are first recorded by an actress 得此 答案 4 D 细节题 从 You tell the operator a name and he or she gives you the phone number 及下文得此答案 5 B 总结判断题 全文讲了使用计算机操作后电话带给人们的便利 6 D 细节题 从短文第一句得此答案 7 A 细节题 从