江苏省徐州市2014高考英语一轮 完形填空和阅读理解基本训练（6）

1 徐州市徐州市 20142014 高考英语一轮完形填空和阅读理解基本训练 高考英语一轮完形填空和阅读理解基本训练 6 6 附答案 附答案 In the fall of 1985 I was a bright eyed girl heading off to Howard University aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere Twenty one years later I am still a bright eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell My grandma an amazing woman graduated 毕业 from college at the age of 65 She was the first in our family to reach that goal But one year after I started college she developed cancer I made the choice to give up college to care for her It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait Then I got married with another dream building my family with a combination of adopt 收养 and biological children In 1999 we adopted our first son To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional A year later came our second adopted boy Then followed son No 3 In 2003 I gave birth to another boy You can imagine how fully occupied I became raising four boys under the age of 81 Our home was a complete zoo a joyous zoo Not surprising I never did make it back to college full time But I never gave up on the dream either I had only one choice to find a way That meant talking as few as one class each semester The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys They often wanted me to stay home with them There certainly were times I wanted to quit but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives In 2007 I graduated from the University of North Carolina It took me over 21 years to get my college degree I am not special just single minded It always struck me that when you re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge but when you re in the midst of it it just seems normal Everything you want won t arrive in your life on one day It s a process Remember Little steps add up to big dreams 2 31 When the author went to Howard University her dream was to be A a writer B a teacher C a judge D a doctor 32 Why did the author leave school in her second year of college A She wanted to study by herself B She fell in love and got married C She suffered from a serious illness D She decided to look after her grandma 33 What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5 A She was busy yet happy with her family life B She took no notice of her guilty feeling for her sons C She wanted to remain a full time housewife D She was too confused to make a correct choice 34 What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph A Failure is the mother of success B Little by little one goes far C Every coin has two sides D Well begun half done 35 Which of the following can best describe the author A Caring and determined 有决心的 B Honest and responsible C Ambitious and sensitive D Innocent and single minded Tim Richter and his wife Linda had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo New York he was in computers she was in special education Teaching means everything to us Tim would say In April 1998 he learned he would need a heart operation It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life s purpose 3 Not long after the surgery 手术 Tim saw a brochure 小册子 describing Imagination Library a program started by Dolly Parton s foundation 基金会 that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer s home town of Sevier Tennessee I thought maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire Tim recalls He placed the brochure on his desk as a reminder Five years later now retired and with that brochure still on the desk Tim clicked on imagination library com The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts The quality 品质 of the books was of great concern to the Richters Rather than sign up online they went to Dollywood for a look see We didn t want to give the children rubbish says Linda The books reviewed each year by teachers literacy specialists and Dollywood board members included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney s Llama Llama series Satisfied the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work Since 2004 they have shipped more than 12 200 books to preschoolers in their area Megan Williams a mother of four is more than appreciative 感激的 This program introduces us to books I ve never heard of The Richters spend about 400 a month sending books to 200 children Some people sit there and wait to die says Tim Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left 36 What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life A His health problem B His love for teaching C The influence of his wife D The news from the Web 37 What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library A Give out brochures B Do something similar C Write books for children D Retire from being a teacher 38 According to the text Dollly Parton is A a well known surgeon B a mother of a four year old 4 C a singer born in Tennessee D a computer programmer 39 Why did the Richters go to Dollywood in person A To avoid signing up online B To meet Dollywood board members C To make sure the books were the newest D To see if the books were of good quality 40 What can we learn from Tim s words in the last paragraph A He needs more money to help the children B He wonders why some people are so busy C He tries to save those waiting to die D He considers what they did worthwhile Ask a bachelor 单身汉 why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment For commitment is in fact quite painful The single life is filled with fun adventure excitement Marriage has such moments but they are not its most distinguishing 显著的 features Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night s sleep or a three day vacation I don t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations It liberates 释放 time now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness It liberates money buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing 5 to increase our happiness now seems pointless And it liberates us from envy we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all 60 According to the author a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because A he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities B he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single C he finds more fun in dating than in marriage D he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement 61 Raising children in the author s opinion is A a moral duty B a thankless job C a rewarding taskD a source of inevitable pain 62 From the last paragraph we learn that envy sometimes stems from 起源于 A hatred B misunderstanding C prejudice D ignorance 63 To understand what true happiness is one must A have as much fun as possible during one s lifetime B make every effort to liberate oneself from pain C put up with pain under all circumstances D be able to distinguish happiness from fun 参考答案 60 63 ACBD 结束 第 套 阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor who was commonly 36 the students friend As they went 37 they saw lying in the path a pair of old 38 which were supposed to belong to a poor man who was 6 working in a 39 close by The student turned to the professor saying Let s play the man a 40 We will hide his shoes and 41 ourselves behind those bushes and wait to see his 42 when he cannot find them My young friend answered the professor we should never 43 ourselves at the 44 of the poor But you are 45 and you may give yourself a much greater 46 by means of the rich man Put a coin into each shoe and then we will hide ourselves and 47 how the discovery affects him The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes The poor man soon finished his work and came 48 the field to the path 49 he had left his coat and shoes While 50 his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes but feeling something 51 he bent down to feel 52 it was and found the coin Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face He then looked around him on all sides but no person was to be seen He now put the money into his pocket and continued to put on the other shoe but his 53 was doubled on finding the other coin He fell upon his knees looked up to heaven and said aloud a fervent 热诚的 thanksgiving in which he 54 his wife sick and helpless and his children without bread The student stood there deeply 55 and his eyes were filled with tears 36 A held B kept C named D called 37 A along B on C over D back 38 A socks B gloves C shoes D trousers 39 A field B factory C company D shop 40 A game B trick C joke D word 41 A hide B have C let D make 42 A excitement B sorrow C disappointment D anxiety 43 A make B treat C amuse D laugh 44 A price B expense C value D pay 45 A poor B kind C honest D rich 46 A pleasure B money C thought D benefit 7 47 A notice B watch C realize D find 48 A about B across C into D by 49 A where B that C there D which 50 A wearing onB dressing up C putting on D pulling in 51 A soft B terrible C strange D hard 52 A what B how C whether D why 53 A confidence B embarrassment C surprise D joy 54 A mentioned B remembered C recommended D reminded 55 A amazed B defeated C puzzled D affected 答案与解析 36 D 这个教授被称为学生的朋友 37 A 这里用 go along 表示 当他们向前走着的时候 along 表示 向前 38 C 从下