2020届高考英语二轮专题复习 完形阅读强化综合训练（一百三十七）

2020;2020届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练（一百三十七）完形填空It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful.1that time, mountains were2 by the people living on the plain,3 by the city people, to whom they were wild and4 places in which one was easily5 or killed by terrible animals.Slowly, however, many of the people who were living6 in the towns began to grow tired of7 . They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement.8 , in the9 century, people began to turn away from the man-made10 to the untouched country, and particularly11 the places where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be12 for a holiday.Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport. To some people, there is something greatly13 about getting to the14 of a high mountain: a struggle against nature is finer than a battle15 other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult16 , what a17 reward it is to be able to look18 on everything within19 ！At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down20 .1. A. After B. In C. At D. Before2. A. loved B. liked C. feared D. observed3. A. however B. further C. sometimes D. especially4. A. exciting B. interesting C. dangerous D. alone5. A. looked B. lost C. discovered D. found6. A. unhappily B. lonely C. comfortable D. easily7. A. them B. it C. themselves D. that8. A. Yet B. So C. However D. But9. A. last B. recent C. eighteenth D. early10. A. country B. building C. town D. planet11. A. to B. at C. in D. for12. A. important B. right C. necessary D. popular13. A. pleasant B. interested C. dangerous D. terrible14. A. foot B. spot C. top D. tip15. A. with B. to C. against D. between16. A. fight B. climb C. jump D. running17. A. surprising B. satisfactory C. disappointing D. astonishing18. A. behind B. up C. down D. around19. A. miles B. minutes C. seeing D. sight20. A. above B. below C. over D. away阅读理解AHow to Listen to a Foreign Broadcast?Listening to a radio broadcast in a foreign language is difficult for many of us. We may have studied the language for several years, and are able to read it, maybe even write in it. But listening and understanding the spoken language needs special skills. Some people have a natural ability(能力)that helps them to learn language quickly. Others must study for a long time. Everyone, however, can improve his or her listening skills with practice.We are good listeners for our own language because we have had years of practice. We understand the grammar and words. We also understand the cultural style(文化格调) of our language. We know what to expect a person to say in almost any situation. We have been in the similar situation many times, and we can understand it , even if we do not listen carefully. But this is not true with a foreign language. We must listen with our full attention. And we must try not to let cultural style of our own language affect our understanding of the foreign language.Listening to a foreign broadcast is easier if we know something about it. There are clues(线索) that can help us. One clue is the time of day. Morning programs usually contain many short pieces of news, information or interesting programs for pleasure. All these are short because most of us are getting ready to go to work in the morning. Often we do not have time to listen to long programs. Evening programs are different. There is time for more details(细节)about the subjects discussed.1. The passage is maybe a part of _ .A. How to Learn a Foreign LanguageB. Listening to a Foreign BroadcastC. a piece of English newsD. How to Practise Your Listening Ability2. Which of the following is true?A. If you can read and write a foreign language, you are also a good listener.B. You cant learn English well without natural ability.C. Grammar, words, the cultural style and practice are all important for us to be good listeners.D. We can understand a foreign language easily without listening carefully.3. _ cannot help us understand a foreign language easily.A. Listening in similar situationsB. Natural abilityC. Cultural style of our own languageD. The ability of reading and writing4. If you want to get more information about an event from a foreign broadcast, you had better listen to it _ .A. at 6 a.m.B. at 12 oclockC. at 7 p.m.D. at any time you like5. The underlined word affect in this passage maybe means _ .A. be helpful toB. have an effect onC. have nothing to do withD. become better inBAmericans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the traveller might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport(护照) for travelling people.It is also a governments pledge (保证)that the people will obey the rules of the host country(东道国).To receive a passport from the government, a traveller must prove that he is an American citizen. An American can not go overseas(海外) without a passport. Only certain close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports.Pasted inside the passport is the travellers picture. Children travelling with their parents are included in one parents book.Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveller might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important that he carries in another country is his passport.6. A passport is not needed when an American goes to _ .A. foreign countriesB. dangerous areasC. Canada or MexicoD. countries overseas7. From the passage we can see that _ .A. children cant travel to foreign countriesB. Americans like to travelC. a traveller is not safe in most countriesD. Americans like to travel to close countries8. Why does a traveller need a passport?A. He needs something more to carry when he travels.B. It helps the country to protect the people.C. He needs to have his picture taken more often.D. It helps the traveller to know where he will go.9. Which statement does the passage lead you to believe?A. People should take care of their passports.B. It is not important to have a passport to travel.C. Children are never included in a passport.D. When you are in another country, money is more important than a passport.10. Which of the following is TRUE?A. When Americans are travelling in another country, they must obey the rules of the host country.B. The American government sometimes allow its people to travel to dangerous places.C. A passport is needed wherever an American is travelling.D. Everyone who lives in the United States can get a passport from the American government.CAfter twenty years away from the stage, Ms. Hunter, the eighty-three-year-old singer, is a star once again, and she says, Im the happiest woman in the world.At night Ms. Hunter is on stage, wearing very large round gold earrings, and singing the sad songs for the people who crowd into the theatre.Ms. Hunter, who has loved music all her life, began her lifes work when she was only eleven years old. She ran away from her home in Memphis, because shed heard that singers in Chicago were making ten dollars a week. Even though she was young and tiny, she was able to get a job, and people began to recognize her great talent(天才). She travelled all over the world and became famous not only as a singer, but also as a songwriter.During all those years, Ms. Hunter was very close to her mother whom she brought from Memphis to live and travel with her. But when her mother died in 1954, there was a sudden and total change in Alberta Hunters life. A few days after her mothers death, Ms. Hunter entered school and became a nurse. She gave up singing forever, she thought.For more than twenty-three years, she worked happily as a nurse at a New York hospital, where no one had any idea of her unusual past. Nor did they have much idea of her age. When they finally insisted she retire, they believed she had reached seventy. I was eighty-two, Ms. Hunter says with a smile.She became terribly bored and told some of her old friends about it. One of them suggested that she should go back to singing. She did, and she has been busy ever since.11. In which order did Ms. Hunter do the following things? She _ .a.