完型阅读训练一

1、限时训练一 I.完形填空” “ YOU RE too small, Ginny, you II never make an Olympic team,-ever”owirid my first (赛艇)coach, way back in the late wi nter of 1978. I had just 1 my dream. It was sure too big at that point to somebody whose 2 not only mattered, but whose emotional support could play a key role. Then I

2、was just 20, and still a(n) 3 athlete. Maybe my dream wasn t based on reality. After all, I had tried out for the national team for the first time the previous year and been 4. I lacked the height that most Olympic rowers possess, not to 5 much experie nee as an athlete, and I suffered from asthma,

3、but still, I was shocked by my coach6 s resp not just by his choice of words, but by his certa in ty, I left the gym in a panic. As I walked, I began to rethink my future, making room for my coach opinion, setting 7my dream. A small inner voice had joined forces with the coach8 s“ Maybe he But the n

4、, ano ther voice9 .“ What does he know? Why does he get to decide?” That i own coach didn t have faith in me didn t mean I had to give up on myself so quickly. By the time I arrived back at my apartme nt, I was 10 my coach. And my 11 was back on cen ter stage. 12 came easy when it came to fulfilling

5、 that dream. I tried out for two more national teams and two differe nt coaches cut me. But I was drive n by my love of the13of row in g. I wan ted to row 14 the best and I refused to stop un til I achieved my goal. I made that 1980 team, 15 not gett ing to compete at the Olympics. I kept training f

6、our more years, and 16 won silver at the 1984 Olympics. All the effort was worth it. Everyth ing I have today is a result of 17 that dream, all those hours on the water and in the stadium. They got me here, 18 I know now that big ambitions need not just time to develop, but firm19 in them. If I m no

7、t going to be my own 20_ for my dreams, no one else will. And I will not allow anyone else to decide for me what possible. 1. A. done B. had C. conveyed D. realized 2. A. trai ning B. in troduct ion C. visio n D. opi nio n 3. A. top B. star C. all-ro und D. risi ng 4. A. quit B. cut C. accepted D. a

8、dmitted 5. A. gai n B. own C. men ti on D. state 6. A. Frustrated B. Criticized C. Touched D. Puzzled 7. A. about B. off C. aside D. up 8. A. wrong B. right C. con siderate D. arbitrary 9. A. followed B. argued C. agreed D. faded 10. A. mad at B. satisfied with C. grateful to D. crazy about 11. A. d

9、ig nity B. courage C. con fide nee D. dream 12. A. Everythi ng B. Nothi ng C. An yth ing D. Someth ing 13. A. moveme nt B.speed C. beauty D. image 14. A. among B. betwee n C. from D. of 15. A. due to B. as to C. despite D. for 16. A. freque ntly B. even tually C. perma nen tly D. thoroughly 17. A. c

10、ounting on B. wrestli ng with C. tak ing on D. stick ing to 18. A. because B. whe n C. where D. so that 19. A. performa nee B. belief C. support D. en courageme nt 20. A. champi on B. athlete C. coach D. host II.阅读理解 A In a historic moment on June 26, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriag

11、e is a legal right across all 50 states. The Supreme Court justices ruled states cannot deny gay men and women the same marriage rights. The decision means the 13 states with bans on same-sex marriage are no Ion ger able to enforce them. Same-sex couples “ ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the la

12、w” . Justice Anthony K wrote in the majority opinion:“ The Con stituti on grants them that right.” The decisi on came after decades of litigati on （诉讼） and activism. It set off celebrati ons across the US. In affected states in cludi ng Georgia, Michiga n, Ohio and Texas, same-sex couples rushed to

13、wed, while officials in Mississippi and Louisiana said marriages had to wait until procedural issues were addressed, reported the BBC. According to “ The New York Times ” , the ruling came against the backdrop ofifivinig cha nges in public opinion in the US, with polls in dicat ing that most America

14、 ns now approve of same-sex marriage. US Preside nt Barack Obama welcomed the ruli ng, say ing it “ affirmswhat millio ns of America ns already believe in their hearts.”“ Today, ” he said in a press release, un certa in terms, that we have made our union a little more perfect.” Ano ther win. This wa

15、s the second time the Supreme Court took up same-sex marriage, according to an article in“ Busin ess In sider ” . The first time, in june 2013, the court made a decisi on that allowed the US federal gover nment to recog nize same-sex marriages in states where they were already legal. But at that tim

16、e, the Supreme Court declined to rule on the broader question about gay marriage: Is there a constitutional （宪法的） right to same-sex marriage? The June 26 ruling gave a positive an swer to that questi on. Justice Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that the Constitution should evolve with societal

17、cha nges. The nature of iniustice is that we may not always see it in our own times , ” he wrote. “ The generations that wrote and ratified the “ Billof Rights ” ahd “ FourteentAmendment （修正 案） ” did not exactly know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions, and so they hoped the future genera

18、tions can protect the ri ght of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning. The Fourtee nth Ame ndme nt addresses citize nship rights and equal protecti on of the law. In the June 26 ruli ng, the Supreme Court declared that the equal protect ion clause of the ame ndme nt requires marriage

19、rights be exte nded to same-sex couples, too. 21. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. The majority of America ns now object to same-sex marriage. B. Gay men and wome n did not care about the ruli ng. C. All the US states did not ban same-sex marriage before the ruli ng. D. T

20、he US preside nt believes the country will be less perfect after the ruli ng. 22. It can be in ferred that. A. before June 26, most America ns have doubt about same-sex marriage. B. this is the first time the America ns have got the same-sex marriage right. C. thanks to the amendment, all the Same-s

21、ex couples can get married immediately. D. America ns struggled for decades to win the same-sex right. 23. Why does the author refer to Justice K ennedy s “ the nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times” ? A. The author thinks that it is unfair for same-sex marriage not t

22、o have the marriage right. B. The author wants to show that it is difficult for same-sex marriage couple to get the right. C. The author thinks that in our own times we can not see the justice. D. The author shows his dissatisfact ion with the delayed approval of the legal same-sex marriage. B If yo

23、u could change your child s DNA in thoeptriteet them against diseases, would you? It could be possible because of tech no logy kn ow n as CRISPR-Cas, or just CRISPR. CRISPR in volves a piece of RNA, a chemical messe nger, desig ned to work on one part of DNA; it also uses an en zyme （酶）that can take

24、 unwan ted genes out and put new ones in, accord ing to The Econo mist. There are other ways of edit ing DNA, but CRISPR will do it very simply, quickly, and exactly. The uses of CRISPR could mean that cures are developed for everyth ing from Alzheimer to cancer to HIV. By allowing doctors to put ju

25、st the right cancer-killing genes into a patient s immune system, the tech no logy could help greatly. In April scientists in China said they had tried using CRISPR to edit the genomes （基因组） of huma n embryos. Though the embryos would n ever turn into huma ns, this was the first time anyone had ever

26、 tried to edit DNA from human beings. With this in mind, the US National Academy of Sciences pla ns to discuss questi ons about CRISPR伦理问题 s)ethics ( For example, CRISPR doesn t work properly yet. As well as cutting the DNA it is looking for, it often cuts other DNA, too. In addition, we currently s

27、eem to have too little understanding of what DNA gives people what qualities. There are also moral questio ns around “ play in gGod” .Of course, medic ine already stops natural things from happening for example, it saves people from infections. The opportunities to treat diseases make it hard to say

28、 we shouldn t keep going. A harder question is whether it is ever right to edit human germ-line ( 种系)cells and make changes that are passed on to children. This is banned in 40 countries and restricted in many others. However, CRISPR means that if genes can be edited out, they can also be edited bac

29、k in. It may be up to us as a society to decide whe n and where edit ing the genome is wrong. Also, accord ing to The Econo mist, gene edit ing may mea n that pare nts make choices that are not obviously in the best interests of their children:“ Deaf parents may prefer their be deaf too; pare nts mi

30、ght w ant to make their childre n more in tellige nt at all costs.” In the end, more research is still needed to see what we can and can t do with CF still a huge mystery how we work,” Craig Mello, a UMass Medical School biologist and Nobel Prize winner, told The Bost on Globe.“ We re just tryi ng t

31、o figure out this amazi ngly complicated thi ng we call life.” 24. What is the article mainly about? A. How CRISPR was developed by scientists. B. What we can and can t do with CRISPR. C. Chin ese scie ntists imenlxpeus ing CRISPR to edit huma n embryos. D. The adva ntages of CRISPR and argume nts a

32、bout its ethics. 25. Accordi ng to the article, the tech no logy of CRISPR. A. is very safe because it only cuts the DNA it is look ing for B. is banned in 42 countries and restricted in many others C. could cause pare nts to make un wise choices for their childre n D. could help us discover the lin

33、k betwee n DNA and the qualities it gives people 26. It can be con cluded from the article that CRISPR. A. could be helpful in the treatment of cancer and HIV B. allows scie ntists to edit geno mes for the first time C. is a tech no logy that uses an en zyme to work on RNA and DNA D. has prove n to

34、be the most effective way to protect childre n aga inst diseases 27. What is the author s attitude toward CRISPR? A. Supportive.B. Worried.C. Negative.D. Objective. C My mother believed you could be anything you wan ted to be in America. America was where all my mother s hopes lay. She had come here

35、 in 1949 after esangthing in China. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. “ Of course you can be a prodigy, too, ” my mother told me whe n I was nine.“ You can b best at anything. We didn immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mothe

36、r thought I could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. We d watch Shirley s old movies on TV as t they were trai ning films. My mother would poke my arm and say,You waNilkaAnd I would see Shirley tapp ing her feet, or singing a sailor song, or purs ing her lips into a very round O while say ing, “ Oh my goo

37、d ness.” Soon after my mother got this idea about Shirley Temple, she took me to a beauty training school and put me in the hands of a stude nt who could barely hold the scissors without shak ing. In stead of gett ing big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crin kly black fuzz. My mother dra

38、gged me off to the bathroom and tried to wet downmy hair. “ Youlook like Negro Chinese, ” shelamented, as if I had donupbiseon n fact,in the begi nnin g, I was just as excited asmy mother, maybe eve nmore so.Ipictured this prodigypart of me as many different images,trying each one on forsize. I wasa

39、dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtains, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filli ng the air. In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perf

40、ect. Mymother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything. But sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient.If you don t hurry up and get m of here, I m disappearing for good,” it warned.“ And then you II always be nothing. Every ni ght aft

41、er dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitche n table. She would prese nt new tests, tak ing her examples from stories of amaz ing childre n she had read and a doze n other magaz ines she kept in a pile in our bathroom. My mother got these magaz ines from people whose houses she cleaned

42、. She would look through them all, searching for stories about remarkable childre n. The first ni ght she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries. A teacher was quoted as saying the little boy could also pronounce

43、 the n ames of the foreig n cities correctly. “ What s the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story. All I knew was the capital of Califor nia, because Sacrame nto was the n ame of the street we lived on in Chinatown.“ Nairobi! ” I guessed, saying the most foreign word

44、I could tBhik of. checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronouncebefoiHestrnki ngme the an swer. began The tests got harder multipl ying nu mbers in my head, finding the quee n of hearts in a deck of cards, trying to sta nd on my head without using my han ds, predict ing the daily temperatu

45、res in Los An geles, New York, and London. I And after see ing my mother s disappo in ted face once aga in, someth ing in side of me to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectati ons. Before going to bed that ni ght, I looked in the mirror and whe n I saw only my face stari ng bac

46、k and that it would always be this ordinary face I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror. And the n I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me because I had n ever see n that face before. I looked at my reflect ion, bli nking so I could see more clearly. The girl stari ng back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won ts. I won t let her cha