2012届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练（七十一）

1、PAGE PAGE - 4 -用心 爱心 专心2012届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练（七十一）完形填空 Dear Bob, Thank you for your note. I like your comparison between death and failure. I had not thought of these two in the_1_way that you describe. I thank you for _2_this to my attention. Your insights are very deep. _3_you say, Death is onl

2、y an end but failure can_4_someones whole life. Yes, death is final. Failure is temporary(暂时的). Death leaves us with_5_. But failure can leave us with_6_which will improve our lives. I hope that your failure to_7_that terrible English test will help you_8_it will hurt you. Please remember that it is

3、 not being_9_ that is important. It is the inability to get up that is_10_. You will have to learn to get up, and to get going. Failure is the staying down._11_is not the falling down. From reading your letter, I_12_your English to be very good. You write better than_13_of my American friends. I do

4、not know the reason for_14_your English test. Maybe you were distracted(使分心) that day. It is a(n)_15_that persons are judged on the basis of a single test. You write well, you_16_your feelings with excellence, and you think_17_. These characteristics should help you move towards a_18_career. Just do

5、nt let yourself stay down. Get up and let them all know that you are talented(能干的) and you are_19_to succeed. I think you will. With best_20_for a fine career. John 1. A. same B. wrong C. correct D. right 2. A. giving B. carrying C. sending D. bringing 3. A. As B. When C. Which D. What 4. A. rise B.

6、 do C. change D. devote 5. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 6. A. experiences B. lessons C. efforts D. texts 7. A. hold B. pass C. describe D. carry 8. A. as good as B. as well as C. in order to D. more than 9. A. put down B. taken down C. knocked down D. handed down 10. A. importan

7、t B. possible C. probable D. impossible 11. A. He B. What C. It D. Which 12. A. receive B. send C. judge D. prefer 13. A. all B. any C. neither D. some 14. A. succeeding B. finishing C. passing D. failing 15. A. honor B. shame C. fact D. idea 16. A. send B. express C. carry D. read 17. A. deeply B.

8、uselessly C. uncertainly D. narrowly 18. A. bright B. dark C. short D. long 19. A. written B. engaged C. supposed D. determined 20. A. regards B. attentions C. wishes D. journeys 阅读理解 A Characters in the land of make-believe can be billionaires! While we experience breathtaking adventures with Harry

9、 Potter or watch Mickey Mouse play funny games with his friends, we are in fact making them very rich. Forbes, the well-known US-based magazine, selected the highest earning make-believe characters. Here are the top five. Mickey Mouse: Mickey Mouse seems to have been around forever. Although he has

10、lost the first place to Winnie the Pooh, he earned US$4.7 billion last year, which is something to smile about. Harry Potter: Even though there was no new book last year, Harry Potter fans paid US$2.9 billion to see his second film, enjoy his computer games and play with wizard toys. Frodo: It has t

11、aken 50 years for The Lord of the Rings (指环王) to become a success on the big screen. Now Frodo, the main character in JRR Tolkiens books is earning more than US$2.2 billion a year from films, books and toys. Winnie the Pooh: Pooh is still number one, earning more than US$5 billion last year. But he

12、doesnt make much of his money from movies-his face appears on millions of clothes, bags and lunch boxes. Spider-Man: Despite taking US$800 million from his first film and another US$1.9 billion in retail(零售的) sales, Spider-Man wasnt able to beat the Walt Disney legends. 1. According to the passage,_

13、is the highest earning character. A. Spider-Man B. Mickey Mouse C. Winnie the Pooh D. Forbes 2. Frodo is among the top five to make over $2.2 billion by_. A. magazines, computers and games B. films, clothes and bags C. lunch boxes, films and wizard toys D. films, books and toys 3. It can probably be

14、 inferred that_. A. success must depend on efforts by itself B. earning money depends on chances C. becoming billionaires depends on making films D. success has to get different help from others B China has built a biscuit (饼干) factory to make food for its captive (圈养的) giant pandas, giving them a h

15、ealthier diet than the usual steamed bread. The special biscuits, developed by the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre, are shaped like bamboo so they will not seem unfamiliar to the pandas. The cream-colored biscuit, made of bamboo, is rich in vitamins and has 30 per cent more fibre th

16、an normal bamboo, said Yu Jianqiu, who is in charge of the project. Steamed bread, which is eaten by most captive giant pandas as well as fresh bamboo, loses much of its goodness when cooked, often causing malnutrition (营养不良) in the animals. Whats more, it can only be stored for a short time, making

17、 pandas expensive to feed. Thirty pandas have tried the biscuits since the factory was completed in October. They love our new biscuits, Yu said. In time, all pandas in captivity will be given the new food. Around 1,000 giant pandas live in the foggy mountains around the Sichuan Basin (盆地) in southw

18、est China, while about 140 live in captivity around the world. The destruction of forests, a pandas natural home and major food source, is the biggest threat to the animal. In 1998, China banned(禁 止) the cutting down of trees in panda- inhabited areas to help save an animal seen as a national treasu

19、re. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. A special factory has been built to give captive pandas a healthier diet. B. This kind of biscuit made in Chengdu looks like bamboo in shape. C. Normal bamboo fit for pandas is so rich in vitamins and fibre. D. Usual steamed brea

20、d is less healthier than this special biscuit. 5. From the passage, we can know that_. A. steamed bread has less nutrition when cooked B. this special biscuit made of bamboo loses its taste and shape C. this special biscuit is fit for all the pandas D. most captive giant pandas dont like to eat fres

21、h bamboo 6. The last paragraph mainly tells us_. A. at present there are about 140 pandas living in the forest B. about 1,000 giant pandas live in northwest China C. about 300 pandas in captivity have never eaten this biscuit D. destroying forests does great harm to animals like pandas C With its ta

22、ll buildings and crowded streets, Hong Kong is one of the last places you would expect to find a wild animal. But green sea turtles (绿甲海龟), have become regular visitors to beaches found in more peaceful parts of the metropolis (大都市). Over the last month, people living in Hong Kong and Hainan Provinc

23、e have been lucky enough to see the giant turtles lay their eggs on the beaches at night. A man watches giant green sea turtles laying their eggs on a beach in Hong Kong. Male turtles spend their entire lives in the sea. But every two to six years, the females swim thousands of miles from their feed

24、ing grounds to lay eggs in their own birthplaces. Unfortunately, few of the baby turtles survive with only one in 1,000 living into adulthood. If they manage to grow big, which takes 20 to 30 years, they can live for more than a century. Man is the main reason that the turtles are dying out. The cre

25、atures habitats(栖息地) are destroyed by fishing and pollution, while the turtles themselves are killed for food and leather. But the days of eating turtle eggs have long since passed. Hong Kong banned the eating and sale of them in 1976, hoping to help save the endangered creatures. In recent years, t

26、he government has closed beaches between June and October so the turtles can lay eggs in peace. Scientists also try and keep a count of the number of turtles, even following them using satellites. Through tracking the turtles, they hope to learn new ways of protecting them. 7. The passage is mainly about_. A. the places where green sea turtles lay eggs B. how to protect the endangered green sea turtles C. some ways of green turtles living in the sea D. where to fi