英语阅读短文

英语试题

第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter(战斗机) pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was 36 by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was 37 and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now 38 about lessons learned from that experience.

One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You 39 jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were 40 !"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.

"I 41 your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口气）in surprise and 42 .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"

Plumb assured him, "It 43 did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him 44 the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything 45 , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a 46 ."

Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深处）of the ship 47 working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the 48 of someone he didn't know.

Plumb asks his 49 , "Who's packing your 50 ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it 51 the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down-he needed his 52 parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these 53 before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to 54 and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through 55 times.

36. A. followed B. destroyed C. spied D. seen

37. A. released B. wounded C. caught D. killed

38. A. lectures B. gives C. studies D. hears

39. A. repaired B. made C. flew D. cleaned

40. A. taken down B. looked down C. set down D. shot down

41. A. bought B. checked C. found D. packed

42. A. gratefully B. suspiciously C. happily D. sadly

43. A. almost B. surely C. narrowly D. nearly

44. A. abroad B. in C. on D. at

45. A. so B. because C. unless D. though

46. A. sailor B. captain C. pilot D. technician

47. A. unwillingly B. immediately C. worriedly D. carefully

48. A. death B. fortune C. fate D. chance

49. A. wife B. children C. sailors D. audience

50. A. luggage B. bag C. parachute D. future

51. A. through B. to C. up to D. as

52. A. psychological B. physical C. imaginary D. safe

53. A. spirits B. emotions C. supports D. people

54. A. award B. recognize C. reward D. help

55. A. happy B. tough C. comfortable D. cosy

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

It was Molly’s job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each mo rning before he headed off to work．

One morning，in addition to his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second paper bag. This one was worn and held together with staples(书钉)．“Why two bags?”her father asked．”The other is something else，”Molly answered．”What’s in it?”“Just some stuff．Take it with you．” Not wanting to discuss the matter, he put both sacks into his briefcase, kissed Molly and rushed off．At midday he opened Molly’s bag and took out the contents：two hair ribbons，three small stones，a plastic dinosaur，a tiny sea shell，a small doll，and 13 pennies．．．The busy father smiled，finished eating，and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly’s stuff in cluded．

That evening，Molly ran up behind him as he read the paper．”Where’s my bag?” “What bag?”“The one I gave you this mo rning．”“I left it at the office, wh y ?”“I forgot to put this note in it．”she said．"And，besides，Daddy，the things in the sack are the things I really like．I thought you might like to play with them．You didn’t lose the bag，did you，Daddy?”“Oh，no，”he said，lying．”I just forgot to bring it home．I’ll bring it back tomorrow．”While Molly hugged her father’s neck，he unfolded the note that read：”I love you，Daddy．”Molly had given him her treasures－all that a 7-year-old held dear．

Love in a paper bag，and he missed it－not only missed it, but had thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went to the office. Just ahead of the night janitor(看门人), he picked up the bag from the wastebasket. He put the treasures inside and carried it home carefully. The bag didn't look so good , but the stuff was all there and that’s what counted.

After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the stuff in the sack. It took a long time to tell. Everything had a story or a memory. “Sometimes I think of all t he great times in this sweet life,” he thought.

We should all remember that it’s not the destination that counts in life, but the journey. That journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten.

56．What did Molly give her father a second bag for?

A．S he didn’t want to keep the things in the bag．

B．She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father．

C．She wanted to remind her father of the stories behind the things．

D．She enjoyed playing with her father．

57．After Father heard what his daughter said，he felt .

A．regretful B．surprised C．sad D. satisfied

58. Which of the following is the most suitable title of the passage?

A．An Important Journey B．Two Bags

C．Father and Daughter D．Love in a Paper Bag

B

A 15-year-old American has become the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, completing the feat by summiting Antarctica's Mount Vinson over the weekend.

Jordan Romero, who last year at age 13 became the youngest person to climb the world's tallest peak Mt Everest, was descending to base camp on Sunday after reaching the summit of Vinson Massif with a team that included his father and stepmother, according to his team's website. "We're at the roof of Antarctica," a member of Team Jordan said in a webcast from near the 4897-metre peak on a frigid but "legendary day".

Romero beat the record previously held by Britain's George Atkinson, who in May completed the seven ascents at the age of 16. The junior mountaineer from Big Bear Lake, California has been hooked on climbing from an early age. When he was just 10, he became the youngest person to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak at 5895 meters.

Before his 11th birthday, he had another world record under his belt, summiting Europe's Mt Elbrus, in Russia's Caucasus mountains, in July 2007. Five months later, it was the 6962-metre Mt Aconcagua in Argentina, followed by Alaska's Mt McKinley at 6194 meters. In September 2009 at age 13, he climbed Indonesia's Carstensz Pyramid, at 6194 meters the tallest island peak in the world, breaking another record. Eight months later in May 2010, he climbed Everest, and ever since he and his team had been preparing for his Antarctic expedition.

"Looking forward to tomorrow, and we'll make you guys proud and promise we'll come back home safe and sound," Romero said in a webcast on Saturday, hours before he began the final ascent to Mt Vinson's summit.

The team had intended to reach the top on Christmas Day, but ideal weather and good progress allowed them to summit a day ahead of schedule.

59. Which mountain stands in Asia?

A. Mt. Vinson.

B. Mt. Everest.

C. Mt. Kilimajaro.

D. Mt. Elbrus.

60. Among the following mountains, which is the highest?

A. Mt McKinley.

B. Mt. Aconcagua.

C. Mt. Kilimanjaro.

D. Mt. Vinson.

61. According to the passage, which of the following can’t be used to descri be Romero?

A. Optimistic

B. Strong-willed

C. Ambitous

D. Selfish.

62. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Romero-the youngest person to climb the highest mountains of seven continents

B. Romero-the youngest person and his wonderful team

C. Romero beat Britain's George Atkinson who held the record previously

D. How Romero climbed the mountains successfully

C

As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Don’t panic！You will deal

successfully with them！You are a young adult now!

With more responsibility，you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine！Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.

Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world.

It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens. This period is part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life's journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again.

You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!

63.The best title for this passage would be ________.

A. The Choices in Life

B. The Key to Success

C. Say Goodbye to the Past

D. Becoming a Young Adult

64.Who do the underlined words “some people” (Paragraph 4)probably mean?

A. your parents

B. your classmates

C. true friends D．your relatives

65.As far as the author is concerned, teenage years are___.

A. a period of complete freedom

B. too hard for young people to get through

C. an important time for the young to make the right choices

D. a very important period for young students to leave their parents

66. Who is the passage mainly intended for?

A. Teenagers.

B. Teachers.

C. Young parents

D. Adults.

D

Babies born in summer are more likely to become short-sighted in late life, a study has shown.

As many as a quarter of all cases of short-sightedness are caused by too great an exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life, say eye experts. They are advising all parents to put sunglasses on their babies during the first weeks. Scientists had already established that over-exposure to sunlight caused shortsightedness in animals. Researchers who compared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glasses later on say the principle also applies to humans. A study of almost 300,000 young adults-the largest of its kind-showed that those born in June and July had a 25 per cent greater chance of becoming severely short-sighted than those born in December or January. Research leader Professor Michael Belkin, of Tel Aviv University, said it was because prolonged illumination(光照) causes the eyeball to lengthen-causing short-sightedness. Hence the more light a newborn is exposed to, the more the eyeball lengthens and the worse the short-sightedness will be.

The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun. In young babies not enough melatonin is released as protection, meaning they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes to eyeball shape.

Sight expert Professor Daniel O’Leary, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said “At the moment we don’t know the precise cause of why light exposure affects sight, but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reas ons for people becoming shortsighted.”

67. Babies born in summer are more likely to be shortsighted ____________.

A. because the summer sun is too strong for babies

B. because babies who are born in summer have lengthened eyeballs

C. if exposed to much sunlight in the first weeks after they are born

D. if parents don’t know a proper way to protect their babies’ eyes

68. Melatonin is a kind of material to ___________.

A. prevent the eyes from becoming near-sighted

B. protect the skin from harmful sun rays

C. make our body strong

D. protect babies’ eyes from summer sun

69. From what Professor Daniel O’Leary says we can conclude that ___________.

A. there is no evidence that shortsightedness is related to exposure to sunlight

B. whether light exposure affects sight still needs to be further proved

C. he believes that light exposure can cause shortsightedness

D. he tries to give the cause of why light exposure affects sight

70. The underlined word “vulnerable” in th e passage probably means __________.

A. easy to be harmed

B. resistant

C. protective

D. changeable

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Keeping or restoring health in the later years often requires more effort and determination than when we are younger. It includes:

__71__ If your relative or friend has medical problems, you can ask the doctor if changes in diet should be made and whether you should go to an expert for additional information.

__72__ Always remember that more is not always better, that nothing takes the place of a healthy diet, and that some vitamins and herbs can be dangerous, if taken in excess(过量) or in the presence of certain medical conditions.

__73__ If your older relative or friend is reasonably healthy, he or she can begin a regular program of exercise including stretching, weight training, and low impact aerobics(有氧健身法), after discussing it with his or her doctor.

Exercise can help to avoid accidents, improve strength and mobility, lower blood pressure, and help to prevent or control some diseases. If your care receiver is weak or ill, you can ask the doctor about what exercises may be appropriate.___74__ The expert can show you how to do range of motion, stretching, and strengthening exercises. Over time, these exercises can help to increase strength and mobility.

Staying involved with family and friends. _75___ Keeping an active mind with activities ranging from reading to card and board games as well as using a computer. Learning about assistive devices

that can enhance your older relative or friend’s independence and safety.

A. A medical examination.

B. A healthy diet.

C.Exercise.

D.It is not necessary for old people to take supplements(补充) of vitamins and minerals.

E.Your older relative or friend may want to begin such an exercise program under the

direction of an expert.

F.Taking part in community activities, such as going to senior center activities.

G.Supplements of certain vitamins and minerals, if advised by the doctor or expert.

第Ⅱ卷主观题试卷(共35分)

第一节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加: 在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除: 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

We all have a strong desire to succeed. For some the desire is great than that of the average people. In fact, everyone wants to be successful so very few are willing to pay the price of hard working. Success is an attitude and has no really secrets. It all start with your belief system. Your belief system starts with what you feel about yourself. You must at first believe in yourself. On your journey to succeed, you will find that there are no shortcuts. You will never be able to completely master every detail of your life. Attempt to do so will only lead to disappointment. Besides, it's necessary of you to have clear goals. You'd better put your goals on paper where they are visible so that they can help to monitor your progress.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

人们完成工作的方式通常有两种：独立完成和合作完成。两种方式各有特点。请你以“Working Individually or Working in a Team”为题，按照以下要点写一篇英语短文：

1.独立完成：自行安排、自己解决问题。

2.合作完成：一起讨论、相互学习

3.我喜欢的方式和理由

注意：词数100-120，文章的题目和开头已给出（不计词数）。

Working Individually or Working in a Team

There are basically two ways to get work done．

答案

完形填空 36-40 BCACD 41-45 DABCB 46-50 ADCDC 51-55 ABCBB

第三部分 阅读理解

阅读理解:56-58 BAD 59-62BBDA 63-66DBCA 67-70CBCA

七选五: 71-75 B G C E F

短文改错答案：

We all have a strong desire to succeed. For some the desire is great greater

than that of the average people. In fact, everyone wants to be successful so but

very few are willing to pay the price of hard working work . Success is an attitude and has no really real secrets. It all start starts

with your belief system. Your belief system starts with what how

you feel about yourself. You mustat first believe in yourself. On your journey to succeed(success), you will find that there are no shortcuts. You will never be able to completely master every detail of your life. Attempt Attempting

to do so will only lead to disappointment. Besides, it's necessary of for

you to have clear goals. You'd better put ∧down 或 your goals ∧down on paper where they are visible so that they can help to monitor your progress.

书面表达:

Working Individually or Working in a Team

There are basically two ways to get work done ． One is to work individually ． In this way, people can decide for themselves when to start work and how to do it ． What’s more, they will be able to learn bow to solve problems on their own ．

People may also choose to work in a team, where they can learn from each other and help each other ． Besides, they may work out better ways to get work done by discussion ．

Personally, I prefer to work in a team, which offers me a chance to learn how to get along with others and to share my experiences with them ． As the work can be divided among several people, it can be done efficiently ． Teamwork is always important ．