(打印版) 2016 第6练 英语高考新题型

第6练

一．阅读理解

A

Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. "Oh no!" he thought to himself. “Another day at that office; a boss who shouts at me all the time. ”

As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds. ”

Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette(香烟) fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street.

At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. “Please explain why you’re so late,” his boss said. “Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. ”I’ve just come into a little money so this is goodbye. Find yourself someone else to shou t at. ”

That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men, neatly dressed in gray suits. “Mr Smithson,” one of them said, "we’re from Bigwoods Pools. I’m afraid there’s been a terrible mistake … ”

1. What do we know about Frank?

A. He was a lazy man.

B. He didn’t make a lot of money.

C. He was a lucky person.

D. He didn’t get on well with his boss.

2. When he heard the knock at the door. Frank probably thought _____.

A. someone had come to make an apology

B. someone had come to give him the money

C. his friends had come to ask about the football pools

D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck

3. On hearing “... there’s been a terrible mistake ...” Frank was most likely to be ______.

A. disappointed

B. worried

C. nervous

D. curious

B

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross

Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.

3. “Londoners are great readers” means that __________.

A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.

B. There are a great number of readers in London

C. Londoners read a lot

D. Londoners are readers who read only great books

4. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.

A. is famous for its bookshops

B. is in the suburbs of London

C. contains various kinds of shops

D. is the busiest street in London

5. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean? __________.

A. buy books in a most busy street

B. waste time looking for books

C. move away from a busy street

D. take a risk of losing one’s life

6. On Farringdon Road, _________.

A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest books

B. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts

C. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books

D. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold

二．七选五

Getting older

No one really knows how and why people change as they get older. ____1____. Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs. In fact, even in one person, different organ systems “age” at different rate.

At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken. _____2_____. It may become more difficult for us to see and hear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.

_____3___ . A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors. ____4___ . But scientists studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.

____5____. Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living. Physical activity may become less, but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.

What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon. Who knows, with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years!

A. Our strength may become weaker.

B. Symptoms include a lack of energy, slow reactions, insomnia and poor memory.

C. Our living condition is yet another.

D. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process

E. As for diet, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.

F. Many factors decide our health.

G. There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes.

三．完形填空

Abraham Pais did business in the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his ___1___ and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a ___2___ trip to the former Soviet Union, Mr. Pais got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the ___3___ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place ___4___ him. The material between his bones became ___5___.

In less than one week after his return, he could not ___6___. Every move that he ___7___ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Pais’ problem and he might never ___8___ over the illness. Mr. Pais, however, refused to give up ___9___ . Mr. Pais thought that ___10___ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. ___11___, he felt that happy thoughts or ___12___ might cure his illness.

He began to ___13___ on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Pais quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the ___14___ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. ___15___ the doctors could not help him, Mr. Pais left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could ___16___ his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Pais rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping __17___ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well __18___ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for ___19___. After a few months,

Mr. Pais returned to work. He had laughed himself back to ___20___.

1. A. time B. work C. sleep D. holiday

2. A. boring B. pleasant C. dangerous D. tiring

3. A. top B. degree C. limit D. problem

4. A. from B. around C. beside D. inside

5. A. weak B. ill C. false D. painful

6. A. speak B. breathe C. see D. stand

7. A. made B. did C. took D. gave

8. A. look B. turn C. get D. think

9. A. effort B. treatment C. hope D. arrangement

10. A. foolish B. unhappy C. funny D. unusual

11. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise

12. A. sleep B. travel C. laughter D. television

13. A. rescue B. operate C. try D. experiment

14. A. day B. week C. month D. year

15. A. Promising B. Deciding C. Doubting D. Recognizing

16. A. invent B. begin C. continue D. prove

17. A. until B. whenever C. unless D. so that

18. A. soon B. completely C. slowly D. enough

19. A. exercise B. illness C. rest D. pleasure

20. A. power B. sense C. health D. happiness

四．语法填空

A

Last night, I had a frightening experience. While I was having dinner at ___1___ fast –food restaurant where I _____2_____(normal) go. In a hurry, the manager came and announced that everybody had to leave the building. The place was ____3_____(crowd) and that made the situation dangerous, as everyone _______4________(determine) to get out first. To make matters worse, an elderly woman, who must ____5____(weigh) 300 pounds, had just come to the _____6____(enter), which was also the only exit. In the meantime, I remembered that I had left my bag in the chair I had been _____7_____(occupy). It was certainly______8______(convenient) to return and get it, but I had to do it. Regardless___9____ the danger, I went back to fetch it. Finally, I got outside. A policeman walked directly to me and said I was _____10_____(forbid) to go into it. Before explaining to him, I heard a new announcement that it was a false alarm. The crowd went away.

B

Many young people don’t think _____1_____(two)before dropping their chewing gum on the floor and probably don’t even think of it as rubbish. It’s said ____2____there are more than 3,000,000 pieces of chewing gum on London’s famous Oxford Street alone. C ity councils in the UK spend millions of pounds each year ___3_____(clean) the gum off streets.

Some councils are taking action. They have put “gummy bins” along streets and outside places such as clubs or bars ___4___people are likely to drop gum. Gummy bins are specially-designed rubbish bins for chewing gum only. They come in _____5______(attract)bright colours that are easy to see and they are also much ____6___(cheap) than cleaning the streets. The chewing gum ______7______(recycle) and used for things such as drainage(排水) systems for football pitches.

However, some people think the chewing gum manufacturers(制造商) should take more _______8______(responsible) for the problem. Gum manufacturers say the problem is with the people who drop the gum in ____9____first place. They should be given large fines and encouraged ____10_____(use) bins instead. Whatever the best solution is, it certainly is a sticky problem!

五．改错

It was a freezing winter night. I pulled myself along the way before a long day’s wor k standing

behind the counter. With an empty stomach and only ten-dollar note and a few pennies in the

pocket, my life seemed hopelessly. Despite the warm Christmas atmosphere, my heart was frozen

to dead. “Excuse me, Madam. Would you please be too kind as to give a few pennies? The little

angels will appreciate for it.” A sweet voice rise behind me. I turned and found a plain-looking girl

with two abandon dogs. Without hesitations, I handed over the note in my pocket. Cheerfully the

girl went away and she would never know how she saved my day and my life.