江苏省常州市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空训练(38)

江苏省常州市 2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空

训练(38)含答案

Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾). She stepped into the 1 and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and

2 to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach

3 side. The waves struck against the side of the boat,

4 and uneven; it became

5 difficult to row. If she

6 for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the

7 .

She wasn't even halfway, 8 she was already tired and her hands 9 from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). “I'm never going to 10 it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and 11 her head helplessly, then looked up as she 12 the boat shift (晃动) against the tide.

The east wind , which had swung (旋转) around from the south-west, 13 her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be 14 . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst 15 .

The lights of the town became 16 . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she 17 it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just 18 ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last 19 on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves 20 and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

1. A. car B. boat C. ship D. mail

2. A. beside B. before C. behind D. beyond

3. A. another B. other C. either D. the other

4. A. deep B. calm C. gentle D. rough

5. A. more B. less C. as D. least

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6. A. slept B. continued C. rested D. rowed

7. A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. entrance

8. A. if B. so C. but D. since

9. A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. broke

10. A. get B. make C. keep D. take

11. A. mined B. dropped C. cocked D. raised

12. A. saw B. made C. heard D. felt

13. A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. reached for

14. A. difficult B. serious C. all right D.

certain enough

15. A. any more B. still more C. no more D. once more

16. A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. smaller

17. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized

18. A. dreaming B. guessing C. inventing D. expecting

19. A. blow B. hit C. pull D. strike

20. A. anxiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully

参考答案

1~5 BDDDA 6~10 CDCAB

11~15 BDBCA 16~20 DDACB

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Several hundred strangers received "love letters" from a young man on the street. The letter was written and given out by Yang Yang,a student majoring in human resources

at Chongqing University of Science and Technology,who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting.

Yang’s story has caught media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates seeking jobs and struggling for survival in the country’s wealthiest cities. They have diplomas,rather than professional skills, and come to big cities in hopes of better lives. only to find low-paying jobs and poor living conditions.

They are China’s "ant tribe(蚁族) ",a term coined by sociologist Lian Si from Peking University in his 2009 book, Ant Tribe "They’re so similar to ants. They share small and narrow living areas. They’re intelligent and hard-working,yet nameless and underpaid. "The term also speaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the jungle—only the strongest survive.

A survey in Lian’s another book published this year, Ant

TribeⅡ,found nearly

30 percent of "ants" are graduates of famous universities—almost three times last year’s percentage. Most had degrees in popular majors. In addition,7.2 percent of "ants" have at least a master’s degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2009.

An "ant’s"average monthly sala ry is l,904 yuan,with about 64 percent of them earning less than 2,000 yuan a month.

Another survey in the 2010 Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Talent found more than 1 million "ants" live in big cities.

"Most ants are from rural families or small towns,and their experiences in universities didn’t arm them well enough to fight with competitors in big cities’employment markets. " Professor Zhang Ming at Renmin University of China said.

The " ant tribe’s" embarrassing living situations have become a serious social problem,and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduates from big cities,Zhang believed.

However,"ants" expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them positive despite their situations.

(1)Yang’s story is introduced in order to______.

A. analyze graduates’ difficulties in finding jobs

B. lead to the topic of the article—"ant tribe"

C. tell readers a story about those big cities

D. show a clever way of dealing with pressure

(2)The"ants"fail to find high-paying jobs mainly

because______________.

A. they have no diplomas from good universities

B. their majors do not meet the needs of society

C. those from rural areas are not treated equally

D. they do not have necessary professional skills

(3)"Ant tribe "members are similar to ants in the following aspects EXCEPT that______.

A. they live in narrow and small places in groups

B. they work hard but earn little for survival

C. they are in a world judged by the jungle law

D. they are pleased with being nameless and underpaid

(4).Professor Zhang thought "ants" problems could be solved

by__________.

A. creating more jobs for graduates in big cities

B. developing smaller cities to attract graduates

C. sending graduates to rural areas and small towns

D. training graduates to improve their ability

(5)By writing this article,the author mainly intends to show

__________.

A. despite better education. "ants" are still struggling

B. despite difficulties,"ants" have a promising future

C. better education,better job opportunities

D. Ant Tribe is a good book to help understand today’s China

【解析】大学生就业艰难是无可争辩的事实,他们被称为“蚁族“,在大都市中默默地奋斗着,挣扎着,憧憬着……

(1)B 文章结构题。文章用这个年轻人的故事反映出了就业的艰难,从而为下文导入“蚁族”这个中心话题作铺垫。

(2)D 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句中的内容可知他们拥有文凭,但是没有职业技能,因而难以找到高报酬的工作。

(3)D 细节理解题。第三段中提到他们像蚂蚁一样住在狭窄的地方,聪明而勤奋,然而却不被人知而且薪水很低,但并不是说他们喜欢不被人知和低工资,故D项内容错误。

(4)B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知张教授认为解决问题的方法是发展比较小的城市来吸引毕业生。

(5)A写作意图题。作者写作本文意在告诉我们虽然“蚁族”中有相当一部分人拥有高学历,但是他们仍然在为生存苦苦挣扎。

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高考预练

Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)

1.Doctor Nathan is said to have been ________ to researching into wild animals in Africa for more than ten years.

A.absorbed

B. devoted

C.concentrated

D.engaged

答案:B [表示“投身于,全神贯注于……”有如下结构:be absorbed in;be devoted to; be engaged in;concentrate on。故四个选项中只有devote和to搭配使用。]

2.The boy is so shy that he can’t ________ very well ________ others.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/8c18809175.html,municate;to

B. communicate;with

C.get along;to

D.deal;with

答案:B [communicate sth.to sb.把某事传达给某人;communicate with sb.与某人交流; get along well with sb.和某人相处很好;deal with对付,处理。根据题目结构和形容词shy判断“他不善于和别人交流”,所以B项正确。D项不符合本题逻辑。]

3.The project ________ by the end of 2011,will expand the city’s telephone network to cover 2,000,000 users.

A.being accomplished

B. to be accomplished

C.accomplished

D.having been accomplished

答案:B [根据will expand...判断空格处应该表示一个将来的动作,所以用动词不定式to be accomplished。]

4.You may have one of these;in other words,you may have ________ you choose.

A. whichever

B.wherever

C.whenever

D.no matter which

答案:A [空格处所填词既要作have的宾语,同时又作choose的宾语,排除D 项;根据前半句意思判断,表示“在一定范围内选择”,因此选A项。]

5.Though in his seventies,the old man is still as ________ as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.

A.enthusiastic

B. energetic

C.talkative

D.sensitive

答案:B [表示“尽管七十多岁了,那位老人仍然像年轻人一样充满活力,不愿意整天坐着无所事事”,energetic精力充沛的,充满活力的,有力的,符合题意。]

6.Our failure to ________ ourselves to modern life often causes us trouble in our work.

A.adopt

B.apply

C. adapt

D.appoint

答案:C [adopt采用,收养;apply应用,申请;adapt适应;appoint约定,任命。根据句意可知应用C。]

7.The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle ________.

A. to be heard

B.to have heard

C.hearing

D.being heard

答案:A [struggle要接动词不定式作宾语,排除C、D;hear与I 之间是动宾关系,所以要用被动语态结构,排除B。]

8.—Could I use your computer for a few moments,please?

—________.I’m not using it myself.

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B.It depends

C. Go ahead

D.That’s great

答案:C [A项意思是“赶快,快点”;B项意思是“视情况而定”;C项意思是“好吧,可以”;D项意思是“太好了”。根据题意选C,表示“可以”,即同意某人做某事。] 9.—I’m thinking of the test tomorrow.I’m afraid I can’t pass this time.

—________ ! I’m sure you’ll make it.

A.Go ahead

B.Good luck

C.No problem

D. Cheer up

答案:D [根据上下文判断空缺处所填词应表示“鼓励某人”的意思,故答案应为D项。] 10.Fred is second to none in math in our class,but ________,he hardly passed the final math exam.

A.as a matter of fact

B.as usual

C.right away

D. believe it or not

答案:D [句意为“在我们班弗雷德的数学首屈一指,但是信不信由你,他几乎

没有通过数学期末考试”。A项意为“实际上,事实上”;B项意为“像往常一

样”;C项意为“立刻,马上”;D项意为“信不信由你”。]

11.—Can I have a talk with you at about 4 this afternoon,Mr Black?

—All right,I ________ from a conference by then.I will be waiting for you.

A. will have come back

B.will come back

C.have come back

D.will be coming back

答案:A [根据答语中的“by then”和“I will be waiting for you.”可知,此处表示的是到将来某个时间之前已经完成的动作,故用将来完成时态。]

12.________,I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

A.However the story is amusing

B.No matter amusing the story is

C. However amusing the story is

D.No matter how the story is amusing

答案:C [从句子的结构看,这里表示的是让步关系,no matter how 或

however应位于amusing 之前,故选C。]

13.The production plan was fulfilled ________.

A.head of time

B.before time

C. ahead of time

D.time ahead

答案:C [句意为“生产计划提前完成了”。表示“时间提前”应使用ahead

of time,它常在句中作状语。而head是名词,before time是汉语中的说法,故C

为正确答案。]

14.Mr Smith,________ of the ________ speech,started to read a novel.

A. tired;boring

B.tiring;bored

C.tired;boring

D.tiring;boring

答案:A [形容词短语修饰主语Mr Smith,故使用tired;修饰名词speech,应选boring,因此A为正确答案。句意为:由于讨厌这令人厌烦的演讲,史密斯先生开始阅读一本小说了。] 15.—Could you meet me at the airport?

—I’d like to,but I ________ Shanghai when you return.

A. will have left

B.was leaving

C.will leave

D.have left

答案:A [由句意可知,表示将要完成的动作,故A为正确答案。]