高考英语完形填空+记叙文专题练习二十三含答案与解析.docx

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高考英语完形填空+记叙文专题练习二十三含答案与解析

高考英语专题练习（二十三）

完形填空+记叙文

一、完形填空

Leapingonanarrowbalancebeam（平衡木）isnoteasy.ButLolaWalter,a13-year-oldgymnast,isanexpertatit.

Toperfectherskills,Lola36forfourhoursaday,fivedaysaweek.AtthestatechampionshipsinMarch,shefinishedseventhoutof16girls.

That’sespeciallyimpressive,37sheislegallyblind,bornwitharareconditionthatcauseshereyestoshiftconstantly.Sheoftenseesdoubleandcan’t38howfarawaythingsare.

Whenshewaslittle,hermom39thateventhoughshecouldn’tsee40,shewasfearless.Sohermomsignedherupforgymnasticswhenshewasthree.Shelovedthe41rightawayandgymnasticsbecameherfavorite.

Thoughlearninggymnasticshasbeenmore42forherthanforsomeofherteammates,shehasneverquit.Shedoesn’tlether43stopherfromdoinganythingthatshewantsto.

Shelikesthedeterminationittakestodothesport.Herbiggest44isthebalancebeam.Becauseshehasdoublevision,sheoftenseestwobeams.Shemustusehersenseoftouchtohelpherduringherroutine.Sometimessheevencloseshereyes.“Youhaveto45yourmindthatit’lltakeyouwhereyouwanttogo.”saysLola.

Tobeatop-levelgymnast,onemustbebrave.Thebeamisprobablythemost46foranyonebecauseit’sfourincheswide.Atthestatecompetition,Loladidn’tfall47thebeam.Infact,shegotan8.1outof10-herhighestscoreyet.

Loladoesn’twanttobe48differentlyfromtheothergirlsonherteam.Atthecompetitions,thejudgesdon’tknowabouthervision49.Shedoesn’ttellthem,becauseshedoesn’tthinktheyneedtoknow.Hermomisamazedbyher50attitude.

Lolaneverthinksabout51.Sheispresentlyatlevel7whilethehighestislevel10ingymnastics.Her52istoreachlevel9.Shesaysshewantstobeagymnasticscoachtopassdownwhatshe’slearnedtootherkids53shegrowsup.

Lolais54ofallherhardworkandsuccess.Shesaysit’shelpedherovercomeproblemsinherlifeoutsidegymnastics,too.Her55forothersis“justbelieveinyourself”.

36．A．runsB．teachesC．trainsD．dances

37．A．sinceB．unlessC．afterD．though

38．A．tellB．guessC．assumeD．predict

39．A．suspectedB．rememberedC．imaginedD．noticed

40．A．deeplyB．wellC．aheadD．closely

41．A．taskB．sportC．eventD．show

42．A．boringB．enjoyableC．difficultD．satisfactory

43．A．talentB．qualityC．natureD．condition

44．A．doubtB．advantageC．challengeD．progress

45．A．examineB．expressC．openD．trust

46．A．fearfulB．harmfulC．unfairD．inconvenient

47．A．toB．onC．offD．against

48．A．greetedB．treatedC．servedD．paid

49．A．painsB．stressesC．injuriesD．problems

50．A．positiveB．friendlyC．flexibleD．cautious

51．A．defendingB．quittingC．winningD．bargaining

52．A．standardB．rangeC．viewD．goal

53．A．untilB．asC．whenD．before

54．A．proudB．tiredC．ashamedD．confident

55．A．planB．adviceC．rewardD．responsibility

二、阅读理解

DearAlfred

Iwanttotellyouhowimportantyourhelpistomylife.

Growingup,IhadpeopletellingmeIwastooslow,though,withanIQof150at17,I’manythingbutstupid.ThefactwasthatIwasfoundtohaveADHD（AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder注意力缺陷多动障碍）.Anxiousallthetime,Iwasunabletokeepfocusedformorethananhouratatime.

However,whensomethingdidinterestme,Icouldbecomeabsorbed.Inhighschool,Ibecamecuriousaboutthecomputer,andbuiltmyfirstwebsite.Moreover,IcompletedtheseniorcourseofComputerBasics,plusfiverelevantpre-collegecourses.

WhileIwasexploringmycuriosity,mydiseasegotworse.Iwantedtogotocollegeafterhighschool,butcouldn’t.So,IwaskillingmytimeathomeuntilJune2012whenIdiscoveredtheonlinecomputercoursesofyourtrainingcenter.

Sincethen,IhavetakencourseslikeDataScienceandAdvancedMathematics.Currently,I’mlearningyourProbabilitycourse.Ihavehundredsofprinterpaper,coveredinself-writtennotesfromyourvideo.Thishasgivenmeapurpose.

Lastyear,Ispentallmytimelookingforajobwhere,withoutdealingwiththepublic,Icouldworkalone,butstillhaveateamtotalkto.Luckily,Idiscoveredthejob—DataAnalyst—thismonthandhavebeengoingfullsteamahead.IwanttoprovethatIcanteachmyselfarespectfulprofession,withoutgoingtocollege,andbejustasgoodas,ifnotbetterthan,mycompetitors.

Thankyou.You’vegivenmehopethatIcanfollowmyheart.Forthefirsttime,IfeelgoodaboutmyselfbecauseI’mdoingsomething,notbecausesomeonetoldmeIwasdoinggood.Ifeelwhole.

Thisiswhyyou’resavingmylife.

Yours,

Tanis

56．Whydidn’tTanisgotocollegeafterhighschool?

________.

A．ShehadlearnedenoughaboutcomputerscienceB．Shehadmoredifficultykeepingfocused

C．ShepreferredtakingonlinecoursesD．Shewastooslowtolearn

57．Asfortheworkingenvironment,Tanisprefers________

A．workingbyherselfB．dealingwiththepublic

C．competingagainstothersD．stayingwithADHDstudents

58．Taniswrotethisletterinorderto________

A．explainwhyshewasinterestedinthecomputer

B．sharetheideasshehadforherprofession

C．showhowgratefulshewastothecenter

D．describethecoursesshehadtakensofar

PassageC

Ascientistworkingatherlabbenchandasix-oldbabyplayingwithhisfoodmightseemtohavelittleincommon.Afterall,thescientistisengagedinseriousresearchtouncovertheverynatureofthephysicalworld,andthebabyis,well,justplaying…right?

Perhaps,butsomedevelopmentalpsychologistshavearguedthatthis“play”ismorelikeascientificinvestigationthanonemightthink.

Takeacloserlookatthebabyplayingatthetable.Eachtimethebowlofriceispushedoverthetableedge,itfallsintheground—and,intheprocess,itbelongsoutimportantevidenceabouthowphysicalobjectsinteract;bowlsofricedonotfloodinmid-sit,butrequiresupporttoremainstable.Itislikelythatbabiesarenotbornknowingthebasicfactoftheuniverse;noraretheyeverclearlytaughtit.Instead,babiesmayformanunderstandingofobjectsupportthroughrepeatedexperimentsandthenbuildonthisknowledgetolearnevenmoreabouthowobjectsinteract.Thoughtheirrangesandtoolsdiffer,thebaby’sinvestigationandthescientist’sexperimentappeartosharethesameaim（tolearnaboutthenaturalworld）,overallapproach（gatheringdirectevidencefromtheworld）,andlogic（aremyobservationswhatIexpected?

）.

Somepsychologistssuggestthatyoungchildrenlearnaboutmorethanjustthephysicalworldinthisway—thattheyinvestigatehumanpsychologyandtherulesoflanguageusingsimilarmeans.Forexample,itmayonlybethroughrepeatedexperiments,evidencegathering,andfinallyoverturningatheorythatababywillcometoaccepttheideathatotherpeoplecanhavedifferentviewsanddesiresfromwhatheorshehas,forexample,unlikethechild,Mommyactuallydoesn’tlikeDovechocolate.

Viewingchildhooddevelopmentasascientificinvestigationthrowsonhowchildrenlearn,butitalsooffersaninspiringlookatscienceandscientists.Whydoyoungchildrenandscientistsseemtobesomuchalike?

Psychologistshavesuggestedthatscienceasaneffort—thedesiretoexplore,explain,andunderstandourworld—issimplysomethingthatcomesfromourbabyhood.Perhapsevolutionprovidedhumanbabieswithcuriosityandanaturaldrivetoexplaintheirworlds,andadultscientistssimplymakeuseofthesamedrivethatservedthemaschildren.Thesamecognitivesystemsthatmakeyoungchildrenfeelgoodaboutfiguringsomethingoutmayhavebeenadoptedbyadultscientists.Assomepsychologistsputit,“Itisnotthatchildrenarelittlescientistsbutthatscientistsarebigchildren.”

50．Accordingtosomedevelopmentalpsychologists,________

A．ababy’splayisnothingmorethanagame.

B．scientificresearchintobabies;gamesispossible

C．thenatureofbabies’playhasbeenthoroughlyinvestigated

D．ababy’splayissomehowsimilartoascientist’sexperiment

51．WelearnfromParagraph2that________.

A．scientistsandbabiesseemtoobservetheworlddifferently

B．scientistsandbabiesofteninteractwitheachother

C．babiesarebornwiththeknowledgeofobjectsupport

D．babiesseemtocollectevidencejustasscientistsdo

52．Childrenmaylearntherulesoflanguageby________.

A．exploringthephysicalworldB．investigatinghumanpsychology

C．repeatingtheirownexperimentsD．observingtheirparents’behaviors

53．Whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?

________

A．Theworldmaybemoreclearlyexplainedthroughchildren’splay.

B．Studyingbabies’playmayleadtoabetterunderstandingofscience.

C．Childrenmayhavegreaterabilitytofigureoutthingsthanscientists.

D．One’sdriveforscientificresearchmaybecomestrongerashegrows.

54．Whatistheauthor’stonewhenhediscussestheconnectionbetweenscientists’researchandbabies’play?

________

A．Convincing.B．Confused.

C．Confident.D．Cautious.

TestA

Fromtheverybeginningofschoolwemakebooksandreadingaconstantsourceofpossiblefailureandpublichumiliation.Whenchildrenarelittlewemakethemreadaloud,beforetheteacherandotherchildren,sothatwecanbesurethey“know”allthewordstheyarereading.Thismeansthatwhentheydon’tknowaword,theyaregoingtomakeamistake,rightinfrontofeveryone.Afterhavingtaughtfifth-gradeclassesforfouryears,Idecidedtotryatallcoststoridthemoftheirfearanddislikeofbooks,andtogetthemtoreadoftenera