高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练2外研版.docx

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高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练2外研版

2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练

（2）外研版

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。

　　Theywerejustgrasshoppers（蚂蚱）.Butthereweremillionsofthem,whichwaswhydadwassoanxioustogetridofthem.

“They’retotallydestroyingourbeans,”hetoldMomoverlunchtimeoneSaturday.“I’vebeentryingtokeept

hemoutofthetomatoes,butIdon’tknowifIcanmakeit.”

“Isn’ttheresomethingyoucandoaboutthem?

”Momasked.Shewasmostlyconcernedaboutthetomatoes.“Ithinkthere’saspray（喷雾）orsomething,”Dadsaid.“I’mgoingdowntothegardencenterafterlunchandseeiftheyhaveanysuggestions.”

I’mprettysurethat’swhathesaid.But

whatIheardwas,“WhileI’mgone,whydon’tyouandGeorgecomeupwithyourownplanforgettingridofthegrasshoppers?

”

Andsothat’swhatwedid.Itwasthesummerbetweenfifthandsixthgrade,sowewerefeelingprettycleverandmature.Certainlyweknewhowtogetridofthesegrasshoppers.Thatseemedsimpleenough.FinallyRonandDonjoinedusbutthen,thingsgotalittlecrazy.Beforeweknewitweweredoingterribleexperiments.Iwon’tdescribeourexperiments.Let’sjustcallit“TheAdventuresoftheMarquisdeOrkin”.Dadcamehomeandsawthesedifferentdeaths.Wewerelaughing,butthelaughterquicklyturnedtosilencewhenwesawthelookonmyDad’sface.

“Whatareyouboysdoing?

”heasked.

“We’rejustsortofhelpingtogetridofthegrasshoppers,”Isaid.

“Thisisn’tgettingridofgrasshoppers,”Dadsaid.“Thisiskilling.”

Iwasconfused.Ilookedattheinsectici

dehewascarrying.“Butaren’tyougoingtokillgrasshopperswiththat?

”Iasked.

“Yes,becauseit’ssomethingweneedtodofortheprotectionofourgarden,”hesaidseriously.“ButI’mnotgoingtoenjoyit.”

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。

作者家的菜园遭到蚂蚱的破坏,天真的作者想帮助父亲除掉蚂蚱,不想他和同伴使用的方法让父亲很生气,父亲告诫他们:

不能杀生取乐,要学会仁慈。

1.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat　　　.

A.thetomatoesinthegardenwerebadlydamagedbygrasshoppers

B.thefatherwasadvisedtogetridofgrasshopperswithinsecticide

C.thefatheraskedtheauthortohelpcatchgrasshoppers

D.theauthor’swayoftreatinggrasshopperswasinteresting

【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

由文章第三段中提到的父亲午饭后要去花卉商店寻求帮助以及倒数第二段中的Ilookedattheinsecticidehewascarrying.可知,花卉商店建议父亲使用杀虫剂。

故选B项。

2.Theunderlinedsentence“Andsothat’swhatwedid.”meansthat　　　.

A.wekilledthegrasshoppersforfun

B.wecarriedoutanexperimentonthegrasshoppers

C.wethoughtofawaytodealwiththegrasshoppers

D.wewerecleverenoughtogetridofthegrasshoppers

【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

在上一段中提到作者认为父亲的言外之意是让作者想办法除掉蚂蚱,因此此句承接上文,指“我们就是那样做了”,即“我们自己想出了除掉蚂蚱的办法”。

3.Howdidtheauthor’sfatherfeelwhenhesawwhatthechildrenweredoing?

A.Angry.　　　　　　　　B.Confused.

C.Satisfied.D.Fearful.

【解析】选A。

推理判断题。

由文章第五段中的最后一句Wewerelaughing,butthelaughterquicklyturnedtosilencewhenwesawthelookonmyDad’sface.以及文章最后一句ButI’mnotg

oingtoenjoyit.可知父亲看到孩子们残杀蚂蚱取乐很生气。

4.Inwhichmagazinewouldyoumostprobablyfindthispassage?

A.AmericanLaboratory.

B.AccountsofChemicalResearch.

C.Readers’Digest.

D.Technology.

【解析】选C。

文章出处题。

本文的主题是“仁慈,不杀生取乐”。

此类题材的文章最有可能来自《读者文摘》这样的期刊。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。

Imaginelookingf

oryourlostdog.Youstepintoacave.Butinsteadofthedog,youfindbeautifulcavepaintings.Youseepaintingsofhorses,deer,andbisondrawninblack,brown,redandyellow.Yourfirstquestionwouldprobablybe“Whodidthis?

”

ThisiswhathappenedtofourFrenchboysin1940.TheyfoundtheLascauxcaves.Thepaintingstheboysdiscoveredinthosecavesareabout17,000yearsold.TheyweredrawnbytheancientpeoplecalledCro-Magnon（克鲁马努人）.

Cro-Magnonslookedmuchlikepeopleoftoday.Theyusedtools,suchasfishingnets.Buttheirartwasextremelygood.ThemaincaveatLascauxiscalledGreatHallofBulls,whichhasapictureofbullsandhorsesinmanycolours.Thelargestanimalis18feetlong.Therearesmalleranimals,suchasbison,stagsandabear.Thereisalsoastrangespottedtwo-horned（两只角的）animal.

Totheleftofthemaincavearethemostfamouspaintingsthatarethedrawingsofanimalsinmanydifferentcolours.OnepaintingiscalledLittleHorses.Ontheceilingarehorsesandcows.ThemostunusualsightmaybeintheShaftoftheDeadManwherethereisarhinoceros,acarefullydrawndeadman,aninjuredbisonandabird.

Whydid

Cro-Magnonartistsdothesebeautifuldrawingsoncavewalls?

Didthedrawingscalluponsomemagicpower?

DidtheCro-Magnonpeoplehopethatthedrawingswouldbringgoodluck?

Thereisonethingthepaintingsseemtotellus.TheCro-Magnonswereinterestedintheworld.Theylookedatbeautyandtheyunderstoodit.

【文章大意】本文介绍了法国Lascaux岩洞壁画的相关情况。

1.Theauthorusestheword“you”inParagraph1to　　　.

A.attractreaders’attention

B.makeitclearthatthisisatruestory

C.givereadersgooddirectionstofindthecaves

D.comparemodernpeoplewithCro-Magnonpeople

【解析】选A。

推理判断题。

第一段虚构了一个以读者为主人公的场景,目的就是为了引起读者的阅读兴趣。

2.Mostofthedrawingsinthecavesareabout　　　.

A.boys　　B.tools　　C.humans　　D.animals

【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据第三、四段对壁画的描述可知,洞内的绝大多数壁画是关于动物的。

3.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytellus?

A.Cavepaintingsarebeautiful.

B.Whofoundthebeautifulcavepaintings.

C.TheLascauxcavesholdcolourfulancientpaintings.

D.DrawingsofhorsesareonthewallsoftheLascauxcaves.

【解析】选C。

主旨大意题。

文章开头指出了发现壁画的过程,接下来的内容描述了这些壁画。

只有C项能够全面概括全文内容。

A项范围太广,且有些偏题;B、D两项只是文中的细节,不能概括全文。

4.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom　　　.

A.aresearchpaperB.aculturalmagazine

C.asciencenewspaperD.atravelguide

【解析】选B。

推理判断题。

本文主要介绍了法国Lascaux岩洞内的壁画。

这些古老的壁画本身就是宝贵的文化遗产,因此本文最有可能来自文化方面的杂志。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Whenyou’reanemployeeofacompany,nomatterthesize,it’scommontoseeco-workerspromoted,ortransferredtoadifferentdepartment.Butthereisanotherwaytomovearound—bycreatinganewpositionforyourself.Ididthisseveralyearsago,thoughIwasn’tactivelylookingforadifferentjob.

In2007,IwashiredattheTransamericaLifeInsuranceCompany,asacustomerservicerepresentativeinthedistributionsservicesdepartment.Iprocessedrequestsfordistributionsfromourannuity（养老金）policyholdersaroundthecountry.Someonemighthaveforgottentosignaform,forexample,ormighthaveomittedsecurityinformation.Tosolvetheproblem,I’dmailthepersonaletter.

Thecompanyhadbeenthroughseveralcombinations,soinourdepartmentalonewehadacollectionofabout140templates（模板）forlettersrelatedtodistributions.ThelongerIworkedwiththeletters,themoreIsawhowtheycouldbeimproved.Somehadoverlappinginformationandcouldbecombined.Somehadincorrectgrammarorneededupdating.Ialsonoticedthatindustryterminology（专业术语）wasn’tstandardacrossalltheversions.

WhenItoldmydepartmentsupervisoraboutthisin2008,sheagreedthatthelettersneededrevamping.ShesaidIshouldstopwhatI’dbeendoingandstartthenewwork.Inarelativelyshorttime,Iwasabletomakenumerousimprovementsandreducethenumberoflettersto70.Itwasaninformaljobchangeuntilamanagers’meetingseveralmonthslater.

Atthatmeeting,avicepresidentwhowasunawareofmynewworkmentionedthatthedivision’sentirestockof1,700lettersshouldbereviewed.Mymanagertoldherthatsheknewtheperfectpersonforthejob—me.ThepositionwasstillconsideredtemporarywhenItookontheextratasks,butIwasabletoshowthattheworkhadvalue,andIwasofficiallypromotedandgivenaraiseinNovember2009.

31.AccordingtoParagraph1,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theauthoradmiredthosewhogotapromotioninhiscompany.

B.Theauthortriedhisbesttogetapromotioninhiscompany

C.Theauthorwaseagertoseekanotherjob.

D.Itisnosurprisetoseepeoplearounduschangetheirpositions.

【答案】D

【解析】细节理解题。

根据it’scommontoseeco-workerspromoted,ortransferredtoadifferentdepartment.可知看见我们周围的人们改变工作或职位是不奇怪的。

故选D。

32.WhichofthefollowingproblemswiththelettersisNOTmentionedinthepassage?

A.Someinformationneededtobeunited.

B.Someinformationwasoverlooked.

C.Somehadgrammaticalmistakes.

D.Industryterminologydidn’tmeetthestandard.

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。

根据Somehadoverlappinginformationandcouldbecombined.Somehadincorrectgrammarorneededupdating.Ialsonoticedthatindustryterminology（专业术语）wasn’tstandardacrossalltheversions.一些信息需要统一，一些有语法错误，一些行业术语没有达到要求，只有选项B，没有提到，故选B。

33.Theunderlinedword“revamping”inParagraph4isclosestinmeaningto.

A.improvingB.rebuildingC.repeatingD.strengthening

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。

根据Iwasabletomakenumerousimprovements可知这些信需要提高，故选A。

34.Theauthorstartedtoreviewtheletterswhen.

A.hewashiredbythecompany

B.hisdepartmentsupervisoragreedhisidea

C.hewasrecommendedatamanagers’meeting

D.hewaspromoted

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。

根据WhenItoldmydepartmentsupervisoraboutthisin2008,sheagreedthatthelettersneededrevamping.Atthatmeeting,avicepresidentwhowasunawareofmynewworkmentionedthatthedivision’sentirestockof1,700lettersshouldbereviewed.他的部门监督同意了他的观点，故选B。

35.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Wherethereiswill,thereisaway.

B.Don’tletthechancego,whenitcomes.

C.Creatingaposition,andearningapromotion.

D.Waystogetapromotion.

【答案】C

【解析】标题归纳题。

根据短文的内容主要叙述了人们可以换一种职位而得到提升，故选C。

【由2014高考英语湖北省八校联考改编】

完形填空。

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

WhenitisTom’sturnforacut,Mr.Smithplacesawoodenboardcoveredwithapieceofredleatheracrossthearmsofthechair,sothatthebarberdoesn’thavetobendtocuttheboy’sha