高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练8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8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。

　　MentionthetermsItalianCultureandRenaissanceArtandoneisimmediatelyremindedofthemysterioussmileofLeonardodaVinci’sMonaLisa.

TherenaissanceperiodhadadeepeffectonEuropeanculturedevelopment.HavingitsbeginningsinItaly,bythe16thcentury,ithadspreadtotherestofEurope.Itsinfluencewasfeltindifferentfieldssuchasphilosophy,literature,religion,science,politics,and,ofcourse,art.Thescholarsoftherenaissanceperiodappliedthehumanistmethodineveryfieldofstudy,andwantedhumanemotionandrealisminart.

RenaissancescholarsstudiedtheancientLatinandGreektexts,searchingthemonastic（修道院的）librariesofEuropeforworksofancienttimesthathadbecomeobscure,intheirhuntforimprovingandperfectingtheirworldlyknowledge.ThiswascompletelydifferentfromthereligionthatChristianity（基督教）stressed.However,thatdoesnotmeanthattheyrefusedChristianity.Infact,muchofthegreatestworksoftherenaissanceperiodwasdevotedtoit,withthechurchsupportingalotoftheworksofrenaissanceart.However,therewereslightchangesinthemannerinwhichthescholarsbegantotreatreligion,whichaffectedtheculturallifeofthesociety,whichinturninfluencedtheartistsofthatperiodandthereforewasreflectedintheirart.

InRaphael’sSchoolofAthens,forexample,somewell-knownpeopleweredescribedasclassicalscholars,withLeonardodaVincibeinggivenasmuchimportanceasPlatoinhistime.GiottodiBondone,1267—1337,aFlorentine,whoisregardedasthegreatestItalianpainterjustearlierthantherenaissanceperiod,isthoughttobethefirstartistwhotreatedapaintingasawindowintospace.

However,itwasonlyafterthewritingsofFilippoBrunelleschi,1377—1446,whoisconsideredthefirstgreatbuilderoftheItalianRenaissance,thatperspectivewasformallyacceptedasanartistictechnique.

【文章大意】文章介绍了文艺复兴的发源地意大利在当时的背景下的文化特色和相关艺术家在这个时期的作用。

1.WhatmakesItalystandoutinawayinworldhistory?

A.ItsartistsduringtheRenaissancewerenumerous.

B.ItwasthecenteroftheEuropeancountries.

C.IthadLeonardodaVinci’sMonaLisa.

D.ItwasthehometotheRenaissance.

【解析】选D。

推理判断题。

第二段第二句话的beginningsinItaly,bythe16thcentury,ithadspreadtotherestofEurope说明意大利正是文艺复兴的发源地,从而影响整个欧洲。

2.Theunderlinedword“obscure”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans“　　　”.

A.meaninglessandhardtorecognize

B.clearandmeaningfultoguidepeople

C.unclearanddifficulttounderstandorsee

D.easytounderstandbuthavinglittlemeaning

【解析】选C。

词义猜测题。

该题根据语境结合选项进行猜测。

句中的themonastic说明这些资料的来源,和宗教有关的应该是较难理解的,worksofancienttimes也说明了这一点。

3.WhenwasperspectiveofficiallyreceivedduringtheRenaissance?

A.AfterthecompletionofLeonardodaVinci’sMonaLisa.

B.AfterLeonardodaVinci’sbeingcomparedtoPlato.

C.AfterGiottodiBondone’spaintingswer

erespected.

D.AfterFilippoBrunelleschi’scompletinghiswritings.

【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

最后一段的强调结构里的被强调部分就是本题的解题线索。

4.Thepassageaimstotellus　　　.

A.Italy’srenaissanceartandartists

B.thefamousartistsinItaly’shistory

C.Italy’sinfluenceontheworldin

culture

D.thehardshipsduringtherenaissanceinItaly

【解析】选A。

主旨大意题。

文章是围绕着意大利在文艺复兴中的文化发展和相关的艺术家展开的。

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。

（原创）“Didyoucomealoneorwithyourparents?

”WhenTsinghuaUniversity’snew2013freshmenarrivedoncampuslatelastmonth,thefirstquestiontheywerefacedwithattheregistrationdeskwastheabove.Accordingtostatistics,weknowthatmorethanhalfofthe539studentscamealone.ChenJining,presidentofTsinghuaUniversity,encouragedthemto

“startthisnewadventurebystandingonyourowntwofeet”.

Tohelpfreshmengrowup,someuniversitieshavethoughtofnewmethods.AtTsinghua,forexample,freshmenneedtoregisterandfindtheirdormitorybythemselves.Theprocessrequirestwotothreehours,duringwhichvolunteerstakeparentsonatourofthecampus.AtZhejiangUniversity,abannerhangingintheinformationcentersays“Parentsletgoplease;letusg

uideyourchildren.”“Oftenparentsliketodothingsormakedecisionsfortheirchildren.Intheireyes,childrennevergrowup,”saidLuGuodong,dean（系主任）ofundergraduatestudiesatZhejiangUniversity.“Butatuniversity,growingupisthegoalforallstudents.Growingupisthebiggestsuccess.InChina,studentsgrowuptooslowlyasparentsarealwaysincharge.Studentsneverthinkaboutwhatpaththeyshouldtakeandwhy,”hesaid.

ZhangYanxue,aseniorstudentstudyingChineselanguageandliteratureattheCommunicationUniversityofChina,ispresidentoftheSelf-improvementSociety.Althoughmoststudentscanfinishtheregistrationprocessbythemselves,theirparentsusuallypreferaccompanyingthemtotheuniversity.“ThisisthethirdtimeI’vewelcomedfreshmenandIdidn’tseemuchchangeinthatregard,”Zhangsaid.“Thenumberofstudentswhocamealoneisthesameasinpreviousyears.”

Sometimes,however,thedistancebetweenuniversityandhomeissogreatthatmanyparentsaretooworriedtolettheirchildrentravelalone.Toreassureparents,RenminUniversityofChinaintroducedanewmethod.Itasksseniorstudentstoreturntotheirhometownandaccompanyfreshmenbacktothecampus.Thishelpsfreshmengetusedtolivingindependently.

“Studentsshouldhaveanindependentcharacterandadream.Learninghowtousethatindependentcharactertoachievetheirdreamsandfinishtasksassignedbythecountryisveryimportant,”saidTsinghuaUniversityPresi

dentChen.

【文章大意】9月第一周,各大高校已陆续进入开学季。

近日,一些提倡新生独立报到的举措引发公众热议。

有人认为这是新生学习独立的第一步,很有教育意义。

1.Howmanyuniversitiesarementionedinthepassage?

A.4.B.3.C.5.D.6.

【解析】选A。

细节理解题。

第一段中的TsinghuaUniversity;第二段中的ZhejiangUniversity;第三段中的theCommunicationUniversityofChina;第四段中的RenminUniversityofChina。

2.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A.TsinghuaUniversityhasthoughtofnewmethodstohelpfreshmengrowup.

B.Universitiestakemeasurestohelpfreshmenregister.

C.Universitieshelpfreshmentobeindependent.

D.Universitystudentslackindependence.

【解析】选C。

主旨大意题。

A项为原文事实;B项以偏概全;D项只是阐述了一个存在的现象和事实;整篇文章论述了几所大学在开学之初采取各种措施帮助新生提高独立自主的能力,故C项正确。

3.WhatisZhangYanxueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Reporter.B.Headmaster.

C.Teacher.D.Student.

【解析】选D。

细节理

解题。

通过第三段第一句话可知。

4.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Universityfreshmenlackindependence.

B.Parentsdowhattheycandofortheirchildren.

C.Weshouldlearntopracticeourindependenceindailylife.

D.Teacherspaynoattentiontostudents’charactertraining.

【解析】选C。

推理判断题。

A、B两项只是阐述了一个存在的现象和事实;D项在原文中没有涉及;只有C项与文章主题一致。

【2014高考英语湖北省八校联考】

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Manyskilledyoungpeoplearebeingforcedintopart-timeandunskilledwork,thereportsays.Itwarnsofa"crisis"withmorethansixmillionpeoplesodisillusionedtheyhavegivenuplookingforwork.TheILO（InternationalLaborOrganization）wantsgovernmentstomakejobcreationapriority.Itwantsmoretrainingschemes,andalsotaxbreaksforemployers.

"Theyouthunemploymentcrisiscanbebeatenbutonlyifjobcreationforyoungpeoplebecomesakeypriorityinpolicymakingandprivatesectorinvestmentpicksupsignificantly,"saidJoseManuelSalazar-Xirinachs,executivedirectoroftheILO'semploymentsector.

Since2007,thenumberofyoungpeoplewithoutjobshasrisenbyfourmillion-upfromlessthan12%,theGlobalEmploymentTrendsforYouthReportsays.Almost13%ofpeopleagedbetween15and24-oralmost75million-havenowork,althoughthisisslightlydownonitspeakin2009.

IntheEuropeanUnion,oneinfiveyoungpeoplearelookingforwork,thereportclaims.Some27.9%ofyouthswereunemployedinNorthAfricalastyear—ariseoffivepercentagepointson2010.IntheMiddleEast,thefigurestoodat26.5%inthereport'sregionalbreakdown.EveninEastAsia,perhapsthemosteconomicallyactiveregion,theunemploymentratewas2.8timeshigherforyoungpeoplethanforadults,thereportsaid.

But,theILOreportreveals,thetruepictureofyouthunemploymentisevenmorepessimistic.Manyyoungpeopleareextendingtheirtimeinhighereducationbecausetheycannotfindjobs.Othersaretakingpart-timeunskilledworkbecausetheycannotfindworkinthefieldstheytrainedfor.

TheILOsaysthatmorethansixmillionyoungpeopleworldwidehavegivenuplookingforworkandarebecominglyincreasinglydetachedfromsociety.Bynotusingtheirskillstheyarelosingthem,thereportsays,andifthereisnoimprovementinthejobsmarketsoon,theymaybenotonlyunemployed,butunemployable.

TheILOsuggestsofferingtaxbreakstobusinesseshiringyoungpeopleandofferingmoreprogrammestohelpkick-startcareers.

63.WhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoJoseManuelSalazar-Xirinachs?

A.Since2007,thenumberofyoungpeopleoutofjobhasrisento4million.

B.Nearly13%oftheyoungpeoplehavenowork.

C.Jobcreationshouldbemadeakeypriorityinpolicymaking.

D.Theyouthunemploymentratecannevergodown.

64.Thevariousfiguresinparagraph3and4wereusedtoshow_________.

A.TheemploymentsituationisseriousonlyintheEuropeanUnion

B.Theglobalyouthemploymentsituationisdepressing

C.EastAsiaenjoysahighyouthemploymentrate

D.Comparedwiththesituationin2009,theyouthemploymentin2007isslightlybetter

65.AccordingtoILO,thefollowingarecausedbyhighyouthunemploymentrateexcept__________.

A.Thegovernmentcallsonyoungpeopletotakeupwhateverjobisavailable

B.Manyyoungpeoplearemakingtheirtimeinhighereducationlonger