湖北省随州市高考英语阅读理解短文改错训练4.docx

1、湖北省随州市高考英语阅读理解短文改错训练4湖北省随州市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练（4）（答案或解析）Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boy

2、s and girls are socialized and encouraged to play with different types of toys by their parents, peers, and the “society”. Growing scientific evidence suggests, however, that boys and girls toy preferences may have a biological origin.In 2002, Gerianne M. Alexander of Texas A&M University and Meliss

3、a Hines of City University in London surprised the scientific world by showing that monkeys showed the same sex typical toy preferences as humans. In the study, Alexander and Hines gave two masculine toys (a ball and a police car), two feminine toys (a soft doll and a cooking pot), and two neutral t

4、oys (a picture book and a stuffed dog) to 44 male and 44 female monkeys. They then assessed the monkeys preference for each toy by measuring how much time they spent with each. Their data showed that male monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the masculine toys, and the female monkeys sho

5、wed significantly greater interest in the feminine toys. The two sexes did not differ in their preference for the neutral toys.If children s toy preferences were largely formed by gender socialization, as traditional sociologists claim, in which their parents give “gender appropriate” toys to boys a

6、nd girls, how can these male and female monkeys have the same preferences as boys and girls？They were never socialized by humans, and they had never seen these toys before in their lives.语篇解读本文是科普阅读。男孩和女孩在玩玩具方面具有明显的性别差异。这种差异是后天习得的，还是与生俱来的呢？科学家对此进行了研究。1Traditional sociologists believe boys and girls

7、toy preferences _.A. are passed down from their parentsB. have a biological originC. have nothing to do with gender socializationD. are largely formed in later life解析细节理解题。从文章第一段的第四句和最后一段可知，传统的社会学家认为男孩、女孩对玩具的偏好差异是后天形成的。答案D2The study by Alexander and Hines shows that monkeys_.A. also play toys as hum

8、ans doB. also have a sex typical toy preferenceC. have no toy preferencesD. like to play different toys at different time解析细节理解题。文章第二段的第一句说明，猴子在玩玩具时，也有性别差异。答案B3Alexander and Hines carried out the study to _.A. find out why boys and girls prefer different toysB. test the intelligence of monkeysC. tes

9、t whether monkeys like to play toysD. find more evidence for traditional sociology解析推理判断题。从文章第一段最后一句和最后一段可知，用猴子做研究的目的是证明男孩和女孩在玩玩具时所表现出的偏好是与生俱来的，而不是后天习得的。答案A4According to the study, if given a stuffed dog, _.A. only the male monkeys showed interestB. the female monkeys showed more interestC. the male

10、 and female monkeys showed the same interestD. neither the male nor the female monkeys showed any interest解析细节理解题。从文章第二段最后一句可知，如果给一种中性的玩具，猴子表现出的兴趣没有性别差异。答案C5Masculine toys are mainly intended for_.A. monkeys B. adultC. boys D. girls解析细节理解题。从文章第二段可知，这种玩具是跟女孩玩的玩具相对的，因此是指男孩玩具。答案C*结束【重庆八中】 第一节 短文改错(共10小

11、题; 每小题1分, 满分10分) 以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：请在答题卡上作答。Anita Mei was very famous pop singer in Hong Kong. Together76._with her mother, she began to perform in the age of four. In the 77.

12、_early 1980s, she took part in a local sing competition and won the78._first prize. The song “Bad Girl” made she famous. The following 79._years saw Anita make many records. Some of her song were very80._popular. She was always ready to help others, but she made a lot81._of good friends. When SARS h

13、its Hong Kong , she organized82._several concerts with others pop stars, calling on Hong Kong83._people to bravely face the disease. Sad, Anita died of cancer84._in 2003. The lady that whom was brave and beautiful will always be remembered by people.85._Anita Mei was very famous pop singer in Hong K

14、ong. Together 76. a_with her mother, she began to perform in the age of four. In the 77. at _early 1980s, she took part in a local sing competition and won the 78. singing _first prize. The song “Bad Girl” made she famous. The following 79. her _years saw Anita make many records. Some of her song we

15、re very 80. songs popular. She was always ready to help others, but she made a lot 81. and/so_of good friends. When SARS hits Hong Kong , she organized 82. hit_several concerts with others pop stars, calling on Hong Kong 83.other _people to bravey face the disease. Sad, Anita died of cancer 84. Sadl

16、y _in 2003. The lady that whom was brave and beautiful will always 85. whom be remembered by people.*结束话题探究链接高考 链接1 . （2012四川卷）I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income

17、. I tried journalism, but I didnt think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep

18、-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.It takes confidence lo make a new start theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor the other. Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you

19、re too ashamed to say, Well. Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there. My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.Then I met an agent (代理商) who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful f

20、eedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal th

21、at publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract (合同) of the publisher to be a published

22、 writer is unbelievably rewarding(有回报的).49. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. I was wailing for good fortune.B. I was trying to find an admirable job.C. I was being aimless about a suitable job.D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.50. The author decided to write a no

23、vel .A. to finish the writing courseB. to realize her own dreamC. to satisfy readers wishD. to earn more money51. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain.52. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?A. It pays

24、to stick to ones goal.B. Hard work can lead to success.C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.51.【答案】D【试题解析】推理判断题。根据第三段的第二句：Well. Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there. My confidence dived.可以推知，作者之所以写第一本小说时半途而

25、废是因为不自信、不确定，故答案D符合文意。52.【答案】A【试题解析】目的意图题。根据文章最后一句：is unbelievably rewarding，可以推断出作者的目的要鼓励大家敢于尝试，追逐自己的梦想，这是值得的，故答案A符合文意。【难度】一般【长难句解析】It takes confidence lo make a new start theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor the other.有足够的自信才能够重新开始。其中有一段黑暗的时期，你什么都不是。where引导定语从句，在从句中做时间状

26、语，修饰先行词a dark period。*结束 AHans was an honest fellow with a funny round good-humored face. Living alone, every day he worked in his garden. In all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as his. All sorts of flowers grew there, blooming in their proper order as the months went by, one flower ta

27、king another flowers place, so that there were always beautiful things to see, and pleasant odors to smell. Hans had many friends, the most devoted being the Miller. So devoted was the rich Miller to Hans that hed never go by his garden without plucking a large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet

28、 herbs, or filling his pockets with fruits. The Miller used to talk about noble ideas, and Hans nodded and smiled, feeling proud of having such a friend. The neighbors thought it strange that the rich Miller never gave Hans anything in return, though he had hundreds of sacks of flour, many cows and

29、sheep, but Hans never troubled his head about these, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship. In spring, summer, and autumn Hans was very happy, but when winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to sell, he suffer

30、ed from cold and hunger. Though extremely lonely, the Miller never came to see him then. “Theres no good in going to see Hans while the snow lasts.” The Miller said to his wife, “When people are in trouble they shouldnt be bothered. So Ill wait till the spring comes when hes happy to give me flowers

31、.” “Youre certainly very thoughtful,” answered his wife, “Its quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship.” “Couldnt we ask Hans up here?” said their son. “Ill give him half my meal, and show him my white rabbits.” “How silly you are!” cried the Miller. “I really dont know whats the use of sending you to sch