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1、版高考英语 专题强化测评十八完形填空阅读理解四2013版英语高考专题辅导与训练精练精析（SDZY）：专题强化测评（十八）完形填空、阅读理解（四）(限时50分钟). 完形填空2011临沂模拟One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, it was a bird,1, a sparrow. “Whats that? ” I asked when I first heard the gentle thumping（重击声）. “It sounds like Joe is outside playi

2、ng basketball, ” my wife, Anita, said. She2and listened more devotedly. “Its coming from the3, ” she said, “Maybe its one of the little kids. ”We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was4to make trouble. “If hes making holes in the wall again. . . ” I said as I searched there. No5at all. But

3、 there was that6again, coming from right up there. And thats when I7the sparrow. It was flying8just inches below the ceiling. It was9trying to get out, but couldnt see that the way out wasnt up, but down10the open door. So the bird continued11its wings and hitting its head against the12. “Poor thing

4、, ” Anita said, “It must be13. ”“Well, maybe its because of us, ” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide（滑翔）down to get outside, but that only seemed to14it more. “Why dont we just15for a few minutes? ” Anita suggested. “Im sure hell16 eventually. ” So we went back into t

5、he house, where we continued to hear the ongoing17. Then suddenly, it was18. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was gone. “See? ” Anita said, “I told you hed succeed. ”“Yeah, ” I said, “But how many knocks on the head did it19him? ”Ive thought about that little sparrow through the ye

6、ars. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we dont know how to20. Born to go upward, we dont even consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping（拍打）around and just glide down a little bit. 1. A. for example B. rather thanC. or rather D. as well2. A. hurried

7、B. pausedC. ignored D. confirmed3. A. basement B. kitchenC. garage D. hall4. A. easyB. happyC. sorryD. angry5. A. sparrows B. childrenC. birds D. holes6. A. guestB. voiceC. knockD. sound7. A. watched B. foundC. realized D. caught8. A. carefully B. gentlyC. patiently D. anxiously9. A. eventually B. u

8、nwillinglyC. obviously D. thoroughly10. A. throughB. overC. belowD. beyond11. A. shaking B. breakingC. striking D. injuring12. A. wall B. floorC. door D. ceiling13. A. clumsy B. painfulC. amazed D. terrified14. A. frightenB. comfortC. confuseD. calm15. A. leaveB. screamC. relaxD. escape16. A. put it

9、 aside B. leave it aloneC. give it up D. figure it out17. A. accident B. achievementC. struggle D. trouble18. A. excitedB. tiredC. noisyD. silent19. A. costB. offerC. earnD. owe20. A. classify B. handleC. debate D. conclude. 阅读理解(A)When I was struggling with cancer a few years ago, my wife and I for

10、med our own “couple caution circle”. Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress, my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness, and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news. Staring at my reports, he said in a low voice, “It doe

11、snt look like youre going to make it. ”Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and said, “Lets get out of here. This man is a risk to your health. ” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back, ”

12、 demanded my wife. “Stay away from us. ”As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous（静脉注射的）stand. “Were going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on. ” Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Dont co

13、me any closer to us. ”The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hoped of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone. 21. When hearing his progress, what did the authors wife usually do? A. She would give a present to

14、 the doctor. B. She would give her husband a big hug. C. She would not say anything about the progress. D. She would keep quiet and cry22. From the passage we know _ . A. hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mindB. the wifes decision in crisis contributed to th

15、e husbands wellnessC. the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistakeD. the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor23. Whats the authors feeling when writing the passage? A. Angry. B. Thankful. C. Excited. D. Sad. 24. What can be inferred from the passa

16、ge? A. The wife was a woman hard to get along with. B. The doctor was a dangerous man. C. The wife loved her husband very much. D. The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK. 25. What would be the best title for the passage? A. A Happy Couple in CrisisB. Struggle with CancerC. In Cris

17、is, Become As OneD. Dont Believe the Doctor(B)As summer comes near, many children are really happy to forget about school for a few months. However, studies have found that children typically forget between one and three months worth of school learning during the summer months. Spelling and math abi

18、lities suffer the most, while reading is not really influenced by the time off. The most probable reason for this is that most children read at least occasionally outside of the classroom, whether newspapers, magazines, books, or video game guides. However, their math and spelling skills only get ex

19、ercised in the school setting. The original purpose of summer vacations was to let farm children have time off to help work in the fields in the high growing season, but this reason is no longer valid since fewer kids actually work on farms today. Some cities in the United States, such as Los Angele

20、s, have moved to a year-round school calendar, which may help reduce the academic decline that occurs during the long summer vacations. Most cities still use the normal nine and a half-month calendars. To improve skills and to maintain a good level of preparation, experts recommend trips to museums,

21、 summer camps, and visits to libraries to keep kids mentally active and interested throughout the summer. There are other educational systems that provide vacations while still keeping students skills sharp(敏锐的). For example, in Japan, students attend class for seven weeks continuously, followed by

22、two weeks of vacation. This continues throughout the year. In Italy, students attend class six days per week, but finish at 1: 30 PM each day, so that school does not dominate their life the way that it does in America. Educational specialists fear that the three-month summer vacation stops the cont

23、inuity of learning. Just as students become accustomed to new concepts in reading, writing, or critical thinking skills, they “shut down” for an extended period. When they go back to school after the long summer vacation, they take up to two months to return to their previous level of understanding.

24、 And so the debate continues: whether to continue the present vacations or to seek changes. 26. Spelling and math abilities suffer the most during the summer months because children _ . A. take the summer vacation too seriouslyB. do little work of math or spellingC. dont like spelling and mathD. hav

25、e to help work in the fields27. What can be learned from the passage? A. Students read in summer vacations. B. Nowadays no children work on farms in summer vacations. C. The United States has cancelled summer vacations. D. The nine and a half-month calendars help improve skills. 28. What is one of t

26、he advantages of Japans and Italys educational systems? A. They provide students with shorter vacations every year. B. The students have more free time of their own to play. C. They offer vacations without affecting students skills. D. The students attend class for longer time every week. 29. What d

27、oes the underlined phrase “shut down” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Stop learning. B. Get sick. C. Go on vacation. D. Concentrate on their studies. 30. What is the best title for the passage? A. How to Spend Summer Vacations？B. No More Summer Vacations. C. Summer Vacations: Change or NotD.

28、 New Educational Systems Needed(C)2011鹰潭模拟You wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings，you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice

29、as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible! Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you fee

30、l depressed for a moment or a long time. Life brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others pity or respect. When you communicate with positive people，your

31、 spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you，you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you down. Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker，or a relative. In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negativ