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1、七选五专练试题Passage 1(2013辽宁卷)Forgiveness To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People

2、 who forgive show less sadness，anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research._1_ Try the following steps： Calm yourself. _2_ You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure : a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.Dont wait for an apo

3、logy. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just dont see things the same way. _3_ Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you. Take the control away from your offende

4、r (冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who caused you pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. _4_ If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and ev

5、en love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offenders point of view. Dont forget to forgive yourself. _5_ But it can rob you of your selfconfidence if you dont do it. AWhy should you forgive? BHow should you start to forgive? CRecognize the benefits of forgiveness. D. Try to see th

6、ings from your offenders angle. E. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge. F. To make your anger die away, try a simple stressmanagement technique. G. If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.解读：本文为说明文，主要向读者介绍了如何开始宽恕别人或自己的方法。 1.解析：第一段说明了宽

7、恕的意义，该空格后的各段说明了宽恕的具体方法，由此可推断该空格处应为一承上启下的过渡句，故选B项。答案：B 2.解析：根据段落中心句Calm yourself.和下文的关键信息think of something that gives you pleasure可确定答案。答案：F 3.解析：根据关键词apology可迅速确定答案。答案：G 4.解析：根据关键信息write a letter to yourself from your offenders point of view可确定答案。答案：D 5.解析：根据段落中心句Dont forget to forgive yourself.中的关

8、键信息forgive yourself可确定答案。答案：EPassage 2(2013北京卷)Urbanization Until relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. _1_ In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural(乡村的) vill

9、ages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in historya society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living. Britain was only the beginning. _2_ The process of urbanizationthe migration (迁徙 ) of people from the countryside

10、 to the citywas the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live. In 1900 ，fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today，over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. _3_ Large cities were impossible until agriculture becam

11、e industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies, it took about ninetyfive people on farms to feed five people in cities. _4_ Until modern times，those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Cities survived by taxing fa

12、rmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city. Over the past two centuries, the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. _5_ Today, instead of needing ni

13、netyfive farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred nonfarmers.AThat kept cities very small.B. The rest live in small towns.C. The effects of urban living on people should be considered.D. Soon many other industrial nations became urban societies.E. But

14、 even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.F. Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.G. Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.解读：本文为说明文，题材为社会与热点，主要讲述了城市化的进程。1解析：第一段主要讲述了在过去城市非常少，大多数人都是住在农场或乡村里，根据主旨可知应选择E项。答案：E2

15、解析：空格前一句中的beginning与D项中的soon相对应，英国只是个开始，之后一些其他的国家也开始成为城市化的社会，故选择D项。答案：D3解析：空格所在的段落通过列举数据来体现现在城市化的扩大，绝大多数的美国人住在城市里，少部分住在农场里，因此此空说明剩下的人居住在何地，故选择B项。答案：B4解析：此空之前在阐述过去为什么城市不可能大的原因，因此A项与前面的意思对应。答案：A5解析：空格前一句阐述工业革命打破了此前城市和乡村的这种平衡，因此空格处是对前一句内容的进一步阐述，因此选择F项。答案：FPassage 1(2013东北联考)Make the right choices What

16、is lifes greatest gift? _1_ Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal.What is so great about ch oice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists.Each of us becomes another Michelangelo.Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to s

17、culpt(雕刻) our life.The tool doesnt come free，however，for the price of choice is responsibility._2_ The reward is happiness.Life is not still.It is a flow. _3_ We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey.We need to ask questions：Am I moving closer to my goals? If not，what corrective mea

18、sures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life. _4_ And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which gas sta

19、tion to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probabi lity that we will experience happiness and fulfillment. All chess lovers realize that

20、it isnt necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. _5_AIt is free will or choice.BYou have to make choices every day.CMake the best moves you can under the circumstances.DBut when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.EEvery choice we m

21、ake leads us closer to or farther from our goals.FLife is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.GChoose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.解读：每个人每天都要面临各种各样的选择。正确的选择究竟会给我们的人生带来些什么呢？ 1.解析：根据上文的提问“生命中最珍贵的礼物是什么？”可知选A，it指代lifes grea

22、test gift，即生命中最珍贵的礼物是自由的意志或选择。答案：A2解析：选项D中a great return与下文The reward前后照应，即当我们接受并执行它时，我们就获得了巨大的回报。这种回报就是幸福。答案：D3解析：根据下文所提的三个问题可知该段在谈论选择对人生目标的影响，故E项为正确答案，即我们所做的每一个选择让我们更接近或者远离我们的目标。答案：E4解析：根据下文可知，无论是日常生活中的小事，还是涉及人生的大事，都离不开选择。故B项“你每天都不得不做出选择”符合文意。答案：B 5.解析：人生就像一盘棋。在我们身处的环境下，要尽最大可能走好每一步。答案：CPassage 2(2

23、013海淀期中) Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely terrifying. _1_ However, most deaths result from panic, without a plan or understanding what is happening to the car in the water. By adopting a brace (支撑)

24、 position, acting decisively and getting out fast，you can save yourself from a sinking vehicle.Brace yourself for impact ( 撞击力). As soon as youre aware that youre going off the road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position. The impact could set off the airbag system in your vehicle, so you s

25、hould place both hands on the steering wheel in the “ten and two” position. Undo your seatbelt. _2_ Unbuckle the children, starting with the oldest first. Forget the cellphone call. Your car isnt going to wait for you to make the call. _3_ Leave the door alone at this stage and concentrate on the wi

26、ndow. A cars electrical system should work for up to three minutes in water, so try the method of opening it electronically first. Many people dont think about the window as an escape option either because of panic or misinformation about doors and sinking. Break the window. If you arent able to ope

27、n the window, or it only opens halfway, youll need to break it with an object or your foot. It may feel counterintuitive(有悖常理的) to let water into the car._4_ Escape when the car has equalized. If it has reached the dramatic stage where the car cabin has been filled with water and it has become balan

28、ced, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival. _5_ While there is still air in the car, take slow, deep breaths and focus on what youre doing. AOpen the window as soon as you hit the water. BSurviving a sinking car is not as difficult as you think. CIt takes 60 to 120 seconds fo

29、r a car to fill up with water usually. DSuch accidents are particularly dangerous to the risk of drowning. EIn conclusion, if you know what to do in the water, you will be safe. FThis is the first thing to attend to, yet it often gets forgotten in the panic. G. But the sooner the window is open, the

30、 sooner you can escape directly through it.解读：本文为说明文，主要介绍了当遇到汽车掉入水中时，人们应该如何应对。1解析：空格前的“an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water”与D项中的“Such accidents”对应，而空格处句子与空格后一句为转折关系，故选择D项。答案：D2解析：空格前句“Undo your seatbelt.”与F项中的“This is the first thing to attend to”对应，故选择F项。答案：F3解析：根据本段中的“concen

31、trate on the window”和“Many people dont think about the window as an escape option either because of panic.”可知选择A项。答案：A4解析：首先空格前句与空格处为转折关系，本段仍旧围绕“window”进行阐述，G项所表达的意思为打开窗户逃生，与本段主旨一致，故选择G项。答案：G5解析：空格前的“car cabin has been filled_with_water”与C项中的“fill up with water”对应，而C项所表达的意思也与空格后的“While there is stil

32、l air in the car”相关联，故此题选择C项。答案：CPassage 3(2013辽宁五校) There is an English saying：“_1_” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. _2_ Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressu