1、 2013高考英语二轮完形、阅读强化系列（14）及答案完形填空He met her at a party. She was outstanding while he was normal. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee. She was 26 but due to being polite, she 27 . Sitting in a nice coffee shop, he was too 28 to say anything. Suddenly he asked the 29 , Would you pleas
2、e give me some salt? Id like to put it in my coffee. Everybody stared at him, so 30 ! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him 31 , Why you have this hobby? He replied, When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked the 32 of the sea, just like
3、 the taste of the salty coffee. 33 I have the salty coffee, I always 34 my childhood and my hometown. I miss my hometown and my parents. 35 saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who has 36 of home. That was a really beautiful
4、 37 of their story. Then the story was just like every beautiful love story the princess 38 the prince. And every time she made 39 for him, she put some salt in it, as she knew thats the 40 he liked it.After 40 years, he passed away, 41 her a letter which said, My dearest, please forgive me, forgive
5、 my whole lifes lie the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, 42 I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to 43 so I just went ahead. If I can live for the second time, I still want to have you for my whole life, 44 I have to drink the salty c
6、offee again.Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, Whats the taste of 45 coffee? She replied, Its sweet.26. A. surprised B. pleased C. satisfied D. excited 27. A. answered B. promised C. provided D. refused 28. A. curious B. jealous C. nervous D. cautious 29. A. waiter B.
7、 girl C. partner D. customer 30. A. outstanding B. bitter C. delicious D. strange 31. A. constantly B. curiously C. suddenly D. seriously 32. A. color B. character C. quality D. taste 33. A. Every time B. Next time C. The first time D. By the time 34. A. think out B. think over C. think of D. think
8、up 35. A. Since B. Though C. While D. Because 36. A. responsibility B. concept C. consideration D. control 37. A. scene B. beginning C. comedy D. result 38. A. dated B. admired C. devoted D. married 39. A. tea B. water C. coffee D. milk 40. A. way B. method C. means D. route 41. A. left B. leaving C
9、. writing D. wrote 42. A. fortunately B. actually C. happily D. possibly 43. A. change B. remind C. overcome D. remove 44. A. as though B. now that C. even though D. so that 45. A. sugared B. old C. instant D. salty 阅读理解 A 篇In 1841, a book was published which astonished the world. It was called“Inci
10、dents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan”. The author John Loud Stephens had just returned from a long, difficult and dangerous journey through the thick rain forest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. He had once been there with Frederick Catherwood, an architect and artist, to search
11、for the remains of a lost civilization known as the Mayas（玛雅）.Very little was known about the Mayas at that time, but Catherwoods drawing in the book showed incredible cities with temples, pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those of their northern neighbors, the Aztecs. These cities, howe
12、ver, were deserted. The inhabitants（居民）had disappeared almost a thousand years before. Since that time, far more has been learned about this remarkable civilization. The Mayas had a highly developed system of government and of agriculture, as well as an incredibly accurate system of measuring time.
13、They were also wonderful engineers capable of moving huge blocks stone long distances and cutting them to accurate shapes and sizes. And yet although the Mayas knew about the wheel, they never used it. Neither did they use metals other than copper. What is ever more surprising is that they suddenly
14、abandoned many of their cities and built new ones in the jungle. Some time around AD900, Mayan civilization collapsed. By the year 1200, their last great capital, Chichen Itza, was deserted. Who were these strange people and the even stranger gods they worshipped(崇拜)? What brought about their sudden
15、 and mysterious collapse? Some writers have tried to prove that the Mayas had contact with visitors from space and even that they themselves came from another planet. Some people believe that their civilization came to an end because the Mayas never developed a proper resistance to local germs and d
16、iseases. All we really know is that when the first Europeans appeared off their coast in 1517, this great and mysterious culture was only a memory.46Stephens book astonished the world because . Ait was the first time people heard about Mayas Bthe Mayas were excellent builders and farmers Che had exp
17、erienced so may difficulties to find this lost civilization Dit described that the Mayas used to be an advanced civilization47One of the most surprising findings about Mayas was that . Athey developed accurate system measuring time Bthey knew how to build pyramids with stones Cthey deserted their ci
18、ties and moved to new ones Dthey built cities which they never lived in48Mayas civilization collapsed probably in . Aa thousand years before 1841 Baround AD 900 Cany year between 1200 and 1517 DAD120049What brought about Mayan sudden collapse? ATropical germs and diseases BEuropean conquest CMysteri
19、ous force from outer space DNo one knows for sureB篇The food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illn
20、ess is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep colour in meats and other food additives（添加剂）caused cancer. Yet, these additives remain in our f
21、ood, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings（包装）of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar things are suppli
22、ed to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues.50. According to this passage, we can know . A. perhaps m
23、ost of human illness is caused by what we eat B. perhaps most kinds of cancer are related to what people eat C. cancer was discovered in 1945 D. science has made food unfit to eat 51. Things that are used to keep colours in meats are . A. harmful B. useless C. helpless D. dangerous 52. All the addit
24、ives . A. are bright and colourless B. are not bright and colourful C. have indirect effects on our health D. have direct effects on our health 53. People use additives . A. to make food more unfit to eat B. to improve the colour and taste of the food C. to change colour of the food D. to take off t
25、he diseases of the food54. Which of the following is not true? A. Some wrappings of food are harmful. B. Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals. C. “The practice continues” means “things are still going on like that”. D. We neednt take care of what we eat. 参考答案26 45 ABCAD BDACC ABDCA BBACD 46-54 DCBD AACBD