1、2015成都龙泉驿区高考英语阅读类、信息匹配课外自练（8）及答案完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 AI was successful at my job. I worked very hard , but it _1_ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. Id worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. _2_, one after
2、noon last May, I was called to the office, and it was _3_ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there _4_ they talked on and all I could think was, “Ive _5_.” Id been so well respected; _6_ I was of no value. For six weeks, I was in a very _7_ place. I wandered around my house lik
3、e a zombie (僵尸).I could _8_ things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything _9_ me. Then, in late June, my youngest sons football team made the city cup final. The year before, hed been very sad when I _10_ the same final, so h
4、e was _11_ when I told him Id go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me _12_ him on was unbelievable. From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder sons band I _13_ went to another city to
5、 watch him play. These moments were so _14_. My life had been so much devoted to _15_ for so long, and I felt 16_ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world. 17_, being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose I was someones mum! I felt a sense of being _18_ again. Now I feel more posi
6、tive about my professional _19_ and Im getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how _20_ it is to achieve real balance in life. ks5( ) 1. A. promised B. afforded C. showed D. left 【答案】B ( ) 2. A. Therefore B. Anyhow C. Otherwise D. However 【答案】D ( ) 3. A.
7、 quickly B. gently C. partly D. easily 【答案】B ( ) 4. A. until B. after C. as D. so 【答案】C ( ) 5. A. failed B. finished C. tried D. changed 【答案】A ( ) 6. A. suddenly B. finally C. immediately D. shortly 【答案】A ( ) 7. A. secret B. quiet C. lonely D. dark 【答案】D s5u( ) 8. A. see B. get C. suggest D. underst
8、and 【答案】A ( ) 9. A. defended B. directed C. deserted D. disturbed 【答案】C ( ) 10. A. watched B. missed C. lost D. won 【答案】B ( ) 11. A. disappointed B. worried C. honoured D. delighted 【答案】D ( ) 12. A. cheering B. taking C. leading D. passing 【答案】A ( ) 13. A. just B. even C. still D. almost 【答案】B ( ) 1
9、4. A. hopeful B. meaningful C. difficult D. strange 【答案】B ( ) 15. A. work B. family C. matches D. performances 【答案】A ( ) 16. A. successful B. thoughtful C. thankful D. peaceful 【答案】C ( ) 17. A. Naturally B. Doubtfully C. Disagreeably D. Unexpectedly 【答案】D ( ) 18. A. employed B. comforted C. valued D
10、. encouraged 【答案】C ( ) 19. A. education B. experience C. relationship D. future【答案】D ( ) 20. A. important B. interesting C. simple D. surprising【答案】A 1. 【解析】afford sb. sth.提供某人某物。该句的意思是我的工作给予了我和我的家人一种极好的生活方式。2. 【解析】根据前后文可知是表示转折，然而一天下午我被叫到办公室。3. 【解析】由于是要辞退作者，所以要用柔和的语气向作者表明她被辞退了。4.【解析】as 引导一个时间状语从句，当他
11、们在给我讲话的时候我坐在那里。5.【解析】当他们告诉我我被解雇了的时候，我所想到的一切只是我失败了，与句首的成功形成对比。6.【解析】作者一直认为很成功，现在却被告知被解雇了，所以说作者突然觉得自己很没用。7.【解析】被解雇后作者生活在黑暗的日子里，感到绝望和无助。 8.【解析】我能看到有些事情需要我去做，但是我就是不愿意做，这与作者被解雇后的心情是一致的，同时也与后面的变化形成了对比。 9.【解析】由于作者被解雇，作者原有的遇事情能够向前看，并且看到事情中的积极的一面，这种人生信仰也抛弃了作者，用desert生动形象，有拟人化的手法。10.【解析】watch“看”；miss“错过”；lose
12、“失去比赛”；win“赢得比赛”。B项符合语境。 11.【解析】当作者告诉孩子要去看他们的球队的比赛时，孩子当然是表现的很高兴。 12.【解析】cheer sb. on 为某人喝彩，为某人加油。13.【解析】even甚至，用来表示程度的加剧，深化。作者甚至去另外的一个城市里去看孩子的表演。14.【解析】这些时刻与作者解雇后的心情相比是极其有意义的。 15. 【解析】在事业后的这一段经历中，通过和孩子相处，作者认识到她过去太致力于工作了。 16. 【解析】作者很感激，在自己忽略孩子们之后孩子还是很欢迎她进入孩子们的世界，这让作者感到很是感激。 17. 【解析】出人意料的是，失业让我重新有了一种人
13、生的目的感。18. 【解析】我再次觉得我的人生有价值有意义。与前文形成对应。 19.【解析】在经历了失业这一人生挫折之后，作者变得对自己的职业前景更为主动，和乐观。20.【解析】在经历了失业后，作者认识到保持工作和生活的一种平衡是非常的重要。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Houses fall down. Trees fall over. Large holes form in the ground. Could Alaska be sinking?Thats what some villagers in Alaska have been ask
14、ing themselves recently and scientists think they know why. Warmer temperatures may be causing Alaskas frozen ground to thaw (解冻). About 85 percent of Alaskas land surface has permafrost (永久冻结带). Permafrost supports the ground above itincluding trees, houses, and roads. But why is the permafrost tha
15、wing? Some scientists say that human-caused pollution is leading to global warming. And most scientists agree that Alaska has been getting warmer. They say that the warmer temperature is causing permafrost to thaw in some areas. The thawing permafrost can cause problems for people, plants, and anima
16、ls. The collapsing (倒塌)is a problem in the villages in Alaska which are built on permafrost, and some of them may have to move to safer ground, where there is no permafrost. The Alaskan town of Glennallen saw its old post office collapse. And, according to James Walters, a permafrost expert at the U
17、niversity of Northern Iowa, house-moving companies have been very busy. “Melting permafrost can also destroy trees and forests,”Walters said. “When holes in the ground form, trees fall into them and die. This could turn a forest into a swamp (沼泽), and animals which need the forests will have to move
18、 elsewhere.”“The melting could cause severe problems.”Walters says, “This could take hundreds of years, but in the end Alaska will look quite different from what it looks like now.”1. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage? A. AlaskaA Frozen Land B. Is Alaska Sinking? C.
19、 Pollution and Global Warming D. Alaska Is Polluted2. The main reason why permafrost is thawing is that _.A. the temperature in Alaska is risingB. people in Alaska dont take care of permafrostC. too many houses are built on permafrostD. people in Alaska polluted permafrost3. The following are the re
20、sults of melting permafrost EXCEPT _.A. holes form in the groundB. a forest will be turned into a swampC. some animals have to go elsewhereD. more water will be needed by people and animals4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. When permafrost melts, houses will fall down
21、. B. House-moving companies are busy because their houses are in danger. C. To stop permafrost melting is a very difficult problem. D. Most of Alaskas land surface has permafrost. 【参考答案】14、BADB 完形填空 The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our gro
22、up began to reflect on what it had meant. We _1_ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city _2_ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply 3 us all the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money Walking home
23、, 4 under a low bridge, we came across 5 families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on 6 he night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.The poverty(贫困) was 7 than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness
24、 settled over the group. Many 8 and cried. Spending time in this 9 moves a person to care about humanity.That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had 10 . Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult 11 that days discoveries had inspired. Sitting together 12 a circle as
25、 everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that 13 of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.Based on my 14 in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that 15 the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all 16 that we ha
26、d seen things that should never be allowed to happen. 17 , what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the 18 we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on 19 they could do, a sense of determination 20 the previous sadness. Instead of despair, thes
27、e young people began to feel a call to action.( ) 1Aput up with Bgot back to Clooked back on Dmade up for【答案】 ( ) 2Anow that Bso that Cas if Deven if 答案】 ( ) 3Apuzzled Bannoyed Cembarrassed Dshocked【答案】 ( ) 4Amarching Brunning Cpassing Dmoving【答案】( ) 5Aentire Bnormal Caverage Dgeneral【答案】( ) 6Abeyon
28、d Bwith Ctill Dfor【答案】 ( ) 7Astronger Bdeeper Cworse Dless【答案】 ( ) 8Agave up Bbroke down Cset off Dheld on【答案】 ( ) 9Aenvironment Bhotel Chouse Dbackground【答案】 ( ) 10Ainspected Battempted Cwitnessed Dchallenged【答案】 ( ) 11Afeelings Bdecisions Cthoughts Dimpressions【答案】 ( ) 12Aalong Baround Cby Din【答案】
29、 ( ) 13Aneither Beither Cnone Deach【答案】 ( ) 14Aexperiences Bschedules Cdata Dposition【答案】 ( ) 15Aonce Bwhile Csince Dunless【答案】 ( ) 16Asupposed Badvised Cconfirmed Dagreed【答案】 ( ) 17ASurely BRather CNow DIndeed【答案】 ( ) 18Aburden Bsuffering Canxiety Ddifficulty【答案】 ( ) 19Ahow Bwhere Cwhat Dwhen【答案】 (
30、 ) 20Areplaced Bchanged Ccovered Dimproved【答案】1【解析】考查动词短语辨析。A忍受；B返回，恢复；D弥补均不和句意；由上句.began to reflect on what it had meant. 现在要回想一下在城市旅游的所闻所见，选C。2【解析】考查连词辨析。根据第一段第三行“我们到市场上去的目的就是让年轻人去体验”， 用so that 来引导目的状语从句，选B。3【解析】考查动词词义辨析。上文描写城市生活，按照常理城市本该是富裕繁华的景象，但后面却描写了城市里生活最艰辛的穷人，这是人们始料不及的，所以是“吃惊”之意，选D。4 【解析】现代分
31、词用法及动词词义辨析。前有walking home , 由under a low bridge可知是从很底的桥下“经过，通过”，选C.5【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。normal 正常的；average平均的；一般的，普通的;general大体的，笼统的; entire整个的，全部的；此处意思是作者见到的是无家可归的“一满家人”，选A。6【解析】考查介词用法辨析。此处表示目的，for 表目的为了度过一晚上，选D.7【解析】考查形容词比较级。此处的关键是than，所以句意是比我们年轻的同伴想象的要更加糟糕，选C.8【解析】考查动词短语辨析。由上句an air of sadness settled
32、over the group, 可知悲伤地气氛围绕着队员，很多同学心情低落,可知只有break down意思为“身体（情绪）等跨了”，选B符合。9【解析】考查名词词义辨析。background背景不和句意，上句an air of sadness中 air 就有”气氛,环境”的含义，选A符合语境。10【解析】考查动词词义辨析。由句子That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had-，可知此处意思是大家在讨论白天的所见所闻，所以选witness 有见证，目睹的含义，选C。11【解析】考查名词词义辨析。此处意思是我鼓励大家讨论
33、内心的感受，由此排除B，不可能激发决定；而C项想法，D项印象也比较勉强,选A符合。12【解析】考查介词辨析。此处为介词和名词的固定搭配；围成一个圈用in a circle.，选D。13【解析】考查代词辨析。由everyone had a chance to speak可知根据句意，大家都有机会发言，所以没有人是孤立的，大家可以彼此交流应付各自的反应“，可知选C。14【解析】考查名词词义辨析。由Based on my- in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested可知他有在贫穷地区的经历，选A。15【解析】考查连词用法辨析。由the emotions we had
34、 were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward.两句话形成鲜明的对比， while 放句首有虽然，尽管之意，可表转折，选B。16【解析】考查动词词义辨析。依据上文意思大家围成圈一直在讨论在交流，所以最后大家达成共识，agree”同意，赞同”符合，选D。17【解析】考查副词辨析。由上文大家形成共识我们所见到的那些事不该再发生， now此处为语气词，作用稍加停顿以引起别人的注意，然后继续说话而改变话题，选C。18【解析】考查名词词义辨析。文中讲城市的部分人过得并不算好，所以有在遭罪、受苦 之意suffering.符合，选B。19【解析】考查宾语从句的连接词用法。分析动词短语focus on 和句子they could do 可知缺少宾语，ABD都不能用，只能用what 引导这一宾语从句，选C.20【解析】考查动词词义辨析。此处意思为“大家有了做事的决心，先前的悲伤与沮丧也就随之被替代了”，replace代替的意思，选A。