1、2015贵阳市高考英语阅读理解和完形填空自选练习（2）答案（四月）【2015高考复习】阅读理解The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly，the interviewer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or Dove？”Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked stra
2、nge questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.Employers want people skilled，enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response，employers ar
3、e increasingly using questions which try and show the applicants true personality.The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test (能力倾向测
4、验)According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.This is sometimes called the
5、prisoners dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they dont understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.【语篇解读】本文讲述了现代企业招聘面试中的能力倾向测试并为求职者提供了回答此类问题的技巧。1The writer wrote
6、 the passage to_.Agive you a piece of advice on a job interviewBtell you how to meet a job interviewerCdescribe the aptitude test Dadvice you how to find a job解析写作目的题。通读全文可知，本文意在为面试者提供建议。答案A2Why do the interviewers ask such questions?AThey want to discover what the interviewees know.BThey are curiou
7、s about the answers.CThey try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problems.DThey just ask questions without thinking much.解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.”可知答案为C项。答案C3According to the writer，in an aptitude test，Chinese
8、 job applicants should_.Anot tell the truthBlearn to tell what they really thinkCbe more enthusiasticDtry to find out what the examiner really want to know解析细节理解题。根据最后一段的最后一句“Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.”可知，在能力倾向测验中，求职者应该给出一个诚实的答案。答案B4From the pas
9、sage we know that_.Ajob applicants are always asked such questionsBmore Chinese applicants fail to find a jobCapplicants should not act as reasonably as a prisonerDthe aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide解析推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，西方的求职者们不断发现他们被问到类似这样的奇怪问题，而且有迹象表明这种情况在中国也开始出现。由此可推知D项正确。答案D阅读下列短文，从每
10、题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMy newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground.
11、 They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldnt drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insur
12、ance company. Id be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously Id be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city
13、centre.The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hours wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk.
14、 Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a min
15、ute and a half.I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I cant recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed a lack of
16、 sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “Youve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such
17、 jobs being a postman is another one I still desire demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.1The writer applied for the job chiefly because _.A
18、he wanted to work in the centre of London Bhe could no longer afford to live without oneChe was not interested in any other available job Dhe had received some suitable training2The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _.Ahe often traveled undergroundBhe had written many poemsChe
19、could deal with difficult situations Dhe had worked in a company3The length of his interview meant that _.Ahe was not going to be offered the job Bhe had not done well in the intelligence testChe did not like the interviewer at all Dhe had little work experience to talk about4What does the writer re
20、alize now that he did not realize then?AHow unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. BHow difficult it is to be a poet.CHow unsuitable he was for the job.DHow badly he did in the interview.5Whats the writers opinion of the psychologist?A. He was very aggressive（有进取心的）. B. He was unhappy with his job.C. He w
21、as quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.【参考答案】15、BCACD 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Every country has its own culture.Even though each country uses doors. .Doors many have 1 functions and purposes which lead to 2 differences. When I first came to America, I noticed that a
22、public building had two different 3 and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to 4 the building. This was new to me, because we use the 5 door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to g
23、o out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.The way of using school bus doors was also 6 to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, 7 who were getting off the bus should get off first , and students who were getti
24、ng on should get on 8 . In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I 9 _tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally 10 ,and my face went red.( ) 1. A. d
25、ifferent B. important C. practical D. unusual答案：C试题分析：从“lead to 22 differences”可判断“不同功能导致-不同”高考考点：考查形容词温馨提示：A 不同的B 重要的C 实践的D不寻常的( ) 2. A. national B. embarrassing C. cultural D. amazing答案：C试题分析：从开头总括句“Every country has its own culture.”高考考点：考查形容词温馨提示：A 国家的B 尴尬的C文化的 D惊奇的( ) 3. A. exits B. entrances C
26、. signs D. doors答案：C试题分析：从下文“push the door with the word “PUSH”和 “pull the door with the word “PULL” 及 two different 可知高考考点：考察名词温馨提示：A 出口B 入口C标志 D 门( ) 4.A.enter B. leave C. open D. close答案：A试题分析：从上文“push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building”可知“the door with the word “PULL”是相反的高考考
27、点：考查名词温馨提示：A 进入B 离开C打开 D 关闭( ) 5. A. main B. same C. front D. back答案：B试题分析：由上文 “came to America”, “This was new to me” 原因是在南韩和美国不同高考考点：考查形容词温馨提示：A 重要的B 相同的C前面的 D 后面的( ) 6.A.annoying B. hard C. satisfying D. strange答案：D试题分析：由上文第三段知：公共建筑门的使用方式不同，使作者感到尴尬可知：下文的巴士门对作者来说也是陌生的高考考点：考查形容词温馨提示：A讨厌的 B畏难的 C满意的
28、D陌生的( ) 7.A.parents B. students C. teachers D. drivers答案：B试题分析：由下文的并列句“students who were getting on 。”可以知道高考考点：考查名词温馨提示：A 父母B学生 C老师 D司机( ) 8.A.sooner B. later C. faster D. earlier答案：B试题分析：由上文并列句 “who were getting off the bus should get off first,” 可知高考考点：考查形容词比较温馨提示：A 很快B 较晚C 较快D 较早( ) 9.A.politely
29、B. patiently C. unconsciously D. slowly答案：C试题分析：由上文 “In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off” 可知作者在生活中已经养成了习惯，由生活常识知道，到美国后，就无意识的遵循以往的习惯。高考考点：考查副词温馨提示：A 礼貌地B 耐心地C 无意思地D 慢慢地( ) 10.A.embarrassed B. annoyed C. unsatisfied D. excited答案：A试题分析：由下文 “my face went red.” 及 “For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.” 可知答案应是A高考考点：考查形容词温馨提示：A 尴尬的B 恼怒的C 不满意的D 兴奋的