1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2015贵阳市高考英语阅读理解和完形填空自选练习（9）答案（四月）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society i
2、n many ways education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.A persons age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage o
3、r health. Theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-
4、old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. Weve stopped looking with surprise at
5、 older people who act in youthful ways.1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America _.A. has made people feel younger B. has changed peoples social positionC. has changed peoples understanding of age D. has slowed down the countrys social development2. The underline
6、d word “one” refers to _.A. a society B. America C. a place D. population3. “Act your age” means people should _.A. be active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right ageC. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age4. If a 25-year-old
7、 man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.A. normal B. wonderfulC. unbelievable D. unreasonable1. C 主旨题。根据第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判断。2. A 细节题。one是a society的同位语且后面跟了一个定语从句，可以通过分析句子结构得出正确答案。3. B 细节题。全文最后一句话给出了提示。4. A 推理题。可仔细阅读第二段中倒数第二句话。阅读理解 If English
8、 means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain pow
9、er. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.A team led by Dr Andrea
10、 Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was gr
11、eater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means tha
12、t the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “You are actually goin
13、g beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger
14、they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.11. The main subject talked about in this passage is_.A. science on learning a second language B. language can help brain powerC. mans ability of learning a second language D
15、. language learning and maths study12. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_.A. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work wellB. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languageC. to show the importance of using the language wh
16、en you learn the languageD. say language is also a kind of physical labor13. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_. A. a researcher on language learningB. an English native speakerC. an active language learnerD. a person who can speak two languages14. We may know from the scientific findin
17、gs that_.A. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the timeB. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesnt know a second languageC. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on peoples brainD. the earlier you start to learn a
18、second language the higher the grey matter density is15. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_.A. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjectsB. learning a second language is the same as studying mathsC. Italian is the best choice for you
19、 as a second languageD. youd better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language【参考答案】1115、BADDA 【2015高考复习】完形填空A guy was on the side of the road trying to get a lift on a very dark night in a terrible rainstorm，with no cars on the road.The storm was so strong that the guy could_16_see
20、 a few feet ahead of him._17_，he saw a car come toward him and_18_.The guy，without thinking，got in and closed the door and until then，he realized that there was nobody_19_the wheel.The car started to move very_20_.The guy looked at the road and saw a curve(拐弯处)coming his_21_._22_，he started to pray，
21、begging for his life.He had not come out_23_，just before the car hit the curve，a hand suddenly_24_through the window and moved the_25_.The guy now couldnt move out of_26_and watched how the hand appeared every time the car was_27_a curve.Finally，although terrified，the guy managed to open the door an
22、d_28_out.Without looking back，the guy_29_through the storm all the way to the nearest town.Like a drowned rat，in complete horror，the shocked guy walked into a nearby bar and asked for some_30_.Then，still shaking and frightened，he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he
23、just_31_.Everyone listened in_32_and became frightened，with hair standing on end，when they realized the guy was telling the_33_because he was crying and he definitely was not drunk!About half an hour later two guys walked into the_34_bar and one said to the other，“Hey，theres the bad guy who jumped i
24、nto the car while we were_35_it！”【语篇解读】 在一个风雨交加的晚上，一个人站在路边试图搭车。天很黑，路上一辆车都没有。突然一辆车停到了他面前， 他想都没想便上车了，进去后才发现车里没有驾驶员。接下来发生的事情让他感到很惊恐16A.simply Beasily Chardly Droughly答案C暴风雨如此猛烈以至于他几乎看不见前面几英尺远的地方。hardly表示“几乎不”，符合语境。17A.Suddenly BSecretlyCUnfortunately DHurriedly答案A突然他看到一辆车向他开来并且停在了他面前。18A.reach Bstop Cc
25、ontinue Drest答案B参见上题解析。19A.beside Bon Cbehind Daround答案C直到上了车关上门他才意识到车子的方向盘后面(即驾驶员的位置上)没有人。因此选behind。20A.wonderfully BslowlyCquickly Dcomfortably答案B根据上文可知，当时下着大雨，视线非常不好，因此车应该开得非常慢。21A.way Broad Cpath Ddirection答案A他看着路，发现前面有拐弯处。come his way的意思是“朝着他这边过来”。22A.Disappointed BDiscouragedCSurprised DFright
26、ened答案D根据22空后面的“begging for his life”可知，他感到很害怕。23A.where Bwhen Cunless Dwhile答案B他没有下车，就在车快要撞到弯道的时候，突然一只手从车窗伸了进来转动了方向盘。when表示“就在这时”。24A.waved Bhanged Ctouched Dappeared答案D参见上题解析。27空前的“appeared”是答案提示。25A.car Bwheel Cdoor Dguy答案B参见23题解析。26A.respect Bterror Ccuriosity Dinterest答案B由于害怕(out of terror)，他无法
27、动弹。27A.entering BpassingCapproaching Dleaving答案C他眼睁睁地看着每当车接近弯道的时候那只手是怎么出现并控制方向盘的。approach的意思是“接近，靠近”，符合题意。28A.take Bjump Ckeep Dcome答案B最后，尽管感到很害怕，他还是成功地打开了车门，从车子里跳了出来。29A.screamed Bcried Cwandered Dran答案D他头也不回地跑向离那儿最近的一个镇。30A.coffee Btea Cwater Dalcohol答案D根据30空前面的“bar”可知，他到了一个酒吧，要了些酒。31A.went throug
28、h Bheard fromCwrote about Dthought of答案A他把刚才经历的事情告诉酒吧里的每一个人。go through表示“经历”。32A.delight BsadnessCsilence Damusement答案C大家都默不作声地听着。silence表示“默不作声”。33A.joke Btruth Clie Dstory答案B根据33空后面的内容可知，大家意识到他说的是真话，故用truth。34A.same Battractive Cpopular Dcheap答案A大约半个小时后，又有两个家伙走进了同一家酒吧。35A.pulling Brepairing Cpushing Dfollowing答案C根据上下文内容可推断，这辆车是在大雨中熄火了，所以这两个人在推车，应用pushing。- 6 - 版权所有高考资源网
