1、2015高考英语【南宁市】（三月）阅读类课外自练（1）及答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Very often when I go to look at someones garden and they complain that for some reason it does not feel right to them. What I notice is that the design quite complicated. Or, sometimes there is no real design and the layout (布局) just
2、 looks messy. Creating a garden without some form of design is like trying to bake a cake without a recipe. With a cake you can add together ingredients (原料) from the cupboard and fridge in the hope that the result will be a perfectly baked cake. Both creating a garden and baking a cake follow outli
3、nes for getting a result. Know just when to add something, when to take the mix off the heat or how much oil to use, etc. An experienced garden designer can help you create a garden best suited to you and your lifestyle, rather than impose their own ideas on you. He will listen to and help draw out
4、your ideas. By keeping the garden design simple you and your chosen designer will have created the structure of a garden, similar to the structure of a house together with some details. A golden rule to remember is that garden design is not about choosing the right plants. Dont get caught up in the
5、idea that you have to choose the right plants for the job straight away. Plant choice comes almost at the last minute in many cases, after you and your designer have created style or feeling you are wanting to have in your garden. Design is about creating a constructable (可构造的) image for the garden,
6、 including form and shape, sounds, smells, even tastes and often, believe it or not, plants are never used. By keeping the design simple, especially if you are learning about design or taking on the project by yourself, you are increasing your chances of a successful design, one that matches your st
7、andard for your life. 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Designing a garden as simple as possible. B. Comparing garden-designing with cake-making. C. An experienced garden designers importance. D. Choosing plants for the garden. 2. Why does the author use baking a cake in the passage? A. To sho
8、w the basic steps of baking a cake. B. To imply how simple to design a garden. C. To state baking a cake is very complex. D. To introduce how to design a garden. 3. The underlined word “impose” in the third paragraph means. A. force B. turnC. improve D. imagine4. By keeping the garden design simple,
9、 . A. you can get details from the garden designer B. you will be successful one dayC. you can meet your standards in life D. you can match the structure of a house with that of a garden 5. What is the most important for garden design? A. Creating a constructable image for the garden. B. Choosing th
10、e right plants for your garden first. C. Inviting an experienced garden designer. D. Not rushing to choose plants for your garden. 【参考答案】15、ABADD 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Garlic is one of the most common flavors in our kitchen. It not only tastes wonderful, but also its very good for you
11、r body. It is one of Mother Natures most precious gifts to cooks of all levels. Choose garlic heads that are firm to the touch, with no scars or soft cloves (蒜瓣). If you notice dark, powdery patches under the skin, pass it up because this is an indication of a common mold which will eventually spoil
12、 the flesh. Store unpeeled heads of garlic in an open container in a cool, dry place away from other foods. Do not refrigerate or freeze unpeeled garlic. Properly stored garlic can keep up to three months. As garlic ages, it will begin to produce green sprouts in the center of each clove. These infa
13、nt green sprouts can be bitter, so throw them before using the garlic for your recipe. However, if you plant the cloves and let them grow to a height of about six inches, you can use the sprouts like chives (韭黄) in salads and such. Garlic can also be purchased as peeled whole cloves, both stored in
14、olive or vegetable oil. It is urgent that garlic in oil be stored under refrigeration to avoid potentially-deadly bacteria growth. If you use a lot of garlic and wish to cut your preparation time down, you can pre-peel and store your own in oil in the refrigerator, but the best flavor will come from
15、 freshly-peeled cloves. Use garlic powder, garlic salt, and garlic juice only as a last resort. To peel a garlic clove, place it on a cutting board on its side, and gently press down quickly with the flat side of a butcher knife. The skin should then easily peel off. If you find the skin clinging de
16、sperately to the clove, congratulations! You have fresh garlic. As garlic ages, the skin is gradually dried-up, making it easier to peel. 1. The passage is mainly about. A. how to select, store and peel garlic B. what garlic tastes and smellsC. where to keep the garlic D. when to reap the garlic2. A
17、 dark patch under the skin of garlic means. A. the cloves of garlic are soft B. the garlic has been kept for longC. something wrong with the garlic D. the garlic has been cooked3. The underlined word “sprouts” means. A. new parts growing on a plant B. newly seeds growing on a plant C. parts belongin
18、g to a branching shape D. thin skin attached to garlic4. If you want to store garlic, . A. you can keep it in the refrigerator up to three monthsB. youd better keep the peeled in the refrigeratorC. you may keep frozen unpeeled garlicD. you can put garlic in vegetable oil5. Which of the following is
19、TRUE according to the passage? A. The sprouts of garlic tastes like chives. B. Garlic juice is better than the freshly-peeled. C. A cutting board is helpful for peeling garlic. D. Olive oil is needed when cooking garlic. 【参考答案】15、ACABC 完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。夹叙夹议型完形填空 For a l
20、ong time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜)across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I _1_ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and _2_ would win the race. At other times I would _3_ like a rabbit
21、trying different side roads at a dangerous speed hoping to reach that banner a little faster. _4_， I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any _5_.I finally decided one day to sit down and take a break. It was then that I saw my _6_ sitting beside me.It had be
22、en with me as I _7_ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their _8_ and even when I was sick with my wife at my side looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just didnt have the _9_ to see it. There is an old Chinese proverb that says
23、, “Tension is what you think you should be. _10_ is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the _11_ life we think we should have and _12_ the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. It will be found in your own heart, soul and mind. It will be f
24、ound when you _13_ that others love you just as you do. Dont be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness. Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of _14_ with you everywhere you go. _15_ yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness, you are already ther
25、e.1. Aforgot BmissedCovercame Daccomplished2. Asafe BsteadyCcalm Dquiet3. Aact BrunCjump Dwalk4. AGenerally BGraduallyCUnfortunately DFirstly5. Aclearer BlowerCcloser Dsmaller6. Ahappiness BgoalCsuccess Dfriendship7. Astudied BfoughtCexercised Dworked8. Alaughter BcomplaintsCstories Dbreathing9. Aco
26、urage BchanceCwisdom Dstrength10A.Stress BRelaxationCFailure DPain11. Areal BperfectCcommon Dcolourful12. Aenjoy BchangeCimprove Dcreate13. Arealize BbelieveChope Dadmit14. Asorrow BresponsibilityCfortune Djoy15. ACarry BMakeCPush DTakeA【要点综述】 本文是夹叙夹议文。作者通过自身的经历诠释了这样一个道理：我们经常认为只有取得了某些成就，过上理想中完美的生活才会
27、幸福，其实幸福就存在于我们不经意间平凡而琐碎的生活中，它早就已经根植在你我身边。1D由finish line of a long race可知作者认为人取得阶段性的成功才能真正感觉到幸福，故选D。2B根据学生已知的龟兔赛跑的故事背景可知。作者希望像乌龟那样，靠沉稳赢得最终的比赛。所以应该选择slow的同义词，故选B。3A根据下文提到“like a rabbit trying different side roads”可知，作者在其他时候，表现得像兔子一样，总愿意抄近路到达终点，故选A。4B由下文“I began to see that”可知，作者开始逐渐意识到，故选B。5C根据下文“I fin
28、ally decided one day totake a break.”可知，那个目标从来没有离作者更近一些，故选C。6A根据下文“Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.”可知，作者停下来休息时才发现，幸福就在身边，故选A。7D根据下文hard to support my family可知，当作者努力工作养家的时候，幸福在他身边，故选D。8A根据上文“I played with my children”可知作者与孩子们一起玩，感到幸福，听到的一定是快乐的笑声，故选A。 9C根据上文“as I raced toward
29、s that stupid banner.”中的stupid 可推知，幸福一直在作者身边，只是作者没有智慧去发现这一点，故选C。10B根据上文“Tension is what you think you should be.”可推知，此处应选与tension意思相对的relaxation, 故选B。11B根据上下文的语意，可知作者以前总是追求自以为值得自己全力以赴去争取的某种完美的生活，所以此处应该是略带贬义的一种说法。故选B。12A根据上文可知，我们应该停止追寻自以为完美的生活，所以，我们应该享受现在我们所拥有的生活。故选A。13A根据上文作者得到启示：“当你意识到别人爱你，你也爱着别人时，幸福就来临了。”所以推出答案为A。14D根据上文“Be a playful puppy”可知，让我们做一只快乐的、爱玩耍的小狗，到处衔着你那根快乐的骨头，故选D。15D根据文中多处提到的race可知，我们应该把自己从那个竞赛中解脱出来，故选D。
