1、【由2014山东省济南外国语学校质量检测改编】完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments _1 he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to 2 so many times. He said, I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just 3 to be a 20
2、00-step process.Rudolph was born prematurely (早产) and her 4 was doubtful. At age 4, she had a high fever, 5 her with a paralyzed leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had 6 on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a 7 . For the nex
3、t few years she 8 one race after another but always came in last. Everyone told her to 9 , but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race. And then another. 10 this little girl, who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.When Bell invented the telepho
4、ne in 1876, President Rutherford said, Thats an 11 invention, but who would ever want to use one of them? In the 1940s, another young 12 named Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, 13 some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947 after seven long years of rejections! - He
5、 14 got a tiny company in New York, the Haloid Company, to 15 the rights to his invention. Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.Character cannot be 16 in ease and quiet. Only 17 experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success 18
6、 . You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience 19 you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do. And remember, the finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace（熔炉）. A 20 is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!1. A. after B. befo
7、reC. sinceD. until2. A. winB. gainC. failD. lose3. A. seemedB. pretendedC. appearedD. happened4. A. survivalB. challengeC. rescueD. illness5. A. makingB. leavingC. reachingD. causing6. A. depended B. supportedC. trustedD. believed 7. A. successB. achievementC. victoryD. miracle8. A. joinedB. attende
8、dC. enteredD. escaped9. A. quit B. holdC. takeD. refuse10. A. FortunatelyB. ImmediatelyC. Unbelievably D. Eventually11. A. adorableB. awkwardC. amazingD. acceptable12. A. inventorB. discovererC. directorD. doctor13. A. supposingB. consideringC. regardingD. including14. A. finally B. willinglyC. prim
9、arilyD. casually15. A. payB. winC. sellD. purchase16. A. bornB. producedC. developedD. gained 17. A. forB. throughC. due toD. across18. A. achievedB. madeC. causedD. left19. A. whenB. whereC. whichD. what 20. A. challengerB. loserC. winnerD. volunteer【参考答案】完形填空：120、BCDAB ADCAD CADAD CBABC 2014河南省普通高
10、中高三毕业班适应性测试 All throughout life we deal with some types of disappointment, whether it is from our job, family or friends. Several days before my _1_， Dad said he would buy me a car. You can imagine the _2_ I felt. He went on to say that it would be _3_ on the morning of my birthday. That morning, I
11、stood in my parents driveway _4_ my car to arrive. My heart was _5_ fast, in my mind there was a red sports car. I got excited!Several minutes later, I noticed a truck _6_ the street and to my surprise the driver pulled _7_ my parents driveway. It wasnt my beautiful sports carit wasnt car _8_. I fig
12、ured the driver had made a wrong turn or needed _9_.I walked up to the truck and _10_ if I could help him. He said what he was looking for and gave me a(n) _11_. It was my home. I couldnt _12_it! It wasnt the sports car I had imagined in my mind. The truck had about 20 different _13_ on it. It was u
13、sed for the paint shop of the repair factory where my dad worked.My dad walked out of the house and _14_ my dad saw my disappointment on my face, so he comforted me and said that we could _15_ changing the truck and make it look much better. One year later, after many hours of _16_ every day to clea
14、n the different colours, the truck became a beautiful brown colour and we _17_ to get it goodlooking again. This did give my father the opportunity to do what he loved to do and _18_ his son some valuable lessons about life. _19_ there may be disappointment in your life, you should find the positive
15、 lessons in it. If you can _20_ some kind of disappointment, you can become a stronger, smarter and more confident person.1. A. festivalB. celebration C. holiday D. birthday2. A. excitement B. disappointmentC. honor D. surprise3. A. brought B. sent C. gathered D. got4. A. waiting for B. worrying abo
16、utC. caring for D. asking about5. A. kicking B. hitting C. beating D. knocking6. A. passing by B. coming downC. getting through D. running into7. A. into B. atC. of D. from8. A. in all B. above allC. after all D. at all9. A. repairs B. directionsC. restaurants D. lessons10. A. asked B. hopedC. expec
17、ted D. lied11. A. award B. presentC. address D. account12. A. believe B. agree C. regret D. pretend13. A. styles B. design C. pictures D. colours14. A. sadly B. luckily C. clearly D. generally15. A. put up B. break downC. play with D. work on16. A. wait B. labor C. care D. drive17. A. managed B. tri
18、ed C. allowed Dreduced18. A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited19. A. Until B. So C. Although D. Because20. A. make B. combine C. digest D. overcome文章大意文章讲述了作者在处理令自己失望的生日礼物时得到的教训学会处理生活中的失望。1D。根据第3空后面的“on the morning of my birthday”可知，此处要用birthday。2A。从第一段的最后一句“I got excited.”可知，作者得知父亲要送他礼物时，他非常兴
19、奋。故答案为A。3B。从下文可知，作者的礼物是被“送”来的，要用sent。4A。从上文可知，作者知道礼物要在生日那天被送来，所以到了那天的早晨，作者在那里“等待”，所以要用waiting for。5C。由下文的“I got excited！”可知，此处指作者心跳(beating)快。6B。从下面的“the driver.parents driveway”可以推出，卡车是顺着路来的。pass by“从旁边经过”；get through“(从一个空间)通过”；run into“偶然碰到”；come down“顺着下来”。故答案为B。7A。driveway在国外是住宅外部到公路之间的私人车道。此处指
20、那辆车驶进作者父母的停车道，要用into。8D。从上句的“It wasnt my beautiful sports car”可知，这不是作者想要的车。本句是对上句的进一步强调，not.at all，意为“根本不”。9B。从第10空后面的“He said what he was looking for”可知，作者认为卡车司机可能是问路的。故该题的答案为B。10A。从“if”可知作者上前“问”是否需要帮忙，故用asked。11C。从下面的“It was my home.”可知，他给的是一个“地址”(address)。12A。从后面的“It wasnt the sports car I had im
21、agined in my mind.”可知，作者不敢相信那是真的，所以此处要用believe.13D。根据第16空后面的“clean the different colours”可知，卡车车身上有很多种颜色(colours)。14C。从后面的“so he comforted me”可知，作者的父亲“明显”看出了作者是很失望的。15D。从后面的“after many hours of. clean the different colours”可知，他们“致力于”改变这辆卡车，故选D。16B。从前面的“make it look much better”和后面的“to clean the diffe
22、rent colours”可知，他们付出了“劳动”(labor)。17A。从后面的“get it goodlooking again”可知，他们成功使车又好看了，故选A项。18C。根据空后的“some valuable lessons about life”可知，答案为C。19C。即使你生活中有失望的事情，你也应该找到其中的积极方面。故答案为C。20D。只要能够克服(overcome)生活中的失望，你就能变成一个更加坚强、聪明和自信的人。阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Once upon a time, on his way to the Hi
23、malayas, was a saint(圣徒). He came across a shallow river he had to cross. Just when he was about to wet his feet, he saw a scorpion(蝎子)helplessly trying to come out of the river. It was almost touching the bank but not enough to gain hold of the ground. The saint saw scorpions struggle and decided t
24、o save it. He picked up the scorpion in his right hand with the intention to place it on the dry surface. No sooner did he do that than the scorpion stung and rushed off the hand, landing in the water again. It struggled to come out of water again. The saints body was in pain but his mind, calm. See
25、ing that the scorpion could lose its life, the saint used left hand this time to lift the scorpion out of water. However, it panicked and stung again. Once again, it sped off the hand and fell in water. He was left with both hands filled with pain. He was not the one to give up either. He tried agai
26、n. This time, he cupped his hands together and lifted the scorpion in one swift movement. Before it could react, he safely dropped it on the land. The scorpion disappeared into the pebbles that lay near the bank. He felt happy, for he succeeded in carrying out his rescue, for saving another life. It
27、 was worth the pain he thought. At a distance, a man, surprised and shocked, had watched the whole process. He approached the saint and said, “Can I ask you a question please? ”“Yes, you may. ”“First of all, there was no need to save a scorpion. It does no good to anybody. Secondly, if you must save
28、 it, you could have simply tried once. Im surprised that even after it stung you, you still went on. Why? ”“Oh! Thats pretty simple, ”he replied softly rubbing his stung hands against each other. “This was a scorpion, a creature really low on the food chain, a creature whose nature is to sting(蜇), t
29、o panic, to harm. It is supposed to be weak. However, I am supposed to be a saint, a person whose job is to love everybody, to offer love. I am supposed to be the strong one, the one higher up on the food chain. With my principles, my philosophy(人生观)and practice, I am supposed to save other creature
30、s. Right? ”The man nodded. 【文章大意】一个圣徒从河里拯救一只蝎子时, 先后被蜇了两次, 但他仍旧努力把它救了出来。这让一位路人非常不理解。这位圣徒告诉他: 作为一个圣徒, 我的职责是向所有的生命传达爱, 拯救其他的生命是我最大的幸福。1. When a saint saw a scorpion struggling to come out of the river, he. A. was in the shallow riverB. was climbing the HimalayasC. was on the river bankD. had just cross
31、ed the river【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第一段可知, 从前, 有一个圣徒, 他徒步行走在前往喜马拉雅山的路上。途经一条小河, 当他正要踏入小河时, 一只挣扎想逃离水面的蝎子映入眼帘。由此可判断出答案为C。2. Why did the scorpion sting and rush off his right hand? A. Because it was full of panic at that time. B. Because it wanted to get to the bank itself. C. Because the saint harmed it badly.
32、D. Because the saint tried to kill it. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的However, it panicked and stung again. 可知, 当时是因为惊慌失措, 蝎子才对他进行攻击。故答案为A。3. How did the man nearby feel at the saints behaviour of saving the scorpion? A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Frightened. D. Puzzled. 【解析】选D。观点态度题。根据第七段内容: 首先, 拯救一只蝎子是没有必要的, 对谁来说这都
33、是没有好处的。其次, 您救它一次就够了。令人惊讶的是, 即便它蜇了您, 您却仍旧努力去救它。这是为什么? 由此可判断出他对圣徒的行为感到迷惑不解。故答案为D。4. From the passage we can infer. A. the saint regretted having saved the scorpion laterB. the scorpion stung the saint three times in allC. the man thought the saint a fool and left angrilyD. the saint thought it his dut
34、y to save other creatures【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段内容: 作为一个圣徒, 我的职责是向所有生命传达爱。我的原则、人生观和生活历练告诉我, 我应该拯救其他的生命。由此可判断出答案为D。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。The most widespread fallacy（谬论）of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a c
35、old by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported people are free from colds until they come int
36、o contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mails dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches（战壕）, cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the Auschwi
37、tz concentration camp, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, t
38、hey put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in a drafty（通风良好的）room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dro
39、pped in his nose.If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather th
40、an at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. 31. The writer offered _ examples to support his argument. A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据根据由第 2 段的两个例子、第 3 段的 1 个例子和第 4 段的两个例子可知 B 为正确选项。32. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The Eskimos suf
41、fer from colds from time to time. B. Colds are not always caused by cold. C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据根据 One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay tog
42、ether indoors more in cold weather than at other times， and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on 可知人们得感冒不是因为喜欢呆在家里，而是因为经常呆在一起病毒更容易感染，故选 D。33. Arctic explorers may catch colds when they are _.A. working in the isolated arctic regionsB. writing reports in terribly cold weatherC. free
43、from work in the isolated arctic regionsD. coming into touch again with the outside world【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from
44、airplanes 可知北极地区探险者是因为与外界接触后才得感冒的，故选 D。34. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _.A. suffered a lot B. never caught coldsC. often caught colds D. became very strong【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据After taking hot baths， they put on bathing suits， allowed themselves to be with
45、cold water， and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion 可知志愿者要遭受极大的痛苦，故选A。35. The passage mainly discusses _.A. the experiments on the common cold B. the fallacy about the common coldC. the reason and the
46、way people catch colds D. the continued spread of common colds【答案】C【解析】主旨大意题。根据阅读全文可知本文首先用大量事例从不同的侧面分析感冒不是由寒冷引起的，最后提出冬天得感冒的可能原因。由此可知 C 为正确答案。【2015届广东省湛江市第一中学高三8月月考】Susan was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her moth
47、ers poor health.School was difficult for Susan and she was bullied because of her different behaviors. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as
48、a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical idols on the wall and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone. One by one the siblings moved away from home and then Susans father died. This left her alone with an aging mother and a cat. The sibli
49、ngs accused her mother of not expecting more out of Susan. She had seen many professionals and remembered hearing the word “borderline” but didnt know what it meant. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in ka
50、raoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation from the crowd.When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to compete in the Britains Got Talent contest, her siblings tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition considering the
51、 troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.“The Woman I Was Born to Be” is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner. The writing is supplemented by
52、 photos from her albums.I love this book! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also inspires us to reach for our dreams no matter how impossible they may seem to be! 26. This passage should be _. A. a news report B. a biog
53、raphy C. a book review D. an introduction 27. When Susan was young, _. A. her mother died of an illness B. her siblings liked her very much C. she was fond of music D. she was envied at school28. According to the passage, which was NOT true? A. Susans mother expected too much out of her. B. Susan tr
54、ied doing a lot of volunteer work. C. Susans siblings tried to stop her from competing in the Britains Got Talent contest. D. Susans performances were well received by the customers in pubs. 29. The book “The Woman I Was Born to Be” _. A. is always a best-seller B. is written in a serious voice C. i
55、s full of sad stories D. contains some photos of Susan 30. What does the author think of Susan Boyle？ A. Pitiful and selfless. B. Shy and passive. C. Great and generous. D. Determined and inspiring. 【答案】【知识点】B1 记叙文【文章综述】对本文通过介绍Susan Boyle的成长经历为我们介绍了一个意志坚强的、令人振奋且值得学习的楷模。【答案解析】26.选C。推理判断题。本文前面的大部分来介绍一
56、本书The Woman I Was Born to Be的主要内容，根据倒数第二段的 I love this book!可以推断此文是一则书评。27.选C。细节理解题。从第二段最后一句 There she would hang posters of her musical idols on the wall and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone 可以判断出C项正确。她卧室里贴满偶像的海报，她以发刷为麦克风唱流行歌曲。28.选A。细节理解题。A项与第三段第三句 The siblings accused her mother of not expecting more out of Susan信息不符，故选此项。29.选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的最后一句 The writing is supplemented by photos from her albums.可以看出D项正确。30.选D。观点态度题。从短文介绍的Susan Boyle的成长经历和短文最后提到的对书的评价可知，作者认为Susan Boyle是一个意志坚强的、令人振奋的楷模。
