1、第14练阅读理解完形填空语法填空.阅读理解Whats the allure (魅力)of coffee shops?Its been said that JK.Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books sitting in the elephant house in Edinburgh.Many people spend hours in these places nursing a coffee as they work away on their laptops.But if youre spending all day buying one expensi
2、ve coffee after another and havent sold your first novel yet,the costs can really add up.For those who work outside of a traditional office or just want to take time out,theres a new alternative in London:a payperminute caf.You can linger for as long as you like in the Ziferblat coffee shop.Youll be
3、 given a clock when you come in to keep time.When you leave,you return the item and pay the bill.The cost of hanging out,eating,working and meeting new people in the place is 3p per minuteor 1.80 an hour.The shops owner,Ivan Meetin,says,“Everything is free,except the time you spend there.”Customers
4、help themselves to coffee and cookies.They can also bring their own food to eat on the premises while accessing the Internet through WiFi.Meetins customers clearly are not the types who rush to work with a paper cup to drink from at their desks.They are there for the ambience.The new coffee shops at
5、mosphere is relaxed and a bit bohemian(不拘于传统的)Informality is at the heart of Meetins concept.Hes always loved the idea of building his own house.“With my mates,we were building tree houses where rules of society didnt exist,” he says.Meetin believes his coffee shop is a bit like “social media”,but w
6、ith a face.Likeminded people go there to socialize.Some feel so much at home that they wash the dishes.The concept of coffee shops,where you pay for the time and not for the cup,has proved popular in Russia.Ziferblat is part of a Russian chain.Only time will tell if the British will warm to the idea
7、.【语篇解读】本文是说明文,主要介绍了伦敦的一个按时间计费的咖啡屋。1The main purpose of mentioning JK.Rowling is _Ato introduce the topicBto give a summaryCto arouse readers interestDto introduce her book series答案A推理判断题。文章第一段提到J.K.Rowling的目的是引出所谈话题咖啡屋,下文均是围绕这个话题展开的,故选A。2What does the underlined word “linger” in the fourth paragraph
8、 mean?ALive. BStay. CWait. DServe.答案B词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“Youll be given a clock when you come in to keep time.When you leave.”和第五段中的“Everything is free,except the time you spend there”可推知,linger的意思是“逗留,徘徊”,故选B。3What can we learn about the coffee shop?AThere may be no waiter serving customers in the coffee
9、 shop.BCustomers are forbidden to take food to the coffee shop.CThe British welcome the concept of this kind of coffee shop.DThe coffee shop is mainly intended for people fond of writing.答案A推理判断题。由第六段中的“Customers help themselves to coffee and cookies”可推知,这个咖啡屋里可能没有服务员,故选A。由第六段中的“They can also bring
10、their own food”可知B项错误;由文章最后一段中的最后一句可知,C项表述有误,故可排除;由第三段中的“For those who work outside of a traditional office or just want to take time out”可知D项错误。4What is this passage mainly about?ARelaxing by reading in the coffee shop.BSpending time writing books in the coffee shop.CIntroducing a new kind of coffe
11、e shop to people.DPersuading people to come to a unique coffee shop.答案C主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍的是伦敦的一个新型的咖啡屋。故选C。.完形填空A man who loved to hunt bought two fine setters (塞特猎犬) that he later trained to be fine bird dogs.He kept them in a large,fenced pen (围栏) in his backyard.One morning he _5_ a little bulld
12、og (牛头犬) coming down the path behind his home.It saw the two dogs and squeezed under the _6_The man thought he should perhaps lock up the setters so they wouldnt _7_ the little lovely dog.But then he changed his mind.Maybe they would teach that bulldog a lesson,he said to himself.As he predicted,_8_
13、 began to fly,and all of it was the bulldogs fur.The intruder (入侵者) soon had enough _9_ and squeezed back under the fence to get away.To the mans _10_ the visitor returned again the next morning.And like the day before,it soon _11_ and squeezed out of the pen and get away.The incident was _12_,the f
14、ollowing day,with the same result.The man left home early the next morning on a business trip and _13_ after several weeks.He asked his wife what finally _14_ to the bulldog.“You wont _15_ it,” she replied.“At the same time every day that little dog came to the backyard and _16_ with our setters and
15、 with the same ending,it got away.It _17_ missed a day!It has come to the _18_ now that when our setters simply _19_ it snorting (喷鼻息) down the path,they start whining and run down into the basement._20_ the little bulldog struts (大摇大摆地走) around our backyard _21_ he owns it.”Dale Carnegie made this
16、_22_:“Most of the _23_ things in the world have been _24_ by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”【语篇解读】一只弱小的小牛头犬每天都来挑战两只强大的塞特猎犬。起初,小牛头犬每次都铩羽而归,但是经过几个回合的较量,弱小的牛头犬取得了决定性的胜利,占领了后院。由此可见,世上那些看起来根本没有希望的事情,只要坚持不懈地努力就一定能够完成。5A.kept Bnoticed Cprevented Drisked答案Bkeep意为“保持”;
17、notice意为“注意到”;prevent意为“阻止”;risk意为“冒险”。句意:一天早上他注意到一只小牛头犬沿着房后的小路一路走来。notice sb doing sth意为“注意到某人正在做某事”,符合语境。6A.door Bwall Cfence Dbackyard答案C根据第一段中的He kept them in a large,fenced pen(围栏) in his backyard.可知选fence,意为“篱笆”。句意:它看到那两只狗,就在篱笆下面往里挤。7A.catch Beat Churt Dbeat答案Ccatch意为“抓住”;eat意为“吃”;hurt意为“伤害”;b
18、eat意为“打败”。根据常识可知,双方相斗,弱的一方要受到伤害,所以选C项。句意:那个人想他也许应该把塞特猎犬给锁起来,这样它们就不会伤害到那只可爱的小狗了。8A.dogs Bflies Cdust Dfur答案D由下文的.and all of it was the bulldogs fur.可知选D项。句意:正如他预计的那样,(天上)有毛在飞舞,这全是那只小牛头犬的毛。9A.strength Bfur Ctime Dhurt答案A句意:入侵者很快有了足够的力量,挤过篱笆逃走了。strength意为“力气”,符合语境。10A.horror BsurpriseCamusement Ddisapp
19、ointment答案Bhorror意为“恐惧”;surprise意为“吃惊”;amusement意为“娱乐”;disappointment意为“失望”。句意:让这个人吃惊的是,访客第二天早上又返回了。小狗昨天遭到对方的痛击,但是却没有放弃,反而再次发起挑战,这应该是令人吃惊的。故选B项。11A.left Breturned Cquit Drested答案C第9空所在的句子告诉我们前一天的情形:小狗打不过大狗,就逃跑了。句意:和前一天一样,它很快放弃了,从围栏中钻回去,跑掉了。根据语境可知选quit,意为“放弃”,相当于give up。12A.copied Bchanged Cstopped D
20、repeated答案D句意:事件重复发生,接下来的一天,还是同样的结果。这里强调的是事情的重复,故选D项。copy意为“复制”;change意为“改变”;stop意为“停止”。13A.succeeded BrecoveredCreturned Dappeared答案Csucceed意为“成功”;recover意为“恢复”;return意为“返回”;appear意为“出现”。句意:第二天早上,那个人因出差很早就离开了家,过了几周才回来。根据语境可知选C项。14A.happened Battached Cstuck Dturned答案A句意:他问他的妻子,(屡次来挑衅的)小牛头犬最终怎么样了。wh
21、at happened to sb意为“某人发生了什么事”,故选A项。15A.guess Bbelieve Chope Dstand答案Bguess意为“猜测”;believe意为“相信”;hope意为“希望”;stand意为“忍受”。根据下文的描述,不占优势的小牛头犬通过不懈的努力,最终取得了胜利,占领了地盘。而这个结果是男主人当初没有预料到的。由此可知这里表达的意思为:你肯定不会相信。故选B项。16A.fought Bstayed Cplayed Dtrained答案Afight意为“打仗”;stay意为“停留”;play意为“玩”;train意为“训练”。句意:每天的同一时间这个小狗都会
22、来后院,与我们的塞特猎犬打架,同样的结局,然后跑掉。根据语境可知选A项。17A.usually Bseldom Cnever Djust答案Cusually意为“通常”;seldom意为“很少”;never意为“决不”;just意为“仅仅”。根据语境可知,小牛头犬每天都同一个时间来,从来没有错过一天。故选C项。18A.point Bscene Cend Dresult答案A句意:现在已经到了这样的地步“我们”的塞特猎犬听到那只小狗的呼吸声,便开始哀号,并跑到地下室里。此处point意为“程度;地步”,符合语境。scene意为“场景”;end意为“结束”;result意为“结果”。19A.sou
23、nd Bsee Csmell Dhear答案Dsound意为“听起来”;see意为“看到”;smell意为“闻”;hear意为“听到”。根据语境可知,此处指听到那只小狗的呼吸声,故选D项。20A.Then BHowever CBesides DTherefore答案A句意:然后那只小狗在我们后院大摇大摆地走,好像是它的地盘一样。then意为“然后;接着”,符合语境。however意为“然而”;besides意为“况且”;therefore意为“所以”。21A.in case Bso that Cas if Deven if答案C句意见上题解析。as if意为“好像”,符合语境。in case意
24、为“以防”;so that意为“以便”;even if意为“即使”。22A.observation BproverbCdecision Ddiscovery答案A戴尔卡耐基观察到,世界上大部分重要的事情是在看起来好像没有希望的时候由那些努力坚持下去的人来完成的。根据语境可知选A项,意为“观察”。proverb意为“谚语”;decision意为“决定”;discovery意为“发现;发明”。23A.complex Bimportant Cinteresting Dspecial答案B句意见上题解析。important意为“重要的”,符合语境。complex意为“复杂的”;interesting意
25、为“有趣的”;special意为“特殊的”。24A.created BdeterminedCimagined Daccomplished答案Dcreate意为“创造”;determine意为“决定”;imagine意为“想象”;accomplish意为“完成”。be accomplished by意为“由完成”,故选D项。.阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Transportation in the FutureIn the next few decades,people _25_ (go) to travel very differently from
26、the way they do today.Everyone is going to drive electricallypowered _26_(car),so in the future,people wont worry about _27_(run) out of gas.Some of the large automobile companies are _28_(real) moving ahead with this new technology.F&C Motors,_29_ major auto company,for example,held a press confere
27、nce recently.After the press conference,the company _30_(present) its new electronicallyoperated models.Transportation in the future wont be limited to the ground.Many people predict that traffic will quickly move _31_ the sky.In the coming years,instead of radio reports about road conditions as wel
28、l as highway traffic,news reports will _32_(special) talk about traffic jams.But the sky isnt the limit.In the future,you will probably even be able to take a trip _33_(visit) the moon.Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements,you will hear someone say:the spacecraft to the moon _34_ (l
29、eave) in 10 minutes.Please check your equipment.And remember no more than 10 ounces of carryon baggage are allowed.【语篇解读】未来的交通是什么样子呢?25are going根据前面的时间状语“in the next few decades”可知,此处指未来发生的事情,用一般将来时,用are going。26cars此处是复数概念,用名词的复数形式。指未来人人会使用电动汽车。27running分析语境可知,介词后面跟动名词,故用running。28really此处是副词修饰后面的动词。29a此处表示泛指,用不定冠词a。30presented分析上下文可知,展示新电动汽车样车发生在过去,用一般过去时。31to此处指目的地,用介词to。32specially此处是副词修饰后面的动词。33to visit此处是不定式短语作定语,修饰前面的名词,指去参观月球的旅行。34leaves按照时刻表发车,用一般现在时,故填leaves。