1、广东南雄市2015高考英语语法填空、阅读自练(3)及答案阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1625的相应位置上。 Orville and Wilbur Wright were the two American brothers that invented the first airplane .They started out as bicycle repairmen. Soon, they became interested in different types of machines an
2、d began to learn 16 the machines worked. They observed birds flying 17 (get) ideas, as well as read about other inventors attempts to make aircraft. In 1900, the brothers completed their first design of a kite glider(滑翔机) and tested 18 in North Carolina. They tested kite gliders both with and withou
3、t 19 pilot. Finally, in 1903, the first engine-powered Wright Flyer 20 (invent). The Wright Flyer I had a gas engine and wooden propellers(螺旋桨). After they 21 (continue) improved it upon earlier designs, the brothers successfully received a patent(专利) in 1906 22 their Flying Machine. Modern airplane
4、s today are very different 23 the first Flying Machine. They fly faster, are much larger, and have television sets built in for passengers 24 (enjoy). Some planes have seats 25 lie flat to become beds and on the very newest planes, passengers can even use the Internet!【参考答案】 16、how 17、to get 18、it 1
5、9、a 20、was invented21、continuously 22、for 23、from 24、enjoyment 25、that/which完形填空Jamess New BicycleJames shook his money box again.Nothing!He carefully_1_the coins that lay on the bed.24.52 was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!_2_on earth was he going to get the_3_of the money?H
6、e knew that his friends all had bicycles.It was_4_to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no_5_asking his parents,for he knew they had no money to_6_.There was only one way to get money,and that was to_7_it.He would have to fin
7、d a job._8_who would hire him and what could he do?He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice,who usually had_9_on most things.“Well,you can start right here,”said Mr.Clay.“My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”That was the_10_of Jamess oddjob(零工)business.For three months he worked every day
8、after finishing his homework.He was amazed by the_11_of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks,cleared out cupboards,and mended books.He lost count of the_12_of cars he washed and windows he cleaned,but the_13_increased and he knew that he would soon have_14_for the b
9、icycle he longed for.The day_15_came when James counted his money and found 94.32.He_16_no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode_17_home,looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard_18_for the money,but James knew that he valued his bic
10、ycle far more_19_he had bought it with his own money.He had_20_what he thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle.1A.cleaned Bcovered Ccounted Dchecked解析为了买自行车,作者在数自己的钱。count数,符合题意。答案C2A.How BWhy CWho DWhat解析表示方式,他到底怎么样才能得到购买自行车的其余的钱呢?答案A3A.amount Bpart Csum Drest解析作者已经有了24
11、.52美元,在这里用rest指购买自行车的其余的钱。答案D4A.brave Bhard Csmart Dunfair解析作者的朋友都有自行车,这样的话他和他们一起出去的话就会觉得很难。答案B5A.point Breason Cresult Dright解析句型:there be no point in doing sth,做什么是没有意义的。答案A6A.split Bspend Cspare Dsave解析spare sb sth,给某人抽出某种东西,该物多为时间或金钱。答案C7A.borrow Bearn Craise Dcollect解析作者认识到实现自己梦想的唯一方式是自己挣钱。earn
12、挣钱。答案B8A.Or BSo CFor DBut解析上下文是转折关系,虽然他知道要自己挣钱,但是谁会雇佣他呢?答案D9A.decisions BexperienceCopinions Dknowledge解析Mr.Clay对大多数事情都有自己的见解。opinions见解。答案C10A.beginning BintroductionCrequirement Dopening解析那是James打零工的开始,beginning开始。答案A11A.similarity BqualityCsuitability Dvariety解析为了凑够买自行车的钱,他做了各种各样的零工。variety种类。答案D
13、12A.brand Bnumber Csize Dtype解析为了购买自行车,他为别人刷了很多车,他自己都已经记不清刷过的车的数量了。答案B13A.effort Bpressure Cmoney Dtrouble解析随着自己做零工的增加,钱也越来越多,C项符合题意。答案C14A.all Benough Cmuch Dsome解析他知道自己不久就会有足够多的钱去买自己梦想中的自行车了。答案B15A.finally Binstantly Cnormally Dregularly解析能够买起自行车的那一天终于到来了,finally终于,符合句意。答案A16A.gave Bleft Ctook Dwa
14、sted解析当他数过自己的钱后,他立刻去买自行车了,没有浪费一分钟的时间。答案D17A.patiently Bproudly Csilently Dtiredly解析经过自己的努力,他终于实现了自己的愿望,所以当然是自豪地proudly。答案B18A.applying Basking Clooking Dworking解析为挣钱而工作当然是辛苦的。答案D19A.since Bif Cthan Dthough解析该句话的意思是:James知道他的自行车意义重大,因为他是用自己的钱购买的。答案A20A.deserved Bbenefited Cachieved Dlearned解析他通过自己的努力
15、实现了自己的梦想。achieve实现,符合句意。答案C阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 The next decade will witness the most important changes in the way we consume sport since the appearance of mass audience television in the 1950s. The development of media channels such as satellite and cable television, the interne
16、t and mobile telephones has broken the traditional free television model in every advanced economy. Well managed sports will remain valuable content and many will continue to grow. Forward thinking governing bodies will grasp the opportunity by repackaging their sports to adapt to the new broadcast
17、landscape. Others will not.Brand marketers have seen the effectiveness of the traditional TV sport advertising fall over the last twenty years as audiences for free to air television fall year by year. The growth of sponsorship(赞助)as a marketing tool is one result. However, sport must compete for th
18、e sponsor dollar with other forms of content such as music, the arts and culture and cause-related marketing, each of which offers a powerful choice.At the same time some of sports biggest marketers, the soft drink, beer and fast food companies, will come under growing pressure from social and polit
19、ical pressure groups concerned about levels of obesity(肥胖), over drinking and anti-social behavior that have become such a part of modern life.Companies such as McDonalds, Coca Cola and Budweiser face calls to cut its ties with sport, which will be popular over the next decade. Are we facing a ban o
20、n soft drink sponsorship similar to that of tobacco? Certainly, the removal of hundreds of millions of sponsorship dollars from the sports economy worldwide would have destructive influence. This report analyses the threat, seeking comparisons with the strategy employed by the tobacco abolitionists(
21、废除主义者) a decade ago.1Which of the following does NOT affect traditional television model?ACable television.BThe internet.CMobile phones.DMass audience television2What can we infer from the second paragraph?ASponsorship leads to the fall of sport advertising.BSport cant match the arts.CMusic, the art
22、 and culture often act as sponsors in sports.DThe fall of advertising only happens to some brand marketers3If a child is overweight, which of the following may be responsible according to this passage?AHis parents.BGrowing sport sponsorshipCSome big food or drink companies.DAdvanced economy.4In he l
23、ast paragraph, the author fears that Athe ban on tobacco will be abolished ten years later.Bthe sponsorship of soft drink companies will destruct sports economy.Cfood and drink companies will be popular.Dfast food and soft drink sponsorship will be banned like tobacco sooner or later.【参考答案】 D A C D阅
24、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。I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps(快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down
25、the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try i
26、t first?” he said. It didnt quite sound like a question. “Do I need to? “ I replied. “Theres nothing wrong with it? “ This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no, But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.” I looked across at the others:shelv
27、es of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always tryi
28、ng to take Z and possibly R into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with:first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera
29、 would very quickly be replaced by a new model. But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out my chos
30、en camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers. . . and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well. Why do we think that new options (选择) still offer us anything new? P
31、erhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the foot that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine. 1. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should.A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with itB. compare the camera he
32、 had chosen with the othersC. get more information about different companiesD. trust him and stop asking questions2. What does the writer mean by“it would be worth half what I paid for it” (Paragraph 2)? A. He should get a 50% discount.B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.C. The quality
33、of the camera was not good.D. The camera would soon fall in value.3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he.A. knew very little about itB. didnt trust the shop assistantC. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the bestD. had a special interest in taking pictures of his
34、fellow shoppers4. It can be inferred from the passage that in the writers opinion, .A. people waste too much money on camerasB. cameras have become an important part of our daily lifeC. we dont actually need so many choices when buying a productD. famous companies care more about profit than quality【参考答案】14、 BDCC