1、第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(2017陕西省高三教学质量检测试题一)Jenna had graduated from her middle school and was lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College. She was ready for new _41_ at the college and filled with confidence._42_, she didnt expect it that college life
2、 was quite _43_. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be _44_ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _45_ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart _46_ as the list ended without her name.
3、Feeling _47_, she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.Arriving at the dormitory, she started with _48_. She had always been a good math student, but now she was _49_. She moved on to English and history, and was _50_ to find that she didnt have any trouble with those
4、 subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to _51_ math for the time being.The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school _52_. Mrs. Biden wasnt as enthusiastic as Jenna. “Im sorry, _53_ we have enough _54_for the newspaper already. Come back next year and well talk then.”Jenna
5、smiled _55_ and left. “Why is college so different?” she sighed.Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much _56_. By the end of the class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided shed _57_ to try to fit in
6、with her new school. She wasnt sure if shed _58_, but she knew she had to try. College was just as her mom had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond _59_ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the _60_ fish you can be.”语篇解读:本文主要讲述了主人公珍娜在进入大学后所经历的不同的挑战及其努力适应的过程。41A.deci
7、sionsBchallengesCproblems Dexercises解析:选B根据上文的“lucky enough to be admitted to Westwood College”和空前的“new”可推知,新的大学生活对主人公来讲有许多挑战,故选B。42A.However BThereforeCBesides DOtherwise解析:选A根据语境可知,上下文之间表示逻辑上的转折关系,故选A。however“然而”。43A.normal BnecessaryCdifferent Ddesperate解析:选C根据第三段的“Why is college so different? sh
8、e sighed.”可知,大学生活与主人公想象的很不一样。44A.simple BtroublesomeCcertain Ddifficult解析:选D根据上文“competing against very talented girls”可推知,主人公感觉自己很难被选上,与下文的“the list ended without her name”呼应。45A.editor BjudgeCboss Dcandidate解析:选B根据语境可知,是由裁判(judge)宣布进入下一轮选拔名单的。46A.stopped BjumpedCsank Dchanged解析:选C根据空后的“as the list
9、 ended without her name”可推知,得知没有自己的名字,即没有进入下一轮选拔,主人公心情沉重。sb.s heart sinks 意为“心情沉重,情绪低落”。47A.awful BlonelyChappy Dstrange解析:选A由于被淘汰了,主人公感觉糟糕(awful)。48A.English BhistoryCscience Dmath解析:选D根据下文的“She had always been a good math student”可推知,主人公开始做自己擅长的数学作业。49A.working BstrugglingCcomplaining Dimproving解析
10、:选B根据“but”的转折含义可推知,曾经擅长的数学现在让她感觉有些吃力。50A.bothered BashamedCpleased Dshocked解析:选C根据空后的“she didnt have any trouble with those subjects”可知,主人公在英语和历史学科上没有遇到任何问题,于是很高兴,与下文的“Feeling better”呼应。51A.show up Bmake forCgive up Dprepare for解析:选D根据上文的“Feeling better”和主人公做数学作业不理想的情况可推知,主人公暂时不准备数学了。 prepare for“为做
11、准备”;show up “出现”; make for “向移动,促成”;give up “放弃”。52A.committee BteamCnewspaper Dradio解析:选C根据下文的“for the newspaper already”可推知,应选C。53A.and BsoCor Dbut解析:选D根据语境可知,上下文之间表示逻辑上的转折关系,故选D。54A.writers BplayersCspeakers Dreaders解析:选A根据“for the newspaper already”并结合选项可推知,主人公是去校报应聘撰稿人工作,结果遭到了拒绝。55A.brightly Bw
12、eaklyCwidely Dhappily解析:选B根据“Come back next year and well talk then.”可知,主人公被校报拒绝了,因此只是淡淡地笑着离开了。56A.courage BlackChope Dsorrow解析:选D根据上文可知,主人公在数学学习上感到吃力,这些问题使她很伤心。57A.hesitate BrefuseCcontinue Dattempt解析:选C根据下文的“try to fit in with her new school”和“but she knew she had to try”可推知,主人公并没有气馁,决定继续试着适应新的学校。
13、58A.succeed BcompleteCagree Daccompany解析:选A根据“but she knew she had to try”可推知,主人公对于自己能否成功并没有把握,但是知道自己必须去尝试。59A.in the hope of Bin honor ofCin case of Dinstead of解析:选D根据语境可知,此处表示对比。instead of“而不是,代替”。60A.tallest BbestChardest Dgentlest解析:选B结合空前一句可推知,此处表示“成为最好的鱼”,在文中引申为“做最好的自己”。第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分
14、)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(2017四川成都高中毕业班第一次诊断性检测)Over 2,200 years ago, Chengdu was threatened by frequent floods. Li Bing, together with his son, decided to construct an irrigation system on the Minjiang River _61_ (prevent) flooding. _62_ having a long study and a lot of hard work by the loc
15、al people, the great Dujiangyan Irrigation System was completed. Since then, the Chengdu Plain _63_ (be) free of flooding and the people have been living peacefully and wealthily.It is the _64_ (old) and only surviving nodam irrigation system in the world. It is also _65_ wonder in the development o
16、f Chinese science. The project consists of three important parts, namely Yuzui, Feishayan and Baopingkou, which were _66_ (science) designed to control the water flow of the rivers throughout the year.There is a glorious bridge called the Anlan Cable Bridge crossing the Minjiang River above Yuzui, _
17、67_ you can clearly see the entire system. The great _68_ (construct) originally started before the Song Dynasty. At that time, the body of the bridge was constructed with wooden blocks and the handrails (扶手) were made of bamboo. Recently the wood and bamboo have been replaced with steel and concret
18、e to guarantee the security of _69_ (visit) from home and abroad. Seen from afar (从远处), the bridge looks like a rainbow _70_ (hang) over the river.语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文,介绍了成都都江堰水利工程的建造过程、世界地位、历史价值以及该工程的现状。61to prevent根据语境可知,李冰和他的儿子在岷江建造灌溉系统的目的是阻止洪水在成都泛滥,故此处应用动词不定式表示目的。62After句意:在经过长期调研和地方群众的艰苦工作之后,伟大的都江堰水利工
19、程完工了。after意为“在之后”。63has been句意:从那时起,成都平原不再受洪水侵扰,人们过着和平、富裕的生活。根据该句中的“Since then”及“have been”可知,该句应用现在完成时。64oldest根据该句中的the和“in the world”可知,都江堰水利工程是世界上唯一现存最古老的无坝水利工程,故用最高级。65a句意:它也是中国科学发展历史上的一个奇迹。这里泛指“一个奇迹”,故用不定冠词。66scientifically空格处修饰动词,故用副词形式。67where分析该句结构可知,该句为非限制性定语从句,关系词在从句中作地点状语,故用where引导该定语从句。68construction根据空前的形容词“great”可以判断,空处被形容词修饰,故用名词形式。69visitors这里指“保证国内外游客的安全”,故用名词的复数形式。70hanging句意:从远处看,这座桥就像是悬挂在江上方的彩虹。空格处与rainbow之间存在逻辑上的主动关系,故用现在分词。