1、山东省商河县2015高考英语国庆作业短文改错、阅读理解训练（3）及答案短文改错We had guests last night who have not stayed 1. _in a B&B hotel ago. They did not want breakfast 2. _because that they were going out early in the 3. _morning. They came back lately and had some 4. _tea. I came into the living room and saw one of 5. _them just
2、go through the kitchen door but turn 6. _on the light. He was looking for a glass the 7. _cupboard. He had no ideas that the kitchen was 8. _not for guests. I just smiled to me and thought, 9. _“What can I do? We are guests after all.” 10. _答案1. have had2. ago before3. 删除that4. lately late5. 此行无错误6.
3、 but and7. glass后添加in8. ideas idea9. me myself10. We They(2013浙江)短文改错Dear Diary，Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles far away from our farmhouse. Do you want to know why we move last week? Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained，“He was lucky to find other one.” His new job meant I had to say
4、 goodbye to my classmate, my school or just everything else I love in the world. To make matters bad, now I have to share a room with my younger sister, Maggie. Tomorrow is first day of school. I am awfully tiring, but I know Ill never fall sleep.Good night and remember you, dear diary, is my only s
5、ouvenir from my past life and my only friend.Yours，Rosemary答案：Dear Diary，Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles away from our farmhouse. Do you want to know why we last week? Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained，“He was lucky to find one.” His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my ， my sc
6、hool just everything else I love in the world. To make matters ， now I have to share a room with my younger sister, Maggie. Tomorrow is first day of school. I am awfully ， but I know Ill never fall .Good night and remember you, dear diary, my only souvenir from my past life and my only friend.Yours，
7、Rosemary短文改错。短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划一个（）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）；则按下列情况改正：此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy, 66. the most exci
8、ting thing was when to celebrate the Spring 67. FestivalMy grandma was the best cooker in the world 68. but could make the most delicious dishesOne time, I just 69. couldnt wait for the Spring Festival dinnerAs I was70. about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in 71. the kitchen looking
9、at meShake her head, she said, It 72. isnt a good time to do that, dear At once I apologize73. and controlled me at my best till the dinner startedYou 74. know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month 75. 参考答案66.boy前加a 67.去掉when 68.cooker改为cook 69.but改为and 70. 71.about后加to 72.Shake改为Shakin
10、g 73.apologize改为apologized 74.me改为myself 75.month改为months阅读理解。In business, there is a speed difference: Its the difference between how important a firms leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of indu
11、stry and company size .Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those tha
12、t paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, Whats more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking
13、more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed
14、of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more op
15、en to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didnt develop team spirit among th
16、eir employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top.( ) 1.
17、 What does the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Increase the speed. B. Get an advantage. C. Reach the limit. D. Set a goal.( ) 2. The underlined part “the laws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means _. A. spending more time and performing worse.B. spending more time and perf
18、orming betterC. spending less time and performing worse D. spending less time and performing better ( ) 3. What can we learn from the text? A. how fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.B. how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make
19、necessary changes.D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.( ) 4. Which could be the best title for the text? A. Improve quality? Serve better. B. Deliver value? Plough ahead.C. Reduce time? Move faster. D. Need speed? Slow down.【参考答案】1-4、BDCD阅读理解。When I was yo
20、unger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft pajamas and with Ian, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all.I named Ian after my uncle when I compared Ians long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Ian at a family party and told him I had named my
21、 monkey after him. His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle（哈哈笑）escaped his lips. I guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.Even if Uncle Ian didnt think my monkey was special, I certainly did. I dressed him in a white baby nightgown. My mother thought that Ian was the best-dr
22、essed stuffed animal in the world. Yes, he was certainly a fashionable creature. The strong cologne（科隆香水）I used on him years ago makes him still smell “pretty”.For a long time, Ian went everywhere with me. He was my best friend, and I told him everything. But when I turned twelve, I realized I was t
23、oo old for stuffed animals. I thought people would think I was babyish, so I put him in the cupboard with the rest of my teddy bears and dolls. I begged him to understand why I was doing this, but at the same time I longed to talk to him again.It took me several years to realize that it was OK to mi
24、ss Ian. I know now that maturity（成熟）doesnt only mean growing up and taking on more responsibility. It also means holding on to your childhood and acting young sometimes.Ian has been with me since I was six years old holding him in my arms connects me to my past and my present as I continue to grow a
25、nd understand myself.1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?ABedtime used to be the writers favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.B. Uncle Ian liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.C. The writer used to carry the monkey with her wherever she went.D. Ye
26、ars later the writer realized that it was not wrong to miss Monkey Ian.答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节推理题。由第一段 “bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. .my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all.”可知，A选项正确。由第四段首句 “For a long time, Ian went everywhere with me.” 可知，C选项正确。由倒数第二段首句 “It took me se
27、veral years to realize that it was OK to miss Ian.” 可知，D选项正确。 结合第二段和该段的 “His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle escaped his lips. I guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.” 可知，Uncle Ian 对于我用他的名字为我的玩具猴命名感到迷惑，但是他并不知道玩具猴对我有多重要，因此可推断，Uncle Ian并不是和作者一样喜欢玩具猴。B选项不符合文意，故选择B。2. The
28、writer loved Monkey Ian deeply because _.A. he could understand her B. he was a fashionable monkeyC. he could talk with her D. he was her most honest listener 答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节推理题。由第四段 “He was my best friend, and I told him everything.” 可以推断，玩具猴是作者最忠实的听众。故答案为D。3. We can learn from the text that the wr
29、iter believes _.A. keeping stuffed animals is babyishB. maturity doesnt mean growing up and taking on more responsibilityC. one should keep to his childhood and act young sometimes even when he has grown upD. human beings should be kind to animals 答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由倒数第二段可知，作者几年后才意识到想念玩具Ian 是没有错的。他懂得
30、了成熟不仅仅意味着长大和承担责任，成熟也意味着怀念童年并有时候表现得稚气也无妨。故可推断，C选项符合文意。A选项与文意相反；B选项没有了 “only” ，意思就与原文相反；D选项未提及。4. We can infer from the text that _.A. the writer is still a teenager B. the writer is now a middle-aged womanC. Monkey Ian got angry for being left alone DUncle Ian has a monkey-like face答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题，要
31、求推断作者的年龄。结合文章第一段首句 “When I was younger” 和最后一段 “and my present as I continue to grow and understand myself.” 可以推断，作者继续在成长并开始懂得自己，现在应该是个青少年。故答案为A。阅读理解。The way we do things round here Some years ago，I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that star
32、ted，“Dear John，I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.” That “quite” saddened me. I thought he was saying “were kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.”Then I discovered that in American English “quite” sometimes means “very”， while in British E
33、nglish it means “fairly”So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I dont just mean the words people speak. It is body language，dress，manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures (文化)Some
34、of these differences may be only on the surfacedress，food and hours of workwhile others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate (气候)，while getting on with business. Some of the differences may b
35、e an improvement. People are more polite；the service is better；you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However，other differences can be troubling, like punctuality (准时). If you invite people to a party at 7 oclock your guests will consider it polite to turn up ex
36、actly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the American Midwest，an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word “late” because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It
37、is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country.本文介绍了作者所感受到的文化差异。1. The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought _.A. the American bank didnt think much of himB. the American bank might hire another personC. its difficult to get used to American cultureD. its easy to
38、 misunderstand Americans答案：A。推理判断题。由第一段中“That “quite” saddened me”可以推断出作者认为这家美国银行不重视他。2The underlined word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. encourages B. helps to narrowC. increases D. draws attention to答案：D。词义猜测题。由下文可知人们做事情的方式引起了作者对文化差异的关注。3According to the author，what should we do w
39、ith most cultural differences?A. Ask the native people for help.B. Understand and accept them.C. Do things in our own way.D. Do indepth research.答案：B。细节理解题。由第三段最后一句可知我们要习惯文化差异并接受存在的文化差异。4When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are_. A. Italians B. Germans C. Greeks D. the British答案：B。细节理解题。由最后一段“If you invite people.on time in Germany.”可知B项正确。