1、课时知能训练.完形填空(2012广东省深圳调研)The market for childrens products in China will double within the next five years，a report made public at a kids expo in east Chinas Zhejiang Province has predicted.The market _1_for childrens products in China was more than 1 trillion yuan (152 billion US.dollars) in 2010 an
2、d that _2_is expected to hit 2 trillion yuan by 2015，according to the report.The report owes the _3_ growth of the business to the countrys large population，steady consumption and _4_attention to child health and education in recent years.It is _5_that China has a population of about 200 million _6_
3、under the age of 10，the report said.A Chinese family will spend an _7_of 5,000 yuan (758 dollars) per child each year，according to a _8_ by the Hangzhou Association of Industries on Children.This money goes to a variety of companies _9_ child products and _10_ such as baby milk powder，clothing，toys，
4、education and entertainment.According to a report by the China Ecommerce Research Center，online purchases of baby milk powder from overseas companies _11_reached 2.4 billion yuan in 2010，_12_ second only to makeups.Education is another area that has _13_ investors at home and abroad.Twelve Chinese _
5、14_institutions have won financial support from overseas risk capitalists，with _15_ totaling 100 million dollars so far.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了中国市场不断增长的儿童产品的需求，分析了不断增长的原因；相关部门的调查表明，国外品牌的儿童奶粉销售额仅次于化妆品，因此吸引了大批国内外投资商对儿童产品的投资。1A.requestBdemandCrequirement Ddevotion【解析】考查名词。表达市场需求量，应用demand for.，故选B。【答案】B2A.figure
6、 BresultCproduction Dmoney【解析】考查名词。因为上文提到数字“1 trillion yuan”，故应用figure。【答案】A3A.smooth BsmallCrapid Dslow【解析】考查形容词。上文提到数字从1 trillion长到2 trillion，由此可推知增长速度快，故选rapid。【答案】C4A.existed BreducedCdrawn Dincreased【解析】考查形容词。根据上文提到的“double，rapid growth，steady”等词可知，该空应用increased。【答案】D5A.confirmed BadvertisedCas
7、sessed Dproposed【解析】考查动词。根据下文中的“about 200 million”可推知，此处是估计，不可能是确认。故选C。【答案】C6A.children BadultsCteenagers Dstudents【解析】考查名词。根据“under the age of ten”的限定和上文提到的“childrens products”可知选A。【答案】A7A.offer BaccountCexpense Daverage【解析】考查名词。根据“per child each year”可知应选average，而其他选项虽然意思通顺，但不符合文意和用词习惯。【答案】D8A.sur
8、vey BrecordCdocument Dfinding【解析】考查名词。根据上下文语境可知，此处是一项调查，因此用“survey”最合适。【答案】A9A.making BsendingCproviding Dleading【解析】考查动词。provide sb.sth.意为“提供给某人某物”，符合语境，此处是现在分词短语作定语。故选C。【答案】C10A.prices BservicesCcares Dqualities【解析】考查名词。根据上下文语境可知，应为“提供产品和服务”。故选B。【答案】B11A.hopefully BunexpectedlyCtheoretically Dfort
9、unately【解析】考查副词。根据上下文语境可知，增长速度超出预料。unexpectedly意为“意外地，出人预料地”，符合语境，故选B。【答案】B12A.ranking BstandingCtopping Dkeeping【解析】考查动词。rank second to sth.意为“排位仅次于”。句意：国外品牌的儿童奶粉的销售额仅次于化妆品。故选A。【答案】A13A.surprised BinfluencedCshocked Dattracted【解析】考查动词。根据上下文语境可知，“迅速的增长”吸引了投资者。故选D。【答案】D14A.entertaining BeducationalCt
10、raining Dcultural【解析】考查形容词。根据文章主旨和上文中的“education”可知应选B。【答案】B15A.materials BexportsCinvestments Dproducts【解析】考查名词。根据上文的“investors”和下文的数字可知答案选C。【答案】C.语法填空(2012广州质检)Hic! Youve just hiccupped (打嗝) for the tenth time since you finished dinner.Wonder 1._these funny noises are coming from? The part 2._(bla
11、me) is your diaphragm，the muscle (肌肉) at the bottom of your chest.All hiccups start here.The diaphragm almost always 3._(work) perfectlyit pulls down when you breathe in to help pull air into the lungs 4._it moves up when you breathe out to help push air out of the lungs.But sometimes the diaphragm
12、becomes upset，and when 5._happens，it pushes up in an irregular way，making your breath come out differently 6._how it normally does.When this irregular breath hits your voice box，youre left with a big hiccup.Things 7._bother the diaphragm include eating too quickly or too much，stomachaches or feeling
13、 nervous.If you want to know 8._ to get rid of hiccups，here are some “cures”.9._ (breathe) into a paper bag is one method some people use.Others think taking a mouthful of water is the way to become hiccupfree.Sugar under your tongue might also drive away the hiccups.And maybe the most famous 10._ (
14、treat)，having someone scare you，also helps beat the hiccups.【答案】1.where根据come from可知缺少地点状语，故用where。2to blame空格处内容作为the part的后置定语，表示“打嗝声来源的部位是你的横膈膜”，to blame用主动形式表示被动意义。意为“应受责备，是起因”。3works根据always可确定时态，work在此意为“运作”，故用主动语态。4and/or前后两句是并列关系，所以需要并列连词，故用and或者or。5this/it/that空格处指代的内容是“sometimes the diaphr
15、agm becomes upset”，且根据“and when”推测此处可以用指示代词或者it。6from/to表示呼吸的方式不同于以往正常情况，故用from或者to。7that/whichthings为先行词，谓语动词是include，“_ bother the diaphragm”是定语从句，修饰things，故用关系代词that或which引导定语从句，且在从句中作主语。8how疑问词不定式在句中作know的宾语，且表示方式，故用how。9Breathing/To breathe “_ (breathe) into a paper bag”在句中作主语，且表示主动，故用动名词或者不定式。
16、10treatmentfamous为形容词，应修饰名词，因有the most修饰，只能用单数，故用treatment。.阅读理解A(2011山东高考)Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21yearold twin sons：a combination of savings，income，scholarships，and a modest amount of borrowing.Then her husband lost his job，and the plan fell
17、apart.“I have two kids in college，and I want to saycome home，but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，”says Jacobs.The Jacobs family did work out a solution：They asked and received more aid from the schools，and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through t
18、he federal loan(贷款)program.They will each graduate with$20,000 of debt，but at least they will be able to finish school.With unemployment rising，financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses.More students are applying for aid，and more families expect to need student
19、 loans.College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.At the same time，tuition(学费)continues to rise.A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007，while average
20、family income rose just 147%.Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.“If we go on this way for another 25 years，we wont have an affordable system of higher education，”says Patrick MCallan，president of the center.“The middle class families have been financing it through debt.They w
21、ill send kids to college whatever it takes，even if that means a huge amount of debt.”Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them.The good news，however，is that federal loans account for ab
22、out three quarters of student borrowing，and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.【语篇解读】本文通过描述Jacobs家一对双胞胎儿子在上大学时遇到的经济困难，告诉大家在失业率增加的同时，现在上大学的学费越来越高，贷款的学生也越来越多，以至于许多公司不得不停止对学生的贷款，但是承担大部分学生贷款的政府贷款资助不会中断。1According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?AThe twins wa
23、sted too much money.BThe father was out of work.CTheir savings ran out.DThe family fell apart.【解析】细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“Then her husband lost his job，and the plan fell apart.”可知选B。【答案】B2How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?AThey asked their kids to come home.BThey borrowed $20,000 from the sc
24、hools.CThey encouraged their twin sons to do parttime jobs.DThey got help from the schools and the federal government.【解析】细节理解题。由第三段中的“They asked and received more aid from the schools，and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan(贷款)program.”可知选D。【答案】D3Financia
25、l aid administrators believe that_.Amore families will face the same problem as the JacobsesBthe government will receive more letters of complaintCcollege tuition fees will double soonDAmericas unemployment will fall【解析】细节理解题。由第四段中的“.financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families lik
26、e the Jacobses.More students are applying for aid，and more families expect to need student loans.”可知选A。【答案】A4What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?AThey blamed the government for the tuition increase.BTheir income remained steady in the last decade.CThey will try their best
27、 to send kids to college.DTheir debts will be paid off within 25 years.【解析】推理判断题。由第六段中的“They will send kids to college whatever it takes，even if that means a huge amount of debt.”可知选C。【答案】C5According to the last paragraph，the government will_.Aprovide most students with scholarshipsBdismiss some fin
28、ancial aid administratorsCstop the companies from making student loansDgo on providing financial support for college students【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段最后一句“.the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.”可知政府将会继续给大学生提供贷款资助。【答案】DBFarming is moving indoors，where the sun never shines，where rainfall is ir
29、relevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light，temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition.It could be in a New York highrise or a complex in the Saudi desert.The world already is having trouble feeding itself.Half
30、the people on Earth live in cities，and nearly half of thoseabout 3 billionare hungry or illfed.Food prices，currently increasing，are buffeted by dryness，floods and the cost of energy required to plant，harvest and transport it. And prices will only get more unstable. Climate change makes longterm crop
31、 planning uncertain.Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop.And the world is getting more crowded：by midcentury，the global population will grow from 6.8 billion to 9 billion.To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests
32、and wilderness，or finding ways to completely increase crop output.Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further，growing vegetables and house plants in enclosed (封闭的)and regulated environments.In their research station，water flows into the pans when needed，and the temperature is
33、 kept constant.Lights go on and off，creating similar day and night，but according to the rhythm of the plant.A building of 100 square meters and 14 layers(层)of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch，about 140,000 people.Their
34、 idea isnt to grow foods that require much space，like corn or potatoes.Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful.Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow.Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions. They use about 90 percent less water than o
35、utdoors agriculture.And city farming means producing food near the consumer，and theres no need to transport it long distances.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，本文主要讲述了研究者Gertjan Meeuws和他的几位同事所研究的一种未来农业模式：不需要阳光和下雨的室内农业，它不同于温室农业，是一种节能、节水和环保的农业方式，具有适应性强，成本低等特色。6What can we mainly learn from Paragraph 2?AThe climate is wo
36、rse and worse.BThe city people live a hard life.CThe world has difficulty feeding its people.DThe worlds population is increasing fast.【解析】细节理解题。本段主要是列举了世界在满足人类食品需求方面的问题，如城市人口挨饿问题、物价上涨和不稳定问题以及人口增长所带来的问题等。选项A、B、D只是世界供应粮食这一大问题中的几个小问题。故选C。【答案】C7The underlined word “buffeted” in Paragraph 2 means _.Abad
37、ly affected BpreventedCdemanded Dwell achieved【解析】词义猜测题。食品的物价在上涨，而后面提到的dryness、floods、the cost of energy是物价的影响因素。因此buffeted的意思是“受到影响很大”。故选A。【答案】A8Which of the following is TRUE of the environments in the research station?AThe temperature is often changed.BSunshine is in great need for plants.CDay an
38、d night depends on plants.DAir quality is controlled by plants.【解析】细节理解题。文章第四段“the temperature is kept constant”表明这个温度不会经常变化，故A不对；文章最后一段“Sunlight is not only necessary”表明这儿的阳光是不需要的，故B不对；文章第一段“controlled light，temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition”表明这儿的空气质量是需要控制的，但不一定是依靠植物，故D不对；文章第四段“creating
39、 similar day and night，but according to the rhythm of the plant.”表明，这儿的日夜是由植物所“决定的”，故选C。【答案】C9It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuwss farming _.Ahelps save sea water a lotBis highly adaptableCresembles greenhouse agricultureDsuits the production of corn【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后两段，Meeuws的农业能够节省大
40、量的水(但不是海水)，其工作原理并不同于温室农业，不利于生产占据大面积的作物，如“corn和potatoes”，而根据文章第一段的“It could be in a New York highrise or a complex in the Saudi desert.”可知，该种农业可以存在在许多环境下，适应力很强。故选B。【答案】B10用30词左右概括文章大意_【答案】The passage mainly tells about a new pattern of farming which is moving indoors，where the sun never shines，where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.高考资源网w w 高 考 资源 网