1、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。 Its hard to find Alice Munro in the mediaEven after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of 8ightOn Dec 29, she still didnt seek the spotlight（聚光灯）when she was named one of the riv
2、e Women of the Year by the Financial Times In Munros eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people, She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which 8he is most familiar withShe writes about
3、 the ordinary things in the villagefox forming;, trees felled in the Ontario wilderness, poor country achool8 and long last illnessesAbove all, she talk8 about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune She has a special talent for uncovering the extraord
4、inary in the ordinary These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting Runaway, one of Munros representative works, is a good example of her writing styleOne of the stories center
5、s on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband ClarkThe story slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decide8 to fleeThe story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love
6、It is about lost children and l08t chance8 that we can all find in life, There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart Since she published her first collection of 8hort stories in 1968, Munro has won many a wards, with the Nobel Prize being her bigge8t honorOn Oct 10, 2013, the Nobel
7、 Prize commit-tee named Munro the master of the contemporary short story1We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice MunroAdidnt get on well with the mediaBwas 8urprised at winning the Nobel PrizeCdidnt value the title of Women of the YearDremained modest though very successful2Many of Alice Munros worksAf
8、ocus on everyday life of ordinary peopleBare about betrayals of love and violenceCcenter on the happy life of country womenDare romantic stories setting in her hometown3What makes Alice Munros stories fascinating according to the text?AThe complicated plotsBHer writing techniquesCThe humorous langua
9、geDHer rich imagination4In her representative work Runaway, CarlaAleads a happy life with ClarkBis a faithful wife to her husbandCtries to run away from her husbandDloses all hopes for a better life5What is the text mainly about?AAlice Munro and her hometownBThe awards Alice Munro wonCAlice Munros l
10、iterary lifeDAlice Munro and her writing style【参考答案】15、DABCA 阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013海淀区期末，C)The early lack of exposure to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be harmful to achieving gender (性别) balance in these fields. It begins when we are young and continu
11、es throughout our time in high school.While at home, girls generally dont get to experience the level of exposure or encouragement in STEM fields that their male counterparts do. It is often subtle, but its the first hurdle that faces and confuses so many women. Boys, on the other hand, get on their
12、 path, and are encouraged to do so, generally earlier than girls. For example, boys are more often given science sets as toys, which spark an interest in these subjects.In school, boys are often pushed to take the more challenging math and science classes. So if we want to attract the best and brigh
13、test minds into the fields that will advance us as a people, a country, and a planet, we can no longer look to only half of the population. Young girls cannot possibly consider opportunities they do not know exist. If girls are not exposed to certain subject and career paths, they are highly unlikel
14、y to choose to follow them in college.Our bias (偏见) toward girls, either from families or from schools, is so rooted in our culture that we often dont even recognize it. Although the situation has changed greatly in the past 20 or 30 years, there is still a sense, that girls arent as good at math, f
15、or instance, even though there is almost no evidence to support such a belief.It is important that as a society we deal with gender stereotypes long before young people are faced with a decision to declare or choose a major in college. Without making efforts to break them, we are limiting the potent
16、ials of our youth, both male and female. Providing the necessary resources, exposure, and encouragement would help young women understand that their gender shouldnt determine the career path they choose, and that pursuing a STEM career does not make them less feminine.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。由于受传统偏见的影响，女孩最终进入
17、STEM(科学、技术、工程、数学)领域的人数不多，直接导致了这些领域中男女比例失衡。作者呼吁，让更多的女性参与到STEM领域中去。9According to the passage, not many girls grow to enter STEM fields because _.Agirls are not as good at STEM as boysBgirls do not like to take science classesCgirls get fewer chances to know about STEMDgirls seldom survive the high pre
18、ssure positions答案：C细节理解题。根据文章第二、三段可知，由于对女孩的偏见，无论在家还是在学校，女孩在了解STEM方面的机会比男孩要少，这就是女孩进入STEM领域人数很少的原因。故答案选C。10The underlined word “it” in Para. 4 refers to _.Aour bias Bour culture Cthe situation Da sense答案：A指代判断题。画线词前面提到，我们对女孩的偏见不是来自家庭，就是来自学校，在我们的文化中根深蒂固，而我们却经常对此不承认。由此可推知，不承认的内容是“我们对女孩的偏见”，因此，it指代的就是our
19、 bias。故答案选A。11The main purpose of the passage is to _.Ashow womens potentials in STEM fieldsBpraise womens contributions to STEM fieldsCdescribe the present gender bias in STEM fieldsDcall for more involvement of women in STEM fields答案：D推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句中的“. help young women understand that their g
20、ender shouldnt determine the career path they choose, and that pursuing a STEM career does not make them less feminine.”并结合全文可知，文章主要目的是为了呼吁更多的女性参与到STEM领域中。故答案选D。12Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP：Central PointP：PointSp：Subpoint (次要点)C：Conclusion答案：D细节理解题。浏览全文可知，第一段是中心段，提出
21、了问题，起到了总领下文的作用；而第二段和第三段分别谈到在家和在学校的情况，两段是并列平行关系；第四段是对第二段和第三段的总结；最后一段是文章的结论部分。因此，D项符合题意。故答案选D。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013兰州市诊断，B)“I like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on my face”. A charming way of saying “Keep off the grass”. But could you figure it out? Or this: “Wash Cloth
22、ing Store” for laundry.They are both typical Chinglish, a combination of English vocabulary and Chinese grammar. Expressions such as “people mountain people sea”， means extremely crowded, and “give you some color to see”， meaning a punishment, are widely known and recognized.Chinglish has been attra
23、cting global attention in recent years as China grows rapidly in stature on the world stage, attracting both fans and detractors.The Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Programme and English First China Company, a language trainer known as EF Education, jointly launched a campaign to root out poor gram
24、mar and misused vocabulary in downtown Beijing. They argue Chinglish is an embarrassment that we should let it die out at all costs.“It is meaningful, to allow the capital show its most beautiful historical and cultural heritage to the world.” Michael Lu, vicepresident of EF Education said, “since t
25、he launching of the campaign, foreign teachers and students had been very keen to volunteer participation.” He believed signs were very important in public services. “The signs in some old buildings confused foreign visitors.”Chinglish, although the target of much criticism, has also won supporters
26、who regard it as an interesting way for foreigners to learn how Chinese people think and express themselves.“Many Chinglish logos carry Chinese elements and they will enrich the English language，” 32yearold Oliver Radtke said. He had even published a book “Chinglish: Found in Translation，” on the su
27、bject. About 50 000 copies of the book have been sold since it was published in 2007.Some Chinese university experts also side with Chinglish. “English has absorbed elements from other languages such as French and Spanish in its growth, and the emergence of Chinglish again testifies to the languages
28、 vitality and inclusiveness，” said Shi Anbin, an associate professor of Tsinghua University.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。文章介绍了中国式英语在中国的发展及应用，并列举了人们对其不同的看法和理解。13How did Chinglish come into being?AChinese people misunderstood the meaning of the new words.BChinese people combined English vocabulary with Chinese gramm
29、ar.CChinese people based their English on the native English speakers.DChinese people make wide use of English vocabulary with bad spelling.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“They are both typical Chinglish, a combination of English vocabulary and Chinese grammar.”可知，答案选B。14What Shi Anbin said means _.Athere are ma
30、ny French and Spanish words in EnglishBEnglish is the language with vitality and inclusivenessCChinglish enriches English and shouldnt be got rid ofDChinglish has greater effect on English than French and Spanish答案：C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知，Shi Anbin支持中国式英语。由“English has absorbed elements from other languag
31、es such as French and Spanish in its growth, and the emergence of Chinglish again testifies to the languages vitality and inclusiveness”可推知，Shi Anbin认为中国式英语的存在证明了英语是一种包容性很强的语言，中国式英语能像法语和西班牙语一样使英语变得丰富。故答案选C。15According to Oliver Radtke, Chinglish _.Ashows how Chinese people thinkBdoes damage to the E
32、nglish languageCshows the great humor of Chinese peopleDshould be sold to all over the world答案：A推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句可知，中国式英语带有中国元素。由此可推知，中国式英语体现了中国人的思维。故答案选A。【2014高考英语河北省衡水中学一调考试】完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My daughter Julie and I went shopping this morning. A little part of me
33、thought about going to another checkout line. This one had the shortest queue, there was only one guy in it, but he was in a _41_ and there seemed to be some complications going on.Well, I stamped on that little part, and we stepped in _42_him. At first, he seemed to be having _43_ getting his groce
34、ries onto the conveyor belt(输送带). But after a while, I _44_ that what he was actually doing was dividing them into two lots.Still, getting the stuff up there was no_45_ task in itself. I _46_to help, but he and the checkout lady had it under_47_. He asked Julie if she would _48_ putting his empty ba
35、sket away. Then he _49_for his wallet which was in a pouch(小袋子)on one side of his chair. The way he was positioned and the fact he only had one usable_50_ made this quite a stretch for him, so I helped there.What must it be like, I _51_, to be so dependent on other people like that?The checkout oper
36、ator came around and gave him his _52_ and the items he needed to have to hand. I offered to get _53_bigger bag and he said, “ No. but you could do me a favor. Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela.”I _54_did that, leaving Julie with our shopping. Angela, it turned out, was colle
37、cting food for people who might otherwise go _55_! I hadnt even noticed her before.This guy, despite the limitation that his _56_condition imposed(强加于) on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed. He may have been _57_ physically, but his heart was more than capable of _58_ all
38、that. And it changed my idea of _59_ when I realized that the help he had given was _60_ the help he had received.41. A. taxi B. wheelchair C. grocery D. bench42. A. before B. behind C. near D. beyond43. A. difficulty B. potential C. doubt D. ability44. A. regretted B. recognized C. requested D. rea
39、lized45. A. special B. obvious C. easy D. necessary46. A. struggled B. offered C. forced D. preferred47. A. control B. consideration C. repair D. attack48. A. mind B. finish C. enjoy D. escape49. A. hoped B. chose C. reached D. begged50. A. leg B. knee C. foot D. arm51. A. warned B. wondered C. fear
40、ed D. insisted52. A. change B. bill C. note D. coin53. A. more B. another C. other D. the other54. A. desperately B. faithfully C. sadly D. gratefully55. A. thirsty B. tired C. hungry D. crazy56. A. mental B. natural C. official D. physical57. A. admired B. limited C. forgotten D. accepted58. A. overcoming B. keeping C. passing D. destroying59. A. pride B. patience C. dependence D. bravery60. A. other than B. more than C. less than D. rather than【参考答案】完形填空： 4160、BBADC BAACD BADBC DBACB
