1、云南玉溪市2015高考英语优生自选练习（4）及答案阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。James Long：Well, after listening carefully to you two, Im not sure which of you is right.Qian Liwei：When I look back, I find I didnt like some of the questions the audience asked though. It was as if people _1_ not listening.Lin Shuiqin
2、g：I think the audience was interested in _2_ you said. I liked it when you told that joke. I heard the audience _3_(laugh)I think they really liked you after that. When I heard what you said about the environment and the economy needing to work _4_ more, I was very impreseed.Qian Liwei: I certainly
3、think we need to use our raw materials in the best possible way; _5_， they will be soon used up. We also need _6_(clean)up the mess we made in the past. I like the idea of making factories that pollute pay taxes.Lis Shuiqing：_7_， you are right about many businessment trying to protect the environmen
4、t and build the economy at the same time. You made that _8_(power) statement. As a result, you impressed _9_ audience. They clapped so hard.Qian Liwei: Many people think that economic development and _10_(environment) protection conflict with each other. That impression needs to be changed and after
5、 I talked to you today, I think we should work on some projects together.Lin Shuiqing：Good idea.【参考答案】1.were2.what3.laughing4.together5.otherwise6.to clean7.Also8.powerful9.the10.environmental【广西省南宁市2014高考英语模拟试题】 完型填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
6、In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their 36 condition, two of Durers children had a dream to seek their talent for 37 . but they knew well their father would never be able to s
7、end 38 of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy. The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss (投掷) a coin. The 39 would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer 40 the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next f
8、our years, financed his brother, 41 work at the academy was almost an 42 success. Albrechts woodcuts and oils were 43 better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees 44 his works. When the young 45 returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to
9、toast to his beloved brother, “Now, Albert, it is your 46 to seek your dream. I will support you.” All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he 47 and repeated, “No .no.” Finally, Albert rose and 48 the tears from his cheeks. He said so
10、ftly, “I 49 go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to 50 your toast.” Today, Albrecht Durers masterful works 51 in every great museum in the
11、 world, but chances are great 52 you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brothers abused hands with palms together and thin 53 stretched skyward. He 54 it “The Praying Hands.” Next time you see that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your remi
12、nder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it 55 ! 36. A. hopeful B. lucky C. disappointed D. hopeless37. A. music B. art C. mining D. farming38. A. all B. both C. each D. either39. A. painter B. loser C. winner D. failure40. A. lost B. got C. won D. beat41. A. who B. his C. whom D. whose42
13、.A. arbitrary B. immediate C. attractive D. ordinary43. A. far B. quite C. very D. more44. A. for B. to C. in D. at45. A. miner B. worker C. artist D. professor46. A. luck B. turn C. move D. moment47.A. sobbed B. nodded C. smiled D. laughed48. A. recovered B. wept C. wiped D. handed49. A. cant B. mu
14、stnt C. can D. have to50. A. hold B. return C. move D. turn51. A. hang B. represent C. present D. visit52. A. when B. that C. which D. as53. A. figures B. hands C. fingers D. arms54. A. saidB. loved C. told D. called55. A. yet B. out C. alone D. before【参考答案】完形填空36-40: DBDBC 41-45: DBAAC46-50: BACAB
15、51-55: ABCDC完形填空解题步骤 第16讲 解题步骤(2011湖南卷)Does going to college really pay off? Certainly! I remember taking _48_ English class in college on the short story. Our first assignment was to read _49_ short stories and then discuss which one was better.After reading both, I wasnt sure. Over the _50_ severa
16、l months, my professor taught me _51_ one story was so much better than the other. _52_ was rich in metaphor(隐喻)and character development, while the other was humorous _53_ too shallow. 3I couldnt see this at first. Yet, in a few months, my brain got reeducated and _54_ could see the difference betw
17、een good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level. Going to college helps build a strong mind, which leads _55_ greater success in ones life. 解题的一般步骤是： 一、通读全文，把握语篇。弄清文章的体裁、题材(话题)、写作主线、段落大意、段落层次等有利于考生真正读懂全文大意，也有利于在“填空”时进行必要的逻辑推理。二、先易后难，尝试填空。在通读全文，基本把握文章大意之后，就可以动手填空了。主观填空的过
18、程是一个判断空白处应填词语的“语义”和正确的语法“形式”的思维过程，要坚持从易到难的原则。根据我们的英语知识积累和语感，有些答案可能不需要过多的思考一眼就能看出来。如有关习惯用语、常用句式等，通常就可在这一步完成。遇到一时想不起来的空，先跳过去，不要用太多的时间停留在一个单词上。填出容易的词语后，大意更趋明朗，语境更加清晰，有助于后面的难题的推敲和判断。 三、利用语境，推敲语义。要抓住上下文的内容联系和逻辑关系，进行多角度，全方位分析，从而准确地判断所填词的意义。推敲语义时，不要忽略连接词、代词、插入语、转折词等的作用。因为这些词往往是改变语境的关键词，具有因果、让步、递进、转折、指代、列举、
19、承上启下的特殊功能。四、复读全文，确认答案。进行复查是必要的。复查的方法是将填好空的短文从头至尾通读一遍，以最后确定答案。这一步要解决两个问题。第一是从语义和逻辑的角度审视全文，看看所填单词语义上是否正确和最佳。检查一下所填单词是否能使文意上下连贯，前后照应，逻辑顺畅，能否自然地融入语篇。第二是从语法的角度审视全文，检查所填单词的词性和词形的正确性。从语法的角度看看所填词语词形变化是否正确。对自我感觉有问题的地方，要仔细揣摩，准确定夺。阅读理解。 In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard Univer
20、sity, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our f
21、amily to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and b
22、iological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our
23、 home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away f
24、rom the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！
25、I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dr
26、eams.( ) 1. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was tobe A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor( ) 2. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A. She wanted to study by herself.B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness.D.
27、 She decided to look after her grandma. ( ) 3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.( ) 4
28、. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success. B、Little by little, one goes far.C. Every coin has two sides. D、Well begun, half done.( ) 5.Which of the following can best describe the author?A. Caring and determine. B、Honest and responsible.C
29、、Ambitious and sensitive. D、Innocent and single-minded.【文章大意】记叙文。文章介绍了作者取得本科学位的过程中做的事情。1.C细节理解题。根据文章第一段的aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.，可知答案为C。2.D细节理解题。根据文章I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my per
30、sonal dream would have to wait.可知答案。3.A 推理判断题，由You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. 作者需要养育4个儿女，同时还要坚持学习的梦想， joyous可见作者在感到家庭是忙碌而幸福的。4.B推理判断题。根据Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.可以看出作者的学习是在循序渐进，千里之行始于足下，最终才取得学位的。Little by little ,one goes far.与之符合。5.A推理判断题。通过全文作者照顾祖母和照顾家庭，可以看出作者Caring；通过作者坚持不懈的学习，最终拿到学位，可以看出作者的决心determine，选A。