1、台儿庄2014高考英语短语总结、阅读理解训练（3）及答案at a low/high price 价格低(高) at a low/high speed 速度很慢/快地 at a mouthful 一口、满口 at a safe speed 以安全速度行驶 at a speed of 以的速度行驶 at a time 一次；有时、曾经 at first blush 一瞥 at full speed 全速前进 at least 至少、最少 at leastif not more 如果不是更多，至少也 at most 最多、至多 at one time 曾经、以前 at present 现在 at t
2、hat very moment 就在那个时候 at the ball 在舞会上 at the beginning of 在的开始 at the bottom of 在的底部 at the cost of 以为代价 at the crossing 在十字路口 at the invitation of sb. 应某人邀请 at the latest 最迟、最晚 at the most 最多 at the price of 以为代价 at the risk of 冒着的危险 at the same time 同时 at the sight of 看见at the speed of 以的速度 at t
3、he thought of 当想到 at the top of the voice 用最高的声音 attempt to do 尝试去做、企图去做 attend to sth. 注意；对关注 attitude to/towards sth. 对的态度 attract ones attention 吸引某人注意力 Traditional surgical procedures require surgeons to make large incisions（切口）in a patients body in order to gain access to the organs inside. It
4、was once common for heart surgeons, who perform highly specialized and complex procedures, to make long incisions in a patients chest and then split the breastbone to reach the heart. Patients who undergo surgery are often at the risk of infection, as bacteria can infect the cut in the skin. In addi
5、tion, there is often a lengthy recovery period.A surgical technique known as “keyhole surgery” has become common in recent years. In general, the surgeon will make a couple of small incisions around the area where the operation is going to be performed. Tubes are pushed into the holes, and a tiny ca
6、mera is put into the body. The camera is attached to a large monitor screen and the doctor can see it while performing the operation. In addition to the camera, doctors also push their tiny surgical instruments through the tubes. The awkward part of keyhole surgery is that it is counterintuitive; th
7、at is to say, if a surgeon wants to move the tool to the left, he or she must push it to the right.Another new machine called the “Da Vinci Surgical System” has been tested in hospitals in the US. Unlike keyhole surgery, this robots moving parts are designed to copy mans hand and wrist movement, thu
8、s providing better control and sensitivity. Sitting at a console（控制台）a few feet from the patient, the surgeon can control the instruments by moving highly sensitive pads. The area of the body is enlarged on a screen, which gives surgeons a view similar to that of a traditional surgical procedure.The
9、 Da Vinci Surgical System has been welcomed as revolutionary by many surgeons. Patients with serious illness must undergo major surgery, but the smaller incisions typically mean a shorter recovery time. On the downside, some operations have taken up to fifty minutes longer because surgeons are inexp
10、erienced at using the new technology. As surgeons become more familiar with the machines, the time needed for surgical procedures is likely to decrease.57. What can be learned about the traditional surgery according to the passage? A. Long incisions are made in a patients chest. B. It often takes a
11、longer time to do an operation. C. The cost of the traditional surgery is very high. D. The incision is likely to be infected after the operation.58. Which of the following is one disadvantage of keyhole surgery? A. It requires the use of long, thin tools and a tiny camera. B. The doctors can not vi
12、ew the inside of the patients body clearly. C. The direction in which a doctor moves the surgical tools is opposite. D. A tiny camera has to be inserted into the patients body in advance.59. The Da Vinci Surgical System differs from keyhole surgery in that it _. A. requires that a surgeon make more
13、small incisions on a patient B. reduces the amount of time it takes to perform a surgical procedure C. allows the surgeon to use the surgical instruments more sensitively D. gets rid of the need for surgeons to make large incisions on patients60. The passage mainly tells readers about _. A. the chal
14、lenges brought about by new technology B. the application of new technologies in modern surgery C. the reflections on the development in medical science D. the benefits and drawbacks of the Da Vinci Surgical System参考答案 57-60 DCCB*结束 Words：330难度系数：建议用时：8分钟As some of you already know, I will be helpin
15、g to launch The Tales of Beedle the Bard with a Beedle tea party at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh on 4th December.Im delighted that the book will now be available to everyone, with the net proceeds of sales going to the Childrens High Level Group, the charity I helped found which wor
16、ks with vulnerable children across Eastern Europe.Im afraid we do have to limit the attendance to the launch, so it will be for 811 yearolds from primary schools in the Edinburgh area，who will be chosen by a random ballot run by the local newspaper.Also，some tickets are available via competitions be
17、ing run by Scholastic，Bloomsbury and Amazonsee their websites for details.One of the seven original handwritten copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, kindly loaned by my first editor Barry Cunningham, will be going on show for a month at the National Library of Scotland from 5th December to 4th Ja
18、nuary 2009, so anyone visiting Edinburgh will be able to see it.Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children in Eastern Europe are living in horrifying conditions in large, residential institutions.Contrary to popular belief, fewer than 4% of them are orphans, but are in care because they are consid
19、ered disabled or their families are poor or from ethnic minorities.The Childrens High Level Group is publishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard，in cooperation with my English language publishers Bloomsbury and Scholastic, my foreign publishers throughout the world and also the online bookseller Amazon,
20、 who are producing a Special Limited Edition version, all of them to raise money to fund our work in helping these children out of institutions and into loving families or community care homes.I hope that The Tales of Beedle the Bard will not only be a welcome Christmas present to Harry Potter fans,
21、 but an opportunity to give these abandoned children a voice.【解题导语】本文是一篇发言稿，作者介绍了自己新作的首发仪式及其相关准备情况。5How many ways can you get to the Beedle tea party?A1.B2.C3.D4.解析：选B。细节理解题。文章第二段讲到参加The Tales of Beedle the Bard的首发仪式的两种方式，即：chosen by a random ballot和via competitions。6It can be inferred from the text
22、 that the author is _.Afantastic BhelpfulCadventurous Dpessimistic解析：选B。推理判断题。文章第一段谈到作者资助慈善团体the Childrens High Level Group，倒数第二段也讲到作者的出版商为他的工作筹集资金来帮助孩子。由此可知作者乐于助人。7Which of the following is true according to the text?ALarge numbers of people will attend the Beedle tea party.BReaders can buy the Spe
23、cial Limited Edition version online.CThe Tales of Beedle the Bard will be published after Christmas.DOriginal handwritten copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be displayed.解析：选B。正误判断题。倒数第二段谈到“and also the online bookseller Amazon，who are producing a Special Limited Edition version”，由此可知B项内容正确
24、。其他选项均与原文内容不符。8What does the text talk about?AThe vulnerable children across Eastern Europe.BHow the Childrens High Level Group works.CA Beedle tea party at the National Library.DThe launch of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.解析：选D。主旨大意题。文中作者主要介绍了自己的作品The Tales of Beedle the Bard的发行仪式及相关准备情况，故D项正确。【长难句解
25、读】Im afraid we do have to limit the attendance to the launch，so it will be for 811 yearolds from primary schools in the Edinburgh area，who will be chosen by a random ballot run by the local newspaper.本句为复合句，so连接两个表因果关系的分句。第二分句中who引导定语从句。语意：恐怕我们不得不对发布会做出席限制，因此与会人员将主要是来自于爱丁堡区小学的8到11岁的学生们，他们将由当地的报纸以抽签的
26、方式随机选出。*结束Passage *One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?” I thought for a minute, and then I said, “Ill explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ” At grocery store, we 24
27、 some apples - red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “Its time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face. “People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29, some of the apples may n
28、ot 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place. “Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.” He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that
29、helps you 36 which one is which. ” He took 37, and then a huge smile came across his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, theyre pretty much the same on the inside. ” He totally 40 it. I didnt need to say or do anything else. 21. A. althoughB. soC.
30、 becauseD. if 22. A. stopB. startC. turnD. stay 23. A. expressiveB. encouragingC. informativeD. interesting 24. A. boughtB. countedC. sawD. collected 25. A. checkB. mentionC. answerD. improve 26. A. sizeB. typeC. shapeD. class 27. A. worriedB. satisfiedC. proudD. curious 28. A. ordinaryB. normalC. d
31、ifferentD. regular 29. A. outsideB. wholeC. tableD. inside 30. A. stillB. evenC. onlyD. ever 31. A. examiningB. measuringC. drawingD. packing 32. A. keepingB. placingC. pullingD. giving 33. A. onB. towardC. forD. in 34. A. mustntB. cantC. shouldntD. neednt 35. A. each oneB. each otherC. the otherD.
32、one another 36. A. admitB. considerC. decideD. believe 37. A. big bitesB. deep breathsC. a firm holdD. close look 38. A. justB. alwaysC. merelyD. seldom 39. A. put awayB. get downC. hand outD. take off 40. A. madeB. tookC. gotD. did 参考答案 21.D 22.A 23.D 24.A 25.C 26.B 27.D 28.C 29.A 30.B 31.A 32.B 33
33、.D 34.B 35.A 36.C 37.A 38.A 39.D 40.C *结束Passage*The school was across the street from our home and I would watch the kids as they 36 during the break. She seemed so small as she, 37 her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She stood out from them all. I began to notice her at other time
34、s, basketball in hand, playing 38 . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 39 she practiced so much. She looked 40 in my eyes and without a moment of 41 she said, I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an） 42
35、. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be college. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts dont 43 . ” Well, I had to give it in to hershe was 44 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 45 in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. Oh,
36、nothing, came a soft reply. I am just too 46 . ”The coach told her that at her height she would probably 47 get to play for a top ranked team much 48 offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I 49 her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to he
37、r dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 50 . They just did not understand the 51 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 52 could stop her except one thingher own 53 . The next year, as she and h
38、er team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed 54 a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 55 it for all those years. 36. A. studied B. relaxed C. played D. enjoyed 37. A. pushed B. cleare
39、d C. lost D. gave 38. A. well B. freely C. together D. alone 39. A. how B. why C. where D. whether 40. A. brightly B. bitterly C. directly D. casually 41. A. argument B. glance C. panic D. hesitation 42. A. scholarship B. reputation C. occupation D. graduation 43. A. disappear B. occur C. exist D. c
40、ount 44. A. admired B. determined C. ashamed D. ignored 45. A. showed B. nodded C. turned D. buried 46. A. unique B. flexible C. short D. nervous 47. A. never B. always C. ever D. still 48. A. more B. less C. too D. as 49. A. removed B. sensed C. reduced D. imagined 50. A. wrong B. strict C. cautiou
41、s D. important 51. A. nature B. complex C. power D. result 52. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing 53. A. skill B. attitude C. champion D. award 54. A. offered B. required C. promoted D. gained 55. A. out B. with C. toward D. at 参考答案 36.C 37.A 38.D 39.B 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.B 50.A 51.C 52.D 53.B 54.A 55.C*结束
