1、课 时 作 业 25.阅读理解(湖北省黄冈市高三检测)Airbags, now found in almost every vehicle, have saved countless lives and largely reduced the severity of injuries in crashes. Similar technology could greatly reduce broken hips (髋部) resulting from a fall, something most seniors fear.Dr Robert Buckman and his startup com
2、pany, Active Protective in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has developed a promising solution, a wearable airbag that can protect hip bones in the event of a fall. The idea was the result of Dr Buckmans years as a doctor at Temple University. He noticed how many elderly people were being brought into hospi
3、tals with broken hip due to falls, and how they often never completely recovered from the injuries. He started to ask what he could do for these people, and that was when he started trying to figure out whether there was a way of helping people who were at the highest risk of falling and suffering t
4、hese kinds of injuries.The device is worn much like a regular belt, but on the outside of the clothing, and it includes sensors that monitor the movement of hips. If the device detects that the person, is falling, an airbag opens before the person hits the ground, cushioning the fall. When the weare
5、r hits the ground, the bag reduces the force to the hip bones by 90 percent, enough to avoid the majority of hip injuries.With one out of every three people aged 65 and older suffering serious falls each year, Active Protective has a big market for its wearable device. It also has the potential to s
6、izably reduce hiprelated health care expenses: Hip injuries among the elderly cost the US health care system in 2012 $30 billion, which doesnt include the longterm care expenses associated with the high percentage of patients that can no longer live independently.本文是一篇说明文。讲述一个从医多年的医生为了降低老人跌倒的严重程度，专门
7、研发了一款可穿戴的气囊。该气囊内置监测器，当检测到老人跌倒时，气囊会自动打开，避免老人髋骨受伤。1What is the purpose of the Active Protectives airbag?ATo avoid hip injuries among seniors.BTo protect seniors from car accidents.CTo help seniors with their daily nursing.DTo help doctors deal with serious injuries.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第二段Dr Robert Buckman
8、and his startup company, Active Protective in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has developed a promising solution, a wearable airbag that can protect hip bones in the event of a fall.可知，该公司研发了一款可穿戴的气囊，为了在老人跌倒时保护老人的髋骨，故选A。2What inspired Dr Robert Buckman to make the device?AA report on seniors health.BA seri
9、ous fall he experienced.CHis work experiences as a doctor.DSuggestions of seniors at Temple University.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段The idea was the result of Dr Buckmans years as a doctor at Temple University.可知，该医生研发气囊是源于自己多年从医经历所发现的情况，故选C。3How does the device mainly work?ABy predicting road conditions.BBy s
10、peeding up bone recovery.CBy reducing the effects of falling.DBy preventing people from failing.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段When the wearer hits the ground, the bag reduces the force to the hip bones by 90 percent, enough to avoid the majority of hip injuries.可知，当穿戴者着地时，气囊会减少地面对髋骨90%的冲击，让老人少受伤害，故选C。4What does
11、 the author think of the Active Protectives airbag?AIt still needs improving.BIt has a promising future.CIt may encourage seniors to do exercise.DIt may increase Americas spend on seniors.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段With one out of every three people aged 65 and older suffering serious falls each year, Activ
12、e Protective has a big market for its wearable device.可知，老人跌倒受伤情况很普遍，因而这个气囊很有市场，故选B。.完形填空(霸州一中高三模拟)“Who can ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far？” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _1_ to his fellow classmates to
13、 never give upand the words _2_ much more to himself. Thats because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _3_ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.Chad didnt start to _4_ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her s
14、on was at a(an) _5_， she was determined not to treat him _6_. “Ive expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _7_ why he couldnt，” she told ABC News. “And if he _8_ the first time, we just tried again.”Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _9_ no special treatment but sittin
15、g at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work _10_. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never _11_，” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when
16、 you have _12_ so far behind that escaping seems the only way _13_. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire _14_.”Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and _15_ messages from family, friends and strangers. “Theyve been sending me message
17、s on Facebook, email, theyve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a _16_ on their lives and how theyre really _17_ by it，” Chad told ABC News. “It feels _18_. Seeing that my words _19_ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel _20_.”本文是
18、一篇记叙文。Chad在他的高中毕业演讲中被问到他是最好的学生时说道“谁能想象到像我这样的人会走这么远？”他建议他的同学们，不要放弃这句话对他自己来说意义重大。这是因为Chad是聋的。他得到了全班同学的起立鼓掌和来自家人、朋友和陌生人的支持。因为他的话对某人有一种力量，并且他们想要更努力地工作，这使Chad感觉很好。1A.descriptionBadviceCwarningDinformation答案：B解析：考查名词。A.description描述；B.advice建议；C.warning警告；D.information信息。根据Chad offered _1_ to his fellow c
19、lassmates to never give upand the words _2_ much more to himself.可知，Chad给他的同学们建议，不要放弃这句话对他自己来说意义更重大。故选B。2A.meantBrecognizedCanalysedDdescribed答案：A解析：考查动词。 Ameant意味着，打算；B.recognized认出；C.analysed分析；D.described描述。根据Chad offered _1_ to his fellow classmates to never give upand the words _2_ much more to
20、 himself.可知，Chad给他的同学们建议，不要放弃这句话对他自己来说意义更重大。故选A。3A.neededBforecastCconsistedDfaced答案：D解析：考查动词。A.needed需要；B.forecast预测；C.consisted由组成；D.faced面对。根据Thats because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _3_ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgi
21、a.可知，这是因为Chad是聋的，他讲述了他在Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia第一次毕业时面临的严重问题。故选D。4A.cry BhearCsmellDlaugh答案：B解析：考查动词。 Acry哭；B.hear听见；C.smell闻；D.laugh大笑。根据Chad didnt start to _4_ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood.可知，据他的母亲Pam Wood说，直到5岁时，他才开始听得到声音。故选B。5A.lossBadvantageCdisadvantageDdi
22、stance答案：C解析：考查名词。A.loss损失；B.advantage优势；C.disadvantage劣势；D.distance距离。根据Although her son was at a(an) _5_， she was determined not to treat him _6_.可知，虽然她的儿子处于不利地位，但她决心不以不同的方式对待他。故选C。6A.differentlyBcruellyCkindlyDsimilarly答案：A解析：考查副词。A.differently不相同地；B.cruelly残酷地；C.kindly亲切地；D.similarly相似地。根据Althou
23、gh her son was at a(an) _5_， she was determined not to treat him _6_.可知，虽然她的儿子处于不利地位，但她决心不以不同的方式对待他。故选A。7A.reasonBtroubleCharmDconclusion答案：A解析：考查名词。A.reason理由；B.trouble麻烦；C.harm伤害；D.conclusion结论。根据Ive expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _7_ why he couldnt可知，“我”希望他能做所有其他
24、孩子做的事，“我”没有看到他不能做的理由。故选A。8A.succeededBorganizedCfailedDblamed答案：C解析：考查动词。A.succeeded成功；B.organized组织；C.failed失败；D.blamed责备。根据And if he _8_ the first time, we just tried again.可知，如果他第一次失败了，我们只需要再试一次。故选C。9A.appealingBoperatingCpossessingDreceiving答案：D解析：考查动词。A.appealing吸引；B.operating动手术；C.possessing拥有
25、；D.receiving接收。根据Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _9_ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher.可知，17岁的Chad在学校里努力学习，没有接受任何特殊待遇，而是坐在教室的前面，使用一个特殊的音响系统，这样他就能听到老师的声音。故选D。10A.set offBpaid offCtook offDdropped off答案：B解析
26、：考查动词词组。A.set off出发，开始；B.paid off得到回报；C.took off脱下，飞机起飞；D.dropped off减弱，下降。根据All his hard work _10_.可知，他所有的努力都得到了回报。故选B。11A.give inBgive upCgive outDgive away答案：B解析：考查动词词组。A.give in屈服；B.give up放弃；C.give out分发，发出；D.give away赠送，泄密。根据“Deafness had taught me a lesson to never _11_，” he said in the speec
27、h.可知，他在演讲中说：“耳聋给了我一个教训，让我永不放弃。”故选B。12A.waitedBwalkedCfallenDleft答案：C解析：考查动词。A.waited等待；B.walked散步；C.fallen落下；D.left离开。根据Not when you have _12_ so far behind that escaping seems the only way _13_.可知，当你远远落后的时候，逃跑似乎是唯一的出路。故选C。13A.outBoffCupDaway答案：A解析：考查副词。A.out在外；B.off离开；C.up向上；D.away离去。根据Not when you
28、 have _12_ so far behind that escaping seems the only way _13_.可知，当你远远落后的时候，逃跑似乎是唯一的出路。故选A。14A.victoryBfailureCimpossibilityDchance答案：C解析：考查名词。A.victory胜利；B.failure失败；C.impossibility不可能；D.chance机会。根据Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire _14_.可知，不是当你实现梦想的时候，似乎这是不可能的(只有当你实现梦想的时候，才知道这是可能的)。故选C
29、。15A.supportiveBnegativeCdoubtfulDawkward答案：A解析：考查形容词。A.supportive支持的；B.negative消极的；C.doubtful怀疑的；D.awkward笨拙的。根据Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and _15_ messages from family, friends and strangers.可知，Chad说了大约四分钟，之后他得到了全班同学的起立鼓掌和来自家人、朋友和陌
30、生人的支持。故选A。16A.insightBdetailCrewardDpower答案：D解析：考查名词。A.insight洞察力；B.detail细节；C.reward报酬；D.power力量。根据Theyve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, theyve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a _16_ on their lives and how theyre really _17_ by it可知，他们一直在给我发送Facebook上的信息，电子邮件，他们一直在和
31、我交谈，告诉我它是如何对他们的生活有影响的，以及他们是如何受到启发的。故选D。17A.depressedBinspiredCexposedDpuzzled答案：B解析：考查动词。A.depressed使沮丧；B.inspired鼓舞；C.exposed暴露；D.puzzled使疑惑。根据Theyve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, theyve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a _16_ on their lives and how theyre really _1
32、7_ by it可知，他们一直在给我发送Facebook上的信息，电子邮件，他们一直在和我交谈，告诉我它是如何在他们的生活有影响的，以及他们是如何受到启发的。故选B。18A.unwillingBshockingCamazingDembarrassing答案：C解析：考查形容词。A.unwilling不愿意的；B.shocking令人震惊的；C.amazing令人惊异的；D.embarrassing令人尴尬的。根据It feels _18_.可知，Chad对上文内容感觉不可思议。故选C。19A.merelyBextremelyCstrangelyDactually答案：D解析：考查副词。A.me
33、rely仅仅；B.extremely极其；C.strangely奇怪地；D.actually事实上。根据Seeing that my words _19_ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel _20_.可知，看到因为我的话语对某人有一种力量，并且他们想要更努力地工作，这使我感觉很好。故选D。20A.astonishedBwonderfulCconfusedDcautious答案：B解析：考查形容词。A.astonished吃惊的；B.wonderf
34、ul精彩的；C.confused困惑的；D.cautious谨慎的。根据Seeing that my words _19_ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel _20_.看到因为我的话语对某人有一种力量，并且他们想要更努力地工作，这使我感觉很好。故选B。.语法填空(六盘山中学高三调研)Shannon Norris has spent most of her summer weekends for the past 13 years at a hou
35、se on Irish Lake in northern Indiana. A few years ago, despite not wanting to head out on the water, she _1_ (take) her little nephew for a ride on the Jet Ski (摩托艇). It was a _2_ (wind) day and few people were on the lake. As she rode by a father with his family on a pontoon(浮码头)she heard them _3_
36、(scream). “I thought they were trying to alert me of someone in the water ahead of me，” Norris says.“I kept going, but decided to look back one more time and realized a man was in the water and in danger.” Norris got close to the man and instructed him _4_ (grab) the back of the Jet Ski, telling him
37、 that she would return him to his boat. _5_ took several tries because he was exhausted from fighting to stay above the water. She was _6_ (eventual) able to save the man and get him back to his sobbing. A mother of two, Norris knows the importance of water safety and this incident showed _7_ quickl
38、y things can go wrong in the water. “Never jump off your boat _8_ a life jacket, even for one second. The wind had taken this mans boat so fast _9_ he was unable to get back.” Had Norris not come by on the Jet Ski, the man _10_ (lose) his life.本文是一篇故事。讲述了Norris在Irish Lake救人的故事。1took解析：考查动词时态。根据句中时间短
39、语A few years ago和下文时态可知是一般过去时，与之一致，此处也用过去时。故填took。2windy_解析：考查形容词。修饰名词day用形容词，指多风的天。故填windy。3screaming解析：考查动词形式。hear sb. doing sth.表示“听到某人做某事”。此处指听到他们在尖叫。故填screaming。4to_grab解析：考查动词不定式。instruct sb. to do sth.表示“指导某人做某事”。用不定式作宾补，故填to grab。5It解析：考查代词。句子的真正主语是不定式短语to stay above the water，形式主语用it。故填It。6
40、eventually解析：考查副词。此处修饰was able to用副词，故填eventually。7how解析：考查副词。此处指这一事件显示出在水中发生事故的速度有多快，修饰quickly表示多么快，用副词how。故填how。8without解析：考查介词。此处指如果没有救生衣，永远不要从船上跳下来。表示“没有”，故填without。9that解析：考查固定句型。此处指风把这个人的船刮得如此快，以至于他无法返回。“如此以至于”是so.that句型，故填that。10would/might/could/should_have_lost解析：考查虚拟语气。句意：如果Norris不乘坐摩托艇过来，
41、这个人就会丧命。此处是虚拟语气，省略if把Had提前，表示与过去的事实相反，从句用过去完成时，主句用would/might/could/should have 过去分词。故填would/might/could/should have lost。.短文改错(济宁市高三第二次摸底考试)Train travel is quite a different experience today. Little things can match Chinas highspeed rail system, especially the speed at that it is still developing.
42、The speed known as “China speed.”China speed means a lot of to the country. The past 30 years had seen Chinas rapid development in various areas, like economy and technology. We have seen dozens of tall building spring up almost overnight, with roads and highways reached every corner. Besides, mobil
43、e payments and online shopping are playing increasing important roles in everyones life. With so great achievements, China speed is now a model admired by a whole world.答案Train travel is quite a different experience today. things can match Chinas highspeed rail system, especially the speed at it is
44、still developing. The speed known as “China speed.”China speed means a lot to the country. The past 30 years seen Chinas rapid development in various areas, like economy and technology. We have seen dozens of tall spring up almost overnight, with roads and highways every corner. Besides, mobile payments and online shopping are playing important roles in everyones life. With great achievements, China speed is now a model admired by whole world.