1、 南京市秦淮区2014高考英语（暑假基础训练（5）附答案.完形填空There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live.The first great invention was one that is still very important todaythe wheel.This made it_1_to carry heavy things and to_2_long distances.For hundreds of years after that there were few _3_th
2、at had as much effect as the_4_.Then in the early 1800s the world started to change.There was little_5_and left in the world, people didnt have to explore_6_any more.They began to work instead to make life better.In the second half of the 19th_7_, there were many great inventions.The helicopter in 1
3、909._8_with sound in 1926.The computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930.This was also a_9_when a new material was first made.Nylon came in 1935.It changed the kind of clothes people_10_.By this time most people had a very good _11_.Man has a desire to explore again.The world was known to man but the
4、stars were not.Man began looking for_12_to go into space.Russia made the first_13_.Then the United States took a step.Since then other_14_, including China and Japan may have made their steps into space.In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth.Americans first_15_on the moon.This is certainly
5、 just a beginning thought.New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.【文章大意】发明如何影响了人类的生活. 1A.betterBheavierClighter Deasier解析: 选D. 较容易, 较方便. 2A.travel BgoCrun Dfly解析: 选A. 轮子的发明使得人类可以搬运较重的物品, 以及进行长距离的旅行. 3A.discoveries BinventionsCinventors Dfindings解析: 选B. 指“发明”.
6、4A.car BtruckCwheel Djet解析: 选C. 数百年过去了, 人类世界再也没有出现像轮子一样起到如此重要作用的发明. 5A.unknown BfamousCunderstood Dunexpected解析: 选A. 世界上的大部分都被人类所认知和了解. 6A.more BmanyCfew Dmuch解析: 选D. 人类不需要再进行探索和开发；much加强语气. 7A.country BperiodCcentury Dage解析: 选C. 在19世纪后半段出现了许多伟大的发明. 8A.Games BMoviesCEvents DSports解析: 选B. 1926年出现有声电影
7、. 9A.time BgenerationCera Dterm解析: 选A. 在这段时间还出现了一种新的材料. 10A.put BwearCdress Dhave解析: 选B. 1935年, 人类发明了尼龙. 它改变了人类衣服的材质. 11A.man BanimalCperson Dlife解析: 选D. 在这段时间, 人类过上了很好的生活. 12A.courses BwaysCdistances Dmeans解析: 选B. 人类开始寻找方法进入太空. 13A.step BprocessCmeasure Dprocedure解析: 选A. 俄国首先迈出了第一步. 14A.states Bnat
8、ionsCcountries Dtowns解析: 选C. 接着, 中国和日本等国也跨入了这个行列. 15A.ran BswamCwalked Dpaced解析: 选C. 1969年, 地球上的人类迈出了最重大的一步. 美国人首先登上了月球. walk on the moon漫步月球. *结束I. 单项选择：（每小题1.5分，满分30分）。从A. B C D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项1. I cant remember made the teacher give Mary the permission to leave the class earlier.A .that it wa
9、s what B what it was that C what was it that D that was it what2. This village appears to mine ,but I am not with it at all.A similar; familiar B similar; similarC. familiar; similar D familiar; familiar3. We cant get the machine to run. There must be with it .A something wrong serious B something s
10、eriously wrongC something serious wrong D something wrong seriously4. After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced in 2004 as the year before. A as many machines twice B twice many as machineC as twice many machines D twice as many machines.5. -YangYang carried off the first winter O
11、lympic medal for China. -Great! What she won for our motherland! A golden; honor B. gold; honor C. golden; honors D. gold ; honorable6. I love in autumn when the weather was good and cool A it B one C that D this7. Of all the subjects I like history best because it gives us useful knowledge of thing
12、s in the past. A the ,a B / ; a Ca ;the D a; /8. It is bad for a man to smoke in public places where smoking is not allowed.A behaviors B manner C manners D movement9. Dont laugh at failure of , because enjoys being laughed at.A others; nobody B the others; everyone C the others; anyone D others; so
13、meone10. You can use a large plastic bottle, cut off, as a pot to grow flowers in. A the top is B with its top C whose top C the top of which 11. Your ability has never been in doubt-the question is you are prepared to work hard. A that B whether C if D how12. Zhang Hua is clever and works hard at h
14、is subjects. A So is Li Ming B So does Li MingC It was the same with Li Ming D So it is with Li Ming13. Important his discovery was ,it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time.A when B until C as D although14. I was so disappointed to find my car .A break up B break into C break out D bre
15、ak down15. - Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed her?-Yes, I gave it to her I saw her.A while B the moment C suddenly D once16. He is said a new computer program recently ,but I dont know he will finish it .A design B to be designed C to have designed D to have been designing17. If we w
16、ant to succeed we must _what we do and who we are.A believe in B believe C trust D believe about18. Whom would you rather _the work?A to have to do B to have do C have to do D have do19. When first_ to the market, these products enjoyed great success.A introducing B introduced C introduce D being in
17、troduced20. Every minute is made _of _ our lessons well.A to use; study B use; studying C use ; to study D used; study参考答案I BABDB ABCAB BDCDB DADBC*结束Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television? How often we hear statements like this! Television hasnt been with us all that long, but w
18、e are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilised pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, entertain our friends and be entertained by
19、 them, go outside for our amusements. We even used to read books and listen to music occasionally. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home for our meals to be in time for this or that programme. A sandwich and a glass of beer will doanything, providing it doesnt interfere
20、with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced.Whole generations are growing up addicted to the television. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The
21、 television is a universal thing that makes people calm. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set. It doesnt matter what the children will watchso long as they are quiet.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We bec
22、ome content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness. Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents
23、 us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains. In quiet, natural surroundings.we quickly discover how little we miss the King television.64. Through the passage, the writer aims
24、to tell us _.A. how television is damaging our healthB. how to keep away from watching televisionC. that television is doing harm to our lifeD. all of us find it difficult to live without television65. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Second-hand experiences provided by television are ha
25、rmful.B. We can enjoy our life without television.C. Television is a necessary way of communication.D. Television is becoming irreplaceable in our daily life.66. Whats the main reason for parents to put the children before a television set?A. To save more time for housework.B. To help them sleep ear
26、lier.C. To keep them quiet.D. To help them learn more knowledge from television.67. By saying we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time, the writer means _.A. television occupies too much of our spare timeB. its easy for us to find some spare time to enjoy the televisionC. we have less sp
27、are time after we have televisionD. its difficult to spend our spare time without a television Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road -Reported by Sheila CarrickWhy did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much mor
28、e worried about how the grizzly bear(灰熊)and mountain lion can cross the road. Millions of animals die each year on US roads, the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact，only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the US today. The main reason? Road kill. Ecopassages may help anim
29、als cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents, said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.But do animals actually use the ecopassages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier
30、of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway. This showed that the lions used the passage.Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catchin
31、g on. Animals as different as salamanders(火蜥蜴) and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass!68. The writer uses the example of ocelots to show that .A. wild animal
32、s have become more dangerousB. the driving conditions have improved greatlyC. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidentsD. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work69. From the news story, we know an ecopassage is .A. an underground path for cars B. a fence built for the sa
33、fety of the areaC. a bridge for animals to get over a river D. a path for animals to cross the road70. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because .A. wild animals may attack carsB. wild animals may jam the roadC. they may see wild animals on ecopassagesD. they may see
34、 wild animals in the park参考答案If you and your friends wish to share a secret，you can write it in code，and no one else will be able to read it. Codes are one way of writing in secret. Ciphers (暗码)are another. In a code each word is written as a secret code word or a code number. In a cipher each lette
35、r is changed. Codes and ciphers have played an important role in the history of the world. Julius Caesar，the Roman ruler who defeated almost all the countries in Europe about 2,000 years ago，used a cipher when he sent secret messages to his troops. During the American Revolution，George Washingtons s
36、pies used a kind of code to send his information about the enemy before his military action. In World War ，the Americans “broke” or figured out Japans most important navy codes and got enough information to destroy a powerful Japanese fleet. Storekeepers use codes to mark their goods. The codes show
37、 how much is paid for the goods or when they are added to the stock. Businessmen use codes to hide plans from their business enemies. Sometimes personal letters or diaries are written in code. Many people enjoy figuring out codes and ciphers simply as a hobby. Storekeepers use codes to mark their go
38、ods. The codes show how much is paid for the goods or when they are added to the stock. Businessmen use codes to hide plans from their business enemies. Sometimes personal letters or diaries are written in code. Many people enjoy figuring out codes and ciphers simply as a hobby. In the 16th century，
39、codes and ciphers were very popular among scientists. They wrote messages to each other in code so that no one else would learn their secrets. Geronimo Gardano，an Italian astrologer (占星家)，mathematician，and doctor，invented the trellis cipher. He took two sheets of paper and cut exactly the same holes
40、 in each one. Then he sent one sheet，which he called a trellis，to a friend and kept the other for himself. Whenever he wanted to write a message，he put his trellis over a clean sheet of paper and wrote the secret message through the holes. There he removed the trellis and filled the rest of the pape
41、r with words that would make sense. When his friend received it，he put his trellis over the writing and read the secret message.56.The best title of this passage would be_.A.Codes and ciphersB. Differences between codes and ciphersC. History of codes and ciphersD. Inventors of codes and ciphers57.Wh
42、ich of the following statements is TRUE？A.Ciphers can be broken or figured out more easily than codes.B. You could read some words in Geronimos letter without his trellis.C. The first person who ever used a cipher in history was Julius Caesar.D. Fondness of using codes was the hobby of the scientist
43、s in the 1600s.58. According to Geronimo Gardano，a trellis is _ .A. a piece of paper with many small holesB. a secret message with a lot of small holesC. a letter with unreadable words and sentencesD. a sheet of paper with groups of Arabic figures59.It is NOT mentioned in the passage that codes and ciphers are used for the purpose of _ .A. military affairs B. commercial secretsC. scientific achievements D. personal enjoyment6670ACDAB *结束
