1、语法填空。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。【辽宁卷题型】M: Excuse me, madam.W: Yes?M: Would you mind letting me take_1_look in your bag? W: Well, Im afraid I certainly do mind, if its all the same_2_you. Now go away. Hey, taxi! Ive got a train _3_(catch)M: Im sorry. Im just trying to do my job but Im afr
2、aid youre making_4_rather difficult. However, I must insist on seeing_5_you have in your bag.W: And what do you expect to find in there? Jewels?M: Madam, if theres_6_that doesnt belong to you, you can leave right away and Ill apologize for the_7_(convenient) W: Oh, very well. There you are.M: Thank
3、you. And ten mens watches?W: Yes. I get very nervous_8_I dont know the time. M: I see you smoke a lot, too, madam. Fifteen cigarette lighters?W: Yes, Im rather a_9_(heavy )smoker. And. and I happen to collect lighters.M: I bet you do, madam. Well, Im afraid Im going to have to ask you to come_10_wit
4、h me.W: How dare you! I .1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1.a2.to3.to catch4.it5.what6.nothing7.inconvenience8.if9.heavy10.along语法填空。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。【全国新课标卷题型】On keeping a Diary in EnglishKeeping a diary in English is one of the_1_(effect) ways to improve our English writing ab
5、ility. _2_(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes_3_time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English._4_we persist in this practice, gradually well learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many_5_. In
6、 the first place，_6_often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly. As far as I_7_(concern), my_8_(suggest)
7、 is that we should always have a notebook and a ChineseEnglish dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is_9_great u
8、se to keep a diary in English for_10_development of our writing skills. 1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1.effective2.Compared3.less4.If5.difficulties6.it7.am concerned8.suggestion9.of10.the阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。There are various reasons why cancers appear to be on the increase. For one thing
9、, though their sufferers are to be found in all age groups, cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years. Naturally, since people live longer these years, there are more cancer sufferers than before. Again, with better methods of diagnosis (诊断), doctors can mo
10、re easily recognize cancerous growths that would formerly have passed unnoticed or that would have been wrongly diagnosed. It is also believed that certain habits and conditions of modem living, including heavy smoking and the pollution of the air, may leave people living in more cancer-causing cond
11、itions than before.We all look forward to the day when a simple medical test can find cancer while it is still small. Researchers around the world are working on such a test. Most of their work deals with the examination of the blood.Researchers in Boston have found something in the blood of cancer
12、patients that does not appear in healthy persons. The test showed which persons had cancer and which did not. It was correct more than 90 percent of the time.The researchers believe the test may be able to show cancer very clearly in its development. Cancers discovered early usually can be treated s
13、uccessfully.The test examines very small bits of fat in the blood called lipids (脂质). Cancers seem to change lipids although doctors do not know why. The test showed differences between the lipids of the persons with cancer and the lipids of those without cancer.The researchers say the new test coul
14、d be a step to develop a simple way to check patients for cancer before the disease shows on an X-ray.1. Who will fail cancer from the study of the researchers?A. The young. B. The middle age and the older.C. The man. D. The woman.2. The underlined words such a test refer to_.A. the test that shows
15、which persons have cancer and which dont .B. the test that may be able to show cancer very early in its development,.C. a simple medical test that cannot find cancer when it is -smallD. a new test that could be a step to develop a difficult way3. Which of the following statements is true according t
16、o the passage?A. Cancers have much to do with something in patients blood.B. People living in better conditions are most likely to be attacked by cancer.C.X-raying is the best way to determined whether a person has cancer or not.D. Cancers have nothing to do with a persons habits and living conditio
17、ns.4. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A simple way to cancer B. Cancers can be curedC. How to find cancer D. Early discovery of cancer1. B 细节题。从第一段中的cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years可以知道癌症尤其容易在中年人和老年人的身体上发生。2. B 词义题。第二段中的a simple med
18、ical test can find cancer while it is still small；test与后面的such a test指的是同样的一种方法，所以这里的test指的是上句的“用最简单的方法诊断早期的癌症”。3. A 细节题。第三段中提到了cancer病人血液中的有些东西在健康人中没有，并且百分之九十以上的情况是这样的。B项与D项的意思与文章第一段中的certain habits and conditions of modern living including heavy smoking and pollution of the air may leave people li
19、ving in more cancer-causing conditions不符；C项内容与文章最后一段的意思不符。4. D 主旨题。文章在开头就交代了写作的目的，有各种不同的理由说明了为什么癌症似乎在上升，而从后面的几段我们知道科学家们正在研究一种新的早期诊断cancer的方法。【阅读理解】Peanuts to ThisProudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.
20、 Confused, I glanced toward my stonefaced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way？”Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my
21、new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two peo
22、ple bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip(掷)a coin. Headsthe comm
23、ander, and tailsthe peanuts guy. Ah! Tails，my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wron
24、g. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear，“My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn th
25、is around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No redos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I fou
26、nd myself sitting in the headmasters office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my opinion to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!1What did the author
27、s classmates think about his report?AControversial. BRidiculous. CBoring. DPuzzling.2Why was the author confused about the task?AHe was unfamiliar with American history.BHe followed the advice and flipped a coin.CHe forgot his teachers instruction.DHe was new at the school.3The underlined word“burni
28、ng”in Para. 3 probably means _.Aannoyed Bashamed Cready Deager4In the end, the author turned things around _.Aby redoing his task Bthrough his own effortsCwith the help of his grandfather Dunder the guidance of his headmaster【要点综述】本文讲述了作者作为一个外来移民初入美国学校时，由于对美国历史不了解而闹出的一个笑话，但作者通过努力最后终于提高成绩并实现跳级。1. B推理
29、判断题。根据第一段内容我们知道，由于作者对美国历史的无知，弄混了乔治华盛顿的身份，所以同学们听了作者写的报告忍不住大笑起来。“bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.”可知大家觉得这个报告很荒谬。controversial有争议的；ridiculous荒谬的，可笑的；boring无聊的；puzzling迷惑的，不解的。2. A推理判断题。 根据第二段“Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country”可知，作者是从别的国家初
30、到美国，所以对美国历史不了解而闹了笑话。3. D词义猜测题。 根据全文叙述可知，作者是通过投掷硬币来决定的答案，因此犯了常识错误。第三段中“I was totally lost.”说明作者不明就里，所以当其他同学读报告时，作者渴望知道为什么。annoyed 烦恼的；ashamed羞愧的；ready准备好的，情愿的；eager渴望的。4. B细节理解题。 根据第四段“Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.”可知作者是通过throw oneself into(积极从事)而
31、实现转变的。所以选B。文中老师并没有给作者机会重做，所以A错误；从祖父那里得到建议是在选择华盛顿身份时，所以C错误；而校长是在作者成绩提高后才接见的，所以D错误。人物传记型阅读理解 专题导读人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长和奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。这类文章常采用倒叙的写作方法，即首先用几句话来简单介绍这个人，接着介绍这个人的出生、成长过程，然后再记述他(她)一两件主要的事情或业绩，来反映他(她)的思想、品德和情操，最后作者会
32、对他(她)进行评论，从而表达作者对他(她)的情感。人物传记类文章一般较长，而且该类命题的题量也较多。文章中往往会出现关于该人物的大量细节信息，有些细节很直接，只需理解字面意思即可；有些则很间接，需要综合、归纳、推理才能得出。因此，该类命题既注重考查对特定细节理解的准确性，又注重考查推理判断能力。另外，虽然人物传记类文章的时间、空间或逻辑线索较清晰，但是为了提高难度，命题者往往使用倒叙、插叙或补叙等手段故意打乱故事的陈述次序，使行文的跳跃性增强，情节也更复杂化。真题典例【2011山东卷】Arthur Miller(19152005)is universally recognized as one
33、 of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.Millers father had moved to the USA from AustriaHungary，drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers most
34、 famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth.In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has gotinto trouble with this system.Willy is “burnt ou
35、t” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go.Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has faile
36、d and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics Circle Award，and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of
37、heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut，on the evening of February 10,2005，the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.()1.Why did Arthur Millers father move to the USA?AHe suffered from severe hunger in his home country.BHe was attracted by the “Great A
38、merican Dream”CHe hoped to make his son a dramatist.DHis family business failed.()2.The play Death of a Salesman_.Aexposes the cruelty of the American business worldBdiscusses the ways to get promoted in a companyCtalks about the business career of Arthur MillerDfocuses on the skills in doing busine
39、ss ()3.What can we learn about Willy Loman?AHe treats his employer badly.BHe runs the Wagner Company.CHe is a victim of the American system.DHe is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.()4.After it was first staged，Death of a Salesman _.Aachieved huge successBwon the first Tony AwardCwas warmly welco
40、med by salesmenDwas severely attacked by dramatists ()5.What is the text mainly about?AArthur Miller and his family.BThe awards Arthur Miller won.CThe hardship Arthur Miller experienced.DArthur Miller and his bestknown play.【解析】亚瑟米勒是二十世纪最伟大的剧作家之一。推销员之死是他最有名的一部作品，曾获得年度最佳百老汇戏剧托尼奖、普利策戏剧奖和纽约戏剧评论奖。这是第一部获
41、得所有三项大奖的作品。1B细节理解题。由第一段“.drawn like so many others by the Great American Dream”可知应选B。2A细节理解题。根据第二段第一句话可知，推销员之死是对美国制度的有力的抨击，后面又告诉我们在这金钱至上的制度中，主人公因迷茫、失败最终自杀，即暴露了美国商业世界的残酷。故正确答案是A。3C推理判断题。根据第二段对剧中主角Willy的介绍，尤其是“got into trouble”、“burnt out”、“painfully”、“at a loss”以及“kills himself”等关键词可以告诉我们Willy是美国制度的牺
42、牲品，故选C。4A细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话“When it was first staged in 1949，the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews.”可知答案为A。5D主旨大意题。从全文判断，文章主要介绍了亚瑟米勒的家庭背景和他最有名的作品推销员之死，因此D为正确答案。【浙江省金丽衢十二校2014高考英语第二次联考】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。 Recently I had a conversation in Beijing with an adult Chin
43、ese friend who was complaininghow difficult it was to study English.No surprises there. It is a difficult language to master, justlike Chinese. I made a few suggestions based on myexperience. One involved a very valuablefact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher, Dr. SmithHe is
44、 a gifted linguist （语言学家），and has an amazing ability to memorize things, like poetry, essays, speeches, etcHis advice to us students is that for memorization purposes, there is forty minutes each day in which our memory is more receptive than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes. This 40-m
45、inute super memory period is divided into two parts: the 20 minutes before wesleep, hnd the 20 minutes after we first awake. The theory supporting this is pretty simple. First,the last information we input into our brain before bed has a better chance of taking root thaninformation obtained during t
46、he noisy daytime; and，second, our mind is free of disturbance whenwe first awake in the morning一so more receptive to inputs, like a blank slate（石板） I took the advice to heart and it served me well in my school yearsIn my university days,our Chinese teacher would assign us 200 new vocabulary words ea
47、ch day, on which we would bequizzed the following day. Without the magic 40-minute technique, theres no way I would havepassed those daily quizzes. As far as language study goes, its not only useful for memorizing vocabulary. Its also a veryuseful window of time to listen to the language were studyi
48、ng even with background noise, andeven if its at a level we find difficult to understand. It might be audio（声音的）language studyaids, or just radio, TV or whatever. Beyond our years of formal education, memory skills are hugely important in any career.How many times have we heard a speaker read their
49、speech from. a prepared text, or read theword-by-word content of a PowerPoint presentation as they present each slide? These areannoying, boring, and ineffective ways of communicating. They are almost guaranteed to lose theaudiences close attention and interest, let alone persuade or inspire anyone
50、to do anything. Andyet lots of people still make this mistake. If we use the 40-minute technique, we may not succeed in memorizing our presentationcontent on a 100% word-by-word basis, but well be familiar enough so that we can spend muchmore time making eye contact with our audience. We will engage
51、 them in the process, whileglancing at our text instead of staring at it. This will also free up our hands and arms to conveysome extra messages through gesture As you see, the technique really works, but like many things,- it takes practice to perfect it.Therefore，wed better find ways to use the la
52、nguage outside of the classroom，as regularly andfrequently as possible. One fundamental rule of language learning is, Use it, or lose it” Seize the forty-minute learning window and well bring in a rich harvest of language learning.41 Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1？ A. Dr. Sm
53、ith is born with the great ability to memorize things B It is surprising that English is as difficult to master as Chinese. C The authors high school Latin and Greek teacher has a positive influence on him. D The author made a few suggestions on learning English based on his teachers experience.42Th
54、e authors teacher recommended the 40-minute“super memory”period partly because A it is less noisy in the forty minutes than in the daytime B we are always more peaceful when we awake in the morning C our brain is more active in the forty minutes than the other time D the last information obtained be
55、fore bed is more likely to remain43 We can learn from the passage that the 40-minute technique A. guarantees that we understand the difficult language B aids a speaker in reading his speech from a prepared text C helps the author pass those daily quizzes in his university days D makes a speaker memo
56、rize the presentation content completely44 Whats the authors attitude towards the 40-minute technique? A. Approving B. Objective C. Doubtful D. Cautious45 Which of the following is the best title for this passage？ A. The Best Way to Learn English BThe Importance of Memory SkillsC The“Magic，40-Minute
57、 Technique DMy Advice on Learning English【参考答案】4145、CDCAC 【陕西省2014五校联考】阅读下列四篇短文, 从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。LAST week, the College Board announced that it was revising the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) in an effort to make it more acceptable to test-takers, teachers, college admis
58、sion officers and the public more generally. Test-takers who receive lower scores than they have hoped for are likely to be concerned about their academic future. Its no wonder that its hard to discuss the test without negative feelings.The SAT isnt perfect. Like any test, it can be misused, and may
59、 reflect unequal educational opportunities. Even before the announcement of the SATs redesign, experts were discussing the tests limitations. Writing in The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert described its questions as limited: “Critical thinking was never called for, let alone curiosity or imagination.”
60、 But the SAT provides an effective measure of a persons ability to reason through verbal(文字性的) and mathematical materials, a skill required in college. Although there are conflicting reports on the issue, a study published in the journal Educational and Psychological Measurement in 2011 found that t
61、he SAT can meaningfully add to the prediction of a students first-year college academic performance, above his grades in high school alone. The fact that the SAT can help predict this is, to me, an astonishing achievement that cannot be ignored.We cannot afford to ignore tests because they fall shor
62、t of perfection or make us uncomfortable. But theres a better way to make the SAT more acceptable in the long run: We should expand the types of tests we use so as to more fully reflect what students can do. What if, in addition to the SAT, students were offered new tests that measured more diverse
63、abilities? For future artists or musicians, there are tests that measure creative thinking a largely ignored ability by the SAT. For future engineers, there are tests that measure their sense of space. And new measures of “personal intelligence” the ability to reason about a persons motives, emotion
64、s and patterns of activities may also tell us something important about students self-knowledge and understanding of others.53. Why is it difficult for the test takers to discuss the test without negative feelings? A. The SAT is unacceptable for the test takers, teachers, officers and the public. B.
65、 They may not get satisfactory scores and it influences their admission to college. C. The SAT cant reflect their creative thinking, curiosity as well as their imagination. D. The board dont know how to make the SAT more suitable for the test takers. 54. Elizabeth Kolbert may consider the SAT to be
66、_.A. imaginative B. creative C. critical D. limited55. According to the text, the author may disagree with the idea that _.A. the SAT can at some point predict how a student will do in the freshman year of college academically【来B. the SAT helps measure students ability of reasoning through their cre
67、ativity and imaginationC. the SAT will be more acceptable if creative thinking, sense of space and personal intelligence are tested as wellD. the SAT has many limitations and it may make a difference to students educational opportunities56. Thearticlemostprobablyappearsinthenewspapercolumn_.2-1-c-n-j-yA.Sports B.Entertainment C.City News D.Education 【参考答案】53-56 BDBD