1、阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳答案。 Many people think a telephone is essential. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to escape from some idle or curious chatter-box, or from somebody who wants something for nothing. If you have a telephone in your own ho
2、use, you will admit that it tends to ring when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are taking your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself,“Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years time” You
3、 are not. You think there may be some important news or messages for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong num
4、ber? But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isnt it important to have a telephone in case of emergencyillness, an accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but h
5、ere in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity. I think perhaps I had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different circumstancesif I were a tycoon(business VIP),for instance, or b
6、ed ridden I might find a telephone essential. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car essential. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular talent; one is mechanical invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with
7、 the use of words but I see I must now stop using them. For I have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.1.The passage is mainly discussing _.A. that
8、we should be strong enough to ignore a phone callB. that important message will reach you sooner or laterC. whether its necessary to answer all phone callsD. whether it is necessary to have a telephone提示:通读全文，尤其是文章的第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。答案:D2.Judging from the passage, who is strong-minded enough to ignore
9、 a phone call?A. The author. B.A tycoon.C.A taxi-driver. D. Hardly anyone.答案:D 大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出3.According to the passage, the author_.A. thinks the telephone should go out of our lifeB. likes to be different from other peopleC. thinks the telephone is annoyingD. speaks favourably of a telephone提示
10、:文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。答案:C4.In the authors opinion, which of the following is NOT true?A. Nearly everyone has been told a wrong number.B. Its necessary for everyone to have a telephone.C. He himself can not decide whether to answer a call.D.A telephone directory may bring in unexpected call
11、s.提示:从文章的第二段得出答案。答案:B【2013界广东省增城市调研试题】The best and worst part about being a twenty-something is that every decision you make can change the rest of your life. Once youre in your 30s or 40s, it gets harder and harder to reinvent yourself. So I made an interview with Dr. Meg Jay, the clinical psycholo
12、gist. He explains why the twenties matter, and how to make the most of them. In Dr. Meg Jays opinion, our 20s are the defining decade of adulthood. 80% of lifes most important moments take place by about age 35. And 2/3 of lifetime wage growth happens during the first ten years of a career. More tha
13、n half of Americans are married or are dating or living with their future partner by age 30. Personality can change more during our 20s than at any other decade in life. Female fertility(生育能力) peaks at 28. The brain caps off (结束) its last major growth. When it comes to adult development, 30 is not t
14、he new 20. Even if you do nothing, not making choices is a choice all the same. Dont be defined by what you didnt know or didnt do.On the other hand, I also ask him how the 20s track their progress toward their future goals and whether milestones like 21 and 30 are really important. Dr. Meg Jay thin
15、k it absolutely important. Milestones-21, 25, 30, New Years, birthdays, reunions-are important because they cause self-reflection. What he mentioned are as follows: Am I where I wanted to be by this age? Did I do what I said I would do this year? If not, why not. And if not now, when? A 20-year-old
16、girl who interviewed me recently told me about a question she was advised to ask herself as she moved through adulthood: If you keep living your life exactly as it is, where will you be in 3 years? If you dont like the answer, now is the time to change course.Surely the 20s are for experimenting, bu
17、t not just with philosophies(人生观) and vacations and substances(物质). The 20s are your best chance to experiment with jobs and relationships. Then each move can be more intentional and more informed than the last.31. Once you make a decision in your 20s, it will _.A. be the best partB. be the worst pa
18、rtC. change your whole lifeD. affect your future life【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第一句every decision you make can change the rest of your life.你20多岁做出的决定影响你的未来生活，故选D。32. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?A. DecisiveB. DescribingC. Explaining D. changeable【答案】A【解析】词义猜测题。根据从后句 most important mom
19、ents推出Decisive决定性的，故选A。33. What is the most changeable during the 20s according to the passage?A. Career B. MarriageC. CharacterD. Philosophies【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。从第二段第五句：Personality can change more during our 20s than at any other decade in life可知答案。在20多岁的时的性格比人生中的任何时候都容易改变，故选C。34. According to Paragrap
20、h 3, one reason why Dr. Meg Jay stresses the importance of 20s is that _.A. it is a milestoneB. it tracks their progress C. it leads to self-reflectionD. it achieves their future goals【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。从第三句 cause self-reflection与之同义。引起自我反思，故选C。35. What is the passage mainly about?A. The 20s are of impo
21、rtance, and how to make use of them. B. The 20s can change the rest of your life.C. The 20s are milestones to reach their future goals.D. The 20s are the best chance to experiment.【答案】A【解析】主旨大意题。答案重点在第一段可找到，但各段都按这个中心展开。20多岁是非常重要的，应如何充分利用它，故选A。【2013界广东省增城市调研试题】 Nowadays, there is a heated debate on w
22、hether pollutants should be cleaned in the air. Cleaning up the air, while good for our lungs, could make global warming worse. And the pollutants still go up around the air, along with carbon dioxide.These pollutants are called aerosols (气溶粒) and they include soot as well as mixtures of nitrogen(氮)
23、 and sulfur(硫) and other stuff into the air. Natalie Mahowald, a climate researcher at Cornell University, says so far, scientists have mostly tried to understand what those aerosols do while theyre actually in the air.There are so many different kinds of aerosols, she says. Some warm and some cool.
24、 But in fact, humans are giving out a lot of extra aerosols, and they tend to cool for the most part.The aerosols reflect sunlight back into space, or keep us cool. But it turns out thats not all they do. These aerosols also influence how much carbon dioxide gets drawn out of the air by plants on la
25、nd and in the sea.They can add nutrients, for example, to the oceans or to the land, Mahowald says. But also while theyre in the atmosphere they can change the climate, and thus that also can influence the amount of carbon, the land or the ocean can take up. So there are quite a few different ways t
26、hat aerosols can act on each other.Mahowalds results suggest that reducing those pollutants could be an even bigger problem than realized, when you consider that aerosols help remove carbon dioxide from the air by encouraging plant growth. Hard numbers on this effect are highly uncertain at the mome
27、nt, but this could turn out to be quite significant.And studying it is not easy because the effects arent well understood. For example, nitrogen can be a fertilizer (肥料), but it can stop plant growing when nitrogen comes out of the air in acid form. Right now it seems like were much more likely to c
28、lean up aerosol pollution, while increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. So scientists, unfortunately, may have a chance to see whether this experiment on our planet should continue or not.36. From Paragraph 2, we know that .A. scientists have been aware of how aerosols workB. Natalie Ma
29、howald is an expert in climateC. cleaning up the air is so popularD. pollutants are under control so far【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。由第二段第二句Natalie Mahowald的同位语a climate researcher at Cornell University可知Natalie Mahowald是一个气候专家，故选B。37. What is Natalie Mahowalds opinion on those aerosols?A. Aerosols can influence
30、each other in various ways.B. All the aerosols will cool the earth.C. Aerosols can add nutrients to human beings. D. Any kind of aerosols will warm the earth.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。由第三段Some warm and some cool得知，BD选项错误, 与Some不符。从第五段的to the oceans，得知C也不对。由第五段最后一句aerosols can act on each other气溶粒可以以不同的方式相互影响，故
31、选A。38. Why is it important for scientists to get accurate numbers according to the passage? A. Scientists have a chance to research them.B. They can bring scientists much more benefit.C. Scientists can protect the earth from being pollutedD. They can help scientists understand the effects better. 【答
32、案】D【解析】推理判断题。从第六段最后一句和第七段开头句可推出D正确。其他选项与题目没有直接的因果关系。它们能帮科学家更好地理解影响，故选D。39. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?A. Scientists will be in a dilemma.B. The experiment will be successful.C. Scientists will carry out the experiment.D. Scientists have difficulty in the experiment. 【答案】A【解析】词义
33、猜测题。从第七段开头句和第八段最后一句should continue or not应不应该进行。说明研究的左右为难。故A最合适。而D选项属于事实题，不是暗示推理题。科学家左右为难，故选A。40. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?A. Pollutants in the Air.B. The Experiment on the PlanetC. The Reason for Global Warming D. The Influence of Aerosols 【答案】D【解析】标题归纳题。全文以Aeros
34、ols为中心，说明它的影响。故D正确。其他选项要么范围太大要么太小，不够全面。气溶粒的影响，故选D。语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(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】We often think of future. We often wonder _1_ the world will be like in a hundred years time.Think _2_ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon will have _3_(set up). Perhaps people will be a
35、ble to visit the moon as _4_. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, _5_(permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting _6_ planets. Great progress will have been made _7_ medicine, too. Pollution will have
36、 been controlled in a hundred years time._8_ the world will have been developedeven Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earths land to build our cities; _9_ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already had plans of this kind. And there will be cities _10_ the sea.1_ 2._ 3
37、._ 4._ 5._6_ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._答案：1.what2.of3.been set up4.tourists/visitors/travelers5.permitting6.other7.in8.All9.so/thus/therefore10.under广东省语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one hundred five
38、 years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life _1_(help)the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier _2_(marry) ，she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came fro
39、m a family _3_ had been rich for least on hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the _4_(rich)women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization_ _5_(found) by her husband. He repeatedly had
40、told her she would have fun giving _6_ his money. And apparently she did. Missus Astor gave tens of millions of dollars _7_(main)to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was _8_ the money had been made. She gave financial support to the citys cultural c
41、enters，its poor and disabled as _9_ as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today _10_ her support.1解析sb. spend time (in) doing sth.某人花(时间，精力)做某事。答案helping2解析从下文she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.得知，她以前经历了两次婚姻。答案marriages3解析had been rich前缺主语。这是定语从句，只能用that/which。答案that/which4解析根据句意得知是最富有的。答案richest5解析found创办，成立；建立，过去分词短语作定语，表被动。答案founded6解析give away赠送；赠予；颁发。答案away7解析adv.大部分地；主要地。答案mainly8解析句子the money had been made主谓齐全。根据句意是因为这些钱应该用于人们和社会。答案where9解析as well as也，又，和。答案well10解析没有她的支持，就成就不了现在的纽约。答案without
