1、【由山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）改编】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my headNow I am thirty twoI can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red isIt would be wonderful to s
2、ee again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to peopleIt occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blindI believe in life nowI am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwiseI dont mean that I would prefer to go without my
3、 eyesI simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had leftThe hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basicIf I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my lifeWhen I say belief in
4、 myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase aloneThat is part of itBut I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern
5、of people there is a special place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simplest thingsOnce a man gave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was hurtI cant use this I saidTake it with you, he urged me, an
6、d roll it around The words stuck in my headRoll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseballWe called it grou
7、nd ball All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway b
8、ut on the average I made progress 1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _Athe author lost his sight because of a car crash Bthe author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happenCthe disaster made the author appreciate what he hadDthe disaster strengthened the authors desire to see
9、2Whats the most difficult thing for the author?A How to adjust himself to reality BBuilding up assurance that he can find his place in lifeCLearning to manage his life alone DHow to invent a successful variation of baseball3According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3
10、 means that the author _ Awould sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his lifeBwould be unable to move and stay in a rocking chairCwould lose his will to struggle against difficultiesDwould sit in a chair and stay at home4According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _Ahurt
11、the authors feeling Bgave the author a deep impressionCdirectly led to the invention of ground ball Dinspired the author5What is the best title for the passage?AA Miserable Life BStruggle Against DifficultiesCA Disaster Makes a Strong Person DAn Unforgettable Experience【参考答案】1-5、CBCDC 阅读理解。The summe
12、r I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts M
13、useum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool? First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人) a
14、nd their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat bab
15、ies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldnt see what was so great about art. On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors we
16、re soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldnt stop looking at this painting ! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much
17、.1. The aim of the mother s plan was to _. A. take them to visit the museum B. introduce them to the world of art C. ask them to read about artists D. show them different painting styles2. What was the writer s experience in the museum before the last visit? A. She came to feel her mother s love. B.
18、 She liked many paintings. C. She hardly enjoyed herself. D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.3. What made the writer go through a change that summer? A. One of Marys paintings. B. A strange way of painting. C. Artists in the Middle Ages. D. Her mother s instruction.4. From the text,
19、we can see _. A. the importance of curiosity B. the effect of art C. the value of learning D. the power of family education【参考答案】1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B阅读理解。Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century,
20、 people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. S
21、o did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should n
22、ot go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seem
23、s that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-ti
24、me parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease.On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家)，encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some gr
25、ound.1. The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because .A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment.B. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in C. they believed disease could be spread in public bathsD. they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease
26、2.Which of the following best describes Henry IVs attitude to bathing?A. Afraid. B. Curious. C. Approving. D. Uninterested.3. How does the passage mainly develop?A. By providing examples. B. By making comparisons.C. By following the order of time. D. By following the order of importance.4. What is t
27、he authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To stress the role of dirt.B. To introduce the history of dirt.C. To call attention to the danger of dirt.D. To present the change of views on dirt.【参考答案】14、CA CD【广西省南宁市2014高考英语模拟试题】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（）；如
28、有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。不按上述要求改的不给分。I was a high school student then, from low-income76. _family. So I have to work to support my family. My77. _first one job was to clean the ta
29、bles in a small restaurant. 78. _I still remember going there early and felt anxious about 79. _the new world. I worked harder because I was afraid of 80. _losing the job. At night, I was sometimes very tired to do81. _my homework. And I came to understand that was not82. _easy to earn money, and th
30、at knowledges could change83. _my life. So what I learned from the job, in a hard 84. _way, was much more important as what I earned. 85. _【参考答案】短文改错76. 【解析】from后加a “来自一个低收入家庭”为泛指，需加a。77. 【解析】havehad 和上下文对应，用一般过去时。78. 【解析】one my first job “我的第一份工作”，one多余。89. 【解析】feltfeeling feeling和and前的going相对应。80.
31、 【解析】harderhard 此处的hard无比较意义。81. 【解析】verytoo 构成too. . . to. . . 结构，“太而不能”。82. 【解析】thatit it在宾语从句中作形式主语，真正主语是to earn money。83. 【解析】knowledgesknowledge knowledge是不可数名词。84. 85. 【解析】asthan 构成more. . . than(比多)比较结构。【河北省石家庄市2014高考英语质量检测】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错
32、误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词 注意：l每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。 2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Ive learned from the newspaper that your company is looking for receptionistIm very interesting in the job and Id like to apply to the position First
33、 of all, allow me to introduce myselfI had just graduated from high school and taken the University Entrance Examination I want to find out a part-time job in the summer Im 18 year old and have a good command of English, especial in terms or speaking and listening In fact, I once won the rust prize
34、in die English speech competition hold in our school Besides, Im quite easy-going hut therefore very popular among my classmates【参考答案】短文改错（101=10）：I have learned from the newspaper that your company is looking for receptionist. aIm very interesting in the job and Id like to apply to the position. in
35、terested forFirst of all, allow me to introduce myself. I had just graduated from high school haveand taken the University Entrance Examination. I want to find out a part-time job in the summer. Im 18 year old and have a good command of English, especial in terms of speaking years especiallyand listening. In fact, I once won the first prize in the English speech competition hold in our heldschool. Besides, Im quite easy-going but therefore very popular among my classmates. andI sincerely hope you can give us a chance. Im looking forward to your early reply. me
