1、 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). Hed 1 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 2 had his father and grandfather before him. He didnt want me 3 near a vat(酿酒用的桶
2、)of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 4 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 5 me to study law and business at the same time.In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that Id 6 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop ou
3、t. 7 , my parents didnt think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you cant 8 till youre 65 to do what you want in life.I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 9 . I finished Harvard and go
4、t a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 10 , “Is this what I want to be doing when Im 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 11 quality. Why not make good beer for 12 ? I thought.I decided to give up my job to become 13 . When I t
5、old Dad, he was 14 , but in the end he 15 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 16 the brewer and patriot(爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 17 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 18 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won th
6、e top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My 19 to the young is simple: Life is very 20 , so dont rush to make decisions. Life doesnt let you plan.( ) 1.A.cost B. spent C. taken D. paid( ) 2.A.like B. as if C. so D. nor( ) 3.A.anywhere B. anyway C. anyhow D. somewh
7、ere( ) 4.A.habits B. teachers C. grades D. work( ) 5.A.promised B. convinced C. advised D. allowed( ) 6.A.never B. ever C. always D. hardly ( ) 7.A.Fortunatnely B. Obviously C. Possibly D. Surprisingly( ) 8.A.assure B. decline C. deny D. wait( ) 9.A.school B. Colorado C. my home D. my decision( ) 10
8、.A.thrilled B. stressed C. wondered D. sneezed ( ) 11.A.cheap B. expensive C. low D. high( ) 12.A.Englishmen B. Europeans C. the world D. Americans ( ) 13.A.a lawyer B. a brewer C. an instructor D. an engineer( ) 14.A.astonished B. satisfied C. interested D. anxious( ) 15.A.hated B. supported C. rai
9、sed D. left( ) 16.A.for B. at C. in D. after( ) 17.A.Therefore B. Otherwise C. Also D. Yet( ) 18.A.price B. name C. company D. party( ) 19.A.advice B .life C. job D. experience( ) 20.A.hard B. busy C. short D. long1.B spend time doing sth. 是固定结构，意思是“把时间花在做上”。2.C 倒装句。“so+倒装句”表示“另一个人或物的情况与前面相同”。3.A an
10、ywhere用于否定句中。4.C 据上下文可知，作者服从了父亲的安排并获得了良好的成绩。5.D 学校允许我学习法律和商业。allow sb to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。6.A never.anything=nothing。7.B 我想退学，显然父母不会同意，其他不合题意。8.D “不能等到人老了才做自己愿做的事”。9.A 下文finished Harvard提供了回来学习的信息，因而为go back to school。10.C 这句话是作者对自己生活的疑惑。11.C 本句意思是啤酒很贵，但质量不佳。12.D 上文提到Americans 高价买质量不好的啤酒，因而本句应为为Amer
11、icans制造高质量的啤酒。13.B 从下文可知，作者要放弃原来的工作，成为酿酒人。14.A 当我告诉父亲时，他对我的想法不是很满意或感兴趣，而是奇怪，因为文章一开始就告诉我们作者的父亲不想让他成为酿酒人。15.B but表转折，表明最后他同意和支持我，故答案为B。16.D name sth. after为一固定搭配。 after有“根据、依据”的意思。17.C also “而且”，作者首先给他的啤酒起了一个好名字，同时又直销给喝酒人。18.B 把“酒的名字”传出去，使这一“name”有了名气。19.A 从后面的几句话可知，作者是在给读者“忠告”，advice“忠告、劝告、建议”。20.D 从
12、“不要急于做决定”，可知作者是想表达“人的一生很长久”的意思，所以也就有了“生活不一定按你的计划进行”。【科普知识型-阅读理解(一)】Its a common belief that over time, pet owners start to look like their animals, and vice versa. Now comes the terrifying news that cats look up to their owners as role models and copy their behaviour.Next time you reach for your fri
13、dge, think twice. If your kitty is watching, she is likely to overeat as well.What is your cats IQ?In a new study from the University of Messina, it turns out that indoor cats who live closely to their owners “mirror” the lives of their caregivers. They sleep at the same time, eat at the same time,
14、and can even become more or less social depending on the behaviour of their owners.“Cats are intelligent animals with a long memory, ”Jane Brunt, the executive director of the Catalyst Council, told Discovery News. “They watch and learn from us, noting the patterns of our actions, knowing where thei
15、r food is kept and what time to expect to be fed, how to open the cupboard door thats been improperly closed, and where their feeding and toileting areas are.”Because cats copy our habits, if you spend a lot of time raiding(搜刮)the fridge, your cat will return to its food bowl for that midnight snack
16、, too. According to the study, this explains why “human and cat overweight rates often seem to match”So, if you feel guilty about leaving your precious kitty at home while you go to work, now you can feel even worse：you are making your cat fat!Theres no word if drinking green tea and making sure you
17、 go to yoga will benefit your cat, but based on the study, it sounds like sticking to a healthy eating and sleeping schedule is best for both of you.Theres a lot we can learn from our cats in return. “When they sit on our laps softly purring with rhythmic breathing and halfclosed eyes, the sense of
18、peace and calm that comes over us is like a private lesson in inner meditation，”Brunt said. Sure. But cats dont have to sit in rush hour traffic for an hour a day or worry about their inlaws. Theyre probably pretty good at remaining calm.So, according to science, even though we assume that cats are
19、not close to us all these years, it turns out they are in fact learning from us and looking up to us. Scary, huh?1According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?ACats can copy humans schedule.BHumans can learn from cats in some way.CCats are smart and have a long memory.DGreen tea and
20、yoga can benefit cats.2What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 5 refer to?AHumans keeping searching the fridge.BCats going to their owners for food.CCats copying humans habit of looking for food.DHumans leaving cats home while working.3What can we learn from our cats?ATo remain calm. BTo b
21、e able to copy.CTo stay proud. DTo look up to friends.4The best title for the passage could be “_”AYour cat can bring you pleasure BYou are copying your catCYou can make your cat social DYour cat is copying your habit【要点综述】本文是一篇有关养宠物猫的科普文章。宠物猫和主人待的时间长了会模仿主人的习惯，而人也能从猫身上学习一些好的习惯。1D推理判断题。根据文章的“Theres n
22、o word if drinking green tea and making sure you go to yoga will benefit your cat”可知D项错误。2C词义指代题。根据画线这一段的内容可知this 指代的是猫会模仿主人搜刮冰箱的习惯。故选C项。3A细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段内容，特别是最后一句“Theyre probably pretty good at remaining calm.”可知A项正确。4D主旨大意题。本文是一篇有关养宠物猫的科普文章。宠物猫和主人待的时间长了会模仿主人的习惯，而人也能从猫身上学习一些好的习惯。故选D项。阅读理解。Even at
23、school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard. “Ill be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast. “And youll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because Ill be the best lawyer in town!” George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any mon
24、ey. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse. Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of
25、the dirty window , thinking about his former rival （竞争对手）。Perhaps he missed him? George was very interested in old dictionaries, Hed recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But
26、while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonishedthe smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading. “Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, o
27、wned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia. ” ( ) 1. George and Richard were at school. A. roommates B. good friends C. competitors D. booksellers( ) 2. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance? A. He envied Richards marriage. B. He thought of
28、 Richard from time to time. C. He felt lucky with no rival in town. D. He was guilty of Richards death. ( ) 3. George got information about Richard from . A. a dictionary collector in Australia B. the latters rivals Dylans C. a rare first edition of a dictionary D. the wrapping paper of a book 65.C
29、细节理解题。由第一段“Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.”可知从上学开始，乔治和理查德就是竞争对手。A、B、D三项没有根据，可排除。66.B细节理解题。由第五段“But sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window , thinking about his former rival （竞争对手）, Perhaps he missed him?”可知理查德消
30、失后乔治常常想起他来，故B项正确。A、D两项文中没有交代，属于主观臆测。C项也无从推断出乔治在没有了竞争对手后感到很幸运。67.D 细节把握题。由第六段“But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in.”一句可知乔治是从包书的一张报纸上得知理查德的消息的，故答案为D。阅读理解。Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant ti
31、me in front of the television have been devised in the UK. The shoesnamed Square Eyescontain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this
32、decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the days efforts. The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to Lo
33、ndon, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.” Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only b
34、e earned through more steps. Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes sh
35、oes equals precisely one minute of TV time. Existing pedometers （计步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy te
36、enagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.” ( ) 1. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to _. A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer B. deal with overweight among teenagers C. enable children
37、to resist the temptation of TV D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs( ) 2. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes? A. They regulate a childs evening TV viewing time. B. They determine a childs daily pocket money. C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight. D. They c
38、ontain information of the receiver. ( ) 3. What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion? A. The exact number of steps to be taken. B. The precise number of hours spent on TV. C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time. D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time. ( ) 4. Comp
39、ared with other similar products, the new design _. A. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat B. counts the wearers steps through shaking C. records the sudden movement of the wearer D. sends teenagers health data to the receiver ( ) 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the
40、text? A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time B. Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight71. B 这是一道推断题。根据第三段“We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,she says,And I want to tackle that with my d
41、esign .”可以推断出这个设计是为了解决孩子超重的问题。72. A 这是一道推断题。根据第四段“Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.”可知这种鞋利用走路的步数来控制孩子看电视的时间。73. C 这是一道推断题。根据第五段“Health experts s
42、uggest that a child take 12 000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.”可以推断出健康专家给出了每天合适的运动量和看电视时间。74. A 这是一道推断题。根据最后一段“Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat.”可以推断出类似产品可以用晃动来作弊,但是她设计的鞋使得懒惰的青少年很难作弊。75. A 这是一道主旨题。本文主要介绍了一款智能运动鞋,利用孩子们每天的走步数来决定看电视的时间,起到控制体重的作用。