1、株洲市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练（16）及答案A lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attackwhen a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about being late on t
2、he job. Although there was a good reason for Sams a being lateserious illness at homehe decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldnt work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.Yes, the boss was, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place w
3、as as quiet as a locker room(更衣室); everyone was hard at work. Sams supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “Im Sam Maynard. Im applying for a job. Which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get t
4、he worm?”The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his jobwith the only tool that could win, a laugh.Hum difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no”, criticizing,
5、getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, its the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial
6、and religious tolerance(忍受力) than people in any other forum.1、. Why was Sam late for his job?A. Because he was ill.B. Because he got up late.C. Because he was caught in a traffic jam.D. He was busy applying for a new job.2、. The main idea of this passage is _. A. Sam Maynard saved his job with humor
7、B. humor is important in our livesC. early bird gets the wormD. humor can solve racial discriminations3、. The phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 means _.A. tried to hold back B. tried to set C. charged D. gave out4、. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?A. Many lose lifes
8、 battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.B. It wasnt the first time that Sam came late for his work.C. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.D. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.出处 英语报体裁 记叙话题 幽默的重要性阅读策略 注意故事的开头结尾入选理由 情节发展有趣，生动1、. C。细节题。根据who hit a traffic jam on h
9、is way to work可知，他迟到的原因是他碰上了交通堵塞。2、. B。主旨题。根据短文第 1 句是主题句 A lot of us lose lifes tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attack when a touch of humor might well enable us to win (在人生很多场激烈的争斗中，我们如果与人硬碰硬正面交锋的话，可能败得一塌糊涂。而幽默往往使我们反败为胜)和文章第 4 段第 1 句，可知整篇短文讲的是幽默的重要性。3、. A。词义猜测题。前面提到老板连辞退他的话都想好了，而Sam开的这个玩笑使
10、人们哄堂大笑。而老板为了树立他的威严，仍然强忍住笑。故答案为A。4、. B。 推断题。根据 shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about being late on the job 我们可以了解到，Sam不止一次上班迟到了。*结束链接2. 201*陕西卷 When I first got an email account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time
11、 I check my e-mail ,I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need special laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime. This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam email
12、s contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail on e-mail for their Comployees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectivel
13、y. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repay their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies ,which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer. For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against s
14、pam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.57.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean
15、? A. messages B. ideas C. connections D.programs58.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam? A. Companies rely on e-mail for communications.B. More people in the world communicate by e-mail.C. Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.D. More advertisers begin to promote s
16、ales through spam.59.According to Paragraph 3,who is the final victim of spam? A. The business B. The advertiser C. The employee D. The consumer 60.What is the purpose of the text?A. To informB. To educateC. To persuadeD. To instruct【文章导读】随着网络信息技术的发展，越来越多的人们实用网络邮箱来传递信息，但现在垃圾邮件的泛滥已经成为网络用户们深恶痛绝的事情，人们呼
17、吁立法来阻止垃圾邮件的泛滥。57. A。词义猜测题。根据本文中的e-mail一词以及endless series of advertisements可以推断出correspondence在此处意思是：信件，垃圾邮件，由此可知本题选A。58. D。推理判断题。由第二自然段中的As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails.一句可知本题选D。59. D。推理判断题。根据本段的最后一句可知本题选D。
18、60. C。推理判断题。通读全文可知本文作者摆出了垃圾邮件的危害，其目的是说服立法人员尽快出台法律阻止垃圾邮件的蔓延，故本题选C。错题集57. 本题为词意猜测题目，出错率往往比较高，本题很多考生选择了D项，主要是因为他们看到了advertisements一词，认为既然是广告，就应该是栏目、节目等。实际他们没有意识到这里讲的主要是e-mail，而e-mail主要是信息，也就是message。58. 本题很多同学从我们的日常出发，选择了A项和B项，实际本题有比较准确的意群来解决这个问题，但是很多同学没有去找，只是根据自己的常识判断，因而选错。*结束passage 13Mary was an uni
19、versity student. She didnt have much1 _ money and her parents were not rich, and she had an uncle2. _ who had been fortunately enough to collect great wealth. 3. _ He always give her valuable Christmas and birthday presents.4. _ When her uncles birthday came round, Mary wanted buy him5. _ something
20、really special, but because she was rich, she did not6. _ know how to get him. She went into the best shop in her7. _ town and explained what her problem was to one of helpful 8. _ shop assistants. Finally she asked, “What do you have for9. _ someone who has already got everything he wants or needs.
21、10 The assistant sighed deeply and answered, “Envy, only envy.”【参考答案】Key 13 1. ana 2 andbut 3 fortunatelyfortunate 4 givegave 2. 5to buy 6.shehe 7how-what8the helpful.3. 9 assistant - assistants 10 right *结束 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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，在该行右边的横线上划一个（）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）；则按下
22、列情况改正：此行多一词：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。This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy, 66. the most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring 67. FestivalMy grandma was the best cooker in the world 68. b
23、ut could make the most delicious dishesOne time, I just 69. couldnt wait for the Spring Festival dinnerAs I was70. about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in 71. the kitchen looking at meShake her head, she said, It 72. isnt a good time to do that, dear At once I apologize73. and contro
24、lled me at my best till the dinner startedYou 74. know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month 75. 参考答案66.boy前加a 67.去掉when 68.cooker改为cook 69.but改为and 70. 71.about后加to 72.Shake改为Shaking 73.apologize改为apologized 74.me改为myself 75.month改为months*结束短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号
25、的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划一个（）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）；则按下列情况改正：此行多一词：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。This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy, 66. the most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring 67. FestivalMy
26、 grandma was the best cooker in the world 68. but could make the most delicious dishesOne time, I just 69. couldnt wait for the Spring Festival dinnerAs I was70. about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in 71. the kitchen looking at meShake her head, she said, It 72. isnt a good time to
27、do that, dear At once I apologize73. and controlled me at my best till the dinner startedYou 74. know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month 75. 参考答案、66.boy前加a 67.去掉when 68.cooker改为cook 69.but改为and 70. 71.about后加to 72.Shake改为Shaking 73.apologize改为apologized 74.me改为myself 75.month改为months
28、*结束 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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: 1. 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。 （一）To protect the environment, many people have found that helpful to make the switch from paper and p
29、lastic bags for reusable grocery bags. But a report by Florida newspaper says that reusable grocery bags selling by some supermarkets contain high levels of lead. Lead is a metal which can be harmful to human, especially young children. Lead in the bags is not possible to pollute food. However, as t
30、ime went by, lead can come out as a result of repeating use. The bags with many pictures is found to contain more lead than plain reusable bags without decoration. We request that the government can take some measures. 参考答案：To protect the environment, many people have found that helpful to make the
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32、s或a或beingspossible to pollute food. However, as time went by, lead can come out as a result of repeatinglikely goes repeated use. The bags with many pictures is found to contain more lead than plain reusable bags arewithout decoration. We request that the government can take some measures. Should*结束
33、Dear Mr. Li,Im very sorry to have missed the first two lesson this morning. I got up early as usually in the morning, but when I was ready to leave I find my bicycles front tyre（轮胎）flat. I wanted to take bus or taxi to school, and I didnt have any money with me. I had to look for a place along the s
34、treet to get my bicycle repairing. Unluckily, there were not any bicycle repair shops were open in the early morning. So I had to walk to school, carrying my bicycle all the way. Thats how I was late for school.Please dont worry with my lessons, Mr. Li. I will make up for it and turn to teachers for
35、 help if necessary.Yours,Wang Hui 参考答案：Dear Mr. Li,Im very sorry to have missed the first two lesson this morning. I got up early as usually in lessons usualthe morning, but when I was ready to leave I find my bicycles front tyre (轮胎) flat. I wanted to foundtake bus or taxi to school, and I didnt ha
36、ve any money with me. I had to look for a place a but along the street to get my bicycle repairing. Unluckily, there were not any bicycle repair shops repaired that / which were open in the early morning. So I had to walk to school, carrying my bicycle all the way. Thats how I was late for school. whyPlease dont worry with my lessons, Mr. Li. I will make up for it and turn to teachers for helpabout / over themif necessary. Yours,Wang Hui*结束
