1、阅读强化训练(十五)(建议用时：25分钟) 阅读理解George Watford works at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(ASPCA)in New York City.He gets some unusual phone calls.One day，he got a call about a mountain lion living in a small building.“We didnt believe it，” Watford said.“But when we went out the
2、re，sure enough，there was a mountain lion sitting at the front window looking out at us.” The big cats owner knew that his neighbors were unhappy about the animal.He didnt try to stop us taking it away.In one year，the ASPCA took in 9，459 different animals，not counting cats and dogs.That number includ
3、es a lot of rabbits and monkeys，but the ASPCA has also taken many other exotic(外来的)pets from peoples homes.These animals cant be set free into the wild because they wouldnt survive.The ASPCA tries to find homes for them in zoos or special areas for animals.Its against the law to sell wild animals in
4、 New York City.Many buildings dont even allow dogs and cats，not to mention more exotic animals.Still，the ASPCA takes away most of the exotic animals not because of complaints(怨言)，but because the pets owner needs help.A lovely baby lion or bear will finally grow up to be dangerous.“When they bite(咬人)
5、，it isnt because they hate you.Its because theyre wild animals，”said exotic animal expert Kathi Travers.Travers is quick to give speeches against raising wild animals as pets.Too often people think that caring for a wild animal is the same as caring for a dog or a cat.“To love an animal is not enoug
6、h，” Travers said.“There has to be respect(尊重)，and respect is not taking an animal，sticking it in a little cage，and expecting the animal to be happy.”【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了纽约有很多人将野生动物当宠物养。1When he got the call，Watford felt _AexcitedBsurprisedCfearfulDangryB解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的We didnt believe it 可知，Watfor
7、d感到很惊讶。2When it finds an exotic animal in the city，the ASPCA _Akeeps it until it grows upBsets it free into the wildChelps find it a homeDsells it to a zooC解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的The ASPCA tries to find homes for them in zoos or special areas for animals.可知ASPCA还要帮这些动物找一个家。3What can we infer from Paragraph
8、3?APets owners cant really control a wild animal.BA baby wild animal behaves badly at home.CWild animals have their joy and anger.DA wild animal often destroys a home.A解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的.but because the pets owner needs help. A lovely baby lion or bear will finally grow up to be dangerous.可知，将野生动物当成宠物养
9、的人有时会受到宠物的威胁。由此可推测，养宠物的人并不能完全驾驭或控制野生动物。4The last paragraph is written to show that _Ait takes effort to care for a wild animalBkeeping wild animals as pets is unwiseCwild animals are happy in big spacesDwild animals can be dangerousB解析：段落大意题。该段首句为主题句，由此可知，该段主要想说明野生动物不适合当宠物养。 语法填空I am reading 1984 th
10、ese days, a novel 1._ (write) by George Orwell in the 1940s. It occurred to me that in another 82 years, it will be 2100, so Id like to make a few 2._ (predict) for the next 82 years. First, we will have made certain contact with lives from other planets, 3._ will change the way we look at the world
11、 and the universe. The most important outcome(结果) of this may be the uniting(联合) of the world. The development of technology is a certainty. This can have many 4._(differ) outcomes, but it is clear that the new technology will have a major influence 5._ human society. Simply 6._ (speak), the next 82
12、 years will determine whether humans have a future here on this planet. We are facing many challenges that are forcing us 7._(choose) whether we will change the way we live 8._ die. We must use our technology to bring about a much 9._ (good) world. If we are unable to solve our problems 10._ (succes
13、sful), it appears unlikely that we will have much of a future beyond the end of this century.1written解析：考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作后置定语，因write与novel之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且write所表示的动作已完成，故填written。2predictions解析：考查名词。设空处作宾语，且其前有a few限定，应用名词复数形式，故填predictions。3which解析：考查关系代词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句补充说明主句内容，且在从句中作主语，故填which。4differ
14、ent解析：考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰outcomes，表示“不同的”，故填different。5on/upon解析：考查介词。have a(n). influence on/upon.意为“对有的影响”。6speaking解析：考查固定结构。simply speaking意为“简单来说”。7to choose解析：考查不定式作宾语补足语的用法。force sb.to do.意为“迫使某人做”。8or解析：考查连词。由whether可知，change the way we live与die之间是选择关系，故填or。9better解析：考查形容词比较级。设空处作定语修饰world，
15、因设空处前有much修饰，应用比较级形式，故填better。设空处所在句句意：我们必须利用科技来促成一个更好的世界。10successfully解析：考查副词。设空处作状语修饰动词solve，故填successfully。 短文改错My uncle is the own of a restaurant. When she opened his restaurant two years before, not many people came to eat there. Why? Because the food he served was a bit of too expensive. Act
16、ually, my uncle chose health food. That was because it was more expensive than the food providing at the restaurants nearby. However, as time goes by, more and more people came to know they should eat healthily, but they all came to eat at my uncles restaurant. Now, my uncles restaurant is very popu
17、lar in our city. Sometimes, people even have to have long wait for a table.答案：My uncle is the of a restaurant. When opened his restaurant two years ， not many people came to eat there. Why? Because the food he served was a bit too expensive. Actually, my uncle chose food. That was it was more expens
18、ive than the food at the restaurants nearby. However, as time by, more and more people came to know they should eat healthily, they all came to eat at my uncles restaurant. Now, my uncles restaurant is very popular in our city. Sometimes, people even have to have long wait for a table.阅读强化训练(十六)(建议用
19、时：25分钟) 阅读理解Cody Hartley，11，has tirelessly raised money to get a very important piece of first aid(急救) equipment put in at her primary school, secondary school and karate (a Japanese fighting sport) club.She has spent eight months so far trying to raise the money needed.The money Cody has been colle
20、cting is for defibrillators(除纤颤器)a kind of medical machine that gives the heart an electric shock to make it start beating again after a heart attack.“I went on a firstaid course with my karate club.I learned how to use a defibrillator and how important they are for saving lives，” Cody told MailOnli
21、ne.A couple of weeks later she was reading in the local paper about a 12yearold boy who had a heart attack during his swimming lesson.“Although he received good first aid，there was no defibrillator and he didnt make it，” she said.“I couldnt stop thinking about that.”Then Cody started to do some rese
22、arch about them online and realized how important they are.“Theyre not just for old people who have heart attacksthere are also hundreds of children out there who die from heart conditions，” she said.She wanted to get one for her primary school，so she did a 20mile sponsored(为慈善目的发起的) walk with her d
23、ad.She did other sponsored events，raised money at car boot sales(汽车后备箱集市) on a Sunday morning and got five of her friends to help her pack bags at a supermarket.She added, “In all Ive raised over 2，000.I want to keep going and Ill not stop until all the schools in Yorkshire get defibrillators.”【解题导语
24、】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了十一岁女孩为给学校安装除纤颤器而筹款的故事。1Cody began collecting money for defibrillators _Abefore she joined a karate clubBbecause she once received good first aidCbecause she learned how to use defibrillatorsDafter reading about a young boy who died from a heart attack without defibrillatorsD解析： 细节理解题。
25、根据第四段描述可知，由于当地某学校没有除纤颤器，致使一个在上游泳课时突发心脏病的12岁男孩死亡。Cody看到这则消息后意识到除纤颤器的重要性，因而受到启发，开始筹款来为她所在地区的学校安装除纤颤器。2What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refer to?AHeart attacks.BDefibrillators.CFirstaid courses.DSwimming skills.B解析： 代词指代题。根据上文的there was no defibrillator以及本段的Theyre not just for old pe
26、ople who have heart attacks可知，此段的them指代可以帮助心脏病病人恢复心跳的医疗设备除纤颤器。3Which of the following can best describe Cody Hartley?AEasygoing.BShortsighted.CKindhearted.DHardworking.C解析： 推理判断题。从Cody致力于为学校安装除纤颤器而募捐善款的行为可知她心地善良。4What you have just read is probably from_Aa research paperBa schoolgirls diaryCa newspa
27、per reportDa poster about a charity eventC解析： 文章出处题。根据文章第三段出现的Cody told MailOnline可知，本文是一则关于好人好事的新闻报道。 完形填空 Many years ago, India rubber was used only to rub(擦) out pencil marks in the US. Later people tried to make rubber shoes and clothes but they would freeze _1_ they were as hard as stones in _2
28、_ weather.The first rubber coats that were made were so _3_ in winter，that they would stand alone, and look _4_ a man.Even _5_， in summer they would melt(熔化)At the time, a(n) _6_ man was sometimes seen in the streets of New York.His coat was made of India rubber.He _7_ wore a rubber cap and rubber s
29、hoes when it was not raining.People called this strange man “The Indiarubber man”His name was Charles Goodyear.He was trying to _8_ a way to make rubber better.Goodyear was very _9_He often borrowed money to buy rubber.Goodyears family had to live by the help of his friends._10_， Goodyear did not gi
30、ve up.He _11_ that he would be successful someday.One day Goodyear was putting some rubber and sulfur(硫磺) together._12_ it fell on the hot stove (炉) by accident._13_ it did not melt.Goodyears heart was filled with _14_That night it was cold.Goodyear put the burned piece of rubber outside the door.Th
31、en in the morning, he found it had not _15_Goodyear now was sure that he had _16_ what he wanted.At last, Goodyears things made of _17_ were produced and sold.Poor men who had to stand in the rain could now keep themselves _18_. A great many people are alive who would have died if they had not been
32、_19_ by India rubber.People laughed at Goodyear once.But at last they _20_ him.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了橡胶之父查尔斯古德伊尔发明硫化橡胶的故事。1. AtillBif Csince DwhenA2A.warmBclearCcold DbrightC解析：由they were as hard as stones和in winter可知，本句描写了早期橡胶鞋和衣服的缺点天“冷(cold)”时会冻得“直到(till)”像石头一样硬。3. Alarge Bbeautiful Chard DoldC解析：根据
33、上文的they were as hard as stones in.weather可知。4A.at Blike Cfor DafterB解析：根据they would stand alone可知，冻得坚硬的橡胶衣服可以站立，看起来“像(like)”人一样。5A.better Bmore Cless DworseD解析：冬天橡胶衣服变硬，“更糟糕的(worse)”是，夏天它们又会熔化。6. Astrangelooking BkindheartedChonest DproudA解析：这个人的衣服、帽子和鞋都是橡胶做的。再根据下文的People called this strange man可知，人
34、们看到的是一个“外表古怪的(strangelooking)”人。7.A.hardly Bagain Cnever DevenD解析：“甚至这个男人戴的帽子和穿的鞋都是橡胶做的”，此处是对这个穿着奇怪的人的进一步说明，故用even。8.A.discover BdescribeCshare DmendA解析：由下文的putting some rubber and sulfur(硫磺) together可知，古德伊尔在努力“发现(discover)”一种更好的制造橡胶的办法。9. Alucky Bbrave Cpoor Dpopular C解析：由下文的borrowed money和live by
35、the help of his friends可知，古德伊尔很“穷(poor)”。10.A.Besides BHoweverCInstead DRatherB解析：“古德伊尔借钱和需要朋友的帮助”与“他不放弃”之间是转折关系，故选However。11. Adoubted BrememberedCexplained DbelievedD解析：根据上文的Goodyear did not give up可知，古德伊尔“相信(believed)”他会成功。12.A.GraduallyBFinallyCSuddenlyDSecretlyC解析：根据by accident可知，加入硫磺的橡胶是不小心“突然
36、地(Suddenly)”掉在火炉上的。13.A.So BBut COr DUnlessB解析：加入硫磺的橡胶掉在火炉上没有熔化，这种情况与上文“夏天橡胶会熔化”形成对比，故用But。14.A.shame Bpity Canger DjoyD解析：早期的橡胶遇冷易冻，遇热易化。古德伊尔发现眼前的橡胶掉到火炉上也没有熔化，心中自然充满了“喜悦(joy)”。15A.lost Bfrozen Cfallen DbrokenB解析：根据上文的That night it was cold.可知，古德伊尔检测了新橡胶的抗冻性能没有“冻住(frozen)”。16. Aforgotten BmissedCach
37、ieved DthankedC解析：新橡胶的抗热和抗冻性能都很好，古德伊尔确信他“得到了(achieved)”他想要的。17.A.wood Brubber Cfire DsulfurB解析：研究橡胶的古德伊尔生产和出售的东西自然都是“橡胶(rubber)”制品。18A.dryBcalmCcleanDcoolA解析：由stand in the rain可知，那些不得不站在雨里的穷人们现在可以“不被淋湿了(keep themselves dry)”。19.A.supported BprotectedCinfluenced DdrivenB解析：很多人活下来是因为被橡胶“保护(protected)”。20.A.refusedBwarnedCpraised DnoticedC解析：由People laughed at Goodyear once.和转折连词But可知，最后两句形成了对照。人们曾经嘲笑古德伊尔，但最后他们“赞扬(praised)”他。