1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2014高考英语完形填空专题训练精品题（90）及答案ABorn in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didnt think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his famil
2、y learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he sawbarefoot children collect
3、ing cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.He started by telling his friends about his experience and co
4、llecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “Shes dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Kn
5、owing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.Fujiyama says s
6、tudents are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23,
7、lives in Honduras full time to coordinate（协调）the groups building efforts on the ground.Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didnt have access to clean
8、 water or health care, and they didnt have a school. Fujiyamas group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.1. At the beginning of his organization, _. A. Fujiyama w
9、as supported by many friends B. things didnt go on smoothlyC. Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras D. many famous people joined in2. We can infer that Fujiyama is a _ man. A. diligent B. mean C. sympathetic D. cheerful3. The underlined word “siblings ” can be replaced by _. A. brothers B. brother an
10、d sisters C. friends D. couples4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Help the people in needB. Students lend a hand in AmericaC. Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”D. Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance【参考答案】14、BCBD 阅读理解-CThe diversity of the original
11、 American Indian settlers was not quite as great as that of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries when waves of European, Asian and unwilling African immigrants arrived on American shores. However, the First Americans did have more far-going origins that were ever suspected. For example, Braces st
12、udies have revealed that the Blackfoot, Iroquois, and other tribes from Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario, and Massachusetts came down from the Jomon, a prehistoric people of Japan. The Inuit in the far north and tribal groups who once lived down the Eastern seaboard into Florida appear to be a later bra
13、nch from the trunk of the Jomon family tree. The Athabaskan-speaking people from the Yukon and northern-western Canada, who spread as far south as Arizona and northern Mexico, appear to trace their origins to China. “Their facial shapes link them more closely to the living Chinese than to any other
14、population in either part of the world,” says Brace.Johanna Nichols, a Professor of Slavic languages and literature at the University of California at Berkeley, says that new evidence from native languages throughout the New World strongly suggests that humans have been in the Americas since as earl
15、y as 40,000 BC. She says that it is only along the west coast that languages appear to have come from immigrants who arrived after the ice age, 14,000 years ago.Nichols also has some different ideas about the direction in which the country was settled. Breaking with the traditional view of migration
16、s, she says that the inside of North America was colonized not only from Siberia but also from the south.To bolster her argument for an early settlement date, Nichols points to findings from the Monte Verde site in southern Chile. It has been dated at 12,500 years old, which means the area was occup
17、ied during the last ice age. And, the Monte Verde people would have needed at least 6,500 years to travel from Alaska to Chile. Yet, that only takes us back to about 19,000 years ago. Her research suggests a very high degree of language diversity is something that happens only with time. She insists
18、 that the approximately 150 distinct native American language families we know of today must have required at least 35,000 years to develop.1. In the first paragraph the writer uses the word “unwilling” to show that _.A. the Africans came against the will of most AmericansB. the Africans came withou
19、t the approval of their parentsC. the Africans were taken here against their own willD. the Europeans who came at the time didnt want the Africans to come together2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Athabaskan-speaking people? A. They were related to people living in Japan in preh
20、istoric times.B. They were a branch from the trunk of the Jomon family tree.C. They have no links to any other people.D. They were thought to have certain links to the ancestors of the Chinese people.3. The underlined word bolster in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _.A. useB. haveC. supp
21、ortD. build4. From the passage we can know _.A. people in the Americas today are believed to have probably come down only from the northB. Nichols strongly suggests that humans have lived in the Americas for about 6,500 yearsC. Nichols supports the traditional ideas about the direction in which the
22、country was settledD. it surely takes a very long time for language diversity to come about【参考答案】14、CDCDAOne night, I was partying in central London, near Piccadilly Circus. Running short of money, I set off to find the nearest ATM to withdraw some cash. At Shaftesbury Avenue, I saw a huge queue for
23、 one ATM machine, but no one was using the neighboring “hole in the wall”. Assuming that the second machine was broken, I asked one queuing man if it was out of order. He replied, “Its working, but this one pays out twenties for tenners!”So the reason for the weirdly long queue is that these folks w
24、anted to “double their money” by getting 20 notes for each 10 note requested. Being an honest man, I didnt hang about; I simply used the idle machine and walked off.Last week, customers took similar advantage of Commonwealth Bank in Sydney, Australia. Following overnight maintenance, a computer viru
25、s caused CommBanks ATMs to fail to function properly and begin paying out extra money, with unrestricted withdrawals. They allowed customers with little or no cash in their accounts to withdraw large sums that they didnt have. After about 5 hours, CommBank managed to restart these ATMs and stop the
26、flood of cash.You stole your own cash!By withdrawing money they didnt have in their accounts, some of these greedy customers have gone heavily overdrawn. News reports indicate that some people were withdrawing as much as AU$2,500 (1,563) in a single dealing.Alas, both CommBank and the New South Wale
27、s police said that they will use ATM records and cameras to track down those who took advantage of the error. As Detective Superintendent Col Dyson of the New South Wales police department warned, “People should realise that they dont have the right to take that money and are committing a criminal o
28、ffence if they keep it.”What about overpayments?What about when you key in a 20 withdrawal and you get two 20 notes, not two 10 notes?In English law (covering England and Wales), you have the right to keep money paid to you in error “under mistake of fact”, but only if you honestly believe that the
29、money is yours. However, if you requested 20, got 40 and 40 was allowed to be lent to you, then the cash is yours to keep, as neither you nor the bank has suffered any loss. 1. The words “hole in the wall” refer to _.A. a real hole in the wallB. another ATMC. the mouth of a neighbourD. a common mach
30、ine2. We learn from the passage that the writer _.A. saw a huge queue on his way to a party and joined themB. people queued up to withdraw money because the other ATMs were brokenC. had to use the unoccupied ATM to get some cash because he was in a hurryD. was critical of what he saw when withdrawin
31、g cash from an ATM3. According to the passage, _.A. last week, an ATM in Sydney, Australia paid out AU$10 for every request for AU$20B. an ATM in Sydney, Australia was paying out more money than asked for because the bank owner had lifted the restrictionC. the machine paid out more money than reques
32、ted even when a person had no money in his accountD. some people have been arrested on charge of getting extra money in the two happenings4. From the part subtitled “What about overpayments?”, we can know _.A. some English laws dont cover all Britain B. if the money you asked for was more than reque
33、sted, youd always have to return the extra moneyC. if people kept the extra money they got at a bank they might pretend they did not know itD. people committed a crime by getting the extra money even if they had that much in their account【参考答案】14、BDCA阅读理解-BA new report says only about half of all st
34、udents in the main school systems of Americas largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation over 70% in areas surrounding the cities. Researchers studied high school graduation rates from the 2003, 2004 school year. They also identified the nations fifty largest citi
35、es. The largest, New York City, had a population of more than eight million. The smallest city was Wichita, Kansas. It had about three hundred and sixty thousand people.Researchers used a system of measurement called the cumulative promotion index to find graduation rates. School officials in many o
36、f the cities studied said the resulting numbers were too low. That is because different areas use different methods to find graduation rates. Critics say many methods do not give a true picture of the number of students who leave high school before finishing.Other studies have put the national gradu
37、ation rate at about 70%. But experts agree that too many students are not completing high school. They estimate the number at more than one million each year. The report was prepared for Americas Promise Alliance. The private group aims to help children receive services they need to succeed.General
38、Colin Powell was chairman of Americas Promise Alliance when it was formed in 1997. He attended the press conference Tuesday where the report was released. He said studies have shown that the US must do more to educate the leaders and work force of the future.Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
39、 also spoke. She said the government will propose that states use the same methods when reporting graduation rates. Alliance officials also announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation rates. It is to include a series of meetings to be held in every state over the next two year
40、s. The meetings will bring together elected leaders, business owners, students, parents and education officials. They will develop plans to increase the number of Americans who finish high school.5. The author wants to tell us _. A. too many Americans do not finish high schoolB. different methods to
41、 find graduation ratesC. services American children need to receiveD. the increase of the number of Americans who finish their high school6. From Paragraph 1 we can infer that _. A. there are 8,360,000 people in the US fifty largest citiesB. Wichita in Kansas is the smallest city in the USC. 50% of
42、the people in the US dont finish their high school educationD. high school graduation rates in or near the biggest cities are higher7. The underlined word “picture” probably can be replaced by “_”. A. situation B. scene C. image D. mood8. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that _-. A.
43、 secretary of Education Margaret Spellings didnt believe that number from the reportB. the government will stop using the cumulative promotion index to find graduation ratesC. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced the start of a nationwide campaign to improve graduation ratesD. the low graduation rates should be paid attention to by the government and the society【参考答案】58、ADAD - 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
