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(86)及答案ASome children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of whats mine and whats yours is mine,” says his mother.
2、 “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”“Examine the extended family, and youll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. Its an inheritable trait,” says R
3、ussell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.Whether its inborn nature or developed character at work,
4、too much control in the hands of the young isnt healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” Its the p
5、arents role to provide that protection.When a “boss child” doesnt learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coachers, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely a
6、s the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. They bend too far because they dont want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their pa
7、renting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.1. Bossy children like Stephen Jackson _.A. make good decisionsB. show self-centerednessC. lack care from othersD. have little sense of fear2. The underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in paragraph 2 means _.A. inborn natureB. developed characte
8、rC. accepted theoryD. particular environment3. The study on bossy behavior implies that parents _.A. should give more power to their children B. should be strict with their childrenC. should not be so anxious about their childrenD. should not set limits for their children4. What is the passage mainl
9、y about?A. How bossy behavior can be controlled.B. How we can get along with bossy children.C. What leads to childrens bossy behavior.D. What effect bossy behavior brings about.阅读理解MUMBAI, India The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the
10、two of them said, Its unbelievable!Nine-year-old Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and apparently loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child stars of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (贫民窟的百万富翁)movie, know the Indian slums very well. That was whe
11、re they grew up, and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip.But before going back home, there was an interview with the host, Ryan Seacrest. During the interview they smiled and repeated their disbelief at what was happening to them. To their surprise, their movie won
12、the first place in the Oscars. When the two received the award, it was late morning in the childrens home city of Mumbai, where their family, friends and many fellow residents of the slums watched the results from Hollywood. I dont really know what the Oscars are, Rubinas mother said. Im just glad m
13、y daughter looks happy, though she told me she missed Indian food.Our children lead a dogs life, Rubinas mother said, pointing at the rubbish everywhere, the open drains (下水道) and the lack of education opportunities.In a few days they will be back in Mumbai and back in the slums. Fortunately, accord
14、ing to media reports, the movies director, Danny Boyle, has promised to help the children he chose from the slums go to a proper school. The two dont need to worry about their daily lives because of the Oscar success of Slumdog Millionaire. But the poverty and lack of education opportunities the cen
15、tral theme of the movie is always all around.1. Which of the following is true about the two children? A. They played a major role in getting India children to receive education. B. They were both excited about receiving the award. C. They were interviewed after they went back home.D. They were the
16、only two child winners of the movie.2. When the children attended the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, their family and friends were _. A. watching TV in Mumbai B. doing what they did as usualC. seeing the movie Slumdog Millionaire D. having a family party3. What will happen to the two children after th
17、ey return to India?A. They will stay at home as before. B. They will still worry about their daily lives.C. They will leave school to learn acting. D. They will have a better education.4、 The movie is successful mainly because_.A. it attracts the public attention to an existing social problem B. it
18、has made the two children famousC. the two children will go to a better schoolD. the two children stars in the movie are from India slums(参考答案 BADA)阅读理解-BHealthy knees arent the main consideration in choosing high heels, but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly sti
19、lettos (细高跟鞋). “It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis (骨关节炎) - and once you do, it is too late,” said Dr. Casey Kerrigan, leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical Schools department of physical medicine. “I compare it to smoking - one cigar
20、ette is not painful, but over a lifetime it is. Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long, “Kerrigan said. “They are better for your feet than stiletto heels, but just as bad for your knees.”In the study, researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch
21、heels, one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one. The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the womens knees by both types of shoes. The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure. The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the k
22、nees. Compared with walking barefoot, the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis(关节炎), experts say.The idea that high heels are bad for your health isnt new - scientists have warned women for years that they cont
23、ribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained (扭伤) ankles and back problems. But in 1998, Kerdgan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage (软骨) surrounding the
24、knee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing. “This study confirms what we all intuitively (直觉地) know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,” said Dr. Glenn Pfeifer, a S
25、an Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.5. We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _.A. they want to walk comfortablyB. chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairsC. chunky heels do less
26、harm to kneesD. chunky heels are not painful at all6. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. people got to know the high heels are bad for health recentlyB. people have known the high heels are bad for health for yearsC. people havent known the high heels are bad for health yetD. people will
27、be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon7. The best title for the passage may be _.A. Taking Healthy Knees into Consideration B. High-heels Do Harm to KneesC. Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels D. When Wearing High-heels任务型阅读 请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意:每空格1个单词。Parents can help
28、 their seventh and eighth grade students stand out in and out of their English classroom by introducing them to newspapers. Newspapers not only offer information on current events, but they can also be used to test your childs knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and more. Who, What, Where, When, Why,
29、and HowHave your child read the first couple of paragraphs of a news story. Ask them to write down all of the important facts, such as who, what, where, when, why and how. This helps parents to see if their children comprehend the basic facts and information they read. GrammarParents can monitor a c
30、hilds understanding of grammatical parts of speech (词性) without a grammar textbook. Ask your child to read a paragraph in an article and then list a specific number of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and the like, which serves more of a test of their grammatical knowledge.
31、Encourage them to list each of these parts of speech in a paragraph. Then, reread the paragraph to see if they missed anything. PersuasionAsk your child to select an advertisement from the newspaper. Have them investigate how specific words or phrases influence their feelings about a particular prod
32、uct. Then, encourage them to create an advertisement of their own for an item they do not like. Tell them not to show their true feelings and try to make people want to buy this unwanted item. After that, ask them to list the persuasive techniques used in their ad. Facts vs OpinionsSelect an editori
33、al for your middle schooler to read. Have your child divide a piece of paper into two columns, one marked fact, and the other marked opinion. Have your student decide which column it fits under. This will help your child better understand facts versus opinions. Another related exercise is responding
34、 to an editorial. Encourage your child to write letters to the editor or responses to editorials or other articles. Before your child sends his or her letter, check the opinion section to see what requirements there are. Headlines and Synonyms (同义词)Ask your middle schooler to rewrite a couple of hea
35、dlines using the synonyms of the original words. Compare the headlines. Do the original versions or the rewrites sound better? This is a great exercise to help students learn synonyms and expand their vocabulary. If you find your seventh or eighth grade child is struggling with these newspaper activ
36、ities, it may be an indicator that they have fallen behind in their reading skills. These activities were designed with a seventh or eighth grader in mind; therefore, while they are educational, they should be more of reinforcement (增强) instead of a major reading challenge. OutlineSupporting details
37、An approach to learning 1 students in seventh and eighth grades to newspapers can be helpful in learning English.Newspaper 2 Ask students to read the first paragraphs of a news story and write down the important and 3 facts to see if they can understand them. Have students read an article and list d
38、ifferent parts of speech to improve their understanding of 4 . Select an ad and ask students to find the persuasive expressions 5 in it, and then create their own ad for a product they dislike. Select an editorial and have students 6 between facts and opinions. After that encourage them to write a 7
39、 to an editorial. Ask students to write a few synonyms and compare them with the 8 headlines to help them with their vocabulary expansion.Possible results It may 9 that a child is poor at reading if he or she has 10 with these activities. These activities, designed for special graders, can not be us
40、ed as a major reading challenge.【参考答案】任务型:1. Introducing 2. activities 3. basic 4. grammar 5. used 6. distinguish 7. response / reply8. original 9. indicate / show 10. difficulty / trouble阅读理解Seen from space the earth is covered with a blue mantle. It is a planet on which the continents(洲,大陆) are dw
41、arfed (相形见绌) by the ocean surrounding them and the vastness of the marine (海洋的) area. An astonishing 80 percent of all life on earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean drives the natural forces which keep life on our planet. The ocean provides necessary sources of pro
42、tein, energy, minerals and other products and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen, drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world, transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the earth
43、suitable for living things to survive. Without the global ocean there would be no life on earth. It is seriously worrying, then, that we are damaging the ocean on a level that is unimaginable to most people. We now know that human activity can have a serious influence on the vital forces of our plan
44、et. We have fundamentally changed our global climate and are just beginning to understand the consequences of that. As yet largely unseen, but just as serious, are the influences we are having on the ocean. A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats. The actual state of o
45、ur ocean is a far cry from this natural state. A lot of pressure is being put directly and indirectly on ocean ecosystems by human activities.Consequently ecosystems are breaking down as marine species are in danger of dying out and ocean habitats are being destroyed. With the decrease in their dive
46、rsity, ocean ecosystems are losing their natural way of recovery. We need to defend the ocean now more than ever, because climate change is having a potentially disastrous impact on the marine world.1、. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A. What the ocean looks like. B. What the ocean is made up of
47、. C. What live in the ocean. D. What functions the ocean has.2、. According to the text, the ocean directly provides people with _. A. water forming rivers B. comfortable habitats C. all the natural forces they need D. driving forces for energy and nutrients3、. It is not realized by many people that
48、we have _. A. done great harm to the ocean B. benefited greatly from the ocean C. fundamentally changed our global climate D. begun to suffer the consequences of pollution4、. The best title for this text would be _. A. Protecting Our Planet B. Defending Our Ocean C. Getting to Know Our Planet D. Make Good Use of Our Ocean (参考答案DDAB)- 9 - 版权所有高考资源网