1、乌鲁木齐2015高考英语阅读、完形填空选练(7)答案(四月)阅读理解(原创)Taking exams in a large group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff members who are watching over them. When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting. One university in Thailand came up with an anti-cheati
2、ng hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students papers. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the Internet, and the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. The hats were made by stapling pie
3、ces of paper onto a headband, one to each side of the head. After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They said that in a bid to prevent cheating they asked the students for ideas on
4、how to prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most suitable. The university claimed that no one was forced to use the hat, but they all chose to do so. “Wh
5、en wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed, ”Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, a lecturer at the university said. “It was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize if the photo makes other people look at my students in a negative way, ”Rungruangkitk
6、rai added. 【文章大意】很多人在一起考试对监考老师来说压力不小。近日, 泰国某大学就想出了防作弊帽的点子, 这样就不用担心学生偷看其他人的试卷了。此举引起了广泛的争议。1. According to the text, in which case cheating will become easy? A. When desks are crowded into a classroom. B. When too many students are sitting in a classroom. C. When students are too stressful. D. When th
7、e staff members who are watching over them are not responsible. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting. 可知本题选B。2. Why was the university criticized? A. The university was too strict. B. The university prevented students cheating. C. The
8、 university made students wear strange looking hats. D. The students chose to use the hats. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第三段第二句中的the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. 可知本题选C。3. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs? A. The senior academic staff at t
9、he university made the paper hat idea. B. The students felt more stressful when wearing the hat during the exam. C. The students dont like wearing the hats when taking the exam. D. The students are not forced to wear the hats when taking the exam. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段及第五段的观点可知本题选D。4. Whats the best ti
10、tle of the text? A. How to make the anti-cheating hatB. Anti-cheating hat was criticizedC. Anti-cheating hatD. Anti-cheating hat was considered the most suitable choice【解析】选C。主旨大意题。由全文可知, 文章主要介绍的是反作弊帽, 其他选项都是文章细节。故本题选C。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中,选出最佳选项。How should one invest a sum of money in these clays
11、 of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one,dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful obje
12、cts from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques. I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creatur
13、e that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round peoples wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real maste
14、r of Earth and men are its slaves. Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own he
15、arts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings. However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on
16、candles, used sand in hourglasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past. Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the jo
17、ys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?1. According to the passage, collecting antique clocks_. A. can hardly keep the value
18、 of your savings B. will cost much of your savings C. may increase your wealth D. needs your bravery2. By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to_. A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock B. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth C. tell readers
19、 what clocks look like D. compare chicks to human beings3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time? A. Counting the beating of ones own heart. B. Making use of candles, sand and water. C. Observing shadows cast by the sun. D. Keeping slaves busy day and night.4. The unde
20、rlined phrase stately homes in paragraph 4 means A. state-owned houses B. houses in very good condition C. grand houses open to the public D. houses where statesmen meet regularly5. The purpose of the passage is A. to introduce the culture of antique clocks B. to offer some advice on collecting anti
21、que clocks. C. to compare different ways to make a future profit D. to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time【参考答案】CADCB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。“A 13yearold boy 1._ lives in Italy with his adoptive parents took his fathers car and drove more than 800 km through Eu
22、rope in 2._ apparent attempt to reach his birth family in Poland,” Italian police said on Saturday.He set 3._ on Thursday afternoon from the small town of Pederobba in northern Italy 4._ 200 euros in his pocket and drove the highpowered automatic car for almost 24 hours 5._ being stopped by German p
23、olice on a motorway near Leipzig.“The boys sister and natural parents are in Poland and 6._ seems that he was going there to meet his sister,” said an Italian police spokeswoman.Media reports said the boy had an argument on Thursday afternoon with his adoptive mother.“The boy has told his parents he
24、 is sorry 7._ has recognized he was wrong,” the police spokeswoman said,adding that he was on his way 8._ to Italy.According to newspaper reports,the boy loved cars and was an expert gokart(微型运动汽车) driver.(三)1. who/that考查定语从句的引导词。该空引导定语从句修饰boy,且在从句中作主语,故填who/that。2. an考查冠词。此空表泛指,且apparent以元音音素开头,故填an。3. off考查固定搭配。set off 出发。4. with考查介词。口袋里带有200欧元。5. before考查介词。在被德国警察拦下之前他行驶了接近24个小时。6. it考查it的用法。该空在句中作形式主语,代替其后that引导的主语从句,故填it。7. and考查并列连词。该空连接两个句子,且表并列关系,故填and。8. back考查副词。on ones way back to a place 在回某地的路上。