2016高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）
专题4 完形填空 （35分钟）
（A）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers. I can’t help trembling when I hear about studies that show that women are at a __1
when it comes to math. However, I discovered: just because a subject is
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to learn, it does not __3_
you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it.
_4
you do, there’s a strong chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.
In eighth grade I took algebra（代数学）. On one test I got only 36 percent of the __5
answers. I failed the next one, too. I started to
_6_
that maybe I’m just not good at this. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my
7 _, but
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as an indication that I should study more. He _ 9 me aside and told me he knew I could do better. He let me
_10
the tests, and I pulled my grade up to an A.
I studied a lot in college, too. I had moments of fear while sitting below the buzzing fluorescent lights in the
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library on Saturday afternoons, when I
__12_that the estrogen (雌性激素) in my body was
me from understanding thermodynamics (热力学). But the
in my classes had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldn’t
_15
to lose confidence in myself. I didn’t want to choose between my femininity（女性）and a good career.
I reminded myself that those
17 _, the ones that say that math comes more naturally to men, are faulty.
Here’s a secret: math and science don’t go
_18
to most people. No one was __19
born knowing calculus. A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and that takes a leap of
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. It also helps to have selective hearing.
1. A. difficulty
B. disadvantage
C. trouble
D. discomfort
2. A. enjoyable
B. humorous
C. simple
D. difficult
3. A. sign
B. state
C. mean
D. exhibit
4. A. Once
B. Where
C. Although
D. Until
5. A. wrong
B. complete
C. correct
D. missing
6. A. think
B. suggest
C. choose
D. decide
7. A. activities
B. possibilities
C. characteristics
D. abilities
8. A. extremely
B. simply
C. slightly
D. normally
9. A. pulled
B. led
C. knocked
D. pushed
10. A. design
B. attend
C. desert
D. retake
11. A. chemistry
B. engineering
C. biology
D. geography
12. A. worried
B. excited
C. disturbed
D. astonished
13. A. protecting
B. awaking
C. preventing
D. attempting
14. A. girls
B. boys
C. students
D. professors
15. A. afford
B. encourage
C. persuade
D. manage
16. A. Also
B. But
C. Furthermore
D. So
17. A. studies
B. explorations
C. performances
D. experiments
18. A. actively
B. easily
C. actually
D. gradually
19. A. never
B. ever
C. even
D. often
20. A. honesty
B. knowledge
C. reality
D. faith
BDCAC
ADBAD
BACBA
DABBD
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Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he
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his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always
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his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,
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to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the
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made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the
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customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for
6 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying
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for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a
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fake（假货）. When he was of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch,
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cost nearly 100,000, into pieces
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hearing Glen’s words. Glen was
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before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined
13 . For many times of entry-exit
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he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and
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him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if
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reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be
17
according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep
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on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of
19 , which he would remember as the
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of his success forever.
1. A. set up
B. took up
C. went up
D. picked up
2. A. honors
B. mentions
C. brings
D. owes
3. A. decided
B. refused
C. objected
D. asked
4. A. books
B. things
C. savings
D. pounds
5. A. ordinary
B. routine
C. regular
D. common 6. A. look
B. inspection
C. test
D. experiment 7 .A. one
B. it
C. them
D. these
8. A. priceless
B. useful
C. worthless
D. valuable
9. A. afraid
B. proud
C. ashamed
D. hard
10. A. that
B. what
C. as
D. which
11. A. on
B. at
C. who
D. in
12. A. disappointed
B. delighted
C. amazed
D. satisfied
13. A. strictly
B. quietly
C. quickly
D. curiously
14. A. conditions
B. experiences
C. experiments
D. chances
15. A. stopped
B. hoped
C. warned
D. urged
16. A. came out
B. found out
C. sent out
D. set out
17. A. hit
B. blamed
C. praised
D. charged
18. A. expression
B. idea
C. thought
D. impression
19. A. honesty
B. lies
C. goods
D. bravery
20. A. secret
B. lesson
C. choice
D. belief
ADACB
BBCBD
ACABC
BDDAA