长沙市望城区2017高考英语完形和阅理一轮练习1
完形填空I believe that I always have a choice, no matter what I'm doing and what is happening.
I used to write my books, typing on a keyboard, __1__ now I can no longer __2__ my hands. In 2008, I was diagnosed (诊断出) with ALS, a (n)__3__ disease, which would weaken and finally __4__ every important muscle in my body. That's to say I would __5__ be unable to move, to speak and finally to __6__. Only largely depending upon others could I live. I was lost and felt everything around me became dull.
I was __7__ to give up writing completely and remained __8__ all day long. In the __9__， some of my friends and relatives came to __10__ me. However it wasn't long before I became __11__ again, wondering about the meaning of life. Sometimes I came up with the __12__ that I'd better end my life because I couldn't __13__ the complex (复杂的)expressions on my family's faces. I came to become depressed, doubtful and __14__. Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street, I found an old guy in dirty clothes with no legs or arms __15__ in the street. I was shocked and woke up at once. I was more __16__ than him. I have thousands of __17__ to live on. When he came to me begging, I was so inspired and offered all that was in my purse. From then on I __18__ to go through the process of learning to use voice recognition software. Old woman as I was, __19__ I wrote more now than ever.
Every day now I have a __20__ on not only whether I will live, but how I will live. I can choose to see ALS as nothing more than a death sentence, or I can choose to see it as an invitation—an opportunity to learn who I really am.
1．A.and
B．so
C．but
D．until
答案：C 上下文理解。这里是转折关系。
2．A.lift
B．control
C．remove
D．wash
答案：B 语境逻辑。过去能用手在键盘上录入，但现在控制不了自己的手了。A答案意思是“抬、举”；C答案意思是“移开”；D答案意思是“清洗”。不符合上下文逻辑。
3．A.curable
B．unknown
C．common
D．terrible
答案：D 上下文理解。若选A，后文里并没有治愈作者的病，若选B，既然不知名的疾病，怎么会知道它的特点呢？故排除。根据后文对前空的描述，可以推断这是一种非常令人恐怖的疾病。4．A.destroy
B．swallow
C．digest
D．remove
答案：A 逻辑推理。根据前句的内容“which would weaken”可以推断这种病的危害是一个渐进的过程，越来越严重。从最初的削弱到最后破坏掉所有的重要的肌肉组织。剩下的选项不能和前面的关键词“weaken”形成病情由轻到重的过程。
5．A.hardly
B．actually
C．gradually
D．totally
答案：C 上下文推断。根据前面的关键词句“That's to say”，后句是在继续解释这种疾病由轻到重的一个渐进过程。因此，这里选择副词gradually“逐渐地”符合上下文逻辑。
6．A.communicate
B．behave
C．breathe
D．die
答案：C 语境逻辑。既然是一个逐渐加重的过程，到最后就是停止呼吸，终止生命的过程。此题容易误选D。注意：该空被前面的unable to修饰限制。
7．A.determined
B．forced
C．encouraged
D．advised
答案：B 上下文理解。由后文的情节可推断，我是被迫彻底停止写作，因为健康状况急剧恶化。
8．A.positive
B．disabled
C．dependent
D．silent
答案：D 逻辑推理。根据对上下文的理解。作者情绪极其低落，因此终日无语。
9．A.beginning
B．end
C．evening
D．hospital
答案：A 逻辑推理。根据上下文的逻辑，可推断，在最初的一段时间，一些亲戚和朋友来探望我。
10．A.guide
B．admire
C．entertain
D．comfort
答案：D 逻辑推理。我的疾病令人同情，亲戚朋友来安慰我。
11．A.mysterious
B．lonely
C．cheerful
D．humorous
答案：B 上下文理解。后来看我的人逐渐减少，因此我又变得孤独起来。
12．A.opinion
B．idea
C．imagination
D．decision
答案：B 上下文理解。有时候我真的有想结束自己生命的想法。
13．A.understand
B．guess
C．forgive
D．bear
答案：D 逻辑推理。我这样成了家里的累赘，自然会变得敏感多疑，因此无法忍受家人脸上那种(厌烦，焦虑，责怪等)复杂的表情。14．A.hopeless
B．adventurous
C．disabled
D．impolite
答案：A
解析：语境逻辑。根据空前的关键词doubtful, depressed可知，作者这个时候非常无助，对生活没了希望。15．A.sleeping
B．begging
C．singing
D．dancing
答案：B 后文暗示。后文When he came to me begging，谈到那残疾老头过来向我乞讨。
16．A.unlucky
B．miserable
C．confident
D．fortunate
答案：D 逻辑推理。那老头四肢几乎都没有了，我比起他来算是幸运多了。
17．A.chances
B．excuses
C．reasons
D．purposes
答案：C 逻辑推理。因此我有数千个理由应该活下去。
18．A.managed
B．continued
C．intended
D．stopped
答案：A 语境逻辑。我终于设法学会了运用语音识别系统录入文字的软件，继续写作。
19．A.absolutely
B．simply
C．interestingly
D．probably
答案：C 上下文理解。注意：Old woman as I was意思是“尽管我已经苍老”，这里有让步的含义，有趣的是我的写作量比以前任何时候都要大。20．A.way
B．method
C．thought
D．choice
答案：D 前后照应，上下文暗示。注意第一段的描述和后面动词choose，意思是“我每天都要选择怎样活(得更有意思)”。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of college. These days, friends and family have begun flooding me with one question: What is she going to do after graduation?
The job market is, after all, awfully tough. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank published a study showing that “recent graduates are increasingly working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The bright spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — areas in which recent graduates “have tended to do relatively well”.
But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a focus on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I抦 not the least bit worried s
he will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her interest. — and I know those things will serve her well over the course of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being measured by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, encouraging your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with earning a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to pick a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, as more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really matters will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s contribution to the world and how happy she is in it.
1. The author’s friends and family_________.
A. are worried about Emma’s safety
B. have been worrying about the flood
C. are concerned about Emma’s future
D. are worried about the job market
2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. The number of the graduates is increasing.
B. STEM graduates can be better employees.
C. STEM graduates are in relatively greater demand.
D. More and more graduates like to do a part-time job.
3. Why did Emma choose a major in the humanities?
A. Because she is interested in it.
B. Because her mother told her to.
C. Because it is increasingly popular.
D. Because she wants further education.
4. According to the author, what matters most in choosing a major is that_________.
A. it should be among the STEM
B. it should be fashionable and interesting
C. it should allow a good job and a high salary
D. it should bring achievements and happiness
参考答案1—4、 CCAD
2015高考英语阅读理解（社会生活、说理议论）【2015·湖南】C
Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire houses, garage, and yard inspected at any time -- with no warning. Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living, and a keeper's reputation depended on results. A few times each year, an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station. The inspections were supposed to be a surprise, but keeper sometimes had advance notice.
Once lighthouses had telephones, keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching. After boats began flying special flags nothing the inspector aboard, the keeper's family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first. As soon as someone spotted the boat, everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes. The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap. Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.
Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments. Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection. At the time, people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven. If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking. he never did.
One day, Glenn Furst's mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house. Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood. This time, though, she used a little too much oil. When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenn's mother, he slipped on the freshly oiled surface. "He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight," Glenn late wrote. After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn's mother's hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.
66.What does Paragraph I tell us about the inspection at the light station?
A. It was carried out once a year.
B. It was often announced in advance.
C. It was important for the keeper's fame.
D. It was focused on the garage and yard.
67.The family began making preparations immediately after ______.
A. one of the members saw the boat
B. a warning call reached the lighthouse
C. the keeper put on the dress uniform and cap
D. the inspector flew special flags in the distance
68.Mrs. Byrnes put the dishes in the oven because this would ______.
A. result in some fun
B. speed up washing them
C. make her home look tidy
D. be a demand from the inspector
69.If the inspector had opened the oven door, he would have seen _______.
A. an empty pan
B. many clean dishes
C. pieces of baked bread
D. a cloth covering something
70.The inspector waved his arms ______.
A. to try his best to keep steady
B. to show his satisfaction with the floor
C. to extend a warm greeting to Glenn's mother
D. to express his intention to continue the inspection
【答案】
66．C
67．A
68．C
69．D
70．A
69．D;细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的倒数第三行：Mrs.Byrnes toss all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth, and stuck them in the oven.可知当inspector打开烤箱的时候他只会看到一块盖着布的某物，故选D
70．A;细节推理题。根据最后一段倒数第三行：After he steadied himself, he shook Glenn’s mother’s hand, and the inspection continued as though nothing had happened.可知inspector挥动着他的双手保持平衡。故选A
【考点定位】社会生活类短文阅读。
【名师点睛】社会生活类的文章相对而言是比较容易做的，细节题占多数，需要的是一个细心。注意事情发展的先后顺序和发展的情节，理清作者的思路，以此得出答案。有时可以找出原句，有时可能需要理解，根据前后文推断，进行一个一个选项匹配排除，最终得出最佳答案。
阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
When Nancy Lublin got $5,000 from her grandpa in 1996, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans .Instead, the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about helping low-income women get better jobs. "If a woman goes for a job interview poorly dressed, she won't get the job." Lublin says. “ but without a job, she can't afford suitable clothes."
So with the money Lublin founded "Dress for Success” and began collecting women's clothes which were still in good condition but which their owners no longer needed. "So many women have clothes lying around that they will never wear again," one of Lublin's assistants says "Nancy's idea is so simple and yet so important to women."
Many women come to Lublin's office before going to a job interview. Here, they receive a suit, shoes and any other things they need. Since it was set up, more than 1,000 women have turned to "Dress for Success" for help. Many of them have won jobs. Some have round jobs after being out of work for many years. Jenny, a 32-year-old woman who was recently hired as a law-firm office manager , says, "I made a good impression because of “Dress for Success”
1. What can we learn from the text? A. Low-income women can get jobs at "Dress for Success"
B. Nancy's office gathers used clothes from women
C. Nancy's grandfather lent her the money to set up the office.
D. Nancy set up "Dress for Success" to make money.
2. "Dress for Success" attracts many women because they_______
A. prefer buying clothes at a low price
B. like to wear different clothes.
C. need to look smart when looking for a job.
D. like the design of the dresses
3. From what Jenny says, we know that ______.
A . she got a lot of good ideas from Nancy
B. "Dress for Success" has a good business relation with her firm.
C. clothes from Nancy's office helped to get her a job.
D. she is working happily at her present job
4. What would be a good title for the text?
A. Nancy: A Successful Law Student.
B.
A Helping Hand for Women
C. Keep Your Old Clothes
D. A Successful Clothing Business
参考答案1—4、BCCB