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考题型提能练(八) Unit 8
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Which boy hasn't dreamed of being a cool secret agent (特工)? The wonderful fighting abilities and the worldsaving adventures are much more colourful than most people's everyday lives.Well, Cody Banks is just like any other boy, except that he is not just dreaming.He has a big secret his friends never know about.He was trained to be a spy (间谍) by a special CIA programme, which was made to look like a summer camp.He learned highspeed driving, handtohand fighting and the use of hightech tools.After proving he could become a young hero by saving a baby from a runaway car, Banks gets his first real task.He must make friends with a popular girl at school, Natalie Connors.Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology.Banks must stop a group of bad people from forcing Natalie's father into using the technology to endanger the world.
The CIA may have taught him firstclass selfdefence moves, but they didn't show him how to talk to girls.Banks has zero ability when it comes to dealing with girls.How can he get around his problem and get an invitation to the girl's upcoming birthday party? Will he finally become Natalie's boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father's work？Agent Cody Banks has everything that young people are interested in：big explosions, breathtaking performances and funny girldating experiences.It was listed No.2 in the American box office last week.
“This story is interesting and fun for the whole family to enjoy, and especially cool for young boys，” said Paul Perkins, a film reviewer in the US.
1.What is Banks' first real task?
A.To test a hightech tool.
B.To save a baby from a car.
C.To study a new technology.
D.To watch a scientist secretly.
2.Banks wanted to go to Natalie's birthday party to________.
A.meet her fatherB.know more people
C.make friends with her
D.steal some information
3.What is considered as a great danger in the text?
A.The technology developed by Natalie's father.
B.An explosion set off by some bad people.
C.The CIA's training of boys for its tasks.
D.Secret agents' spying on scientists.
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A.Making known the work of the CIA.
B.Telling the story about a cool boy.
C.Showing the dark side of science.
D.Introducing a new film.
B
(2016·河南省七校联合考试) When it came to role models, Diana Ortiz said her mother, Marcia Dominguez, was the “hero”. Ms. Dominguez came to the United States from Cuba in 1979. She went to college and got a job as a social worker —
all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own.
“It was always school first，” Diana said, “My mom had us in a straight line. If we got out of line, she corrected us. She was a perfect woman. She was beautiful, she had the education and she had everything — but the illness took over. When I was 11, it frightened me to see how quickly my mother's health was ruined by cancer. A week before I turned 14, my mother died at age 50. I had tried to prepare myself, but on the first morning I woke up without my mother, the sense of loss was painful.”
Diana had not seen her father for five years, who refused to provide for her. Diana then entered the city's foster care system. She has spent about four years in foster homes.
Despite Diana's hard teenage years, the values her mother had planted in her mind inspired her to go after higher education. Since August 2010, she has been a fulltime student majoring in law. A public organization offers her tuition but she has parttime jobs to help people like her and earn more life experience. Her goal is a job in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For now, Diana works 20 hours a week as a cashier at Marshalls, earning D|S7.25 an hour. In November, she moved into her own public housing studio apartment on the Lower East Side. She pays D|S236 a month in rent. Although she is out of foster care, Diana has been speaking at workshops for foster youths. She emphasizes that nothing should get in the way of their success, not the trials of their lives or what they may have lost.
“I tell the young who have the similar experience like me, ‘Why are you going to let what happened to you affect you in the long run？’” Diana said, “ ‘Why are you going to sit there and feel sorry for yourself? You're wasting precious time.’ It is a message my mother would approve of. My mom taught me that everything is not given to you. You have to go out and get it.”
5.Which of the following words can be used to describe Ms. Dominguez?
A.Learned, independent and strict.
B.Positive, simple and graceful.
C.Hardworking, dependent and tough.
D.Kind, determined and lonely.
6.How did Diana grow up after her mother passed away?
A.She was provided for by a law institute.
B.She depended on foster care system.
C.She relied upon the people like her.
D.She supported herself by doing parttime work.
7.What made Diana go on with her education despite there are so many difficulties?
A.The sense of loss from her mother's death.
B.The eagerness to achieve success.
C.The deep influence of her mother's values.
D.The wish to win prizes to please her mother.
8.With provided tuition, Diana still works after school because she knows ________.
A.success comes with her own struggle and efforts
B.rich experience helps her find better jobs
C.her tuition will be increased sharply
D.nobody is perfect in the world
Ⅱ.任务型阅读
(2016·哈尔滨三中第一次模拟考试)
On Punctuality
A punctual man is in the habit of doing everything at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.
The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. 1.________ There is a proverb that says, “Time flies never to be recalled.” This is very true. 2.________Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself, and the unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his own valuable assets as well as others'. The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or to return calls, or to keep appointments promptly. 3.________ He knows that he can't get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly and deals with every piece of work when it has to be attended to.
4.________ If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than expected, he keeps all the other guests and the host waiting him alone. This is great disrespect.
5.________ Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or his fellow men. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.
A.Failure to be punctual is a sign of disrespect towards others.
B.A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained.
C.He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both his time and his good name.
D.Unpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing one's duty.
E.Of these the former are the majority.
F.But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it.
G.Broadly speaking, humans can be divided into two classes.
Ⅲ.完形填空
(2016·河南省适应性测试)A pastor (牧师) had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. He 1 warm milk, and even a small fish. But the kitten wouldn't come down.
The tree was not __2__ enough to climb, so the pastor decided to tie a rope to his __3__ and pull it until the tree bent down so that he could then __4__ and get the kitten.
That's what he did, all the while checking his __5__ in the car. He then figured if he went just a little bit __6__， the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten. But as he __7__ the car a little further forward, the rope broke.
The __8__ went “boing” and the kitten instantly sailed through the air — out of __9__.
The pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the __10__ asking people if they'd seen a little kitten. __11__ had seen a stray (迷途的) kitten.
He met one of his church __12__ at the grocery store a few days later. He __13__ to look into her shopping cart and was __14__ to see cat food.
This woman was a cat __15__， so he asked her why she was buying cat food. “You won't __16__ this，” she replied, and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept __17__. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so __18__ the Mom told her little girl, “Well, if __19__ gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it.”
She told the pastor, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her __20__， and pray. And really, Pastor, I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws (爪子) outspread, and landed right in front of her.”
1.A.reserved
B.made
C.offered
D.collected
2.A.strong
B.tall
C.easy
D.tight
3.A.kitten
B.car
C.body
D.church
4.A.come up
B.jump up
C.look up
D.reach up
5.A.progress
B.patience
C.strength
D.competence
6.A.faster
B.further
C.firmer
D.closer
7.A.backed
B.ordered
C.moved
D.pushed
8.A.tree
B.pastor
C.rope
D.fish
9.A.mind
B.place
C.control
D.sight
10.A.backyard
B.neighborhood
C.country
D.city
11.A.Everybody
B.Somebody
C.Anybody
D.Nobody
12.A.workers
B.assistants
C.members
D.performers
13.A.seemed
B.happened
C.pretended
D.begged
14.A.amazed
B.embarrassed
C.pleased
D.sorry
15.A.catcher
B.owner
C.hater
D.seller
16.A.invent
B.love
C.believe
D.mean
17.A.refusing
B.begging
C.praying
D.explaining
18.A.actually
B.finally
C.calmly
D.gratefully
19.A.the pastor
B.someone
C.Dad
D.God
20.A.arms
B.knees
C.hands
D.feet
Ⅳ.短文改错
(2016·山东省日照市校际联合检测)I used to feel I was the sun in my family. But while my cousin was born, everyone pays more attention to her. So I disliked her and couldn't get along well with her. As time went on, I realized what ridiculous I had been at that time. I tried to find a proper time to apologize. When my cousin's family came to my home a few day ago, I took my cousin to play outside. In the way to the playground, I had bought many snacks for her. Then we began chat. When we talked about their childhood, suddenly, I said “sorry” gently. She was silently, so I thought that she hadn't
heard me clearly. But after while she said: “Don't say that. In my memory, you are always friendly.”
高考题型提能练(八)
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1．解析：选D 推理判断题根据第二段的“Banks gets his first real task”以及后面的内容可知他得到的第一个任务就是监视Natalie的父亲一位科学家故选D2．解析：选C 推理判断题根据第三段的内容可知他参加Natalie的生日晚会的目的是想成为她的男朋友故选C3．解析：选A 细节理解题根据第二段的“Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology.”可知答案选A4．解析：选D 写作意图题根据文章最后两段可知这篇文章是向我们推荐一部电影故选D
5．解析：选A 细节理解题根据第一段“She went to college and got a job as a social worker —
all the while raising three children in America mostly on her own.”和第二段“My mom had us in a straight line. If we got out of line, she corrected us.”可知母亲博学多才独立并且严格故选A6．解析：选B 细节理解题根据第三段“Diana then entered the city's foster care system.”可知 Diana 在养育关爱中心获得了一些帮助故选B7．解析：选C 细节理解题根据第四段“the values her mother had planted in her mind inspired her to go after higher education”可知Diana的母亲Ms. Dominguez的价值观对Diana产生了深远影响故选C8．解析：选A 细节理解题根据第四段“A public organization offers her tuition but she has parttime jobs to help people like her and earn more life experience.”可知即使有公立组织为她支付学费但是她做兼职是为了帮助更多像她这样的人并增加人生的阅历故选A.1～5 CBFAD.
1．解析：选C 根据前后句可知猫在树上不肯下来牧师给它牛奶和鱼想让它下来offer“提供”符合语境2．解析：选A 根据本句中的“so the pastor decided to tie a rope to his ________ and pull it until the tree bent down”可知树不够粗壮牧师不能爬上去strong“强壮的”符合语境3．解析：选B 根据第三段第一句中的“the car”可知他把绳子系到小汽车上然后向前开车直到树弯曲故答案选B4．解析：选D 根据本句中的“get the kitten”可知树弯曲之后他才能抬起手够到猫reach up“抬起(手)”符合语境come up“走近发生”；jump up“跳起来”；look up“查阅”故答案选D5．解析：选A 根据后面两句话可知他一直注意着车子的前进情况progress“前进”符合语境patience“耐心”；strength“力气”；competence“能力”故答案选A6．解析：选B 根据后面的“a little further forward”可知答案选B7．解析：选C 句意：但是当他把车子又向前移动了一点时绳子突然断了move“移动”符合语境8．解析：选A 根据“boing”可知此处指树发出的断裂声故答案选A9．解析：选D 根据下文他问人们是否看到一只猫可知猫不见了out of sight“看不见”符合语境10．解析：选B 根据下文他问人们是否看到猫可知他走访了周围的邻居neighborhood“街坊附近”符合语境11．解析：选D 根据下文牧师几天后才知道猫的下落可知当时没有人(Nobody)看见过一只迷路的猫12．解析：选C 根据下文可知他遇见了他的一个教堂成员member“成员”符合语境13．解析：选B 根据语境可知他碰巧看了看她的购物车happen to do sth.“碰巧做某事”符合语境14．解析：选A 根据下文可知这位女士不喜欢猫所以牧师看到她买猫食感到很惊奇amazed“惊奇的”符合语境15．解析：选C 根据下文牧师问她为什么买猫食可知此处表示这位女士是痛恨猫的人hater“痛恨者”符合语境16．解析：选C 由下文她给牧师讲述的这件奇怪的事可知她认为牧师不会相信这件事believe“相信”符合语境17．解析：选A 根据转折连词“but”可知女儿一直恳求她想要一只猫但她总是拒绝refuse“拒绝”符合语境18．解析：选B 根据上文可知几天前孩子再一次恳求她于是她最终对女儿说：“如果上帝给你一只猫我就让你养它” finally“最终”符合语境19．解析：选D 根据下文中的“pray”可知此处是指“如果上帝(God)给你一只猫我就让你养它”20．解析：选B 根据常识可知祈祷应该跪下来get on one's knees“跪下屈膝”符合语境.第二句：while→when; pays→paid第四句：what→how第六句：day→days第七句：In→On; 去掉had第八句：chat→to chat 或 chatting第九句：their→our第十句：silently→silent第十一句：while 前加 a