Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries
“阅读＋七选五＋完形”组合练——练题型
(限时：35分钟)
.阅读理解
(2016·银川二中高考模拟) Parents on South Australia's Aboriginal (澳大利亚土著的) lands may lose some of their financial aid if they do not send their children to school. The new rules draw wide concern.
Mundine is Prime Minister Tony Abbott's top advisor on issues concerning Aboriginals, native Australians. “Now, I know the government needs some necessary measures but I think punishing the parents is really the last choice.” Mr. Mundine says the situation can be changed if the tribal leaders support education. “We need to work with parents and communities because we are making a huge cultural change here.” But other officials say they believe the threat of stopping aid will force families to take education more seriously.
The State of South Australia says it has special programs for Aboriginal children. The students work with their parents and teachers first to develop a personal learning plan and the public schools provide special workers to work individually with Aboriginal students. At the age of seven, Aboriginal students can join a program called Enter for Success designed to attract students to school. The students can choose which high school to attend and receive support in reaching the goals on their individual learning plans.
The State of Western Australia also has special programs for Aboriginal and other ethnic (种族的) groups. The state operates a program called Focus Schools which centers on basic skills like reading, writing and counting. 67% of these public focus schools serve the students in 79 very rural areas. Most of them are primary schools. The Focus Schools program also includes 118 coaches working with students in 134 schools.
语篇解读：本文是一篇资讯报道，报道了西澳大利亚州政府和南澳大利亚州政府为提高土著儿童的入学率而采取的一系列措施。
1．What's the aim of the new regulations?
A．To develop advanced education.
B．To improve Aboriginal children's school attendance.
C．To get tribal chiefs to support education.
D．To punish parents on South Australia's Aboriginal lands.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段的第一句可推知，限制经济援助的新规定是为了提高土著儿童的入学率，故选B项。
2．To change the situation, Mr. Mundine may not agree with ________.
A．cooperating with the parents
B．limiting the economic aid of the families
C．winning the favor of the communities
D．making a cultural change in the communities
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句可知，Mundine先生对限制一些家庭的经济援助持不赞成的态度，故选B项。
3．It is known from the statistics in the last paragraph that ________.
A．the special program is a success
B．the special program covers every area of Australia
C．the government has tried to help with the Aboriginal education
D．the government has taken action to promote the elementary schools
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据最后一段后半部分的内容可推知，西澳大利亚州政府为促进土著儿童的基础教育做出了很大的努力，故选C项。
.阅读七选五
(2016·南宁第二次适应性考试)Trees around us are extremely important and have always been necessary for improving the human conditions. Our existing forests and trees we plant work to make a better world. __1__. Here is a short list of main reasons trees are necessary for improving our living conditions.
●Trees produce oxygen
__2__. A leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year. What many people don't realize is that the forest also acts as a giant filter (过滤器) that cleans the air we breathe. Trees help clean the air by preventing airborne particles, reducing heat, and absorbing such pollutants.
●Trees clean the soil
The term phytoremediation is a fancy word for the absorption of dangerous chemicals and other pollutants that have entered the soil. __3__. Trees filter sewage and farm chemicals, reduce the effects of animal wastes, clean roadside spills and so on.
●Trees are carbon sinks
To produce its food, a tree absorbs and locks away carbon dioxide in the wood, roots and leaves. Carbon dioxide is a global warming suspect. __4__. This lockingup process “stores” carbon as wood and not as a “greenhouse” gas.
●__5__
Trees block urban noise almost as effectively as stone walls. Trees, planted at strategic points in a neighborhood or around your house, can reduce major noises from freeways and airports.
A．We could not exist as we do if there were no trees
B．Trees help clean the sky
C．A forest is a carbon storage area that can lock up as much carbon as it produces
D．Trees control noise pollution
E．Man has been planting trees to make the planet a more beautiful world
F．The modern human community has other more practical reasons to admire and honor trees
G．Trees can either store harmful pollutants or change the pollutants into less harmful forms
答案：1～5 FAGCD
Ⅲ.完形填空
A Brick in Life
A young and successful manager was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was __1__ kids rushing out from __2__ parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
__3__ his car passed, one child appeared, and a brick smashed into the Jaguar's side door. He slammed on the __4__ and turned the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown.
He jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and __5__ him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what __6__ are you doing？” Then he went on, “Didn't you know that brick you threw is going to __7__ a lot of money. Why did you do it？”
“Please, sir. Please, I'm sorry. I didn't know __8__ else to do！” begged the youngster.
“__9__ my brother，” he said. “He rolled off the sidewalk and fell out of his __10__ and I can't lift him up.”
Sobbing, the boy asked the manager, “Would you please help me get him __11__into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too __12__ for me.”
Moved __13__ words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and __14__ his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see __15__ everything was going to be okay.
“Thank you, sir. And God bless you，” the __16__ child said to him. The man then __17__ the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward __18__ home.
It was a long __19__ back to his Jaguar — a long, slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent (凹痕) __20__ him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过一个小故事告诉我们：生活的道路上不要走得太匆忙，我们需要其他人的敲打来引起我们的注意。
1．A.watching for B．looking for
C．heading for
D．leaving for
解析：选A watch for “密切注意，留意”；look for “寻找”；head for “朝……前进”；leave for “出发去某地”。经理留意着从车子间跑出来的孩子。由此可知A项符合语境。
2．A.among
B．between
C．in
D．through
解析：选B 从车子之间跑出来，根据语境可知选B项。
3．A.While
B．Before
C．As
D．After
解析：选C 当经理的车通过的时候，一个小孩儿丢了一块砖头打到了他车的侧门，由此可知C项as“当……时”，符合语境。
4．A.window
B．door
C．wheel
D．brake
解析：选D 经理猛踩刹车并后退到被扔砖头的地方。brake “刹车”，符合语境。
5．A.pushed
B．guided
C．held
D．caught
解析：选A 经理抓住那个小孩儿并把他推向一辆停着的车子。push “推”，符合语境。
6．A.in earth
B．on earth
C．after all
D．above all
解析：选B 经理质问小孩儿到底想干什么，what on earth “到底，究竟”，符合语境。
7．A.spend
B．charge
C．cost
D．pay
解析：选C 经理质问小孩儿：“你知不知道你扔那块砖要付很多钱，你为什么要这样做？”此处cost意为“需付费”，符合语境。
8．A.which
B．who
C．that
D．what
解析：选D 此处表示“我不知道我还能怎么办”，考查名词性从句，do 后面缺宾语，因此用what。
9．A.It's
B．Which's
C．That's
D．Who's
解析：选A 根据下文可知，此处小孩儿在说明情况，是他的哥哥从轮椅上摔了下来，他没有办法把他抬回去。此处It's用以明确身份，故选A项。
10．A.Jaguar
B．wheelchair
C．sidewalk
D．bike
解析：选B 根据下文中的“get him __11__ into his wheelchair”可知，他哥哥从轮椅上摔了下来。
11．A.up
B．down
C．back
D．forward
解析：选C 此处表示“你可以帮我把他抬回轮椅上吗？”，back符合语境。下文中的“lifted the young man back into the wheelchair”也是提示。
12．A.light
B．funny
C．terrible
D．heavy
解析：选D 根据上文可知，此处表示“他受伤了，而且对我来说他太重了”。D项heavy “重的”，符合语境。
13．A.beyond
B．inside
C．outside
D．around
解析：选A 这些话让这位年轻的经理深受感动，没法用语言表达。beyond “超出……之外，非……所能及”，符合语境。
14．A.broke out
B．took out
C．run out
D．gave out
解析：选B 经理把小孩儿的哥哥抱回轮椅上，并拿出手帕擦拭小孩儿的哥哥的伤口，确定他哥哥没有什么问题。break out “爆发”；take out “拿出，取出”；run out “用完”；give out “分发；公布”。故选B项。
15．A.what
B．where
C．that
D．which
解析：选C 参见上题解析。see that “确保，务必(做到)”，符合语境。
16．A.angry
B．willing
C．satisfactory
D．grateful
解析：选D 根据空格前的“Thank you, sir. And God bless you”可知，小孩儿非常感激这个经理。故选D项。
17．A.watched
B．glared
C．noticed
D．witnessed
解析：选A 然后经理看着小孩儿推着他哥哥回他们的家。watch “注视；看”；glare “怒目而视”；notice “注意到”；witness “目击”。根据语境可知选A项。
18．A.his
B．their
C．her
D．its
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
19．A.journey
B．trip
C．walk
D．running
解析：选C 经理返回Jaguar的路变得很漫长。破折号后面的“a long, slow walk”也是提示，故选C项。
20．A.reminding
B．reminded
C．reminds
D．to remind
解析：选D 经理保留着车子侧门上的凹痕是为了提醒他自己。此处用动词不定式表示目的，故选D项。