阅读理解(分两节, 共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题。
To think for yourself is an important rule of life. You’ll think it’s so obvious that you’ll be wondering what’s the point discussing it here. I don’t mean to offend or insult and I do appreciate that you do think for yourself. I guess what I mean by this is that we need to be clear about our opinions, grounded in our own sense of identity and very confident about being us so that we aren’t easily confused by what other people think of us. ① We are all weak inside. We all have fears and concerns.
We all want to be loved and accepted. We all want to be one of the crowd, be acknowledged. We all want to belong. The temptation is to say “I’ll be whatever you want to be. ”
② But truly successful people are well accepted. They instead become pack leaders because of their originality, their difference. If you are unpleasant or hurtful, you will indeed not be accepted. But if you are kind, thoughtful, caring and respectful, you will be loved and accepted. If you are also original in your thinking, you will be looked up to, respected and admired.
To think for yourself you have to be pretty sure of who you are and be clear in your thinking—there’s no point in thinking for yourself if it’s all not clear.
I have a friend who is very intelligent. But all her opinions come from reading a particular national newspaper. Whatever line it takes on a particular issue is the same line she will come out with. She trusts her paper completely and is unable to see how predictable her views are—seeing as they are always based on what she has read.
She is able to express her thoughts and ideas easily and well, but always absolutely in line with her paper’s views. ③ We need to change where we get our information to make sure we stay fresh and original.
Of course, to think for yourself means you have to have something to think about and actually do the thinking. Look at a selection of people you know. ④
第一节 根据短文内容, 从A, B, C, D和E中选出最适合填入短文空白处的选项, 并将序号及相应的答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Being original or creative or different can make us think we will not be accepted.
B. So we need to perfect our characters.
C. If they are badly adjusted and generally struggling, I bet they’re not doing either.
D. It’s tougher than it looks at first glance.
E. Sometimes we can all be a bit like that.
第二节:根据短文所给的信息, 用一个完整的句子回答下面的问题, 并将序号及相应的答案写在答题纸上。
⑤What does the underlined sentence mean?
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题号:06
填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
The giant panda is a ⑥ of children and animal-lovers throughout the world.
Though so well known and loved, the panda ⑦ (die)out. At present, there are only about 1, 230 wild pandas left in the world. They all live in China, in the forests of Sichuan and Shanxi provinces. Pandas used to be common in other areas. ⑧ , as the human population increased and the forests shrank, panda territory gradually disappeared. And so ⑨ the pandas. Now the Chinese government has created a number of “panda reserves” to protect the pandas.
A new born panda is a tiny, helpless little creature. It looks ⑩ a little pink pig, and its eyes remain closed for three to four weeks. Pandas develop fairly slowly, ⑪ (compare)with most animals. The babies are completely dependent on their mothers for a long time.
In fact, they don’t even begin to walk they are about five months old.
The only food they consume for at least a year is their mother’s milk. That doesn’t stop them from growing, however. Pandas may weigh 55 pounds by the time they are a year old. Around that time, the young panda begins to eat bamboo, like ⑬ mother. This may not seem like a fattening food, but young pandas gain weight quickly on this diet. By the time it is a year and a half old, a panda may over 100 pounds. A recent study of a wild female panda with a newborn baby shows that for over two years, the baby stayed with its mother and learned about the ways of the forest. Then the mother chased the young panda away.
It was time for the young panda to be ⑮ .
(2)
(2017·宁波模拟)
题号:05
阅读理解(分两节, 共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
阅读下面的短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题。
From good reading we can get pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. ① It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever our main purpose in reading may be, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.
② Whether the characters are taken from real life or purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. ③ By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement.
④ Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no train or airplane to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our hearts’desire. Through books we may get the excitement of dangerous adventure without danger. We can climb noble mountains, brave the freeze of an Antarctic winter, or cross the extremely hot sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mix with the cheerful crowds of the Paris roads; we may join the peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking.
第一节 根据短文内容, 从A, B, C, D和E中选出最适合填入短文空白处的选项, 并将序号及相应的答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. With a good book in our hands we never feel lonely.
B. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life.
C. By reading we can communicate with the characters in books.
D. One of the most valuable gifts presented by books is experience.
E. Our human friends may sometimes bore us, but the friends we make in books never annoy us.
第二节:根据短文所给的信息, 用一个完整的句子回答下面的问题, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
⑤What can be implied from the underlined sentence in the text?
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题号:06
填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
Even today there are a great many wrong ideas about food. Some of them are very widespread. One such idea is that fish is the best brain food. Fish is good brain food just as it is good muscle food and skin food and bone food. ⑥ no one has been able to prove that fish is any ⑦ for the brain than many other foods.
Another such idea is that you should not drink water with meals. Washing food down ⑧ water as a substitute for chewing is not a good idea, but some water with meals has been found to be helpful. ⑨ makes the digestive juices flow more freely and helps to digest the food. A few years ⑩ the belief became general orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the same time.
The reason (give)was that the acid in the orange juice would make the milk curdle(凝结)and become indigestible. As a matter of fact, milk always meets in the stomach a digestive juice which curdles it; the curdling of the milk is first step in its digestion. Still another wrong idea about mixing foods is that proteins and carbohydrates should never (eat)simultaneously(同时地). Many people think of bread, for example, as a carbohydrate food.
It is chiefly a carbohydrate food, but it also contains proteins. the same way, milk, probably the best single food, contains both proteins and carbohydrates.
(3)
(2017·台州模拟)
题号:05
阅读理解(分两节, 共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题。
I’m often asked the question, “How can I best help my children, spouse, family members, staff members, friends, etc. improve/change?” In fact, that might be the most frequently asked question I receive, “How can I help change someone else?”
My answer often comes as a surprise and here it is. ① In other words, the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father, as a grandfather, as a business colleague.
The best gift I can give you, really, is my ongoing personal development—getting better, getting stronger and becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up.
② Work on your personal development as parents—that’s the best gift you can give to your children.
If you have ever been on an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are detailed instructions that say, “In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you, secure their masks. ” ③
If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.
If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children. Self-development enables you to serve and to be more valuable to those around you, for your child, your business, your colleague and your community. That’s why I teach development skills. ④ Opportunity will then begin to seek you out. Your reputation will begin to precede you and people will want to do business with you. All of that possibility is created by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract by continually working on your own personal development.
第一节:根据短文内容, 从A、B、C、D和E中选出最合适填入空白处的选项, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. The key to helping others is to help yourself first.
B. Take care of yourself first, and then assist your children.
C. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay.
D. As researchers learn more about how children’s intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents.
E. If you keep refining all the parts of your character and become an attractive person to the marketplace, you’ll attract opportunity.
第二节:根据短文所给的信息, 用一个完整的句子回答下面的问题, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
⑤What is the author’s philosophy in this article?
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题号:06
填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
Before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. Due to the financial crisis, few companies would like to employ new staff. ⑥ , the competition was ever-fierce. My son targeted a company that was intended to employ only one person ⑦ over twenty candidates. I said to him, “You should not hold too much hope for ⑧ that you would feel terribly disappointed when you fail. ” He said, “I am not afraid of disappointment. As long as I try, there will always be hope! ”
My son’s words seemed to come true and he ⑨ (inform)to be interviewed.
On that day, my son and other two candidates arrived at the company, waiting for the decisive test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably ⑩ , during which the interviewer only chatted with them. Two days later, my son received the text from the company that he wasn’t employed. My son felt very disappointed. To comfort him, I pretended to be relaxed, saying, “It doesn’t matter! I believe you’ll have more ⑪ in the future! ”
In nightfall that day, my son told me (excite)that he received another text saying he was employed.
He felt very confused about it, so he called the company. the first text was also part of the test in the interview. men received the same text in the morning and only my son’s reply was satisfying to the company, so he was employed. I asked my son, “How did all of you reply?” My son said, “One didn’t reply. The other said‘goodbye’and I said‘thank you’. ”
Only then did I know my son’s “hope” came in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, don’t forget to say “thank you” to the one disappointing you. It is a piece of cake to say thank you, but ⑮ you are willing to say it in a grateful manner does count.
(4)
(2017·杭州模拟)
题号:05
阅读理解(分两节, 共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题。
In today’s world of cell phones, mini laptops and MP3 players, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these devices are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch?According to some consumers, yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function. ” ① Louis Galie, a senior vice president at Timex, said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago. As a result, some people claim that the watch industry is at a crossroads.
However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches regain popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are willing to spend money on a quality timepiece that doesn’t just keep good time. ② But in recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessory business. And for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.
“Complications” —features that go beyond simple timekeeping—are an important part of a watch’s image. ③ These features include altitude trackers, compasses, lunar calendars, USB drives, and even devices that measure the effectiveness of golf swings.
Creativity is also a key element in today’s watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell the time. It looks more like a Futuristic bracelet than a watch. ④ Using a ring of circles to keep time, this watch makes an excellent conversation piece.
Whether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative flair or a love of sports, consumers want their timepieces to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget in their bags, so people want to make a statement with what’s on their wrists. Will this interest in wrist fashion last? Only time will tell.
第一节:根据短文内容, 从A、B、C、D和E中选出最适合填入短文空缺处的选项, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Watches are one of the essential parts of the personality and there are many types of them.
B. Another Japanese watchmaker, Eleeno, makes a “handless” watch.
C. Many young adults agree and they say they use their cell phones to tell time.
D. Today’s watches offer a host of features that suit almost any personality.
E. Fifty years ago, watchmakers laid great emphasis on products’accuracy.
第二节根据短文所给的信息, 用一个完整的句子回答下面的问题。并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
⑤What does the underlined sentence mean?
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题号:06
填空(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
From my earliest memories, I can see my mother’s hands. Fingers, long and slender, forever in motion, creating a visual image to emphasize her spoken ⑥ .
My father frequently claimed that if her hands were tied behind her back, my mother would be unable to utter a ⑦ sound. This statement was always ⑧ (follow)by his laughter and my mother’s playful slap to his shoulder. Growing up, I often wondered whether he’d ever put his theory to the test.
Imagine the activity in a household of six wild children—the quarrels, the laughter, the fighting that brought down my mother’s favorite table. ⑨ years went by, there were birthday parties and homecomings, first dates and last dates, broken toys and broken hearts. Through it all, bringing every tragedy ⑩ full circle to laughter and love, was the guiding influence of my mother’s hands.
Smoothing.
Comforting.
Calming. Always reaching to touch the face, the hair, the forearm of one of her six children. Repeating, through a simple touch, the :grow strong, grow happy. . . I am here behind you; you will not fall.
I was with her one night after she was diagnosed the lung cancer. We sat quietly , she and I. Once more, I laid my head in the (welcome)lap of my mother and felt those gentle fingers stroke the dark locks of her child’s hair.
My tears came softly as the child within the adult tried in vain to come to terms with the probable loss of so beloved.
My mother placed one of her hands next to mine and said softly, “Look, honey, you have my hands. ”
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答案:①~④DAEC
⑤Her opinions about certain issues are always the same as those of the newspaper articles.
⑥favorite ⑦is dying ⑧However ⑨did ⑩like
compared until/till its weigh
⑮independent
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答案:①~④BAED
⑤It can be implied that readers can enjoy or experience almost everything in books. (只要能反映出这样的意思都算对)
⑥But ⑦better ⑧with ⑨It ⑩ago
that given the be eaten In
(3)
答案:①~④ACBE
⑤The author’s philosophy in this article is that continually working on your own personal development is the best contribution you make to the people around you.
⑥Therefore/Thus ⑦in/among ⑧fear
⑨was informed ⑩simple/easy opportunities/chances
⑫excitedly Actually Three whether
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答案:①~④CEDB
⑤A watch can not only tell time and more importantly, it says a lot about its owner.
⑥words ⑦single ⑧followed ⑨As
⑩back out message together/there
⑭welcoming one