云南省楚雄市2017高考英语完形填空、阅读理解一轮基础训练（2）及答案
【基础练习】What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I
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an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against___37__of 100,scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not _38have scored more than 80. _39_, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him---and he always _40
it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man
_41
questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a _42
. In a word where I have to work with my
_43
,I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man
_44
.He had a habit of telling
_45
. One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man _46
some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made
_47
movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He
_48
his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk
_49
him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the
_50
man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. _51
do you suppose he asked for them? " I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he used his
_52
and asked for them. I've been
_53
that on all my customers today, but I knew for _54
I'd catch you." "Why is that? "I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very
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."
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
36．A．failed
B．wrote
C．received
D．chose
37．A．an average
B．a total
C．an exam
D．a number
38．A．always
B．possibly
C．certainly
D．frequently
39．A．Then
B．Thus
C．Therefore
D．Yet
40．A．fixed
B．checked
C．drove
D．changed
41．A．answered
B．practised
C．designed
D．tried
42．A．teacher
B．doctor
C．winner
D．fool
43．A．brains
B．effort
C．hands
D．attention
44．A．again
B．as usual
C．too
D．as well
45．A．lies
B．jokes
C．news
D．tales
46．A．bought B．tested C．found D．needed
47．A．cutting B．hammering C．waving D．circling
48．A．nooded B．raised C．shook D．turned
49．A．brought B．packed C．sent D．sold
50．A．clever B．other C．right D．next
51．A．What B．How C．Who D．Which
52．A．imagination B．hand C．voice D．information
53．A．trying B．proving C．practicing D．examining
54．A．for sure B．at once C．in fact D．right now
55．A．clear B．silly C．slow D．smart
【要点综述】本文作者通过自己与汽车修理工的对话来说明所谓的“智力测验”并不一定总是科学的道理。
55、D。 此处的smart有“滑头，诡”的意思，汽车修理工说：“因为你受过足够的教育，所以你不会太滑头。”BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather. More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and economic losses are expected to reach as much as $3 billion, Chinese officials say.
The snowstorms have damaged power lines, houses and farmland, causing fears of food and energy shortages. Twenty-four people have died and some 827,000 people have been evacuated in 14 different provinces, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday.
In the past week, the snowstorms have hit the provinces in central, eastern and southern China.
"We've never seen such a cold weather lasting for such long a time," said Tang Shan, a man in his 70s in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. "The last time we had one here was over 50 years ago, and not this bad."
The snow and sleet have paralyzed（使瘫痪）roads, railways and airports, leaving tens of millions of travelers marooned, officials say. Many of them are bound for home ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which falls on February 7.
The Lunar New Year travel is China's busiest travel period of the year. But the cold weather is delaying travel plans. In the southern city of Guangzhou, as many as 500,000 train passengers had to stay in the station. About 100,000 packed the square in front of the train station while others found shelter in schools and other public buildings while waiting for their trains.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has ordered urgent measures to unclog the transport jam and ensure a steady supply of food and energy.
揕ete’s unite as one to fight against the disaster,?he said in an emergency meeting.揕etm ’s ensure that the people enjoy the Spring Festival.?
But more terrible weather is expected. On Monday Chinao’s Weather Station issued a rare搑ed alert攚arning of more serious snowstorms in the coming days. If so, the number of trapped tray.velers will surely increase.
1．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The transport jam before the Spring Festival.
B．The terrible effects of the snowstorms.
C．The travelers’fears of food shortages.
D．The measures to fight against the disaster.
2．According to the passage, which of the following are mentioned?
a．A large number of passengers suffered from snowstorms.
b．Many house sand fields were damaged by the terrible snowstorms.
c．No such heavy snowstorms have ever happened in China.
d．The snowstorms are expected to come to an end in the following days.
e．Roads, railways and airports were strongly influenced by the snowstorms
A．a，b，c B．b，c，d C．c，d，e D．a，b，e
3．What does the underlined word“unclog”in the first paragraph mean?
A．clear B．clean C．cover D．close
4．The government has taken the following measures except
.
A．finding shelter in schools and other public buildings for the passengers
B．trying their best to ensure a steady supply of food and energy
C．calling on people to stop work to fight against the disaster
D．warning people of more terrible snowstorms in the coming days
【参考答案】1—4、B D A C。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I. Q. , a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday.
This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. She’d be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.
Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.
The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.
1. The passage mainly deals with .
A. the function of I. Q. in cultivating a writer
B. the relationship between genius and success
C. the decisive factor in making a genius
D. the way of gaining some sense of distinction
2. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could .
A. come to understand the inner structure of writing
B. join a fascinating circle of writers someday
C. share with a novelist her likes and dislikes
D. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security
3. In the girl’s long painstaking training process, .
A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success
B. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance
C. she acquires the magic of some great achievements
D. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write
4. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success.
B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.
C. As to the growth of a genius, I. Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her efforts.
D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.
【参考答案】1—4、CABD