2017届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列(四十三)
完形填空Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight __1__ before setting down. High desert winds had __2__ the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be __3__ the city for a few minutes waiting to __4__. We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened __5__ there might be a few bumps(颠簸).We11,that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes,including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) __6__ by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt __7__ and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess,that's not a good thing to have happen in a(n) __8__ space because it only __9__ to increase the discomfort of the situation.
About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very __10__.There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be __11__ noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life...except one. A __12__ was having a good time! With each bump of the __13__, he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight. As I observed this,I __14__ that he didn't know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his
__15__. He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we grown-ups have learned from __16__.He was __17__ the ride
because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having
understood this,I took a deep breath and __18__ back into my seat,pretending I was __19__ on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even
__20__ to
giggle once or twice,much to the chagrin(懊恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.
1. A. mistakeB. delayC. change D. wind
2. A. forced
B. warned
C. swept
D. reminded
3. A. watching
B. visiting
C. circling
D. crossing
4. A. arrive
B. enter
C. stop
D. land
5. A. if
B. though
C. because
D. while
6. A. light
B. pale
C. easy
D. quick
7. A. sick
B. nervous
C. angry
D. afraid
8. A. empty
B. narrow
C. secret
D. open
9. A. happens
B. continues
C. fails
D. serves
10. A. quiet
B. hot
C. dirty
D. crowded
11. A. partly
B. gradually
C. shortly
D. clearly
12. A. pilot
B. baby
C. guard
D. man
13. A. seats
B. passengers
C. flight
D. airplane
14. A. realized
B. hoped
C. agreed
D. insisted
15. A. health
B. safety
C. joy
D. future
16. A. teachers
B. books
C. experience
D. practice
17. A. learning
B. taking
C. missing
D. enjoying
18. A. sat
B. lay
C. went
D. rode
19. A. nearly
B. finally
C. really
D. suddenly
20. A. attempted
B. managed
C. wanted
D. decided
阅读理解
A
Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. After growing up with his grandfather who was in the marine construction business,
Jones quickly got a feel for the water. He started diving at age 9 and, by the 1980s, began offering advice for those interested in the submarine business. By 1993, he was running his own company, U.S. Submarines, which designed and built submarines for resorts and individuals.
Jones plans to spend $40 million in building a hotel where the most expensive rooms will be 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Unlike the Jules Undersea Lodge — the only undersea hotel now, just off the coast of Key Largo, Fla. — guests at the Poseidon won't need to put on a wet suit to get to their rooms. They also won't need to worry about changing pressure levels since the rooms will be kept at above-surface pressure. Instead, they can move easily to their $1,500-a-night underwater rooms by escalator.
“I think there are a large number of people who would be interested,” said Jones, “including anyone who is looking for a different experience.”
Each room will feature strong windows that look out onto coral gardens. There will be controls in each room that guests can use to change the lighting of the underwater worlds outside their windows and to provide food for fish swimming by.
“By now I envisioned (展望) we'd have whole underwater cities,” Craig Cooper, the director for the Aquarius research station said. “It's about time some of these visions became reality.”
1. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Bruce Jones?
a. Jones started running U.S. Submarines.
b. Jones began to learn to dive.
c. Jones planned to build an undersea hotel.
d. Jones began giving others advice on the submarine business.
A. a, b, c, d
B. a, c, b, d
C. b, d, a, c
D. b, a, c, d
2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the Jules Undersea Lodge________.
A. lies off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas
B. is the first undersea hotel in the world
C. needn't provide wet suits for its guests
D. sends its guests to their rooms by lift
3. What do we know about Bruce Jones' undersea hotel from the passage?
A. It will be much cheaper than the Jules Undersea Lodge.
B. It has taken Jones $40 million to build it.
C. Guests in it will open the windows to give food to the fish.
D. Guests in it will see beautiful coral through the windows.
4. The underlined word “Poseidon” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. Bruce Jones' undersea hotel
B. Jules Undersea Lodge
C. an island off the coast of Key Largo
D. another name of Eleuthera Island
5. Judging by Cooper's words, his attitude towards underwater hotels is ________.
A. disappointed
B. critical
C. objective
D. hopeful
B
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.”Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on,“the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,”she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom.“I don't know how to use a computer,”she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says.“I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up—again—and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity.“Everybody on earth can ask,‘why me?’about something or other,”she insists.“It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
6. Why did Mary feel regretful?
A. She didn't achieve her ambition.
B. She didn't take care of her mother.
C. She didn't complete her high school.
D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.
7. We can know that before 1995 Mary________.
A. had two books published
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing
8. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ________.
A. living with diabetes
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D. remembrance of her mother
9. When Mary received the life-changing news, she ________.
A. lost control of herself
B. began a balanced diet
C. tried to get a treatment
D. behaved in an adult way
10. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Mary feels pity for herself.
B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
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