广西灌阳县 2017 高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练（二）

广西灌阳县 2017 高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练（二）

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 广西灌阳县 2017 高考英语短文阅读类暑假选练（二） 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。 When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny's house, she wasn't nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. 1 , it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn't been so _2__. As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __3__ cold - very cold. Alice's breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride. With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move _4__ that she didn't hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __5__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __6__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. "Hello, dear," said the old lady. "I need __7__. I'm afraid I'm lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes." "Airport? You __8_ are lost," Alice said. "You need to go back five kilometers __9__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __10__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __11_ to the airport. But I'm afraid there's no __12__ you'll get there in five minutes!" "Thank you very much, dear," replied the old lady. "Don't worry - I'll __13_ in time." The __14__ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __15__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __16__ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __17__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __18_ just above the ground. As the car __19__ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __20__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief... ( ) 1. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Otherwise ( ) 2. A. brave B. excited C. curious D. stubborn ( ) 3. A. fell B. seemed C. proved D. grew ( ) 4. A. aside B. around C. forward D. backward ( ) 5. A. arrived B. stopped C. stayed D. started ( ) 6. A. gathered B. existed C. dropped D. moved 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 ( ) 7. A. help B. gas C. rest D. water ( ) 8. A. necessarily B. normally C. basically D. certainly ( ) 9. A. if B. until C. unless D. as ( ) 10. A. drive B. walk C. follow D. march ( ) 11. A. address B. signs C. notices D. guidance ( ) 12. A. doubt B. room C. time D. way ( ) 13. A. have it B. get it C. make it D. finish it ( ) 14. A. door B. window C. headlight D. wheel ( ) 15. A. passed B. rushed C. turned D. continued ( ) 16. A. strange B. sensitive C. imaginable D. horrible ( ) 17. A. developed B. appeared C. spread D. faded ( ) 18. A. rolling B. floating C. drawing D. flashing ( ) 19. A. pointed B. returned C. broke D. rose ( ) 20. A. tune B. voice C. sound D. tone 36. 答案：B。 解析：A 表转折 B 表并列 C 表因果 D 二选一。考连词。前一句说她不怕黑, 后一句说只要 15 分钟就能到家。 这两句为并列关系。 37. 答案：A 解析：A 勇敢 B 兴奋 C 好奇 D 固执。前文说主人公 wasn't nervous. 后文 but, 语意转折. 38. 答案：D 解析：A 掉下 B 看起来 C 证明是 D 变得。根据意思, 变得很冷。 39. 答案：D. 解析：A 旁边 B 转圈 C 向前 D 向后。根据前文, 主人公在回家路上, 应该是努力向前走, 40. 答案：B 解析：A 到达 B 停下 C 停留 D 开始。前面写主人公 stopped, 后文有 also。所以也填 stopped。 41. 答案：D 解析：A 聚集 B 兴奋 C 掉了 D 移动。车中的 something 对应指的是后文的 old lady. 所以填 moved. 42. 答案：A 解析：A 帮助 B 汽油 C 休息 D 水。后文 old lady 说我迷路了（lost）,所以是需要 help. 43. 答案：D 解析： A 必要的 B 普通的 C 基本的 D 当然。后文我的回答是, 你要往回走 5 公里再向左然后再走 10 公里等 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 等, 可见远远偏离目标。所以选 certainly, 你当然迷路了。 44. 答案：D 解析：A 如果 B 直到 C 除非 D 当。跟据句意, 是一直走直到到达某处。 45. 答案：A 解析：A 驾驶 B 走 C 跟随 D 行军。前文说的是开车, 所以是 drive。 46. 答案：B 解析：A 地址 B 标识 C 通知 D 指导 根据句意, "按照 XX 的指示就可以到飞机场了"只有选标识才说的通。答 案：B。因为沿途不会有指导。 47. 答案：D 解析：固定搭配.A no doubt 毫无疑问 B no room 没有空间 C no time 没时间 D 不可能.C 选项看似正确但 整句话矛盾(你没时间在 5 分钟内到达)。 48. 答案：C 解析：A 拥有 B 得到 C 做成某事 D 结束。固定用法,表示成功做成某事 49. 答案：B 解析：A 门 B 窗 C 车顶灯 D 车轮。对应前文的 slide down 得知是车窗摇下来了,所以这里对应 up 的应该是 车窗 window. 50. 答案：C 解析： A 通过 B 猛冲 C 掉头/转弯 D 继续。前文我建议 old lady 要 go back,所以这里对应车子要掉头才对, 所以选 turn. 51. 答案：A. 解析：A 奇怪 B 敏感 C 幻想的 D 恐怖的。根据后文, 车开始变形,选 strange。 52. 答案：D 解析：A 发展 B 出现 C 传播 D 褪色。后文说从 black 变成了 silvery-grey,就是由黑变灰,所以答案选 D 褪色。 53. 答案：B 解析：A 滚 B 漂浮 C 拉 D 闪。根据文章,是车子的轮子不见了,但是车子在空中接着向前。 54. 答案：D 解析：A 指向 B 返回 C 破门而入 D 升入空中。文中意思, 车子飞起升上填空汇总。 55. 答案：C 解析：A 发出一阵声响 A 曲调 B 指人的生音 D 语气。C 表示声音的意思 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 【2016 高考训练】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why. First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand? The simple answer is “You can’t”. Look around you. With very few exceptions, either everything you see in your physical world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new. Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work. Finally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why? Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeed. Every time you make a mistake you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer. But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences of a mistake. Quite the contrary, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again. We all have limited resources in the form of time and money, so don’t blow them all on one approach to a problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and allocate (分配) these resources appropriately so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again. Only by accepting and using your mistakes in this way can you make significant advances in your business and your career. There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.” So go forth and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And prosper (成功). 1. From the second paragraph, we can conclude that _______. A. mistakes are unnecessary for development B. we are afraid of trying new things 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 C. it’s common for people to make mistakes D. mistakes are better than not trying 2. The underlined word “eliminate” means _______. A. avoid B. remove C. accept D. solve 3. According to the article, one thing you should pay attention to about making mistakes is _______ A. taking consequences into account B. accepting the punishment willingly C. avoiding making the same mistakes D. trying things out one by one 4. What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake? A. Never mind, I can always try again. B. I’d better stay out of trouble. C. Ok! Now I can learn something. D. Look at this mess. Anyone would be upset. 参考答案 1—4、DACA 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Believe it or not, optical illusion(视错觉) can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced car crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Too great speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all serious traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related risks are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars(水平杆)painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents. 36. The passage mainly discusses ________. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 A. a new type of optical illusion B. a new pattern for painting highways C. a new way of training drivers D. a new way of highway speed control 【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文，我们可以知道，在高速公路上画各种线是为了让司机觉得车速过快，从 而达到控制车速的目的。 37. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that ________. A. they should avoid speed-related danger B. they should slow down their speed C. they are driving in the wrong side D. they are coming near to the speed limit 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题，由“But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.”可知 B 项正确。 38. Compared with straight, horizontal bars, what is the advantage of chevrons? A. They will have a longer effect on drivers B. They can cut road accidents in half C. They will look more attractive D. They can keep drivers awake 【答案】A 【解析】推断题。由最后两段对比可知，人字形线比直线，平等线对控制车速有更长久的影响。 39. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________. A. repeat the Japanese road patterns B. change the road signs across the country C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons D. try out the Japanese method in certain areas 【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country”可知他们在精心挑选的几条路上试验日本的模式。 40. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads? 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 A. They are suitable only on broad roads. B. They are falling out of use in the United States. C. They are ignored in a long period of time. D. They cannot be used successfully to traffic circles. 【答案】C 【解析】推理题。根据“However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.”可知答案选 C。 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The $ 11 billion self – help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “ I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking? Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply stress how unhappy they are. The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is too positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your stupid friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the authors were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written. In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ self-respect. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable." Those with low self-respect didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation(自我肯定). In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8 The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Instead, meditation (静思) techniques can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic way. Call it the power of negative thinking. 41. What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry? A. It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. B. It is a highly profitable industry. C. It is based on the concept of positive thinking. D. It has provided positive results. 【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。原文定位于首段第一句“The $ 11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right”into positive ones like “I can succeed.”选项中的 based on 与文中的 built on 同义。 42. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers? A. There can be no simple treatment for psychological problems. B. The power of positive thinking is limited. C. Unhappy people cannot think positively. D. Encouraging positive thinking may do more harm than good. 【答案】D 【解析】原文定位为第二段：“Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have opposite effect;”之后，作者在下一段又再次强调了这一观点“older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse , not better.” cause of a tragedy 与选项中的 cause of the crash 一致。抓住关键词“opposite effect；feel worse , not better”，答案即可一目了然。 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 9 43. What does the author mean by "… you're just underlining his faults" (Para. 3)? A. You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. B. You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. C. You are trying to make him feel better about his faults. D. You are pointing out the errors he has committed. 【答案】A 【解析】与答案较为相近的是选项 D。本题关键是正确理解文章中两个单词“underline（加强，强调）” 与“dim（迟钝的，愚笨的）”。选项 D 中的 point out 是“指出”之意，与文章中的 underlining 意思不 符。 44. It can be inferred from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic that________. A. It is important for people to continually boost their self-respect. B. Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one's mood. C. Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-respect. D. People with low self- respect seldom write down their true feelings. 【答案】C 【解析】原文定位于第五段 Those with low self-esteem didn’t feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts。抓住关键词“didn’t feel better； darker”。 45. What do we learn from the last paragraph? A. People can avoid making mistakes through meditation. B. Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy. C. The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person. D. Different people tend to have different ways of thinking. 【答案】B 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 10 【解析】原文定位于最后一段。作者在最后一段提出了新的心理疗法，建议人们接受消极思维，而不要一 味用积极思维去反抗。In contrast 这一短语的应用，说明 meditation 是积极思维的对立面，即消极思维 的一种方式。只有把自己的不足放到更广泛、更现实的层面去思考，才会大事化小，小事化了。选项 A 中 的内容文中并未提及。