北京市东城区高考英语完形填空和阅读理解四月自练4.doc

北京市东城区2015高考英语完形填空和阅读理解四月自练4阅读理解体裁题材词数难度建议用时应用文阅读书籍2866分钟are you looking for a summer reading list for your child or teen？keep your child reading all summer with this selection of 2012 summer reading lists.books for primary school studentskenneth cadow：alfie runs awaywhen his mother wants to give away his favorite shoes just because theyre too small，alfie decides hes had enough.kate feiffer：my side of the carit might be raining on dads side of the car，but imaginative sadie argues that it is not raining on her side，so their trip to the zoo doesnt need to be put off.books for junior school studentsflinn：beastlya modern retelling of “beauty and the beast” from the point of view of the beast，a proud manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return.lord：a night to remembera description of the sinking of the “titanic”a reputedly unsinkable ship that went down in the atlantic on april 10，1912 after hitting an iceberg，resulting in the deaths of over 1，500 people.books for senior school studentsmark twain：huckleberry finnits mark twains classic story about a young man and his slave jim.they travel upriver to escape slavery and in the process huck discovers what it means to be a man.it teaches us about the value of friendship and sacrifice.charles dickens：great expectationsit is about a young man named pip who inherits (继承) a great deal of wealth from an unknown source.the money quickly moves him up the scale in london.however，at the same time，it also teaches him about the dangers of ambition.【解题导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要给家长介绍供学生们夏季阅读的三类书籍。1who will probably be interested in this passage?aparents. bstudents.cwriters. dteachers.答案a细节题。从第1段可知，这篇文章针对的是家长，因此父母会对此感兴趣。2these lists of recommended books are generally organized by _abook names bgrade levelsctheir popularity dwriters names答案b细节题。从推荐的三类书可知，这些书是根据学生的阶段水平来分类的。3which of the following books is about a terrible disaster?amy side of the car. bhuckleberry finn.cgreat expectations. da night to remember.答案d细节题。第2类中第2本书讲述了泰坦尼克号的沉没事故。因此d项正确。阅读理解。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。movie magic can defy reality, but actors are inescapably humanthey grow and change, and dont necessarily change for the betterharry potter actors, who are now saying their final goodbyes to their roles, have all become fully-fledged（成熟的） grown-ups, worlds apart from the little kids who began the hogwarts adventures in 2001while many fans feel sad that the magical franchise is coming to an end, some feel even sadder to see how much the actors have changed over the yearsdaniel radcliffe （who plays harry potter） went from being a really cute kid to a thin, pale-looking guy, said filipino internet user lealuvyi kind of wish he stayed a kid foreverradcliffe himself doesnt seem to be bothered by his change of appearancein an interview with gq magazine last week, he teased himself: if people find me sexy or cool, its because they like short, little, nerdy guysand we do have our niche（合适的职业） meanwhile, actors growing up to be handsome have their headachesharry melling, who played potters cousin dudley dursley, told the telegraph that he was almost recast for harry potter and the deathly hallows when producers discovered he d lost a lot of weight he had as a kidhe was too thin for the partthey （the producers） did this double take, oh my god, we are going to have to do something, and i felt guilty, said meilingaside from changes in looks, the gradual personality change of child stars is another big concern of audience and producersmiley cyrus began her career at 13 in disneys hit tv series hannah montanawhen cyrus decided to show her adult personality by releasing sexy photos, people began to get uneasy about herreports said that furious disney bosses were considering replacing cyrus with a more clean-cut teen starcyrus finally kept her role after public apologiesbut some parents banned their children watching the showmy daughter has been banned from watching the show, supermodel cindy crawford told showbiz spyi really dont think miley cyrus is much of a role model for my kid6lthe underlined word defy in paragraph 1 means _achallengebcontrol cclarify dabandon62which one is true according to the passage?aactors always grow and change for the betterbdaniel radcliffe cant escape from being a kidcsome fans feel sad about the ending of the film series and the actors changesdharry melling was too thin to recast for the film63radcliffe doesnt feel bothered by his change of appearance because _apeople think him sexy or coolbpeople like short, little, nerdy guysche thinks he grows up to be handsomedsome people do think such a boy as him is sexy64what do audience and producers concern about?athe actors changes in appearances and gradual personalitybthe actors weightcwhether the producers did the double takedwhether the actors are sexy or clean-cut65we can infer that _ from the story of miley cyrusamiley cyrus decided to change her sexy adult personality later onbdisney bosses prefer pure teen stars to sexy adults in their moviescparents prevented their children from watching her showdcindy crawford is a supermodel, who has a daughter【参考答案】61-65 acdab 阅读理解。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。an idea that started in seattles public library has spread throughout america and beyondthe concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same timein addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit（追求） to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schoolsthe idea came from seattle librarian nancy pearl who launched（发起） the if all of seattle read the same book project in 1998her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other american cities, and even to hong kongin chicago, the mayor（市长） appeared on television to announce the choice of to kill a mockingbird as the first book in the one book, one chicago programas a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the cityacross the us, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character the only problem came up in new york, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse populationthis may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achievedor it may show that new yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itselfultimately, as nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word66what is the purpose of the project launched by nancy?ato invite authors to guide readersbto involve people in community servicecto encourage people to read and sharedto promote the friendship between cities67why was it difficult for new yorkers to carry out the project?athey came from many different backgroundsbthey were too busy to read a bookcthey had little interest in readingdthey lacked support from the local government68according to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?ain large communities with little sense of unitybin large cities where libraries are far from homecin medium-sized cities with a diverse populationdin large towns where agreement can be quickly reached69the underlined words “shared a word” in paragraph 5 probably mean aexchanged ideas with each other bdiscussed the meaning of a wordcgained life experience dused the same language70according to nancy, the degree of students of the project is judged by athe careful selection of a proper bookbthe number of people who benefit from reading cthe growing popularity of the writersdthe number of books that each person reads【参考答案】66-70 cadab【2014中原名校联盟一模】完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a，b，c，d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 for centuries, magicians have used various ways to shock the audience. we all have seen how a 36 performer carefully steps 37 a bed of burning coals - barefoot. then he walks across 38 a single burn on his feet. is it mind over matter, or is it just physics? as it turns _39 , walking on burning coals isnt that hot as 40 . “the coals are hot enough to 41_ you, but if you walk quickly across them you 42 being burned.” says jonathan hall, a physician at penn state university in eric pennsylvania.thats because some coals are made 43 burning wood chips. wood has two 44_ properties（特性）for fire-walking, explains hall. first, wood is an insulator（绝缘体）-it doesnt _45 heat very well. “it 46 _ time for heat to travel 47 the wood to your feet.” hall says. if the performer walked across red-hot metal 48 , that would truly be 49 , because metal conducts, or transmits, heat very well. the metal would 50 burn a performers feet.second, wood has a low specific heat- it doesnt take much heat to 51 its temperature. heat is a form of 52 . temperature is a 53 of heat, in units of degrees. so 54 th