29限时阅读训练

1、2015 届高考限时阅读训练（ 29）编制人：地四组一、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。This morning, I arrived at my office earlier to catch up on some emails. On the way to _1_, I couldn ' t 2_ it when I saw some beautiful flowers at the grocery store. I picked some up, _3_ a few chocolate bars.With th

2、e office so empty, I decided to take the _4_ to put the chocolate bars on some desks. I started heading towards areas _5_ no one had come yet. I _6_ one and a smile card on the CEO' s desk. And thenI went to his _7_ desk and placed one there, and quickly put a third one on the desk of a quiet ge

3、ntleman. Later, I entered the kitchen, _8_two cups of water andwalked into the _9_. I took out the flowers from my bag and _10_ them in two bunches, one in each cup.With a little sigh of _11_, I stepped out of the rest room and looked around. The office was still _12_ empty and the people closest to

4、 me were _13 _ in a Monday morning How was your weekend? II 14. I _15_ and went back to my desk.It struck me that my housemate who had packed my lunch for me so _16_ today snuck （偷偷地给 ） a chocolate bar in there, so I _17_ place it on the desk of our receptionist to complete the circle as I headed ou

5、t of the office this evening. Our receptionist is always the first person in the office, and she always _18_ me with a smile when I come in. Maybe tomorrow morning, this _19_ can greet her.1 A. workB. jobC. companyD. business2 A. stopB. helpC. getD. afford3 A. regardless ofB. along withC. except for

6、D. instead of4 A. adventureB. authorityC. possibilityD. opportunity5 A. whenB. becauseC. thoughD. where6 A. choseB. placedC. deliveredD. carried7A. wi fe ' sB. manager'Cs.assistant'sD. director8 A. discoveredB. orderedC. filledD. emptied9 A. rest roomB. meeting room C. smoking areaD. off

7、ice room10 A. appliedB. adjustedC. arrangedD. attached11 A. regretB. concernC. reliefD. excitement12 A. especiallyB. thoroughly C. totallyD. pretty13 A. concernedB. accustomed C. limitedD. occupied14 A. conversationB. congratulation C. considerationD. condition15 A. amazedB. smiledC. delightedD. cel

8、ebrated16 A. sweetlyB. obviouslyC. wildlyD. fortunately17 A. needB. couldC. mustD. should18 A. wavesB. nodsC. greetsD. meets19 A. giftB. performanceC. flowerD. method20 A. opinionB. pointC. viewD. ideaI have no _20_ how they feel when receiving their gifts, but they will surely smile!s【答案】BACBABCCAD

9、DBCBADADCB【解析】文章讲述了一个唯美的爱情故事，相爱的人在默默注视！【小题1】B名词辨析。A信号；B骄傲；C成功；D期待；这里是指他成为了学院的骄傲。【小题 2】 A 词义辨析。 A 崇拜者； B 女朋友； C 亲戚； D 同事。这里是指 Nola 是他众多 的崇拜者之一。【小题 3】 C 副词辨析。这里是指在 Johnson 教授的家里，体育明星是得不到高度评价的。 【小题 4】 B 上下文串联。根据上文可知他们很少交流，总是保持一定的距离。【小题 5】 A 名词辨析。这里是指在 Nola 家附近有一个很大的体育场。【小题 6】 B 词义辨析。这里是指在回家之前 Gary 总是要练

10、至少一个小时的篮球。【小题 7】 C 上下文串联。根据 31 空上一行可知 Nola 是在阳台上看 Gary 练球。【小题 8】 C 名词辨析。 根据下一句可知当她回家以后， 她在阳台上读书做作业是一个习惯。【小题 9】 A 连词辨析。解析同上。【小题 10】 D 动词辨析。 Count 数；这里是指 Nola 数 Gary 击球的次数。【小题11】D动词辨析。根据下面的 breeze可知她搬动椅子是为了避开风。【小题 12】 B 名词辨析。这里是指外面的声音突然没有了， Nola 感觉非常奇怪。【小题 13】 C 形容词辨析。解析同上。【小题 14】 B 上下文串联。根据下文的chalk 可

11、知是写，用粉笔自然应该是些东西。【小题 15】 A 动词辨析。 Nola 想知道 Gary 所写的内容。【小题 16】 D 上下文串联。上文提及 Gary 弯腰，那么这里应该是指他写完以后站起来。【小题 17】 A 副词辨析。 Nola 本来是在阳台上，现在走下阳台来看 Gary 所写的内容。【小题 18】 D 动词辨析。这里是指 Nola 来到 Gary 所待的地方。【小题 19】 C 上下文串联。根据上文提到的 Gary 用粉笔在写东西， Nola 也用粉笔写下一 下内容。【小题 20】 B 连词辨析。上一句是一个否定的疑问句。在回答的时候 yes 要翻译为不；句 意为：不，我在看。、阅读

12、理解Brazil is a federation that consists of twenty-six states and one federal district. The biggest majority of Brazil 'pospulation belongs to the Christian religion and almost all of them are Catholics. This is something Brazil inherited（ 继承）being Portugal ' s 殖民ny（）.Historically, the country

13、 was a colony claimed by people from Portugal and this made Portuguese the official language. The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 and until that moment it was inhabited by semi-nomadic（ 半游牧的 ） people. The Portuguese changed Brazil into a country of slaves until 1800, when Maria I of Portugal came

14、to live in Brazil. The Queen did not stay long in Brazil, but during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of changes occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated（ 孤立） from other countries. So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September

15、, 1822, Brazil already had the potential to develop. The Brazilian Empire, Pedro I, abolished slavery in 1888 in the face of Princess Isabel. A lot of European people started coming to Brazil and the industry of the country started working. In the 19th and the 20th century as it has been said above

16、foreign people immigrated（ 移民 ） to Brazil and basically 5 million European and Japanese people became theresidents of Brazil. The beginning of the 20th century was especially marked by the immigration of a lot of Asian people: Japanese, Korean and Chinese immigrants. As a matter of fact Japanese peo

17、ple do not immigrate a lot, and the fact that the Brazilian-Japanese people are the largest Japanese minority in the world does astonish greatly.The majority of the cultural inherits of Brazil are actually Portuguese, due to the fact that Brazil was Portugal' s colony for a very long time. The s

18、outhern states mainly consist of Europeanpopulation and the north and the northeast consist of a mixed population including Africans, Amerindians and Europeans. Most of this population is Roman Catholic. No other country in the world has the same amount of Catholics. The modern tendency of Brazil is

19、 the growing number of people calling themselves Protestants. Around 7.4% of the population don ' bt elieve any god. Some Brazilians, especially in the northern states are mixed Africans who prefer following the traditional African religions. Only 1.8% of the population chose Buddhism, Islam or

20、Judaism. Though Brazil always tried to maintain democracy, it was failed several times by the dictatorship （独裁） of Getulo V argas. This fact could not affect the political situation in the country.21 Brazil was ruled by Portuguese about D. 328 yearsD. political situationD. mixed cultureA. 22 yearsB.

21、 300 yearsC. 322 years22 The writer mainly tells us the of Brazil in the passage.A. religionB. historyC. culture23 Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Brazil was isolated from other countries when Maria I stayed there.B. The industry of the country started working in 1888.C. Brazil has

22、the largest population of Catholics in the world.D. Some people in Brazil don' t believe any god.24 It can be inferred that Brazil is a country with .A. western culture B. modern culture C. traditional culture【答案】CBAD【解析】本文讲述了巴西的发展历程，从奴隶制，被葡萄牙所统治，再到独立，以及以后的 发展，以及巴西的人口，文化等。文章主要讲述的是巴西的历史。89C 细节计算题

23、。 根据第 2 段 The Portuguese reached Brazil in 1500 以及 So at the moment of getting the independence on the 7th of September, 1822, 可知葡萄牙人统治了巴西大约 322 年。 91 B 总结归纳题，本文讲述了巴西的发展历程，从奴隶制，被葡萄牙所统治，再到独立， 以及以后的发展，以及巴西的人口，文化等。文章主要讲述的是巴西的历史，故 B 正确。92 A 细节题。根据第二段 during the 20 years of royal presence a lot of change

24、s occurred: commercial ports to United Kingdom were opened; Brazil stopped being isolated（ 孤立 ） from other countries. 可知在 Maria 统治期间巴西不再孤立， 而是与其他国家有了很强的联系。 故 A 错误。93D 推理题。根据 2,3 段可知在巴西有很多欧洲，亚洲的移民，所以它是一个多元文化的 国家。Violent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at

25、 Pea Isla nd Rescue Stati on. Surfma n Theodore Meek ins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols（巡逻）had bee n can celed. Still, Meek ins paid close atte nti on to the horiz on. This was the

26、type of weather that could blow ships hun dreds of miles off course.Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newma n would soon break up. He made the decisi on to beach his ship, then fired a sig nal, pray ing that some on

27、e on shore would see it.Meek ins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the sig nal, but so much spray （水雾）covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no cha nces. After sum moning （召集）the stati on keeper, Capta in Richard Etheridge

28、, Meek ins set off a cost on sig nal, a sig nal made by using lamps of differe nt colors. Together, the two men searched the dark ness for a reply. A few mome nts later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress （遇险）.Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge ha

29、d sum moned his men and begu n rescue operati ons.For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newma n was nothing unu sual. Over the years, so many ships had foundered off the Outer Banks that sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain E

30、theridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to con trol. In stead, he decided to use ano ther way to help the survivors.The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck （ 海滩）.Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ship舟占桅）.After snmabtp（

31、' s crew draggedthe line on board, the surfme n would fire a sec ond line and carry survivors safely to shore.The surfme n crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newma n. The water was freez ing, and the men ofte n sank up to their kn ees in sand. Capta in Etheridge no ted in his diary th

32、at of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew, but that itseemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweeping curre nt.IIEven whe n the rescue equipme nt proved useless, Etheridge refused to give up. Choos ing two of his str

33、on gest surfme n, he tied rope lines around their waists and sent them into the water. The two men, holding a line from shore, walked with huge effort as far as they could before diving through the waves. Nearly worn out while swimmi ng aga inst the tide, they fin ally made it to the shore.The first

34、 to be rescued were the captain' s wife and child. With the two passengers tied to theirbacks, the surfme n fought their way back to shore. Taking tur ns, Etheridge and his crew made ten trips to the Newma n, sav ing every pers on on board. It was 1:00 a.m. whe n the crew and survivors fin ally

35、made it back to the stati on.That night, as the exhausted survivors lay sleeping and his lifesaving crew rested, Captain Etheridge picked up his pen, and in the light of an oil lantern, wrote with satisfaction that all the people on board had bee n saved and were sheltered in this station he would r

36、ehmberfor many years to come.25. The beach patrols were canceled because.A. Meek ins paid eno ugh atte nti on to the horiz onB. there was too much spray on the windowsC. the winds and tide were too strongD. there was no ship near the station26. The underlined word founderedII in Paragraph 4 is close

37、st in meaning toA. stoppedB. sankC. sailedD. arrived27. What was the author ' s main purpose in writing the passage?A. To warn sailors of the dangers of hurricanes.B. To create a story describing a rescue at sea.C. To inform people about Richard Etheridge.D. To record the details about the Newma

38、n.28. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The newman was very dangerous before Richard Etheridge and his team members saw thesignal.B. A terrible hurricane took place off the coast of North Carolina and threatened the lives ofmany sailors.C. At no other time in American history have so many ship

39、wrecked passengers survived such a violent storm.D. All the passengers of a shipwreck were rescued because of heroic the efforts of a special leader and his crew.【答案】CBBD【解析】 试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了所有的乘客都得救了， 因为有英勇机智的船长和船员们的营救。 答题前先阅读问题，带着问题读文章，有针对性的寻找有用信息。68. 根据 A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of Nort

40、h Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols（巡逻）had been canceled.故选 C。69. foundered 沉没，故选 B。70. 作者写这篇文章的目的在于描述了一个海上营救的故事，故选B。71. 这篇文章主要讲了所有的乘客都得救了，因为有英勇机智的船长和船员们的营救。考点：这篇是记叙文。点评： 精读和泛读是阅读的两种主要方法，二者相辅相成，不可偏废也无法互相代替。 比起 泛读，精读是点。对一些有一定难度、写得较好的文章要进行剖析、归纳、总结作者的写作意图、 思路及中心论点， 最后达到获取详细信息和深层次理

41、解的目的。 如果说精读是点，泛 读即是面。只有通过大量阅读，才能积累大量词汇和句型，才能扩大知识面，培养语感，提 高对英语文字的反应能力。在阅读时，要多积累英、美等国家的社会、历史、地理、文化及 风俗方面的知识，这有利于提高阅读水平。CIn wilderness荒野 ） is the preservation of the world.II This is a famous saying from a writerregarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed

42、 mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people valu

43、e mostdearly. The urge to leave the subject of such images un touched is strong, and the dan ger exploitation（开发）brings to such Iandscapes景观）is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that huma ns n eed the rain forests, for example, store carb on in vast qua ntities. To Mr.Sauven, t

44、hese II ecosystem services II far outweigh the gains from exploitation.Lee Lane, a visit ing fellow at the Huds on In stitute, takes the oppos ing view. He ack no wledges that wilder nesses do provide useful services, such as water con servati on. But that is not, he argues, a reas on to avoid all h

45、uma n prese nee, or in deed commercial and in dustrial exploitati on. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reas on ably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for

46、raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reduci ng the services those wilder nesses provide, the argume nt goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.I look for

47、wards to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participa nts. One challe nge that suggests itself to me is that both cases n eed to take on the questi on of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can

48、 be exploited without harm.This is a topic that calls for not only free expressi on of feeli ngs, but also the guida nee of reas on. What positi on wilder ness should enjoy in the preservati on of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.29. John Sauven holds that.A. many people value

49、 n ature too muchB. exploitati on of wilder nesses is harmfulC. wilder nesses provide huma ns with n ecessitiesD. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong30. What is the main idea of Para. 3?A. The exploitati on is n ecessary for the poor people.B. Wilder nesses cannot guara ntee better

50、use of raw materials.C. Useful services of wilder nesses are not the reas on for no exploitatio n.D. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.31. What is the author ' s attitude towards this debate?A.D. Optimistic.B.C.f c JD.f pi J1 ifj 'jA. Objective.B.

51、Disapprov ing. C. Sceptical.32. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point（次要点）：Conclusion【答案】BCAD【解析】 72 B 细节题。根据第二段第三行， The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation brings to such landscapes is

52、 real.73C 段落大意题。 根据本段 He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, butthat is not a reason to avoid all human presenee.说明 C 正确。74 A 观点态度题。根据 This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidanee of reason deserves much moisethintong.说明作者的态度是很客观的。

53、故 A 正确。75D 篇章结构题。文章第一段是主题段，2，3两段是要点，接在第 4 段是次要点，最后一段提出了结论。这是一个总分总的结构类型，故 D 正确。考点：考查人生百味类短文阅读 点评：本文的难度不算大，可以先看题目，再看文章。分析每一段的中心思想，如68 题，同时也要注意篇章结构和作者的观点态度。Deeision-making under StressA new review based on a researeh shows that aeute stress affeets the way the brain eonsiders the advantages and disadva

54、ntages, eausing it to foeus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative （ 负 面的 ） eonsequenees of a deeision.The researeh suggests that stress may ehange the way people make ehoiees in predietable ways.Stress affects how people learn,II says Professor Mara Mather. People learn better about positthan

55、 n egative outcomes un der stress.IIFor example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images（ 影像 ） with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audien

56、ce; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn 't gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surpri

57、sing to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smok ing a cigarette while un der stress -at those mome nts, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect de