高考英语完形填空、阅读理解专项练习(附答案详解)

1、There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 1 you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 2 friends leave footprints （ 脚 印）.I shall always recall （回忆）the autumn and the girl with the 3 . She will always br

2、ing back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 4 on the cool 5 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 6 to the sound of them.Autumn is a 7 season and life is uninteresting. The free days always ge

3、t me 8 . But one day, the sound of a violin 9 into my ears like a stream （ 小溪）flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 10 in playing her violin.I had 11 seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost

4、in the music, I didn't know that I had been12 there for so long but my existence （存在）did not seem to disturb her.Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building 13 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no l

5、onger lonely and life became 14 . 15 we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly 16 . To my astonishment （惊讶）,the girl came over to me. “You must like violin. d.

6、 she sai “Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.Suddenly, a 17 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 18 me." she said.“In fact,

7、 it was your playing 19 gave me a meaningful autumn, " I answered, " Let's be friends.The girl smiled, and so did I.I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure

8、 （ 身影）of the girl. She is like a 20 so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.1. A. withB. forC. againstD. to2. A. goodB. trueC. newD. old3. A. soundB.songC. playD. violin4. A. shakingB. hangingC. fallingD. floating5. A. windB. snowC. airD.

9、 rain6. A. watchingB. listeningC. seeingD. hearing7. A. livelyB. lovelyC. harvestD. lonely8. A. upB. offC. downD. over9. A. flowedB. grewC. enteredD. ran10. A. lostB. activeC. busyD. interested11. A. onceB. neverC. oftenD. usually12. A. waitingB. stoppingC. standingD. hearing13. A. becauseB. soC. wh

10、enD. but14. A. interestingB. movingC. encouragingD. exciting15. A. ButB. HoweverC. EvenD. Though16. A. stoppedB.beganC. goneD. changed17. A. happyB. sadC. strangeD. surprised18. A. surprised19. A. that20. A. songB. excitedB. whichB. dreamC. encouragedC. itC. fireD. interestedD. whoD. sisterIn the mi

11、ddle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldnt helpcryinet“Oh：the 1Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.“Stop that noise. " he said to her. He turned oved to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, help! Help! I'm sure I'm

12、_4_ !”Peter got out of bed and started , but he could not find him any clothes.“Whereis my shirt? h e asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, a Oh my 7 stomach!”As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “ Now, my dear, are you q9itethat you need the doctor? Surely you can

13、 wait 10 morning, can't y ou?"N No, I can't. Go, go, go." his wife shouyou will find me dead 12 the morning. ”So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again."I'm 14 again now, and I shall not want the d octor. &

14、quot; she said softly.Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said," Er? Who's there?“Oh,Doctor. 'Peter said to

15、 him, " I'vevery 17 news for you. My wife 18 ill with a terrible stomachache （胃疼）.I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now, and sleep well! ”1. A. driverB. nurseC. doctorD. child2. A. terrible

16、B. interestingC. surprisingD. wonderful3. A. bedB. sleepC. dreamD. hospital4. A. walkingB. dyingC. achingD. sleeping5. A. dressingB. wearingC. raisingD. working6. A. veryB. soC. tooD. quite7. A. goodB. badC. wrongD. poor8. A. downB. offC. onD. up9. A. surprisedB. afraidC. certainD. worried10. A. bef

17、oreB. forC. toD. until11. A. AndB. ButC. SoD. Or12. A. afterB. inC. beforeD. until13. A. afterB. whenC. beforeD. while14. A.goodB. wrongC. all rightD. right15. A. fastB. slowlyC. hurriedlyD. happily16. A. everyoneB. someoneC. no oneD. doctors17. A.goodB. badC. necessaryD. ill18. A. fellB. stayedC. g

18、rewD. failed19. A. goneB. missedC. disappearedD. left20. A. your homeB. your bedroomC. your dreamD. bed（ 一 ）Feeling blue about the world? ”Cheeup." says science writer Matt Ridley. "Theworld has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and fo

19、r nature.Ridley calls himself a rational optimist rational, because he's carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he's set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rat

20、ional Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gatheredthroughyearsofresearch.Here'showheexplainshisviews.1）ShoppingfuelsinventionIt is reported that there are more than ten billion

21、different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and, of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will cont

22、inue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange,thebetter-offwe'llbe.2）BrilliantadvancesOne reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs food, clothing, fuel and sh

23、elter have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour's light cost six hours' work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes' work to pay for. In1950 it was eight seconds. Today it's halfsecond.3） Let's not kill ourselves for cl

24、imate changeMitigating （减轻）climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel （化石燃料）electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the worl

25、d, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose-bleed by putting a tourniquet （ 止血带） aroundournecks.1.WhatisthethemeofRidley'smostrecentb

26、ook?A.Weakness ofhuman nature.B. Concern aboutclimate change.C.Importanceof practical thinking.DOptimism abouthumanprogress.2.HowdoesRidleylookatshopping?A.It encourages thecreation of things. B.It results in shortageof goods.C.It demandsmorefossil fuels.D. It causes apovertyproblem.3.The candleandl

27、amp example isused to showthat.A. oil lamps give off more light than candlesB. shortening working time brings about a happier lifeC. advanced technology helps to produce better candlesD.increasedproductionrateleadstolowercostofgoods4.WhatdoesthelastA. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge

28、 cost.sentenceofthepassageimply?B.OverreactiontoclimateC. People's health is closely related to climate change.D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.changemaybedangerous.（二）In business, there's a speed difference: It's the difference between how important a firm's leader

29、s say speed is to their competitive（竞争的）strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves.The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.In our study of 343

30、 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain-an-edge ended up withlower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track.What's more, the firms that“ slowed down to speed up " improved their top and bottom line

31、s, averaginghigher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better?They thought differently about what “slower a nd “faster mean.Firms sometimes fail to understand the differenc

32、e between operational speed （moving quickly） and strategic speed （reducing the time it takes to deliver value）. Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference.But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality p

33、roducts and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion.They encouraged new ways of thinking.And they allowed time to look back and learn.By contrast （相比而言）,performance suffered at firms tha

34、t moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn't develop team spirit among their employees, and hadlittletimethinkingaboutchanges.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership.Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather t

35、hantop.1 . What does the underlined part “gain an edge"in Paragraph 2 mean?AIncrease the speed.B . Get an advantage.CReach the limit.D . Set a goal.2 . Theunderlined part“the laws of business physics" in Paragraph 3 means .A.spendingmoretimeandperformingworseB.spendingmoretimeandperforming

36、betterC.spendinglesstimeandperformingworseD.spendinglesstimeandperformingbetter3.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A . How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.B . How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.CFirms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.D .Firms guided

37、 by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.4Whichcouldbethebesttitleforthetext?A .Improve quality? Serve better.B . Deliver value? Plough ahead.C .Reduce time? Move faster.D . Need speed? Slow down.plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals.That

38、 kind of strategy must come fromthe（三）Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill （友好）between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and

39、 lead to misunderstanding and hatred （仇恨）.There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games

40、 were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor ncttional contests.One country received its second place medals with visible indignation after the hockey final. There hadbeen noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match as, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were conv

41、inced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents victory was unfair .Their manager was in a rage when he said:" This wasn ' t hockey. hteckeycansd theckeyFederation are finished. The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result

42、 in thesuspension （暂停）of the team for al least tliree vears.The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, b

43、ut it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the U.S.A. had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter fo

44、r four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals,Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as i

45、 ndMdu。氐 or in non national Icriiis, might be loo iiiucli to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism （爱国主义）|1 .According to the author, recent Olympic Games have.A. created goodwill between the nationsB. bred only false na

46、tional prideC. hardly showed any international friendshipD. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred2 .What did the manager mean by saying, " .Hockend the International Hockey Federation are fniislic（r?A. His team would no longer take part in international games.B. Hockey and the Federa

47、tion are 60th ruined by the unfair decisions.C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.D. The Federation should be dissolved.3 .The basketball example implied that.A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incidentB. the announcement to prolong the match was wrongC. the

48、 appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decisionD. The American team was right in receiving the silver medals4 .The author gives the two examples in paragraph 2 and 3 to show.A. how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international gamesB. that sportsmen have been more obedient

49、than they used to beC. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendshipD. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games5 .What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the

50、 Olympic Games.C. Sport should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.D. International contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.（四）There are two major parties in Britain today,the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, which have been in power by turns since 1

51、945.The two party system of Britain was formed in the course of the development of the capitalist state and the political parties.In order to strengthen the state machine,the British bourgeoisie （资产阶级） have let it come into being and exist in one form or another form since the 17th century. P.S.Treg

52、idgo once said: " The more parties there are,the less likely it is that any one of them will be strong enough in Parliament （议 会）to outvote all the others;but when there are only two, one of them is sure to have a majority of seats.This helps to ensure a strong and stable government/'This m

53、ay be the reason why the British have the two party system.The division into two parties grew out the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century.Because of a purely religious difference of opinion,the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church. The no

54、n-Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church,and their supporters were called by their opponents“Tories. " The Puritans were for Parliament and trade, and their supporters were called bythe “Tories " " Whigs ” .The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long

55、time.In 1833,the Tory party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative.In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals.From that time on,the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922.The policies they put into effect were sometimes different but they were both controlled

56、by the rich,The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals.They wanted to have their own party.So the Labour party was formed by the trade unions.After 1922 the Labour Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of ll忙 Lwo major parties in

57、Great Britain.1 .What does "it " stand for ifoUheh line?A. The two party system. B. The state machine.C. The ParliamenLD. Ilie capitalist state,2 .We can learn from what P.S Tregidgo once said that.A. if there are parties in Britain,none of them will be strong enough to have control in the government.B. the more patients there are, the more likely it is that they will have the decisive say in the government.C. the two party system contributes to the establishment of a powerful and long lasting government.D. if there are only two parties in Britain, it will be eas