重庆渝中区高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练(14)

重庆渝中区2015高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练（14）答案（三
月）
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。

“Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?”
The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.
“I will answer your question.”
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this:
“When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and crevices（裂缝）and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.
I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am a fragment（碎片）of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world—into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.”
1. On hearing the author’s question, Dr. Papaderos __________ at first.
A. laughed at his foolishness
B. wasn’t sure of the answer
C. doubted his seriousness
D. wa sn’t interested at all
2. How did Dr. Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?
A. He found it on the road and made it round.
B. A dying German soldier gave him as a present.
C. He chanced to find it in the street while playing.
D. He put the broken pieces together and made it.
3. Why did Dr. Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?
A. Because he was too poor to afford other toys.
B. Because it could shine the places where the sun couldn’t reach.
C. Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.
D. Because it told him a lot about what life really meant to him.
4. The underlined “metaphor” in the 7th paragraph most probably means _____ .
A. symbol
B. source
C. light
D. purpose
5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. A Special Game in the Childhood
B. A Broken Piece of Mirror
C. Dr. Papaderos’ Experience
D. The Meaning of Life
【参考答案】1—5、CABAD。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

These are some ideas that some people came up with about what the life will be like in the year 2500：
We will have established a base on the moon.School kids can take field trips to the moon weekly.We will have found cures(疗法)for AIDS and cancer.The war will have ended and peace flows freely through the land.Kids will learn more and be smarter than ever before! History will be the main subject at school.Cafeteria(自助餐厅)food will be delicious! You just walk up to a machine，stick out your tongue，and it will scan your taste buds(味蕾)to see what you want to eat.
—Kristen
Here I am in the wonderful year of 2500 and life is so easy.I work in a pet store and it is so hard! I have to wake up at midnight every day and fly my ear to the store.It takes so long to get there.It takes me 20 seconds to get to the store in Mississippi from my home in Florida! At work，I have to push 5 buttons and then I go home.It takes 2 seconds and that is like forever.
—Morgan
In the year 2500，I think we will have invented cars that run on things we don't need like garbage.Tail gas will smell like whatever you like such as chocolate.I also predict that buildings will be able to go into a different dimension(维)so your car won't hit them.The cars in 2500 don't fly，for we haven't got that technology yet，but they can hover(盘旋)up to seven feet.These cars are made for speed!
——Carly
Instead of cars，we may have hovering devices that float around.We could also have electric cars instead of gas powered cars.Food might be more healthy.What I believe is that the environment will change the most. The environmental changes will also determine many other changes.If more people try to help the environment，then perhaps in 2500 we will have more forests and wildlife.If people won't help the environment，then we will have no forests and little wildlife left —Roberta
1．According to Kristen，what will happen in 2500?
A．English will be the main subject at school.
B．Students can go to the moon every week.
C．Cafeteria will replace other restaurants.
D．AIDS and cancer will disappear.
答案：B细节理解题。

根据文章中Kristen所说的话School kids can take field trips to the moon weekly.可知，B为正确选项。

2．The underlined word“scan”in the text could be replaced by“________”
A．change B．treat
C．examine D．improve
答案：C猜测词义题。

根据画线单词所在的句子中的“你只需要走到一台机器跟前，伸出你的舌头，然后机器就会判断出你想吃什么”可以推断出，机器通过仔细查看你的味蕾才能判断出
你想吃什么。

3．Morgan thinks his work in the pet store is________.
A．difficult B．meaningless
C．important D．easy
答案：D推理判断题。

文章中Morgan对他工作的具体描述使用的是反语，他真实的意思是“这份工作太轻松了”。

他的第一句话也是对该意思的提示，故选D项。

4．Who mainly tells the reader of the cars in 2500?
A．Kristen. B．Morgan.
C．Carly. D．Roberta.
答案：C段落大意题。

根据文章中Carly所说的那段话可知，他主要谈到的是2500年的汽车，包括汽车的燃料、废气及功能等，故选C项。

【2015高考复习】完形填空
It was a winter morning，just a couple of weeks before Christmas.While most people were__16__their cars.Trevor，my husband，had to__17__early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.On arrival，he__18__his bike outside the back door as he usually does.After__19__10 hours of labor，he returned to find his bike__20__.
The bike，a black Kona 18 speed，was our only tool.Trevor used it to get to__21__，putting in 60-hour weeks to__22__his young family.And the bike was also used to get groceries，__23__us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so__24__that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story.Shortly after that，several people in our area__25__to help.One wonderful stranger__26__bought a bike，then called my husband to pick it up.__27__my husband had a way to get to and from his job.It really is a(an)__28__that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.People say that a smile can be__29__from one person to another，but acts of kindness from__30__are even more so.This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it__31__our faith in humanity as a whole.And it has__32__us to be more mindful of ways that we，too，can__33__with others.No matter how big or how small，an act of kindness shows that someone__34__.And the results can be__35__.
16．A.cooling down B．warming up
C．speeding up D．slowing down
答案B[由于是冬天，所以出行前要给车warm up(加热)。

cool down冷却；speed up加快速度；slow down减慢速度。

]
17．A.get up B．wake up
C．turn up D．rise up
答案A[Trevor，my husband，是骑车上班，所以要早起赶时间，而wake up醒来；turn up 出现；rise up升起，均不合题意。

]
18．A.piled B．pushed C．parked D．paused
答案C[到了之后把自行车停(parked)在后门外，而pile堆放；push推动；pause停顿，都不合题意。

]
19．A.putting in B．putting on C．putting off D．putting away
答案A[put in time/energy投入、花费时间或精力，符合题意。

put on穿上；上映；put off
推迟；put away收拾好。

]
20．A.broken B．robbed C．hidden D．gone
答案D[下班后出来发现自行车不见了(gone)。

break使……破碎；rob后跟人或地点作宾语；hide躲藏。

]
21．A.study B．shop C．work D．deliver
答案C[根据上文应为get to work上班。

deliver投递；study学习；shop商店，均不合题意。

] 22．A.live B．support C．serve D．protect
答案B[丈夫每天上班得support his family(养活家庭)。

其他不符合常识。

]
23．A.getting B．protecting C．saving D．allowing
答案C[由后面的long distances from where we live可知骑自行车节省了时间，且save sb from doing....固定短语；protect sb from sth保护某人免受……；get，allow均不和from搭配。

] 24．A.surprised B．thrilled C．puzzled D．sad
答案D[小偷steal our bike，我当然是难过(sad)。

surprised吃惊；thrilled兴奋的；puzzled 迷惑的。

]
25．A.offered B．supported C．provided D．agreed
答案A[offer to help(主动帮助)为固定短语；B、C两项先排除；agree to do同意做某事，不符合上下文。

]
26．A.still B．finally C．even D．yet
答案C[even甚至，表示递进关系，符合句意。

still仍然，一直；finally最后；yet还。

] 27．A.Now and then B．Once in a while
C．Once again D．Sooner or later
答案C[丈夫丢了自行车后“又一次(once again)”正常的上下班，而now and then时而；once in a while偶尔，间或；sooner or later迟早。

]
28．A.honor B．pity C．sympathy D．respect
答案A[陌生人会给从未见过的帮助对于我来说是honor(荣耀)；pity可怜，同情；sympathy 同情；respect尊重。

]
29．A.thrown B．passed C．sent D．got
答案B[pass sth from...to...把……传递下去，微笑是一种善意的传递；throw扔；send派，发送；get得到。

]
30．A.friends B．strangers
C．relatives D．parents
答案B[从上文可知acts of kindness从strangers那里得到；friends，relatives，parents不具备代表性。

]
31．A.weakened B．spread
C．reduced D．strengthened
答案D[strengthen our faith in humanity巩固了我们对人性的信任。

weaken减弱；spread传播；reduce减少。

]
32．A.moved B．forced C．urged D．influenced
答案D[好的人性influence(影响)到我们和他人分享的方式。

move移动；force强迫；urge 敦促。

]
33．A.share B．connect C．deal D．work
答案A[share with others和他人分享。

]
34．A.likes B．cares C．worries D．wonders
答案B[an act of kindness表明人“关心、帮助”他人。

like喜欢；worry担心；wonder纳闷，
想知道。

]
35．A.short B．promising C．permanent D．temporary
答案C[act of kindness固然渺小，但其影响是permanent(永恒的)。

short，promising，temporary分别为短暂的、有希望的、临时的。

]。