重庆市高考英语(四月)阅读、短文改错训练(8)

重庆市高考英语（四月）阅读、短文改错训练（8）
阅读理解。

The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. “How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.”Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, “Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.”
Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. “I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom a nd Dad and the other kids that were still at home.”
He looked at us and said, “I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.”
Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink (畏缩) down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch (喷出) a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surp rised look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out the windshield. “ You’re right,” he said. “ Yo u are a big boy....a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”
Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. “It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet (船队) stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.”
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. “Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…to feel his rough old face… to smell the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”
1. When his father drove him to the school, Frank would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear because ________.
A. he was ashamed of his father’s old truck
B. he thought he was old enough to go to school alone
C. he didn’t want his schoolmates to see his father
D. he hated the way his schoolmates stared at his father
2. In Frank’s eyes, when his father said “You are a big boy… a man.”, he probably felt ________.
A. disappointed
B. hurt
C. excited
D. proud
3. According to the story we can conclude that Frank’s father ________.
A. was quite confident in his skills in fishing
B. loved his children but hardly expressed it
C. seldom gave up faced with challenges
D. was full of devotion to his family
4. By saying the sentence “I wish I had been a man then…”, Frank meant ________.
A. he was fed up with his father kissing him goodbye
B. he deeply regretted what he had done to his father
C. he was then too young to refuse a goodbye kiss
D. he hoped that his father would forgive him
5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A. The Smell of the Ocean
B. We All Need Love
C. A Goodbye Kiss
D. Father’s Embarrassment
【参考答案】15、ABDBC
阅读理解。

Who Owns the Moon?
Within the next ten years, the U. S. , China, Israel, and a crowd of private
companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a
flag, does that give them property(财产)rights?
A NASA working group hosted a discussion this week to ask: Who owns
the moon? The answer, of course, is no use. The Outer Space Treaty, the
international law signed by more than 100 countries, states that the moon
and other celestial bodies(天体)are the province of all mankind. No doubt
that would annoy all of the people throughout the ages, like monks from
the Middle Ages, who have tried to claim the moon was theirs.
But ownership is different from property rights. People who rent apartments, for example, don’t own where they live, but they still hold rights. So with all of the upcoming missions(派遣团)to visit the moon and beyond, space industry thought leaders are seriously asking themselves how to deal with a potential land rush.
“This is a very relevant discussion right now. We’ve got this wave of new lu nar missions from around the world, ”said William Marshall, a scientist in the small-spacecraft office at NASA, but who spoke this week at an event hosted by NASA’s Co Lab, a collaborative(协力完成的)public-private working group. He was speaking from his personal interest and not on behalf of the agency.
To be sure, the United States aims to send astronauts back to the moon by as early as 2015, in a
mission that would include a long-term settlement. China and Israel, among others, are also working on lunar projects. And for the first time, several private groups are building spacecraft to land on the moon in an attempt to win millions of dollars in the Google Lunar X Prize. Some participants say that they plan to gain some property rights in the mission.
【文章大意】本文介绍了世界范围内的登陆月球热, 以及作者对这种现象的担忧。

1. In the passage the writer seems to be worrying that.
A. the US will live on the moon forever
B. the moon will not be able to hold all mankind
C. the potential land rush will become more and more frequent
D. no one can answer the question“Who owns the moon? ”
【解析】选C。

细节理解题。

根据第三段space industry thought leaders are seriously asking themselves how to deal with a potential land rush一句可知太空行业认为领导人们正严肃地问自己如何应对潜在的登陆热, 这也表达了作者的担心。

2. “The Google Lunar X Prize”aims to.
A. encourage private groups to land on the moon
B. help NASA host a discussion about land rush on the moon
C. help some developing countries to complete their lunar projects
D. reward some countries or private groups which haven’t stepped on the moon
【解析】选A。

细节理解题。

根据最后一段several private groups are building spacecraft to land on the moon in an attempt to win millions of dollars in the Google Lunar X Prize一句可知Google Lunar X Prize用来鼓励私人团体登陆月球。

3. The underlined word“that”in the first paragraph refers to.
A. the Outer Space Treaty
B. if and when they plant a flag
C. the NASA working group
D. monks from the Middle Ages
【解析】选B。

词义猜测题。

that代指前句中的if and when they plant a flag。

本句意为: 如果当他们在月球上插上一面国旗时, 这会赋予他们领土所有权么?
4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The U. S. astronauts will live on the moon for a longer time.
B. Many countries and private groups plan to go to the moon.
C. Why some private groups wish to land on the moon.
D. It is easy to gain some property rights on the moon.
【解析】选B。

主旨大意题。

最后一段主要介绍了世界上一些国家及私人团体或个人正计划登陆月球。

1.
take them to their aunt’s to play while she went to the city buy some new clothes. They played
for a hour, and then their aunt took Dick into the kitchen. She gave him a nicely cake and a knife and said, “Dick, cut this cake in half, and give one of the piece to your sister. But remembering
to do it like a gentleman.”“How do gentlemen do it？” Dick asked. “They always give the bigger one piece to the other person,” answered his aunt. Dick thought up this for a few seconds.
Then he took the cake to his sister but said to her, “Cut this cake in half, Katherine. ”
【参考答案】1.
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2.短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

We’ve seen 3D movies, games, TVs and so on. Have you ever heard 3D newspaper before? Yes, that’s why the Belgian newspaper, La Derniere Heure, decided to do for its readers. This is
Europe’s f irst 3D newspaper. It took the team two month to make the 3D newspaper. They were printed 115,000 copies of the special edition of La Derniere Heure. It was more than the usual number of printed copies. Each of these newspapers come with a pair of free 3D glasses. All the images or ads in the newspaper are in 3D and the text is as usually. Readers can get the best result by hold the paper 50cm away from the eyes. Although the first 3D newspaper is very popular, they have no plans to continuing with it if it costs too much.
【参考答案】2.
1、heard 之后加of
2、why ---- what
3、month --- months
4、去掉they 之后were
5、come --- comes
6、or --- and
7、usually ---usual
8、hold --- holding 9、continuing --- continue 10、if---because
3.短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分lO分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：l每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2．只允许修改lO处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Bobby was a dog that went every moming to a baker's shop to fetch twelve bread roll for its owner. However. when Bobby returned back one day, it had only eleven rolls. Bobby's owner wants to know what had happened, but he followed Bobby to the baker's shop the next day Instead taking the road home as usually. Bobby took another road and went up to a farm. There was a poorer little dog with a broken leg. Bobby was offered the roll to the little dog. The owner was very proud of Bobby and rewarded itself a nice big bone. Later, the owner's family never grew tired of tell everybody how kind and clever Bobby was
【参考答案】3、。