2022年高考英语二轮：完形阅读强化综合练习(44)

2022年高考英语二轮：完形阅读强化综合练习（44）
答案有详细的解析，是理想的专题训练精品，是学生理想的
自我检测材料。

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When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job —but he couldn’t balance his checkbook. “I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip，” says the 45year old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. “I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement.”
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don’t get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. “It bothered me that I didn’t understand this stuff，” says Steve, “so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz (能手) I knew to explain things to me.”
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to live below their means. They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars，cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. “Someone would say, ‘I need to refinance my hou se —what should I do? ‘A lot of times，I wouldn’t know the answer, but I’d go to find it and learn something in the process，” he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars (研讨会) for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it’s paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
“I was an engineer who never tho ught this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education，” says Steve. “You can do anything once you understand the basics.”
【文章大意概括】通过不断的学习，史蒂夫从不明白理财的工程师进展成为善于理财的百万富翁。

1. When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he________.
A. cou ldn’t balance his work and life
B. made up his mind to become a millionaire
C. didn’t know how to manage his money
D. often went to banks to borrow money
【详解剖析】细节明白得题。

依照第一段的he couldn’t balance his checkbook和I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement可知，Steve Maxwell 刚毕业后不明白得如何理财。

【最佳选项】 C
2. The underlined part “live below their means” (in Paragraph 3) probably means “________”．
A. take effective measures
B. live a miserable life
C. spend more money than they had
D. spend less money than they had
【详解剖析】词义推测题。

依照下文“他们从来不冲动地买东西，买东西时尽量获得低价，减少外出度假打算”等线索能够推断出，史蒂夫一家在尽量减少开支。

【最佳选项】 D
3. Since Steve Maxwell became a millionaire, he________.
A. has been unwilling to help others
B. hasn’t stopped learning from practice
C. has b een willing to follow others’ advice
D. has stopped to invest in houses
【详解剖析】推理判定题。

依照第四段的A lot of times，I wouldn’t know the answer，but I’d go find it and learn something in the process能够看出，史蒂夫总是在教别人理财的过程中学到一些东西。

【最佳选项】 B
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A self made engineer
B. How to balance your checkbook
C. Don’t avoid investing
D. Educate yourself to become a millionaire
【详解剖析】标题归纳题。

史蒂夫从开始的全然不明白理财到最后成为百万富翁，靠的是不断的学习——向别人讨教，从书本上学习，D项点出了他成功的要领。

文章最后一段的self education是关键词。

【最佳选项】 D
5. It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A. self education is very important to one’s life
B. everyone should learn how to invest in their life
C. Steve Maxwell was quite interested in finance classes in college
D. Steve became rich because he saved every penny he had earned
【详解剖析】细节推断题。

依照文章的最后一段可知，自主学习对每一个人的人一辈子有重大的阻碍，故可知选A。

文中提到了Steve投资赚钱韵情况，然而无法推断出每个人都要学习如何投资；依照文章首段可知Steve为了滑雪旅行舍弃了财经课，可判定C不对；D项与原文不符合。

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Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and tired —maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.
Several yards away, Frank ,43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of
the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling，“Oh, my God, she fell in！”Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran s ome 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No ! Not you ! ”his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she’d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die，” she explained.
【文章大意概括】本文讲述了Frank在地铁站，冒着被列车轧死的危险救助了因躯体虚弱而失去知觉的Lisa的通过。

1．What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?
A. She had run a long way.
B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a lot of work.
D. She had donated blood the night before.
【详解剖析】事实细节题。

从第一段“...it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood...”可知，Lisa 怀疑自己虚弱的缘故是因为献血了。

【最佳选项】 D
2．Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?
A. Because they would miss their train.
B. Because he didn’t see the train coming.
C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.
D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.
【详解剖析】事实细节题。

从最后一段“...I was thinking he was going to die.”可知，Frank的女友担忧Frank会被列车轧死。

【最佳选项】 D
3．How did Frank save Lisa?
A. By lifting her to the platform.
B. By helping her rise to her feet.
C. By pulling her along the ground.
D. By dragging her away from the edge.
【详解剖析】事实细节题。

从第五段“...he managed to raise her the four feet to the platfor m...”可知，Frank把Lisa抱到了站台边。

【最佳选项】 A
4．When did Lisa become conscious again?
A. When the train was leaving.
B. After she was back on the platform.
C. After the police and fire officials came.
D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
【详解剖析】事实细节题。

从第五段“...felt herself being pulled along the ground...”可知，Lisa 是在被抱到站台上后才复原了知觉。

【最佳选项】 B
5. The passage is intended to________.
A. warn us of the danger in the subway
B. show us how to save people in the subway
C. tell us about a subway rescue
D. report a traffic accident
【详解剖析】主旨大意题。

全文讲述了Lisa在地铁站因晕倒而差点遇险，只是幸而得到Frank及时相救的故事。

【最佳选项】 C。