高中英语真题-2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮练习(14)

高中英语真题:2016高考英语完形填空和阅读
理解一轮练习（14）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry ab out. But one more has just been added—
a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
After a period of calm within the Sun,scientists have detected the signs of a fresh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in .
Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter t owards the Earth,causing strong solar storms that could jam t he telecommunications satellites and internet links sending liv e Olympic broadcast from .
“The Sun’s activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The O lympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum whi ch could affect the functions of communications satellites,“ sai d Professor Richard Harrison,head of space physics at the Ru therford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
At the peak of the cycle,violent outbursts calledcoronal mass ejections(日冕物质抛
射) occur in the Sun’s atmosphere,throwing out great quantitie s of electrically-
charged matter. “A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion to ns of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites,cause power failures on Earth and distur b communications,” Professor Harrison added. The risk is gre atest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest num ber of sunspots.
Next week in America,NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Obser vatory(SDO),which will take images of the Sun that are 10 tim es clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of thesolar flares(太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.
Professor Richard Holdaway,the lab’s director,said that the S DO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Ea rth. “If we have advance warning,we’ll be able to reduce the d amage. What you don’t want is things switching off for a week
with no idea of what’s caused the problem,” he said.
1. The phrase “communications blackout” in Paragraph 1 mos t probably refers to during the 2012 Olympics.
A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch
B. the collapse of broadcasting systems
C. the transportation breakdown in
D. the destruction of wea ther satellites
2. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in th
e passage?
A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach E arth.
D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejecti ons.
3. According to the passage,NASA will launch a satellite to
.
A. take images of the solar system
B. provide early warning of thunderstorms
C. keep track of solar activities
D. improve the communication s on Earth
4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage
?
A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled
【参考答案】1—4、BDCD
社会生活类阅读理解。

The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countles s warnings in recent years about the need to address a potent ial hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwi de, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global f ood crisis. Wheat, corn and rice prices have more than double d in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more th an three times since the start of 2004. These food-
price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will sl ow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these p roblems do exist, but we’ll have to start thinking ahead and ac ting globally.
Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid
the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dra matic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which t hree years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity. ’s harvest doubl ed after just one year. An international fund based on the mo del would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich worl d, or $10 billion altogether.
Second, the U. S. and Europe should abandon their policies o f paying partly for the change of food into biofuels. The gover nment gives farmers a taxpayer-
financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol(乙
醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels prod uced on lands that do not produce foods—
tree crops, grasses and wood products—
but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.
Third, we urgently need to weather-
proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond—which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather—can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad o ne. The world has already committed to establishing a Climat e Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-
proof vital economic activities such as food production and he alth care but has not yet acted upon the promise.
1. An international fund based on the Malawi model would
.
A. cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per year
B. aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year
C. decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices
D. give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds
2. With the second step, the author expresses the idea that .
A. it is not wise to change food crops into gas
B. it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank
C. we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way
D. biofuels should be developed on a large scale
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. A rain-
collecting pond is a simple safeguard against by weather.
B. A Climate Adaptation Fund has been established to help p oor regions.
C. The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds .
D. It makes a great difference whether we develop wood prod ucts or not.
4. In the passage, the author calls on us to .
A. slow down but not to stop economic growth
B. develop tree crops, grasses and wood products
C. achieve economic growth and political stability
D. act now so as to relieve the global food shortage
【参考答案】47.1-4 DAAD
阅读理解。

Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it i s steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if yo
u had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scienti sts have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted（反应）
to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO
2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. C urrently the trees in the Am azon take in around 500 mi
llion tones of CO2 each year; equal to the total amount of CO 2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon rea ct to future climate change? If it gets drier ,will it still survive a nd continue to draw down CO2 ? Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.
Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collectin g information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientist s need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake muds. Going b ack to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sedi ments （沉淀
物）, which requires specialized equipment and heavy machi nery . There are very few roads and paths, or places to land h elicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way t o enter the forest ,but this still leaves vast areas between the r ivers completely unsampled（未取
样）. So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough info rmation to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1. The underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragra ph means ________.
A. cleaning up
B. taking in
C. wiping out
D. giving out
答案解析：答案为B。

本题为词义推断题。

结合上下文，与mopping up并列的是“helping to slow global warming”，由此可以推断，mop up 就是去除CO2；并且后面
的“Cu rrently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 milli on tones of CO2 each year…”中的“take in”也对此进行了呼应，故答案为B。

“clean up”意为“清洁”；“wipe out”意为“消灭，彻底摧毁”；“give out”意为“分发，散发”。

2. How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate chan ge?
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove C O 2.
B. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
答案解析：答案为D。

本题为细节题。

第二段提出问题，第三段进行探索问题。

结合第三段首
句“Unfortunately, getting into the Amaz
on rainforest and collecting information are very difficult.”和最
后一
句“So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go b ack to the last ice age and none of them provide enough infor mation to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate c hange.”可知，收集信息非常困难，即使目前收集到的一点信息也没有哪一点可以作出证明。

故答案为D。

3. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to colle ct information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazo n rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climat e in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machiner y to study the past climate.
答案解析：答案为C。

从第三段的最后一句
话“So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go b ack to the last ice age and none of them provide enough infor mation to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate c hange.”可知，答案为C。

B选项显得绝对。

4. The best title for this passage may probably be_________.
A. Studies of the Amazon
B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests
D. Chang es of the Rainforests
答案解析：答案为C。

本文第一段前两句提出问题，第三句话引入文本的讨论点：热带雨林的变化。

下文以亚马逊热带雨林为例进行研究，最终发现很难收集资料去证明热带雨林的变化，热带雨林的秘密有待人们去探索。

故答案为C。

本文的重心是在讨论如何收集到足够的证据来证明热带雨林的变化，而不是揭示热带雨林有何变化。

故排除干扰性最强的D选项。

【2015高考复习】完形填空
I have always been an independent person，
but I have come to know that being independent does not me an refusing help.I may still be__16__with asking for help，
but I try to accept.Furthermore，
I will even__17__help and when my offers are refused，
I am__18__willing to walk away.And all these changes came f rom a disaster on an island.
Sometimes a person's independence is a__19__of pride，daring，
stubbornness and luck.I used to be too__20__since I was little .I was once a traveler who never asked for__21__，choosing instead to struggle with maps and signs until I found my way.
Then one day on the island of Koh Phangan，in Thailand，everything__22__.I was swimming in the ocean with Sean，my fiance(未婚夫)，when he was__23__by a box jellyfish(箱型水
母)．He__24__within three minutes,25 years old.Yet when onl ookers and travelers asked if I wanted__25__，
stubborn pride and force of habit__26__me accepting.But two young Israeli women stayed.__27__my protest(反对)，
they were with me even when the police tried to cover up the_ _28__of Sean's death.It was listed as drunk drowning to avoid hurting the__29__industry.The Israeli women__30__have wal ked away.__31__，without even telling me，
they__32__their schedule rather than leave me behind.
__33__I didn't realize it at the time，
I now believe I would not have__34__the disaster without thes e great women.Actually，
the person who needs help the most is usually the last person
to ask for it.I have learned__35__is better than refusing beca use it not only helps you walk out of trouble，
but also helps you know the real meaning of life.
【语篇解读】独立并不意味着要拒绝帮助，接受帮助比拒绝帮助好，这是作者通过自己的亲身经历领悟到的道理。

16．A.struggling B．dealing
C．confused D．satisfied
答案 A [struggle with表示“与……作斗争”，根据上下文可知作者还在与是否要寻求帮助作斗争。

]
17．A.offer B．accept C．seek D．desire
答案 A [根据下文的“when my offers”可知，作者甚至会给别人提供帮助。

]
18．A.occasionally B．frequently C．usually D．seldom
答案 D [当作者给别人提供帮助而被拒绝时，她很少会心甘情愿地走开。

这与下文作者拒绝别人的帮助时，对方还是留下来陪她的经历有关。

occasionally“偶尔”；frequently“经常地”；usually“通常”；seldom“很少”。

]
19．A.range B．symbol C．way D．mix
答案 D [有时一个人的独立是骄傲、勇敢、顽强和运气的结
合。

range“一系列”；symbol“象征”；way“方式”；mix“混合，结合”。

]
20．A.adventurous B．brave
C．independent D．creative
答案 C [根据文章第一句以及下文的内容可知，作者是一个非常独立的
人。

]
21．A.money B．equipment C．directions D．suggestions
答案 C [根据21空后面的
“choosing instead to struggle with maps and sings until I foun d my way”可知，作者曾经旅行时从不问路。

equipment“装备”；direction“方向”；suggestion“建议”。

]
22．A.happened B．messed C．changed D．disappeared
答案 C [根据第一段的最后一句可知，此处表示“一切都变承”，故选C。

]
23．A.attacked B．caught C．followed D．impressed
答案 A [下文提到作者的未婚夫死了，此处应指他受到了箱型水母的攻击。

attack“攻击”。

]
24．A.sunk B．died C．failed D．recovered
答案 B [根据“25 years old”及28空后面的“Sean's death”可知，此处指Sean三分钟之内就死了，故选B。

]
25．pany B．advice C．comfort D．evidence
答案 A [由上文可知，作者正遭受着未婚夫突然去世的打击，再结合26空后面的“two young Israeli women stayed”可知，周围的人在问作者是否需要陪伴。

company“陪伴”。

] 26．A.kept B．prevented C．denied D．suggested
答案 B [作者固执的骄傲和习惯的力量阻止她接受别人提供的帮助。

prevent“阻止”。

]
27．A.In spite of B．In case of
C．In terms of D．As a result of
答案 A [尽管作者反对，她们还是留下来陪作者。

in spite of“尽管”；in case of“以防万一”；in terms of“就……而言”；as a result of“由于……”。

]
28．A.proof B．news C．fact D ．cause
答案 D [根据下一句中的“It was listed as drunk drownning”可知，警方尽力地掩盖Sean死亡的原因。

cause“原因”。

]
29．A.medicine B．entertainment C．fishing D．tourism
答案 D [Sean因受水母攻击而死亡，警方掩盖其死因是为了避免影响到当地的旅游业。

]
30．A.could B．need C．should D．must
答案 A [could have done表示“本来能做，而实际上未做”，此处指那两位以色列女士本来能够走开的，但她们还是留下来陪作者。

]
31．A.Therefore B．Otherwise C．Instead D．Besides
答案 C [她们反而宁可延误自己的日程安排，也不扔下作者不管。

instead“反而，却”。

]
32．A.delayed B．made C．considered D．threw
答案 A [参见上题解析。

]
33．A.When B．While C．Because
D．If
答案 B [while表示“尽管”。

尽管作者当时没有意识到这一点，但现在她相信，如果没有这两位好心的女士，她不会从这场灾难中幸存。

]
34．A.survived B．experienced
C．avoided D．suffered
答案 A [参见上题解析。

survive“幸存，存活”。

] 35．A.refusing B．accepting C．giving D ．begging
答案 B [根据下文的“because it not only...of life”并结合全文可知，此处表示“接受帮助比拒绝帮助好”。

]
2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮练习
（14）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just bee n added—a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
After a period of calm within the Sun,scientists have detected the signs of a fresh cycle of su nspots that could peak in 2012,just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in .
Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billi ons of tons of charged matter towards the Earth,causing strong solar storms that could jam t he telecommunications satellites and internet links sending live Olympic broadcast from . “The Sun’s activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites,“ sai d Professor Richard Harrison,head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in
Oxfordshire.
At the peak of the cycle,violent outbursts calledcoronal mass ejections(日冕物质抛
射) occur in the Sun’s atmosphere,throwing out great quantities of electrically-
charged matter. “A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount ,can disable satellites,cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications,” Professor Harrison added. The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest num ber of sunspots.
Next week in America,NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity cal led the Solar Dynamics Observatory(SDO),which will take images of the Sun that are 10 time s clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-
tech cameras that will capture images of thesolar flares(太阳耀
斑) and explosions as they occur.
Professor Richard Holdaway,the lab’s director,said that the SDO should be able to provide e arly warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Ear th. “If we have advance warning,we’ll be able to reduce the damage. What you don’t want is t hings switching off for a week with no idea of what’s caused the problem,” he said.
1. The phrase “communications blackout” in Paragraph 1 most probably refers to
during the 2012 Olympics.
A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch
B. the collapse of broadcasting systems
C. the transportation breakdown in
D. the destruction of weather satellites
2. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage?
A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.
D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.
3. According to the passage,NASA will launch a satellite to .
A. take images of the solar system
B. provide early warning of thunderstorms
C. keep track of solar activities
D. improve the communications on Earth
4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled
【参考答案】1—4、BDCD
社会生活类阅读理解。

The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years abo ut the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldw ide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and ric e prices have more than doubled in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more t han three times since the start of 2004. These food-
price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these p roblems do exist, but we’ll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.
Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which thr ee years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high p roductivity. ’s harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion altogether. Second, the U. S. and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change o f food into biofuels. The government gives farmers a taxpayer-
financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol(乙
醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not prod uce foods—tree crops, grasses and wood products—
but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank. Third, we urgently need to weather-
proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond—which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather—can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one. The world has already com mitted to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-
proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted
upon the promise.
1. An international fund based on the Malawi model would .
A. cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per year
B. aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year
C. decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices
D. give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds
2. With the second step, the author expresses the idea that .
A. it is not wise to change food crops into gas
B. it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank
C. we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way
D. biofuels should be developed on a large scale
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. A rain-collecting pond is a simple safeguard against by weather.
B. A Climate Adaptation Fund has been established to help poor regions.
C. The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds.
D. It makes a great difference whether we develop wood products or not.
4. In the passage, the author calls on us to .
A. slow down but not to stop economic growth
B. develop tree crops, grasses and wood products
C. achieve economic growth and political stability
D. act now so as to relieve the global food shortage
【参考答案】47.1-4 DAAD
阅读理解。

Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thic k. But if yo
u had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon
might have reacted（反应）
to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answ er.
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and hel ping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Am azon take in around 500 mi
llion tones of CO2 each year; equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year . But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier ,will it still survive an d continue to draw down CO2 ? Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance ho w the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.
Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake muds. Going b ack to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀
物）, which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery . There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest ,but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled （未取
样）. So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and no ne of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1. The underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph means ________.
A. cleaning up
B. taking in
C. wiping out
D. giving out
答案解析：答案为B。

本题为词义推断题。

结合上下文，与mopping up并列的
是“helping to slow global warming”，由此可以推断，mop up 就是去除CO2；并且后面
的“Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tones of CO2 each year…”中的“take in”也对此进行了呼应，故答案为B。

“clean up”意为“清洁”；“wipe out”意为“消灭，彻底摧毁”；“give out”意为“分发，散发”。

2. How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove C O 2.
B. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
答案解析：答案为D。

本题为细节题。

第二段提出问题，第三段进行探索问题。

结合第三段首句“Unfort unately, getting into the Amaz
on rainforest and collecting information are very difficult.”和最后一
句“So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate ch ange.”可知，收集信息非常困难，即使目前收集到的一点信息也没有哪一点可以作出证明。

故答案为D。

3. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.
答案解析：答案为C。

从第三段的最后一句
话“So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate ch ange.”可知，答案为C。

B选项显得绝对。

4. The best title for this passage may probably be_________.
A. Studies of the Amazon
B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests
D. Changes of the Rainforests
答案解析：答案为C。

本文第一段前两句提出问题，第三句话引入文本的讨论点：热带雨林的变化。

下文以亚马逊热带雨林为例进行研究，最终发现很难收集资料去证明热带雨林的变化，热带雨林的秘密有待人们去探索。

故答案为C。

本文的重心是在讨论如何收集到足够的证据来证明热带雨林的变化，而不是揭示热带雨林有何变化。

故排除干扰性最强的D选项。

【2015高考复习】完形填空
I have always been an independent person，
but I have come to know that being independent does not mean refusing help.I may still be__
16__with asking for help，but I try to accept.Furthermore，
I will even__17__help and when my offers are refused，
I am__18__willing to walk away.And all these changes came from a disaster on an island.
Sometimes a person's independence is a__19__of pride，daring，
stubbornness and luck.I used to be too__20__since I was little.I was once a traveler who nev er asked for__21__，choosing instead to struggle with maps and signs until I found my way. Then one day on the island of Koh Phangan，in Thailand，
everything__22__.I was swimming in the ocean with Sean，my fiance(未婚夫)，
when he was__23__by a box jellyfish(箱型水
母)．He__24__within three minutes,25 years old.Yet when onlookers and travelers asked if I wanted__25__，
stubborn pride and force of habit__26__me accepting.But two young Israeli women stayed.__ 27__my protest(反对)，
they were with me even when the police tried to cover up the__28__of Sean's death.It was lis ted as drunk drowning to avoid hurting the__29__industry.The Israeli women__30__have wal ked away.__31__，without even telling me，
they__32__their schedule rather than leave me behind.
__33__I didn't realize it at the time，
I now believe I would not have__34__the disaster without these great women.Actually，
the person who needs help the most is usually the last person to ask for it.I have learned__3 5__is better than refusing because it not only helps you walk out of trouble，
but also helps you know the real meaning of life.
【语篇解读】独立并不意味着要拒绝帮助，接受帮助比拒绝帮助好，这是作者通过自己的亲身经历领悟到的道理。

16．A.struggling B．dealing C．confused D．satisfied
答案 A [struggle with表示“与……作斗争”，根据上下文可知作者还在与是否要寻求帮助作斗争。

]
17．A.offer B．accept C．seek D．desire
答案 A [根据下文的“when my offers”可知，作者甚至会给别人提供帮助。

]
18．A.occasionally B．frequently
C．usually D．seldom
答案 D [当作者给别人提供帮助而被拒绝时，她很少会心甘情愿地走开。

这与下文作者拒绝别人的帮助时，对方还是留下来陪她的经历有关。

occasionally“偶尔”；fre quently“经常地”；
usually“通常”；seldom“很少”。

]
19．A.range B．symbol C．way D．mix
答案 D [有时一个人的独立是骄傲、勇敢、顽强和运气的结合。

range“一系列”；symbol“象征”；way“方式”；mix“混合，结合”。

]
20．A.adventurous B．brave
C．independent D．creative
答案 C [根据文章第一句以及下文的内容可知，作者是一个非常独立的
人。

]
21．A.money B．equipment
C．directions D．suggestions
答案 C [根据21空后面的
“choosing instead to struggle with maps and sings until I found my way”可知，作者曾经旅行时从不问路。

equipment“装备”；direction“方向”；suggestion“建议”。

]
22．A.happened B．messed
C．changed D．disappeared
答案 C [根据第一段的最后一句可知，此处表示“一切都变承”，故选C。

]
23．A.attacked B．caught C．followed D．impressed
答案 A [下文提到作者的未婚夫死了，此处应指他受到了箱型水母的攻击。

attack“攻击”。

] 24．A.sunk B．died C．failed D．recovered
答案 B [根据“25 years old”及28空后面的“Sean's death”可知，此处指Sean三分钟之内就死了，故选B。

]
25．pany B．advice C．comfort D．evidence
答案 A [由上文可知，作者正遭受着未婚夫突然去世的打击，再结合26空后面的
“two young Israeli women stayed”可知，周围的人在问作者是否需要陪伴。

company“陪伴”。

] 26．A.kept B．prevented C．denied D．suggested
答案 B [作者固执的骄傲和习惯的力量阻止她接受别人提供的帮助。

prevent“阻止”。

] 27．A.In spite of B．In case of
C．In terms of D．As a result of
答案 A [尽管作者反对，她们还是留下来陪作者。

in spite of“尽管”；in case of“以防万一”；in terms of“就……而言”；as a result of“由于……”。

]。