广西南宁市高考英语 完形填空、阅读理解训练题(5)

南宁市2014高考英语完形填空、阅读理解训练题（5）及答案
Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.
For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Let’s say that you a re arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.
But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.
But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two ph rases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.
With phrases, it’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote mar ks, the second phrase seems to be more
common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.
49. What is Googlefight?
A. A fight between two people on Google.
B. A way to make sure you win an argument.
C. A website showing how many hits two different things have.
D. A list of all the websites on Google.
50. Language teachers find it useful because _______.
A. there are a lot of words on Googlefight
B. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more often
C. some words mean the same thing
D. common words have a billion hits
51. What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?
A. Make sure they mean be same thing.
B. Make sure they are different.
C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.
D. Don’t put qu ote marks round the phrase.
52. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.
B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.
C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate.
D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,
选出最佳选项并将答案填在答题卡上。

My father woke me up early one summer morning announcing, “Get up. You’re going with me to cut grass.” The idea 1 my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his 2 made me feel proud and 3 . From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I 4 in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, but felt good. I had 5 a hard day’s labour and had earned $6.
One day my father found some leaves I’d 6 and pulled me aside. “Clear away these leaves,” he said 7 , “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The 8 was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job 9 the first time. It will never 10 to impress the person you are working for.
After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were 11 enough to do lawns(草坪) on our own. Every Saturday , we 12 out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working 13 our father.
Taking care of lawns was not exciting 14 high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that 15 I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone 16 possible live on a forty-hour- a –week minimum(最低的) pay. “My father never worked just forty hours a 17 , and neither have I.” I replied. “If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do 18 better than you’re doing.”
In every job I’ve 19 ------from doing lawns to washing dishes-----I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you 20 hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
1. A. what B. that C. which D. why
2. A. farm B. family C. business D. company
3. A. excited B. tired C. troubled D. unpleasant
4. A. played B. excised C. worked D. struggled
5.A. put out B. put down C. put away D. put in
6. A. collected B. cleaned C. missed D. noticed
7. A. finally B. usually C. unexpectedly D. firmly
8. A. news B. message C. information D. word
9. A. right B. quickly C. fast D. wrong
10. A. happen B. seem C. fail D. begin
11. A. strong B. old C. clever D. skilled
12. A. worked B. set C. turned D. figured
113. A. beyond B. without C. under D. like
14. A. and B. and yet C. but D. or
15. A. no matter how B. whatever C. no matter what D. however
16. A. must B. should C. may D. could
17. A. day B. year C. week D. month
18. A. some B. any C. little D. very
19. A. found B. lost C. held D. helped
20. A. see B. work C. try D. enjoy
参考答案
1— 5 BCACD 6—10 CDBAC
11—15 BBCDB 16—20 DCBCB
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When I came out of my office, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I hired a taxi. The car was 1 along the road, now well-lit, now sank in darkness.
I broke the 2 on purpose, 3 that the driver might be too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?”
“9 o’clock. I’ll go after this trip.”
“Then when do you come out in the morning?” I 4 another question.
“9 o’clock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office.” His easiness surprised me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what
I hear from the 5 are only complaints (抱怨). They complain that they 6 work
7 , that it is 8 to earn money, that they are bullied (欺侮) by the policeman, or that the corporation leaders are seated 9 and enjoy the 10 of others’work. It seems that they have a grievance (不满意) against everything. But this driver told me, “I find it 11 to be a section chief as I was before. I don’t like
management work. I like driving, just for 12 . It’s 13 that I 14 drive without a passenger. So I can earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease. Any 15 ? Yes, I never follow an empty taxi. If it goes 16 , I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a 17 street. In this way I always get customers.
His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he 18 in his job. Such feelings are so 19 among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountains. As an ancient saying 20 , “Neither joy in material gains nor grieve over personal setbacks (挫折).” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by simple living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling curious when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.
1. A. driving B. flying C. running D. rushing
2. A. calmness B. quietness C. stillness D.
silence
3. A. for fear B. on condition C. in order D. in case
4. A. gave out B. threw out C. let off D. set off
5. A. taxi B. radio C. passenger D. driver
6. A. have to B. must C. need D. should
7. A. from night till morning B. from morning till night
C. from morning till afternoon
D. from dawn till dark
8. A. hard B. easy C. possible D. impossible
9. A. busy B. busily C. lazy D. lazily
10. A. results B. achievements C. gains D. fruits
11. A. tired B. tiring C. excited D. exciting
12. A. pleasure B. money C. work D. interest
13. A. unfortunate B. fortunate C. likely D. wise
14. A. often B. usually C. hardly D. seldom
15. A. trick B. secret C. skill D. method
16. A. southward B. northward C. eastward D. westward
17. A. wide B. narrow C. lonely D. empty
18. A. had B. made C. kept D. took
19. A. common B. rare C. much D. little
20. A. says B. suggests C. goes D. talks
1~5 BDABD 6~10 ABACD
11~15 BABDB 16~20 ABDBC
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每日一句
The greater the population there is in one region, the greater the need there is for
water, transportation, and material.
一个地方的人口越多，其对水、交通和物资的需求就会越大。

基础词汇强化练习
1.I don’t like to m________ business with pleasure.
2. It suddenly o________ to me that I could use a computer to do the job.
3. He paused, a______ lost in thought.
4. This book is beautifully i________ with colour photographs.
5. The teacher said that your answer was by no m________ satisfactory.
6. S________ was abolished (废除) after the American Civil War.
7. The m______ agreed to this decision and only a few were against it.
8. I________ means the process in which people enter a country in order to live
permanently.
9. The wine contains a small p________ of alcohol.
10. He dived into research on William, the king of the English, also called William
the C________.
参考答案
mix occurred apparently illustrated means
slavery majority Immigration percentage Conqueror
书面表达经典句式强化记忆
187. It is said that... 据说…….
It is said that Liu Xiang will come to our city soon. 据说刘翔不久将来我市. 188. It is thought that... 人们认为…….
It is thought that man's ability to learn languages makes him different from the animals.
人们认为人类的语言学习能力使其区别于动物.
189. It is (not) true that... ……(不)是真的.
It is true that city life is much more exciting than country life.
确实,城市生活比乡村生活更令人兴奋.
书面表达经典朗读素材
欢送会上的讲话(Speech at the Send-Meeting)
Ladies and gentlemen,
First of all, allow me to thank you for your kind invitation to attend this gathering. I am very fortunate to have had such a nice chance to visit your wonderful country and meet with so many distinguished friendly people. Our visit has been both interesting and productive. It is not only a source of pleasure but an opportunity to discuss some important problems. I've gained a great deal from it. Thank you for making my visit so worthwhile. I shall treasure your friendship and kind hospitality you have given us.May the friendship between our two countries be further developed.
Good-bye，ladies and gentlemen, and our friends. Let's hope we'll meet again some time in the future.
经典谚语积累
Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友，虽生犹死。

高频考点拾贝
完形填空系列
结构化简法。

文章中有些句子结构相当复杂，是理解文章的一大障碍。

学生要学会抓住句子的主干，即句子的主语、谓语和宾语，去掉干扰成分，如状语、定语、补语和插入语等。

经过这种结构化简，句子就会变得一目了然，意思也就清楚了。

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __36__大厅里坐满了同学们的家人，充满着兴奋的气息。

the hall.I was only a 7­year­old girl，but I was the center of __37__.今晚，我成了人们关注的焦点。

Finally，after weeks of preparation，I would __38__通过舞蹈表演来展现我辛勤劳动的成果。

all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __39__我想一切都会很完美的。

—so I thought.I waited backstage all __40__我穿着紧身的黑演出服在后台等待着。

in my black tights with a golden belt.In a loud and clear voice，the master of ceremonies __41__主持人宣布接下来要轮到我们班表演了。

that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine① on wooden boxes two feet by two feet，facing the __42__.面对观众。

All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box.It really was an __43__这是个很容易
做的动作。

move.I was concentrating so much __44__注意力集中在如何保持微笑上。

the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look __45__抬着头，没有注意到脚下。

I was going.I missed my partner’s box altogether and __46__.我没有踩到同伴的箱子上，滑倒了。

There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes.I could hear giggles (咯咯笑) coming from the audience，and I felt the __47__失误引来嘲笑，我的脸羞红了，“热血往脸上涌来”。

rush to my face.I remembered my dance teacher had told us，“If y ou make a mistake，keep smiling so the audience will not __48__.”保持微笑会使观众注意不到你的失误。

I did my best to follow her __49__我努力照着老师的建议去做。

as I continued with the routine. When the curtain dropped，so did my __50__随着帷幕的降落，我的希望也破灭了。

for the evening.I __51__我伤心地哭了。

bitterly，tasting the salt from the tears为51题提供暗示。

that streamed② down my face.I ran backstage，but no one could __52__没人能够让我平静下来。

me down.
Recently I realized I had been a __53__最近我却认识到那晚我是虽败犹荣。

that night.I was __54__，我当时虽然很尴尬，但我没有半途而废呀，精神可嘉！but I fought the urge③ to run off the stage.__55__，我没有从舞台上跑下来，而是面带微笑完成了动作。

I finished the routine with a smile on my face.Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance，I can laugh too.
36. A.filled B．visited C．attended D．decorated 37．A.pressure B．impression C．debate D．attention 38．A.take over B．show off C．look after D．give up 39．A.reasonable B．suitable C．obvious D．perfect 40．A.dressed up B．folded up C．covered up D．mixed up 41．A.suggested B．explained C．announced D．predicted 42．A.music B．audience C．curtain D．stage
43．A.easy B．active C．adventurous D．extra 44．A.containing B．hiding C．sharing D．keeping
45．A.why B．whether C．where D．what
46．A.wandered B．slipped C．waved D．skipped 47．A.blood B．pleasure C．pride D．tear
48．A.leave B．cheer C．believe D．notice 49．A.gesture B．example C．advice D．plan
50．A.doubts B．hopes C．voice D．patience
51．A.argued B．shouted C．begged D．sobbed 52．A.turn B．calm C．let D．put
53．A.star B．pioneer C．loser D．fool
54．A.satisfied B．moved C．embarrassed D．confused
55．A.However B．Instead C．In total D．In return
参考答案：
36.A 37.D 38.B 39.D 40.A
41.C 42.B 43.A 44.D 45.C
46.B 47.A 48.D 49.C 50.B
51.D 52.B 53.A 54.C 55.B
错因分析：
44,45题较容易做错，因为此句子较长、结构较复杂，会造成学生理解上的偏差。

文章概述
我7岁时参加学校组织的班级团体舞蹈表演，由于太过自信而出现了失误，引起众多家长和学生的嘲笑，我虽然很尴尬，但努力保持着微笑，完成了以后的动作。

表演结束后，我在后台大哭一场。

现在回想起来，却很为自己当年的表现感到满意：精神可嘉，虽败犹荣！
难点剖析
①a routine一套舞蹈动作
②streamed此处指“泪水哗哗地流”。

③fought the urge to“努力忍住不做某事；努力阻止住做某事的冲动”。

长句注解
All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box.下一个动作我需要做的就是一只脚踩在我的箱子旁边的那只箱子上，另一只脚踩在我的箱子上。

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