届高考英语选部分试题汇编

届高考英语选部分试题汇编Document number【SA80SAB-SAA9SYT-SAATC-7选5专项练习Passage 1He lived his whole life as a poor man. His art andtalent were recognized by almost no one. He suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two years later. __1__ Today, Dutch artist Van Gogh is recognized as one of the leading artists of all time.Now, 150 years after his birth on March 30, 1853, Zundert, th e town of his birth, has made 2003 “The Van Gogh Year” in his honor. __2__ It draws around million visitors every year. Some people enjoy the art and thenlearn about his life. Others are first interested in his life, which then helps them understand his art.Van Gogh was the son of a minister. He left school when he was just 15. By the age of 27, he had already tried manyjobs including an art gallery salesman and a French teacher. __3____4__ His style is marked by short, broad brushstrokes (绘画笔法). “Instead of trying to reproduceexactly what I have before my eyes, I use colour morefreely, in order to express myself more forcibly,” hewrote in a letter to his brother in 1888.Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life.He relied heavily on support from his brother, an artdealer who lived in Paris. __5__ His “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold for US$ million in 1990. It is the highest price ever paid for a painting. “I think his paintings are powerful and the brilliant colours in them are attractiveto people,” said a van Gogh’s fan.1. ________2. ________3. ________4.________ 5. ________A. But in his death, he achieved world fame.B. But now his works are sold for millions of dollars.C. Finally in 1880, he decided to begin his studies in art.D. Van Gogh is famed for his ability to put his own emotions into his paintings.E. And the arts in Amsterdam are marking the anniversary with exhibitions throughout the year.Passage 2The Wife-carrying World Championship has beencelebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992.In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart somelong-forgotten traditions. 71________ He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth inchallenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.72_______ A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.73________ The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49 kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds. 74_________Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At theexchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink”. Then he may continue theWhile the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife-carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.A. There are a few basic rules.B. People everywhere hold the event.C. A special prize is awarded to the team.D. Do you know how these traditions restartedE. This event is becoming increasingly popular.F. The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.G. Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.Passage 3The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions. 71________ He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.72_______ A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.73________ The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor’s. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49 kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds. 74_________Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink”. Then he may continue theWhile the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife-carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.A. There are a few basic rules.B. People everywhere hold the event.C. A special prize is awarded to the team.D. Do you know how these traditions restartedE. This event is becoming increasingly popular.F. The winner is the couple who complete the course in theshortest time.G. Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.Passage 4The MississippiThe Mississippi is a great river whose relationship with man goes way back beyond its discovery in the 16th century. The River Indians used it as a highway and as a source of food, and it was they who gave it its name—“misi” meaning “great” and “sipi” meaning “water”. When the length of its branch, the Missouri, is added to it, the Mississippi becomes greater. ___71___. From the source of the Missouri to the tip of the delta (三角洲), it is 2,480 miles long.Great rivers are likely to suffer floods. In 1927 the Mississippi flooded 26 thousand acres, sweeping away farms, towns, everything inits path. In 1938 its floods drowned or killed 200 people and made millions homeless. Today the river has largely been controlled.___72___.Industries have spread down some of the waterways of the delta, but otherwise the delta is a remote place, the homeland of a little colony of French Canadians that the British drove out of Nova Scotia in the18th century. They still speak French, mixed with English, Indian, Spanish and Negro idioms. They keep to themselves, farming the richsoil of the delta. ___73___.___74___. Pioneers who first reached its banks wondered not only where it went, but what lay beyond. In 1764 the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, LouisXV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumping-off place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West.Some 40 years earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the French had founded another city just above the Mississippi delta, New Orleans. ___75___. New Orleans is one of the great ports of the world, and one of the greatest terminals for both sea and river traffic.A. It was the Mississippi that made the city what it isB. Levees, high banks built of earth, hold back the flood watersC. Therefore, as we know, it’s the third longest river in the worldD. It is known that the “Great Water” has also been a frontier riverE. However, they paddled up and down the Mississippi in their boats to seek their fortuneF. The “Great Water” always remains a thread, for the streets of thecity are below the level of the riverG. They call themselves Cajuns, who have actually been leading fairlyprimitive lives and preserving their own traditionsPassage 5A. Rather Public speaking and critical thinkingWhat is critical thinking T o a certain degree ,it’s a matter of logic （逻辑）—of being able to spot weaknessesin other people ‘s argument and to avoid them in yourown ,it also includes related skills such as distinguishing fact from opinion and assessing the soundness of evidence .In the broad sense, critical thinking isfocused ,organized thinking –the ability to see clearly their relationships among ideas. 71 the greatest thinkers, scientists, and inventors have often taken information that was readily available and put it together differently to produce new , too, is critical thinking.72 As the class goes on, for example, you will probably spend a good deal of time organizing your speeches. While this may seem like a purely mechanical（机械的）exercise, it is closely connected with critical thinking.If the structure of your speech is loose and confused, chances are that your thinking. If the structure of your speech is loose and confused, chances are that yourthinking is also discovered and confused. If, on the other hand ,the structure is clear, there is a good chance your thinking is too. Organizing a speech is not a matter of arranging the ideas your already have. 73What is true of organization is true of many aspects of public speaking. 74 As you work on expressing your ideas in clear, accurate language, you will Improve your ability to think clearly and accurately. 75 As you learn to listen critically to speeches in class. You will be better able to assess the ideas of speakers in a variety of situations.If you take full advantage of your speech class, you will be able to develop your skills as critical thinker in many circumstances. This is one reason public speaking hasbeen regarded as a vital part of education since the days of ancient Greece.A, it is an important part of shaping the ideas themselves.B. This may seem like a lot of time, but the rewards are well worth it.C. It may also help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.D. It has often been said that there are few new ideas in the world, only reorganized ideas.E. If you are wondering what this has to do with your public speaking class, the answer is quite a lot.F. The skills you learn in your speech class can help you become a more effective thinker in a number of ways.G. As you study the role of evidence and reasoning in speechmaking ,you will see how they can be used in other forms of communication as well.Passage 6Life Story of Dave ThomasSince 1989．Dave Thomas，who died of cancer at age 69 in his Fort Lauderdale home, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. 1 “As long as it works,” he said in 1991, “ I’ll continue to do those commercials.”2 “He still won’t let anyone see his feet，which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993．Born to a single mother，he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan．After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seekingconstruction work．“He fed me,” Thomas said, “and if I got out of line．He’d beat me. ”Moving out on his own at 15,Thomas worked, first as a waiter，in many restaurants. 3 “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said, “I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant owner that made him a millionaire in 1968.In 1969, after breaking with Sanders，Thomas started the first Wendy’s old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio，which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers 4 .Although troubled by his own experience with adoption，Thomas，married since 1954 to Lorraine．66．and with four grown kids besides Wendy，felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation(基金会)for Adoption in 1992．In 1993，Thomas，who had left school at 15，graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida． 5 The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.“The Dave you saw on TV,” says friend Pat Williams，senior vice president of the Orlando Magic, “was the real Dave．He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody.”A．But he had something much better in mind．B．He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party．C．Even though he was successful，Thomas remained troubled by his childhood.D．By using his experience and determination，Thomas turned the restaurants around.E．With 6,000 restaurants worldwide，the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.F．He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter，now 40．G．He dropped out of school to work full-time．This decision to drop out haunted him until he went back to school 45 years later．Passage 7As is known to all, many things can be measured in terms of data. Sometimes data can indeed tell the truth. With the help of data we can easily know the price of a can of Coke in the supermarket or the result of a football match. 71 What is more important, data seem to be fairer than words or statements. If the data are true, we don’t have to worry about being cheated. Nowadays, as lies exist in the world, data are expected to tell the truth. Therefore, many of us would rather believe data.On the other hand, if we judge things only by data from the so-called specific research, aren’t we a little too narrow-minded Many people often treat the so-calledspecific data unwisely just to make sure that they are making the right decisions. 72 For example, how can you tell that somebody isn’t a good student just because he or she doesn’t get high marks in the final examination73 For example, the degree of your feeling happy in your life, the depth of love between you and your friends, and the faith you have in your country. We can only feel them in our hearts but can never express them in data.There is no doubt that analyzing the exact data is important to assessment of an actual event. But data should be dealt with wisely. We often get wrong data which mislead us. 74 Remember, data have no feeling but we humans have. Data do not mean much to people if we do not have the abilities to analyze the data with the knowledge and confidence to judge whether they are true or false. 75Data are data after all. Life is much more colourful than the pale data. So give the cold data a warm heart and we’ll find that the world is far more wonderful than the pale data can describe.A. We should try our best to be wise thinkers.B. Data can make our life easier and more comfortable.C. But sometimes we may find that data aren’teverything.D. Sometimes our hearts and mind are more sensitivethan data.E. Now and then the so-called specific data puzzle usvery much.F. The exact data should come from assessment of anactual event.G. There are many things in our life which cannot bemeasured by data.1.（Key: AECDB）. G 72. E 73. A 74. F 75. C3. 71. G 72. E 73. A 74. F 75. C. C 72. B 73.G 74. D 75. A5.DEAFG :1. F 4. E —75 BCGDA。