高三英语完型阅读强化训练2

As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I ___1___ as hard for victory as they did.A dramatic incident, however, following a game in which I officiated as a referee, ___2___ my perspective on victories and defeats. I was refereeing a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High.New Rochelle was coached by Dan O'Brien, Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was crowded to capacity, and the volume of noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and closely contested. Yonkers was leading by one point as I glanced at the clock and ___3___ there were but 30 seconds left to play.Yonkers, in possession of the ball, passed off —shot —missed. New Rochelle recovered —pushed the ball up court —shot. The ball rolled tantalizingly around the rim and off. The fans shrieked.New Rochelle, the home team, ___4___ the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The tumult was deafening. I glanced at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer because of the noise. I ___5___ with the other official, but he could not help me.Still seeking help in this bedlam, I ___6___ the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, "Mr. Covino, the buzzer went off as the ball rolled off the rim, before the final tap-in was made."I was in the unenviable position of having to tell Coach O'Brien the sad news. "Dan," I said, "time ran out before the final basket was ___7___ in. Yonkers won the game."His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up. He said, "I'm sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the final basket."Suddenly, like the sun coming out from ___8___ a cloud, Coach O'Brien's face lit up. He said, "That's okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. I'm proud of you."Turning to me, he said, "Al, I want you to meet my son, Joe."The two of them then walked off the court together, the coach's arm ___9___ his son's shoulder. B In Britain, the old Road Traffic Act restricted speeds to 2 m.p.h. (miles per hour) in towns and 4 m.p.h. in the country. Later Parliament increased the speed limit to 14 m.p.h. But by 1903 the development of the car industry had made it necessary to raise the limit to 20 m.p.h. By 1930, however, the law was so widely ignored that speeding restrictions were done away with altogether. For five years motorists were free to drive at whatever speeds they likes. Then in 1935 the Road Traffic Act imposed a 30 m.p.h. speed limit in built-up areas, along with the introduction of driving tests and pedestrian crossing.Speeding is now the most common motoring offence in Britain. Offences for speeding fall into three classes: exceeding the limit on a restricted road, exceeding on any road the limit for the vehicle you are driving, and exceeding the 70 m.p.h. limit on any road. A restricted road is one where the street lamps are 200 yards apart, or more.The main controversy (争论) surrounding speeding laws is the extent of their safety value. The Ministry of Transport maintains that speed limits reduce accidents. It claims that when the 30 m.p.h. limit was introduced in 1935 there was a fall of 15 percent in fatal accidents. Likewise, when the 40 m.p.h. speed limit was imposed on a number of roads in London in the late fifties, there was a 28 percent reduction in serious accidents. There were also fewer casualties (伤亡) in the year after the 70 m.p.h. motorway limit was imposed in 1966.In America, however, it is thought that the reduced accident figures are due rather to the increase in traffic density. This is why it has even been suggested that the present speed limits should be done away with completely, or that a guide should be given to inexperienced drivers and the speed limits made advisory, as is done in parts of the USA.( no more than ten words)1. What measures were adopted in 1935 in addition to the speeding restrictions?Driving tests and pedestrian crossings2. Speeding is a motoring offence a driver commits when he _drive too fast/exceeds the speedlimits____.3. What is the opinion of British authorities concerning speeding laws?Speed limits reduce accidents.4. What reason do Americans give for the reduction in traffic accidents?The increase in traffic density.C BACDC A CDBC B AC ADHistorically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them.___1___ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __2__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __3__ TV. Anyone who didn't know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made much worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.Granted, some amount of delusion(错觉)is probably part of the __4__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __5__, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __6__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __7__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we ever did about the dangers we face. But it turns __8__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __9__ the storm, the quake or the Surge (汹涌澎湃) itself. More often it is ourselves.So what has happened in the year that __10__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __11__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That's not __12__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __13__ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌). Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate(运出) the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __14__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __15__ with neighboring communities are on going and difficult.1. A) To B) By C) On D) For2. A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident3. A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively4. A) natural B) world C) social D) human5. A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) reviewing6. A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect7. A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) preventing8. A) up B) down C) over D) out9. A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally10.A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred11.A) which B) where C) what D) when12.A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final13.A) but B) as C) that D) those14.A) ride B) trail C) path D) track15.A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiationsTranslation1.全市公立博物馆对学生免费开放。