202高考英语快速阅读材料练习

I. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

All the World Asks

On my first day in a college classroom , I felt like

an overgrown child returning to eivilization (文明世界) after having been lost in the forest for thirty years . there

I sat , 36 enough to be a father to most of the students

in the room , 37 unconfident enough to be their baby

brother . We w ere crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow , listening

to a 38 who looked even younger than the students .

I felt oncomfortable and out of place as the professor

carefully 39 what she expected us to learn . As I

listened , I couldn’t help but 40 of my own oldest daughter who w as n ow b eginning her first year in 41 ,

just like me . I remembered how hanl I had tried to help

build self-confidence in her and my o ther children . So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 42 myself ? When

I walked out of that classroom , I had serious 43 about my ability to make it 44 college . Not until

late that night did my thinking 45 . It was a

long-distance 46 from my daughter , my fellow

college freshman (新生), that did the trick . She spoke on the phone about the doubts , worries and anxieties she was 47 . She was certain that she’d never 48 at

college . How 49 her worries sounded . In my most

confident parental 50 . I said, “Doing your best it

all the world 51 .” the next day in class , those

words still repeated in my head . When the professor raised

a 52 for the class ,nobody , including me , 53

to answer . When I looked around at the 54 and

uncertainty on the young faces in that room , I knew 55 what I had to do : my best . That’s all the world asks .

So raised my hand , and the professor called my name . I

spoke .

36．A．big B．tall C．old D．strong 37．A．and B．so C．or D．yet 38．A．professor B．teacher C．lecturer

D．instructor

39．A．showed B．explained C．designed

D．offered

40．A．think B．speak C．talk D．hear 41．A．school B．office C．classroom D．college 42．A．father B．parent C．child D．son

43．A．fears B．doubts C．opinions D．ideas 44．A．over B．on C．with D．through 45．A．stop B．turn C．change D．continue 46．A．call B．talk C．report D．discussion 47．A．obtaining B．gaining C．experiencing

D．feeling

48．A．fail B．succeed C．win D．pass 49．A．common B．ordinary C．regular D．familiar 50．A．sound B．whisper C．word D．voice 51．A．hopes B．asks C．wants D．expects 52．A．request B．problem C．question D．demand 53．A．dared B．preferred C．tried

D．prepared

54．A．sorrow B．joy C．fear D．anger 55．A．exactly B．roughly C．gradually D．certainly II. 阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Everybody hates it , but everybody does it . A recent

report said that 40% of Americans hate tipping .

In America alone , tipping is a $16 billion-a-year