高考英语快速阅读材料练习10

Fast Read ing Materials for Senior Grade Three

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 havi ng bee n lost in the forest for thirty years . there I sat , 36 eno ugh to be a father to

most of the stude nts in the room , 37 uncon fide nt eno ugh to be their baby brother . We were crowded elbow 肘咅B） to elbow , listening to a 38 who looked even younger than the students . I felt on comfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 39 what she expected us to lear n . As I liste ned , I couldn'help but 40 of my own oldest daughter who was now begi nning her first year in 41 , just like me .

I remembered how hanl I had tried to help build self-c on fide nce in her

and my other childre n . So why did I sudde nly feel like a scared 42 myself ? Whe n I walked out

of that classroom , I had serious, 43 about my ability to make it 44 college . Not until late that ni ght did my thinking 45 . It was a Ion g-dista nce 46 from my daughter , my fellow

college freshman （新生）,that did the trick . She spoke on the phone about the doubts , worries and

her worries soun ded . In my most con fide nt pare ntal 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 ,n obody , in cludi ng me , 53 to an swer . 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 ' all

the world asks . So raised my hand , and the professor called my n ame . I spoke .

36. A. big B . tall C . old D . stro ng

37. A.

and B . so C . or D . yet

38. A. professor B . teacher C . lecturer D . in structor

39. A. showed B . expla ined C . desig ned D . offered

40. A. think B . speak C . talk D. hear

41. A. school B . office C . classroom D . college

42 . A . father B . pare nt 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 . con ti nue

46 . A . call B . talk C . report D . discussi

on

47 . A . obtai ning B . gai ning C . experie ncing D . feeli ng

48 . A . fail B. succeed C . win D. pass

49 . A . com mon B . ordi nary 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 . questi on D . dema nd

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 . certai nly

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

an xieties she was 47 She was certain that sheid never 48 at college . How ___ 49