高中英语(外研版)必修五：6 阅读强化训练(六)含答案

阅读强化训练(六)

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Ⅰ阅读理解

The English language is full of phrases about the weather.Some of these phrases are easy to understand, but others are not really about the weather at all. If you say you“hit rough weather”，you may not be struck by a real storm, but you do experie nce difficulties or problems. If you don’t know what such__phrases mean, they might leave you “in a fog(雾)”！

In English, you can “shoot the breeze”，or have an informal chat. But things can also be a breeze.If you take an exam and find it very easy，you’d tell your friends：“It was a breeze！”The wind can also bring information. You can “get wind of” a piece of news, and if someone “knows which way the wind blows”，they have a good idea about how things will work out.But don’t “throw caution(警惕)to the wind”—that means taking a great risk!

Clouds sometimes bring rain, and in English they often represent problems or difficulties. If someone “sees a cloud on the horizon(地平线)”，there may be problems ahead. And if someone is “under a cloud”，then people think the person might have done something wrong. But clouds are not always bad; in fact, people say that “every cloud has a silver lining”. This means that there is a good side to every situation, no matter how bad it may seem. You may even end up “on cloud n ine”，which means you are very happy! But some people have their “heads in the clouds”，not paying attention to reality.

No one likes to be stuck in the rain or storm, so it’s no surprise that phrases about them are generally negative. When someon e says“it never rains but it pours”，they are complaining(抱怨) that when things go wrong, they go very wrong. People who talk about“weathering a storm”just want to get through a difficult period or situation.

【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英语中与天气有关的一些习语及其用法。

1．What does the underlined part “such phrases”in the first paragraph refer to?

A．The old phrases about the weather.

B．The funny phrases about the weather.

C．The simple phrases about the weather.

D．The confusing phrases about the weather.

D解析：词义猜测题。由第一段的Some of these phrases... about the weather at all.If you say you“hit rough weather”．..you do experience difficulties or problems.可知，such phrases指那些不好理解、容易产生误解的与天气有关的习语。

2．It may be dangerous when you________．

A．know which way the wind blows

B．find that something is a breeze

C．get wind of a piece of news

D．throw caution to the wind

D解析：细节理解题。由第二段的But don’t “throw caution(警惕) to the wind”—that means taking a great risk！可知，“把警惕抛在风中”有“毫无警惕”之意，这样做非常危险。

3．If you look at something in a positive way, you may say________．

A．you are under a cloud

B．your head is in the clouds

C．every cloud has a silver lining

D．you see a cloud on the horizon

C解析：细节理解题。由第三段的This means that there is a good side to every situation，no matter how bad it may seem.可知，every cloud has a silver lining有“乌云背后有阳光”之意。

4．Phrases like “it never rains but it pours” and “weathering a storm” are related to something________．

A．changeable B．unfavorable

C．acceptable D．unbelievable

B解析：推理判断题。由最后一段的No one likes to be stuck in the rain or storm，so it’s no surprise that phrases about them are generally negative.可知，包含雨和暴风雨的习语通常与不利的事情有关。

Ⅱ完形填空

The sky was getting dark as we walked through the forest. My two friends and I felt hot and __1__．We were heading for a small village in northern India. The villagers were __2__us, but we were already four hours late.

As the last of the daylight __3__，we began to feel very __4__and afraid. We tried to find our way to the village, but it was __5__to tell which path we should follow in the darkness. All around us, strange creatures made __6__noises as they woke up and began to hunt for food. We hoped they wouldn’t want to eat us!

Then George, who was in front，__7__ suddenly. He ran towards us rapidly, pointing at a large, dark shape moving through the trees. We could __8__ the black stripes(条纹) and shining