完形阅读强化训练三

强化训练（三）

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I. 完形填空

It was 5:45 a. m. in March, and physician Michael Shannon was driving along the Coast Highway to meet a friend. As he 1 toward Dana Point Harbor, a blanket of white suddenly 2 his sight. A truck had pulled onto the road in front of him. The physician had no time to 3 .

“I remember the sound of breaking glass, and then everything 4 . I was sitting still.” he says. Shannon remained conscious during the crash. He sensed something burning. But he was 5 beneath the twisted dashboard (仪表盘).

Help arrived almost immediately; a team from the Orange County Fire Department was on the scene in less than two 6 . Paramedic (护理人员) Chiis Trokey could see how 7 it was. The whole front end of the SUV was crashed under the body of the truck. He could see a small red flame, but he knew it could 8 within minutes. The man inside the vehicle appeared unusually 9 “He wasn’t yelling,” says Trokey. “He was saying, ‘Get me out of here.’”

The firemen 10 the engine fire at once and the Chevy Suburban was finally opened. As he sat with him in the back of the ambulance, the crash victim’s name-Michael Shannon 11 his attention.

The paramedic 12 , could this be the same man who had saved his own life 30 years ago? The 13 who slept by Trokey’s side in the hospital until he was well enough to go home? As Trokey sat with Shannon, the feeling of 14 grew stronger.

In June 1986, Chris Trokey entered the world ten weeks early and only had a 50-50 chance of 15 . It was doctor Shannon who had given the baby a second life. Chris continued to be Shannon’s patient until he was in his teens.

Now, 30 years later, Chris Trokey stayed by Shannon’s side. “Do you remember me at all? You stayed with me when I was rea lly little,” asked Trokey, Shannon recognized Chris at once 16 Chris looked nothing like the 17 baby he had once been.

What a(n) 18 ! Each of them says this feeling—of having someone enter your life at a 19 time and watch over you until you are well, of giving a gift without 20 and then getting it back when you need it most-has given him faith in a higher power.

1. A. headed B. walked C. ran D. wandered

2. A. lost B. interrupted C. skipped D. discovered

3. A. reply B. remind C. reflect D. react

4. A. left B. moved C. returned D. stopped

5. A. pinned B. found C. hidden D. packed

6. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days

7. A. urgent B. apparent C. practical D. delicate

8. A. disappear B. split C. start D. explode

9. A. worried B. nervous C. calm D. angry

10. A. gave out B. put out C. sent out D. brought out

11. A. focused B. paid C. escaped D. caught

12. A. realized B. believed C. wondered D. noticed

13. A. parent B. nurse C. doctor D. driver

14. A. recognition B. satisfaction C. inspiration D. occupation

15. A. assistance B. survival C. success D. ambition

16. A. although B. when C. because D. unless

17. A. strong B. sacred C. fragile D. noble

18. A. disaster B. accident C. virtue D. coincidence

19. A. perfect B. critical C. spare D. given

20. A. decorations B. techniques C. expectations D. comments II. 阅读理解

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Robert F. Kennedy once said that a country’s GDP measures “everything except that which makes life worthwhile.” With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.

The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century. Many argue that it is a flawed (有缺陷的) concept. It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do. By most recent measures, the UK’s GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures. If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit (British existing from the EU), despite the warnings about what it could do to their country’s economic prospects?

A recent annual study of countries and their ability to convert growth into well-being sheds some light on that question. Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens. Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

While all of these countries face their own challenges, there are a number of consistent themes. Yes, there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and educ ation, major economies have continued to decline. Yet this isn’t the case with all countries. Some relatively poor European countries have seen huge improvements across