山西长治县2015高考英语阅读自练（7）含答案.doc

1、山西长治县2015高考英语阅读自练（7）含答案完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 1 for a few days. I was 2 to wait tables on my own. All went 3 that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily 4 the tables

2、 not far from the kitchen. 5 , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).Before I knew it, the 6 was full of people. I moved slowly, 7 every step. I remember how 8 I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was 9 on. It had nice handles, whic

3、h made it 10 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to 11 I was a natural at this job.Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved 12 you work. It seems your tray stand has been very 13 to you, but we are getting ready to 14 now, and my wife needs her

4、15 back.”At first his 16 did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wifes orthopedic walker(助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was 17 . I wanted to get into a hole and 18 .Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 19 .

5、I have learned to be more 20 and not to be too sure of myself.( ) 1. A. managerB. assistantC. cookD. waitress( ) 2. A. promisedB. invitedC. allowedD. advised( ) 3. A. wellB. quicklyC. safelyD. wrong( ) 4. A. leftB. givenC. broughtD. shown( ) 5. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Finally( ) 6. A. k

6、itchenB. streetC. restaurantD. table( ) 7. A. mindingB. changingC. takingD. saving( ) 8. A. angryB. calmC. sadD. happy( ) 9. A. fixedB. trainedC. loadedD. waited( ) 10. A. slowerB. lighterC. quieterD. easier( ) 11. A. believeB. agreeC. regretD. pretend( ) 12. A. lettingB. makingC. watchingD. having(

7、 ) 13. A. usefulB. familiarC. unusualD. interesting( ) 14. A. restB. orderC. eatD. leave( ) 15. A. bagB. walkerC. trayD. coat( ) 16. A. ideaB. praiseC. messageD. need( ) 17. A. coldB. full of joyC. paleD. on fire( ) 18. A. lieB. hideC. defendD. stay( ) 19. A. repeatedB. discoveredC. correctedD. desc

8、ribed( ) 20. A. carefulB. patientC. honestD. practical【答案与解析】1. D. 既然刚开始在餐馆里当侍者，当然是与一个有经验的侍者一起工作。2. C. 我被允许单独接待顾客了。3. A. 第一周一切都顺利。而并非“安全”。4. B. 当星期六晚上来临时，我被安排服务离厨房不远的餐桌。而非作“顾客”被带到餐桌前。5. B. 表示语气不是很强烈的转折，要用however，即：不管怎样，我仍然觉得端起这些托盘有点重。并不是表结果“因而”选A项。6. C. 既然是作侍者，当然是餐馆里满是人。故C项正确。7. A. 由于餐馆里满是人，我得留意自己的脚

9、步。8. D. 我记得当我看到桌子附近的托盘架，我是多么高兴。因为这个托盘架可减轻劳动强度，当然感到高兴。9. B. 它不同于我受训时的托盘架。即我觉得这个托盘架比通用的托盘架更好，这从下文也可以看出。10. D. 根据下文，我的心情很舒畅，可知“它有些可爱的把手，这使得它易于移动。”11. A. 我很高兴这一切，开始相信我是天生的善于做这项工作。12. C. 我的妻子和我喜欢看你工作。因为我把他妻子的助步器当成了托盘架，他们看我是如何使用的。13. A. 当他们看到我将助步器当成托盘架使用，当然是对我很有用的。故选A项。14. D. 根据下一句，我妻子需要使用她的助步器，即意味着他们要离开。

10、15. B. 根据下一段第四句：“我把我的托盘放在了她妻子的助步器上了”，可知应选B项。16. C. 根据下一句“What was he talking about!”，我不明白他的意思。而非提出的建议A项。17. D. 因做错了事，不好意思而感到脸部发烧。18. B. 我想钻进洞里，躲藏自己。19. D. 在这时用such as进行列举，应是我刚才描述的错误。20. B. 根据后面“不要太确信自己”，我学会了要有耐心。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 The Tibetan Plateau(青藏高原) is the worlds highest plac

11、e. Its four times the size of France and home to most of the worlds highest mountains.As you might expect, its cold there. And it may be that the deep chill of the Tibetan Plateau played a role in the evolution of some of the worlds most charismatic(魅力十足的) animals.Thats the belief of a scientist who

12、 discovered the skull of a woolly rhino(长毛犀) on the Tibetan Plateau.The woolly rhino two tons, two tusks, lots of hair and lots of attitude was an Ice Age giant. It lived with other Ice Age beasts in Europe and Asia, starting about 2.5 million years ago.But Xiaoming Wang, from the Natural History Mu

13、seum of Los Angeles County, was shocked when he found a 3.5-million-year-old rhino skull(头骨化石) on the Tibetan Plateau. It caught us by complete surprise that they are actually up in the high plateau well before the Ice Age has started, Wang says.Thats about a million years before the Ice Age started

14、, in fact. Wang thinks his discovery shows that at least some animals were prepared for the Ice Age. At least in the case of the woolly rhino, it actually adapted itself in the cold environment in the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has even started, Wang says. The animal actually used its head t

15、o sweep snow, Wang explains, so they can get at the vegetation below the snow cover. So Wang thinks the Plateau was a sort of evolutionary cradle(摇篮) for cold-weather animals. When the rest of the world eventually iced up, they moved out of Tibet and took over.Anthony Barnosky, a paleontologist at t

16、he University of California, Berkeley, says even now, these isolated cradles are important for evolution(进化).The interesting thing, Barnosky says, is on Earth today we have biodiversity(生物多样性) isolated in certain spots, and we just never know which of those isolated places will be the cradle of evol

17、ution for the next big environmental change coming down the pike(出现).The only problem is that to be ready, you have to know what the next environment will be like. Or just be very lucky.16. The underlined word chill in Para.2 could be replaced as _.A. hole B. coldC. shape D. lake17. Which is NOTtrue

18、 about the woolly rhinos(长毛犀) on the Tibetan Plateau?A. They were Ice Age giants with two tusks, lots of hair and lots of attitude. B. They had lived on the Tibetan Plateau before the Ice Age has started.C. They were able to sweep snow with their heads.D. They hardly adapted themselves in the cold e

19、nvironment.18. What did Anthony Barnosky think of the isolated cradles ?A. They adapted the cold weather.B. They played an important role in evolution.C. It was hard to know whether they would change.D. It was luck to change the next big environmental.19. The research might appear in the .A. journal

20、 science B. newspaper C. English textbook D. blog20. From the passage, we can infer that _.A. Facing the cold, the animals continuously evolvedB. Xiaoming Wang works in the USAC. Both Wang and Barnosky are paleontologistsD. A Chinese scientist discovered the skull of a woolly rhino【参考答案】1620、BDBAA 阅

21、读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Fed

22、eral Polytechnic school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his tho

23、ughts.“our brain has billions of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled peo

24、ple to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair als

25、o has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI t

26、echnology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit front. And the other is to gu

27、arantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.1.BCI is a technology that can A. help to update computer systems B. link the human brain with computersC. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?A. By co

28、ntrolling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine.C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?A. scalp computer cap wheelchairB. computer cap scalp wheelchairC. scalp cap computer wheelchairD. cap compute scalp wheelc

29、hair4. The team will test with real patients to A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to themC. make them live longer D. learn about their physical condition5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Switzerland, the BCI Research CenterB. New Findings About How the Human Brain WorksC. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries【文章大意】科普说明文。本文介绍了BCI脑机接口技术，它是帮助残疾人向机器输送指令。【参考方案】1-5、BDCBC