广东省韶关市2015高考英语二轮课外自练（8）及答案.doc

1、广东省韶关市2015高考英语二轮课外自练（8）及答案短文语法填空【1】广东省语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。LONDON Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday，_1_(be) the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.She was 97 yea

2、rs old, and she died _2_ she had lived in Southampton, England, the city her family had tried to leave behind when it took the ill-fated maiden voyage，bound _3_ America.She died in her sleep early Sunday，_4_ friend Gunter Babler told the Associated Press. It was the 97th anniversary of the launch of

3、 the ship that was promoted as “practically unsinkable”Babler said Dean s longtime companion, Bruno Nordmanis, called him in Switzerland _5_(say) staff at Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home in Southampton discovered Dean in her room Sunday morning. He said she had been hospitalized with pneumonia but she

4、_6_(recover) and returned to the home._7_ staff nurse at the nursing home said late Sunday that no one would comment _8_ administrators came on duty Monday morning.Dean was just over 2 months old when the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg _9_ the night of April 14, 1912. The ship sank in less than three ho

5、urs. Dean was one of the 706 people _10_(most) women and children who survived. Her father was among the 1 517 who died.1解析结合语境考查非谓语动词。此处分词的完成式表示状态位于主句谓语动词died之前。谓语动词之后设空，且提示词为动词时，答案首选非谓语动词。答案having been2解析结合语境考查where连接的地点状语从句。此处意为“她在她住的地方去世了”。此处指她住的地方，所以用where。答案where3解析结合语境考查介词。此处用来说明轮船行驶的方向，所以用fo

6、r。bound for“前往的”。此处意为“轮船朝着美洲方向前进”。 答案for4解析结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。从设空的特点看此处为名词前设空，所以答案首选限定词，结合上下文可知，应用her。答案her5解析结合语境考查不定式作目的状语或现在分词作伴随状语。此处意为“Babler说Dean的好伙伴Bruno Nordmanis给他打电话说”。答案to say/saying6解析结合语境考查动词的时态。动词recover表示的动作和“had been hospitalized”所表示的动作都发生在主句谓语动词“said”所表示的动作之前，即过去的过去，所以用过去完成时。答案had recov

7、ered7解析结合语境考查不定冠词。此处用a表示泛指，staff nurse意为“医院护士”。此处意为“该养老院的一位护士”。答案A8解析结合语境考查连词。两句话之间设空，可推知答案首选连词。句意：星期日晚些时候该养老院的一位护士说只有到星期一早上管理人员来值班时才能说明情况。故答案为till或until。答案till/until9解析结合语境考查介词的用法。由“the night of April 14,1912”可知此处是指特定的某个夜晚，所以用介词on。答案on10解析考查词性转换。句意：在活下来的706人中大多数为妇女和儿童，Dean是其中之一。mostly意为“大多数地，一般情况下，

8、通常”。答案mostly完形填空完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more anxious, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 1 everyone would run for their coats and go home, ev

9、eryone except DavidDavid was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often wondered what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 2 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 3. I can still remember he was a

10、lways 4 a smile and willing to help. He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He 5 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly head for homeWeeks passed and the 6 over the coming Christmas grew into

11、 restlessness until the last day of school before the holiday break. I smiled in 7 as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David quietly standing by my desk.“I have something for you.” he said and 8 from behind his back a small box. 9 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.”

12、 I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my surprise saw nothing. I looked at Davids smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but its 10 .”“Oh no it isnt” said David. “Its full of love. My mum told me before she died that lov

13、e was something you couldnt see or touch unless you know its there.”Tears filled my eyes 11I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given attention to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 12 the little empty box set on my desk.1. A. warning

14、B. ringing C. calling D. yelling 2. A. modestly B. naturally C. inaccurately D. inappropriately3. A. popular B. upset C. special D. funny4. A. expressing B. delivering C. wearing D. sharing 5. A. would B. should C. might D. could6. A. argument B. excitement C. movement D. judgment7. A. relief B. ret

15、urn C. vain D. control 8. A. searched B. found C. raised D. pulled 9. A. Holding B. Handing C. Sending D. Leaving10. A. cheap B. empty C. useless D. improper 11. A. as B. until C. because D. though12. A. from B. behind C. over D. towards 【参考答案】参考答案 1-5BDCCA 6-10 BADBB 11-12 AB阅读理解【1】阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给

16、的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。In Western culture, 21 was the age at which young people traditionally received a key to their parents door, as a symbol of entering adulthood. Now, the age of 21 is a time when people ask themselves: where do I go from here?Jiang Fangzhous 21 years have been filled with the kin

17、d of success most young people wouldnt dare hope for in a lifetime. She published her first book at the age of nine and has written many more since then. She is regarded as a spokesperson for her generation. However, her hopes and concerns for the future appear decidedly normal.She explains that whi

18、le her fellow students are chiefly concerned with getting a job or buying an apartment, shefrets over how she can excel in her work when having limited experience of the world.However, Jiang, now a senior at the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, notes that her peers face

19、 intense pressure and competition at school. They are expected to excel in their field of study despite limited experience, just as Jiang is expected to shine in the literary world.Young people, she says, have been forced to open their eyes to the world around them. Jiangs world has opened up, too.

20、Shes more at ease with herself at 21, compared with when she began college.“My horizon has broadened and Im more tolerant,” she says. “As a freshman, I was desperate. I stopped people around me and asked: Is there anything in the world still worth hoping for? But now I dont do that.”Jiang says that

21、she may not pursue writing as her main future career because she wants to try“other lifestyles”overseas travel and study touring sound particularly inviting to her. But she is concerned that many foreigners have skewed (歪曲的,倾斜的) perceptions about China.“A few days ago I overheard a conversation betw

22、een two foreigners sitting next to me on a flight,” says Jiang. “They were having a heated discussion about the number of beggars in China. And how Chinese always go for petty profits. In fact, they had been in China for only a week.”Jiang believes prejudice is unavoidable, but she also maintains th

23、at Chinese and Westerners, for example, share much common ground.“We share the same principles, such as honesty and a willingness to help others,” says Jiang. “The differences between peoples are not that huge.”1. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Jiang Fangzhous novels. B. Embracing new ch

24、allenges.C. Jiang Fangzhous university life. D. Jiang Fangzhous success.2. What does the underlined phrase mean?A. be patient withB. be worried aboutC. be content with D. be indifferent about3. Which of the following sentences is true?A. Jiang doesnt have any pressure and competition as the others d

25、o.B. Jiangs peers face intense pressure and competition at school.C. Jiang wants to be a professional writer in future.D. Jiang often asks her friends some questions now.4. We can infer from the text that_.A. there is nothing but prejudice between Chinese and WesternersB. Jiang accepts the fact that

26、 there are huge differences between peoplesC. one week is enough to know about a true China.D. Jiang disagrees with what the two foreigners said about Chinese【参考答案】14、BBBD阅读理解【2】阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the res

27、t of us boys did not have. I mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just like the rest of us. About nine oclock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers, one of the older boys, what it was that made this Elvis guy so special. He told me that it was Elvis wavy hair and the way he m

28、oved his body.About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage（孤儿院）were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville, Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut.That is when I got this big idea, which hit me like a ton of bricks.If the

29、Elvis hair cut was the big secret, then thats what I was going to get. All the way to town I told everybody, including the matron（女管家）from the orphanage who was taking us to town, that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would

30、 be rich and famous one day, just like him. When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Buster Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis. We finally arrived at the big barber shop, where the

31、y cut our hair for free because we were orphans（孤儿). I looked at the barber and said, “I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?” I asked him, with a big smile on my face. “Lets just see what we can do for you, little man,” he said. I was so happy when he started to cut my hair. Jus

32、t as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing. She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head, like he was telling her “No”. Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts. Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor

33、.1.In the authors eyes, Elvis Presley was _.A. disgustingB. admirableC. ambitiousD. dynamic2. From the passage, we can know that _.A. Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis PresleyB. An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of moneyC. The author was fascinated with the stars Buster and ElvisD. T

34、he barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut3. We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was _.A. excited to have an Elvis hair cut B. worried to think about the secretC. anxious to remove the ton of bricks D. careful to seize the chance4. How would the boy probably feel wh

35、en he walked out of the barber shop?A. Delighted. B. Guilty. C. Self-satisfied. D. Depressed.【参考答案】14、BCAD短文改错When I first learned to write in English, I run into many difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. My teacher advi

36、sed me to keep my diary. I followed her advice so put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it very much and reading it to the class. All said

37、the story was a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.答案：When I first learned to write in English, I into many difficulties. The main problem was that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate into English. My teacher advised me to keep diary. I followed her advice put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy to myself on paper as I was learning to express in simple English. One day I wrote a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it very much and it to the class. All said the story was a good one. Their were a great encouragement to me.