江蘇南通市2024高考英語完形和閱讀一輪專題練習3

　　完形填空At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris，the favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team.One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens.

　　As the time for the Olympics __1__，it became clear that Bill's wife would give birth to their first child about the time that the US team would be __2__ in the Paris games.In 1924 there were no jet airliners from Paris to the United States，only __3__

　　ocean-going ships.And so Bill found himself in a __4__ .Should he go to Paris and

　　__5__

　　not being at his wife's side when their baby was born？Or should he __6__

　　from the team and remain with his family?

　　Bill's wife

　　__7__

　　that he go to Paris. __8__，competing in the Olympics was his lifelong

　　__9__.But Bill

　　felt __10__ and, after

　　much

　　soul-searching，__11__ to withdraw from the competition and remain home，where he could __12__

　　his wife when the child arrived.

　　As it

　　__13__，the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris.And Bill's wife was

　　__14__ in giving birth to their child.She was so late，in fact，that Bill could have competed in the event and returned home in time to be with her when she gave __15__.

　　People said，“What a shame.” But Bill said he had no __16__.For the rest of his life，he believed he had made the __17__ decision.Bill Havens knew what was most __18__ to him. Not everybody figures that out.And he acted on what he believed was best.Not everybody has the __19__ to say no to something he or she truly wants in order to say yes to something that truly __20__.But for Bill，it was the only way to peace；the only way to no regrets.

　　文章大意：Bill Havens即將參加1924年奧運會的四人劃艇比賽，但為了即將分娩的妻子，他選擇放棄比賽，從而錯過了贏得奧運金牌的機會。面對眾人的惋惜，他卻表示從未為此感到后悔。

　　1. A．neared

　　B．started

　　C．ended

　　D．narrowed

　　答案：A　根據下文可知，奧運會臨近了，他的妻子也快要分娩了。near作動詞時意為“接近，臨近”。

　　2．A.practising

　　B．competing

　　C．entering

　　D．trying

　　答案：B　根據空后的in the Paris games可知，此處指他妻子分娩時他應該正在巴黎奧運會上比賽(compete)。3．A.expensive

　　B．heavy

　　C．large

　　D．slow

　　答案：D　此處與空前的jet air liners形成對比，說明當時只有速度很慢的(slow)船只可以到達巴黎。4．A.hurry

　　B．puzzle

　　C．dilemma

　　D．trap

　　答案：C　是參加比賽，還是待在家里陪護妻子，他處于兩難的境地，dilemma“(進退兩難的)窘境，困境”。

　　5．A.avoid

　　B．risk

　　C．bear

　　D．miss

　　答案：B 　根據上文可知，如果他去巴黎參加奧運比賽就要冒孩子出生時他不在妻子身邊的風險。risk“冒……的危險”。

　　6．A.break

　　B．keep

　　C．wander

　　D．withdraw

　　答案：D　根據空后的remain with his family可知，他在考慮自己是否應該從隊中退出，待在家里。withdraw from“退出，離開”。7．A.complained

　　B．preferred

　　C．insisted

　　D．promised

　　答案：C　根據空后的that he go to Paris可知，這里用的是虛擬語氣，四個選項中只有insist符合這一要求，從語義上也可得此答案。

　　8．A.After all

　　B．Above all

　　C．In all

　　D．At all

　　答案：A　此處強調比賽對他的重要性，用“畢竟”來加強語氣。above all“首先，最重要的是”，in all“總共，合計”，at all“根本，究竟”，都不符合語義。

　　9．A.purpose

　　B．struggle

　　C．opportunity

　　D．dream

　　答案：D　根據語境可知，他之所以處于兩難境地，他的妻子之所以勸他去，都是因為參加奧運比賽是他一生的夢想(dream)。

　　10．A.disappointed

　　B．conflicted

　　C．confused

　　D．encouraged

　　答案：B　根據上文可知，他處于進退兩難的境地，內心很矛盾。conflicted“沖突的，矛盾的”。

　　11．A.expected

　　B．continued

　　C．decided

　　D．stopped

　　答案：C　根據下文可知，此處表示經過深思，他決定(decide)退出比賽，待在家里。

　　12．A.support

　　B．watch

　　C．comfort

　　D．appreciate

　　答案：A　他最終決定留在家里，這樣他就可以在孩子降生時支持、幫助妻子，故用support。

　　13．A.fed back

　　B．pointed out

　　C．came out

　　D．turned out

　　答案：D　最后的結果是，美國四人劃艇隊獲得了巴黎奧運會的金牌。turn out“結果是”。

　　14．A.effortless

　　B．sorry

　　C．late

　　D．hard

　　答案：C　根據下一句中的She was so late可知，此處應用late，表示他妻子分娩的時間比預產期晚。15．A.expression

　　B．birth

　　C．way

　　D．break

　　答案：B　根據14空后的giving birth to their child可知此處應用birth。

　　16．A.pains

　　B．sufferings

　　C．defeats

　　D．regrets

　　答案：D　由上一句可知，人們?yōu)樗械酵锵В鳥ut一詞說明他的想法和眾人不同，也就是說他不后悔。regret“后悔，遺憾”。

　　17．A.better

　　B．bigger

　　C．worse

　　D．more

　　答案：A　上文說他自己并不后悔，說明他相信這是他做出的最好的決定。

　　18．A.obvious

　　B．true

　　C．important

　　D．close

　　答案：C　Bill能做出這樣的決定是因為他知道什么對自己最重要(important)。

　　19．A.responsibility

　　B．love

　　C．kindness

　　D．strength

　　答案：D　此處是作者的觀點：并不是每個人都有“力量”對他或她真正想要的東西說不。

　　20．A.lasts

　　B．matters

　　C．works

　　D．records

　　答案：B　他放棄了自己的夢想是為了選擇對自己來說重要的事情。matter“有重要性，有重大關系”。

　　2024高考英語閱讀理解集訓閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。I clearly remember the day when my little brother was born: January 1, 1994. One of my favorite family photos shows me lying with my mother in the hospital bed, happy but un-

　　aware of the small, sleeping baby in the background.

　　I stayed with my grandparents for the weekend of my brother’s birth, excited about my new brother but not yet aware of what having a little brother would mean. I didn’t truly realize what was going on until we were in the hospital room at Duke University----

　　coincidentally (碰巧地), the same room in which I had been born two years earlier.

　　When I looked at my brother for the first time, I felt a mixture of fear and interest. Little did know that small, pink creature would grow up to be one of my favorite people in the world.

　　In reality, though I am two years older than my brother, I am more often than not the real baby in the family. I am very lacking when it comes to common sense. Instructions constantly confuse me and I frequently find myself totally puzzled by things like knowing how to start the washing machine or manage the storage settings on my iPhone.

　　That’s where Gibson comes in. The poor kid has had to guide me through more tasks than I would care to admit, but he never complains. Though I should probably be told to figure it out myself, he always comes through.

　　I’m envious of his ability to readily answer the ever-present, “What do you want to do with your life?” question at family gatherings. “Be a doctor,” he says----a solid answer, completely opposite to my shaky one, “Well, I’m an English major, so...”

　　My brother truly is my best friend. No one understands me better, and there isn’t anyone else I would want to be stuck with in our family. I may not have a clear idea of where I’m headed, but he is stuck with me.

　　1. How did the author feel when he saw his brother for the first time?

　　A. Angry and sad.

　　B. Excited and moved.

　　C. Curious and scared.

　　D. Happy and interested.

　　2. What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph mean?

　　A. My brother is the real baby in the family.

　　B. In fact, I seem to be less mature than my little brother.

　　C. My brother gets more love from the family than I do.

　　D. I am growing more slowly than my brother.

　　3. What does the brother often help the author do?

　　A. Help him deal with many daily tasks.

　　B. Help him with his studies.

　　C. Give him advice on how to choose a major.

　　D. Comfort him when he is in a bad mood.

　　4. What is the best title for this text?

　　A. My Strange Family Gatherings

　　B. The Real Baby in the Family

　　C. Stuck with Me----My Not-So-Little Little Brother

　　D. The Feeling of Having a Brother

　　參考答案1—4 CBAC

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A.B.C和D項中，選出最佳選項。

　　A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2024 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibillion-dollar project.

　　The Barcelona-based architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a three-night stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eight-week training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltd's CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. “It's very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space” he told Reuters Television.

　　A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for passengers.

　　British industrialist Richard Branson's space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.

　　Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分離艙) in orbit 280 miles above the earth. “It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days,” Claramunt said. More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it.

　　The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean. But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project.

　　1.

　　What's Xavier Claramunt's attitude towards the space tourism industry?

　　A. Quite critical.

　　B. Slightly worried.

　　C. Highly optimistic.

　　D. Fully satisfied.

　　2.

　　Virgin Galactic's guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________.

　　A. Spain

　　B. America

　　C. Britain

　　D. Russia

　　3.

　　Which of the following is one of the critics' concerns about this project?

　　A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists.

　　B. There are many technical difficulties.

　　C. It will be a waste of resources.

　　D. It may lack support in money.

　　4.

　　According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________.

　　A. will soon be possible for common people

　　B. has attracted the attention of some people

　　C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry

　　D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people

　　5.

　　What's the best title for the passage?

　　A. The world's first space hotel is to open in 2024.

　　B. The world's first commercial spaceport is being built.

　　C. Space tourism：a surprising new industry.

　　D. Space travel will become common in 15 years.

　　【參考答案】1—5、CBDBA

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A.B.C和D項中，選出最佳選項。

　　“Benjamin Franklin,” Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, “is the founding father who winks at us.” By that, Isaacson explains, he means Franklin is the most human—and most modern—of the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century. The man we encounter in “Benjamin Franklin”—funny, pragmatic and self-aware — seems like one of us, or at least someone we'd like to be.

　　Unlike Washington's cherry tree, Franklin's kite was real. His experiments with electricity made him one of the great scientists of his day. He was a middle-class businessman whose success as a printer and a journalist allowed him to retire at 42—and he devoted the rest of his life to his country. He was diplomat who persuaded the French to back the American Revolution and the author of the first great American autobiography. He was an excellent swimmer. There was almost nothing he couldn't do well, except write poetry. But what truly distinguished Franklin was his talent of being great and human at the same time. He owned slaves as a younger man, but in his last years became an abolitionist(廢奴主義者).When he fathered an illegitimate(私生的) son, he acknowledged his fatherhood and took the responsibility of raising the boy.

　　He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling and creating all

　　those self- improvement maxims he published in Poor Richard's Almanac(年鑒) — “early to bed, early to rise” and so on. Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that. But he was no hypocrite(偽君子). Isaacson tells us Franklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at himself while he did so.

　　By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after Edmund S.Morgan's inspiring “Benjamin Franklin.”

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