南昌市2013高考英语： 完形填空练习题（1）（答案或解析）

南昌市2013高考英语： 完形填空练习题（1）（答案或解析）
阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Most students hate their endless homework. The students from Class 2, Senior 2 of the High School Affiliated to Peking University certainly did so before they published their own collection of English novels at home.
Their small book contains stories about a holy (神圣的) war, the happy life of a self-taught artist and the story of a laid-off worker who devoted his last breath to playing his beloved accordion (手风琴). The book becomes an instant hit on campus. About 3,000 copies have been sold and the class is already working on the second volume.
"We're up to our ears in homework. Exercises and exams make us out of breath. But to do something creative and full of imagination is such a great achievement," said Yu Xiaoxiao, 16. "I took the writing as an ordinary homework at the beginning, but after I finished the first part of my story, I could not help but let it flow," said Wang An, who wrote "Accordion".
Inspired by "Lord of the Rings", Jiang Lu wrote his story about magic wins between angels from the light and the dark side. "The main message of the story was to look at the balance of the world. Both dark and light angels fight with love as their weapons. I want to tell people that selfish love might bring hate," Jiang said.
"I was shocked by their work and felt so proud to be the editor of my students' book," said Nathaniel Timmermann, the oral English teacher at the school. Liu Xiuqin, an English teacher, started the project by asking students to write whatever was in their mind every week. "They have performed beyond expectation," Liu said. "They wrote interesting stories and their English has improved after they started to express their real minds."
"We never imagined that our homework would be so popular and profitable (盈利的). We sell the novels at five yuan, but many teachers pay more to encourage us," said Yuan Mengyao.
56. After Wang An finished the first part of his story, he ________.
A. couldn't go on B. had to put aside C. just wanted to express it freely D. lost it
57. What was NOT the outcome of the students 'homework of writing whatever was in their mind?
A. Being popular. B. Being profitable.
C. Improving their English. D. Winning prize.
58. What is the reason for the students ' liking to write interesting stories?
A. It is creative and imaginative. B. It is profitable.
C. Interesting stories are sure to be popular. D. Interesting stories can be well sold.
59. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Creative homework leads to a popular book. B. Writing interesting stories.
C. Students' new book. D. A popular book.
56．C (解析：考查细节理解。第四段中“王安说他一开始把写故事当成作业，可当他完成了第一部分之后，他就禁不住要自然而然地表达了。”因此选C。)
57．D(解析：考查细节理解。读完本文我们知道学生们写的英文故事集在校园里很受欢迎，很畅销，学生们的英语水平有了提高，没有提到获奖。因此选D。)
58．A(解析：第三段于潇潇的话就是学生们写英文故事的原因 -- 做有创造性和充满想象的事是一项了不起的成就。)
59．A(解析：本文主要讲一位英语老师要求学生们把他们认为最有趣的事写下来，结果学生把它写成了畅销书。
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B
With the development of modern, fight weight materials and computer technology, the promise of flying cars may be about to be fulfilled. Many inventors and companies are working on their versions of flying cars that they hope will revolutionize personal travel.
The front runner in the race to build the first workable flying car is Paul Moiler, who has spent forty years building and testing personal aircraft. His current version of flying car is the Skycar, the M400, which reaches 400 mph and has a range of 750 miles. Its fuel mileage will match that of a medium-sized car, getting 20 miles to one gallon of gasoline. In accidents, it would use parachutes and both interior and exterior air bags to ensure a soft landing. So far there is only one copy of the M400 for personal use. Moiler predicts a commercial version of the Skycar will be available in ten or fifteen years.
Macro Industries of Huntsville, Alabama is developing a flying car called the Skyrider X2-R. The X2-R has a maximum speed of 355 mph with a range of 800 miles. Macro Claims that the production version of their flying car will be available in about five years.
The CarterCopter, being developed by Carter Aviation Technologies, can fly at five hundred miles an hour. Company founder, Jay Carter, does not consider creating a production model in the near future. He does suggest, however, that when the first production model is available, it can take a handful of passengers between nearby cities, beating commercial jets (喷气式飞机) because the trip would be between downtown heliports, removing the need to go to distant airports.
All of these flying cars Will never get off the ground unless there is a tracking system to control them while they are in flight. Fortunately, NASA has developed the Highway in the Sky. Using satellites and global positioning system, it will provide a heads-up display for a pilot. It will be much like a video game, creating a kind of virtual box in which the pilot has to keep his vehicle from crashing into other flying cars.
60. From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. Paul Moiler is the first to experiment on flying cars
B. the Skycar consumes less fuel than a medium-sized car
C. the Skycar is equipped with effective protective equipment
D. the Skycar is the fastest flying car ever invented
61. So far, if people want to experience flying cars, they can only turn to ________.
A. the Skycar, the M400 B. the Skyrider X2-R
C. the CarterCopter D. Highway in the Sky
62. What does Jay Carter think of the present commercial jets?
A. They can' t carry as many passengers as flying cars.
B. They are not suitable for short-distance flights.
C. Passengers will be charged too much for taking them.
D. They sometimes waste time and cause the trouble of traveling long distance.
63. What is the Highway in the Sky?
A. It is a new type of flying car. B. It is a kind of video game.
C. It is a global positioning system. D. It is a tracking system.
60．C (解析：考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句可知A项错误；依据第二段第三句可知B项错误；对比文中提到的flying car的速度，可知D项错误；第二段第四句证明c项正确。)
61．A(解析：根据第二段“so far there is only one copy of the M400 for personal use．”可以知道M400已经生产出来，供个人使用，因此现在人们能够体验的就是M400。)
62．D
63．D(解析：考查细节理解。根据最后一段前两句，我们知道the Highway in the sky是一种电脑跟踪系统，可以让飞行汽车的驾驶员判断方向，又能躲避与其他的车辆相撞。)
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C
It doesn't feel like it, but we got a rise this week. The sliding price of oil, which made OPEC decide to announce a production cut, has put money in the pockets of consumers, who worry about the world-wide recession (经济衰退).
The high price of gasoline has greatly changed driving patterns, perhaps permanently. "We are seeing changes in habits." says Julian Lee from the Center for Global Energy Studies in London. People now prefer to buy small cars instead of gas-consuming SUVs. If we see this change it becomes a much longer term issue with long-term demand destruction.
In the short term, there's simple math. The price slide could save drivers a great deal of money. However, because the U.S. is out of its peak summer driving season, there's not toe much of an encouragement to drive a lot more just because gas prices are down.
Oil demand in the U.S. has dropped 10% in the few weeks, continuing a year long trend. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Americans drove 15 billion fewer miles in August, or 5.6% less than they did the year before. DOT says it's the largest ever year-to-year decline recorded in a single month.
Due to falling worldwide demand, oil price dropped to its lowest level in more than a year. For months leaders of oil-rich countries have watched nervously as world oil prices have been more than 50% lower than the all-time high in July.
All of this spells disasters for OPEC. Iran and Venezuela have pushed fellow OPEC members to make big enough cuts in production to change the plunge in prices in Vienna on Thursday for OPEC's emergency meeting. OPEC countries' method of fixing their combined out-put has for years hugely influenced world prices, since OPEC's 13 members account for about one-third of the world' s total oil supplies.
64. According to the passage, "we got a rise this week" because ________.
A. the consumers seldom use their cars at present
B. we'll face financial problems in the recession
C. the OPEC countries will buy us gasoline for cars
D. we'll spend much less money on gasoline for ears
65. In the writer's opinion, the reason people prefer to small ears is that ________.
A. small ears are more beautiful than SUVs
B. SUVs will cause much more air pollution
C. small cars cost much less on gasoline than SUVs
D. SUVs waste too much energy and pollute the air
66. The following statements are all true EXCEPT ________.
A. Americans drove about 15 billion fewer miles this year
B. oil demand in America has been dropping for one year
C. "DOT" stands for the U.S. Department of Transportation
D. more ears are on the road in summer than in other seasons
67. The underlined word "plunge" in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
A. the action of pulling up B. delaying or putting off
C. sudden moving downward D. severe financial problem
64．D(解析：考查推理判断。读完本文，我们知道先前的高油价已经彻底地改变了人们的用车习 惯，越来越多的人选择耗油量小的汽车，行车里程也缩短了。这无疑减少了人们的花费，即使石油价格降低了，仍是如此。
65．c(解析：考查细节理解。第二段第三行“人们现在更喜欢购买小一点的汽车而不是耗油的汽车。”)
66．A(解析：选A。考查细节理解与判断。第四段第二句说美国居民在八月份行车比去年同时期少了150亿公里，而不是一年，所以A项不正确。)
67，c(解析：考查词义推测。全文都讲到了石油价格的下跌，因此最后—段中the plunge in price是指石油价格的下跌。)
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D
Driving to a friend' s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend's rooftops, I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors, Myself included!
My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.
I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfire outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.
Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cell phones, electricity, heaters and ovens, air-conditioners, cars, computers ... Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grog' vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains and perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cool silent night and touch the moon.
68. The writer managed to convince us that ________.
A. he was so touched by the moon B. he enjoyed pleasures of modem life
C. he was afraid of a bottomless well of silence D. he planned to break away from modem life
69. The writer felt sorry for himself because ________.
A. there was too much pollution B. he often missed the fullest moon
C. he didn' t adapt to modem inventions D. there were many accidents on the road
70. What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India? ,
A. No modern equipment. B. Complete silence.
C. Campfires in the moon. D. The high mountains.
71. Modern things( in Paragraph 4)are mentioned mainly to ________.
A. show that the writer likes city life very much
B. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life
C. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature
D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them
68．A(解析：考查推理判断。第三段最后一句“我头顶上的圆月深深地打动了我。”)
69．B(解析：考查细节理解。根据第一段后两句作者为人们包括自己在内错过了圆月而感到遗憾。)
70．B(解析：考查细节理解。第三段倒数第二句告诉读者，丛林中的寂静给作者留下了深刻印象。)
71．c(解析：考查推理判断。第阻段提到的现代化设施占用了人们太多时间，因此错过了自然界的美景。，
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E
Consumers at the Whale Inside Dark Restaurant are led by a waiter with night-vision Goggles (夜视镜). Inside Dark Restaurant in Beijing, a table of 30 diners was getting quarrelsome. "I am touching your head ! "said one, like a talkative child. "Who just said that?" another replied. Such voices floated across the 90-plus-soat restaurant, but no one could see who was talking, except the waiters, who were equipped with military-grade night-vision goggles.
In the new dining, restaurants are turning off the lights to focus attention on the food. It seems to have started in Zurich and has since spread all over the world, with diners sitting in unlit rooms and lately, being served by waiters in night-version goggles. The idea is that by depriving one sense( sight), other senses are becoming strong.
Darkness has other benefits. "Chinese people tend to be shy," said Chert Long, who owns Whale Inside Dark, which opened in January. "People have found it easy to break the ice here."
The first dark restaurant, opened in Zurich in t999, had a simple intention. The goal was creating jobs for the blind and handicapped people, said the manager. The concept has been popular in Paris, London, Sydney and elsewhere, offering new variations on sight deprivation, by which people can experience a lot in a completely dark condition.
In Beijing, the Whale Inside Dark Restaurant is not only about heightening the sense of taste, but lowering social pressure. It is popular with Internet daters, who met on matchmaking Websites that are spreading throughout China.
Eating in the dark is not without its troubles. Instead of family-style dining, food is served on single-serving plates. When each dish arrives, the server guides your hand to the plate and offers helpful tips like "this course is eaten with a spoon."
The style seems to be working. "People feel a lot more comfortable when they can't be seen by others, " said Mr. Chen, who is opening a second branch in Shanghai, "Couples get to know each other without seeing others' faces."
72. The passage is mainly talking about ________.
A. a new way to break the ice B. dining in the dark
C. a healthy dining style D. the advantages of the darkness
73. The advantages of the dark restaurant include the following EXCEPT ________.
A. lowering social pressure B. breaking the ice easily for some shy persons
C. heightening the sense of taste D. becoming an Internet daters' centre
74. What does the underlined word "unlit" mean in the second paragraph?
A. Dark. B. Crowded. C. Quiet. D. Colorful.
75. It is implied but NOT stated that ________.
A. only Internet daters like to eat in the dark restaurant
B. people can understand the blind people's world better after visiting the dark restaurant
C. only the waiters with military-grade night-vision goggles can see what happens there
D. consumers are easy to get angry in the dark restaurant
72．B(解析：考查主旨大意。本文主要介绍一种特殊的就餐方式 -- 在黑暗中进餐。)
73．D(解析：考查细节理解与判断。在黑暗中就餐的好处有：加强味觉、减轻社会压力和打破害羞的人们之间的坚冰，但没有成网络约会者的中心，因此选D。)
74．A(解析：根据第二段在这个新的进餐方式中，饭店关掉灯，就餐时把注意力集中在食物上。因此unlit的意思是dark。)
75．B(解析：考查推理判断。根据第五段，我们知道A项表述不正确；根据第四段，可以推断出B项表述正确，符合题意；第一段倒数第二句说明c项表述正确，但它是明着说的，不是暗示，因此不合题意；根据第一段第二句和最后一段第二句，我们可以推断出D项表述不正确。)
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