2008年高考英语试卷完型填空及阅读理解题应考技巧及08年高考英语考前复习完形填空题七篇，阅读七篇和改错九

2008年高考英语试卷完型填空及阅读理解题应考技巧及08年高考英语考前复习完形填空题七篇，阅读七篇和改错九篇（附详细解析）
检测学生在语言方面的基础知识和运用能力是英语高考的主要目标,而完型填空和阅读理解这两部分集中体现了这两点，所以这两部分是英语高考中的重点题型，占据了较大的分值，同时也是学生容易失分的部分。
　　完型填空：揣摩前因后果，寻找解题线索
　　完型填空又称综合填空，是一种综合性语言测试题，它不同于单纯的语法或词汇测试题，而是要求学生从语篇的整体内容出发，借助词汇、句子结构、文化背景、上下文等来做出选择。学生在这类题目中的失分主要是由于片面理解句子，脱离上下文所致。因此在解题时要注意的是：
　　一、千万不要急于下笔，必须先通读全文，了解文章大意后再进行解题。
　　二、当遇到难以判断的情况时，先不要着急，回头看看前面的文章，或者接着往下读，仔细揣摩一下前因后果、逻辑关系、作者思路等，总能找到相应的线索帮助解题。
　　三、就近几年的完型填空题来看，还要求学生能把握文章的整体风格。比如在一篇文章中，有一个空格需填作者认为生活中充满了什么，经排除学生最后在“challenge”还是“misery”之间犹豫，其实如果能够总揽全篇，就不难发现这是一篇励志的文章，作者的整体写作风格是明快的，在这个空格处若填入“misery”一词，显然与文章整体格格不入，那么“challenge”就是更合适的选择。
　　四、答题时要注意词与词、句与句、段落与段落间的关系，比如在“social”与“economic”中间应填入的词是“culture”，与“physical”并列的就应是“mental”。再如，要判断作者下面要讲的内容到底是承接上文的，还是转折的，或是总结概括的等等，据此来选择“however”、“andtherefore”、“inaword”等相应的连接部分。
　　五、今年高考将完型填空的第一篇改为选词填空类，其解题思路其实也大同小异，只是学生应在解题前加入一个步骤——将所给的单词依照词性划分归类，判断句子的结构后确定所缺词的词性，最后根据词义填入。如此逐一排除，难度会有所降低。
策略一、紧扣主旨大意
高考(Q吧)英语阅读理解的主旨大意题主要是考查考生在理解全文的基础上运用概括、判断、归纳、推理等逻辑思维的方法对文章进行高度的概括或总结的能力。常见的设问方式有：
●标题类：What's the best title/headline for the passage？
●大意类：The text is mainly about__.The topic/subject discussed in the passage is _ .From the passage，we can conclude that _ .
●作者意图类：What's the writer's purpose in writing the passage？
针对主旨大意类型的题，考生可以掌握以下解题策略：把握文章逻辑结构，快速找出主题；寻找主题句，确定文章中心思想；将首段中心句和各段第一句话连接成一个整体，得出文章主题；逆向思维法解标题类问题。
一、把握文章逻辑结构，快速找出主题
高考阅读理解文章的主要逻辑结构：
1、时间顺序。按时间先后顺序说明某一事件、某一理论的发展过程，属于这种结构的文章主题通常在首段或末段。
2、“总说-分述”结构。首段做总的说明，其他段落分别说明或具体论述首段的观点，属于这种结构的文章主题在首段。最典型的是新闻报道类文章，此类体裁的文章在近年高考阅读中逐渐增多。一般这类文章都有固定格式：城市名称(新闻社)———新闻内容。掌握一些国际知名新闻社的英文名称是必要的，路透社Reuters，美联社Associated Press，法新社Agence France Presse。
3、“分述-总说”结构。前面几段分别说明，末段总结。属于这种结构的文章主题在末段。
二、寻找主题句，确定文章中心思想
不是所有的文章都有主题句，对于大部分有主题句的文章来说，主题句表达了文章的中心思想，找到了主题句，也就抓住了文章的主旨大意。主题句呈现的形式有：
1、在文首。文章开门见山，提出主题，随后摆事实、讲道理来解释、支撑和发展主题句所表达的主题思想。
2、在文中。通常前面只提出问题，随之陈述细节引出主题，而后做进一步的解释、支撑或发展。
3、在文尾。在表述细节后，归纳要点，得出结论，以概括主题。
三、将首段中心句和各段第一句话连接成一个整体，得出文章主题
通常有些文章会在首段提出一个重要论点，随后在各段分别进一步从不同角度继续阐述，这样我们可以找出首段的中心句，再将其和各段第一句串联在一起，就可以得出文章的中心思想。如：(2006北京卷D篇71题)
Which is the best title for the passage？
A.Societal Conditions in Premodern Times
B.Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment
C.Poor Health Service and High Infant Death Rate
D.Differences between Modern and Premodern Parents
第一段：Perhaps to prevent the sadness that infant death caused，a number of societal practices developed which worked against early attachment of mother and child.
第二段：One of these premodern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year.…
第三段：A third practice which had the same distancing effect was wet-nursing.…
从第一段的中心句和各段的第一句不难看出，这篇文章的标题应该是Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment.
四、逆向思维法解标题类问题
针对这类题型，考生不妨思考一下，“如果我是作者，遇到这样的标题，文章应该怎样写？”如：
(2005全国I卷B篇62题)What would be the best title for the text？
A.A Cross-country Trip
B.A Special Border Pass
C.An Unguarded Border
D.An Expensive Church Visit
如果标题是A Cross-country Trip，那么文章应该讲述一次出境旅行；如果标题是A Special Border Pass，那么文章应该着重讲一个特殊的边境通行证；如果标题是An Unguarded Border，那么文章应该侧重讲边境如何不设防；如果标题是An Expensive Church Visit，那么文章应该讲一次礼拜如何花费昂贵了。经过这样的逆向思维，我们不难发现文章的内容恰好与标题An Expensive Church Visit一致，因此应该选D。
策略二、把握作者意图
每一篇文章都有其写作目的。那么作者是如何在文章中体现自己的思想呢？他通过哪些语言向读者传达了自己的感受呢？我们在阅读的同时怎样收集、综合各种信息，体会作者的情感呢？了解这些有助于我们在做阅读理解题时把握作者思路，领会文章内涵，做出正确的选择。要做到这一点，我们需要从两个方面入手：一是把握作者的写作意图，二是把握出题的角度。下面我们就分别分析一下。
一、对于写作意图的把握
有的文章只是客观地介绍一件事或物，或各方观点，作者不发表自己个人的意见，如一些科技文，新闻事件报道等。这样的文章属于“广而告知型”。要根据客观事实答题，一是一，二是二，凡与事实不符的选项，或文中没有提到的事实，当然都是不能选的。这样的题目难度一般都不会很大。最难于驾驭的是一些故事性、情感经历性的文章。因为作者在行文时会用到一些写作手法，如倒叙、插叙等。往往还会有一些思想、情感的波动。这就需要我们在阅读时认真把握，细心体会。
1.注意连接词的使用：Near the end of the last year in middle school，my dad took me to the wildlife refuge.He needed to get some aligator blood to do the experiment.At first，I thought fishing for alligators was a bad idea.What if one tried to eat me？But we had a lot of help，and my dad knew a lot about alligators，so it was OK.
通过第一句可知这是倒叙。我们知道了结果：作者去了野生动物保护区。接下来是作者当初由反感、害怕到最后打消顾虑同意去。都是通过连接词at first，but，so等展开的。所设题目是：
Why did the writer think that fishing for aligators was a bad idea at first？
A.Because the writer was afraid of the fierce alligators
B.Because we should protect alligator
C.Because the writer was not as brave as his father
D.Because the writer knew little about alligators
弄清了作者的思想波动就不难选出正确答案A了。
2.注意一些形容词及某些特定句式的使用：透过一些形容词可以看出作者的倾向，如：Isn't that wonderful if we get there by air？(作者希望坐飞机去那里。)某些句型表面看上去是比较级，而实际上是最高级含义。My mother decided to take me on the trip.It couldn't be better.(It couldn't be better=It's great.意为“太好了”)
某些否定形式的句子实际上是肯定含义：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our environment too much.(再怎么强调保护环境的重要性也不过分。)作者以这样的句子体现自己的观点：必须加大力度保护环境。
注意虚拟语气的使用。How I wish I had passed the driving test.(我多么希望已通过了驾照考试呀！)此句暗含的事实是：并没通过考试。
3.将自己想象为故事中的主人公，体会其心理感受
有一篇文章，写一个老太太刚刚在海边买了一座别墅，打算在那里度过余生。因为那里的气候湿润温暖，更适合她的健康。此时她站在曾经生活了25年的房子里，最后环顾这曾经装载了她的大半生的房子。所给的问题是：How does the old lady feel at the last moment in her old house？正确答案是：Her feeling is complex.其他的选项如She is happy/She is sad等都片面。只要我们设身处地站在老太太的位置上想一想，就不难找到正确答案。
4.把握全篇文脉，仔细揣摩事情发生的背景
我们不仅要掌握一定的语言知识，还需要平时储备一定的逻辑推理能力以及必要的西方的文化背景知识，才能完全领会文章的主旨或者其所渗透出的幽默感。请看下面这篇介绍父子关系的文章。第一句话就开门见山：My father and I were very close.He was always proud of my success.然后用一个事例说明：If I won a spelling contest at school，he was on top of the world.如果知道be on top of the world是“高兴至极”的意思，也只是理解了语言的表层含义。接下来：When I was named President of the Ford Motor Company，I didn't know which of us was more excited.正确理解了上文的铺垫，才会真正领会此句暗含的意味及幽默：实际上父亲比我还高兴。如果对西方人的生活方式及习惯比较了解的话，也不难接受下面的句子：I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunity———nothing could have felt more natural.我们再来继续欣赏一下父亲鲜明的个性：My father was a curious man who was always trying new things.He was the first person in my town to buy a motorcycle.Unfortunately，my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well.He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it.As a result，he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels.读懂了这些，就不难理解下文中为什么父亲不让“我”拥有一辆自行车，反而当“我”刚满16岁就让我开车了。正确理解了文章的来龙去脉及内涵，对于文后题目的处理也就会轻而易举了。
二、对于出题意图的把握
1.正确理解一个事物的两个方面
有些题目不是直接照搬原文的话，而是用一些另外的语言表达出同样的意思，因此我们必须掌握用英文解释英文的技能。如一篇介绍辍学学生的文章，文章先后两次谈到学生辍学后的感想。第一次：Most students who dropped out of school in the United States admit they made a mistake by giving up and some say they might have stayed if classes were more chalenging.
第二次：three out of four said if they could turn back the clock they would choose to stay.文后的题目是Which of the folowing is right according to the passage？正确答案是：Most dropout students hope to go back to school if possible.虽然原文没有像题目这样明确说明，但其实这是一个事物的两个方面；对于辍学的后悔其实就是希望继续上学。通过正确推断这些文句的含义，即可找出正确答案。
2.以文章内容为基础进行判断
有些题目要根据短文的内容来判断正误，这就需要按作者的思路去考虑，站在作者或文章内容中出现的人物的立场上予以辨析，不能依据自己的喜好或认知判断。
策略三、合理推理判断
推理判断题在高考中占很大的比重，学生在此类题型中也失分最多。推理判断题要求考生考虑文中信息并在通篇理解文章的基础上领会作者的言外之意，弦外之音做出合理的推理和判断。
一、理解定义。判断是对已知的事实仔细评价之后做出的合理决定。推理是对事实的内涵所做的陈述或以事实为依据对未知所做的陈述。注意无论是判断还是理都是以已知事实为依据。
二、推理题常见的提问形式。常以infer，imply，indicate，suggest，conclude，learn，intend，mean，describe，purpose等词提问。
或含有表推测的情态动词，如can，could，might，would等和其他表示可能性的动词，如probably，mostlikely等。
三、具体策略
1.通过辨认细节的技巧，找到相关的事实或证据，对这些事实或证据进行分析和评价，在此基础上再作决定。切记：推断是以文章提供的事实为依据，而不是凭空想象，更不是读者自己的意愿。
2.借助常识。在推理判断题中，我们平时积累的一些常识通常会派上用场。2006年陕西高考英语(Q吧)试卷中一篇关于通信发展史的阅读最为典型。A.The postal service has over the years become faster. B.The postal service has over the years become slower.大家都应知道交通越来越发达，邮电业当然是faster.此篇还涉及到有关发邮件的常识，如果同学们有这个common sense，就如鱼得水了。3.务必要用排除法。排除法在此类题型中发挥着不可磨灭的作用。根据在文章中找到的事实依据和常识排除错误信息，再排除和文章中一词不差的信息(文章里的原句不会是推理判断出来的结果，但通过同义词或句型转换过的选项有可能是正确答案)，最后再排除无关或偏离信息，正确答案就不言而喻了。
4.词句段篇，相互交融。词的理解要放在句子里，句子的理解要靠段，段的理解也离不开篇。单独说floor谁都知道是什么意思，但…she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover，in her own handwriting…这个语境里是surprised的意思。因此不能独立地看某个词或某句话。此外，学生对一词多义或一些习语的积累也是很有必要的，这就要靠同学们课下多下工夫了。
5.平时扩大词汇量的同时也要注意学习词的深刻内涵。从措辞去寻找文章的感彩，猜测作者的态度或写作意图。现仅举一简单的例子。When the phone finally rang，he leaped from the edge of his chair and grabbed for it.从这几个词我们能形象地看出他等电话之久，紧张迫不及待的心情，同时也说明电话之重要，这正是作者的真正意图。
2008年高考英语考前复习完形填空题
A
Good advice is like medicine for the soul. What kind of 1 have you recently received Who do you go to got advice Do you have a mentor(顾问) A mentor is a 2 adviser.
Parents, teacher and friends are often great 3 .Sports figures, public officials, and nationally know figures van also be good 4 of mentors, but a person with whim you are a personal relationship will most likely be able to 5 you the best advice.
Mentors teach things that seem to be 6 sense. Proverbs are wise old sayings that are common in every language and 7 , and can sometimes be 8 for a nonnative to understand. For example, all that 9 is not gold(some things are not as 10 as they appear ).
Advice 11 in newspapers and magazines are another way to 12 advice.
Talk shows on radio and television are also very popular. Americans and Canadians love to 13 themselves. Many people are not 14 to ask for help or 15 about a problem in order to receive advice. People generally will 16 their own experience to 17 their friends. Overcoming a difficult situation is 18 respecter in North America. People love to heat motivational (积极的) stories and 19 . One proverb, a friend in need is a friend indeed, shares the concept that a true friend will help you out in times of 20 .
1. A. success B. measure C. position D. advice
2. A. devoted B. united C. trusted D. expected
3. A. interviewers B. mentors C. followers D. competitors
4. A. examples B. mentors C. manners D. services
5. A. consider B. exchange C. adapt D. offer
6. A. present B. attractive C. common D. particular
7. A. experience B. difference C. culture D. behavior
8. A. simple B. difficult C. natural D. brief
9. A. glitters B. packages C. acts D. forces
10. A. different B. negative C. primary D. valuable
11. A. columns B. materials C. wonders D. add
12. A. reduce B. add C. keep D. get
13. A. enjoy B. teacher C. express D. defeat
14. A. brave B. afraid C. honest D. lucky
15. A. talk B bring. C. care D. look
16. A. remind B. suggest C. cline D. share
17. A. lead to B. set free C. help out D. take over
18. A. originally B. highly C. equally D. closely
19. A. encouragement B. sadness C. movement D. adventure
20. A. happiness B. trouble C. excitement D. nature
答案与解析：
1.D本文的主题就是讲获取建议，根据前后内容可知。
2.C既然你要找一个顾问，那他一定是个值得你信任的人
3.B从上文提示“Do you have a mentor (顾问)？A mentor is a adviser可以知道此处是“父母，老师，朋友经常是你最好的顾问”。
4.A前面提到是体育明星等，显然是顾问的好例子来列举的。
5.D offer sb. advice “(主动)给某人提供建议。
6.C根据下文内容知道，这里指的是Common sense常识
7.C谚语通常是产生于各种语言和文化中的。
8.B很显然，一个谚语对非母语的人来说，理解是困难的。
9.A考查动词区别，这里glitter意思是发光，构成谚语，意思就是发光的不一定都是金子。
10.D这句是对前面谚语的解释。 “有些东西并不象表面上的那样有价值。”显然只有valuable符合句子意思。
11.A从后面的“in newspapers and magazines”可以知道是报纸杂志上的“建议专栏”。
12.D从建议专栏获取建议。
13.C根据前一句知道“脱口秀”非常受欢迎。美国人和加拿大人喜欢表达自己的心声。　express oneself意思是表达自己的心声。其他几个选项的搭配和原文不符。enjoy oneself玩得开心，teach oneself,自学。defeat oneself打败自己。
14.B从下文“ in order to receive advice.”可以知道他们为了获取建议不害怕寻求帮助或谈论自己的问题。
15.A这里是谈论自己的问题。
16.D根据后面的experience知道这里应该是指分享自己的经历。share “分享“，remind “提醒”suggest建议clone克隆。
17.C这里应该是帮助朋友摆脱困境。所以用help out.
18. B 这里是说十分受尊重，highly高度地，很。
19.A从前面的motivational stories可知应该是积极向上的内容，所以A正确。
20.B既然是帮助朋友，当然是在他们处于困境的时候。
B
Believe it or not, there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you 1 proud of your school. It builds a common spirit of unity(整体) among students and 2 them of the values and history of their school. But for most students, school uniform are not something to be proud of 3 .
“Why 4 the school uniform just one day a week Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel boring,” a senior student from a high school complained(抱怨).“I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back, said a junior student “They could be 5 .” The main students complaints about school uniforms are: simple colors, boring designs and bad 6 . And a teacher at a middle school in Guangzhou said that 7 a teacher and a mother, she eagerly 8 the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon.
What has caused all these problems Chen Hong, a uniform designer in Shenzhen, pointed out that problems 9 because the whole society doesn’t see the 10 of the school uniform.
“Most designers are 11 to stick to the same old fashion, 12 there are no professionals 13 work for students,” Chen said.
His company 14 most of the awards in the first national competition for school uniforms last month in Nanning, Guangxi.
“Besides, high quality calls for a high price,” said Chen. “But in some schools, the annuals expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 Yuan. How can we produce high quality clothes with so 15 money ”
Even with these problems, efforts have been made 16 the situation, according to Zhai Shiliang, 17 of the School Uniform Administration and Service Center in Beijing. A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing. Thirty-seven uniforms, 18 in schools next spring, were selected from 570. “We will offer the samples(样品) for school to choose.” Zhai said.
“The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be proud of it 19 they are.” Chen said. Zhai added, “During the 2008 Olympic Games, the whole world will see the new appearance of our 20 century young generation with new school uniforms.”
1. A. take B. feel C. to take D. to feel
2. A. remains B. remember C. reminds D. recalls
3. A. at all B. in all C. for all D. after all
4. A. not to wear B. to wear C. not wear D. wear
5. A. large B. larger C. small D. smaller
6. A. quantity B. amount C. quality D. unit
7. A. as B. like C. for D. with
8. A. wishes B. needs C. wants D. hopes
9. A. come through B. come up C. come in D. come on
10. A. importance B. important C. design D. possibility
11. A. like B. possibly C. unlikely D. likely.
12. A. if B. although C. because D. because of
13. A. what B. which C. that D.不填
14. A. won B. has won C. wins D. had won
15. A. few B. little C. much D. many
16. A. improve B. develop C. change D. to change
17. A. a head B. the head C. no head D. head
18. A. being seen B. to be seen C. to see D. will be seen
19. A. whenever and wherever B. when and where
C. what and who D. whatever and whoever
20. A. 19th B.20th C. 21st D. 22nd
答案与解析：
1.B make后面接不带to的不定式作宾补，排除C和D， feel proud of “对……感到自豪。
2.C remind sb. of sth.是固定搭配，意思是使…想起…。
3.A at all用在否定句末尾，以加强语气，意思是根本，全然。
4.C Why not do sth.是一个表示建议的句型，意思是为什么不…？
5.D由上句的“I don’t like the big English letters…”可判断此处是smaller.
6. C 采用排除法，可以判断学生抱怨校服质量不好。
7.A as在这里作介词，意思是作为…。
8.D由句意和结构来判断，此处选择hope; wish也可以接从句，但要用虚拟语气。
9.B. come up意思是问题被提出，形式上要用主动，意义上是被动的。
10.A这个从句意思是“整个社会没有意识到学校服装的重要性。
11. D be likely to do是likely的固定用法，意思是可能会。
12.C从上下文判断，应该用because引导表原因的状语从句。
13.C that在这里引导定语从句，修饰professional, that在从句中作主语，不能省略。
14.A由句中的时间状语last month可判断应该用一般过去时。
15.B这句话意思是用如此少的钱，怎能作出高质量的衣服呢？money是不可数名词，用little修饰。
16.D不定式短语在此处做目的状语。
17.D表示头衔、职位的名词做主补，宾补或同位语时，前面一般不加冠词。
18.B不定式短语的被动式在此处做定语，表将来意义，修饰thirty-seven uniforms.
19. A whenever and wherever引导让步状语从句，表示无论何时何地。
20.C由 the 2008 Olympic Games可判断是21世纪
C
Nicknamed the Golden Music Boy, 21-year-old Hu Yanbin, was born and grew up in Shanghai. At the age of 15, he made a 1 that he would make his own album before he was 18. Fortunately, the 2 boy’s dream came true. His first album Adept with Both Pen and Sword 3 in 2002 and he became the first mainland artist to 4 a solo album in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 5 at the same time. The album 6 him to become a popular star.
His success is not only because of his excellent singing 7 , but also because of his talent in song 8 .
Before his album was made, Hu Yanbin’s 9 company tried to invite someone else to write several songs 10 him. None of them were as good as they’d hoped. 11 Hu Yanbin came into the office with a guitar on his back and played several songs. 12 , everyone in the office really liked these tunes and they decided to 13 them on his first album.
Some people would 14 this rising star with Jay Chow from Taiwan, but Hu says his musical 15 is quite different from Jay Chow’s, 16 he likes Jay Chow’s music.
With many music awards already in his 17 , Hu Yanbin seems to be 18 up with many of the superstars in the country. Though some people don’t like him and say 19 things about him, he says that it doesn’t 20 him. All he plans to do is focusing on his music and bringing out more and better songs for his fans.
1. A. hope B. dream C. promise D. wish
2. A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless
3. A. came up B. came over C. came about D. came about
4. A. realize B. dismiss C. release D. gain
5. A. even B. all C. still D. yet
6. A. wanted B. expected C. release D. gain
7. A. skills B. ideas C. means D. methods
8. A. playing B. making C. writing D. feeling
9. A. concert B. record C. music D. performance
10. A. to B. about C. with D. for
11. A. But B. And C. Thus D. Then
12. A. To his surprise B. In a word C. To be honest D. In reality
13. A. take B. include C. contain D. seize
14. A. praise B. provide C. contain D. cheer
15. A. ability B. taste C. form D. style
16. A. As though B. even though C. in case D. now that
17. A. pockets B. mind C. sight D. heart
18. A. keeping B. coming C. catching D. doing
19. A. nice B. strange C. some D. bad
20. A. bother B. mind C. care D. ruin
解读：本文讲述了中国歌手胡彦斌成名的历程及其取得的成就。
[答案及解析]
1.D make a wish固定词组，(在心中)许下心愿。
2.B clever聪明的；talented有天赋的；determined坚决的，决定了的；fearless无所畏惧的。联系上下文可知，这个有天赋的男孩成功了，因为他的才华。
3.D come up出现，流行，发生；come over过来；come about发生，产生；come out出版，发行，出来。此句的意思是：他的第一张专辑出版了。
4.C realize认识到，了解；dismiss解散，下课，开除；release释放，解放，发行；gain得到，获利，增加。此句的意思是：他是第一个在大陆、香港、台湾同步发行个人专辑的大陆艺人。
5. B even甚至；still仍然；all完全；yet仍，至今。此句的意思是：在大陆、香港、台湾完全同步发行专辑。
6.D这张专辑帮助他成为明星。help sb. to do sth.。
7.A skill技巧；means和method都有方法，手段的意思；idea意见，看法。此句的意思是：他的演唱技巧。
8.C考查句意理解。联系上下文可知，胡不仅在演唱上有天赋，在写歌方面也有一定的造诣。
9.B concert音乐会；record唱片；music音乐；performance表演。由常识可知应是唱片公司。
10.D理解句意可知应是唱片公司找人为他写歌。
11.D then当时，那么，因而，然后，于是。
12.A to his surprise令他惊讶的是；in a word总之，一句话; to be honest说实话；in reality实际上，事实上。本句意思为：结果出乎他的意料。
13.B考查动词。意思是：唱片公司决定把胡创作的歌都收录在他的第一张专辑内。include，contain的区别为：include包含部分，而contain包含全部。
14.C compare... with...拿……与……作比较，本句的意思是：有人会拿胡与台湾的人气巨星周杰伦作比较。
15.D style风格，时尚，文体；form形状，形态，外形；taste味道，品味；ability能力。
16.B考查副词。as though好像，仿佛；even though即使;in case为连词，万一；now that既然。本句的意思是：即使胡很喜欢周杰伦的音乐，但两人的风格是不一样的。
17.A考查句意。本句的意思是：胡获得了多个奖项(把奖项收入囊中)。
18.C考查动词词组。catch up with跟上，赶上。
19.D考查形容词。本句的意思是：有些人说他的坏话。
20.A考查动词。bother烦扰，打扰；mind介意，照顾，留心；care关心，顾虑，照顾；ruin(使)堕落，毁灭。本句的意思是：别人对他的评论并不会使他烦恼。
D
The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly 1 that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive 2 .
My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we 3 along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I 4 that almost every crossing I passed through was 5 by a panhandler(乞丐). And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a(n) 6 15 lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull 7 a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, 8 … here’s lunch.”
We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately 9 back in the opposite direction for home. 10 , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was 11 and didn’t know quite how to behave.
She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done 12 like this for me before,” she said with 13 . Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, 14 do you think you’ll eat your lunch ”
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was 15 , but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she just loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have the money. But you know 16 … tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”
I don’t know if the kids 17 the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too 18 or insignificant to really effect change. 19 in that moment, I recognized the 20 of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things — only small things with great love.”
1. A. tradition B. ceremony C. custom D. habit
2. A. decision B. choice C. contribution D. plan
3. A. walked B. ran C. wandered D. drove
4. A. reminded B. realized C. understood D. thought
5. A. crowded B. occupied C. discovered D. laid
6. A. additional B. expensive C. cheap D. special
7. A. close B. across C. alongside D. throughout
8. A. in fact B. to tell the truth C. generally speaking D. by the way
9. A. faced B. headed C. turned D. looked
10. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Unexpectedly D. Hopefully
11. A. excited B. embarrassed C. frightened D. annoyed
12. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
13. A. amazement B. fear C. sorrow D. amusement
14. A. what B. how C. where D. when
15. A. shocked B. confused C. pleased D. worried
16. A. whether B. if C. what D. that
17. A. realized B. felt C. noticed D. recognized
18. A. many B. small C. big D. simple
19. A. Therefore B. Although C. Meanwhile D. Yet
20. A. promise B. oath C. truth D. spirit
解读：作者和他的两个女儿每周四都要去做一些善事。这一次他们买了许多份麦当劳午餐送给无家可归的乞讨者。一位妇人的话使作者认识到：只要用爱去关怀别人，世界上没有大事小事之分。
[答案及解析]
1.A考查词语辨析。tradition意为“传统”，句意为：这是“我”和“我”的两个小女儿几年前就开始的每周一次的活动，这已形成传统。custom是“风俗”；ceremony意为“仪式”；habit指个人“习惯”，侧重行为上个人的特点，都可排除。所以tradition为最佳答案。
2.C考查语境理解。由下文可知，星期四“我们”要出去做一些善事。make a contribution“进行捐献”。此处由第二段中的“make a contribution，and tell him...”也可得出答案。
3.D考查语境理解。由第四段的第一句可知，“我们”是驾车出行的，所以选drove。
4.B考查语句理解。句意为：“我”突然意识到每个路口都有乞丐。Realize“意识到”，后接that从句。
5.B考查语境理解。此句用be occupied by表示“被……占据”。其他选项不合题意。
6.A考查词语辨析。additional意为“另外的，额外的”。句意为：我们吃完后，又额外订了15份麦当劳午餐。
7.C考查词语辨析。alongside是介词，意为“在……旁边”，句意为：我们靠近乞丐，给他们午餐。如果选close，后要加to。
8.D考查行文逻辑。“我们”靠近乞丐，并祝他们一切会变得更好。然后，我们就把买的麦当劳午餐送给他们。by the way“顺便说一声”符合语境。
9.B考查词语辨析。head在句中是动词，表示“朝……(方向)行进”。其他选项均不合题意。
10.A考查语境理解。准备回家时遇到红灯，而且又在刚刚帮助过的矮小的妇人旁边停下，感觉很尴尬。unfortunately“不巧，遗憾的是”符合作者当时的心情。
11.B考查语境理解。“我”想尽快离开，不想听别人感谢的话语，所以又见到那个妇人时，感到很”尴尬”，故用embarrassed表示。
12.c考查词语辨析。句意为：以前没有人对“我”做过这样的事情。anything“任何事情”，用在否定句中，符合题意。something“一些事情”，用在肯定句中；everything“一切事情”；nothing“什么也没有”，均不符合题意。
13.A考查语境理解。由上下文可知她说这句话的时候显得有些“吃惊”。
14.D考查上下文语境。句子有宾语，可先排除what；从下文“妇人不打算吃这份午餐，而是准备把它留给自己的女儿”可知，此处作者问的是她打算什么时候吃这份午餐，故B、C两项均不合适。
15.B考查语境理解。妇人说不打算吃这份午餐。“我”听后感到“迷惑”，所以选confused。
16.C考查行文逻辑。这是一个省略句，设空处完整的形式应该是“what will happen”，此题选what。
17.C考查词语辨析。句意为：“我”不知道孩子们是否注意到了“我”眼中的泪水。notice“注意到”符合题意。feel“感觉”；realize“意识到”；recognize“认出”，均不合题意。
18.B考查语境理解。“我”经常问自己是否做的善事太小了，对别人来说没有什么意义。
19.D考查行文逻辑。前后两句话之间是转折关系，故用yet“但是，然而”。
20.C考查词语辨析。“我”开始理解特里萨修女的话、里的“真理”了。truth意为“真理，道理”，符合题意。oath“誓言”；promise“诺言”；spirit“精神，心灵”。
E
Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 1 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 2 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important and proud.
Down-to-earth persons 4 be important members of society. 5 they don’t let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 6 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 7 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as down-to-earth. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 10 of reality. He 11 what is called “common sense”. He may have 12 , but he does not allow them to 13 his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of 14 is one who has hid “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 15 is not in the real world.
16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to reality. 17 words from a teacher can usually get a day-dreaming student to put both feet back on the ground. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on the ground. 19 we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are down-to-earth, and we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, said and strong.
1. A. pleasant B. sad C. common D. surprising
2. A. meets B. welcomes C. receives D. accepts
3. A. case B. kind C. opposite D. example
4. A. must B. may C. should D. will
5. A. But B. So C. For D. And
6. A. wish B. expect C. desire D. consider
7. A. said B. told C. asked D. made
8. A. some B. a C. no D. every
9. A. discover B. find C. make D. use
10. A. understanding B. wish C. reason D. expectation
11. A. demands B. lacks C. has D. likes
12. A. fortunes B. dreams C. achievements D. disadvantages
13. A. block B. protect C. own D. gain
14. A. idea B. people C. attitude D. person
15. A. mind B. life C. body D. head
16. A. Always B. Therefore C. However D. Sometimes
17. A. Sharp B. All C. No D. Bad
18. A. possible B. probable C. likely D. able
19. A. Though B. Since C. When D. Unless
20. A. towards B. for C. over D. onto
解读：这是一篇议论文。文章首先阐明“down-to-earth”是什么意思，然后描述“a down-to-earth person”是什么样的人，有什么样的品格特征，与“head-in-the-clouds”这类人有什么不同。文章最后提倡我们要脚踏实地地生活。
答案及解析
1. A 由下文“A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to…”以及上文的“honest, practical and easy to deal with”可以推断：遇到脚踏实地的人是一件令人惬意的事情。
2. D 脚踏实地的人很容易与人相处，他们将其他人都视为平等的。accept…as“认为……是，把……当作”。
3. C 由修饰“someone”的定语从句的内容可知，这类人与“a down-to-earth person”的性格相反。
4. B “down-to-earth persons”可能是社会上的重要人物。“down-to-earth”是指人的内在品质，并不是重要人物所特有的。May在这里表推测(可能)；must表推测时，可能性很大，表示“一定是”；should“应该”；will不表示推测。
5. A 前一句与后一句构成意义上的转折。他们有可能是重要人物，但不以此自居。
6. D consider… to be“认为……是”。其他选项与句意不符。
7. A 句意为：据说那种自以为是的人常常会毫无理由地趾高气扬。Be said to do“据说，人们说……”。其他选项与句意不符。
8. C 一个趾高气扬的人是没办法脚踏实地的。
9. D 美国人使用另一种表达方式来表示“down-to-earth”的意思。
10. A 常识判断题。脚踏实地的人当然是对现实有很好的理解和认识。
11. C 这类人具备一种被称为“常识”的东西。Has与上文的“with a good understanding of reality”和下文的“He may have dreams”相对应。
12. B 这里的“dreams”与上文中的“reality”相对应，说明实际的人有梦想但不脱离实际。
13. A block是“阻碍”的意思。脚踏实地的人善于把握现实，他们可能有梦想但不会让这些梦想阻碍他们对现实的认知。
14. D 上文说到的是实际的人，这里当然是指与之相反的另一类人。后面谓语是单数，故不能选B。
15. A 在这里“mind”是“想法，思维(方法)”的意思。
16. D “such a dreamer can be brought back to earth”这句话中的“can(可能会)”表推测的语气，所以与此相对应的应该是D。
17. A 老师一些尖锐的话常常能将那些爱做白日梦的学生拉回到现实中来。all和no不合常理；bad words“坏话，粗言秽语”不合题意。
18. C be likely to do sth.“很可能做某事”。上文提到的“down-to-earth”和“both-feet-on-the-ground”意义相同。
19. C 此空的选项与后一句“we are down-to-earth”相对应，故选C。
20. A 本题考查介词用法，towards表“向，对”。
F
Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a(an) 1 role. Unlike most art museums, the 2 museums show objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes 3 place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.
People have 4 that design museums are often made use of as 5 for new industrial technology. But their 6 is not simple a matter of sales — It is the 7 of excellently invented products. The difference 8 the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first 9 to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One 10 of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the 11 . Unlike the average art museum visitor, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or 12 . This is partly 13 design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has 14 the quality of our life. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a 15 that there is something beyond their understanding.
In recent years, several 16 design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s 17 interest in the field with new ideas. London’s Design Museum, 18 , shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The 19 open to design museums seem far less strict than that to art museums, and visitors may also 20 the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.
1. A. various B. important C. different D. special
2. A. design B. history C. science D. art
3. A. still B. even C. yet D. instead
4. A. demanded B. praised C. agreed D. argued
5. A. directions B. experiments C. goals D. advertisements
6. A. role B. way C. interest D. result
7. A. honoring B. examining C. correcting D. helping
8. A. among B. between C. correcting D. through
9. A. promises B. bears C. tries D. manages
10. A. comfort B. advantage C. technique D. shortcoming
11. A. guides B. methods C. exhibits D. functions
12. A. attracted B. moved C. tired D. puzzled
13. A. because B. why C. that D. whether
14. A. reduced B. valued C. ruined D. improved
15. A. surprise B. feeling C. regret D. hope
16. A. new B. traditional C. generous D. successful
17. A. lowering B. growing C. varying D. dying
18. A. after all B. however C. in the end D. for example
19. A. choice B. conclusion C. root D. produce
20. A. test B. end C. sense D. intend
解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍设计博物馆的特色以及人们的看法等。通观全文给人一种耳目一新的感觉。
答案及解析
1. C 考查语境理解。结合上下文可知，当前开放的设计博物馆扮演着与艺术博物馆不同的角色。
2. A 考查语境理解。本篇主要讲设计博物馆的特色，再结合上句可知答案为A。
3. B 考查行文逻辑。用even表示本句话与上一句话之间存在递进关系。
4. D 考查行文逻辑。从下句可知“有些人曾经争论说设计博物馆经常被一些新的工业技术当作广告使用”。故选argue“争论，争辩，争吵”。
5. D 考查语境理解。下句说“它们的角色不仅仅是促销”，因此可以判断此处与广告有关。答案是D。
6. A 考查逻辑推理。根据破折号后面的内容“它是对好的发明产品的赞誉”可以判断“其角色不仅仅是简单的促销”。
7. A 考查生活常识。能够在博物馆展出，说明该产品已经得到了认可，对于该产品而言是一种荣誉。四个选项中只有A合适。
8. B 考查语法知识。表示二者之间的差异时，通常用the difference between A and B。
9. C 考查生活常识，根据常识可知百货公司橱窗里所展示的产品是向顾客推销的，是商家试图卖给顾客的。
10. B 考查语境理解。后面句子的意思是“与艺术博物馆的游客不同的是，设计博物馆的游客很少感到害怕或迷惑”，由此可判断“这是设计博物馆的优点之一”。答案为B。
11. C 考查逻辑推理。在设计博物馆里，让游客感到familiar的只能是“展品”。
12. D 考查语境理解。从后句“design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do…”可知，设计博物馆展出的东西浅显易懂，所以游客很少会感到“迷惑”。答案为D。
13. A 考查行文逻辑。用because说明游客很少会感到害怕或迷惑的原因。
14. D 考查语句理解。句意为：它“改善”了我们的生活质量。故选D。其他选项不合题意。
15. B 考查语境理解。根据后面的修饰语“that there is something beyond their understanding”可知这是对feeling的解释说明，是参观的感受，故选B。
16. A 考查语境理解。从后半句可知在最近几年，几家新的设计博物馆开放了。
17. B 考查语境理解。上文提到The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today…可知公众的兴趣在“增加”。答案为B。
18. D 考查行文逻辑。这是拿London’s Design Museum作为例子，故选for example。
19. A 考查语境理解。从London’s Design Museum的展品可知“设计博物馆对展品的选择看起来不是很严格”。
20. C 考查语境理解。从后文“as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life”可知“游客会感到我们社会生活中的幽默部分”。
G
Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 1 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 2 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 3 us with silk. Other varieties, 4 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 5 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 6 they will eat almost any green 7 , and when millions of them 8 on cultivated land they soon leave it 9 . In some countries they are the farmers’ 10 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 11 , not only because it 12 us indoors and out-of-doors, but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and 13 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and 14 observation. Thanks 15 their discoveries we now know almost all 16 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 17 better planned in some ways than our 18 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 19 to men, animals and crops from the 20 which insects cause.
1. A. members B. forms C. qualities D. varieties
2. A. by which B. from which C. of which D. in which
3. A. give B. produce C. offer D. supply
4. A. however B. meanwhile C. offer D. supply
5. A. majority B. number C. amount D. what’s more
6. A. and B. for C. if D. when
7. A. grass B. field C. fruit D. plant
8. A. settle B. attack C. pass D. cross
9. A. bare B. nothing C. empty D. untouched
10. A. hardest B. greatest C. serious D. wildest
11. A. insect B. creature C. fly D. enemy
12. A. dislikes B. bites C. worries D. hates
13. A. understanding B. ideas C. comprehension D. thought
14. A. serious B. patient C. curious D. long
15. A. for B. of C. to D. with
16. A. that B. which C. there D. what
17. A. societies B. crowds C. teams D. organizations
18. A. world B. nation C. selves D. own
19. A. help B. protection C. living D. defense
20. A. injury B. wound C. sickness D. ruin
答案解析
1. D 下文提到other varieties are harmful，因此选D项，有些种类的昆虫。
2. B we get honey from bees, “从蜜蜂身上得到蜂蜜。”
3. D provide / supple sb. With sth.表示“给某人提供/供应”，用C项则就该是offer sb. sth.。
4. A 在此表示上下文的转折关系，“但另一些种类有害”。
5. C a great / large amount of + 不可数名词，a large / small quaintly of + 可数/不可数名词表示“大量的”。
6. B 引导状语从句表原因，具体加以解释说明。
7. D plant概括性最强，包括grass等各种植物。
8. A settle用作不及物动词时，表示“停息、停留；安居、定居”等词义。
9. A 蝗虫飞过，耕地光秃秃的，植物都被吃了(当然有时可能留下光秃秃的枝干)。
10. B 此处意为“在有些国家他们是农民最大的敌人”。
11. C 下文提到在屋里屋外都有，还传播疾病，因此选C项。
12. C 苍蝇在屋里屋外飞，因扰我们。
13. D 花时间，想办法研究昆虫。Give much thought to表示“关心，想到”。
14. B 观察昆虫需要耐心，上文提到give much time to，因此此处也可说long-time observations。
15. C thanks to意为“幸亏，多亏”。
16. C 本题是all (that) there is to be done句式为there’s sth. To be done的结构变化形式。
17. A 既然与“我们的”相比较，其共同之处是society，人类社会和动物“群栖，群集”。
18. D our own (society)，“我们自己的社会形态”。
19. B 与下文的from相呼应，give sb. protection from “给……以保护”。
20. A 昆早给我们造成的伤害，此空从第4、5空所在句子的harmful, damage等词可推知选A项。
2008年高考英语考前复习题阅读理解篇
A
In the past 10 years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.
When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters (花名册) will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stern happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.
The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.
“Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy in China is TV. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing market to compensate for tough times on home soil.
“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout (寻找)internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their America peers. Others, such as Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming—No.1 draft pick in 2002—and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic—number two overall in this year’s draft—are icons(偶像) in waiting. It is the ultimate (根本的) revolution—the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.
1. According to the report, .
A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA
B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great
C. Yao Ming is to play two Pre-season games in NBA
D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games
2. The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of .
A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”
B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China.
C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to a China to play against the Sacramento Kings
D. the NBA’s live basketball games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China.
3. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA
A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the NBA league.
B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.
C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Jordan.
D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.
4. When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to .
A. farms in the States
B. native Americans
C. the NBA training center
D. the USA
5. Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage
A. The non-American basketball players
B. NBA is to coming to China
C. The foreign ties that bind the NBA
D. NBA is making big progress
答案与解析：
1.B根据第2段20 percent of NBA rosters (花名册) will be filled by non-Americans.和文章后半部分Terry说的话It has increased the level of competition here.可判断出外国球员将在NBA起到举足轻重的作用。
2.A根据文章中间Stern所说的话，及下一段The success Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China.可判断出NBA将把中国看作一个重要的市场。
3.A通读全文，可得出：NBA的球员组成将发生重大变化，外国球员将占相当的比例。
4.D从文章后半部分It doesn’t matter where the players come from可判断home soil指美国本土。
5.C tie在这里比喻外国球员，意思是NBA需要借助外国球员的力量。
B
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across or otherwise made to feel special.
However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers, red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad.
1. The United States is special in Father’s Day because .
A. many people celebrate the day
B. only America celebrates the day
C. America makes it an official day
D. all men are honored in America
2. At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because .
A. Sonora honored her father’s birthday
B. Sonora’s birthday was June 19
C. It was decided by the president at that time
D. her mother died on June 19
3. How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated
A. 4 B.10 C. 14 D. 24
4. According to the passage, on Father’s Day, .
A. people will wear the same flowers to honor their fathers
B. only daughters wear red flowers to honors their fathers
C. Children must go home to honor their fathers
D. fathers are often honored in different ways
5. According to the passage, we can infer that henry Jackon Smart .
A. was very kind to anyone
B. did a lot for his daughter
C. was the first father honored in 1924
D. always help others by giving money
答案
1.C.从文章的第一段第一句可知。
2.A.从文章的第2段第五句可知。
3.C.从第2段的最后一句和第三段的第一句可知。
4.D.从文章的最后的最后两段可知。
5.B.从文章的第两段，她的父亲无私。仁慈，她母亲死后，是她父亲把她养大的，因此可以推知她的父亲一定对她做了很多。
C
The World Health Organization now supports the use of DDT in homes to control malaria. The agency supported indoor spraying with DDT and other insect poisons until the early 1980s. It stopped as health and environmental concerns about DDT increased.
But last Friday, an assistant director-general of the United Nations agency announced a policy change. Doctor Asamoa-Baah said indoor spraying is useful to quickly reduce the number of infections caused by malaria-carrying mosquitoes. He also stressed that DDT presents on health risk when used correctly.
The WHO says it supports indoor spraying in areas with high malaria rates, including throughout Africa. But its malaria program director, Arata Kochi, says DDT should be used only inside houses and huts, not outside and not for agriculture use.
In the 1940s DDT was found to be an excellent way to control insects. It cost little to produce and was not found to harm humans. So it was widely used for people and crops.
In the 1960s, environmentalist Rachel Carson and her book “Silent Spring” led to a movement to ban it. The United States did just that a decade later.
Yet the rise of malaria has led some environmental groups to change their thinking. The group Environmental Defense, which led the anti-DDT movement, now supports indoor use to control malaria.
But many critics of DDT worry it will not be used with great care. University of Illinois scientist May Berenbaum argues that DDT is not as effective as people might think. Writing in the Washington Post, she noted that some African mosquitoes developed resistance to it. She says DDT should be only one tool among many for insect control.
The WHO supports other interventions as well. But it says India sharply cut malaria rates in the past with indoor use of DDT. And ten countries in southern Africa are currently using it for malaria control.
1. When did American stop using DDT
A. In the 1940s.
B. In the 1960s.
C. In the 1970s.
D. In the 1980s.
2. What do you think the book “Silent Spring” is about
A. About the harm DDT does to humans.
B. About DDT in the water from a spring.
C. About DDT in the water used for controlling insects.
D. About DDT used for people and crops.
3. Which of the following is not true
A. DDT may be harmful when used incorrectly.
B. Environmental Defense admits DDT can control malaria.
C. DDT may be harmful to the environment and crops.
D. All scientists agree to spray DDT indoors now.
4. What does the word “It” in the last sentence of Para. 1 refer to
A. “The use of DDT” B. “Mosquito”
C. “The WHO” D. “Malaria”
5. What can you infer from the passage
A. People’s knowledge of a thing is always developing.
B. DDT is very useful.
C. There are many tools to control malaria.
D. India has never stopped using DDT.
解读：本文为说明文，主要介绍联合国世界卫生组织决定重新启用被人们废弃多年的农药DDT。世界卫生组织认为，尽管一些科学家反对使用DDT，但是DDT对消灭苍蝇，减少疟疾的传播很有好处。
答案及解析
1. C 推断题。根据第五段中的“In the 1960s”及“a decade later”可知，答案选C。
2. A 推断题。根据文章内容可知，由于此书的出现，人们改变了对DDT的看法，接着停止了对DDT的使用因此我们断定，此书是谈论DDT对人们的危害的。
3. D 判断题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句“But many critics of DDT worry in will not be used with great care”及全段内容可知，有些科学家仍然反对使用DDT，由此可见并不是所有的科学家都同意，答案选D。
4. A 理解题。根据“It”所在句前面的内容可知，这里的“It”指的是对DDT的使用，答案选A。
5. A 推断题。根据本文内容，人们对DDT从禁用到重新启用，说明人们对事物的认识是不断发展变化的。答案选A。
D
O. Henry was an American short-story writer, a master of surprising endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry’s stories.
William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in North Carolina. His father was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. At the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.
In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1897 hw was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.
While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking (1899), appeared in McClure’s Magazine. After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.
O. Henry moved to New York city in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. Henry’s first collection, Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904. The second, The Four Million, was published two years later and included his well-know stories The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stoires during his lifetime.
O. Henry’s last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems. He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated one year later. O. Henry died on June 5, 1910, in New York.
1. The following statements are the characteristics of O. Henry’s stories except ______
A. the s stories often end with surprising endings.
B. there are a lot of coincidences in his stories.
C. the stories are mainly about common people.
D. his own experiences are main subjects in his stories.
2. We can infer from the text that ______.
A. O. Henry’s mother’s death resulted in his leaving school.
B. O. Henry earned much money by starting the Weekly.
C. some people believed O. Henry was put in prison for no good reason.
D. his daughter asked O. Henry to write short stories.
3. One of O. Henry’s most famous story The Gift of the Magi came out in ______.
A. 1902 B. 1904 C. 1906 D. 1907
4. What do you think of O. Henry’s life
A. Rough. B. Smooth. C. Rich. D. Happy.
解读：本文介绍了美国短篇小说家欧 亨利的生平和写作历程。
答案及解析
1. D 仔细阅读第一段会发现，这段包含了A、B、C三个选项的内容。只有D项文章没有提及，所以它不是O. Henry的写作特点。
2. C 根据第二段第三句“When William was three, his mother died”知道，母亲死时他才3岁，而辍学是15岁，两者没有必然联系；第三段的第二句“the weekly failed”，说明他并没有赚到钱；第四段第一句“While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter”可知，O. Henry是为了抚养女儿写作，不是女儿要求他写作，所以A、B、D都是错误选项。从第三段的最后一句“although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.”可以推测，有人认为他有罪，也有人认为他没有罪。因此选C为正确选项。
3. C 第五段的倒数第二句“two years later and included his well-known stories The Gift of the Magi”可以推算，这篇小说是在1906年出版的。
4. A (根据第二段可知)O. Henry经历了孤独的童年，艰难的青年时期；(第三段中可知)经过了艰辛的创业；(第四段中)又遭牢狱之灾；(第五段中)尽管后期作品很受欢迎，(第六段中)但又忍受疾病之苦，婚姻不幸，可谓命运多舛。所以首先排除C、D两个选项；B选项Smooth意为“平坦的”与文章内容不符。只有A选项Rough意为“崎岖不平的”，形容人生的坎坷。
E
Tilly Smith, an 11-year-old British girl, who was called “Angel of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by a tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004 and had been named “Child of the Year 2005” by readers of a French children’s newspaper.
Tilly Smith is a schoolgirl at Danes Hill School in Oxshott, Surrey, England. Back from Thailand she told her geography class how the sea slowly rose and started to foam(起泡沫), bubble, and form whirlpools(漩涡) before the big waves came.
“What Tilly Smith described as happening was exactly the same as I’d shown on a video of a tsunami that hit the Hawaiian Islands in 1946,” said Andrew F. Kearney, Tilly’s geography teacher. “She saw the consequences of not acting when something strange happens.” Kearney said topics for sixth-grade pupils include earthquakes and volcanoes.
“We covered tsunamis because they can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, or landslides,” he added. “I’ve taught this particular course for at least 11 years.”
Kearney uses audiovisual(视听教学的) teaching aids such as interactive whiteboards to exploit geographic information online (his class often visits nationalgeographic.com). Tilly’s class had looked up U.S. websites about tsunami’s early warning systems.
“The teacher has a computer on the desk and can project different web pages onto the whiteboard,” Kearney said. “It’s helped make great strides in teaching geography, it really brings it into the classroom.”
On December 26,2004, Tilly Smith, ten, saw “bubbles on the water and foam sizzling(发出嘶嘶声) just like in a frying pan” while walking on Phuket Island beach with her family. Her mind kept going back to the geography lesson Mr. Kearney gave just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand on vacation. She recognized these as the warning signs of a tsunami.
She told her parents and alerted the staff of the Marriott Hotel, where they were staying. The beach was evacuated(撤离) just minutes before the killer tsunami struck. It was one of the few on Phuket Island where no one was killed or seriously hut.
1. The purpose of the passage is to tell us ______.
A. how geography is taught in British schools
B. how Tilly Smith used her knowledge to save tourists from tsunami
C. why Tilly Smith was named “Child of the Year 2005”
D. the relationship between classroom knowledge and its practical use
2. Which of the following words can best describe geography teaching in Britain
A. Practical. B. Exciting. C. Audiovisual. D. Interactive.
3. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 6 refers to ______.
A. web page B. computer C. whiteboard D. geography
4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs
A. Tilly Smith’s parents and the hotel staff had no knowledge of tsunamis.
B. No other beaches on Phuket Island were evacuated before the tsunami struck.
C. The warning signs of the tsunami were the same as Tilly Smith had learned.
D. Tilly Smith and her family had not left the hotel room before the tsunami struck.
解读：本文报道英国小学生Tilly Smith利用课堂上所学到的地理知识在2004年印度洋海啸中拯救了100名游客，因而获得“2005年度最佳儿童”的称号。我们可以从文章中了解到英国小学在地理教学方面的先进理念。
答案与解析
1. B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章重点介绍了Tilly Smith如何利用课堂上所学知识拯救游客的。答案为B。
2. A 推理判断题。根据文章所介绍的英国小学的地理教学模式以及Tilly Smith所做的一切可以得出结论：英国的地理教学很实用。
3. D 代词替代题。根据前文“The teacher has a computer on the desk and can project different web pages onto the whiteboard”可知，该句的意思应该是：它(计算机)把地理真实地带入了课堂。
4. C 推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段的介绍可以得到答案，Tilly Smith正是运用了地理课堂上学到的知识在海啸中救人。文章倒数第二段中“Her mind kept going back to the geography lesson…”也验证了这一点。B项与原文信息不符；A、D两项缺乏信息支持。
F
The German port of Hamburg has been offered $ 10,500 to change its name to “Veggieburg” by animal rights activists who are unhappy about the city’s association with hamburgers. “Hamburg could improve animal welfare and bring kindness to animals by changing its name to Veggieburg,” the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) WROTE IN A LETTER SENT TO Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust. The German branch of PETA, which has 750,000 members worldwide, said the organization would give Hamburg’s childcare facilities 10,000 euros worth of vegetarian burgers if the city changed its name. But city officials in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city which traces its roots to the ninth century, were unmoved. “I cannot afford to waste my time with this. I don’t even want to look at nonsense like this,” said Klaus May, a city government spokesman. “But that doesn’t mean we Hamburgers don’t have a sense of humor.” In its letter, PETA said the name Hamburg reminded people of “unhealthy beef patties(肉饼) made of dead cattle”. “Millions of people fall ill each year with deadly illnesses like heart disease, cancer, strokes and diabetes from eating hamburgers,” PETA said in the letter.
The original “hamburger steak”, a dish made of ground beef, traveled west with Germans to the United States in the 19th century. The first mention of “hamburgers” appeared on a menu in a New York restaurant in 1834. Some historians trace its beginning to a beef sandwich once popular with sailors in Hamburg. The city’s name “Hamburg” comes from the old Saxon words “ham” (bay) and “burg” (castle). PETA recently made a similar offer to the U.S. town of Hamburg, New York. But their $15,000 bid was refused.
1. Why did PETA suggest changing the name “Hamburg”
A. Because the name reminded people of a food made of animal meat.
B. Because changing the name can prevent people from eating hamburgers.
C. Because it can bring children much food to change the name.
D. Because hamburgers cause so many diseases every year.
2. What does the new name “Veggieburg” suggest
A. Stopping eating meat.
B. Eating vegetables instead of meat.
C. It’s better for children to eat vegetables.
D. Treating animals better.
3. Which of the following statements of the German name “Hamburg” is true
A. The name came from a kind of food.
B. The name came from the old German language.
C. The name has a long history.
D. The name has something to do with sailors.
4. What do you think is the result of the suggestion raised by PETA
A. The two cities will have new names.
B. The present names of the two cities will last.
C. The children in Hamburg will have nothing to eat.
D. People won’t eat hamburgers in the future.
解读：善待动物组织建议德国城市汉堡更名，因为它的名字很容易使人们联想到食物汉堡包，但遭到拒绝。
答案与解析
1. A 细节理解题。德国城市汉堡因为与食物汉堡包名字相似，很容易让人联想到汉堡包所带来的负面影响，所以善待动物组织建议更名。
2. B 词义推测题。结合全文，善待动物组织反对用动物肉做的汉堡包，Veggieburg的词头与蔬菜(vegetable)相近，意思应该是“用蔬菜做的汉堡包”，即提倡吃蔬菜。本题应用构词法去推断词的含义。
3. C 细节理解题。名字可追溯到九世纪，所以历史久远，由第9行“which traces its roots to the ninth century”可知答案为C。A、B、D三项表述均错误。
4. B 综合判断题。两个城市都继续用现在的名字，因为两个城市都拒绝了PETA要求更名的提议。文章有两处信息“But city officials in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city which traces its roots to the ninth century, were unmoved.”及“But their $ 15,000 bid was refused.”有提示。
G
Japanese doctors have used thin sheets of tissue from people’s cheeks to repair damaged corneas(角膜). A team from Osaka University transplanted thin layers of cheek cells onto the eyes of four patients with a rare and painful eye condition, reports BBC online. Patients whose vision had been cloudy could see well afterwards, and the “new corneas” remained clear more than a year after the operation.
Doctors can also take cells from a healthy eye and grow them in a dish to produce a new cornea, or they can transplant corneas from donors. But these techniques may not work when both eyes are too badly damaged by accident or disease.
The team hope their work may help solve the problem and lead to other types of grow-your-own tissue transplants. The cornea is the clear layer of cells on the surface of the eye. It can be damaged by trauma(外伤) or by a range of diseases.
The team worked with four patients who had a painful condition that caused cloudy corneas and dry eyes. Often the eye can regenerate cornea cells but none of the four patients had this ability. The researchers took a 3 mm-wide square of tissue from inside the mouth(cheeks) and grew it into q thin layer in the lab. They used a special low-temperature technique to separate a very think sheet off each batch(组). They then laid that onto the patient’s eye. The cell layers stuck onto the eye and developed into tissue that looked and acted like a healthy cornea.
However, long-term follow-up and experience with a large series of patients are needed to assess the benefits and risks of this method. “Yet, it does offer the potential of treating severe eye diseases that are resistant to standard approaches,” said the head of the research, Kohji Nishida.
1. Now doctors can repair the damaged corneas with the following methods EXCEPT ______.
A. using mouth tissue
B. taking cells from a healthy eye and growing them in a dish
C. transplanting corneas from another person
D. using finger tissue
2. If both eyes are too badly damaged, we can treat them ______.
A. only by using mouth tissue
B. by taking cells from a healthy eye and growing them in a dish
C. by transplanting healthy corneas from donors
D. by none of the mentioned methods.
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