四川省绵阳市2014高考英语 文章类暑假训练题（13）

四川省绵阳市2014高考英语（暑假）文章类训练题（13）附答案完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 36 it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 37 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 38 with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 39 if there was any sign of it on our end.The 40 always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 41 . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids, 42 and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 43 for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.By Christmas Eve we finally had to 44 the fact that the package was 45 lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 46 and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 47 package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 48 the door, a man was standing there.“I 49 this is yours, ” he said, holding a package. Just then I 50 that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “ 51 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 52 stranger for taking so much trouble to 53 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 54 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.The real gift that holiday season was the new 55 to my sister who lives far away from us. Now theres one gift I never want to give back!36. A. booked B. decorated C. mailed D. listed37. A. appointment B. holiday C. deadline D. party38. A. year B. month C. week D. morning39. A. find out B. take out C. figure out D. pick out40. A. complaint B. discussion C. conversation D. quarrel41. A. kidding B. arguing C. chatting D. scolding42. A. gifts B. husband C. secrets D. clothing43. A. food B. money C. achievement D. time44. A. accept B. ignore C. consider D. study45. A. entirely B. suddenly C. mostly D. simply46. A. restaurant B. house C. office D. class47. A. terrible B. missing C. big D. outstanding48. A. opened B. locked C. left D. watched49. A. understandB. forget C. know D. believe50. A. expected B. dreamed C. realized D. remembered51. A. because B. but C. or D. so52. A. generous B. honest C. polite D. kind53. A. show B. present C. return D. offer54. A. silently B. carefully C. gently D. actually55. A. connection B. guide C. recognition D. closeness参考答案Keys: 36-55 CBDAC CBDAD BBADC BDCAD*结束（奉贤）A. speciesB. concernedC. extensionD. barelyE. incrediblyF. monitoredG. introducedH. survivalI. seriouslyJ. extinctionThey may be so small that they can crawl along the edge of a coin, but the endangered status of the Partula gibba snails means soon they may not be visible at all. The critically endangered snail, which is _41_ bigger than a pin head at birth, is facing _42_ after a failed farming experiment almost wiped out its number in its native Pacific islands. When the predatory (食肉的）rosy wolf-snail from Florida was _43_ to the islands in 1974 in an attempt to control land snail numbers, it instead fed on tree snails, including the tiny Partula gibba ones.Now British conservationists are battling to save the tiny creature. Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England is home to 123 of the worlds remaining 306 Partula gibba snails.This year, the zoo will release some of the snails into reserves on the Pacific islands. The snails will then be closely _44_ until they are released into the wild to look after themselves.Snail keeper Geoff Read at Marwell Zoo is deeply _45_ about the fate of the snails. im looking at a(n) _46_ dying in front of me and to think these snails could become extinct in my lifetime is _47_ sad, he said.I know they are only snails, and i hate to say that, BUT because they are not cute (可爱的） and fluffy (毛茸茸的)，people do not seem to care. These animals are rare. added the keeper, who called for responsibility to be taken very _48_. ”But there seems to be some good news. The International Partula Conservation programme has plans to reintroduce the snails into the wild, so there could be hope for the future. There home there is like a bio-security room and the environment is key to their _49_ .4145 DJGFB4649 AEIH*结束 A. majority B. involving C. association D. visible E. wearing F. distraction G. attentively H. fatal I. specifically J. needed People who wear headphones might want to throw them away while walking outside. A study finds that accidents involving walkers 41 the devices have increased three times in recent years.Researchers combed several sources to find incidents in the U.S. of crashes 42 walkers and vehicles from 2004 to 2011. Searching the National Injury Surveillance System, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Google News archives and Westlaw Campus Research, they found 116 cases of death or injury involving walkers wearing headphones. Cases in which people were using mobile phones (including hands-free devices) were not included.Over the years the number of cases increased, from 16 in 2004 and 2005 to 47 in 2010 and 2011. The victims average age was 21, and most (68 percent) were male. The 43 ( 67percent ) were under the age of 30. Most (55 percent) were hit by trains, and 70 percent of the crashes, most of which were in urban areas, were 44 .In 74 percent of the cases, police or eyewitness reports said the walker had headphones on when hit. And 29 percent of reports made mention of horns or warning bells going off before the crash.The study authors pointed to two likely causes that may be a factor in what they call “the possible 45 between headphone use and walker injury”: sensory deprivation（感官剥夺） and 46 . The latter is more 47 called “inattentional blindness,” referring to the use of electronic devices and how they decrease attention to things going on around us.Hearing whats going on in the environment, they point out, could be more important than 48 clues for walkers. But the authors add that this study doesnt show cause or relationship of headphone use and walker risk, and other factors could have been involved in the accidents, such as walkers being intoxicated（陶醉）or drivers being at fault.More comprehensive information on such accidents is 49 , the researchers said, to see which groups of people may be most at risk.4145 E B A H C 4649 F I D J*结束Todays English learner has a wide choice of dictionaries. There are _21_ with American English, with British English, with idioms or slang, and _22_ with pictures. One of the most _23_ dictionaries I have seen among many students is the _24_ electronic dictionary. All you have to do is to _25_ a word in your language and you can see it and _26_ it in English. Thats great, right? Well, I think its great, too. but only sometimes.Bilingual electronic dictionaries are fast and _27_. They can be great _28_ you are traveling and need information quickly. _29_ I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual _30_ dictionaries in many cases. Let me explain.When you reach an intermediate (中等程度的) level of English, you know _31_ of the language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English. Translating between languages in your head _32_ time. You should be translating as little as possible and _33_ in English as much as possible. I strongly recommend that intermediate and advanced students should _34_ an EnglishEnglish dictionary that is made _35_ for your understanding. For example, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and _36_ publishing houses do, too.I also feel that paper dictionaries are better for studying than electronic dictionaries. True, they take longer to use. But, for some reason, the information you _37_ seems to stay in your head longer. It may be _38_ you are forced to spell the word in your head and therefore “see it” more clearly in your _39_.So what do you do if you have checked an EnglishEnglish dictionary and still dont understand something? Go to your bilingual dictionary. It is useful sometimes. Just remember to try to _40_ in English as much as possible.语篇解读：本文作者向我们介绍了发声的电子词典、双语对照词典以及纸质词典的特点并反对使用电子词典，主张中等水平及其以上的英语学习者使用英英词典，这更能培养英语思维。21A.dictionaries BbooksCmagazines Dpapers解析：根据逻辑以及本段第一句可知，有各种各样的词典。答案：A22A.still BevenCyet Djust解析：甚至有的词典配有图片，用even来表示进一步说明。答案：B23A.interesting BusefulCexpensive Dpopular解析：结合下文可知，这种会发声的电子词典很受学生欢迎。答案：D24A.saying BtalkingCspeaking Dtelling解析：从下文可知，你用你的语言输入一个单词，这种会发声的电子词典就能用英语说出这个单词，此处强调人机的交流，所以用talking。答案：B25A.take down Bget acrossCtype in Dsay out解析：此处表示用你的语言输入一个单词，所以用“type in”表示“输入”。答案：C26A.observe BfeelChear Dsay解析：根据上下文以及逻辑可知，你输入一个单词，这种会发声的电子词典就能用英语说出这个单词，自然你可以在会发声的电子词典里看到这个单词并听到这个单词的英语发音。答案：C27A.difficult BvitalChelpful Deasy解析：根据下文可知，双语电子词典既快速又简捷。 答案：D28A.when BasCafter Dbefore解析：当(when)你在旅行的时候，有双语电子词典非常好。答案：A29A.So BAndCBut DWhile解析：前面讲双语电子词典的优点，而下文作者则反对使用电子词典，前后表示转折关系，所以用but。 答案：C30A.plastic Bpaper Celectric Dvisual解析：结合上文再根据下文作者推荐中等及以上的英语学习者使用英英词典可知他对使用双语纸质词典也是反对的。 答案：B31A.enough BlittleCmost Dfew解析：此处表示中等水平的英语学习者已经懂得足够的英语，能够问某些东西的意思。答案：A32A.spends BpaysCtakes Dinvests解析：此处表示在头脑中用一种语言翻译另外一种语言很花费时间，故用takes。spend的主语不能是物。答案：C33A.writing BtypingCthinking Dreflecting解析：由下文作者推荐学生使用英英词典可知此处表示应可能多地用英语思考问题。 答案：C34A.borrow BbuyCkeep Duse解析：此处表示使用英语词典，故用use。答案：D35A.especially BpracticallyCgenerally Dextremely解析：英英词典尤其在你的理解方面有帮助，especially“尤其，特别”。答案：A36A.another BotherCthe other Dothers解析：此处表示其他的出版社，表示泛指，用来修饰名词“publishing houses”，所以用other。答案：B37A.refer to Bcheck inClook up Dput in解析：此处表示“查阅信息”，应用look up“(在词典或参考书中)查阅”。refer to表示“查阅”时，后面一般接词典等。答案：C38A.why BbecauseCwhen Dwhere解析： “It may be because.”表示“那可能是因为”。 答案：B39A.mind BearsCeyes Dmouth解析：这不是真正意义上的“看”，而是这样做在你的头脑里对这个词理解得更深。 答案：A40A.speak BstayCsave Dremember解析：上文提到用英语进行思维，所以此处用stay“保持”，表示“尽可能多地用英语来学习”。答案：B。*结束