2019-2020年高考英语冲刺导练(VII).doc

2019-2020年高考英语冲刺导练(VII) 【读写应用综合训练】 一、完形填空Cloze Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges are the very things that 37 us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that e with 38 . When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isnt worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and munication. When we are mitted to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how unfortable something is, we will always choose to 46 it and work through instead of running away from it. munication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster. In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50 they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. Its all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and some day you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it makes me who I am today. And that a good thing.” 36. A. seem to B. e to C. hope to D. try to 37. A. design B. promote C. direct D. shape 38. A. confidence B. pressure C. friendship D. difficulty 39. A. opportunities B. expectations C. choices D. aspects 40. A. demanding B. deserving C. predicting D. presenting 41. A. ment B. loss C. trouble D. expense 42. A. spansB. timesC. dates D. ages43. A. casesB. fields C. parts D. occasions 44. A. assessment B. mitment C. encouragement D. adjustment 45. A. doubtful B. shameful C. harmful D. painful 46. A. keepB. control C. face D. catch 47. A. spaceB. plan C. topicD. room 48. A. If B. As C. While D. Unless 49. A. other than B. rather than C. or rather D. or else 50. A. whatB. whoC. whereD. which 51. A. pass by B. e across C. get through D. run over 52. A. unnecessary B. necessary C. impossible D. possible 53. A. serves B. means C. aimsD. attempts 54. A. opens B. appeals C. goes D. happens 55. A. look down on B. look back on C. look forward toD. look up to 二、阅读理解Reading prehension Test Reading Skills阅读理解能力 考查7理解作者的意图、观点和态度能力解析：语言篇章都有其写作目的，或传播信息、或阐明道理、或愉悦读者。这些往往不直接表达出来而是隐含在字里行间。 Passage 1 Modern inventions have speeded up peoples loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while puters operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new puter boasts (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the unfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at puters results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientist; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.There was a time when some peoples lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.68. The new products bee more and more time-saving because _. A. our love of speed seems never-endingB. time is limited. C. the prices are increasingly high.D. the manufactures boast a lot.69. What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to ? A. Imaginary life B. Simple life in the past. C. Times of inventions D. Time for constant activity.70. What is the authors attitude towards the modern technology? A. Critical B. Objective. C. Optimistic. D. Negative.71. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The present and past times.B. Machinery and human beings. C. Imaginations and inventions.D. Modern technology and its influence. Passage 2 How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round peoples wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of day according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour-glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in an antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?41. According to the passage, collecting antique clocks _. A. can hardly keep the value of your savings B. will cost much of your savings C. may increase your wealth D. needs your bravery42. By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to _. A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clockB. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth C. tell readers what clocks look likeD. pare chicks to human beings43. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to measure the time? A. Counting the beating of ones own heart.B. Making use of candles, sand and water. C. Observing shadows cast by the sun.D. Keeping slaves busy day and night.44. The underlined phrase stately homes in paragraph 4 means _. A. state-owned housesB. houses in very good condition C. grand houses open to the publicD. houses where statesmen meet regularly45. The purpose of the passage is _. A. to introduce the culture of antique clocksB. to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks C. to pare different ways to make a future profit D. to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time 话题7 社会文化 Society & Culture 话题解析 社会和文化类文章同样是高考阅读考查中的高频选材。话题题材广泛，内容多样。高考选材多以中西（英）文化差异为重点内容，涉及语言学习、生活习惯、价值观、社交礼仪等。体裁多为记叙文、说明文、议论文。考查重点以细节事实理解、主旨大意、推理判断、词义猜测等为主。Passage A As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizationsUNESCO and National Geographic among themhave for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field noteswhich had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.Now, through the two organizations that he has foundedthe Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature ProjectTurin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of munities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech munities.32. Many scholars are making efforts to _. A. promote global languages B. rescue disappearing languages C. search for language munities D. set up language research organizations.33. What does “that tradition in Paragraph 3 refer to ? A. Having full records of the languages B. Writing books on language teaching. C. Telling stories about language users D. Living with the native speaker.34. What is Turins book based on? A. The cultural studies B. The documents available at Yale. C. His language research in Bhutan. D. His personal experience in Nepal. 35. Which of the following best describe Turins work? A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward. C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.Passage B Skeptics are a strange lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The “eco-guilt” brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more forting worldviews.Perhaps that explains why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much publicity. That book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, declares that it measures the “real state of the world” as fine. Of course, another explanation is the deep pockets of some big businesses with special interests. Indeed, Mr. Lomborgs views are similar to those of some Industry-funded organizations, which start huge activities though the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming.So it was strange to see Mr. Lomborgs book go largely unchallenged in the media though his beliefs were contrary to most scientific opinions. One national newspaper in Canada ran a number of articles and reviews full of words of praise, even with the conclusion that “After Lomborg, the environmental movement will begin to die down.”Such one-sided views should have immediately been challenged. But only a different review appeared in Nature, a respected science magazine with specific readership. The review remarked that Mr. Lomborgs “preference for unexamined materials is incredible”. A critical eye is valuable, and the media should present information in such a way that could allow people to make informed decisions. Unfortunately, that is often inaccessible as blocked by the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interest. People might bee half-blind before a world partially exhibited by the media. Thats a shame, because matters concerning the health of the planet are far too important to be treated lightly.72. According to the passage, which of the following may be regarded as “skeptics”? A. People who agree on the popularity of “eco-guilt”. B. People who disbelieve the serious situation of our planet. C. People who dislike the harmful effect of human activities. D. People who spread forting news to protect our environment.73. Which of the following can be a reason for the popularity of Lomborgs books? A. Some big businesses intend to protect their own interests. B .The book challenges views about the fine state of the world. C. The author convinces people to speak forting worldviews. D. Industryfunded media present confusing information.74. The author mentioned the review in Nature in order to _. A. voice a different opinionB. find fault with Lomborgs book C. challenge the authority of the mediaD. point out the value of scientific views.75. What is the authors main purpose in writing the passenger? A. To encourage the skeptics to have a critical eye. B. To warn the public of the danger of halfblindness with reviews. C. To blame the medias lack of responsibility in information. D. To show the importance of presenting overall information by the media.Passage C In the more and more petitive service industry, it is no longer enough to promise customer satisfaction. Today, customer “delight” is what panies are trying to achieve in order to keep and increase market share. It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of researchers, that customers receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people; those treated badly tell tales of woe to up to 20 people. Interestingly, 80 percent of people who feel their plaints are handled fairly will stay loyal. New challenges for customer care have e when people can obtain goods and services through telephone call centers and the Internet. For example, many panies now have to invest a lot of money in information technology and staff training in order to cope with the “phone rage”caused by delays in answering calls, being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long periods.“Many people do not like talking to machines,” says Dr, Storey, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at City University Business School. “Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data to establish instant and good relationship with then. The aim is to make the customer feel they know you and that you can trust themthe sort of fortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats with their local branch manager.”Remended ways of creating customer delight include: under-promising and over-delivering (saying that a repair will be carried out within five hours, but getting it done within two) replacing a faulty product immediately; throwing in a gift voucher (购物礼券) as an unexpected “thank you” to regular customers; and always returning calls, even when they are plaints.Aiming for customer delight is all very well, but if services do not reach the high level promised, disappointment or worse will be the result. This can be eased by offering an apology and an explanation of why the service did not meet usual standards with empathy (for example, “I know how you must feel”), and possible solutions (replacement, pensation or whatever fairness suggests best meets the case).Airlines face some of the toughest challenges over customer care. Fierce petition has convinced them at that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer anger over delays caused by weather, unclaimed luggage and technical problems.For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume of calls about bookings and flight times. They are trained to answer quickly, with their names, job title and a “we are here to help” attitude. The pany has invested heavily in information technology to make sure that information is available instantly on screen.British Airways also says its customer care policies are applied within the pany and staff are taught to regard each other as customers requiring the highest standards of service.Customer care is obviously here to stay and it would be a foolish pany that used slogans such as “we do as we please”. On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of disappointment. 50. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _.A. plaining customers are hard to satisfyB. unsatisfied customers receive better serviceC .satisfied customers catch more attention D. well-treated customers promote business51. The writer mentions “phone rage”(Paragraph 3) to show that _.A. customers often use phones to express their angerB. people still prefer to buy goods onlineC. customer care bees more demandingD. customers rely on their phones to obtain services52. What does the writer remend to create customer delight? A. Calling customers regular.B. Giving a “thank you “note. C. Delivering a quicker service. D. Promising more gifts. 53. If a manager should show his empathy (Paragraph 6), what would be probably say? A. “I know how upset you must be.”B. “I appreciate your understanding.” C. “Im sorry for the delay.”D. “I know its our fault.”54. Customer delight is important for airlines because _. A. their telephone style remains unchangedB. they are more likely to meet with plaints C. the services cost them a lot of moneyD. the policies can be applied to their staff55. Which of the following is conveyed in this article? A. Face-to face service creates fortable feelings among customers. B. panies that promise more will naturally attract more customers. C. A pany should promise less but do more in a petitive market. D. Customer delight is more important for air lines then for banks.Passage D When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate? Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must ,but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term ,They will also experience fear.Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best .If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will bee less functional around you, an