2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练（13）.doc

2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练（13）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Money is all surrounding usEvery day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongueDid you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day es from?Making new money is a very unique job and no easy taskIt has up to 65 steps. When the money in circulation（流通）gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is replaced by new paper money.If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造币厂）Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通货币）These large sheets are cut into individual billsThe individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banksSometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured）or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new billA different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a dieThe dies are made and put onto large printing machinesThen, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can haveAlong with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special coloursAfter the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks1From the passage we know thatAbanks make new moneyBit takes 65 procedures to make new moneyCmints decide what kind of bill is neededDold money that is not used is forever stored in a special place2We can infer from the passage that a die is _ Asomething for dead peopleBa special machine that prints the moneyCa special piece of paper that the money is made from Da piece of metal that puts the picture on the money3Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?New money is printed in a mintBills are cut from large sheets of special paperNew money is sent in large amounts to banks The government decides to make new moneyABCD4Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?AThe reason for making new moneyBThe processes of making a new billCThe amount of new money neededDThings used to make new money or a new bill5. Where can you most probably find this kind of article?A. a daily newspaper B. a fashion magazine C. textbook D. an advertisement【参考答案】15、BDDCC阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Going on holiday not only makes you feel good while youre thereyou gain the health benefits for months，new research shows. Jetting off to exotic destinations such as the Maldives cuts your blood pressure, helps you sleep better and bounce back from stress, it found.The benefits last at least a fortnight longer than the vacation and can be felt for months in some cases where it is claimed.Experts say workers should always take their full holiday entitlement each yearas many as one in three dontto get the benefits. The study pared key health markers in holidaymakers visiting Thailand, Peru or the Maldives, with people who stayed at home and continued working. The average blood pressure of those on holiday dropped by six percent while the workers saw their blood pressure rise by two percent over the same period.The sleep quality of holidaymakers improved by 17 percent while that of the nonholidaymakers deteriorated_by 14 percent.The study also found the ability of vacationers to recover from stressknown as the stressresilience testimproved by 29 percent. There was a 71 percent fall in stress resilience scores among workers. Tests showed a fall in blood glucose levels, reducing the risk of diabetes, trimmer waistlines and enhanced mood and energy levels, with the effects sustained for at least two weeks after returning home. The Holiday Health Experiment was conducted by tour operator Kuoni and Nuffield Health, the UKs largest healthcare charity.1. According to the passage, how many people go on holiday?AOne third.BTwo thirds.C17 percent. DA quarter.2. Which of the following can we infer from the passage? AThe further you go, the better the benefits.BMost people like to stay at home during the holiday. CHolidaymakers are more adaptable than nonholidaymakers.DThe result of the study is mostly based on the description from the people involved.3. The underlined word “deteriorated” in Para.3 probably means _.Aimproved BroseCworsened Dremained4. The author intends to tell us that _.A. we have to go on holiday as much as possibleByoull certainly get depressed if you dont go on holidayCit is best to go to foreign countries like MaldivesDwe had better go on holiday for the benefit of health解题导语本文主要论述了旅游可以给我们的身体带来健康。1解析：选B。细节理解题。根据Experts say workers should always take their full holiday entitlement each year as many as one in three dont to get the benefits.2/3的人去度假，故选B。2解析：选C。推理判断题。根据Jetting off to exotic destinations such as the Maldives cuts your blood pressure, helps you sleep better and bounce back from stress, it found.可以推出度假的事的人比不度假的人更具有适应性，因为缓解了压力并且度假有利于身体健康，故选C。3解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据The sleep quality of holidaymakers improved by 17 percent while that of the nonholidaymakers deteriorated by 14 percent.这里while表示前后的对比，前面用的是improved“提高，变好”与它对应的是“变坏”，故选C。4解析：选D。细节理解题。根据Going on holiday not only makes you feel good while youre there you gain the health benefits for months，为了身体的健康我们最好去度假，故选D。【xx高考复习】完形填空Preparing for TomorrowSixthgrade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton believed in readiness.Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighthgrade on the_16_.They quickly protested that the words were not on their_17_and they couldnt learn them.Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these_18_.She said that she would teach them something that should be given.Ms.Shelton_19_by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to_20_，maybe even be president someday，and she wanted to prepare them for that day.Ms.Shelton spoke those words many years ago._21_did she know that someday one of her studentsJesse Jacksonwould take them_22_.She believed that if they were well prepared，they could_23_high goals.Ralph Waldo Emerson once said，“People only see what they are_24_to see.”If thats true，then it is also_25_that they only bee what they are prepared to bee.And many things in life is just about getting ready.“I want to be doing something more_26_with my life than what I am doing now，”a young man once said to me.He_27_what he was doing was just not that important.Other people have said things to me such as，“I only_28_I had a meaningful relationship.Id really like to get a better job，but I just dont see_29_.”You fill in the blanks.What is it you would like to_30_that isnt happening？Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet_31_.Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you_32_.Think of today as another chance to_33_yourself for that exciting future you are looking for.Today is not wasted.If you desire more from_34_，then you can use today as training.For you will experience only what you are prepared to_35_.Something wonderful can happen.And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.16A.desk Bwall Cchalkboard Ddoor答案C结合前面的“Sixthgrade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton”和“began writing words”可知老师在教室里，应该是在黑板(chalkboard)上写字。17A.duty Bdesk Cmind Dlevel答案D由前面的“Sixthgrade schoolteacher”及“writing words of eighthgrade”可知这些词超出了他们的水平。故选D项。18A.words Bgrammars Cpronunciations Dsentences答案A根据第一段中的“writing words of eighthgrade”可知此处表示老师认为学生们能够并且将学会这些单词。19A.started Bended Cwarned Dreminded答案B结合上下文可知此处是老师总结性的话，即老师最后说故选end。20A.greatness Bwealth Chonor Dfailure答案A从后面的“maybe even be president someday”可知此处指将来某一天这个班中的某一个学生会成为伟大的人物(greatness)。wealth财富；honor荣誉；failure失败，均不符合语境。21A.Seldom BLittle CHardly DTotally答案B从后面的“did she know that someday one of her studentsJesse Jacksonwould take them”可知当时这个老师并没有意识到自己的话对学生的影响，其中有一个学生杰克逊很认真地对待了她说的话。seldom很少，不常，表示否定意义，指频率，可以排除；little不多，稍微；hardly几乎不；totally全部地；只有little符合语境。22A.nervously Beagerly Cseriously Dsimply答案Ctake sth seriously认真地对待某事，是固定搭配。23A.keep Bhave Cset Dachieve答案D根据前面的“She believed that if they were well prepared”可知她认为学生们只要做好准备，就一定会实现(achieve)他们的目标。keep保持；have拥有；set使处于。24A.prepared Bforced Cattracted Dtempted答案A根据后一句中的“they only bee what they are prepared to bee”可知答案为A项。25A.proper Bexact Clegal Dtrue答案D根据前面的“If thats true，then it is also”以及空格后面的“that they only bee what they are prepared to bee.”可知，此处指他们仅会成为准备成为的那样的人，这一点也是真实的(true)。proper恰当的；exact精确的；legal合法的，均不符合语境。26A.difficult Bsignificant Cpleasant Dinteresting答案B根据后面的“He_27_what he was doing was just not that important.”可知此处表示他想做一些比现在所做的更加有意义的事情，所以选B项。27A.boasted Bbehaved Cfelt Dlooked答案C他认为自己现在从事的事情不重要。feel认为，符合语境。28A.wish Bexpect Chope Dimagine答案A前面的“want to”和后面的“Id really like to”都是说明一些人的愿望。从这个空后面的had可知此处是一种虚拟的形式，所以不用hope，应用wish。29A.what Bwhen Cwhy Dhow答案D根据前面的“Id really like to get a better job”可知此人想获得一份好的工作，但是不知道怎样获得。30A.survive Bhappen Cgain Dwin答案B由后面的“that isnt happening”可知B正确。survive幸存；gain获得；win赢得，均不符合语境。31A.adventurous BactiveCready Dintelligent答案C由后句“Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready.”可知C项正确。adventurous冒险的；active积极的；intelligent聪明的。32A.concern Barrange Cadore Ddesire答案D由下一段的“If you desire more from_34_”可知选D项。33A.prepare Benjoy Cimagine Dconduct答案A根据文章题目“Preparing for Tomorrow”及文章主旨可知此处选prepare。34A.history Bnature Clife Dmarriage答案C由第五段第一句“.with my life.”可知选C项。35A.suffer Bexperience Cstruggle Dwork答案B由此句句意“因为你只能经历你准备经历的。”可知B项正确。