2019-2020年高考英语阅读、完形填空（四月）冲刺自练（2）.doc

2019-2020年高考英语阅读、完形填空（四月）冲刺自练（2）阅读理解Bill Javis took over our villages news-agency at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news-agency was ready-made. The business produced little enough for him, but Bill was a man who only wanted the simplicity and order and regularity of the job. He had been a long-serving sailor, and all his life had done everything by the clock.Every day he opened his shop at 6:00 a. m. to catch the early trade; the papers arrived on his doorstep before that. Many of Bills customers were city workers, and the shop was convenient for the station. Business was tailing off by 10 oclock, so at eleven sharp Bill closed for lunch. It was hard luck on anybody who wanted a paper or magazine in the afternoon, for most likely Bill would be down on the river bank, fishing, and his neatest petitor was five kilometers away. Sometimes in the afternoon-, the evening paper landed on the doorway, and at 4 o clock Bill reopened his shop. The evening rush lasted till seven, and it was worthwhile.He lived in a flat above the ship, alone. Except in the very bad weather, you always knew where to find him in the afternoon, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch it was three minutes past four, so I was astonished to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the, water. He had no luck, I could, see, but he was making no effort to move.“Whats wrong, Bill?” I called out from the path.For answer, he put a hand in his jacket and took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off with a noise like a fire engine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back, Ten to four, you see, and this is dead right. I had never known anyone carrying a brass alarm clock round with him before.5. Bill Javis became a news-agent when _.A. he need the money. B. he decided to take things easyC. he was quite an old man D. he gave up clock-repairing6. Bill opened the shop so early in the day because _.A. he liked to do as much as possible before he went to workB. the shop had to be open when the morning papers cameC. he was never sure of timeD. it was then that he did a lot of business7. On that sunny afternoon, the writer was surprised when he saw Bill because _.A. he thought it was late for Bill to be still fishingB. he thought Bill was ill, since he was not moving at allC. Bill had not caught anything, and that seemed strangeD. Bill stayed in his flat8. From the information given in the passage, who or what do you think was wrong?A. The bell was; it must have gone off at the wrong time.B. Bill was; he had dropped off to sleep.C. The writers watch was fast.D. Bills clock was wrong; it was old.5. C 推断题。at a time of life when most of us only wanted to relax和He had been a long-serving sailor这两点说明他已上了年纪。6. D 推断题。第二段开头说他6点开门，报纸在这之前已送到，而且还可以catch the early trade。7. A 推断题。Bill通常4点会重新开店，而那天作者的表已过4点，Bill还没有离开的意思，所以他非常惊讶。8. C 细节题。A项中go off是爆发，产生很大声音；B项中drop off to sleep是不知不觉入睡；文章中倒数第二段最后一句话this is dead right 中dead是“非常，完全”的意思，可见，Bill的clock没错。阅读理解 The Western has been the favorite type for American adventure story since the nineteenth century. While the American West was being settled, newspapers and dime novels could depend on stories of the frontier settlements and tell tales about living in the untamed wilderness to sell. The public back East was eager to read about the West, even if the stories were more fiction than fact.In 1902, Owen Wister published his novel The Virginian, which was one of the first novels to treat the Western as a serious literary form; the novel still sold well and had inspired several movies and a television series. In 1905, Bertha H. Bower and Zane Grey published their first novels, and the popular Western novels had continued to flourish from that day on, with current novels by Luke Short, Max Brand, and Louis L Amour carrying on the tradition.The first Western movie appeared even earlier than these serious Western novels. Before the turn of the century, an associate of Edisons had filmed Cripple Creek Barroom Scene, a few seconds of film showing the inside of a saloon, to help publicize the invention of the movie camera. In 1903 the Edison pany filmed the first full-length Western The Great Train Robbery. The film lasts less than fifteen minutes, but a story is told its entirety. In the movie, bandits (强盗) rob a train and its passengers, killing the engineer, and find themselves tracked down by a posse. Audiences loved the movie. Some theaters were actually opened for the single purpose of showing The Great Train Robbery and only later realized that they could do equally well showing other movies. The film was so successful that other panies, and finally even the Edison pany itself, began producing copies and other versions of The Great Train Robbery. Ironically, in an era when the West was still very real -Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma were all territories rather than states in 1903 The Great Train Robbery was filmed in New Jersey. 9. The purpose of this passage is to_.A. discuss the making of the movie The Great Train RobberyB. discuss the early Western novelsC. discuss the art of movie makingD. trace the development of the Western as an American adventure story tradition10. We can conclude from this passage that_.A. people lost interest in the West after 1903B. Owen Wister was an ex-cowboyC. New Jersey was still untamed wilderness in 1903D. films were fairly unmon at the time The Great Train Robbery was made11. The passage suggests that_.A. Edisons invention of the movie camera happened;by accidentB. movie houses didnt make much-money in the early daysC. Easterners were fascinated by the wild WestD. The Great Train Robbery was poorly received by the public because it lacked a plot12. As used in this passage, the word “literary” means_.A. humorous B. financial C. appropriate to literature D. amateur【答案解析】9. D 推断题。从1902年出版的小说，1903年拍的一部电影，到1905年的第一批小说等，作者如此不吝惜笔墨，是为了追溯具有冒险故事传统的美国西部发展史。故D项是正确答案。10. D 推断题。第三段，通过The Great Train Robbery影片的成功放映，人们才开始认识到在影剧院也可以同样放映一些其它影片,于是其它制片公司甚至于the Edison公司本身便开始生产其副本及The Great Train Robbery的其它译本。通过以上信息，我们得出的结论应是D项所表达的内容，那一时期的电影并非相当普及。11. C 推断题。第一段最后一句的was eager to read about the West(渴望看一些有关西部的书)，与题中were fascinated by the wild West (对荒芜的西部着了迷)表达了同样的信息，故C项为正确答案。12. C 词义题。根据上下文关系以及关键词语novels和form可推知literary的词义。因为“小说”与“形式”应属于“文学”范围。完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。 It was the night before the position was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目),“The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the 1 of an evening at Uncle Aliens in Belleville 2 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 3 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in 4 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 5 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 6 it. What laughing 7 we had about the 8 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 9 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 10 it down simply for my own 11 , not for Mr. Fleagle, my position teacher. 12 , I would write something else. When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 13 left to write a proper position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 14 my work. Two days passed before Mr.Fleagle returned the15 papers. He said,” Now, class, I want to read you a position, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti.” My words! He was reading my words out 16 to the whole class.17 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 18 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 19 my words had the power to make people 20 .( ) 1. A. memory B. thought C. knowledge D. experience答案:A( ) 2. A. when B. where C. since D. after答案:A( ) 3. A. cooked B. served C. got D. made答案:B( ) 4. A. their B. past C. last D. those答案:D( ) 5. A. none B. one C. some D. neither答案:A( ) 6. A. careful about B. good at C. fond of D. interested in答案:B( ) 7. A. speeches B. lessons C. sayings D. arguments答案:D( ) 8. A. nearly B. naturally C. officially D. socially答案:D( ) 9. A. Especially B. Probably C. Suddenly D. Fortunately答案:C( ) 10. A. settle B. put C. take D. let答案:B( ) 11. A. work B. story C. luck D. joy答案:D( ) 12. A. However B. Therefore C. As for him D. Except for that答案:C( ) 13. A. time B. excuse C. way D. idea答案:A( ) 14. A. give up B. continue C. hand in D. delay答案:C( ) 15. A. written B. graded C. collected D. calmly答案:B( ) 16. A. loud B. fast C. publicly D. calmly答案:A( ) 17. A. People B. Nobody C. Somebody D.I答案:C( ) 18. A. shock B. wonder C. worry D. pleasure答案:D( ) 19. A. if B. for C. while D. although答案:B( ) 20. A. excited B. satisfied C. think D. laugh答案:D1. 提示:此处是指作者想起了从前的一件事，memory在此处的意思是“回忆、留在记忆中的人或事”。题干中的bring back的意思为“使回忆起”，和memory正好搭配。2. 提示:此空实际上是对整个句子意思和结构的考查。when是关系副词，引导的定语从句修饰先行词the evening，进一步说明那天晚上的情况。其他三个选项都能引导定语从句，但意思不合语境的要求。3. 提示:当大家坐在桌子边时，应该是有人端上面条来，从下文对大家在吃面条情景的描述看，此处不是强调Aunt Pat做的意大利面条，而是强调她给我们吃的意大利面条，serve在此处的意思为“端上饭菜招待顾客”。4. 提示:in those days指“在当时”，相当于in the past。因为作者就在吃面条的现场，不可能用到“他们的时代”这样的状语；而B、C两项都应该使用定冠词。5. 提示:正因为是外来品，所以没有人吃过意大利面条。根据Never had I eaten spaghetti可知，大人们也都是不常吃的。D项只能表示“两者”，从上下文可知，在场的不止两个人。6. 提示:根据下面他们对吃面条的方法都大发争论，看来他们不常吃面条，或者说不知怎样把面条送到嘴里为好，可知他们不善于吃面条。短语be good at的意思为“善于；在某方面做得好”。7. 提示:从本句的下文看，因为他们不知吃面条的方法，必然会产生争论。have argument about也是常用的短语，意思是“就争论”。8. 提示:怎样把面条送进嘴里才算讲究，才算高雅，才算体面是指社交方面的事，故选用socially“在社交方面，善于交际地，在社会中”。吃东西的方法不能由官方来定，所以排除干扰性较强的C项。9. 提示:当作者想起吃意大利面条这件事，“猛然”意识到要写这个题目，是合情理的。10. 提示:短语put down 在此处的意思为“把记下来或写下来”。11. 提示:下文有not for Mr Fleage，从短文的意思看，既然不是为了上交作文而写，就不用按老师的要求写，而是为了自己高兴而写。12. 提示:作者决定不按老师的旨意去写，“至于老师这方面”。as for him 起承上启下的作用。13. 提示:因为第二天早晨作者没有交上按老师要求所写的文章，可知是没有“时间”了。14. 提示:短语hand in的意思为“上交(作业等)”。15. 提示:根据题意:这些试卷应该是经老师批阅过打分的，而不仅仅收上来(C项)或者签名(D项)。grade在此处的意思为“给分级或分类；给评分”，grade papers是“评试卷；给试卷打分”。16. 提示:读给全班同学听，应该大声地读，loud的意思为“大声地”。17. 提示:听到好笑的事情，有人先笑了，后是全班跟着笑。根据下文I did my best not to show pleasure，可排除D项。somebody指班里的某个同学。18. 提示:老师在班里读某人的作文，是对他的表扬和肯定。根据下一句话but what I was feeling was pure happiness 可知，作者尽力不表露“喜悦”的心情，但心里却乐开了花。19. 提示:此处for为并列连词，意为“因为”，其明显的标志是其前面用逗号与前面的句子分开20. 提示:根据前文提到的作者的作文只是引起了大家的大笑，the whole class was laughing with openhearted enjoyment，文中并没有提到别的情绪，可知此处应用laugh作宾语补足语。