20套高考英语完型填空+阅读+单选练习题+详解 (16)

完型填空难度系数：★★★★Wranglers（争论者） and Stranglers（扼杀者）Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin，who seemed to have amazing creative __1__ talent. They were would­be poets，novelists，and essayists. They were extraordinary in their __2__ to put the English language to its best use. These promising young men __3__ regularly to read and critique (评论) each other's work. And critique it they did!These men were merciless（无情的，残忍的） with one another. They __4__ the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces. They were heartless，tough（冷酷的），even mean（苛刻的） in their __5__.The sessions（会议） became such areas of literary criticism that the __6__ of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼杀者)”．In order to __7__，the women of literary talent in the university __8__ to start a club of their own，one comparable to the Stranglers. They __9__ themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”．They，too，read their __10__ one another. But there was one great difference. The criticism was much softer，more __11__，more encouraging. Sometimes，there was almost no criticism at all. Every effort，even the weakest one，was __12__.Twenty years later an alumnus（男校友） of the university was making an exhaustive（详尽的，彻底的） __13__ of his classmates' careers when he __14__ a vast difference in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers. Of all the __15__ young men in the Stranglers，no one had made a significant literary __16__ of any kind. From the Wranglers had come six or more successful __17__，some of national renown such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings，who wrote The Yearling.Talent between the two？Probably the same. Level of __18__？Not much difference. But the Stranglers were strangled，while the Wranglers were determined to give each other a(an) __19__.The Stranglers __20__ an atmosphere of argument and self­doubt. The Wranglers highlighted the best，not the worst.1．A. architectural       B．artistic       C．literary       D．musical2．A. strength          B．ability        C．performance  D．power3．A. gathered          B．organized     C．challenged    D．collected4．A. turned           B．translated       C．combined        D．divided5．A. appreciation       B．criticism       C．assessment       D．judgment6．A. leaders           B．organizers      C．members         D．arrangers7．A. participate        B．practice        C．succeed          D．compete8．A. determined        B．agreed         C．promised        D．dreamed9．A. regarded          B．called         C．thought          D．recognized10．A. works           B．letters         C．books           D．papers11．A. fantastic         B．critical         C．positive         D．serious12．A. required        B．spared          C．made           D．encouraged13．A. experiment       B．study         C．analysis         D．judgment14．A. reflected        B．resolved        C．explained        D．noticed15．A. optimistic       B．confident       C．bright           D．honest16．A. achievement     B．influence       C．contribution      D．improvement17．A. engineers       B．writers         C．doctors          D．lawyers18．A. courage         B．patience       C．education        D．skill19．A. reward          B．favor         C．honor           D．lift20．A. ruined          B．lightened      C．promoted        D．enjoyed 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。一所大学里有两个文学小组，他们对待他人的作品的方式不同，一个小组主要采用批评的方式，而另一个小组采取的却是鼓励的方式，后来，两个小组的组员所取得的文学成就完全不同。1. 答案　C　[考查语境逻辑。从后面的“They were would­be poets，novelists，and essayists.”可知他们即将成为诗人、小说家等，由此可知他们拥有了不起的文学天赋。architectural“建筑的”；artistic“艺术的”；musical“音乐的”。]2. 答案　B　[考查语境中名词的辨析。从前面的“talent”可知他们很有文学天赋，所以此处是指他们在语言方面有着非凡的能力。strength“力量，力气”；performance“表演”；power“权力，力量”。]3. 答案　A　[考查语境逻辑。结合后面的“to read and critique(评论)each other's work”可知他们聚集在一起来阅读和评论彼此的作品。]4. 答案　D　[考查固定搭配。结合后面的“the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces”可知他们把最微小的文学表达都分解成很多份，来批评他人的作品。turn...into“把……变成”；translate...into“把……翻译成”；combine不与into连用。 ]5. 答案　B　[考查语境逻辑。根据前面的“critique(评论)each other's work”可知此处表示他们在评论的时候一点也不留情面。appreciation“欣赏”；assessment“估计，评估”；judgment“判断”。]6. 答案　C　[考查语境逻辑。从后面的“of this special club called themselves...”可知此处是指这个俱乐部的成员。leader“领导者”；organizer“组织者”；arranger“组织者，经办者”。]7. 答案　D　[考查上下文暗示。结合后面的“the women of literary talent in the university __8__to start a club of their own，one comparable to the Stranglers”可知这个大学的具有文学天赋的女同学们决定组建一个她们自己的俱乐部来和那些男同学们竞争。participate“参加”；practice“练习”；succeed“成功”。]8. 答案　A　[考查语境逻辑。此处指这些女同学们下决心来开办自己的俱乐部。agree“同意”；promise“允诺”；dream“梦想”。]9. 答案　B　[考查上下文暗示，结合前面的“called themselves the ‘Stranglers(扼杀者)’”可知此处是指这些女同学把自己称为Wranglers。“regard”认为；“think”思考，认为；“recognize”承认。]10. 答案　A　[考查语境逻辑。她们也读她们彼此的作品。letter“信件”；book“书籍”；paper“论文”。]11. 答案　C　[考查上下文暗示。从后面的“more encouraging”可知她们的批评多是积极的，具有鼓励性的。fantastic“荒诞的”；critical“批评的”；serious“严肃的”。]12. 答案　D　[考查语境逻辑。由上文可知，“Wranglers”的特点就是“鼓励”，故选D。此处表示她们鼓励每一次尝试，哪怕是最微弱的尝试。require“要求”。spare no effort“不遗余力”；make every effort“努力”；B、C两项均与语境不符。]13. 答案　B　[考查语境逻辑。这里表示一个校友对他的同班同学所从事的职业进行了研究。experiment“试验，实验”；analysis“分析”；judgment“判断”。]14. 答案　D　[考查上下文暗示。根据后面的“a vast difference in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers”可知通过研究他发现了Stranglers和Wranglers在文学成就方面的巨大差别。reflect“表明，表达”；resolve“解决”；explain“解释”。]15. 答案　C　[考查上下文逻辑。从第一段中“...a group of brilliant young men...”可知此处是指那些聪明的男同学。optimistic“乐观的”；confident“自信的”；honest“诚实的”。]16. 答案　A　[考查上下文暗示。结合前面的“in the literary accomplishments”以及上下文内容可知他们没有人取得骄人的文学成就。influence“影响”；contribution“贡献”；improvement“改进，改善”。]17. 答案　B　[考查语境逻辑。从后面的“some of national renown such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings，who wrote The Yearling”可知她们中有的人成为了著名的作家。engineer“工程师”；doctor“医生”；lawyer“律师”。]18. 答案　C　[考查语境逻辑。此处表示他们的教育水平没有什么不同。courage“勇气”；patience“耐心”；skill“技能”。]19. 答案　D　[考查固定搭配。此处指Wranglers互相帮助，互相鼓励。give sb a lift “帮某人一把”。]20. 答案　C　[考查语境逻辑。这里指Stranglers创造了一种争辩与自我怀疑的氛围。ruin“毁灭”；lighten“减轻，使变明亮”；enjoy“享受，喜欢”。]******************************************************结束 阅读理解    The good news is that James Cameron’s Avatar，his first big film since Titanic，12 years ago，is a good film. The bad news—at least for Cameron—is that his film is not the masterpiece he set out to make. Nobody spends so much money(more than￡214 million)or spends so much time(the project started in 1995)to make just a good film. No，Cameron has intended to make a classic science—fiction epic(史诗) that will take its place along with Star Wars, The Matrix or his own Terminator films， But，amazingly enough，Avatar is so beautiful that it’s almost too rich to take in and appreciate on one viewing. It’s not afraid of social and political comments，educating us in the evils(邪恶)of capitalism while entertaining us with the evils of capitalism.     The curious thing about Avatar is that，for all of its advanced technological work，there is something out of date. The idea of humans using other bodies to travel in other worlds was an exciting concept for novelists and film-makers back in the 1990s. "Second Life can be easily found in films of that decade. Avatar’s political idea also seems out of date. Humans destroy things for short-sighted profits，and this has been going on all the time throughout the human history，hasn’t it?    Undoubtedly,Cameron unbelievably succeeds in creating an extremely beautiful world that nobody has ever seen. But this wonderful shell of beauty can’t make up Avatar’s lack of heart. In the past，Cameron could always mix big scenes with strong feelings. What’s missing here is the heartbreaking moment. The love story between Jake and Neytiri doesn’t take off the way Jack and Rose did in Titanic.    However，despite all these, we will be left with a film that’s no masterpiece. but still well worth seeing.  【解析】  本文是一篇电影评论，作者从独特的角度对《阿凡达》提出了令人耳目一新的见解。 (1)C推理判断题。根据第一段第三句中的内容可知虽然此片是一部好电影，但是考虑到高昂的制作成本，有些不值得。(2)B细节理解题。由第一段内容可知Cameron打算制作出一部与《星球大战》《黑客帝国》和自己的《终结者》相提并论的经典科幻史诗，可见B项《黑客帝国》不是他的作品。(3)C 细节理解题。根据第三段后半部分中的"What’s missing here is the heartbreaking moment. "可知《阿凡达》的弊端是缺少令人心碎的时刻。(4)B 推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句中的内容可推断《阿凡达》在表达自己的观点时无所畏惧。(5)D 作者态度题。由第二段和第三段可知《阿凡达》是一部科幻电影；再根据最后一段中的内容可知作者认为《阿凡达》虽然不是杰作，但仍然不愧为一部值得观看的电影。由此选D项。 单选题高考预练1、Such poets as Shakespeare                  widely read，of whose works，however，some             difficult to understand   A．are；are    B．is；is    C．are；is   D．is：are2、一When shall we restart our business?     一Not until we       our plan．   A．will finish       B．are finishing   C．are to finish      D．have finishedw3、The lawyer listened with full attention，       to miss any point．   A．not trying        B．trying not   C．to try not         D．not to try4、You’ve failed to do what you            to and I’m afraid the teacher will blame you．   A．will expect       B．will be expected   C．expected         D．were expected5、If you have a job，         yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed．   A．do devote        B．don't devote   C．devoting         D．not devoting6、Because of the heavy traffic，it was already time for lunch break          she got to her office．   A．since    B．that    C．when      D．until 7、He telephoned the travel agency to        three air tickets to London.A. order          B. arrange            C. take          D. book8、—Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me?—Sure.        ?A. What help       B. What is this     C. What is it    D. What do you want 9、James took the magazines off the little table to make        for the television.A. room         B. area          C. field         D. position10、We      on this project for four hours. Let’s have a rest.A. are working     B. have been working    C. worked      D. had worked  1. 答案：A解析：考查主谓一致。主句中的主语应为poets,谓语动词用复数，其后的非限制性定语从句的主语应为some of whose works，谓语动词也应是复数。故选A。2. 答案：D解析：考查动词时态。在状语从句中，经常用一般现在时表将来时，用现在完成时表将来完成时。此处为until引导的时间状语从句，故用现在完成时，选D。意为“直到我们完成我们的计划，我们才重新开始我们的生意。”3. 答案：B解析：考查现在分词短语做伴随状语及动词不定式的否定式。句中listen和try not to miss为同时进行的动作，故用现在分词的一般式做伴随状语。又动词不定式的否定式要在其前加not.故选B。4. 答案：D解析：考查动词时态。句中you与expect存在被动关系，首先排除C。又有have failed提示应是过去你被期盼做的事，故应为过去时，正确答案为D。 5. 答案：A解析：考查谓语动词的强调及“祈使句+and+将来时句子”的固定搭配。此处应是祈使句，又有谓语动词的强调要借助助动词do，故选A。句意为：“如果你有了一份工作，付出努力去做它，最后你定能成功。” 6. 答案：C解析：考查状语从句。句意为：“因为交通阻塞，当她到达办公室时已经是休的时间了。”，故此处应为when引导的时间状语从句，故正确答案为C。7. 答案：D. 考点：考查动词意义。句意：他打电话给旅行社预定三张去伦敦的机票。解析：book和tickets搭配，是“订票”的意思。8. 答案：C. 考点：考查交际用语。句意：—劳驾，你能帮帮我吗？—好的，什么事？解析：第一个人询问是否可以帮忙，从第二个人的回答sure，可以知道他愿意，接着问，具体是什么事，用What is it？意思是“什么事？”。9. 答案：A. 考点：考查名词意义和用法。句意：詹姆斯把杂志从小桌子上拿下了，目的是为电视腾出空间。解析：make room for是固定搭配，意思是“为……让空”的意思，其中的room是不可数名词。10. 答案：B. 考点：考查动词时态。句意：我们在这项工程上一直工作了四个小时了。咱们休息一会。解析：从句子的时间状语for four hours和后面的句子Let’s have a rest可知，动作从过去发生，到说话的时候一直在进行着，所以此处要用现在完成进行时态。