20套高考英语完型填空+阅读+单选练习题+详解 (13)

完型填空难度系数：★★★★★ Being a high school coach，I did all I could to help my boys win the games. I   __1__   as hard for victory as they did. A dramatic  __2__，however，following a game in which I officiated as a referee（裁判），__3__   my perspective on victories and defeats. I was   __4__   a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle，New York，between New Rochelle and Yonkers High.New Rochelle was  __5__  by Dan O'Brien，Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was fully  __6__ to capacity，and the volume of noise made it  __7__  to hear. The game was well played and   __8__   competed. Yonkers was leading by one point as I  __9__  there were but 30 seconds left to play.Yonkers，in   __10__   of the ball，passed off（停止，结束）—shot—missed. New Rochelle recovered—pushed the ball up court—shot. The ball  __11__  tantalizingly（逗人地，令人着急地） around the edge and off. The fans shrieked（尖叫）.New Rochelle，the home team（主场球队），__12__   the ball again，tapping it in for what looked like  __13__.The noise was deafening（震耳欲聋的）. From the clock，I realized the game was   __14__.I hadn't heard the final buzzer（信号） because of the noise.Seeking help in this disorder，I  __15__  the timekeeper，a young man of 17 or so. He said，Mr. Covino，the buzzer rang as the ball rolled off the rim   __16__   the final tap­in was made.I was in the unenviable（不值得羡慕的）   __17__   of having to tell Coach O'Brien the sad news.“Dan，” I said，“Yonkers   __18__   the game.” His face clouded over（阴云密布）. The young timekeeper came up，saying，“Sorry，Dad，__19__   ran out before the final basket was tapped in.”   __20__   like the sun coming out from behind a cloud，Coach O'Brien's face lit up，“That's okay，Joe，my son，you did what you had to do. I'm proud of you.”Note：officiate vt.行使 1．A. played       B．thought     C．rooted       D．studied2．A. accident     B．event       C．occurrence     D．incident3．A. changed     B．proved      C．continued      D．supported4．A. playing      B．refereeing   C．watching       D．explaining5．A. coached     B．acted       C．surrounded      D．shocked6．A. untreated     B．unsafe     C．crowded        D．legal7．A. surprising    B．impossible   C．exciting        D．timely8．A. continuously  B．closely     C．easily          D．happily9．A. discovered    B．remained   C．accessed       D．added10．A. search      B．pride      C．honour         D．possession11．A. ran        B．rolled      C．walked         D．wandered12．A. refused     B．removed    C．recovered      D．examined13．A. failure     B．victory      C．mistake       D．bravery14．A. over      B．last          C．dilemma      D．unfair15．A. entered    B．left          C．approached    D．seperated16．A. if         B．before       C．and           D．after17．A. situation   B．position      C．condition      D．state18．A.won       B．lost          C．defeated      D．loss19．A. way       B．money       C．strength      D．time20．A. Actually   B．Luckily       C．Finally       D．Suddenly【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。“我”是一名教练，可在一次比赛中所发生的事情让“我”印象深刻。1. 答案　C　[从前一句可知，作者是球队的教练，因此选C。root for表示“全力支持”。]2. 答案　D　[a dramatic incident意为“戏剧性的小事”。accident指“突发的事故”；event指“大事”；occurrence指“异常情况”。]3. 答案　A　[从最后一段可知，Coach O'Brien对球赛的胜败态度的转变也影响了作者自己。]4. 答案　B　[B项照应了前一句中的提示“referee”。]5. 答案　A　[从最后一段可知，Dan O'Brien是New Rochelle的教练，应选A。]6. 答案　C　[考查形容词的用法。根据上下文可以推断体育馆的人很多，选C。untreated意为“未处理的”；unsafe意为“不安全的”；legal意为“合法的”。]7. 答案　B　[从前一空和“noise”可推知B比较合理。]8. 答案　B　[从后一句可知，双方几乎势均力敌，所以选B。]9. 答案　A　[当作者发现“Yonkers was leading by one point”的时候还剩30秒比赛结束。A项符合题意。]10. 答案　D　[本题考查的是词组in possession of，意为“控制”，是“passed off—shot—missed”这一系列动作的前提。]11. 答案　B　[球投到篮里的时候，是roll(滚动)比较合乎题意。]12. 答案　C　[根据“New Rochelle recovered—pushed the ball up court—shot.”可知答案应该是C。]13. 答案　B　[B项既照应了上文“tap in”(托进或拨进篮筐)，也照应了下面的“as the ball rolled off the rim__16__ the final tap­in was made”，故选B。]14. 答案　A　[从下面可知，球赛应该over(结束)，但没听到当时停止的信号。]15. 答案　C　[到计时员那儿去问，所以应该是approach(走近)。]16. 答案　B　[从下文可以推知，哨声是在最后一个进球之前吹响的，应选B。]17. 答案　B　[由于作者是裁判，再加上胜败已成定局，此时处于不值得羡慕的位置，故选B。situation指“形势”；condition指“条件”；state指“状况”。]18. 答案　A　[根据上下文可知赢了比赛，应选A。]19. 答案　D　[句意是“在最后一个球投中之前时间就已经到了”，所以应选D。]20. 答案　D　[因为Coach O'Brien的态度是在儿子的几句话后快速改变的，因此D比较符合语境。]  阅读理解    Environmentalists said our planet was doomed to die. Now one man says they are wrong.     "Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape," thundered a magazine article last year. Species（物种）are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.    But there's a growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world's environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting cleaner. The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the "bad news" culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.    Now the attacks are increasingly coining from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups — with profits of hundreds of mil-lions of pounds a year — are using scare tactics(谋略)to gain donations. Lomborg's book doesn't deny global warming — probably the biggest environmental threat — but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.    The Worldwatch Institute claims that "deforestation has been accelerating over the last 30 years". But Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20 per cent of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area's depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30 per cent of total land area, since the 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, the UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk（缩小）by about 15 per cent.    Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50 per cent of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08 per cent of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.    Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of the success of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, "There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things aren't as bad as predicted, and that's because behavior has changed."(1)In his book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, what is Lomborg's main argument?A．Our planet is in bad shape.B．The world's environment is improving.C．The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.D．Conservation efforts have been successful.(2)What is Lomborg's main accusation of environmentalists?A．They scared people into making donations.B．They overturned our basic assumptions about the world's environment.C．They changed their behavior toward the environment.D．They only told people bad news about the environment.(3)The underlined word "depleting" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to "____".A．reducing                B．limitingC．expanding             D．accelerating(4)According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A．The total area of forests in the world has increased significantly.B．The effects of global warming are not as bad as first expected.C．It appears that the bald eagle will now survive.D．In the last 50 years the number of whales has increased. 【解析】  “环境一直在变坏，我们的星球末日将要来临”，这是环保主义者们发出的警告，然而 Lomborg 的新书却提出了完全相反的观点，他批驳了环保主义者们耸人听闻的言论。 (1)B  本题考查细节理解。根据文章第一段与第三段可知 Lomborg 在 The Skeptical Environmentalist 中的观点 (argument) 是环境状况正在改善，因此选项B正确，C项只是他观点的一部分，不全面，故排除。(2)A  本题考查细节理解。根据文章第四段中的第二句话可知 Lomborg 指责环保主义者们利用恐吓手段让人们捐款。(3)A  本题考查猜测词义。第五段 Lomborg 通过一些数据反驳了 The Worldwatch Institute 的观点 "deforestation has been acceleration over the last 30 years" ，Lomborg 认为在最近几十年森林面积的缩小已经停止，因此选择 reducing。 (4)C  本题考查细节判断。根据文章倒数第二段中的 "Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list" 可知秃鹰已经不属于濒危的物种了，由此可知C项正确。 **********************************************************结束单选题高考预练1、 Sean has formed the habit of jogging       the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.A. between         B. along           C. below             D. with答案：B考点：考察介词的用法解析：，根据句意“Sean已经形成了每天沿着绿荫大道慢跑两小时的习惯”，表示“沿着”时，应该选B。2、 It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park. It was        journey.A. three hour       B. a three-hours      C. a three-hour       D. three hours答案：C考点：此题考查复合形容词解析：数词+连字符+名词的用法,连字符连接的词作名词定语且用单数。意为“三小时的路程”3、 If our parents do everything for us children, we won't learn to depend on        A. themselves      B. them             C. us               D. ourselves答案：D考点：本题考查反身代词解析：主语为we，因此应为ourselves. depend on oneself:自力更生。根据句意，选D。4、 Every few years, the coal workers         their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health.A. are having       B. have            C. have had           D. had had答案：B考点：本题考查时态。解析：根据时间状语every few years,可判断本句应为一般现在时，因此答案选B。5、 ---Sorry, Professor Smith. I didn't finish the assignment yesterday.---Oh, you       have done it as yesterday was the deadline.A. must            B. mustn't          C. should            D. shouldn't答案：C考点：本题考查的是虚拟语气解析：。此处表示和过去事实相反的情况，应该用should + have + 过去分词。本来应该做，而未做6、 In ancient times, people rarely travelled long distances and most farmers only travelled              the local market.   A. longer than      B. more than          C. as much as        D. as far as答案：D考点：本题考查介词词组。解析：根据动词travel可判断此处应填关于路程的介词词组，本题即为as far as。as far as远到...7、 The church tower which       will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.   A. has restored     B. has been restored    C. is restoring        D. is being restored答案：D考点：本题考查被动语态。解析：Restore意思为修复，而最后一句表明工程还未完成，因此为正在修复中，答案选D.8、 I had great difficulty       the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.   A. find            B. found           C. to find             D. finding答案：D考点：固定词组解析：have difficulty(in)doing sth.做某事有困难。9、 Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues       with her stories.   A. amused         B. amusing         C. to amuse           D. to be amused答案：A考点：本题考查非谓语动词。解析：keep+sb. /sth. +done,根据句意，sb.与它后面的动词成被动关系，故选A.10、        you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.    A. However a serious problem             B. What a serious problemC. However serious a problem             D. What serious a problem答案：C考点：让步状语从句解析：根据句意“无论你有多么严重的问题，你都应该鼓起勇气面对挑战”，而however表让步时其顺序应是：however + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语。
however做连接副词，相当于no matter how,后接形容词或副词，意为“无论、不管” ，引导让步状语从句，其序为“however+形容词、副词+主语+谓语”。