。单项填空 1。(XX年高考湖北卷)hikingbyoneselfcanbefunandgoodforhealth。itmayalsobegoodforbuilding。 a。respectb。friendship c。reputationd。character 解析:选d。respect尊重;friendship友谊;reputation名声;character性格,品格。句意为:独自远足可能是一件有趣的事,也是对健康有好处的事。它还有利于一个人品格的发展。build培养,发展(思想、品格等)。 2。whiletherearesomedifferencesintheeducationalsystemsinmanycountriesintheworld,educationis。 a。regularb。universal c。logicald。normal 解析:选b。考查形容词辨析。universal普遍的,通用的。句意为:虽然世界上许多国家在教育体制上有一些不同,但教育却是通用的。regular规则的,定期的;logical合逻辑的,合情理的;normal正常的。 3。(XX年高考四川卷)ihaven’tseenannforlongthati’veforgottenwhatshelookslike。 a。suchb。very c。sod。too 解析:选c。句意:我有很长时间没见着安了,我已忘记她长什么样了。sosuch。。。that如此以至于,即soadj。adv。that,而suchn。that,long为形容词,故用so。 4。maggiehasbeenfortunatetofindajobsheloves,and,shegetswellpaidforit。 a。soonerorlaterb。what’smore c。asaresultd。moreorless 解析:选b。句意:maggie非常幸运找到了她喜欢的工作,而且待遇非常好。soonerorlater迟早;what’smore此外,而且;asaresult结果;moreorless或多或少。根据句意,b项正确。 5。didn’tyouhaveagoodtimeattheparty? ofcourseidid。asamatteroffact,ihadsuchfunthattimeseemedtosoquickly。 a。gobyb。goaway c。gooutd。goover 解析:选a。本题考查动词词组。goaway离开;goout出去,熄灭;goover过来,温习;goby时间过去,流逝。概括题意应选a项。 6。perhapsi’mnotquitefitforthejob,but,pleaseletmehaveatry。 a。infactb。anyhow c。sod。otherwise 解析:选b。anyhow表示无论如何,即使如此。infact实际上,otherwise否则,so所以,均不合题意。 7。in,hebegantolearnrussian,whenhewasin。 a。1970;the50’sb。the1970;his50s c。the1970s;hisfiftiesd。1970s;hisfifties 解析:选c。句意:在20世纪70年代,在他五十多岁时他开始学习俄语。inthe1970sinthe1970’s20世纪70年代,inone’s数词复数,表示某人多少岁时。 8。thehelpoftheteacher,thestudentwhowasn’tgoodatmaththedifficultproblemquickly。 a。workedoutb。workedon c。solvedd。solved 解析:选d。solve解决。另外在某人的帮助下用withthehelpofsb。来表达。 9。thepolicemanthechildrentocrosstheroadwhenthetrafficlightsturnedgreen。 a。letb。made c。signalledd。called 解析:选c。signalsb。todosth。示意某人做某事。句意为:当交通灯变绿时警察向孩子们做手势,让他们过马路。由letmakesb。dosth。可排除选项a、b;call命令,不符合题意。 10。nowadays,nosinglecountrycansuccessfullytheglobalproblemsalone。 a。makeuseofb。dealwith c。comeupwithd。gothrough 解析:选b。dealwith处理,对付。makeuseof利用;comeupwith提出;gothrough经历,遭受。 。阅读理解 a (XX年皖北协作区联考)certainpeoplemakeyoufeelcomfortablewhentheyarearound。youspendanhourwiththemandfeelasifyou’veknownthemhalfyourlife。thesepeoplehavesomethingincommon。andonceweknowwhatitis,wecantrytodoitourselves。 howisitdone?hereareseveralskillsthatgoodtalkershave。ifyoufollowtheskills,theywillhelpyouputpeopleatease,andmakefriendswiththemquickly。 firstofall,goodtalkersaskquestions。almostanyone,nomatterhowshytheyare,willansweraquestion。knownbusinessmansays,atbusinesslunches,ialwaysaskpeoplewhattheydidthismorning。it’sacommonquestion,butitwillgetthingsgoing。fromthereyoucanmoveontoothermatterssometimestoreallypersonalquestions。andhowtheyanswerwillletyouknowhowfaryoucango。 second,oncegoodtalkershaveaskedquestionstheylistenfortheanswer。thispointseemsclear,butitisn’t。yourquestionsshouldhaveapointandhelptotellwhatsortofpersonyouaretalkingto。andtofindout,youreallyhavetolistencarefully。 reallisteningmeanscertainthings。firstitmeansnottochangethesubjectofconversation。ifsomeonestickstoonetopic,youcantakeitasafactthathe’llbereallyinterestedinit。reallisteningalsomeansnotjustlisteningtowords,buttotones(语调)ofvoice。ifthevoicesoundsdull,then,it’stimeforyoutochangethesubject。 finally,goodtalkersknowwellhowtodealwiththeoccasionofparting。ifyou’bye,youmaygivehimafirmhandshakeandsay,i’vereallyenjoyedmeetingyou。ifyouwanttoseethatpersonagain,don’tkeepitsecret。letpeopleknowwhatyoufeel,andtheymaywalkawayfeelingasifthey’veknownyouhalftheirlife。 【解题导语】文章介绍了什么样的人可称为goodtalkers及goodtalkers所具备的各种品质。 1。inthepassage,theauthormainly。 a。introducessomeskillsofgoodtalkers b。persuadesustobecomegoodtalkers c。teachesushowtobeginaconversation d。describesthekindsofgoodspeakers 解析:选a。主旨大意题。文章第二段段首引出话题howisitdone?然后用四段内容介绍要成为goodtalkers四个方面的技巧,由此可以推断a项正确。 2。askingquestionsmightbequiteagoodway。 a。tomakemoreandmorenewfriends b。foryoutobeginyourbusinesstalks c。togettheconversationgoingwell d。tomakealastingimpressiononothers 解析:选c。细节理解题。根据第三段引用一位知名商人说的话。。。it’sacommonquestion,butitwillgetthingsgoing可知,提问题可能是一个让谈话得以顺利进行的好方法。 3。itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatgoodtalkers a。alwaysspeakinagentleway b。nevertalktoomuchortoolittle c。aregoodatmakinganytopicinteresting d。knowhowandwhentochangethetopic 解析:选d。推理判断题。第五段涉及转换话题时的三句话ifsomeonestickstoonetopic,youcantakeitasafactthat。。。ifthevoicesoundsdull,then,it’stimeforyoutochangethesubject。由此推断出,goodtalkers知道如何及何时转换话题,其他选项内容文章没有涉及。 4。fromthepassage,theauthorimpliesyou’llliketostaywithcertainpeoplebecause。 a。theyknowhowtogetalongwithothers b。youcanoftengetmuchhelpfromthem c。theyarealwaysgladtodoanythingforyou d。theywillnevergetyouintotrouble 解析:选a。细节理解题。根据文章开头第一句话certainpeoplemakeyoucomfortablewhentheyarearound。可知,作者暗示你会喜欢和某些人呆在一起是因为他们都知道怎样与人相处。 b whenthelazydaysofsummerarriveandthescheduleispackedwithswimming,camp,andfamilyvacations,itcanbeachallengetofindtimeforlearning。butkids’readingskillsdon’thavetogrowcoldonceschool’sout。herearesomewaystomakereadinganaturalpartoftheirsummerfun。 exploreyourlibrary。visityourlocallibrarytocheckoutbooksandmagazinesthatyourkidshaven’tseenbefore。manylibrarieshavesummerreadingprograms,bookclubs,andreadingcontestsforeventheyoungestborrowers。withanewlibrarycard,upcheckingoutbooks。 readontheroad。goingonalongcartrip?makesurethebackseatisstockedwithfavoritereads。whenyou’renotatthewheel,readthebooksaloud。getsomeaudiobooks(manylibrarieshavelargeselections)andlistentothemtogetherduringdrivingtime。 makeyourownbooks。pickoneofyourfamily’sfavoritepartsofsummerwhetherit’sbaseball,icecream,orthepoolandhaveyourchilddrawpicturesofitorcutoutpicturesfrommagazines。stickthepicturesontopapertomakeabookletandwritetextforit。whenyou’redone,readthebooktogether。rereaditwheneveryoulike! keepintouch。kidsdon’thavetogoawaytowriteaboutsummervacation。evenifyourfamilystayshome,theycansendpostcardstotellfriendsandrelativesabouttheiradventures。askarelativetobeyourchild’spenpalandencouragethemtowriteeachweek。 keepupthereadinghabits。evenifeverythingelsechangesduringthesummer,keepupthereadingroutinesaroundyourhouse。readwithyourkidseverydaywhetherit’sjustbeforebedtimeorunderashadytreeonalazyafternoon。anddon’tforgettotakeabooktothebeach!justbrushthesandoffthepagesit’snosweat! 【解题导语】这是一篇说明文,介绍了暑假期间父母如何为孩子安排阅读。 5。thepurposeofthepassageisto。 a。encourageparentstoread b。giveadviceonraisingkids c。raiseagoodsummerreader d。suggestplacesforvacations 解析:选c。推理判断题。文章采用总分结构,依据第一段可推断,本文的主题是暑假期间父母如何为孩子安排阅读。c项与文章的主题吻合。 6。ifyoudriveonalongtripinsummer,youcan。 a。visitthelocallibraryandjoinbookclubs b。borrowsomeaudiobookstolistento c。keepintouchwithfriendsbysendingpostcards d。readyourownpicturebookswithyourson 解析:选b。细节理解题。由第三段可知,作者建议从图书馆借一些有声读物,开车旅行的时候可以听。 7。bysayingjustbrushthesandoffthepagesit’snosweat,theauthormeans。 a。takingawaythesandonthebookisverydifficult b。aspecialbookisneededwhenyou’rereadingonthebeach c。onecanremovethesandonthebookwithabrusheasily d。there’snotroublereadingevenonthebeach 解析:选d。语意理解题。本段讲的是保持良好的阅读习惯,如每天与孩子读书,不管是睡前还是午后在树荫下。最后,作者提到,去海滩的时候也别忘了带本书。结合语境可知,此处表示即使在沙滩上,读书也非常简单,毫不费力。 8。whoaretheintendedreadersofthepassage? a。parents。b。students。 c。teachers。d。editors。 解析:选a。推理判断题。本文几次出现yourkids,yourchild,由此推断其对象是父母。 c (XX年江苏扬州中学月考)inrecentyearsmanycountrieshavebeenfacedwiththeproblemofhowtomaketheirworkersmoreproductive。someexpertsbelievethattheansweristomakejobsmorevaried。domorevariedjobsleadtogreaterproductivity?thereissomethingtosuggestthatwhilevarietycertainlymakestheworker’slifemoreenjoyable,itdoesnotmakehimworkharder。sovarietyisnotimportant。 otherexpertsfeelthatgivingtheworkerfreedomtodohisjobinhisownwayisimportantandthereisnodoubtthatthisistrue。theproblemisthatthiskindoffreedomcannoteasilybegiveninthemodernfactorywithitscomplicatedmachinerywhichmustbeusedinafixedway。thuswhilefreedomofchoicemaybeimportant,thereisverylittlethatcanbedonetoachievethis。 anotherimportantconsiderationishowmucheachworkercontributestotheproductheismaking。inmostfactoriestheworkerseesonlyonesmallpartoftheproduct。somecarfactoriesaresaidtobeexperimentingwithhavingmanysmallproductionlinesratherthanalargeone,sothateachworkercontributesmoretotheproductionofthecarsonhisline。itwouldseemthenthatthedegreeofworkers’contributionisimportant。 towhatextentdoesmoremoneyleadtogreaterproductivity?theworkersthemselvescertainlythinkthisisimportant,butperhapstheywantmoremoneyonlybecausetheworktheydoissoboring。moneyjustletsthemenjoytheirsparetimemore。asimilarargumentmayexplaindemandsforshorterworkinghours。perhapsifcompaniessucceedinmakingworkers’jobsmoreinteresting,theywillneitherwantmoremoney,norwillshorterworkinghoursbesoimportanttothem。 【解题导语】如何提高工人的生产效率一直是近年来许多国家关注的问题,本文作者论述了影响工人生产效率的几个因素。 9。whichofthefollowingthingswillnotincreaseproductivity? a。makingjobsmorevaried。 b。givingworkersfreedomtodotheirjobsintheirownway。 c。increasingworkers’contributiontoproduction。 d。longerworkinghours。 解析:选d。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知,缩短工作时间是工人们对工作的一个要求,那么延长工作时间是工人不愿意的,因此不利于提高生产效率。选项a、b和c分别在文章的前三段进行了论述。 10。thelastsentenceinthispassagemeansthatifcompaniesmanagetomakeworkers’jobsmoreinteresting,。 a。theywillwantmoremoney b。theywilldemandshorterworkinghours c。moremoneyandshorterworkinghoursareimportant d。moremoneyandshorterworkinghourswillnotbesoimportanttothem 解析:选d。细节理解题。从最后一句可知如果公司能使工作变得有趣,那么加薪和缩短工作时间对于工人们来说就不是那么重要了。 11。inthispassage,thewritertellsus。。 a。howtomakeworkersmoreproductive b。possiblefactorsleadingtogreaterproductivity c。moremoneyleadstogreaterproductivity d。howtomakeworkers’jobsmoreinteresting 解析:选b。主旨大意题。根据文章每一段的中心可知,本文作者论述的是可能影响工人生产效率的几种因素。 12。thewriterofthispassageisprobablya。 a。teacherb。worker c。managerd。physicist 解析:选c。根据文章的内容和所使用的人称可知本文的作者不可能是老师、工人,本文也没有涉及物理学领域的内容,因此作者也不会是物理学家。对生产效率进行研究的应该是公司的经理,因此选择manager。