第五組-2閱讀理解+1完形填空

第五組2閱讀理解＋1完形填空(限時(shí)：30分鐘)Ⅰ.閱讀理解A(2019·嘉興模擬)Thescenehasbeenset.TheColumbusMarathon，26.2miles，Oct.21st2018.ForRichCarryerandMichelleCefola，two34-yearoldtwinsfromPittsburgh，PA，thiswasthedaywhenmonthsofhardworkandeffortswouldpayoff.Justashorttimeago，theywereheadingdownthesameroadastheirfather，whohadhisfirstbypasssurgery(心臟搭橋手術(shù))atage38.Regularworkoutsandasensibledietjustweren’tpartoftheirlives.Michelle，however，startedaregularfitnessprogram，andsoonbegantorun.Thegoingwasslowatfirst，butsoonMichellewasaveraging30—40milesaweek.WiththisnewlifestyleMichellelostover90poundsin18months.RichwasinspiredbyMichelle’ssuccessandalsobeganatransformation.Onceagain，therunningcameslowandshortinthebeginning，butsoonRichwasalsorunning30－40milesaweek.Withalltherunningthatthetwoweredoing，andwithallthehardworktheyalreadycompleted，theydecidedtotrytosatisfyadeep-downwishtorunamarathontogetherastheperfectendtomonthsofhardwork.WithsponsorshipfromRich’semployer，anAmericansupermarketchain，GiantEagle，theystartedaverystrict18-weekmarathontrainingprogram，whichpushedthemtotheirlimits.Theirweeklyrunningmileageincreasedto60milessomeweeks，andincludedseverallongruns—twoofwhichwere20mileslong.TheColumbusmediareportedtheirstory;theywereinterviewedandappearedin“RUNOHIO”．Andso，onOct.21st，RichandMichellereachedakeymomentintheirlives.Theyshowedthateachandeveryoneofushasthepowertochange，physically，emotionally(情感上地)，orspiritually.Theylearnedthatefforts，combinedwithadreamandfueledbyinspiration，canleadtoaccomplishment.【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講了雙胞胎RichCarryer和MichelleCefola運(yùn)動(dòng)減肥后，第一次參加馬拉松比賽的故事。1．WhatdoweknowaboutMichelle?A．Shesetupafitnesscenter.B．SheencouragedRichtojointhemarathon.C．Sheoncehadanunreasonablediet.D．Shewasbornwithanoverweightproblem.答案C[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Regularworkoutsandasensibledietjustweren’tpartoftheirlives”可知，Michelle之前既沒有經(jīng)常鍛煉，又沒有合理的飲食，故C項(xiàng)正確。]2．Whatcanbeinferredfromparagraph3?A．Thetwinswerecrazyaboutsports.B．Thetwinsbecamefamousnationwide.C．Thetwinsreceivedsupportfromothers.D．Thetwinscameoutontopinthemarathon.答案C[推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“WithsponsorshipfromRich’semployer”和“theywereinterviewedandappearedin‘RUNOHIO’”可推知，這對(duì)雙胞胎得到了來自外界的支持和幫助，故C項(xiàng)正確。]3．Whatdoestheauthorwanttoconveyinthelastparagraph?A．Betterlatethannever.B．Hardworkpaysoff.C．Nowayisimpossibletocourage.D．Allthingsaredifficultbeforetheyareeasy.答案B[推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Theyshowedthat...canleadtoaccomplishment”，再結(jié)合雙胞胎努力不懈的故事可知，作者在最后一段闡述了功夫不負(fù)有心人的道理。]B(2019·學(xué)軍中學(xué)模擬)Dogsareourbestfriends.That’sespeciallytrueafteradisaster，suchasanearthquake.Whenbuildingsfalldown，searchandrescuedogshelpfindtrappedpeople.Dogs’amazingnosescanpickupthesmellofsurvivors.Nowscientistshavedevelopedanelectronictoolthatdoesthesamething.It’stakingsmelldetection(探測(cè))toawholenewlevel.Thenewinventionisasortofelectronicnose，whichcandetectextremelylowlevelsofmanycompounds(化合物)frompeople’sskin.Thisisn’tthefirsttimeengineershavedevelopedsuchanobject.Earliermodels，however，havebeenbulkyandexpensive.Theycouldnotdetectlowlevelsoftargetcompoundseither.Thenewoneisinexpensiveandsmallenoughtofitinsidehandheldequipment.Theelectronicnosecandetectextremelyslightsmellofmorethanonecompoundatthesametime.“Beingabletodothis，insuchasmallobject，isthesignificantdiscovery，”saysSotirisE．Pratsinis，ProfessorofProcessEngineering&MaterialsScienceattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyinZurich.Histeamtesteditinspecialspaces.Theywerelikethesmallspaceswherepeoplemightbetrapped.Chemicalsgivenoffbythevolunteersbuiltupinside.Theelectronicequipmentdetectedthosecompoundsatunbelievablylowlevels.Theresultsweregoodnewsfortheresearchteam.Buttheymaybenotforourfour-leggedfriends，whocouldsoonbeoutofajob.“Ideally，thistechnologycouldreplacesearchandrescuedogs，”Pratsinissays.StephenTaylor，anelectricalengineer，agreesthatthenewtechnologyhassomebenefitsoverdogs.Still，hethinksitmaybetoosoontohaveourtrustyfriendsretire.Hesuspects，“Iforeseethatsuchanobjectcouldaddtothefineworkdonebythedogs.”Tayloralsopointedoutsomepotentiallimitationsofthenewinvention.“E-nosesareuseful.Buttheycanbeverylikelytobeaffectedbyunstablereadingsandinterruption，”hesays.【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文，文中介紹了一種有可能取代搜救狗的“電子鼻”。4．Whichofthefollowingbestexplains“bulky”underlinedinparagraph2?A．Complex. B．Fragile.C．Handy. D．Large.答案D[詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Earliermodels，however，havebeenbulkyandexpensive”和“Thenewoneisinexpensiveandsmallenoughtofitinsidehandheldequipment”可知，此處“bulky”與“smallenoughtofitinsidehandheldequipment”形成對(duì)比，意為“體積大的”。]5．Whatisparagraph3mainlyabout?A．Whate-noses’workingprincipleis.B．Howe-nosesaremade.C．Whatdifferencesbetweendogsande-nosesare.D．Howpowerfule-nosesare.答案D[段落大意題。第三段主要講了Pratsinis的團(tuán)隊(duì)在模擬的災(zāi)后人們被困的環(huán)境中做實(shí)驗(yàn)，證明電子鼻能夠檢測(cè)到人們釋放出的微量的化合物，其功能很強(qiáng)大，可以完全勝任搜救狗的工作。故D項(xiàng)正確。]6．WhatdoesStephenTaylormean?A．Dogsande-nosescouldworktogether.B．Searchandrescuedogswillretiresoon.C．E-nosesaremorereliablethannosesofdogs.D．Dogsarebetteratfindingouttrappedpeople.答案A[推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Iforeseethat...bythedogs”可知，StephenTaylor認(rèn)為，在電子鼻的幫助下，搜救狗能更好地進(jìn)行救援工作，即狗與電子鼻可合作救人。故A項(xiàng)正確。]Ⅱ.完形填空Ialwayscomeacrossrandomactsofkindnessinmylife.Manyyearsago，Iwas1CostaRicawhenIfoundmyselfinanawkwardsituation:mycreditcardsandbankcardswentoutof2abroad，andIonlyhad$5tomy3.Ihadnowaytogetmoney.Ididn’tknowanybodyinthiscountry.IonlyknewbasicSpanish，andbesidesthecashtheonly4Ihadwasareturntickettomycountryinalmosttwoweeks.Backthen，therewasnosuchthingasmobilephones，and5emailwasverylimited.Tofindhelp，Idecidedtogotothecountryside.WiththeonlycoinsIhad，I6thebusterminalandfoundavillage，which7almosttheexactamount.About4hourslater，IarrivedatSantaRosaAbajoatmidnight.Iknockeddoortodoor，8inmyverypoorSpanishthatIwasaforeignertravellinginCostaRicawithnomoneybutI9tostayhereforovertendays.Ibeggedthemfora10—suchascooking，cleaningandlookingaftertheirkids，anythinglikethat.Everybody11，“Ohmy，butsopoorarewethatwehavenoextrafoodorspace.Maybeyoucantrythenext12.”Andthey’dpointmetoanotherhouse.Finally，IarrivedataChineserestaurant.Theowneroftherestaurantwasvery13.ShegavemefoodandcalledtheRedCrosstocometorescueme.WiththeheadoftheRedCross，Ispentmy14daysinCostaRica.ThisisoneofthebesttripsI’veeverhad，becauseIrealizedthatwhenyou’reinapositiontobeableto15，itactuallymakesyoufeelhappy.【語篇解讀】本文屬于記敘文。作者在哥斯達(dá)黎加旅游時(shí)，因?yàn)樽约旱你y行卡不能在該國使用，身上只有5美元和一張回國的返程票。但作者要等到近兩周后才能回國，所以她就坐車到鄉(xiāng)下試圖找一份工作掙點(diǎn)生活費(fèi)用，找了很多都沒有成功，最后一家中餐館幫助了她，在餐館老板的幫助下，作者順利回國。1.A.circling B.consideringC.entering D.visiting答案D[根據(jù)下文中的“IwasaforeignertravellinginCostaRica”可知，作者在哥斯達(dá)黎加旅游時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己處于一個(gè)很難辦的狀況。故選visiting。]2.A.use B.rangeC.control D.date答案A[上文談到作者在哥斯達(dá)黎加旅游，下文談到作者僅有5美元現(xiàn)金，故選A，此處表示作者的銀行卡在國外不能使用了。go/beoutofuse“禁止使用”。]3.A.advantage B.wonderC.name D.credit答案C[根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示作者僅有5美元。toone’sname“擁有”。]4.A.necessity B.possessionC.memory D.impression答案B[除了那5美元外，作者唯一擁有的物品(possession)就是一張返程票。necessity“必需品”，memory“記憶”，impression“印象”，均不符合語境。]5.A.again B.evenC.yet D.thus答案B[在那時(shí)，還沒有諸如手機(jī)之類的通信設(shè)備，甚至連電子郵件的使用也很有限。根據(jù)句意，這里在程度上有更進(jìn)一步的含義，故選B。]6.A.lookedfor B.headedtoC.stayedat D.thoughtof答案B[作者沒辦法弄到錢，決定去鄉(xiāng)下，于是坐車往公共汽車終點(diǎn)站方向去，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)村莊，故選B。lookfor“尋找”，stayat“待在(某地)”，thinkof“想起”，與上下文不符。]7.A.created B.earnedC.saved D.cost答案D[上文第一段談到作者只有5美元了，所以作者要坐車，必須要看看車票的價(jià)格。她坐的這班車，車費(fèi)基本上與她擁有的現(xiàn)金相當(dāng)。故選D。create“創(chuàng)造”，earn“掙得”，save“節(jié)省”，與上下文不符。]8.A.explaining