四川省广安市高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮选练2.docx

1、四川省广安市高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮选练2 四川省广安市2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解一轮选练（2）【2014高考英语广东省华侨中学四模】完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项。Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that _1_ us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges t

2、hat come with _2_.When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two _3_. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing _4_ the challenge isnt worth the _5_ and call it quits. Although there are _6_ times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most _7_ all that is neede

3、d is _8_ and communication.When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how _9_ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to _10_ it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a _11_ for discussion and talking about how you feel as oppo

4、sed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” rather than “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much _12_.In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are:

5、small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is _13_ to get over, and hurt only _14_ to make us stronger. Its all part of growing up, it _15_ to everyone, and some day you will look back to all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it makes me who I a

6、m today. And that is a good thing.”1Adesign Bpromote Cdirect Dshape2Aconfidence Bfriendship Cpressure Ddifficulty3Aopportunities Bexpectations Cchoices Daspects4Ademanding Bdeserving Cpredicting Dpresenting5Acomment Bloss Ctrouble Dexpense6Aseriously Bcertainly Cscarcely Dclosely7Acases Bfields Cpar

7、ts Dareas8Aassessment Bcommitment Cencouragement Dadjustment9Adoubtful Bshameful Charmful Dpainful10Akeep Bcontrol Cface Dcatch11Aspace Bplan Ctopic Drate12Afaster Bworse Cfurther Dslower13Aunnecessary Bimportant Cimpossible Dillegal14Aserves Bmeans Caims Dattempts15Aopens Bappeals Cturns Dhappens【参

8、考答案】完形填空：1-5. DBCDC 610. BABDC 1115. AACAD阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。In parts of Africa, the sky is filled with a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path.And in the battle to st

9、op this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. The radio station is in one of Senegals worst affected regions.This is West Africas biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, ca

10、using huge damage to crops. As they move, they breed, and increase their number and will soon threaten Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach Asia.Experts say the great damage to crops in areas already suffering from food shortages and war could cause many people to go hungry. Gov

11、ernments in the region are not well equipped to fight the pest.Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. “We are now treating 6,000 hectares per day with pesticide, but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling th

12、is disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania.Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to limit the crisis, the UNs Food and Agriculture Organization warned.1. The purpose of offering people rice for catching locusts in Senegal

13、is _.A. to get more people to eat rice so as to leave less for locustsB. to get more people involved in the war on the locustsC. to prevent more people from starvationD. to get more people to listen to the radio report on locusts2. Which of the following is not the reason for West Africans going hun

14、gry?A. Locust disaster causes the great damage to crops.B. Food supply is far from the need of the people.C. These regions are affected by the war.D. Governments are unwilling to fight the pest.3. It can be concluded that, in order to end the locust disaster, _.A. leaders of 12 countries in West Afr

15、ica should call on their people to take actionB. insects experts should be sent to these regionsC. other countries outside Africa should keep close watch on their own landsD. Help from all over the world is in urgent demand4. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Food shortage in Africa. B. Int

16、ernational aid to Africa.C. The insects attack on Africa. D. Terrible storm in Africa.1. B 推测题。根据第二段意义，广播电台向听众悬赏捕杀蝗虫。可推测出其目的是让更多的人参与到救灾行动中来。2. D 细节理解题。根据第四段意义：专家称一些地区本来就食品匮乏，并饱受战火之苦，而灾害给农作物产量造成的损失更是雪上加霜。许多人因此而挨饿。3. D 推理题。根据短文最后一段的意义：国际社会施以援手是抑制灾情的唯一方法。由此推理可得“国际援助迫在眉睫”。4. C 主旨题。根据短文第一段的描述及下文的阐发可看出本文的

17、主题是“非洲西部的虫灾”。【2015高考复习】阅读理解 Farming is moving indoors，where the sun never shines，where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light，temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition.It could be in a New Yo

18、rk highrise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert.It may be an answer to the worlds food problems.The world already is having trouble feeding itself.Half the people on Earth live in cities，and nearly half of those about 3 billionare hungry or illfed.Foodprices，currently increasing，are buffeted

19、by dryness，floods and the cost of energy required to plant，harvestand transport.And prices will only get more unstable.Climate change makes longterm crop planning uncertain.Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop.And the world is getting more crowded：by

20、midcentury，the global population will grow from 6.8 billion to 9 billion.To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness，or finding ways to completely increase crop output.Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further，growing veget

21、ables and house plants in enclosed (封闭的) and regulated environments.In their research station，water flows into the pans when needed，and the temperature is kept constant.Lights go on and off，creating similar day and night，but according to the rhythm of the plant.A building of 100 square meters and la

22、yers (层) of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch，about 140,000 people.Their idea isnt to grow foods that require much space，like corn or potatoes.Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful.Plants need only sp

23、ecific wavelengths of light to grow.Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions.They use about 90 percent less water than outdoor agriculture.And city farming means producing food near the consumer，and theres no need to transport it long distances.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述了研

24、究者Gertjan Meeuws和他的几位同事所研究的一种未来农业模式：不需要阳光和雨水的室内农业，它不同于温室农业，是一种节能、节水和环保的农业模式，具有适应性强、成本低等特色。16What can we mainly learn from Paragraph 2?AThe climate is worse and worse.BThe city people live a hard life.CThe world has difficulty feeding its people.DThe worlds population is increasing fast.答案C细节理解题。本段主要

25、列举了世界在满足人类食品需求方面的问题，如城市人口挨饿问题、物价上涨和不稳定问题以及人口增长所带来的问题等。选项A、B、D只是世界供应粮食这一大问题中的几个小问题，答案应选C。17Which of the following is true of the environments in the research station?AThe temperature is often changed.BSunshine is in great need for plants.CDay and night depends on plants.DAir quality is controlled by

26、plants.答案C细节理解题。文章第四段中的the temperature is kept constant表明这个温度不会经常变化，故A不对；文章最后一段中的sunlight is not only unnecessary表明这儿是不需要阳光的，故B不对；文章第一段controlled light.air quality and nutrition表明这儿的空气质量是需要控制的，但不一定是依靠植物，故D不对；文章第四段的最后一句可知，这儿的日夜是由植物所“决定”的。故答案选C。18It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuwss f

27、arming_.Ahelps save sea water a lotBis highly adaptableCresembles greenhouse agricultureDsuits the production of corn答案B推理判断题。根据文章最后两段，Meeuws的农业模式能够节省大量的水(但不是海水)，其工作原理并不同于温室农业，不利于生产占据大面积的作物，如corn和potatoes；根据文章第一段的It could be in aNew York highrise or a sprawling complexin the Saudi desert.可知，该种农业可以在许

28、多环境下存在，适应性是很强的。故答案选B。19What is the text mainly about?ADevelopment of indoor farming.BGreat Revolution in farming.CAdvantages of indoor farming.DSunless，rainless indoor farming.答案D主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了几位研究者所研究的一种未来农业模式：不需要阳光和雨水的室内农业，它不同于温室农业，是一种节能、节水和环保的农业方式，适应性强、成本低。故答案选D。阅读理解。Chemicals used for industrial

29、processes often create dangerous forms of waste. The amount of these chemicals has risen heavily in the past few years, as more areas of the world industrialize and new products are produced. Over 80,000 different chemicals are used in industries world-wide. Around the world hundreds of millions of

30、tons of harmful waste are produced each year. Often, it is difficult and expensive to get rid of these chemicals or to store them in a way that does not endanger human life and the environment.Every year, major health problems result from harmful waste. Sadly, it is often after someone has died or,

31、become seriously ill that governments will take actions and reduce levels of dumped（倾倒的）harmful waste. In 1989, a school in New Jersey had to be closed because students there had suffered too much exposure（暴露）to chromium（铬）. It was later learned that large amounts of chromium had been dumped nearby and blown over to the school area.Research has been done to provide information on the effects of every chemical. Because waste chemicals often mix together