江蘇省淮安中學高二英語提升訓練（4）.doc

江蘇省淮安中學高二英語提升訓練（4）完形填空the making of a surgeonhow does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? as my year as chief resident(進修醫(yī)生) drew to a close, i asked myself this question 36 more than one occasion.the answer, i concluded, was 37 . when you can say to yourself, “there is no surgical patient i cannot treat competently, treat just 38 or better than any other surgeon” then, and not until then, you are 39 a surgeon. i was 40 that point. 41 , for example, the emergency situations that we met almost every night. the first few months of the year i had 42 the ringing of the telephone. i knew it meant another critical decision to be 43 . often, after i had told walt or larry what to do in a particular 44 , id have trouble getting back to sleep. id 45 all the facts of the case and, often, wonder 46 i had made a poor decision. more than once at two or three in the 47 , after lying awake for an hour, id get out of 48 , dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself. it was the only 49 i could find the 50 of mind i needed to relax.now, in the last month of my residency, 51 was no longer a problem. sometimes i still couldnt be sure of my decision, but i had learned to 52 this as a constant problem for a surgeon. i knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision id made was bound to be a 53 one. it was a nice feeling.this all sounds conceited(自負的) and i guess it is 54 a surgeon needs conceit. he needs it to encourage him in trying moments when hes bothered by the 55 and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine. he has to feel that hes as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world. call it conceit call it self-confidence; whatever it was, i had it.36. a. at b. in c. on d. for 37. a. self-serviceb. self-centeredc. self-reliantd. self-confidence38. a. as good as b. as well as c. as far as d. as long as39. a. indeed b. maybe c. perhaps d. even40. a. waiting b. standing c. lying d. nearing41. a. let b. take c. have d. get42. a. valued b. avoided c. feared d. enjoyed43. a. made b. applied c. included d. developed44. a. condition b. state c. occasion d. situation45. a. retell b. review c. revise d. remind46. a. if b. why c. how d. when47. a. evening b. day c. morning d. afternoon48. a. flat b. bed c. house d. apartment49. a. means b. approach c. method d. way50. a. peace b. trouble c. sorrow d. excitement51. a. driving b. reviewing c. sleeping d. lying52. a. expect b. accept c. respect d. inspect53. a. critical b. poor c. sound d. difficult54. a. but b. or c. so d. and55. a. confidence b. conceit c. solutions d. doubts閱讀理解a so how do they survive? thats the key question, kim said. “its pretty amazing when you find a huge puzzle like that on a planet where we thought we know everything,” kim said.56. scientists had believed that harsh environments could only have been populated by _. a. jellyfish b. mammal c. microbes d. shrimp-like creature57. according to kim, the shrimp-like creature _. a. swam great distances to antarctic b. has always lived in the region c. gradually evolved from shrimp d. has nothing in common with shrimp58. the finding is significant in that _. a. it marks nasas first antarctic biological study b. it proves there is marine life in the antarctic c. it could inspire further study of life in harsh environment d. it shows that lyssianasid amphipod is closely related to shrimp59. the last three paragraphs suggest that _. a. researchers will look at the places the creatures came from b. ice scientists will drill deeper to find more creature c. scientists know very little about the planet they live on d. further research will be done about what the creatures live on bfrom good reading we can get pleasure, companionship, experience, and instructiona good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identityreading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in lifeit increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sadwhatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfactionwith a good book in our hands we need never be lonelywhether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friendsin the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all timesthe people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintancesour human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their companyby turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelingswhen human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement one of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experiencefew of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of bookswhether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else canto travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter me land of our hearts desirethrough books we may get the thrill of risky adventure without dangerwe can climb lofty mountains, brave the danger of an antarctic winter, or cross the hot sands of the desert, all without hardshipin books we may visit the studios of hollywood; we may walk among the gay crowds of the paris wide streets; we may join the picturesque peasants in an alpine village or the kindly natives on a south sea islandindeed, through books the whole world is ours for the askingthe possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimitedthe beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the miracles of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read60why do we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?ano one has come to disturb youbeverything is so quiet and calm around youcthe book you are reading is so interesting and attractivedyour book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed61what can we learn from this passage?ayour wish to visit some far-off place can be realized through the pages of the booksbto escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up readingcbooks can always help you to live a colorful lifedyou may obtain valuable experience from reading good books62the underlined word weary means _ato attract someones attentionbto distract someones attentioncto make someone very tired dto make someone interested63the last paragraph of the passage implies that through books _athe whole world is more accessible to usbwe can ask to go anywhere in the worldcit is possible for us to make a round-the-world trip free of chargedwe can ask for everything in this worldca new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.until now, it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience what psychologists call fluid intelligenceis innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）.but in the new study, researchers describe a method for improving this skill, along with experiments to prove it works.the key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memorythe kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. this type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence, so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence.first they measured the fluid intelligence of four groups of volunteers using standard tests. then they trained each in a complicated memory taskthe childs card game, in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard. during the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance, manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time.the four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively. to make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills, the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training.the results, published monday in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences, were striking. improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater. moreover, the longer they trained, the higher their scores were. all performers, from the weakest to the strongest, showed significant improvement.“our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training.” said dr jaeggi, a co-author of the paper. no one knows how long the gains will last after training stops, he added, and the experiments design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains.64. the researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was_.a. memorizing telephone numbers b. improving working memoryc. training in concentrationd. recalling a card65. the following aspects of the training help increase intelligence except_.a. ignoring irrelevant items b. monitoring ongoing performancec. managing two tasks at the same time d. using previous experience66. when the experiment was conducted, the researchers _.a. trained the four groups for the same period of timeb. only made comparisons between the four groupsc. compared the four groups with control groups d. trained the four groups together67. by writing the article, the writer intends to_a. inform the readers of a new study b. call on people to be trained to increase intelligencec. prove ones born brainpower can be improvedd. tell people the improved intelligence will last forever（二）完型填空my parents passed away ten years ago and i miss them terribly. but i know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the 36 they gave me. every morning my fathers message to me was: remember that 37 you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. my mother often urged me to 38 the high standards she set for me.when i was in high school, i played in a rock band with friends in my class. we were devoted and practiced constantly. we moved past the guys in a garage stage and 39 to be pretty good, doing getting paid gigs (演奏會) most weekends, which made me 40 . at that time, though part of me was 41 up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the clark family, 42 of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. without even telling my parents, i applied to harvard. i didnt think i had much chance of getting in, 43 i wanted to try. so i was riding around being mr cool rock musician half of the time, and the other half i was focused on family and 44 goals. i was running on parallel 45 .when the group won a city wide battle of the bands, things heated up. my bandmates had stars in their eyes we might be able to make it big. however, i began to feel 46 . i realized i was on quite different tracks: i 47 was becoming two people, 48 identities back and forth depending on who i was with. i had to make an option. as i considered my 49 , my parents words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams werent about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. so i 50 out. my bandmasters were 51 . they thought i was crazy to withdraw 52 the peak of real success. but however successful that band got, i knew it wasnt in line with my 53 , with my feeling of what i was 54 to do, with who i was it simply wasnt me.in that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parents advice has helped me recenter and 55 . i could remember who i was the hopes and dreams i carried.36apropertybadvicecguidedaid37awhenbbeforecwhiledsince38acome up withbstand up toclive up todkeep pace with39agotbfailedchopeddattempted40alostbdisappointedcconfuseddthrilled41awrappedbcentredcspentdoffered42ascaredbproudcguiltydashamed43aifbunlesscuntildyet44aeconomicbpoliticalcacademicdliterary45atracksbwayscprocessesddirections46aconfidentboptimisticccheerfulduncomfortable47aexactlybactuallyceventuallydfortunately48aswitchingbactingcdiscoveringdseeking49aconditionsbchoicesccompetencedhealth50agaveblookedccalledddropped51adisturbedbcoolcshockeddtolerant52ainbtocbydat53agoalsbinterestscpersonalitydconsideration54ameantbdemandedcforceddaimed55arecallbrefocuscrebuilddreunite閱讀理解amost book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:title. author.place of publication; publisher, date of publication.number of pages.like most pieces of writing, the review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. the first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers dont have to look up to find this information. you should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation. then you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting(引用) and explaining key phrases from the author. finally, you get to the heart of your review your evaluation of the book. in this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:how well the book has achieved its goalwhat possibilities are suggested by the bookwhat the book has left outhow the book compares with others on the subjectwhat specific points are not convincingwhat personal experiences youve had related to the subject.it is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the authors, so that you dont confuse your reader.then, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.there is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one half to two thirds of the review should summarize the authors main ideas and at least one third should evaluate the book.56what is the most important part of a book review? athe heading.bthe evaluation.cthe conclusion.dthe introduction.57it can be confusing to readers if .athere is no heading in a book reviewbthe book has achieved its goalcthe viewers point of view is not distinguished from the authorsdthe book is compared with others on the same subject58what is not suggested for a book review in this passage?aquoting from the author of the book.bproviding some book information.canalyzing only the author of the book.dcomparing the book with others of a similar subject.59the best title for this passage is “ ”. asteps to followbtips for writing a book reviewcthe way to develop your ideadthings not to be avoided in a book reviewbwe typically associate the word “science” with a person in a white coat doing experiments in a laboratory. ideally, experiments should play as big a role in the human sciences as they do in the natural sciences; but in practice this is not usually the case. there are at least three reasons for this.1human scientists are often trying to make sense of complex real-world situations in which it is simply impossible to run controlled experiment.2the artificiality of some of the experiments that can be conducted may make the behavior of the participants abnormal.3there are moral reasons for not conducting experiments that have a negative effect on the people who participate in them.faced with the above difficulties, what are human scientists to do? one solution is to wait for nature to provide the appropriate experimental conditions. we can, for example, learn something about how a normal brain functions by looking at people who have suffered brain damage; and we can gain some understanding into the roles played by genes and the environment by studying twins, who have been separated at birth and brought up in different families. in the case of economics, economic history can provide us with a bank of-admittedly no