高一英語完形閱讀新題型訓(xùn)練(四)

高一英語完形閱讀新題型訓(xùn)練（四）NameMarks一.完形填空I'vealwayslovedpigeons（ 鴿子）.SomeyearsagoImanagedtopersuademywifetoletmebuyafewandstart1themmyself.Theycostalotofmoneyandsoitspoilt（ 破壞）our 2abit,butmywifeneveractuallystoppedmesoI3carriedon.IlearntsomuchaboutthemthatIcould4agoodraceranywhereandIboughtsomebeauties.Mypigeonswonsometopraces,andIevenbegantomakeabitof 5 .Yousee,peoplearepreparedtopaybigpricesiftheygettoknowthatyourpigeonsare 6bigprizes.Mywifehadbeenchangingher7tothepigeonsoverthelastyearortwoanyway.Shewasquite8ofalltheprizeswe'dwon.Thentherewasthetravelling,whichsheliked.Youseesomeonehastotakethepigeonsa9wayoffandreleasethem.Someofthe10werereallynice.Inevertravelled.Iusedtoliketowaitathomeandseethemcomein.They'vegotthiswonderfulsenseof11 ,whichcanbringthembackhomesoquickly.They'dflownhundredsofmilessometimes12stormsoragainststrongwinds.Andtherethey'dcome,tinywhitebirdsagainstthegreat 13 .ThenI'dwatchthem14roundandcomedownontothelandingshelf.I'dlookatmywatchandthink,“Mygoodness,that'sagood15.”AndI'dtakeoffthe little legringandpushit through the machineto16whattimehe'darrived.Thenmywifewould17upandsay,“Hashearrivedyet? ”Then wewouldworkoutifwe 'dwon18 .

Thenlastyearwehada19 !Oneofthemgotsomesortofflu（流行病）anddied,thentheyall20 .Itwasterrible,Ihadtoburnthemall.Welostafortune,ofcourse.1.A.racingB.feedingC.tendingD.flying2.A.dreamB.workC.marriageD.hobby3.A.justB.evenC.almostD.hardly4.A.noticeB.learnC.imagineD.recognize5.A.livingB.funC.moneyD.change6.A.losingB.winningC.givingD.making7.A.subjectB.decisionC.relationD.attitude8.A.proudB.fondC.carefulD.sure9.A.differentB.longC.shortD.far10.A.distancesB.activitiesC.tripsD.movements11.A.directionB.sightC.hearingD.touch12.A.overB.acrossC.withD.through13.A.heavenB.mountainC.cloudD.sky14.A.turnB.danceC.circleD.whistle15.A.flyB.timeC.dayD.look16.A.writeB.recordC.countD.

memorizeA.comeB.showC.phoneD.cheerA.againaccidentallyA.disadvantagedisasterA.flewdown二．閱讀理解memorizeA.comeB.showC.phoneD.cheerA.againaccidentallyA.disadvantagedisasterA.flewdown二．閱讀理解B.finally C.only D.B.chance C.problem D.B.wentdownC.letoutD.gaveoutA)Startedin1636,HarvardUniversityistheoldestofallthemanycollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Yale,Princeton,ColumbiaandDartmouthwereopenedsoonafterHarvard.Intheearlyyears,theseschoolsweremuchalike.Onlyyoungmenwenttocollege.Allthestudentsstudiedthesamesubjects,andeveryonelearnedLatin,GreekandHebrew.Littlewasknownaboutsciencethen,andonekindofschoolcouldteacheverythingthatwasknownabouttheworld.Whenthestudentsgraduated,mostofthembecameministersorteachers.In1782,Harvardstartedamedicalschoolforyoungmenwhowantedtobecomedoctors.Later,lawyerscouldreceivetheirtraininginHarvard'slawschool.In1825,besidesLatinandGreek,Harvardbeganteachingmodernlanguages,suchasFrenchandGerman.SoonitbeganteachingAmericanhistory.Asknowledgeincreased,Harvardandothercollegesbegantoteachmanynewsubjects.Studentswereallowedtochoosethesubjectsthatinterestedthem.Today,therearemanydifferentkindsofcollegesanduniversities.Mostofthemaremadeupofsmallerschoolsthatdealwithspecialfieldsoflearning.There'ssomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcan'tofferitall..TheoldestuniversityintheUSis .A.YaleB.HarvardC.PrincetonD.Columbia.Fromthesecondparagraph,wecanseethatintheearlyyears, .thosecollegesanduniversitieswerethesamepeople,youngorold,mightstudyinthecollegesstudentsstudiedonlysomelanguagesandsciencewhenthestudentsfinishedtheirschool,theybecamelawyersorteachers.ModernlanguagestheHarvardtaughtin1825were .LatinandGreekLatin,Green,FrenchandGermanAmericanhistoryandGermanFrenchandGerman.Asknowledgeincreased,collegesbegantoteach .everythingthatwasknownlawandsomethingaboutmedicinemanynewsubjectsthesubjectsthatinterestedstudents5.Onthewhole,thepassageisabout .howtostartauniversitytheworld-famouscollegesinAmericahowcollegeshavechangedwhatkindoflessoneachcollegeteaches(B)Steppingintoapoolofwateriscommonenough,butwhocouldeverimagine;stoppingintoapooloffish?InFebruaryof1974,BillTapp,anAustralianfarmer,sawarainoffishthatcoveredhisfarm.Howsurprisedhemusthavebeenwhenheheardmanyfishhittingagainsthisroof!Whatcausedthisstrangeoccurrence?Thisisaquestionthathadlongpuzzledpeoplewhostudyfish.Theanswerturnedouttobeacombinationofwindandstorm.Whenitisspringinthenorthernpartoftheworld,itisfallinAustralia,Throughouttheautumnseason,terriblestormsariseandrainsfloodtheland.ThestrongwindssweepoverAustralialikehugevacuumcleaners,collectingseaweed,piecesofwood,andevenschoolsoffish.Strongwindsmaycarrythesebitsofnatureformanymilesbeforevacuumdroppingthemonfields,houses,andastonishedpeople.Althoughtheyseemunusual,fish-fallsoccurquitefrequentlyinAustralia.WhenBillTappwasaskedtodescribethesceneoffish,heremarked, “Theylooklikemillionsofdeadbirdsfallingdown.”Hisstatementisnotsurprising.Thewondersofthenaturalworldareascommonasrain.Nature,withitsinfinitewonders,cancreatewaterfallsthatflowupwardandfishthatfalloutofthesky.Whatisthispassageabout?

A．A．Asadstory.Arainoffish.C．Australia’snorthernpart.D．Thedamagedonebyfloods.Fish-fallsoccurinAustralia .A．quiteoftenB ．onlargefarmsC．onlyinwinterD ．whentheairiscalmItisaknownfactthat .A．oneshouldwatchwhereonestepsBillTappisascientistwhostudiesfarmingC．thenaturalworldcannevercreatewaterfallsthatfallupwardD．theseasonsinthesouthernpartaredifferent fromthoseinthenorthTheword“infinite”isclosestinmeaningto .A．easyB．difficultC．countlessD．dangerous（C）Manypeoplehavedescribedtelevisionasapassiveactivitythatisharmfultochildren’seducation.However,therearegoodandbadwaystowatchtelevision.ParentswhoareinterestedinexploitingtelevisionasalearningtoolcanactuallyturntimeinfrontofTVintoaneducationalchance.Probablythemostfamiliareducationalwaytousetelevisionistosimplywatcheducationalprograms.Inparticular,thismeansselectingchannelsandprogramsspeciallydesignedforeducationalpurposes.Alongwithtraditionaleducationalshowsforchildrenonpublicbroadcastingchannels,cabletelevision（有線電視）nowofferskidsandadultsawidevarietyofeducationalprograms,witheverythingfromnatureshowstohistoricaleventsindifferentcountries.Captioning（字幕）,suchas“closedcaptioning”forhearingdisabledviewersprovidesanotherwayforparentstoexploittheeducationalpossibilitiesoftelevision.OnestudyshowedthatchildrenwhowatchedcaptionedTVgotgreatimprovementintheirvocabularyandoralreadingability.Inaddition,parentscanmakeanyshowalearningclassbywatchingtelevisiontogetherwithchildren.By activelyjoiningchildrenintheprogramsthattheyarewatching,parentscanhelpwiththedevelopmentofsuchskillsaspredicting（預(yù)見）andsummarizing.Inordertodeveloppredictingskills,parentsandchild rencouldfirstrefertoaprogram’sdescriptioninaviewingguide.Afterreadingtheprogramdescriptionandguessingwhatmighthappenintheprogram,parentsandchildrencouldwatchtogethertoseewhichpredictionswerecorrect.Andtopracticesummarizing,afterwatchingaprogram,parentscanturnofftheTVandaskwhatthestorywasabout.Thiskindofactivityhelpschildrendevelopthinkingskillssuchasarrangingeventsinanorderandmemorizinginformation.AlthoughtherewillstillbeplentyoftimeswhenchildrenwatchTVsimplyforpassiveenjoyment,parentscanhelpmakeatleastpartoftheirchildren’sviewingtimeamoreproductiveactivity.Usedintelligentlybyexploitingthelearningchancesavailablethroughvariousprograms,televisioncanplayaninstructiveroleinchildren’seducation.10．WhichactivityisNOTsuggestedinthepassage?A．TalkingaboutTVshows.B．WatchingcaptionsonTV.C．Enjoyingfilmsaboutnature.D．Watchingshowsforhomework.．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Parentscansimplymakeanyshowalearningclassfortheirchildren.B．TomakewatchingTVamoreproductiveactivityparentsshouldincludethemselvesintheproducingprocess.C．Mostparentshavechangedtheirattitudetotheirkids ’watchingTVandbecomepositivetotheproblem.D．Inaway,itishowparentsactthatleadstowhetherwatchingTVmaydogoodornottotheirchildren.．Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat.A．noteveryminutewhenachildwatchestelevisionmustbeeducationalB．childrenshouldnotusetelevisionforpassiveenjoymentC．somechildrenpreferreadingtowatchingtelevisionD．televisionoffersmorelearningchancesthanschool．Whichofthefollowingquestionsisthemajoronediscussedinthepassage?A．Whatmake