高考英语能力阶段训练四
1，完型
One summer night, on my way home from work, I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my 1 apartment.
Sitting in the theater I had to look through the 2 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the angle ( 角度) 3 she leaned over to talk to him, 4 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans express such feelings in a 5 place?
I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6 it turned out, it was an 7 movie. After about an hour I decided to give up the movie and 8 my popcorn (爆米花). I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 9 .
After a while I heard 10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching (嘎扎的响声) between my teeth. My thought started to 12 . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean—I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me 14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I 16 like I had been cheated. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 17 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, 19 that to speaking the difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English, but it 20 out all wrong and we all burnt into laughter and decided to forget it! We have been speaking Korean at home ever since.
1. A. warm ycy B. hot C. heated D. cool
2. A. hole B. blank C. break D. space
3. A. any time B. the moment C. some time D. every time
4. A. while B. whenever C. or D. and
5. A. private B. public C. theatrical D. open
6. A. since B. when C. what D. as
7. A. English B. Italian C. Korean D. American
8. A. exchange B. eat C. threw away D. taste
9. A. too B. still C. though D. certain
10. A. much B. any C. no D. few
11. A. voice B. sound C. signal D. noise
12. A. wonder B. wander C. imagine D. leave
13. A. enjoyed B. happened C. turned D. used
14. A. until B. because C. then D. therefore
15. A. formal B. informal C. perfect D. practical
16. A. felt B. looked C. seemed D. appeared
17. A. While B. If C. Before D. Once
18. A. empty B. quiet C. still D. calm
19. A. connecting B. stopping C. referring D. preferring
20. A. found B. got C. came D. made
2，阅读 一
Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.
My ideal(理想的) friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below-he has no bad likings, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality(节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am free from all difficulties,
Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure".
21. This passage tells us __
A. how to make friends with others B. how the writer' s friend helps him
C. what kind of person the writer's friend is D what kind of person we should make friends with
22. An ideal friend means
A. a true friend B. a false friend C. an imaginary friend D. an excellent friend
23. From the passage we can learn that
A. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other
B. the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend
C. the writer's ideal friend has a lot to learn from him
D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend
24. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that
A. nothing cannot be done with friend B. only the first sentence is reasonable
C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend
D. good friends should always help each other
二
Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn't matter where you live--in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village--the chances are that you' 11 be disturbed by jet planes, transistor radios, oil - powered engines, etc. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they' re working.
Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be a very frightening experience for a human being. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓). The noise level in some discos is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise and concentration(专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really influences their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise which doesn't change too much(music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.
25. According to this passage, the noise pollution __
A. has become the worst in the countryside B. has become better in big cities
C. has spread from cities to villages D. has been controlled in modern cities
26. What does background music refer to?
A. Music played while people are working. B. Music played in the backyard.
C. Noise that continues while you' re listening to other noises.
D. Music used to help people to concentrate.
27. Some people have their hearing harmed __
A. while listening to pop music B. in complete silence
C. when speaking loudly D. while watching TV
28. Which of the following isn't included among the things causing noise?
A. trucks B. motorcycles C. electric engines D. jet planes
29. Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating on something is
A. all kinds of noise B. great changes in the level of noise
C. background noise D. popular music
三
Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and always have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.
"On the contrary, "says L. Giambra, an expert in psychology, "daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn't get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day. You can' t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious(有意识)mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states of mind have silent dialogues."
Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, "We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Day- dreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life."
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand. It's easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your day- dreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of dealing with them.
Daydreams cannot be predicated (预料). They move off in unexpected directions which may be creative( 创造性的 ) and full of ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
30. The writer of this passage considers daydreams
A. hard to understand B. important and helpful
C. harmful and unimportant D. the same as sleep dreams
31. The writer quoted( 引用 )L. Giambra and Eric Klinger to __________.
A. point out the wrong ideas of early experts B. list two different ideas
C. support his own idea D. report the latest research on daydreams
32. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. An unconscious mind can work all the problems out.
B. Daydreaming can give artists and scientists ideas for creation.
C. Professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L. Giambra.
D. Early experts didn't understand what daydreams were.
33. What is the main difference between daydreams and sleep dreams?
A. People have daydreams and sleep dreams at different times.
B. Daydreams are the result of unconscious mind while sleep dreams are that of conscious mind.
C. Daydreams are more harmful. D. Daydreams are more helpful in solving problems.
Key:
1--5 BDDCB 6—10 DBBCC 11—15BBDAC 16—20 ADBDC
D C B A ， C A A C B， B C B D