广州市2015高考英语短文改错、阅读理解四月自练1
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I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents—to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起点), some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away—even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore! Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得) ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time!
In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about.
You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am. 1. When the writer was a child, he / she ________. A. found people were crazy about bread B. began to realize the importance of food C. thought that cutting bread was amazing D. learned people hardly baked their own bread
2. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because A. he/she makes food from scratch B. his/her parents would blame him/her
C. some customs still have effect on him/her D. many people are still working hard as farmers
3. From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ________. A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time B. the whole family often have meals together nowadays
C. it's common for women to get together to cook for a few days
D. family members can know more. about each other by having meals together 【参考答案】1—3、B C D
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Success doesn’t begin until you begin the walk down the way towards your goals. And your walk down the way always
begins first with a baby step. Why do we call them baby steps? Are they really anything more than our next step down life’s way?
Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith. We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them. As we grow, we continue our development by taking extra baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all steps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself“I don’t want to make a fool of myself”or“I’d better be good at this”, you’ll probably never take the baby steps towards your goals and end up lying in your own self-pity.
As a culture, we focus on results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our goals. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They fail and succeed. Then, they build upon their abilities learned each time. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove them to the whole world. So, learn to take those baby steps to reach the goals before you. Know that you can depend on God to show you the way. As you become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon of life.
【文章大意】千里之行, 始于足下。即使是最优秀的运动员, 在其通往辉煌顶峰的人生起跑线上, 其步履也一定是蹒跚如婴儿般孱弱。本文向我们讲述了baby steps在我们人生及成功道路上的重要意义。
5. What does the writer mainly discuss in the text? A. The power of faith in our life. B. The importance of baby steps. C. The abilities to achieve success. D. The cause of cultural differences.
【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文主要论述了baby steps在人们走向成功的道路上所起的重要作用。
1. Which of the following is thought most important in taking baby steps? A. Faith. B. Practice. C. Skill. D. Examples. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段中Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith和After that, all steps become an act of faith可知, 在我们迈出走向目标的第一步时, 坚定的信念是最重要的, 而不是技能、练习或榜样。
2. In the third paragraph, the writer expresses the view that . A. we can’t expect to succeed without working hard at first B. adults should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasks C. we must make full use of our skills in order to get rewards D. baby steps play the key role in leading us towards success
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据该段内容可知, baby steps是成功的第一步, 它让我们在失败中提升能力, 获得成功所需要的各种才能, 因此baby steps在我们迈向成功的道路上起着关键作用。
3. The underlined word“sprint”in the last paragraph probably means“ ”. A. slow rush B. sudden stop C. hard climb D. fast run
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据语境, 随着你的经验越多, 蹒跚学步变成走, 然后跳, 最后冲刺。
4. What’s the writer’s tone in the text?
A. Light-hearted. B. Regretful. C. Encouraging. D. Concerned.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。作者劝说人们不要惧怕失败, 要勇敢地迈出通向自己成功目标的baby steps, 由此可知, 作者在叙述中是一种“鼓励、激励”的语气。
阅读理解 (2014·吉安模拟)
Clothes can make phone calls, play music, dial your pal’s number, keep you warm during cold weather and operate your computer.
This is not a fantasy. A British company, called Electrotextiles, has created a wide range of clothes—clothes that have minds of their own! Scientists, working for the company, have invented a kind of fabric that can be
blended(混合)with flexible electronic materials to create intelligent clothing. The result is electronic garments.
If you think the wearer has to be wired to different devices, think again. These designer clothes are wire-free, soft to touch and washable! Like any electronic device, these high-tech clothes have to be powered. Currently, a tiny nine-volt battery serves the purpose. But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will generate electricity by using body heat. These clothes are 100 percent shock proof, they say.
The Electrotextiles team has also created the world’s first cloth keyboard. This keyboard can be sewn into your trousers or skirt. To use this device, you will have to sit down and tap on your lap! These“lap-tap”gadgets(器具)are all set to take over laptop computers!
Another useful garment is the shirt-cum-mobile phone. This handy invention enables drivers to chat comfortably with others at the wheel! Other popular electronic wear includes the denim(牛仔布)jacket with flexible earphones sewn into the hood(风帽)and the electronic ski jacket with a built-in heater. The ski jacket is also programmed to send signals to a satellite. This technology is known as global positioning system and can be used to track lost skiers and wandering kids.
Having completed the cloth keyboard, scientists have already started to work on a new project—a necktie that can be used as a computer mouse. What is the next? Do you have any idea?
【文章大意】本文是一篇科技说明文。主要介绍了一些高科技的布料、衣服等, 这些新发明有各种各样的功能, 比如打电话、听歌。
1. The electronic garments are similar to other electronic devices in that . A. they feel smooth and soft B. they use electricity as power C. they can be washed in water
D. they are made from flexible materials
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第三句话Like any electronic device, these high-tech clothes have to be powered. 可知, 像其他电子产品一样, 这种高科技的衣服也必须用电来作为动力。
2. How will researchers improve these high-tech clothes? A. Body heat will be used as power.
B. The wearer will not get shocked. C. A tiny nine-volt battery will work. D. They will get charged automatically.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句话But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will generate electricity by using body heat. 可知A正确。
3. What does the underlined phrase“This handy invention”in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. The laptop computer. B. The electronic ski jacket. C. The shirt-cum-mobile phone. D. The world’s first cloth keyboard.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第五段的Another useful garment is the shirt-cum-mobile phone. This handy invention enables drivers to chat. . . 可知, 这里很明显是指代前文的the shirt-cum-mobile phone。
4. The main purpose of the text is . A. to advertise for an English company B. to predict the future trend of science C. to show how rapidly science develops D. to introduce some intelligent clothing
【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可知作者是向我们介绍几种智能的衣服、布料等。
1.短文改错
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线（＼）划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Sue and Billy Wrangler are model high school
students. They study hard. They do extreme well on 66．__________
achievement tests. And next year, Sue will be attend 67．__________ Harvard University. Billy, her younger brother, hope to go 68．__________ to Cornell. That makes Sue and Billy different from 69．__________ most students is that they don’t go to school. In fact , 70．__________ they've never been to school. Since a kindergarten, they 71．__________ studied at home. Neither Sue nor Billy feels that 72．__________ they have missed out on nothing by being taught at home . 73．__________
As many of the more than one million people who receive 74．__________ home schooling in the United States, they feel if they too 75．__________ have gotten a good education . 【参考答案】1.
66.extreme—extremely 67.attend—attending或去掉be 68.hope—hopes 69.That —What 70.正确 71.a kindergarten—去掉a
72.studied 前添加have 73.nothing—anything 74.As—Like 75.if—that或去掉if
3.短文改错
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划一个（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误）；则按下列情况改正： 此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。 此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改。 Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student, named Li Hua. Now many students
have iPods and think it’s a fashion to use it. Using an iPod , we can listen 66. _______ to music, downloading a lot of learning materials and read them on the 67. _______
screen. Apparently, it is helpful to our study, specially to our English listening. 68. _______ Some students, however, take their iPods to the classroom and listen to 69. _______ music with earphones, which make the teacher and other students greatly 70. _______ annoyed. What’s worse, some of them even waste the precious time in class 71. _______ playing video games.
In my opinion, as students, we shall make good use of iPod to 72. _______ help achieve academic successes. Classroom is a place for students to 73. _______ study, and therefore concentration awfully needed for us to learn 74. _______
our lessons. Furthermore, the school should make it a rule to guide the 75. _______ students to use iPods in a proper way. Yours sincerely,
Li Hua 【参考答案】3.
66. it→them 67. downlowding→downlowd 68. specially→especially 69.take→bring 70. make→makes 71. √ 72. shall→should 73. successes→success 74. awfully前加is 75. 去掉it
广东省广州市高考英语短文改错、阅读理解四月自练1
