2024 届高三英语综合练习卷 0911
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Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.
For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks,
use one word that best fits each blank.
Have you ever been embarrassed because you forgot something important? What kinds of things do you have
the most trouble ___21___（remember）?
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the audience, but then paused in horror. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her jewelry when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember ___22___ she’d put it.
Perhaps you’ve had experiences like these. Most people have. And, what’s worse, most people ___23___（bow）
to a life of forgetting. They’re unaware of a simple but important fact: Memory can be developed. If you just accept
that fact, this book will show you ___24___ it can be improved.
First, relax. If you are overanxious about remembering something, you’ll forget it. Relaxing will enhance your
awareness and ability to concentrate. You can’t remember anything ___25___ you can concentrate.
Second, avoid being negative. If you keep telling ___26___ that your memory is bad, your mind will come to
believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t say,“Gee, I need to have my brain
___27___（rewire）.”Instead, you need to take an active role.
___28___ your body, your memory can be strengthened through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise
your memory. For example, if you are learning a language, try to actively remember irregular verbs.
You may also want to make associations or links between ___29___ you are trying to remember and things you
already know. For example, if you need to catch a plane at 2:00 p.m., you can imagine a plane in your mind and
notice that it has two wings. Two wings=2:00. You are now ten times ___30___（likely）to forget the take-off time.
Section B Directions：
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. dramatically B. adjust C. expanding D. infections E. limit F. fairly G. listed H. upright I. concealing J. repeated K. finance
In the early 1960s, Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association（NBA）
___31___ at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. The bodies
playing major professional sports have changed ___32___ over the years, and managers have been more than willing
to ___33___ team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames.
However, the trend in sports may be ___34___ an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped
growing. Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today's people—especially those born
to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations—apparently reached their ___35___ in the early 1960s.
And they aren't likely to get any taller. \the general population today, at this genetic, environmental level, we've
pretty much gone as far as we can go,\says anthropologist of Wright State University.
Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients—notably, protein—to
feed ___36___ tissues. At the start of the 20th century, under-nutrition and childhood ___37___ got in the way. But
as diet and health improved, children and adolescents have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a
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half every 20 years. Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, average height—5'9\for men,
5'4\for women—hasn't really changed since 1960.
Genetically speaking, there are advantages to avoiding substantial height. During childbirth, larger babies have
more difficulty passing through the birth canal. Moreover, even though humans have been ___38___ for millions
of years, our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal（双足行走的）posture and cannot easily withstand
___39___ strain imposed by oversize limbs.
Genetic maximums can change, but don't expect this to happen soon. If you need to predict human height in the
near future to design a piece of equipment, by and large, you could use today’s data and feel ___40___ confident.
Ⅲ. Reading comprehension
Section A Directions：For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic. ___41___ regular
practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the
specific goal of improving ___42___.
The greatest ___43___ of deliberate practice is to remain focused. In the beginning, showing up is the most
important thing. But after a while we begin to carelessly ___44___ small errors and miss daily opportunities for
improvement. This is because the natural tendency of the human brain is to ___45___ repeated behaviors into
automatic habits. ___46___, when you first learned to tie your shoes you had to think carefully about each step of
the process. Today, after many repetitions, your brain can perform this sequence ___47___. The more we repeat a
task the more mindless it becomes.
Mindless activity is the ___48___ of deliberate practice. The danger of practicing the same thing again and again
is that progress becomes ___49___. Too often, we think we are getting better simply because we are gaining
experience. In ___50___, we are merely reinforcing（加强）our current habits—not improving them.
Claiming that improvement requires attention and effort sounds logical enough. But what does deliberate
practice actually look like in the real world?
The first effective feedback system is ___51___. This holds true for the number of pages we read, the number
of pushups we do, the number of sales calls we make, and any other task that is important to us. It is only through
measurement that we have any ___52___ of whether we are getting better or worse.
The second effective feedback system is coaching. One consistent finding across disciplines is that coaches are
often essential for ___53___ deliberate practice. In many cases, it is nearly impossible to both perform a task and
measure your progress at the same time. Good coaches can track your progress, find small ways to improve, and
hold you ___54___ to delivering your best effort each day.
Deliberate practice is not a comfortable activity. It requires sustained effort and concentration, but if you can
manage to maintain your focus and ___55___, then the promise of deliberate practice is quite tempting: to get the
most out of what you’ve got.
41. A. Since 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.
A. A. A. A. A.
B. Whether
performance ambition insert translate
C. While C. C. C. C. B.
D. As
awareness B. equivalent B. overlook B. transport B. For example
D.
A. carelessly B.
enjoyment D. intelligence challenge D. appeal detect D. implement transplant D. transform
On the contrary C. As a result
D. automatically
On the other hand accurately C. instantly
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48. A. outcome 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
A. A. A. A. A. A. A.
B. enemy
imposed despair proof
eliminating opposed commitment
C. source C. C. B. C. C. C. C.
assumed contrast compliment trouble defining addicted dignity
D. substitute D. D. C. D. D. D. D.
noted return
measurement D. management concern sustaining parallel perspective
distracted B. reality B. encouragement motivation B. resisting B. accountable B. existence B.
Section B
Directions：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according
to the information given in the passage you have just read.
（A）
A traffic jam when you’re already late. A free ride when you’ve already paid.
The fact that the King James Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States. One of these three things is an example of irony—
the reversal of what is expected or intended. The other two
are not. The difference between them may be one of the most curious linguistic（语言学的）misunderstandings you’re likely to encounter.“Ironic”does not, technically, mean“unfortunate,”“interesting,”or“coincidental,”despite
these terms often being used interchangeably. And that frequent misuse has not escaped linguists（语言学家）；
according to the editors at Dictionary. com,“We estimate that ironic might be the most abused word in the English language.”
So what does irony really mean and where does the confusion come from? Part of the ambiguity probably
originates from the fact that there are no fewer than three definitions of irony depending on which dictionary you
use. There’s Socratic irony（an ancient dialogue move），and dramatic irony（an ancient theatrical move），but the
definition of irony we care about is situational irony. Situational irony occurs when, as the Oxford English
Dictionary defines it,“a state of affairs or an event… seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often
slightly amusing as a result.”
The trick, is the deliberately contrary part—
for a situation to be ironic, it must be the opposite of what is expected,
not merely an amusing coincidence. A traffic jam when you’re already late may be an undesirable coincidence, but
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