高考英语 阅读理解和完形填空自选练习(9)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social

position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a

35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ________.

A. has made people feel younger B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age D. has slowed down the country’s social development

2. The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

A. a society B. America C. a place D. population 3. “Act your age” means people should ________. A. be active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical

exercises suitable to their age

4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________. A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable 1. C 主旨题。根据第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判断。

2. A 细节题。one是a society的同位语且后面跟了一个定语从句，可以通过分析句子结构得出正确答案。

3. B 细节题。全文最后一句话给出了提示。

4. A 推理题。可仔细阅读第二段中倒数第二句话。 阅读理解

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes

strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second

language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.

A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists. 11. The main subject talked about in this passage is_____________.

A. science on learning a second language

B. language can help brain power

C. man's ability of learning a second language

D. language learning and maths study

12. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_____________. A. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well

B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a

language

C. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language

D. say language is also a kind of physical labor

13. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_____________.

A. a researcher on language learning B. an English native speaker

C. an active language learner

D. a person who can speak two languages

14. We may know from the scientific findings that_____________.

A. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the timeB. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn't know a second language

C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people's brain

D. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is

15. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_____________.

A. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects

B. learning a second language is the same as studying maths C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

【参】11—15、BADDA 【2015高考复习】完形填空

A guy was on the side of the road trying to get a lift on a very dark night in a terrible rainstorm，with no cars on the road.The storm was so strong that the guy could__16__see a few feet ahead of him.__17__，he saw a car come toward him and__18__.The guy，without thinking，got in and closed the door and until then，he realized that there was nobody__19__the wheel.

The car started to move very__20__.The guy looked at the road and saw a curve(拐弯处)coming his__21__.__22__，he started to pray，begging for

his life.He had not come out__23__，just before the car hit the curve，a hand suddenly__24__through the window and moved the__25__.The guy now

couldn't move out of__26__and watched how the hand appeared every time the car was__27__a curve.Finally，although terrified，the guy managed to open the door and__28__out.Without looking back，the guy__29__through the storm all the way to the nearest town.Like a drowned rat，in complete

horror，the shocked guy walked into a nearby bar and asked for some__30__. Then，still shaking and frightened，he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just__31__.Everyone listened in__32__and became frightened，with hair standing on end，when they realized the guy was telling the__33__because he was crying and he definitely was not drunk!

About half an hour later two guys walked into the__34__bar and one said to the other，“Hey，there's the bad guy who jumped into the car while

we were__35__it！”

【语篇解读】 在一个风雨交加的晚上，一个人站在路边试图搭车。天很黑，路上一辆车都没有。突然一辆车停到了他面前， 他想都没想便上车了，进去后才发现车里没有驾驶员。接下来发生的事情让他感到很惊恐…… 16．A.simply B．easily C．hardly D．roughly

答案 C [暴风雨如此猛烈以至于他几乎看不见前面几英尺远的地方。hardly表示“几乎不”，符合语境。]

17．A.Suddenly B．Secretly C．Unfortunately D．Hurriedly 答案 A [突然他看到一辆车向他开来并且停在了他面前。] 18．A.reach B．stop C．continue D．rest 答案 B [参见上题解析。]

19．A.beside B．on C．behind D．around

答案 C [直到上了车关上门他才意识到车子的方向盘后面(即驾驶员的位置上)没有人。因此选behind。]

20．A.wonderfully B．slowly C．quickly D．comfortably答案 B [根据上文可知，当时下着大雨，视线非常不好，因此车应该开得非常慢。]

21．A.way B．road C．path D．direction

答案 A [他看着路，发现前面有拐弯处。come his way的意思是“朝着他这边过来”。]

22．A.Disappointed B．Discouraged C．Surprised D．Frightened

答案 D [根据22空后面的“begging for his life”可知，他感到很害怕。] 23．A.where B．when C．unless D．while

答案 B [他没有下车，就在车快要撞到弯道的时候，突然一只手从车窗伸了进来转动了方向盘。when表示“就在这时”。]

24．A.waved B．hanged C．touched D．appeared 答案 D [参见上题解析。27空前的“appeared”是答案提示。] 25．A.car B．wheel C．door D．guy 答案 B [参见23题解析。]

26．A.respect B．terror C．curiosity D．interest 答案 B [由于害怕(out of terror)，他无法动弹。]

27．A.entering B．passing C．approaching D．leaving 答案 C [他眼睁睁地看着每当车接近弯道的时候那只手是怎么出现并控制方向盘的。approach的意思是“接近，靠近”，符合题意。]

28．A.take B．jump C．keep D．come

答案 B [最后，尽管感到很害怕，他还是成功地打开了车门，从车子里跳了出来。]

29．A.screamed B．cried C．wandered D．ran 答案 D [他头也不回地跑向离那儿最近的一个镇。]

30．A.coffee B．tea C．water D．alcohol 答案 D [根据30空前面的“bar”可知，他到了一个酒吧，要了些酒。] 31．A.went through B．heard from C．wrote about D．thought of

答案 A [他把刚才经历的事情告诉酒吧里的每一个人。go through表示“经历”。]

32．A.delight B．sadness C．silence D．amusement 答案 C [大家都默不作声地听着。silence表示“默不作声”。] 33．A.joke B．truth C．lie D．story

答案 B [根据33空后面的内容可知，大家意识到他说的是真话，故用truth。] 34．A.same B．attractive C．popular D．cheap 答案 A [大约半个小时后，又有两个家伙走进了同一家酒吧。]

35．A.pulling B．repairing C．pushing D．following 答案 C [根据上下文内容可推断，这辆车是在大雨中熄火了，所以这两个人在推车，应用pushing。]