2015届高考英语考前热身专练 新闻报道类完型填空2

2015届高考考前热身专练：新闻报道类完型填空

1、Americans are about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest women's soccer in the world, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer, is known around the world as . And more and more Americans are learning to it. Only in the last 35 years, large numbers of young Americans have become in soccer. Baseball and basketball are still popular professional sports, American boys and girls love to play soccer.

The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer in the country. It says more than eighteen million people play soccer in the United States. This means that Americans play soccer than any other sport.

, more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. They are attending the 3rd Women's World Cup games that are in several American cities. 460,000 have been sold for the three-week contest that will end July tenth. Women's soccer teams from 16 nations are . Americans are closely the progress of the United States' Women's World Cup team. And the team is already setting . On June 19, the American team Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000 people watched the game at Giant Stadium near New York City. That is a world record. One of the most popular players the American team is 27-year-old Mia Hamm. She be came well known in 1996 when the United States women won the soccer medal at the Olympic Games, defeating other teams. Experts say Mia Hamm can play soccer better than woman in the world. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play international soccer. Mia Hamm is a to many young American girls. Television say that at present thousand million people around the world are watching the game on television.

1．A. careless B. worried C. excited D. anxious

2．A. happiness B. event C. team D. incident

3．A. baseball B. football C. volleyball D. basketball

4．A. hate B. love C. give up D. played

5．A. interested B. disappointed C. satisfied D. surprised

6．A. and B. although C. so D. but

7．A. player B. event C. game D. organization

8．A. more B. less C. many D. fewer

9．A. In the past B. In the future C. just now D. At present 10．A. played B. to be played C. being played D. playing 11．A. tickets B. teams C. records D. players

12．A. taking place B. taking off C. taking part D. taking in 13．A. seeing B. watching C. thinking D. hoping

14．A. marks B. records C. points D. scores

15．A. beat B. hit C. won D. lose

16．A. in B. from C. on D. at

17．A. gold B. silver C. copper D. \

18．A. others B. the other C. other D. any other

19．A. player B. writer C. hero D. singer

20．A. broadcasters B. directors C. players D. spokesman

【答案】

17．A

18．D

19．C

20．A

【解析】

文章讲述了足球这项运动在美国很受欢迎，并且介绍了世界杯的一些情况，特别指出Mia Hamm踢球很棒，对于许多年轻女孩来说，她是一位英雄。

5．考查形容词。根据 American boys and girls love to play soccer.可知这里想说大量的美国年轻人对足球感兴趣，故选A。

赛门票的销售情况。tickets门票 teams团队 records记录 players运动员，故选A。

12．考查动词词组。这里想说来自16个国家的女球员参加了比赛。taking place发生 taking off飞机起飞 taking part参加 taking in吸收，故选C。

2、Having said good-bye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. Still , Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alex from time

to time. The family were their trip.

But about three hours later things began to . It was starting to snow. Alvin up the car, hoping to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now, because it

was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to down. The snow on the was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow and the engine to start again.

“The snow doesn’t seem to . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said s he to walk. So they got out of the car

with their son and began walking. But was to come. Soon they lost their way and had to walk on and on.

Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they that poor Alex would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alex filled them with courage, warmth and strength. They __ and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their feet again.

One, two, three … seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last from Alvin’s , the

police and local people. But the young had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbite (冻伤). , there was nothing serious wrong with little Alex!

21．A. worried B. sorry C. excited D. anxious

22．A. cried B. laughed C. smiled D. coughed

23．A. enjoying B. having C. taking D. starting

24．A. happen B. change C. come D. finish

25．A. climbed B. turned C. took D. sped

26．A. get B. look C. go D. slow

27．A. land B. highway C. fields D. car

28．A. walk B. stay C. wait D. depend

29．A. set B. allowed C. refused D. prepared

30．A. end B. fall C. continue D. melt (融化)

31．A. liked B. preferred C. decided D. wished

32．A. better B. something C. worse D. nothing

33．A. aimlessly B. lonely C. hopelessly D. pleasantly

34．A. thought B. feared C. wanted D. supposed

35．A. happy B. silent C. alive D. dead

36．A. ate B. worked C. watched D. slept

37．A. few B. several C. countless D. some

38．A. parents B. friends C. teachers D. neighbours

39．A. husband B. wife C. baby D. couple

40．A. Then B. Finally C. Fortunately D. Therefore

【答案】

【解析】

文章讲述了一对年轻夫妇带着自己年幼的儿子旅行，却不幸天降大雪。夫妻俩虽然在大雪中迷路，他们不得不漫无目的地走来走去，但是他们想让自己儿子活着的信念，使得他们的心里充满勇气，温暖和力量，积极等待救援。获救后，这对年轻的夫妇由于冻伤，不得不切除他们的脚，而他们的儿子却安然无恙。

26．考查动词。根据But it was too dangerous to drive fast now, because it was snowing more and more heavily.可知这里想说所以Alvin不得不减速 slow down是固定用法，意思是减速，故选D。

27．考查名词。这里想说公路上的雪越来越深。Land陆地 highway公路 fields田 car汽车。故选B。28．考查动词。根据Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow and the engine to start again. 可知这里想说雪越来越厚，汽车很难停留在上面。Walk走 stay停留 wait 等 depend依靠，故选B。

29．考查动词。根据Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked.可知这里想说引擎拒绝重新发动。Set放置 allowed允许 refused拒绝prepared，故选C。

35．考查形容词。根据However, their faith to keep Alex filled them with courage, warmth and

strength.可知这里想说他们想让Alex活着的信念，使得他们的心里充满勇气，温暖和力量。Happy高兴故

选C。

36．考查动词。根据They __ and rested in turn and then continued their walk.可知这里想说他

们轮流睡觉和休息。故选D。

3、People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds

to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy trucks(卡车) which run 37 through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it 38 to sleep at night, but they are 39 damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“ 40 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student，“why don’t they build a new road that goes 41 the town？Burlington isn’t much more than

a 42 village．Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic．”

Harry Fields also studying 43 said they wanted to make as much 44 as pos sible to force the 45 to realise what everybody was having to 46 ．“Most of them don’t 47 here anyway，” he said，“they come in for meeti ngs and that，and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音）， 48 they Probably don’t 49 the noise all that much．It’s high time they realised the 50 ．”

The fourth student，Liza Vernum，said she thought the public were mostly on their side，and even

if they weren’t they soon would be.

51 asked if they were afraid that the police might come to 52 them．

“Not really，” she said，“actually we are 53 bell-ringers．I mean we are assi stant bell-ringers for the church．There is no 54 against practising．”

I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears. 41．A．college B．village C．town D．church

42．A．now and then B．day and night

C．up and down D．over and over

43．A．terrible B．difficult C．uncomfortable D．unpleasant 44．A．doing B．raising C．putting D．producing

45．A．If B．Although C．When D．Unless

46．A．to B．through C．over D．round

47．A．pretty B．quiet C．large D．modern

48．A．well B．hard C．biology D．education

49．A．effort B．time C．trouble D．noise

50．A．townspeople B．other students

C．government officials D．truck drivers

51．A．stand B．accept C．know D．share

52．A．shop B．live C．come D．study

53．A．but B．so C．or D．for

54．A．notice B．mention C．fear D．control

55．A．event B．loss C．action D．problem

56．A．I B．We C．She D．They

57．A．seize B．fight C．search D．stop

58．A．proper B．experienced C．hopeful D．serious

59．A．point B．cause C．need D．law

60．A．left B．found C．reached D．passed

【答案】

【解析】

文章报道四个学生在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议大卡车不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的，噪音扰民，他们想连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。

41．考查上下文串联：由下文可知，这四名学生是在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议的，“我”也是在此对他们进行采访的。(参见文章最后一句I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.)可知选D。42．考查词组：A．now and then时而B．day and night日日夜夜C．up and down上上下下D．over and over

48．考查名词：A．well好B．hard努力C．biology生物学D．education教育，Jean Lacey是一个生物系学生，由一词可知也是学生物的。选C

49．考查名词：A．effort努力B．time时间C．trouble困难D．noise噪音，他们要连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。选D

56．考查人称代词： I 是指作者在采访这四个学生，从最后一句话也可以看出，选A．

57．考查动词：A．seize抓住B．fight争吵C．search搜寻D．stop停止，come to stop them (from doing that)来阻止他们(这样做)。选D。

58．考查形容词：A．proper适当B．experienced有经验的C．hopeful有希望的D．serious严肃的，Proper = right,suitable,correct适当的；恰当的；对的。此处意为实际上我们是正当的敲钟人———是帮助教堂敲钟的。选A。

4、Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3,000 US adolescents (少年) will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults.During their lifetime, it can be __1__ that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic __2__，and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease.The number of deaths __3__ by cigarette smoking outweigh all other factors, whether __4__ or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors __5__ 30%, smoking rates among __6__ have declined.While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be __7__.First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have __8__ very little.Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among __9__ high school seniors exceeded(超过) that among female by nearly 10%.The statistic is reversing.Third, several recent studies have __10__ that high school dropouts(辍学者)have excessively __11__ smoking rate, as much as 75%.Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have __12__ in the past decade, no definite __13__ for the decline to exist.Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current __14__ to take the most effective measures to __15__ smoking level among youth.

61．A.inferred B.believed C.expected D.hoped

62．A.peaks B.accidents C. problems D.jams

63．A.damaged B.caused C.led D.made

64．A.happy B.healthy C.voluntary D.crazy

65．A.had B.totaled C.got D.reached

66．A.youth B.students C.girls D.boys

67．A.raised B. lifted C. asked D. questioned

68．A. grown B. changed C. risen D. declined

69．A. old B. male C. young D. female

70．A. insisted B. indicated C. denied D. wondered

71．A. large B. small C. high D. low

72．A. sunk B. set C. produced D. occurred

73．A. reasons B. causes C. ways D. results

74．A. survey B. study C. figure D. effort

75．A. stop B. reduce C. forbid D. limit

【答案】

【解析】

本文讲述了在过去几十年里年轻人抽烟的比率有所下降，并分析了具体的原因。

5、According to a recent report, some once-hot majors like English, Computer and Law for Chinese students entering college have now fallen out of favor. The reason is that more graduates studying

in those fields end up 1 .

This year, a sample of 500,000 college 2 from 2009 were surveyed and 220,000 questionnaires were received back for the 2010 report. Among the 3

majors, Law graduates had the most difficulty finding jobs, with the 4

unemployment rate(比率) of 17.7% of all the majors in 2009. English majors had the highest 5 of the unemployed for three years, with 15,700 graduates still out of work.

“Such majors as Computer, English and Law were the most 6 ones for Beijing students entering universities in 2005, but now these graduates are in a tig ht corner,” said Ba ran, a senior counselor（顾问）at a well-known company. Ba said that th e expansion（扩大）of college enrollment （注册）for those hot majors five years ago has 7 an over-supply in the market, making it harder for those graduates to find jobs.

On the other side, engineering graduates majoring in Geological Engineering, Ship and Marine Engineering are 8 most in the job market. Engineering majors are more practical in professional skills and work experience, which are favored by many 9 . The graduates are thus armed with a competitive 10 in the cruel job market.

The report 11 a system should be set up against majors with a high risk of 12 . Undergraduates studying Law or English are encouraged to change their 13 or obtain a second degree. For some colleges and provinces with 14 employment rates, the report advised a（n）15 in enrollment numbers or even a temporary (暂时的) stop in enrolling students.

76．A. useless B. jobless C. reliable D. grateful

77．A. partner B. graduates C. professors D. guidance

78．A. unpromising B. favorable C. generous D. educated

79．A. quickest B. slowest C. highest D. lowest

80．A. rate B. number C. problem D. supply

81．A. famous B. risky C. practical D. popular

82．A. received B. encouraged C. stopped D. caused

83．A. ignored B. enrolled C. favored D. surveyed

84．A. employers B. professors C. reporters D. researchers

85．A. situation B. advantage C. skill D. major

86．A. ignored B. devoted C. suggested D. qu estioned

87．A. insurance B. disaster C. over-supply D. unemployment

88．A. favors B. jobs C. majors D. schools

89．A. low B. high C. rising D. falling

90．A. end B. remove C. cut D. increase

【答案】

【解析】

本文讲述的是最近几年大学生的就业率非常低，尤其是以前很流行的专业如计算机，法学，英语等专业现在的就业率很低，作者在文章指提出了相应的解决方法。