2014高考英语活学巧练夯实基础3
Ⅰ.多项填空
1．The sky became suddenly covered with dark clouds. Clearly a rainstorm was ________us.
A．nearby B．upon C．beside D．with 【解析】 be upon意思是“逼近；临近”。句意为：天空突然变得乌云密布，显然暴风雨即将到来。
【答案】 B
2．As we all know，the 30th Summer Olympics will ________in London in 2012. A．take place B．come about C．take off D．come out
【解析】 表示“按计划、安排将要发生”时要用take place。 【答案】 A
3．He searched________，hoping to find a birthday present of good value for his wife.
A．shop after shop B．shop and shop
C．one shop after the other D．one shop by another
【解析】 shop after shop＝one shop after another。句意为：他找了一家又一家商店，希望给妻子买一份有意义的生日礼物。
【答案】 A
4．—In the end，the lonely girl found her lost parents. —Oh！She must have ________a lot of difficulties! A．looked into B．pulled up
C．gone through D．caught up with
【解析】 句意为：小女孩一定经受了很多困难。go through经受。 【答案】 C
5．Believe it or not，I bought the present ________for you. I hope you will like it.
A．extremely B．specially C．attentively D．finally
【解析】 考查形容词词义。specially意为“专门地”。 【答案】 B 6．The working people have never stopped their struggle ________unfair treatment. A．against B．for C．on D．to 【解析】 struggle against同……作斗争，后跟斗争的对象；struggle for表示“为……而斗争”，表斗争的目的。
【答案】 A
7．Only by seizing every possible ________to practice can you possibly hope to improve your spoken English.
A．opportunity B．solution C．experience D．touch
【解析】 opportunity机会。seize the opportunity to do sth.抓住机会做某事。 【答案】 A
8．I have never seen a boy as ________as Tom；he is always making trouble. A．loyal B．naughty C．brave D．handsome
【解析】 句意为：我从未见过像汤姆一样“淘气的(naughty)”孩子，他总是惹麻烦。
【答案】 B
9．A terrible thought suddenly ________me—had anyone broken into the house? A．struck B．beat C．knocked D．attacked
【解析】 strike sb.可以用来表示“(一种想法/主意)出现在某人头脑中”，而B、C、D项均不能表此意。因此，正确答案为A。
【答案】 A
10．Don’t put the chair too close to the stove. Dry wood ________fire easily，you know.
A．lights B．burns C．makes D．catches
【解析】 “干木头容易着火”。“着火”为catch fire，因此正确答案为D。 【答案】 D Ⅱ.完成句子
1．A great wave came，____________________(冲倒了) some trees.(sweep) 【答案】 sweeping down
2．Peter ____________________________(肯定误了火车)，for he hasn’t shown up now.(miss)
【答案】 must have missed the train
3．The student ________________________(他的书不见了) is really a careless boy.(missing)
【答案】 whose book is missing
4．________________________(不要靠近) the fire，or you’ll get burnt.(get) 【答案】 Don’t get close to
5．I expressed my gratitude to my teacher ______________________________(在他的帮助下) I have made great progress in English.(whom)
【答案】 with the help of whom Ⅲ.阅读理解
(2009年武汉2月，C)
There are two key elements to Nadal’s victories over Federer—speed and left-handed ground strokes.
If tennis court surfaces get any faster，left-handed Rafeal Nadal，may eventually dominate (支配) right-handed Roger Federer，for the simple reason that left-handed sportsmen in general have naturally quicker reflexes (反应)．
French sports researchers，led by Dr. Guy Azemar，are convinced，after 15 years of experiments，that the growing domination of left-handers in tennis can no longer be put down to their unorthodox (非正统的) technique. They say that everything points to left-handers having several thousandths of a second more time to react.
The researchers were struck by the disproportionate (不相称的) success of left-handers. Left-handers dominate at the top although 90 percent of people are right-handed. Of the world’s 200 top tennis players, 16 percent are left-handed but five of the top 20 and three of the top four are left-handers. Federer，therefore，is considered to be an exception—a right hander who can make up with technique what he loses in reflex.
Dr Azemar is convinced that the advantage is explained by the way messages are carried from the brain. “We want to show that the sorts of information needed in sport—speed and direction of attack—are treated by the right-hand side of the brain which handles the organization of time and space，”he said. “With left-handers the
message is transmitted direct to the left-hand side of the brain first，the side which treats logic. Then it is passed to the other side causing a loss of thousandths of seconds.”
【语篇解读】 网球场上，左撇子参加比赛往往更容易获胜。法国体育运动研究者发现，这是因为他们天生反应快，而不是因为他们有特殊的技巧。
1．It is implied in the first two paragraphs that________. A．Nadal is a better player than Federer B．Nadal can play as well as Federer
C．Federer has naturally quicker reflexes D．Nadal has naturally quicker reflexes
【解析】 考查推理判断。第一段说Nadal的胜利有两个因素：速度和左撇子击球；第二段说左撇子的Nadal能战胜惯用右手的Federer是因为左撇子运动员天生就反应更快。由此判断选D。
【答案】 D
2．The increasing domination of left-handers in tennis________. A．was once considered the result of unorthodox technique B．is possible after 15 years of experiments C．is due to their unorthodox technique D．can no longer be controlled
【解析】 考查细节理解。第三段说，经过15年的研究，法国体育运动研究者认为，我们不能将网球场上左撇子占据统治地位(这一现象)简单地归因于他们非正统的技巧。由此可知人们曾经将左撇子在网球场上占据统治地位(这一现象)归因于他们非正统的技巧。
【答案】 A
3．How many left-handers are there among the world’s 200 best tennis players? A．16. B．20. C．32. D．90.
【解析】 考查数字计算。第四段说，世界前200名网球运动员中，有16%即32人是左撇子。
【答案】 C
4．The author suggests，but does not directly say，that Federer wins because________.
A．he uses right hand B．he is the best player
C．he has quicker reflexes D．he has better technique
【解析】 考查推理判断。由第四段最后一句知，惯用右手的Federer之所以能成为一个特例是因为他可以用技术来弥补自己在反应上的不足。由此可推知应选D。
【答案】 D
(2009年郑州第一次检测，A)
I began to work as a salesgirl in a department store. I got there that morning and was introduced to all the salesmen and saleswomen. Throughout the day，one of the salesmen talked with me. I thought we might become friends. That evening after work we went out for dinner. We sat together and talked，but our numbers were never exchanged.
Around 10 p．m. I began my 2-hour drive back. For the first part of the drive I was thinking to myself how stupid I had been for not giving him my number. Then all of a sudden，when I had gone around a corner I was completely over in another lane. There was no time to even hit the brakes. I hit at once. The police came and cut the top of my car off to get me out. They sent me to the hospital quickly.
My mother got there late that night，and saw me lying in the emergency room. The