四川省内江市2014高考英语阅读理解和完形填空训练（3）附答案
Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second
try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.
Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He
liked this country and felt unpressed stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S. Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.
He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog ,a golden retriever,
maybe ,for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal .Still ,he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.
Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of
it .Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be—an only child ,parents both dead , distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close friends.
He thought about Marian .She had left him nine years ago after five years of
marriage. He was fifty-two now , that would make her just under forty .Marian had dreams of becoming a musician ,a folksinger .She knew all of the Weavers’ songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle .When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.
His long absences—two or three months sometimes—were hard on the marriage .He
knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married ,and both of them had a vague(not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It couldn’t
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when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and ,she was gone . The note read, “Robert ,it didn’t work out ,I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”
He didn’t stay in touch .Neither did she .He3 signed the divorce papers when
they arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.
1. Which route is the right one taken by Kincaid?
A. Bellingham—Washington 11—Puget Sound—U.S Route 20—U.S Route 2—Duluth B. U.S. Route 2—Bellingham—Washington 11—Puget Sound—U.S Route 20—Duluth C. U.S. Route 2—U.S Route 20—Duluth –Bellingham—Washington 11 D. Bellingham—Washington 11—U.S. Route 2—U.S Route 20—Duluth
【答案与解析】A 从第一，二自然段可看出。
2. Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant
relatives.
B. Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much. C. Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.
D. Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.
【答案与解析】B 从第三自然段中的He wished for the thousandth time in his life that
he had a dog… But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal 可得出此答案。
3. Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?
A. To write “memory snapshots”
B. To remind himself of places he might want to visit again. C. To avoid forgetting the way back.
D. To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.
【答案与解析】B 从第二自然段中的The purpose of these causal photographs was to
remind him of places he might want to visit again…可得出此答案。 4. What can you know about Marian?
A. She died after five years of marriage. B. She was older than Kincaid.
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C. She could sing very well and earned big money. D. She was not a professional pop singer.
【答案与解析】D 从第五自然段中的Marian had dreams of becoming a musician ,a
folksinger。可得出此答案。
5. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that .
A. Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.
B. Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian. C. It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him. D. After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other.
【答案与解析】 C 从文章中最后两自然段中可得出此结论。
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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose（鹅）. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She would pilot(驾驶) a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself.
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