衡阳市珠晖区2017高考英语完形填空阅读类一轮选练及答案
完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint. Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa. 名师点评
本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达?芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献，文章层次分明，通俗易懂。 (C)1. A. took
B. made
C. painted
D. invented
【解析】C。为了引出话题人物━━达?芬奇，这里引用了设问手法，问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”，故选择动词painted。 (B)2. A. artists
B. doctors C. painters
D. people
【解析】B。对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了，将达?芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的精通。故选择doctors。 (A)3. A. to
B. of
C. for D. from
【解析】A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系，“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。 (D)4. A. the scientists
B. the artists C. the world
D. people
【解析】D。达?芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人，the world 一般指每个人，相当于第三人称单数，故people为正确选项。 (D)5. A. draw
B. paint C. work D. build
【解析】D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。在那个时代，达?芬奇所不能做的应是制造飞机，故选择build。 (B)6. A. was just
B. wasn’t just C. wasn’t D. was no longer
【解析】B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达?芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just (C)7. A. less
B. no
C. even D. very
【解析】C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。 (A)8. A. before
B. after
C. because
D. when
【解析】A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。 (B)9. A. him
B. us
C. them
D. you
【解析】B。达?芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。 (C)10. A. interesting B. crying
C. smiling
D. surprising
【解析】C。达?芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 (2013·哈尔滨市质检，D)
As the richest country in the world, you'd expect that Qatar would also be the happiest. And you'd also expect Japanese people to be extremely positive, seeing as though they have the highest life expectancy. But clearly wealth and good health do not guarantee happiness after both countries failed to make the top ten most positive countries.
The poll (民意测验) of nearly 150 000 people around the world found that seven of the world's 10 countries with the most upbeat attitudes are in Latin America. Gallup asked about 1 000 people in each of 148 countries if they were wellrested, had been treated with respect, smiled or laughed a lot, learned or did something interesting and felt feelings of enjoyment the previous day.
In Panama and Paraguay, 85 percent of those polled said yes to all five, putting those countries at the top of the list. They were followed closely by El Salvador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Guatemala, the Philippines, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
The people least likely to report positive emotions lived in Singapore, the wealthy and orderly city-state that ranks among the most developed in the world. Other wealthy countries also sat surprisingly low on the list. Germany and France tied with the poor African state of Somaliland for 47th place. Many of the seven countries which were most positive do poorly in traditional measures of well-
being, like Guatemala, a country torn by decades of civil war followed by waves of gangdriven criminality that give it one of the highest killing rates in the world. Guatemala sits just above Iraq on the United Nations' Human Development Index, a composite of life expectancy, education and per capita income. But it ranks seventh in positive emotions.
In Guatemala, it's a culture of friendly people who are always smiling, said Luz Castillo, a 30yearold surfing instructor. Despite all the problems that we're facing, we're surrounded by natural beauty that lets us get away from it all.
The poll shows that prosperous nations can also be deeply unhappy ones. And povertystricken ones are often positive, or at least a close approximation (大约) of it.
文章大意：本文为一篇调查报道。通过对世界各国的民意测验发现，幸福指数与健康和财富无关。
1．________ may feel the most unhappy according to the poll. A．People from Qatar B．People from Thailand C．People from Japan D．People from Singapore
答案：D 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“The people least likely to report positive emotions lived in Singapore”可知，通过民意测验生活在新加坡的人民的幸福指数最低。故答案选D。 2．The underlined word “Gallup” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A．a country B．a polling organization C．a person D．a magazine
答案：B 推理判断题。根据第二段第一、二句可知，这项民意测验调查了世界各地的15万人，发现幸福指数最高的10个国家中有7个国家位于拉丁美洲，这个民意调查组织调查了148个国家，每个国家测验了大约1千人。因此Gallup应为进行这项民意测验调查的组织机构。故答案选B。
3．Which of the following is not included in the United Nations' Human Development Index? A．Life expectancy. C．Natural beauty.
B．Education. D．Per capita income.
答案：C 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段倒数第二句“... on the United Nations' Human
Development Index, a composite of life expectancy, education and per capita income.”可知，这项指数当中不包含C项内容。故答案选C。 4．What's the best title of the text? A．Happiness does not depend on wealth B．How to live happily? C．Health leads to happiness