高中英语阅读填空试题

请从方框中选择正确的词的适当的形式填空。（每空1分，共10分）

transport ,home, shock, survivor, destroy, pack up

    On May 12, 2008, an earthquake took place in Sichuan, which        
the whole nation. About 5 million houses were         in the earthquake.
A great number of people were        and they had got to sleep outdoors. Food, water and electricity were hard to get. After the earthquake, people at home and abroad raised money to help those               .
At the same time, tents as well as food were        and        to Sichuan.

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The number of children taking French and German has dropped dramatically in UK. But does it really    76  ? Children educated in this country grow up with ___77___ important global advantage: they speak English. English is the most spoken language in the world. It is not the most spoken as a first language,    78   if you include people who speak English as a    79   language, it leaves Mandarin Chinese for dust. This is    80    (fortune). It also carries side-benefit that English speakers traveling the world    81   always find work teaching their native tongue as long as they have a decent level. But language learning is    82   than being able to order coffee when you are on holiday, or find work on your travels.    83    both a student and teacher of foreign languages, I have found that the experience of learning another tongue greatly    84   (deep) your understanding of your own language. It forces you to think analytically: a skill which all students need to work on, no matter ___85___ subject they are studying.

Experiencing bad dreams every night can be horrifying for anybody. Bad dreams can disturb the sleep and make a person feel stressed throughout the next day. That’s why one should take steps to stop them as soon as they become an everyday occurrence.
Before knowing how to get rid of bad dreams, we need to understand what can result in them. Researches have shown that when a person is under some sort of physical or mental stress, he is more likely to get bad dreams and disturbed sleep. So, to stop bad dreams, it’s necessary to find out the causes of physical and mental stress in your life and remove these. For instance, if you’re overworked, learn to take things slow. Don’t be ambitious to the point that it starts affecting your health.
Besides, some trauma(损伤) that a person might have experienced recently or in the past which they’re unable to get over can make the person suffer from bad dreams. Death of a very close family member is often seen to be the reason behind recurrent nightmares. In such a case, taking therapy and dealing with the trauma is the only solution to stop bad dreams.
Eating fatty and high-protein foods in dinner is also known to cause bad dreams in some people. So, bad dreams occurring because of these reasons can be stopped if the diet is changed. Taking a light dinner of soups and salad is the best, both for the health and for stopping disturbed sleep in some cases.
Besides these, there are many other things a person can do to have a good night’s sleep. For example, your bedroom should be the most comfortable place in the world. So, get rid of all electronic gadgets including television. In addition, if you have negative thoughts, it can have side effects on the kind of dreams you have. So, from now on try to be a happy and positive person.
Title: Bad Dreams
 

If we agree that the function of education is to prepare us for life, then there is very little time to waste. So, while we can, we ought to concentrate 48. ________ teaching children something really useful.
Politeness is a mark of civilization. 49. _________ sooner children learn this, the better. In any case, a lot can be accomplished by a smile and good manners.
Like it or not, our adult lives will be consumed by the struggle for money, but we don’t make an effort to teach children 50. __________ to mange it. So our schools have a duty to teach them this ability from the beginning.
Children should learn to take care 51. ________their health. They should know that 52. ________they eat junk food, they will become fat and unhealthy. They should be very clear about 53._________ will happen to their bodies when they smoke or drink.
All of 54___________ are part of society. We have rights and responsibilities. We have to know a little bit of our history and geography, because we need to have an environment in which to relate to the people around us. Our school should spend every moment they have telling this to our children: “This is life, this is what you are going to face,55 ________ this is how you deal with it.

D. R. Gaul Middle School is in Union, Maine, a blueberry-farming town where the summer fair finds kids competing in pig scrambles and pie-eating contests.
Gaul, with about 170 seventh- and eighth-graders, has its own history of lower level academic achievement. One likely reason: Education beyond the basic requirements hasn't always been a top priority for families who've worked the same land for generations. Here, few adults have college degrees, and outsiders (teachers included) are often kept at a respectful distance.
Since 2002, Gaul's students have been divided into four classes, each of them taught almost every subject by two teachers. The goal: To find common threads across disciplines to help students create a big picture that gives fresh meaning and context to their classwork -- and sparks motivation for learning.
Working within state guidelines, each team makes its individual schedules and lesson plans, incorporating non-textbook literature, hands-on lab work and field trips. If students are covering the Civil War in social studies, they're reading The Red Badge of Courage or some other period literature in English class. In science, they study the viruses and bacteria that caused many deaths in the war.
Team teaching isn't unusual. About 77 percent of middle schools now employ some form of it, says John Lounsbury, consulting editor for the National Middle School Association. But most schools use four- or five-person teams, which Gaul tried before considering two-person teams more effective. Gaul supports the team concept by "looping" classes (跟班) so that the same two teachers stick with the same teens through seventh and eighth grades. Combining teams and looping creates an extremely strong bond between teacher and student. It also, says teacher Beth Ahlholm, "allows us to build an excellent relationship with parents."
Ahlholm and teammate Madelon Kelly are fully aware how many glazed looks they see in the classroom, but they know 72 percent of their eighth-graders met Maine's reading standard last year -- double the statewide average. Only 31 percent met the math standard, still better than the state average (21 percent). Their students also beat the state average in writing and science. And in2006, Gaul was one of 47 schools in the state to see testing gains of at least 20 percent in four of the previous five years, coinciding roughly with team teaching's arrival.

A Classroom With Context
Problems of the school	Being a farming town，it(71)           little in education before．
Further education is considered （72）______________．
The community is relatively(73)   rather than open to the outsiders．
Ways of solving the problems	The division  of classes is made and students are well(74)   ．
Individual schedules and lesson plans are(75)    by each team．
A strong(76)    between teacher and student is established through combining teams and looping．
Signs of (77)	72 percent of the eighth-graders(78)   Maine's reading standard
(79)percent higher than the state average in maths
the school beating the state average in writing and science
four of the previous five years(80)    at least 20 percent test gains

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One day, in spring, four lawyers were riding their horses along a country road.
There had been a storm, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping(滴) from the trees, and the grass was wet. As they were passing through a grove(树丛) of small trees, they heard a great fluttering(拍翅) over their heads and a weak chirping(唧唧声) in the grass.
“What is the matter here?” asked the first lawyer, whose name was Speed. “Oh, it’s only some birds!” said the second lawyer, whose name was Hardin. “The storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, and the mother bird must be very worried about them.”
“What a pity! They’ll die down there in the grass,” said the third lawyer.
“Oh, well! They’re noting but birds,” said Hardin. “Why should we bother?”
Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they forgot about the birds.
However, the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped. He got down from his horse and very gently put the little ones in his big warm hands. They did not seem frightened, but chirped softly, as if they knew they were safe. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was much higher than he could reach from the ground, so Lincoln climbed up the tree. He put the birds softly one by one into their warm little home.
Soon the other three lawyers stopped at a spring(泉) to give their horses water.
“Where’s Lincoln?” asked one.
All were surprised to find that Lincoln was not with them.
In a few minutes Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud.
“Hello, Abraham!” said Hardin. “Where have you been?”
“I stopped a minute to give those birds to their mother,” he answered.
Then all three of them laughed heartily
Then all three of them laughed heartily. They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless little birds.
“Gentlemen,” said Lincoln, “I would not sleep well tonight if I had left those helpless little birds on their own in the wet grass.”
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was then elected president. Next to Washington, he is regarded as one of the greatest American presidents.

Saving the birds
Brids	Two birds fell out their   53  in a tree with the rest in the nest fluttering.
The four lawyers’ attitudes towards the birds were not the same.
Speed	Hardin	The third lawyer	Abraham Lincoln
He just  54  what was going on here.	He didn’t care about the birds.	He showed  55  for the birds’ fate.	He stopped, picked the birds up and found where they had fallen. With great difficulty he climbed up to the nest which was   56  up in the tree and put the birds back, but the others laughed at him.
The greatness of a   57  man lies not only in his achievements but in his noble mind.

All children want to have pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?   51 
The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.   52   Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money. 
First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.    53  
In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that.    54    
Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want.    55  Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children. 
A One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money. 
B They can save it for future use. 
C Timing is another consideration. 
D As helping at home is a normal part of family life. 
E Some children are not good at managing their pocket money. 
F Learning how to get money is very important for every child.  
G By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget. 

Yesterday, I entered the website “ Topic for today”, I feel ____1____ (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cellphones on campus. In fact, many students now come to school ____2____ cellphones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think ____3___it is convenient to get in touch with others with the cellphone, which also ____4____(let) you feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides, it is nice to enjoy various functions of different cellphones. ____5____ think differently. First, the cellphone is not a must in school, as ___6_____ are some IC phones in the school _____7___(make) it easy to call others. Second, many students often play e-games and send e-messages with their cellphones, even in class, ___8____ will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more, it will result in a great waste of time. In my opinion, the cellphone is _____9___ useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use it ____10____(free) in school.

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Searching for the truth
Collecting mid writing news is like researching in history: the best information comes from those who were there at the time. So if' we want to study tile history of China in the sixth century AD, we look at the writings of the people who lived then. They are called the primary sources because they tell us what it was like to live then. People at a much later date who write about the same events are called the secondary sources.  For example, when we read the original writings of Jia Sixie on agriculture, we are reading a primary source; when we read about Jia Sixie in our textbook we are reading secondary source because the passage was written about him and his ideas many years after he died.
When we make news we use primary and secondary sources. We can see this most clearly in TV programmes. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source( because he tells us about the news) and the reporter in. Iraq or Washington is the primary source (because he is telling us about what is actually happening there). Without these reporters acting as primary sources, you would never find out what really happened in a war, earthquake, sports meeting, concert or festival. These reporters explain what is happening so we have a clearer idea of what is going on there. They often take photographers with them who act as primary source by giving pictures of events.
In a newspaper the position is different because these two roles are often combined. This means a reporter who investigates a story may be the same person who writes it. If this happens, the reporter is both the primary and the secondary source. But the photographer who works with him/her is still a primary, source.
One of the reasons that it is important to separate primary and secondary sources is that they help us to decide what is a fact and what is an opinion. A fact is something that everybody agrees has happened. An opinion is somebody's idea of what happened. So facts and opinions are often mixed in any report, whether in a newspaper or on TV.
What have you learnt from the above passage?

Primary Source	Primary sources are the writing of' the people who lived at (1)___________ time and offer an inside view of a particular event
Secondary source	Secondary sources are the writings of the people who write about the same events at a much later date with explanation and analysis (2)_________ on primary sources
News on TV	The TV (3)__________ in the studio is tile secondary source while the reporter on the (4) ____________ is the primary source
News in a newspaper	A newspaper reporter can be both primary and secondary source if he collects the information anti then (5) ______________ the news.  But the photographer(6) ___________ with the reporter is always a primary source
Fact	A fact is something that everybody agrees has happened. In other (7)____________, it is something that is (8) ________________
Opinion	An opinion is somebody's idea of what (9)________________on
Conclusion	Primary and secondary sources are both important for (10)_______ the truth

In both China and the West, at this time of the year, we must endure the cold, the wind and the snow of wintertime. How good it is then that we have festivals to keep our spirits up and hearts warm!
Spring Festival in China and Christmas in foreign countries are times for families and friends to get together, exchange gifts and have a big dinner.
Although the two holidays are different – one is to celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth, while the other is celebrated because of thousands of years of Chinese folk traditions – Christmas and Spring Festival still have things in common.
In both, eating is a big part of the holiday celebration. In China we eat dumpling and niangao – cakes made of sticky rice – while Westerners sit down to a roast turkey or ham, with vegetables, apple-sauce and a plum (干果) pudding.
Gifts are another key element in both celebrations. In the West, families gather round the Christmas tree on Christmas morning and open their presents. Gifts range from the small – a box of chocolates – to the large. Children especially look forward to a big present, say a new bike or computer. Similarly, in China children receive gift money in red envelopes from their elders.
With the world becoming more connected, Spring Festival and Christmas have crossed cultural borders. It is not unusual in China to see Christmas trees and Father Christmas figures around the end of December.
And Chinese living abroad have made Spring Festival a special cultural event in many foreign countries. In some US cities, especially those with large Chinese neighborhoods, non-Asian adults and kids join in the fun.  “ I’ve been celebrating Chinese New Year for a really long time, and it’s a great cultural festival for the community,” said Leslie Swartz, who works at the city’s Children’s Museum in Boston. “Everyone goes to Chinatown. There are lion dances and firecrackers. It’s very lively. Schools also celebrate Chinese New Year. ” Swartz said.
Swartz has a 13-year-old adopted Chinese daughter, Mei. They celebrate at home, too, decorating the house and eating special foods. They make traditional Chinese New Year’s fruit trays (拼盘). They also write good luck messages on red paper, called spring couplets (对联), and hang them by the doors at home.
The Title: East- West: We are alike
★        : Spring Festival in China and Christmas in the west
★similarities:
▼ keeping spirits up and        
▼being time for families and friends to     
▼       
▼having a big dinner
★      between the two festivals
▼Spring Festival: folk traditions of China of thousands of years
▼Christmas: Celebrating ___      
★ Culture mixture: Spring Festival and Christmas having crossed   
▼In China: Seeing     and Father Christmas figures
▼In the USA: watching lion dances and  in Chinatown, making traditional Chinese New Year’ fruit trays, writing good luck messages on red paper and    by the doors

Don’t get mad--- get promoted
When it comes to succeeding at work, conventional wisdom says you should check your emotions at the door. But Anne Kreamer, the author of the new book It’s Always Personal, disagrees. “It reduces people’s ability to bring their best selves to their work,” she says. ___1___ Here’s how to turn your emotions into opportunities.
__2___
How to get promoted: Engage in joint（联合的）problem solving.
Losing your temper at work is “universally uncool,” say Kreamer. But opening your emotional floodgates strategically can lead to solutions if both sides are willing to work together. ___3___ “The specific time and private space establishes boundaries so you have a greater chance of achieving a constructive outcome and maintaining the relationship,” Kreamer adds.
I feel: Afraid and anxious.
How to get promoted: Improve planning skills.
___4___ Identify what’s behind your fear and take specific action --- ask your manager for details and take on some responsibilities. You’ll calm down and do a better job. “No boss minds helping an eager employee learn something new, but every boss hates having to deal with a bungled（搞糟了的） project,” says Kreamer.
I feel: Happy.
How to get promoted: Increase creativity and productivity.
When you’re in a positive mood, your brain activity actually shifts, says Kreamer. “Your focus deepens, and your dopamine（多巴胺） levels increase. ___5___”

A．I feel: Angry.

B．I feel: like crying.

C．This helps you see things from a different perspective.

D．It’s a signal that there’s a problem that needs to be solved.

E. Are you clear about an assignment or underprepared for a meeting?
F. Instead, Kreamer suggests acting on your feelings can help you do a good job.
G. Rather than face the offender in the heat of the moment, schedule a one-on-one meeting.

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Each year there is an increasing number of cars as millions of new cars are produced in America. Americans will not live without cars! However, some have realized the serious problem of air pollution by cars. It is necessary to find ways to solve the problem of air pollution.
One way to clean the air is to build a new kind of clean car. That’s what several of the large car factories are trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on it. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model for us.
To prevent the world being polluted by cars, Americans have to make some changes in the way of their life. They have to cut down on the number of their cars and are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. But this change does not come easily. Many workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. And the problem of their pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
Americans may live a happy but sad life for a long time because of the car problem.
Cars and Pollution in American

Problem	Methods	58._____________	Conclution
56______________	Building a new kind of 57._______.	Progress in this field is slow.	Americans may live a   60._______ life.
It takes years to develop a 59._______
Cutting down on the number of cars	Many workers may lose their jobs
Traveling and going to work by bike.

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Time, a faithful company of our life, is a universal topic. People are always curious about what it is, how it travels and who it meets.
Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s smartest physicists, once said. “I’m fascinated by time.”
Many of us are, and the popularity of time travel novels, movies and TV series has proved that. After Palace and Startling by Each Step achieved astonishing ratings last year, Palace 2 aired on January 20, attracting time travel fans back to TV.
Woody Allen’s movie Midnight in Paris achieved great success. It was nominated for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Art Direction for the 2012 Academy Awards.
Dream of heroism
Time travel TV series and movies connect both today and the past, thus offering room for imagination. Imagination creates a chance for the young to fulfill a dream that is hard to achieve in reality.
Chinese writer Xi Juan is a pioneer of time-travel stories in China. In 1993 she published a love story about a young woman time traveling to ancient times. The leading role’s modern personality and perception of love help her win the heart of a cool, handsome martial art master. Such a plot satisfies female fans’ love fantasy.
Starting from the late 1990s, novels about men traveling back to the past prevailed (盛行), with a Step into the Past as the most popular example. In these stories, the male leading roles accomplish great things with their modern skills and wisdom.
It is usually “a dream of heroism come true”, along with enviable romances.
Eye candy
“I’m hooked by the shows because they are characterized by dramatic and poetic love and have eye-pleasing actors,” Xia Xiaoyan, who works for a foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, explained her love for time travel TV series.
Her comment echoes a 2011 survey by Creat Marketing Research Co Ltd in China. When asked about what is so appealing about time travel TV series, 21 percent of respondents answered, “These attractive characters.”
A bigger reason behind the popularity of time travel stories, however, is the relaxation they offer, according to the survey.
Cai Yinong agrees. “Many people are facing tremendous pressure in their fast-paced lives, so this genre is more relaxing than other shows as it provides people with a terrific outlet to escape reality,” Cai told China Daily.
Cultural homesickness
“Which dynasty would you like to live in if you could travel to the past?” asked a survey launched by Shanghai University and Shanghai Social Sciences Association last December.
About 60 percent of the 2,543 respondents chose Tang Dynasty, while Qing Dynasty, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were the other top two destinations.
The survey results reflects people’s definition of the good days: prosperous economy and culture, steady society, fair and uncorrupted politics, and opening up to the outside world.
As for the movie Midnight in Paris, it features modernity versus cultural homesickness. The New York Times commented, “The past seems so much more vivid, more substantial, than the present. The good old days are so attractive because we were not around, however much we wish we were.”

Time  travel  wins  fans
Phenomenon	l Stephen Hawking shows great interest in    _. l People prefer ____ time travel movies and TV series. l Woody Allen was _______ in his time travel movie.
Reasons for its ___	Supporting details
Dream of heroism	l Chances are offered for the young to fulfill __________ hard to l achieve in reality. l Xi Juan’s 1993 love story_______ a young woman traveling to l ancient times, which satisfies females fans. l From the late 1990s, novels about ________ traveling back to l the past became increasingly popular. l The male leading role in A Step Into the Past travels back to the past l to fulfill great things by using his _______ skills and wisdom.
Eye candy	Attractive actors and travel stories make viewers under pressure _________.
Cultural homesickness	Most respondents chose to live in a certain dynasty for: l Prosperous economy and________; l Steady society; l Fair and uncorrupted politics; l Opening up to the outside world.

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It is not so easy to disagree with your parents. Here are a few quick tips on how to show your opinion in the right way.
________ Don’t let angry words fly out of your mouth if you don’t really want to say them, or you will have a lot of work to do later.
________ How would you feel if you were your mother or father? Why do they do that? Is it really bad?
Try to stay calm. If you find yourself getting too angry, ask for soft time to be alone. ________
Learn to listen. Maybe your parents aren’t as persuasive （具有说服力的） as you think. ________.
Pay attention to needs rather than problems. ______ Tell your parents that you want to discuss the problem with them rather than work against them.

A.  Think before you speak. B.  Never listen to your parents. C.  Think about the problem from your parents’ point of view. D.  It is quite common to disagree with one’s parents E.  Hear them out and then decide how to deal with the problem. F.  Be clear about what you need, rather than focus on why you disagree. G.  If you can, try to discuss the problem with your parents at another time.

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Introduction to anger
Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we feel that we have not been given a fair treatment. The positive side of this negative emotion is that it has helped us to evolve as humans and cope in a better manner with our surroundings. However, it tends to become a problem when we fail to control it. Many a time it happens that your anger has hurt others or has spoiled one of your relationships for which you regret later. It has some bad effects on the health, too.
We should control anger so that it does not cause harm to us or to those around us whom we love. One of the best ways to control anger is to get help from others. If you feel that you are unable to manage your anger, it can make you more upset. So tell someone that is close to you, a friend or a family member, about your problem. When you discuss a matter with others, there is a better chance of finding a solution to your problem. Besides, there are no better stress relievers than humor. When you feel that it is because of stress that your anger is becoming unmanageable, you can use humor. It can help you look at difficult things in a lighter way and you will feel better about the things around you.
Anger tends to make us have a lot of negative thoughts. Therefore, we have to change the negative thoughts into positive ones. For this you have to first refuse all the negative thoughts that are in your mind one by one. This can be done with a lot of practice. Once you are successful in that, you have to maintain your focus only on the positive things of life.
Meditation (冥想) is an excellent anger management technique. In addition, what we do is disconnect ourselves from the outer world and focus all our attention into the inner world. This helps us develop a sense of controlling our thoughts that tend to cause anger.

______	Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we have been treated ______.
Positive sides	﹡Help us evolve as humans. ﹡Help us deal with our surroundings _____.
______  sides	﹡Hurt others. ﹡Spoil your ______. ﹡Have some bad effects on your health.
Some ways to  ______ your anger	Get help from others	Discuss your problems with your friend or a ______ member.
Use _______	It can help you see difficult things in a _________ way.
Think ______	Refuse all the negative thoughts and focus only on positive things.
Practice meditation	Help us control our thoughts which tend to cause anger.