高中英语阅读填空试题

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。
The Chong Yang Festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival began as early as the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC). According to the yin/yang dichotomy(二分法), yin represents the elements of darkness and yang represents life and brightness. Among Chinese numbers, nine belongs to positive numbers and it is regarded as yang. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double yang day; hence people start to say Chong Yang Festival. The ninth month also predicts the approach of winter. It is a time when the living need warm clothing, and Chinese sons and daughters extended this to make the festival a time for providing winter clothes for their ancestors. The Double Ninth Festival, therefore, also became an occasion to visit the graves of dead family members. Clothes made of paper would be burned as offerings.
The Double Ninth Festival sees various activities. On the Double Ninth Festival, people usually climb mountains, appreciate chrysanthemums (菊花), drink chrysanthemums wine, and eat cakes. Ancient people thought climbing a mountain on this day could help them avoid misfortune and prevent disasters, and this gradually evolved into a relaxation and exercise.
Ancient people used to wear cornel (山茱萸) and admire chrysanthemums. Cornel is a kind of plant with edible(可食用的) fruit, while its stem and leaves have medicinal value. To prevent plague(瘟疫) and drive off smelly smells, people wear cornel and chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival, and drink tea and wine made from the flowers.
Nowadays many people will still climb mountains, admire chrysanthemums, appreciate the beautiful scenery of autumn and eat cakes. In recent years, new contents have been added into this ancient festival, which has become a time to show respect for the elderly. People hold various activities in honor of senior citizens, wishing them good health and a long life.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a time for family get-togethers. It is an occasion to remember one’s ancestors, the sacrifices they made and the hardships they underwent. Often, family outings are organized during which people search to renew their appreciation of nature and to reaffirm(重申) their love and concern for family members and close friends.

Title	The Double Ninth Festival
Time	●People often   76 the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the lunar month of a year. ●It’s a traditional festival with a   77 of more than 2,200 years, beginning from the Warring States Period.
Origin	●The number nine is considered as yang,   78 life and brightness. ●The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a double young day, which makes the name Chong Yang Festival come into being. ●The approach of winter in the ninth month means a time wearing warm clothing for both the   __79 and the ancestors.
80  and Meanings	In   the   81	●To help avoid   82 and prevent disasters by climbing mountains. ●Ancient people wore cornel, admire chrysanthemums and drank chrysanthemums wine to prevent plague and drive off   83  smells. ●They also eat cakes in the festival.
In modern time	●To improve health by climbing mountains as a   84 of relaxation and exercise. ●People still admire chrysanthemums, appreciate the beautiful scenery of autumn and eat cakes. ●It’s a time for people to   85  senior citizens. ●To reaffirm love and concern for family members and close friends by family get-togethers.

 

任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据课文内容填入适当的词。
Beijing, China successfully hosted the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. We began to learn more about the history and (1) ________ of the honourable games.
The ancient games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years from 776 BC to AD 394. At that time, by (2) ________ the athletes were all male and they had to complete (3)________ no clothes. Single women were allowed to take part in their own (4)________ at a separate festival in (5)________of the wife of the Greek good Zeus.
In 1896, the (6)________Olympic flame restarted to be lit in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who made important contributions to the activity. After 32 year’s (7)________, the People’s Republic of China returned to the Games and played an important role in them. In Beijing 29th Olympic Games Chinese athletes made glorious achievements and won the most gold (8)________.
The Olympians from all over the world brought joy to people across the world with their (9)________ to push the (10)________ of human achievement.

任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词，请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
It's common for kids of all ages to experience school anxiety - school-related stress．This is often most apparent at the end of summer when school is about to start again, but it can occur year-round．Where does the stress and anxiety come from?
Teachers
A good experience with a caring teacher can cause a lasting impression on a child's life—so can a bad experience．While most teachers do their best to provide students with a positive educational experience, some students are better suited for certain teaching styles and classroom types than others．If there's a mismatch （不协调） between student and teacher, a child can form lasting negative feelings about school or his own abilities．
Friends
Friends can also be a source of stress．Concerns about not having enough friends, not being in the same class as friends, not being able to keep up with friends in one particular area or another, and interpersonal conflicts are a few of the very common ways kids can be stressed by their social lives at school．Dealing with these issues alone can cause anxiety in even the most confident kids．
Bullies （欺凌弱小者）
Things have changed in the world of bullies since I was a kid．The good news is that
teachers and parents are paying more attention．Many schools now have anti-bullying pro-
grams and policies．Though bullying does still happen, help is generally more easily accessible
than before．
The bad news is that bullying has gone high-tech．Many students use the Internet, cell phones and other media devices to bully other students, and this type of bullying often gets very aggressive．One reason is that bullies can be anonymous （匿名的） and enlist other bullies to make their targets miserable．Another reason is that they don't have to face their targets． So it's easier to get rid of any empathy that they may otherwise feel．There are ways to fight against "cyber-bullying", but many parents aren't aware of them - and many bullied kids feel too overwhelmed to deal with the situation．

从方框中选择恰当的单词或词组填入句中，注意使用其正确形式：(每小题1分，满分10分)（请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置）

appearance    take a chance       bring up      win back    on the contrary  tell lies      system            account for     gain           energetic

There is a big underground railway          in London, which is good for travelers. 
. The sudden ________ of the policeman caused the thief to run away. 
. He has been asked to ________________ his absence. 
. Though he was told it was hard to find a job there, he still decided to ____________.
. To ___________something such as weight or speed means to have an increase in that particular thing.
. An ____________ person is very active and does not feel at all tired.
. Sometimes, ____________ is not necessarily harmful, for example, white lies.
. The movie reminds of me the small village where I was ________________.
. He is not poor,_______________, he is a millionaire.
. The party worked hard and at last they _______________ the support they had lost.

填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）：
阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes Magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have an __1__ of between two million and six million dollars per year.
Some observers think the customers are buying more than music. According to one theory, rock music has a special appeal because no real training is needed to produce it. There is __2__ gap between the audience and the performers. Every boy and girl in the audience thinks,” I could sing __3__ that.” So rock has become a new kind of religion, a new form of worship. Young people are glad to worship a rock star because it is a way of worshipping __4__.
Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Don McLean, who wrote and sang “American Pie”. Like most performers, McLean __5__ his own music, so he earns additional money. Records provide only part of a star’s income. Around the world young listeners soon want to see the star in movies, on television, and __6__ person.
__7__ do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars just throw the money around. England’s Elton John bought himself a $5,000 pair of eyeglasses that light up and spell E-L-T-O-N. He also bought himself __8__ cars, “one for each foot”.
In the end the rock star’s life is unrewarding. After two or three years fame and fortune are gone. __9__(leave) with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his __10__ (remain) years trying to impress strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.  Each word can be used only once.  Note that there is one word more than you need.

A．exchange B．constant C．involve D．spend E. traditional F. offer     G. strength  H. familiar  I. engage  J. element

    We，in the world of fast growth, are now witnessing the appearance of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical ___1___, raw materials, and money are no longer the key factors in the creation of wealth. Now, the vital ___2___ in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow’s wealth depends on the development and ___3___ of knowledge.  And individuals entering the workforce ___4___ their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn.  Knowledge workers ___5___ in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, figures, and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be communicating information. Currently, many jobs ___6___ some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in __7___ training to get new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, easy promotions, and even the ___8___ workplace, which you are __9___ with now. Don’t expect the companies will provide you with a clear career path. And don’t wait for someone to “encourage” you. You have to encourage yourself.

课文填空(共10小题；每小题l分，共10分)
Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I 1.______ ________ a _______ ________in France in 1642. Although I was young I 2._______ ________ ________ ________. I developed very slowly and 3._______ _______ ______ two hundred years ______I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an 4. ______ _________used cards_____ ______, I could think logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a 5.______ _  _______and the start of my “________ _________”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a universal machine to solve any difficult mathematical problem…
Daisy smiled. “That’s good news. It 6._____the _________of_________ ______, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.”  The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself…“When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It 7. _______a _______ ______which ________mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.
As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to 8. ______ _______ _______ ______ to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous 9. ______ ________ _______ _________by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so 10. _______ ________they became more ________ ________their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
请阅读某书店各书架的相关信息：
A. Section One: Do-It-Yourself Section -- On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how to do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home.
B. Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section --- Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.
C. Section Three: Humor Section --- A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
D. Section Four: Business & Finance --- Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
E. Section Five: Biography --- Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
F. Section Six: Education --- Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
___1. The Delighted Eye --- by Prof. John Nash --- The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
___2. Mother Tongue: The English Language --- by Bill Bryson --- Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language , one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
___3. Into Thin Air --- by John Krakauer --- is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
___4. Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything --- by Shoshanna Berger and Grace Hawthorne --- beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
____5. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron --- by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind --- As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonour and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A．Leave others a deep impression B．Be a pleasant listener C．Pay attention to your wearing D．Get enough background information E. Make full self-preparation F. Apply appropriate postures

 
Interviewing is a skill that can be learned and the key lies in the “three-Ps” of planning, practice and preparation. Here are some tips on making a successful interview.

1.

Prepare as well as you possibly can, search the web and research the background of the company and the people who you think are going to be interviewing you. Learn exactly what it is they do and exactly how you would fit in with the company. Most importantly try to understand the “culture” of the company. You need to communicate in a way that mirrors their company standards; this will show you can fit in that organization. Understand a little of what their competitors are doing. This will show you’ve bothered to find out where their position in the market is.

2.

Just as important is your own personal preparation. Think about the key things you want to communicate and why you would be ideal for the job. Think about you can sound enthusiastic, without sounding desperate; how you can sell yourself. If they ask you a question, such as “tell me about your CV”, and you can’t do it fluently, you will find the interviewers will lose interest and you won’t get the job.

3.

During the interview, be a very good listener and if you can find some common ground with your interviewers, you will have a big advantage over your competitors. The interview is basically an interaction between two people, so how you come across as a person is of upmost importance. As soon as you enter the company building, make sure everyone you meet is left with the impression that you are a pleasant person. Sometimes an interview question might seem very simple but, don’t be deceived, there is always a reason for them asking that question.

4.

Generally wear a suit and tie, but it does depend on the job you are going for. You should have discovered, when you studied the company culture, what is expected. For media companies, for example, being smart but casual might be the style they want. They are looking for someone who is comfortable with himself or herself. In this case you should dress for who you are.

5.

It is natural if you are nervous, in fact it is a good sign; it shows you are taking the interview seriously. However try to avoid nervous mannerisms, such as tapping your foot or playing with your hair. Positive body language is important, so adopt a good posture. If you slouch in your chair the interviewer will think you could be sloppy in your work as well. Positivity is essential in all aspects of your interview.

Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
 

A. priority	B.  getting	C. needs	D. put off	AB. depends on
AC. satisfy	AD. hungry	BC. likely	BD. slightly	CD. motivation

 
A person’s motivation is a combination of desire and energy directed at achieving a goal. Influencing someone’s motivation means __1__ him or her to want to do what you know must be done. A person’s motivation __2__ two things:
One is the strength of certain needs. For example, you are __3__, but you must have a task completed by a nearing deadline. If you are starving, you will eat. If you are __4__ hungry, you will finish the task at hand.
The other is the perception (感觉) that taking a certain action will help __5__ those needs. For example, you have two burning __6__— the desire to complete the task and the desire to go to lunch. Your perception of how you view those two needs will determine which one takes __7__. If you believe that you could be fired for not completing the task, you will probably __8__ lunch and complete the task. If you believe that you will not get into trouble or perhaps finish the task in time, then you will be more __9__ to go to lunch.

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Last week I visited Plattsburgh State University (PSU). People had told me that it was a good college, but it was even   than I had expected.
Located in the small city of Plattsburgh, PSU is   nice-looking school. Inside, the buildings have signs to point you in the right direction if you don’t know   you are going.
The average class has 24 students. One thing I found interesting was that   you are a good note-taker, the professor will pay you to photocopy (复印) your notes for the rest of the class.
PSU offers a lot of majors, including art, history, science   nursing. All of these programs are especially designed   students to meet their future work needs. The school also has many academic programs, including an honors program .
PSU has many clubs, ranging  dance clubs to sports clubs. This school has a great reputation and offers a lot to   students. I think that PSU is certainly a college to consider.

Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace ___ . A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction ____ specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places; ____, they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend ￡20 million —23 per cent of     training budget for London 2012 —in increasing the skills of the British workforce to __ the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians ___ attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told TheTimes, "All the way along we have been holding the view   we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the population."

Olympic building projects are at risk because skilled Polish workers are going back home and there are not enough skilled British workers to replace ___ . A quick training plan is being put in place to teach British people basic construction ____ specifically for Olympic projects. As the Polish builders are beginning to go back home, migrant workers from other parts of Eastern Europe are taking their places; ____, they don’t seem to be as well trained or have the same work ethics as the Polish workers. The Olympic Delivery Authority, the London Development Agency (LDA) and other partner organizations are going to spend ￡20 million —23 per cent of     training budget for London 2012 —in increasing the skills of the British workforce to __ the construction needs of the Olympics. They are also training electricians. A total of 1,500 workers nationwide will become fully skilled electricians ___ attending the program. These workers will then work on building the Olympic Village. Iain MacDonald, head of a training program, told TheTimes, "All the way along we have been holding the view    we can’t rely on migrant labour. We have to put in plans for the long term. We can’t rely on migrant labour all the time. Britain has become too dependent on the migrant labour force. It is better to develop the skills of the population."

Only mother’s love is true love. It gives everybody everything in all his life. When you are still     boy, mother takes good care of you as possible. In your walking hours, she always holds you in her arms.   you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night but forgets about . When you are growing up day  day, she feels very happy. When you are old   to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels     about you at home. She usually knows about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do    at school, you will see the brightest smile on her face.
Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive.    true love it is in the world! We will remember mother love forever!

Smoking is a very bad habit. First of all, Cigarettes are expensive. Smokers have to      a lot of money buying them. That is a     (浪费) of money. Smoking is bad for smokers’ h  . It may be responsible for many d    . Even worse, it is harmful to people    them. It is said that smoking is one of the ways to   (引起) cancer. Second, there can be fires     can result in a great loss of life and property because of a smoker’s (粗心).    , we are teenagers and have no income. We have no right to do that. It will be even worse if we f  into bad habits.