高中英语阅读填空试题

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began     31   a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After       32    (program) by an operator      33    used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made     34   work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers.     35   , with its memory     36   (improve), the computer was made smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer      37    (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by    38   network, the computer was able to share its knowledge     39    others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer      40     (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.

.语法填空（本题共20分，每小题2分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下连贯的要求，填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。将答案填入答题卷中。
I’m  21 only daughter of my parents. So they are worried  22   everything I do. For example, 23 I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me 24  (ride) by myself. They are afraid I might fall off my bike and hurt  25 .They are taking great trouble to support the bike, with my mother even  26 (carry) a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say 27 (angry), “Why not let me ride alone?”
Now, most families have one child.    28  want to do everything for their children. This does no good to them. Too much love from parents may prevent children from ___29  independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do  30 they should do alone.

.语法填空（本题共20分，每小题2分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下连贯的要求，填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。将答案填入答题卷中。
I’m  21 only daughter of my parents. So they are worried  22   everything I do. For example, 23 I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me 24  (ride) by myself. They are afraid I might fall off my bike and hurt  25 .They are taking great trouble to support the bike, with my mother even  26 (carry) a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say 27 (angry), “Why not let me ride alone?”
Now, most families have one child.    28   want to do everything for their children. This does no good to them. Too much love from parents may prevent children from ___29  independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do  30 they should do alone.

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Bosses of ___31___ publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their ___32___ (employ) had been sitting dead at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum ___33___ had been employed as a proofreader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office, ___34___ he shared with 23 other workers.
He ___35___ (quiet) passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed ___36___ Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was working during the weekend. His boss, Elliot Wachiaski, said, “George was always the first guy in each morning and the last ___37____ (leave) at night, so no one found ___38____ unusual that he was in the same position all that time and ___39____ (keep) much to himself.”
A postmortem examination (尸检) revealed that he had been dead ___40____ five days after suffering from coronary disease (冠状动脉疾病). George was proofreading manuscripts (手稿) of medical textbooks when he died.

语法填空 (每小题2分，满分20分) （请考生把答案写在答题卷上）
The holiday’s upon us. After months of study, you have some time to yourself. So, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, ‘Why trouble with books? We have the Internet and __26   media that offer a lot more __27  (colour) programs. Books are history!”But don’t be fooled. There’s still a lot to be said for reading and reading as widely as possible.
One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful collection _28  words and expressions, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me, it’s far easier to get new English words and expressions from a book or article _ 29  it is from the TV or the Internet.
But an even more important point is _ 30  books give you something that modern media simply can not. The webpage is always full of pictures and the text is often designed to make it as easy to read as possible.
Though “easy” may be welcome, _31  (luck) it’s of little use for any long-time development of reading skills and the general language level. For that, there’s still no substitute(替代品) for a book.
But perhaps the best single reason is that simply __32  (choose) what you read and doing it by yourself _ 33  (mean) that it’s something you do by and for yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It’s hard work, __34  while you are reading, you’ll find that what once __35  (seem) like a duty is now a pleasure.

任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）
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1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
The e-book is a downloadable book that can be put right onto your e-reader, certain cell-phones and computers. There are websites that sell e-books where you can buy them and load them right onto whatever device you choose. The e-book makes it possible to take reading with you, without the mess of carrying dozens of books around with you.
However, not all book authors are okay with having their books in digital format(格式). The writer of Harry Potter says that her books will never be an e-book, and many just like her feel the same way. However, there are lots of authors who absolutely love the idea and feel it’s the next step to keep books alive.
The e-book can be loaded onto an e-reader which is a mini-device that is slim and compact just like a cell phone. It usually has a touch pad screen and can hold a few hundred books. That ’s perfect news for people who travel on planes or go on holidays and would love to take a collection with them but wouldn’t carry fifty hard covers.
The other great thing about e-readers is that you can read e-books on them quickly and there’s no need for two hands to hold the book and turn the page; it is more convenient for people to read it. Most of them also have a nightlight, so if you want to read at night but don’t want a big light on to wake your partner, the e-reader is ideal. You can also use it on a plane, train or bus when it’s dark.
Websites that sell e-books have their sites looking just like ordinary bookstore websites. There is a list for best sellers and a new release section. There are also e-books on sale and gift certificates available to give to someone who also downloads e-books. They seem to cost the same amount of money as buying a paperback book.

Title	The e-books
________ of e-books	Downloadable books which can be put right onto e-readers, cell phones and computers.
Book authors’ ________ towards e-books	●Some ________ to have their books in digital format ●Others think that the digital format can keep books ________.
_______of e-readers	●Be a slim and small e-readers mini-device. ●Usually have a touch pad screen. ●Be able to ________ a few hundred books. ●Be ________ to carry on tour. ●Enable the person to read e-books quickly ________ holding the book and turning the page. ●Have a nightlight to ________ the person to read at night or in the dark.
Features of e-book websites	●Offer a list of best sellers and newly-released books. ●Offer gift certificates to the people ________ e-books.

 

短文填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确和拼写正确。
Today is January 26^th. Our class had a discussionabout     to stay at home or go out for a trip as the winterholiday is d    near. Some of us are in favor of staying at home.
They think it’s both _______(方便)and comfortable. What’s more, they can save money for other purposes. But they will l    the chanceof getting to know the outside world. However, o    prefer to go outfor traveling since it can increase their ______(知识) and broaden theirhorizons. But maybe they’ll spend more money and meet many   (困难)while traveling. P      , I think it would be much better to stayat home, for I can do what I like, such ______reading books, watchingTV and _______ my parents with some housework.

任务型阅读（满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空只填一个单词。
“Happy New Year!” Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet each other on New Year’s Day. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the New Year.
At least 4,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching farmers’ fields. This happened at the end of September.
The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on March 23, to kick off the next farming cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.
The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January originates from the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. The new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used until the present day.
In Vietnam, the New Year holiday happens in February. They buy fresh flowers and a peach blossom to put in their house, following the Vietnamese custom.
Thailand has its specific New Year’s date; it’s different from the normal calendar. The Thai New Year is celebrated on April 13. On this day, Thai people play with water, throwing it on each other. It is intended to bring good luck during the New Year ahead.
In China, the more favorable New Year is usually celebrated in February according to lunar calendar (阴历). On New Year’s Eve, all family members sit together at table, enjoying lots of auspicious foods such as dumplings, chicken to bring good luck.
Title:  New Year traditions all around the world

Countries	___________	Origins（起源）or activities	Meanings or reasons
Egypt	the end of September	the Nile River flood	make fields _____________
Babylon	March 23	holding a ___________	kick off the next farming cycle
Rome	January 1	Roman god, Janus	_________ a break
__________	April 13	____________ water onto each other’s body	bring good luck
Vietnam	___________	buying fresh flowers and a peach blossom	____________the custom
China	February	____________ auspicious foods	bring good luck and ___________ to everyone

 

对话填空（共10题，共10分）
P：Peter       J：Jimmy
Peter is talking with Jimmy about the just finished match between L.A Lakers and Miami Heats on Christmas Eve, in 2010
P: Hey, Jimmy, watched the game between Lakers and Heats?
J: Certainly. It was really an a_____ fantastic game. My Heats beat L.A.
P: Your Heats? I remembered you were a fan of the Cavaliers.
J: To be exact, a fan of Lebron James. Since James joined the Heats, I also changed my range, which is undoubtedly logical. By the way, which team do you p_____ will win the title of c_____ this season?
P: I think the Lakers will do
J：I don’t a_____ of you. I strongly believe the title must go to the Heats. As you can see, the present Heats possesses the super “BIG THREE”, James is good at scoring. Wade is an expert in penetration(带球突破) and Chris Bosh can d______ backboard(篮板)
P：Maybe you are right. But I am afraid you l_____ out the e______ element（因素） in winning a basketball game---- team work. After all, basketball is not an i_____ game.
J：Apart from the “BIG Three”, there are quantities of excellent bench players available such as Dampier, Arios Arroyo, Eddie House and so on. I see no reason why the Heats can’t p_____ the NBA
P: I still have a preference for the Lakes. Compared to the Heats, the Lakers has a more mature(成熟的) play. And as long as there is Kobe, there is victory. On the other hand, we should not forget that other teams are making rapid progress like the Thunder led by Kelvin Durant，the Celtics and the Magics. They all have the p____ to challenge our teams.

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：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
You probably know what fast food is. It is cooked food that is ready almost as soon as you enter a public eating place. It does not cost much.
Most fast food restaurants are chain (连锁) restaurants. That means each one is part of a huge company. Each restaurant in the chain has the same large, colorful sign that can be easy to recognize from far away. Each offers its own carefully limited choice of foods. Each kind of hamburger or piece of chicken tastes the same at every restaurant in the chain.
The fast food industry began with two brothers in the nineteen forties. Mac and Dick McDonald owned a small, but very successful restaurant. They sold only a few kinds of simple food, especially hamburgers. People stood outside the restaurant at a window. They told the workers inside what they wanted to eat. They received and paid for their food very quickly. The food came in containers that could be thrown away. The system was so successful that the McDonald brothers discovered they could sell a lot of food and lower their prices.
Ray Kroc sold restaurant supplies. He recognized the importance of the McDonald brothers' idea. Kroc paid the McDonald brothers for permission to open several restaurants similar to theirs. He opened the first McDonald's restaurant near Chicago in nineteen fifty-five. Soon, more McDonald's were opening all across the United States. Other people copied the idea and more fast food restaurants followed.
Fast food restaurants spread quickly in the United States because of franchising. Franchising means selling the legal right to operate a store in a company's chain to an independent business person. If the company approves, the business person may buy the store for a period of years. Each restaurant also gives the company about ten percent of the money it earns in sales. Today, over seventy percent of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent businessmen and women.

McDonald's and fast food industry
Explanation of fast food	It is cooked food which is more convenient and much ()      than other food.
Characters of the chain restaurants	There are: ▲()      recognized signs ▲carefully ()      choice of foods ▲the ()      tastes of food at every restaurant in the chain.
()       of McDonald's	It developed from Mac and Dick McDonald’s ()      but successful restaurant which ()       some kinds of simple food with different service from others’.
Great changes brought by Kroc to McDonald's	▲The McDonald brothers ()      Kroc to open several same restaurants with theirs. ▲Franchising made Fast food restaurants spread (79)      in the United States.
Current situation	At most ()      percent of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are not run by independent businessmen and women.

 

改写后的课文内容填空（共10个空，每空1分，满分10分）
Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n______ to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b______. At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_____. The suffering of the people was e_______. Almost everything was d_____ and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r_______from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t________underground. Water, food, and e_______were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d____ would last.
L_____， people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.

根据所学课文内容填空，每空填一个词：（每小题1分，共10分）    
A: Frederick William I, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian
people would have such an history.
B: Frederick William I, whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it .
C: I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my
D. But I was always so lonely standing theremyself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide .
E: The carpet traveled so fast that next minutes they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was watched by an elephant. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies
F: Have you ever dreamed of in front of thousands of people at a concert.

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I’d like to tell you what a bad day I had yesterday.
Everything just went wrong.    the morning, my alarmclock didn’t ring, so I woke up an hour ______. I was in such a hurry _____ I burnt my hand when I was cooking breakfast. Then I ran out of the house to catch the 8:30 bus. This is the  b   I usually take. But you may laugh, I m    it of course. I was very unhappy, and scared as w   because my teacher hates the students coming late to school. So I ran three miles to school only to ______(发现) that _____ was there. The school was quiet and peaceful.
O       classroom was locked.I     （意识到）that moment: It was Sunday.

Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context．
Visit the Edinburgh Festival
Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival．For three weeks every August and September the city is filled with actors and artists from  over the world．They come to Edinburgh   the biggest arts festival in Britain．During this time the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from    morning till late at night．You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets．One of the best parts of the Festival is the "Fringe",   students do comedy shows in small halls and cafés．
   of thousands of tourists come to the Festival to see new films and plays and hear music performed by famous musicians．This year, you can see over five hundred performances     actors from more than forty countries．
The tickets for these performances are quite cheap and it is usually easier to see your favorite stars in Edinburgh   it is in London．Come to Edinburgh next summer, but remember it can be difficult to find a room,  why not book your hotel now?

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．primarily	B．similar	C．considerately	D．connections	E．instructed
F．series	G．personal	H．served	I．defined	J．environment

In a study of the university of Minnesota, twins (some raised together and others who had grown up apart) were tested for a wide range of personality traits (特征)．In terms of happiness－   as the ability to enjoy life－twins who are separated soon after birth were much less alike than twins raised together．But when it comes to unhappiness, the twins raised apart－some without contact for as long as 64 years－were as   as those who had grown up together.
Why is unhappiness less influenced by   ? When we are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up better than when we are feeling sad．
This doesn’t mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that’s that．Unhappiness may be related to genes, but this inherited trait can be influenced by   choice．You can increase your happiness through your own actions.
In a whole of experiments by psychologists John Reich and Alex Zautra at Arizona State University, they asked students to select their favorite activities from a list of everyday pleasures－things like going to a movie, talking with friends and playing cards.
Then the researchers  some of the students in the experiment to increase the number of favorite activities the participated in for one month (the participants in the study    as controls (对照组) and did not vary their activity level)．Result: Those who did more of the things they enjoyed were happier than those who didn’t．The conclusion, then, is that the pleasure we get from life is   ours to control.