2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习精品题(22)

-1-2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习精品题（22）及答案【福建南安一中2013模拟】BThehitmovieNottingHillbeginswithafamousscene.HughGrantbumps(撞)intoJuliaRobertsandspills(洒)orangejuicealloverher.Afterthecollision,Grantrepeatedlysays:“Iamsosorry.Iamsosorry.”HisactionsinthissceneareveryBritish.IfRoberts’characterwerefromBritainthenshewouldprobablyapologizerepeatedlyaswell—evenifthecrashwerenotherfault.Butthisdoesn’thappeninthefilm,asRobertsisfromtheUS.AreportinTheTelegraphlastweeksaidthatthree-quartersofBritishpeopleapologizewhentheybumpintosomeoneinthestreet—regardlessofwhethertheyareresponsibleornot.Infact,weBritonsuse“sorry”inmanysituations.Forexample,ifwemishearsomeone,wesay“Sorry?”Thepersonwearetalkingtowillalsoapologizebyreplying:“No,Iamsorry!”Thiscangoonforuptofiveminutesaswecompeteoverwhoisthemostsorry.Lifeisneverassimpleas“duibuqi”and“meiguanxi”.Howweuse“sorry”haschanged.Traditionally,“sorry”wasusedtoexpressdeepregret,butasurveyin2007showedthatweuseittomeananythingfrom“what”to“whatever”.WhyareBritonssosorry?MarkTyrell,apsychologywriterintheUK,thinksaboutourapologetictendenciesarerootedintheBritishclasssystem.WesaysorrybecausehistoricallythenewmiddleclassesinBritainhadtoapologizefornotbeingworkingclass,butalsofornotreallybeingupperclass.Anothertheoryisthatweapologizetoavoidconfrontation(冲突).Forexample,ifyoubumpintosomeonetheymightgetangry.Toavoidthisweinstantlysay“Sorry!”.Truemannersareaboutbeingconsiderateandthemoderndayobsessionwithapologizingshowthatweareperhapsnotasthoughtfulasweoncewere.Thewordhaslostsomeofitsmeaning.Doyouseemypoint?Sorry,itmightjustbeaBritishthing…60.Whatcanweinferfromparagraph2?A.InfactRobertsareresponsibleforthecollision.-2-B.PeoplefromtheUSsay“sorry”morethanBritishpeople.C.Thereisnocrashhappeninginthefilm.D.Britishpeoplesaysorryevenifitisnottheirfault.61.WhichofthefollowingmightMarkTyrellagreeto?A.Britishpeoplearesincerewhilesayingsorry.B.NowmoreBritishpeoplesaysorrybecauseoftheBritishclasssystem.C.Britishpeoplesaysorrytoavoidquarrels.D.Britishpeopleapologizefornotworkinghard.62.Whatdoestheauthorwanttotelluswiththepassage?A.Britishpeopleoveruse“sorry”indailylife.B.Britishpeoplenowsay“sorry”indifferentsituations.C.MiddleclassesinBritisharetoblamefornotbeingworkingclass.D.Britonssay“sorry”toavoidconfrontation.63.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“collision”inthefirstparagraphmean?A.quarrelB.disagreementC.crashD.fight【参考答案】60—63、DBAC第三部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。A(2012·河北普通高中教学质检)Inanidealworld，peoplewouldnottestmedicinesonanimals.Suchexperimentsarestressfulandsometimespainfulforanimals，andexpensiveandtime­consumingforpeople.Yetanimalexperimentationisstillneededtohelpbridgevastgapsinmedicalknowledge.Thatiswhytherearesome50to100millionanimalsusedinresearcharoundtheworldeachyear.Europe，onthewhole，hastheworld'smostrestrictivelawsonanimalexperiments.Evenso，itsscientistsusesome12millionanimalsayear，mostofthemmiceandrats，formedicalresearch.Officialstatisticsshowthatjust1.1million-3-animalsareusedinresearchinAmericaeachyear.Butthatismisleading.TheAmericanauthoritiesdonotthinkmiceandratsareworthcountingand，asthesearethemostcommonlaboratoryanimals，thetruefigureismuchhigher.JapanandChinahaveevenlesscomprehensivedatathanAmerica.NowEuropeisreformingtherulesgoverninganimalexperimentsbyrestrictingthenumberofanimalsusedinlabs.Alternativestoanimaltesting，suchasusinghumantissueorcomputermodels，arenowstronglyrecommended.Inaddition，sharingallresearchresultsfreelyshouldhelptoreducethenumberofanimalsforscientificuse.Atpresent，scientistsoftenshareonlytheresultsofsuccessfulexperiments.Iftheirfindingsdonotfitthehypothesisbeingtested，theworkneverseesthelightofday.Thispracticemeanswastingtime，money，andanimals'livesinendlesslyrepeatingthefailedexperiments.Animalexperimentationhastaughthumanityagreatdealandsavedcountlesslives.Itneedstocontinue，evenifthatmeansanimalssometimessuffer.Europe'snewmeasuresshouldeventuallybothreducethenumberofanimalsusedinexperimentsandimprovethewayinwhichscientificresearchisconducted.56．Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A．Thesuccessofanimalexperimentsshouldbeensured.B．Abanontheuseofanimalsinthelabshouldbeenforced.C．Greatereffortsneedtobetakentoreducethenumberoflabanimals.D．Scientistsshouldberequiredtosharetheirresearchresultswitheachother.57．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaboutanimalsusedinthelab?A．Americausesonlyabout1.1millionlabanimalsperyear.B．Europedoesnotusemiceandratsaslabanimalsatall.C．BritaindoesnotuseasmanylabanimalsasChinadoes.D．Japanhaslimiteddataonthenumberoflabanimalsusedeachyear.58．Whichofthefollowingismentionedasanalternativetoreplaceanimalexperiments?A．Statisticalstudies.B．Computermodels.C．DNAplantedinanimals.D．Tissuefromdeadanimals.59．Whatusuallyhappenstounsuccessfulanimalexperiments?A．Theyarenotrevealedtothepublic.B．Theyaremadeintoteachingmaterials.C．Theyarecollectedforfuturepublication.-4-D．Theyarenotremovedfromtheresearchtopiclist.56．C文章第一段指出用动物进行试验难以杜绝的原因，第二段提到欧洲对动物试验的法律限制的效果并不理想，第三段讲了欧洲为限制动物试验所作的努力，最后一段提到欧洲的新措施应该既要减少用于试验的动物的数量，又要改善科学研究的方法，所以C项最能概括文章大意。57．D第