1英语II1中央电大期末复习资料(完形填空与阅读理解篇)

英语II(1)07中央电大期末复习资料(完形填空与阅读理解篇)xinzi第三部分完型填空Passage1Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesto1AsianandWesterneducationalmethods.Forexample,oneadvantage2theeducationinJapanisthatstudentstherelearnmuchmoremathandscience3Americanstudents.TheyalsostudymorehourseachdaythanAmericans4.Thestudyisdifficult,butit5studentsforasocietythatvaluesdisciplineandself-control.Thereis,however,adisadvantage.MemorizationisanimportantlearningmethodinJapaneseschools,6manystudentssaythatafteranexam,theyforgetmuchoftheinformationthattheyhavememorized.TheadvantagetotheeducationinNorthAmerica,7theotherhand,isthatstudentslearntothinkbythemselves.Thesystempreparesthemforasocietythatvalues8ideas.Thereis,however,adisadvantage.Whenstudentsgraduatefromhighschool,theyhaven’tmemorized9manybasicrulesandfactsasstudentsinothercountries10.1.A.onlyB.bothC.all2.A.forB.asC.to3.A.toB.forC.than4.A.doB.haveC.does5.A.providesB.getsC.prepares6.A.andB.yetC.just7.A.atB.onC.under8.A.oldB.poorC.new9.A.moreB.lessC.as10.A.haveB.doesC.haven’tPassage2Astudyhasshownthatfitnessisthekey(1)_____longlife,irrespectiveofbodyshape(2)_____evensmokinghabits.Researchersdiscoveredthatpeoplewhoexerciselivelongerthan(3)______,eveniftheyareoverweightandsmoke.Thestudyfoundthat(4)______fitofthe6,000middle-agedmeninthestudywerefivetimesmorelikelytodiewithinsixyearsofthestartoftheresearchthanthefittest.Thiswastrue(5)_______themenhadheartproblems,smokedorwereoverweight.Scientistsconcludedthatitwasbetter(6)_______andactivethanskinnyandsedentary.DrKencooper,afitnessexpert,said,“Youarebetteroffsmokingapacketofcigarettesadayandexercisingregularlythan(7)_______anon–smokerandsedentary.”Althoughheadds,“Butdon’tmisunderstandme.Iamnotendorsing(8)_____,Iamtryingtotellyouhowdangerousitistobesedentary.”TheBritishGovernmentisputtingpressure(9)_____manufacturerstoreducehighlevelsofsugarinfoodandtorestrictthehard-sellofjunkfoodtochildreninordertoimprovethenation’shealth.ButthenewstudysuggeststheGovernmentshouldencouragemorepeople(10)_____.1.A.forB.ofC.to2.A.orB.andC.but3.A.thesethatdonotB.thesewhodonotC.thosewhodonot4.A.thelittleB.lessC.theleast5.A.ifornotB.whetherornotC.when6.A.tobefatB.beingfattoC.doing7.A.beingB.beC.tobe8.A.smokedB.tosmokeC.smoking9.A.forB.onC.to10.A.exercisedB.exercisingC.toexercisePassage3Moreandmorepeople(1)____toinstallburglaralarmsintheirhousesiftheywanttogetinsurance.Insurancecompanies(2)____peopleincertainareastoinstallthealarmsbeforetheywillgivetheminsuranceforthefastyear.Thisis(3)____toincreasingcrimeinsomepartsofthecountry.Thiscanbeaproblemforpeople(4)____arestrugglingtomake(5)____endsmeet.Thealarms,(6)____canbeveryexpensive,needtobeinstalledbyanelectrician.Itis(7)_____that20%ofhomeshavealarmsinstalled,andthatanother20%ofpeopleplan(8)_____buthavenotinstalledthem(9)_____.Theinsurancecompaniestoldpeople(10)_____thealarmsonalldoorsandwindows.1.A.hasB.hadC.have2.A.havebeenaskedB.havebeenaskingC.asked3.A.dueB.becauseofC.because4.A.whichB.whoC.what5.A.theB.allC.–(不填)6.A.whichB.whoC.that7.A.estimateB.estimatingC.estimated8.A.tohavetheminstallingB.tohavetheminstalledC.tohavebeeninstallingthem9.A.stillB.alreadyC.yet10.A.toinstallB.installedC.installingPassage4PeterBlakeisasuccessfulbusinessman,buthe(1)____________tobeverypoor.Hehadnowheretoliveand(2)____________workinginapubwhenhe(3)____________tostarthisownbusiness.Peterhadalways(4)____________interestedinplantsandflowers,(5)____________hedecidedtosetupacompany(6)____________caredfortheplantsinbigoffices.Atfirstheworkedonhis(7)____________,butsoonhetook(8)____________twopeopletohelphim.Thecompanyhasbeengrowing(9)____________forthelasttenyears.Peterisnowveryrich,(10)____________hecomplainsthatnowhedoesn’tworkwithplantsbutwithacomputereveryday!1.A.wouldB.usedC.--2.A.hasbeenB.wasC.been3.A.haddecidedB.hasdecidedC.decided4.A.wasB.beingC.been5.A.soB.butC.although6.A.whoB.whichC.whose7.A.himselfB.selfC.own8.A.upB.onC.in9.A.--B.upC.overD.into10.A.thereforeB.moreoverC.but完型填空答案：Passage11.B2.C3.C4.A5.C6.B7.B8.C9.C10.APassage21.C2.A3.C4.C5.B6.A7.A8.C9.B10.CPassage31.C2.B3.A4.B5.C6.A7.C8.B9.C10.APassage41.B2.B3.C4.C5.A6.B7.C8.B9.A10.C第四部分阅读理解短文理解1TherehavebeenchangesinallsortsofdifferentareasofBritishsociety.InrecentyearsintheUKwehavehadaverylargeincreaseinthenumberofcoupleswhogetdivorced.After1969andtheDivorceLawReformActwehadaveryrapidincreaseinthenumberofdivorces.Therateincreasedsteadilyandinrecentyearshasincreasedmuchmorerapidly.Buttherearealsoquitealotofpeoplewhodoactuallygetmarried.AtpresentthemarriagerateintheUKisabout70percent,whichhasgonedownsincethenumberofpeoplewhomarryhasgonedownquitealotinthelast20years,butmoresignificantlyinthelast10years.Quitehighproportionsofpeoplenowlivetogetherwithoutmarrying,and,forexample,40percentofchildrenbornintheUKareborntocoupleswhoaren'tmarriedorareborntoloneparents.Therearequitealargenumberofloneparentfamilies,90percentoftheseareheadedbyawomanratherthanaman.TheaveragefamilysizenowintheUKis1.8childrenpercouple,whichmeansthatthere'sbeenquiteadeclineinthebirthrateintheUKalongwithotherEuropeancountries