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1、语篇专练3.阅读理解A(2017安徽淮北一中高二上月考)Green is an important color in nature.It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees.It is also the color of most growing plants.Sometimes，the word “green” means young，fresh and growing.For example，a greenhorn is someone who has no experience.In the 15th century，a green
2、horn was a young cow or an ox whose horns(角) had not yet developed.A century later，a greenhorn was a soldier who had no experience in war.By the 18th century，a greenhorn had the meaning it has today a person who is new in a job.Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指)
3、The expression comes from the early 20th century.A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well.The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green th
4、umbs.Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling，jealousy.The greeneyed monster is not a dangerous animal from outer space.It is an expression used about 400 years ago by the British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone ha
5、s something he wants.For example，a young man may suffer from the greeneyed monster if you get a pay rise and he does not.In most places in the world，a green light is a signal to move ahead.In everyday speech，a green light means approval to continue with a project.1A greenhorn now refers to .Aa perso
6、n who is new in a jobBa new soldierCa young horseDa cow without horns答案A解析细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，现在“greenhorn”就是指工作方面的新手。故A正确。2A person with a green thumb is a person .Awho is good at growing plantsBwhose thumbs are of green colorCwhose garden is greener than othersDwho is younger than his neighbors答案A解析
7、细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知，“A person with a green thumb”是指一个能让植物长得很好的人，也就是擅长园艺的人。故A正确。3A man may meet the greeneyed monster if .Ahe sees a dangerous animalBhe reads a sad playChis friend gets a prize that he wantsDhe cant get something答案C解析推理判断题。根据第四段最后两句可知，the greeneyed monster就是指嫉妒别人拥有了你想要的东西的人，所以当你的朋友得到了你想
8、要的奖项的时候，你会很嫉妒他，就可能会遇见the greeneyed monster。故C正确。4The main idea of the passage is .Aa greenhornBa green thumbCthe Green RevolutionDthe word “green” and its story答案D解析主旨大意题。文章中叙述了多个关于green的短语“a greenhorn, a green thumb和the greeneyed monster”的不同意义以及这些短语的来历和在不同的时期的不同的含义。故D正确。B(2017湖北宜昌一中高二上月考)Modern hum
9、ans have a hard time controlling their desire to eat.Often you eat not because you are hungry，but because you are affected by other things.How much you eat is strongly affected by how much those around you eat.People eating alone eat least.People eating with one other person eat 35 percent more than
10、 they do at home.People dining in a party of four eat 75 percent more.Eating with overweight friends? Youll eat more.Is your waitress overweight? Youll eat more.Wide varieties of food? Youll eat more.Plates can decide how sweet dessert tastes.If people ate it off a paper plate，theyd say，“This is goo
11、d.” If they ate it off a fancy silver plate，they would say，“This is the greatest cake Ive eaten in my entire life.”Your knowledge about what makes food good or bad also affects how much you eat.You tend to eat more when you think the food is good，and less when you think it is bad.So Grandmas cookies
12、 always taste better than other cookies.“Good food” even has a “health halo(光环) effect”If we are eating something healthy，we feel that everything in that meal is healthy.Due to this，people often believe that a cheese cake with a salad has fewer calories than the cheese cake alone.Thats perhaps also
13、why eating organic food might turn you into an annoying guy.Your brain may use anything that makes you feel good about your own morality to excuse your immoral behavior.Food and hunger affect your judgment too.Hungry judges give more serious sentences.Kids who dont eat breakfast behave worse than ki
14、ds who eat their breakfast.People who have low blood sugar are more likely than the average person to have trouble concentrating and controlling their unpleasant emotions.5What is mentioned as a cause of overeating?ASuffering from great loneliness.BBeing served by a helpful waitress.CBeing treated t
15、o high quality food.DEating with many friends.答案D解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的“People eating with one other person eat 35 percent more than they do at home.People dining in a party of four eat 75 percent more.Eating with overweight friends? Youll eat more.”可知，和很多朋友在一起时会吃得更多。6According to the passage，an annoying p
16、erson may be one who .Afinds an excuse for eating moreBis crazy about the quality of platesCcompetes with others in making cookiesDteaches people to stick to morality答案A解析细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，an annoying person是一个为自己吃过量找借口的人。故选A项。7According to the passage，people are more likely to make a bad judgment w
17、hen .Athey dont feel hungryBthey arent overweightCthey have low blood sugarDthey know little about food答案C解析细节理解题。根据文章最后一句可知选C项。8What would be the best title for the passage?AWhen Cant We Go on a Diet?BWhat Affects Eating?CHow to Make Good FoodDWhere to Find Safe Food答案B解析标题归纳题。本文在开头点出主题“Often you e
18、at not because you are hungry，but because you are affected by other things.”下文进行了具体介绍。故选B项。.完形填空There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere.We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the 9 home from work in the evenings.A man will be 10 the newspa
19、per，and seconds later it 11 as if he is trying to 12 it.Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 13 next to him. 14 place where unplanned short sleep 15 is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾) so 16 that the professor has to ask another student to 17 the sleeper a
20、wake.A more embarrassing(尴尬的)situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the 18 of the head pushes the arm off the 19 ，and the movement carries the 20 of the body along.The student wakes up on the floor with no 21 of getting there.The worst time to fall asleep is when 22 .Police re
21、ports are full of 23 that occur when people fall into sleep and go 24 the road.If the drivers are 25 ，they are not seriously hurt.One womans car， 26 ，went into the river.She woke up in four feet of 27 and thought it was raining.When people are really 28 ，nothing will stop them from falling asleepno
22、matter where they are.9A.way BtrackCpath Droad答案A解析on the way home表示“在回家的路上”，为固定表达方式，不使用track“小路，跑道”，path“小路，小径”和road“道路”。10A.buying BfoldingCdelivering Dreading答案D解析文章第一句话为主题句，表示人们因劳累几乎在任何地方都能睡着。此处表示一个人看着报纸就睡着了，故选择D。11A.acts BshowsCappears Dsounds答案C解析it appears as if.表示“看起来好像”。几秒钟以后他就好像要吃它。此处指他拿着报
23、纸打瞌睡。12A.open BeatCfind Dfinish答案B解析看着报纸打瞌睡的样子看起来就像要吃了报纸一样，故选择B。13A.lying BwaitingCtalking Dsitting答案D解析上文举的是在车上睡觉的例子，此处是指他靠在坐在旁边的陌生人的肩膀上睡着了，故选择D。14A.Next BEveryCAnother DOne答案C解析此处指另一个计划外进行短暂睡眠的地方是在讲堂上。another指不定数目中的另一个。15A.goes on Bends upClasts Dreturns答案A解析go on表示“进行”，此处指计划外进行短暂睡眠的地方，因此选择A。16A.b
24、ravely BhappilyCloudly Dcarelessly答案C解析此处为so.that结构，根据结果状语从句的提示可知，他的鼾声打得很响，因此用loudly。17A.leave BshakeCkeep Dwatch答案B解析教授让另一个学生把睡着的学生摇醒。shake表示“摇动”。18A.size BshapeCweight Dstrength答案C解析根据下文可知，这个学生睡着了并从课桌上滑了下去，睡在地板上，因此此处指头的重量推开手臂，滑下课桌，故选C项。19A.cushion BdeskCshoulder Dbook答案B解析参见上题解析。20A.action Bpositi
25、onCrest Dside答案C解析这个动作把身体的其他部分也带下去了，指滑到了桌子底下，故选C项。rest表示“剩余的部分”。21A.memory BreasonCquestion Dpurpose答案A解析此处指学生醒来发现自己躺在地板上，不记得怎么在那里的。memory表示“记忆”。22A.thinking BworkingCwalking Ddriving答案D解析根据下文的the drivers可知，最糟糕的睡觉时间是在开车时。23A.changes BeventsCideas Daccidents答案D解析警局报告里满是人们因驾驶时睡着而驶离路面发生的事故。accident用于指“
26、意外的事故”，而event常指“大事件，事情”，因此用accidents。24A.up BoffCalong Ddown答案B解析go off the road此处表示“驶离路面”。go up上升，上涨；go along沿着；go down下降，减少。25A.lucky BawakeCcalm Dstrong答案A解析如果司机幸运的话，他们不会受严重的伤。26A.in time Bat firstCas usual Dfor example答案D解析此处为幸运的例子，因此选择D。for example例如；in time及时，迟早；at first起初；as usual像往常一样。27A.dust BwaterCgrass Dbush答案B解析根据上文“went into the river”提示可知，她醒来时是在四英尺深的水里。28A.tired BdrunkClonely Dlazy答案A解析当人们真的疲惫的时候，没有什么能阻止他们入睡无论他们在哪里。此处与文章的首句呼应，应选择A。