高考英语冲刺复习：阅读强化训练
明天就要高考了，今天小编准备了一些比较有代表性的高考英语阅读理解题给大家考前练练手，希望可以帮助同学们在高考前尽快找到自己的做题状态。
一、完形填空(本大题共1小题，共30分)
Few days ago, I went to school with tons of books, hoping to get a locker. All of a sudden, it started raining 1 . I hurried to pay for my locker, but I was disappointed 2 they informed me that they only accepted cash. I was $7. 00 3 , which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an exhausting two-hour 4 back home with all those books.
There was an elderly gentleman nearby. 5 my predicament (困境) , he asked me how much cash I needed. When I told him I needed $7, he quickly took out the money. “You don’t have to pay me back,” he said. I was 6 ; I didn’t know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day. A young student who was working there noticed my 7 . “He is really nice,” said the student, “I was starving this morning and he bought 8 for me. He always helps people in different ways.” 9 thinking for a while, I took the money and 10 my locker.
The next day, I went to him and thanked him for 11 me and lending me the money. He said he forgot about it and did not 12 that I would give it back. “I am very happy,” he said, “not because I am getting my money back, 13 because this is the right way to go whatever you get 14 this world, give it back as much as you can. Spread kindness around the world 15 the smallest things you can do.”
Later, I found out that he was not involved with any charity 16 . He has been performing these types of 17 for years. I desperately needed the locker that day but after meeting this man, I was much more 18 for meeting him than getting my locker. He taught me a very important 19 in life—we come to this world with nothing and we will leave with nothing. Whatever we own, it 20 someone else and whatever we leave, it will become somebody else’s.
1. A. hardlyB. heavilyC. largelyD. deeply
2. A. whenB. whatC. whichD. where
3. A. extraB. shortC. enoughD. left
4. A. distanceB. wayC. movementD. journey
5. A. Considering B. ArguingC. NoticingD. Thinking
6. A. hopelessB. speechlessC. carelessD. selfless
7. A. permissionB. difficultyC. hesitationD. doubt
8. A. breakfastB. lunchC. supperD. service
9. A. BeforeB. OverC. DuringD. After
10. A. closedB. openedC. keptD. covered
11. A. trustingB. believingC. givingD. praising
12. A. realizeB. dependC. expectD. prepare
13. A. andB. butC. soD. while
14. A. inB. fromC. outD. around
15. A. forB. withoutC. byD. with
16. A. organizationsB. applications C. firmsD. emotions
17. A. resultsB. purposesC. chancesD. acts
18. A. surprisedB. gratefulC. interestedD. forgetful
19. A. ideaB. techniqueC. lessonD. dream
20. A. belonged toB. contributed to C. turned toD. devoted to
二、阅读理解(本大题共2小题，共20分)
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materialistic aspect of shopping for gifts lies the idea of caring, being attentive to the desires of special people in our lives. However, to use a well-worn play on words: it is our presence, not our presents, that truly counts. Many of us, unfortunately, can be so inattentive, even in the presence of our loved ones, that we might as well not be there at all.
Attention is one of the greatest gifts we can give each other. Companies around the globe spend billions every year on advertising to catch our attention for just a short moment at a time. Whole industries – media, entertainment, education – rely on the precious gift of our attention for their continued existence. A baby lacking attention for a long time is likely to be psychologically unhealthy.
In earlier times, both diet and attention could be left unregulated(没人管的)without major cause for concern. There were natural checks and balances: limited availability of food meant few got fat, for example. Similarly, in bygone times we might have spent a few hours communicating with the village storyteller, today, watching an entire TV series, while speaking to nobody, is common. In traditional societies, with smaller population, everyone would get a fair deal of attention. On many issues we might go to see Grandma or Grandpa; now we have Google.
“She just wants attention.” people tend to think little of those doing things simply for attention. But the truth is that human beings need attention, and giving attention to each other is, to a large extent, what human civilization is based upon. This perhaps explains the runaway success(一举成功)of social networking sites such as Twitter. While we use such sites for “micro blogging”, “idea voicing” and “status updates” – the reality is that we are often doing no more or less than fulfilling our basic human drive for attention exchange.