2014年英语高考新题型样题及练习题 ( 2013-11-22 8:32 )
2014年英语高考新题型样题及练习题
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
As Christopher Walsh saved his brother and then his sister from the water of a river, his mother shouted to him: “I’m proud of you.”
Christopher was in the car with his parents, sister Rosie, and brother Mac, (25)__________ his father drove into a metal barrier. The family’s car fell down a hill (26)__________ the river, and landed with its wheels up.
Christopher, then 12, swam through a broken window and got out into the fresh air. But (27)__________ (see) the rest of his family were still in the car—in the water, he took a big breath and swam back to save first Mac, and then Rosie. Christopher said: “I was frightened, but it was all happening so fast and I really had no time (28)__________ (think) about the danger.”
Christopher freed Mac and then swam back to get Rosie, (29)__________ was under the cold, cloudy water, in the car.
Christopher had to feel for her seatbelt because he could not see anything. He took the seatbelt off her, and then went up for air. Finally he went back to pull her out of (30)__________ car. Beryl, the mother, said: “When I got to the side and looked back, I thought Christopher and Rosie had gone. I thought (31)__________ were dead. Then I saw him come up out of the water like a dolphin, and I could see he had Rosie. I shouted across the canal, ‘I’m so proud of you.’”
(B)
I’m reading this brilliant book, (32)__________ (call) The Great Kapok Tree. It’s by Lynne Cherry. My parents gave it to me as my birthday present and I just (33)__________ hardly put it down.
The story (34)__________ (set) in the tropical Amazon rainforest. The author visited the rainforest (35)__________
__________ she could find out about what was happening for herself. As I’m sure you know, man is cutting down so many of the forests and trees there. A lot of animals and plants are in danger (36)__________ __________ this.
So, here’s what happens in the story. The main character is the woodcutter. He comes into the wood with an axe in his hand. All the animals are chatting happily in the forest. As soon as
they see the man, they stop (37)__________ (talk) and become quiet. They know what the woodcutter’s job is—to cut down the great kapok (木棉) tree. But it’s the (38)__________ (large) tree in the forest and the rainforest is very hot. The woodcutter soon gets tired and falls asleep under the tree. As he sleeps, all the animals come up to him and whisper in his ear. One of them says to the woodcutter, “What happens tomorrow depends on what you do today. If you destroy our home, we (39)__________ (have) nowhere to live. Please think twice.”
The woodcutter wakes up but I’m not going to tell you what happens in the end. You’ll have to read the book to see (40)__________ he cuts the great kapok tree down or not.
25. ____________________ 26. ____________________ 27. ____________________
28. ____________________ 29. ____________________ 30. ____________________
31. ____________________ 32. ____________________ 33. ____________________
34. ____________________ 35. ____________________ 36. ____________________
37. ____________________ 38. ____________________ 39. ____________________ 40. ____________________
新题型练习：
(1)
The United States has suffered its government shutdown from the beginning of this October, forcing millions of federal government workers into unpaid leave. From October 1, the U.S. government closed many nonessential operations (1) __________ Congress failed to agree a new budget (预算).
The shutdown (2) __________ (cause) far-reaching effects
throughout the United States. Under the shutdown, national parks, monuments and museums were closed, (3) __________ (include) the famous Grand Canyon and (4) __________ Statue of Liberty. Pension (养老金) and veterans’ (退伍军人) benefit cheques were delayed, and visa and passport applications went unprocessed.
About 800,000 federal employees (5) __________ (force) to stay at home without being paid. Although Obama signed legislation (法律) ensuring that military workers would be paid and the
Department of Defense advised uniformed members of the military (6) __________ (continue) on normal duty, large numbers of civilian workers (文职雇员) were told to stay at home. Obama even cancelled a scheduled trip (7) __________ Asia for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC峰会) because of the shutdown.
Now, the U.S. government shutdown has entered into the third week. The House of Representatives insisted on (8) __________ (delay) Obama’s healthcare reform, called Obamacare, as a
condition for passing a bill to reopen the government. (9)
__________, Obama refused to negotiate with Republicans (共和党人). What’s more, the U.S. government is now facing a debt ceiling crisis, (10) __________ means if the two parties fail (11)
__________ (reach) an agreement before the October 17 deadline, the U.S. government will not be able to borrow any (12) __________ money to pay its bills.
(13) __________ Republicans and Democrats said they didn’t want the shutdown, (14) __________ no formal talks have been
scheduled, and the two sides remain (15) __________ deeply mired (陷入困境) in their respective differences that no way forward or even a hint of progress is evident.
(2)
November 11, the weird holiday known as “Singles Day (光棍节),”has grown into
China’s, and possibly the world’s, busiest online shopping day. Singles Day (1) ___________ (create) by Chinese college students in the 1990s as a version of Valentine’s Day (情人节) for people without romantic partners. The timing was based on the date: November 11, or “11.11,” (2) __________ represents four singles. Unattached (单身的) young people would treat each other (3) __________ dinner or give gifts to chase that special someone and end their single status.
That gift-giving helped to turn it into a major shopping event as sellers of everything from jewelry to cars saw a marketing opportunity and launched Singles Day sales. It is China’s
response to Cyber Monday in (4) __________ United States, the day after Thanksgiving weekend, (5) __________ online shopping for Christmas begins and merchants have their busiest sales day. Last year, over 50,000 merchants on Alibaba’s consumer-oriented Taobao and Tmall.com platforms (6) __________ (take) in a total of 19.1 billion yuan (about $3 billion) on Singles Day. This figure exceeded the total of $1.25 billion that U.S. online
retailers (零售商) took on Cyber Monday and (7) __________ (make) Singles Day the biggest e-commerce sales day on record.
China has the biggest population of Internet users in the world, (8) __________ 538 million people online. Its population of online shoppers also is the (9) __________ (big) at 193 million, versus 170 million for the United States. Now, it follows the U.S. and Japan in online spending and is forecasted to rise to first place as early (10) __________ 2015.
The reason (11) __________ Singles Day has risen as
China’s online shopping day is a matter of debate. Some cite
demographics (人口统计数据) and timing: University graduates (12) __________ adopted the holiday earn more and shop online. Singles Day comes as people receive monthly paychecks and need (13)
__________ (buy) winter clothes. (14) __________ other events such as the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest family holiday, it
involves few other expenses such as travel or banquets (宴请), (15) __________ (leave) more money for gifts.
(3)
If modern technology means we can be connected anywhere,
then how do we switch off? Digital detox (戒瘾的) holidays are the latest trend for holidaymakers (1) __________ need to reduce their technology dependency.
A recent survey (2) __________ (find) that 83 percent of holidaymakers expect to stay digitally connected during their break, and 64 percent of those expect to check their work email daily while on leave. (3) __________ so many of us allowing our working lives to disturb our leisure time then opportunities to truly relax are (4) __________ (severe) reduced.
Recognizing that some consumers want to cut off their constant dependency on technology, a number of companies are now offering experiences (5) __________ allow us the opportunity to switch off temporarily. Selfridges* opened a Silence Room, (6) __________ shoe-free, phone-free shoppers can retreat (躲避) from the noise of busy Oxford Street. And “No Wi-Fi” benches which block Wi-Fi signals (7) __________ (build) in central Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹). And away from busy shopping streets, other travel and leisure companies are persuading customers into switching off too. In Los Angeles, Eva Restaurant is offering diners a 5 percent discount (8) __________ they leave their phones with the
receptionist (接待员). More demanding is the “digital detox” holiday offered on St. Vincent and the Grenadines (圣文森特和格林纳丁斯). Guests booking “de-tech” packages (9) __________ (ask) to hand over their electronic devices at check-in and can ask the