2011届高考英语完形填空专项复习测试题18

Faces like fingerprints, are unique (独一无二). Did you 1 wonder how it is possible for us to 2 people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the 3 that make one face different from another. Yetaveryypungchil— 4 ananimal, suehasapigeoncan loam to recognize faces. We all 5 this ability for granted.

We also tell people 6 by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the 7 in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks, and feels that 8 that person different from others.

Like the human face, human personality is very 9 . But describing someone’s personality 10 words is somewhat 11 than describing his face. If you were asked to describe 12 a “nice face” looked like, you would have a difficult time doing 13 . But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, 14 , friendly, warm and so forth.

There are 15 words to describe how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Gordon Allport, a US psychologist, found 16 18 000 English words characterizing 17 in people’s behavior. And many of us use this 18 as a criterion (判断标准) for describing, or typing a 19 . Hippies, bookworms, conservatives, military types—people are described with such 20 .

1. A. sometimes B. ever C. always D. anytime

2. A. spot B. locate C. know D. recognize 3. A. features B. differences C. parts D. qualities 4. A. or even B. and also C. and then D. and too

5. A. have B. use C. take D. regard

6. A. away B. apart C. from D. different

7. A. manners B. ideas C. ways D. patterns

8. A. persuade B. cause C. change D. make

9. A. complex B. special C. opposite D. mysterious

10. A. with B. by C. in D. for

11. A. better B. easier C. more difficult D. more convenient 12. A. that B. what C. how D. which

13. A. any B. each C. so D. those

14. A. considerate B. cruel C. fond D. anxious

15. A. little B. some

C. many D. few

16. A. nearly B. mostly C. even D. only

17. A. differences B. respects C. senses D. purposes 18. A. base B. foundation C. point D. information 19. A. person B. personality C. majority D. mass

20. A. nouns B. messages C. names D. terms

Key: 1—5 BDAAC 6—10 BCDAC 11—15 BP, CAC 16—20 AADBD 解析：

这是一篇说明文，讲述了人类脸部特征的独特性，同时谈到描绘人物性格要比描绘脸部容易一些。 3．本空后面有一个定语从句that makeone hce different fromanother使一张脸不同于另一张腔，是脸部的特征造成了这一点，选features特点．di“erences不同；parts部分，qualitles质量，都不能造成这种不同。4．前文说到小孩子，后面又列举鸽子为例，说明连动物都能识别不同的脸，这是选择后再递进，选oreven．and also，and too并且也，把人与动物并列是不对的；and then然后，转移到动物也是不对的．5．take...for granted是固定搭配，意思是“认为某事属实”。7．所谓一个人行为、说话、思想、感觉与别人不同，是指方式的不同，选the ways。而不是manners举止，礼貌；idelis想法；patterns类型的不同。这种方式的不同使一个人不同于另一个人。8．make使得。方式cause不会“引起”这种不同，不能选。9．人类性格是很复杂的，选complex复杂的。说到单个人可以用speclal特别的，但总的来说不能用它 opposite相反的，表示情况相反；mysterious神秘的，很片面。14．在此列举的性格都是很好的方面，选conslderate考虑周到，与其他列举的词一致。cruel残忍，与列举词不一致；anxious着急，fond喜欢(不表示性格，只表示感情)。10．前面说到有18 000个英语单词区别人物行为的不同，也就是说我们有这些词，就掌握了情况，才有了判断标准，所以选in-formatlon情况。20．本句前面列举了一些不同术语，称呼不同人物，这些术浯就是terms。noulls指名词，含意太广泛。

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In about 250 BC, the Greek scientist Archimedes was asked by King Hieron to find out if his crown was 1 gold. Archimedes thought and thought about the problem. Suddenly the 2 came to him when he was having a 3 . As he got into the bathtub, Archimedes 4 that if he immersed (浸人) the king's crown in a vessel 5 to the brim (边缘) with water, it would cause some water to If he then immersed a piece of pure gold of the same 7 as this crown, the same amount of water would overflow if the crown was pure gold. 8 , Archimedes found that the crown was not pure gold.

He is believed to have rushed naked (赤) from his bathtub into the 9 shouting, “Eureka! which means “I’ve 10 it!” Archimedes made many important scientific 11 , including pulleys, and he first explained why things float.

A one-word code was 12 from Kissinger (基辛格) to Nixon (尼克松), “Eure-ka”, meaning that the trip had been 13 . After returning from Beijing, Kissinger and his assistant wrote a 14 to Nixon, “We have laid the 15 work for you and Mao to turn a page in 16 .” On July 15 Nixon informed stunned television viewers of Kisslnger’s 17 trip and his own 18 to visit China some time before May 1972. In october 1971, Kissinger returned to 19 , with a team of advance men, to 20 for Nixon’s own visit.

1. A. special B. true

C. simple D. pure

2. A. news B. answer C. word D. way

3. A. lesson B. dinner C. bath D. walk

4. A. realized B. said C. remarked D. knew

5. A. filled B. covered C. exact D. perfect

6. A. freeze B. overflow flee D. lose

7. A. weight B. size C. length D. shape

8. A. After a while B. On that day C. In no time D. In this way

9. A. bathroom B. bedroom C. home D. street 10. A. decided B. made C. found D. done 11. A. experimenls B. discoveries C. progress D. researches 12. A. sent B. given C. left D. passed 13. A. successful B. necessary C. secret D. public 14. A. letter B. report C. note D. notice 15. A. result B. ground C. complete D. language 16. A. the world B. the century C. history D. progress 17. A. secret B. tiring C. helpful D. dangerous 18. A. trip B. plan C. reply D. condition 19. A. China B. US C. his hometown D. Greece 20. A. prepare B. wait C. ask D. look

Key: 1—5 DBCAA 6—10 BADDC 11—15 BAABB 16—20 CABAA 解析：

本文叙述了两件历史事实，首先是Archimedes(间基米德)定律的发现过程，然后是尼克校访华前基辛格为他做的准备工作。这两个历史事件没有什么联系，但其中都用了Eureka。由此使我们体会到这个词的意义。

2．上句中说Archimedes已经思考了很久，现在坐在澡盆中，突然想起了什么，在这种情况下，他想起的一定与解决问题有关。选Rnswer答案。news消息，应该发生在他知道这件事之前；他并不是在思考用什么“词”，word不对；way是指他去实施时所遵循的“方法”，也不合适。9．前面是avessel容器，后面的成分修饰它，根据阿基米德定律我们知道，这个容器是充满水的，选filled。7．此空仍要根据间基米德定律：物体的重量与它所椿出液体的重量相等。要选weight重量．10．Archimedes想出了解决办法非常高兴，喊出Eureka!，这当然是希腊语，童思是“我找到答案了”。选found发现。找到。decided(决定)与他的情况不符合；同时答案不是“制造”made或“做出来的“done。11．Archimedes一生有过许多重大发现，选discoveries发现。他肯定做过expertments实验，进行过researches研究，有过progress进步，但这些都不是他出名的原因，不是他的成就，所以不选。15．Kissinger在报告中告诉Nixon，他们已经把铺垫做好，ground work是指基础工作。他们不可能把全部工作都傲了，所以不选complete完全的。17．这是历史情况，当年Kissinger秘密来中国与周恩柬接触，安排与尼克松见面，所以要选secret秘密的。20．Kissinger后来又带先遣队来中国，为尼克松访华做好一切准备工作，此处应遗prepare for准备。他不会只是wait for等待，ask for请求或寻找look for。