1、江西 2019 高考英语二轮练习单选阅读完形综合精选资料（11）单项填空1 More attention is to be paid to energy exploration to find_ _energy.Atraditional BalternativeC available Dinexpensive答案：B 考查形容词。句意：为了找到可替代能源，人们将投入更多的注意力进行能源勘探。alternative energy“替代能源” 。2 Is your husband good at cleaning up the room?Not very, but when it_cooking,
2、 he is much better than I am.Atalks about Brefers to C comes to Ddeals with 答案：C 考查句式。when it comes to doing sth.“当谈论到做某事时”。3 Any information about your son?No，if only I_those tough words to him.Adidnt say Bhadnt saidC shouldnt have said Dcouldnt have said答案：B 考查虚拟语气。if only 引导从句应该使用虚拟语气。再由句意“ 要是我还没
3、有对他说那些强硬的话该多好啊”可知，表示与过去的事实相反，因此用过去完成时。4 The agent was_for carrying a false passport.Aarrested BaccusedC charged Dsuspected答案：A 考查动词辨析。accuse, suspect 常与 of 连用；charge 常与 with 连用，而 arrest则与 for 连用。5 I had given up hope of going to college_word came that I had been admitted to a famous British Universi
4、ty.Awhile BwhenC so that Duntil答案：B had done.when.“刚刚 突然”。6 Did you meet with the famous space hero Yang Liwei?_I had come here earlier.AIf only BIf notC But for DFor fear答案：A 后句意为：要是我早来这里就好了！if only“要是就好了。 ”7 All living organisms(有机物)，_their unique identity, have biological, chemical and physical c
5、haracteristics in common.Aas a consequence of Bfor the sake ofC in terms of Dregardless of答案：D regardless of“不管；不顾”。8 May I take action to help those people whose village has been_by the flood?_.Acut off; By all meansBcut up; By no meansC cut down; Nothing can be betterDcut across; No problem答案：A 句意
6、：“ 我可以采取行动帮助那些村庄被洪水切断的人吗？”“当然可以。 ”cut off“切断”，by all means“当然可以”。9 _that you are chosen to be a volunteer at the London Olympic Games, what will you do?AAssumed BAssumingC To assume DTo be assumed答案：B 本题考查 assume 的非谓语形式，因为与句子主语之间是主动关系所以选 B。10 They are close friends and their friendship_college days.
7、Adates back to Bdates backC dates to Ddates back from答案：A date back todate from“始于；追溯到” 。11 The schoolmaster_the girls bravery in his opening speech.Aapplauded BappearedC apologized Dclapped答案：A applaud 除了表示“鼓掌”之外，还可以表示“ 赞赏”。appear“出现” ；apologize“道歉”； clap“拍手” 。12 Friends have trouble remembering_th
8、at Kevin Durant did for fun, other than basketball.Awhere it was Bwhat it wasC how it was Dwhy it was答案：B 考查强调句型。句意：朋友们在纳闷除了篮球，Kevin Durant 做什么有趣。remember 后接宾语从句，宾语从句应用陈述语气。 “做什么”应用 what，故选 B 项。13 I have got a headache.No wonder. You_in front of that computer too long.Awork Bare workingC have been w
9、orking Dworked答案：C 本题考查动词的时态。由 I have got a headache 现在完成时形式可知用现在完成进行时表示“从过去开始持续至今日还会进行下去”，体现过去开始的动作一直持续到现在或可能还要持续下去。14 He hurried to the booking office only_that all the tickets had been sold out.Ato tell Bto be toldC telling Dtold答案：B only to do 表示“ 意想不到的结果”，表示出乎意料。15 The firm was successfully run
10、 and_， he owed his success to the support of his friends.Alooking back Blooked backC to look back Dwhen looked back答案：A 考查非谓语动词。and 连接的是 he owed his success to the support of his friends，因此选 looking back 表时间。句意：公司经营得很好，回首过去，他把它归功于朋友的支持。.阅读理解A(2010鄂州市高三摸底考试)“Around 500,000 years ago, at the Peking Ma
11、n Site at Zhoukoudian in Beijings suburban Fangshan district, which is about 50 km from the city of Beijing, there lived early human beings， ” says a China history textbook.The textbook now has to be revised. New dating techniques suggest the remains of Peking Manfound in the 1920sare over 200,000 y
12、ears older than previously thought. Whats important about that date, about 770,000 years ago, is that this was an ice age on Earth.Over Earths long history, there have been a number of times when ice and snow covered a large part of its surface. Such periods are known as ice ages.Earth is in an ice
13、age now. It started about 2 million years ago. Despite the many warm periods since then, scientists regard the whole time as one ice age because of the continuous existence of at least one large ice sheetthe one over Antarctica.The new discovery was made by Chinese and US scientists. It suggests Pek
14、ing Man is probably our oldest cold weather human being, said Darryl Granger, an atmospheric scientist at Purdue University whose research appears in Thursdays edition of the journal Nature.The average yearly temperature at the time in that part of China was around the freezing mark, but it was too
15、dry for an ice sheet, Granger said.This raises a question. How did Peking Man survive the cold weather?Rick Potts, a Smithsonian Institution human origins expert who wasnt involved in the research, raised three possibilities：First, fire. Early findings showed signs of a fire in Peking Mans cave. But
16、 there has been debate about whether the fire was accidental or controlled.Second, fur. There is no evidence that Peking Man used simple tools to make more formfitting clothes. Its more likely he wore animal fur.Lastly, he may have developed gradually to handle the cold. Peking Man may have experien
17、ced physiological changes that allowed more blood to flow to his hands and legs, Potts said. “People in general who live in colder climates tend to be shorter and wider， ” he explained.Unlike the times of Peking Man, today the global temperature is rising due to the greenhouse effect. In the future,
18、 could humans develop to handle the warmth just as Peking Man did to fight the cold?文章大意：最新研究发现北京人的年代应该是处于冰河世纪，比我们原先的估计早二十万年。1 According to the new research, Peking Man actually dates back to_.Aaround 500,000 years agoBover 200,000 years agoC about 770,000 years agoDabout 2 million years ago答案：C 细节理
19、解题。由第二段最后一句话“Whats important about that date, about 770,000 years ago, is that this was an ice age on Earth.”可知。2 What is the most important standard for scientists to decide an ice age?AThe weather conditions.BThe continuous existence of any large ice sheets.C The average yearly temperature.DThe lo
20、ng period of snowfall.答案：B 推理判断题。由第四段第三句话“.scientists regard the whole time as one ice age because of the continuous existence of at least one large ice sheetthe one over Antarctica.”可知。3 Which of the following is TRUE of Peking Man?AHe is the oldest human being.BHe used fire to keep warm.C He wore
21、formfitting clothes made from fur with simple tools.DHe might have been shorter and wider than previously thought.答案：D 推理判断题。由倒数第二段 “People in general who live in colder climates tend to be shorter and wider”可推知，北京人可能比我们原先预计的要矮胖，这样才能与当时的气候相适应。4 The passage can probably be found in_.Aa history textbo
22、ok Ba scientific magazineC a research report Dan entertainment newspaper答案：B 推理判断题。由全文文章大意可推知。BAnthropologists are scientists that study people who often lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Items those men, women, and children left behind when they diedeverything from clothing to jewelry
23、and toolstells anthropologists a lot. And sometimes even their words survive.Experts believe that a discovery in Mexico is the oldest example of writing ever found in America. The people who created it probably lived 3 000 years ago, long before Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World.Workers
24、digging in a rock mine happened to notice a stone block with marks carved onto its surface. They found the large piece of stone near the city of Cascajal, Mexico, which was once the capital of an ancient people called the Olmec.“There are signs on the block that seem to show objects used by the Olme
25、c during their religious ceremonies， ” says Dr Stephen Houston, of Brown University in the US. “There is a sign that looks very similar to a knife and another that looks like the chair of a King， ” he explains.Houston, an expert on the writing systems of ancient cultures, says the discovery is excit
26、ing because “it makes clear that the Olmec could read and write. It is like hearing voices from the past.”But experts dont know exactly what the writing says. Finding other examples of Olmec writing could help decipher_the_puzzle.“We could have whole sets of ancient writing which will basically make
27、 ancient people speak to us directly， ” says Houston. “There are many puzzles to be solved, and this is just one of them.”文章大意： 前不久专家在墨西哥发现了刻在石块上的一种古老的文字，可能是一个叫Olmec 的古老民族遗留下来的。但是由于样本太少，目前还无法识别文字表示的内容。5 According to the passage, what items do scientists often use to learn more about the past?A. Clot
28、hing and jewelry. B. Books and stones.C. Knives and chairs. D. Items ancient people left.答案：D 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可得知，过去遗留下来的东西可以作为借鉴。6 What is important about the stone block mentioned in the passage?AIt proves that people lived in this part of the world more than 3 000 years ago.BIt allows scientists to
29、 translate the ancient language used in this area.C It is evidence of the oldest form of writing ever found in America.DIt shows the people of the area have a written language.答案：C 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可得知，这是在美洲发现的最早的文字。7 The underlined expression “decipher the puzzle” in Paragraph 6 most probably means to
30、_.A. discover when the Olmec people lived B. learn why the Olmec civilization disappearedC. learn how to speak Olmec D. find out the meaning of the Olmec language答案：D 词义猜测题。上一句说，专家们不能确切地知道石头上文字的含义，由此推测，划线部分所在的句子意思是：找到其他样本有助于破译这一谜团。8 Which is the best title for the passage?A. Worlds First Book B. Oldest Writing in the New WorldC. What Does It Say? D. New Language Is Discovered答案：B 主旨大意题。本文介绍了在墨西哥发现了美洲最早书写的文字，因此最佳答案为B。the New World 指代 America。
