1、学优中考网 2012 中考英语：完形填空及阅读理解第汇编 06【答案】“I would almost rather see you dead.” Bobert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist. In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right fo
2、r a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young ladys family racked among(挤身于) the best of Philadelphias social(社会各界的) families, such an idea could not even be considered.That was how Mary Cassatt, born 1844, began her struggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her fathers
3、 anger, she opposed(反对) him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Many Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts of a thousand and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance(坚持), she became Ameri
4、cas most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.1. How did Mr Cassatt react(反应) when his daughter made her announcement?A. He feared for her life. B. He was very angry.C. He nearly killed her. D. He warned her.2. What in fact was Mr Cassatts main
5、reason in opposing his daughters wish?A. Drawing and painting was simply unthinkable among ladies in those days.B. He did not believe his daughter wanted to work seriously in art.C. He believed an artists life would be too hard for his daughter.D. Ladies of good families simply did not become artist
6、s in those times.3. What made Mary Cassatts “struggle” to become a recognized artist especially hard?A. She was a woman B. Her father opposed her.C. She had no social position. D. She didnt come from an artists family.4. What do we know about Mary Cassatts marriage?A. Her marriage failed because she
7、 never gave a thought to her husband and family.B. She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and mother.C. After marriage she decided to give up her husband rather than her career.D. She did not marry because for a lady of her social position to marry below her was unthinkable.5.
8、What do we know about Robert Cassatts character from the text?A. He was a cruel man. B. He was a stubborn (固执的) man.B. He knew nothing about art. D. He knew little about his daughter.参考答案 B A A B D*学优中考网 Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, 1 give your money b
9、ack? Of course, it 2 happens quite like that. The only language 3 to learn is the mother language. And think 4 practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 5 the literature(文学 ) of the country. Now most people want to 6 a foreign language. Every
10、year millions of people start learning 7 . How do they do it? Some people try at home 8 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will 10 a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a
11、 language fast by studying for 6 or 11 hours a day. Its much easier to learn the language in the country where it 12 . But most people are 13 to do this, and many people dont have to do so. Machines and good books will be very 14 , but they can not do the students work. 15 the language is learned qu
12、ickly or slowly, it is hard work. 1. A. so B. or C. and D. but2. A. cant B. impossible C. never D. often3. A. easily B. difficult C. able D. easy4. A. how much B. how long C. how fast D. how many5. A. studied B. to study C. studying D. study6. A. talk B. tell C. speak D. say7. A. them B. this C. tha
13、t D. it8. A. without B. with C. in D. by9. A. If B. When C. Since D. Until10. A. spend B. use C. take D. cost11. A. some B. more C. other D. less12. A. speaks B. is speaking C. spoke D. is spoken13. A. able B. possible C. unable D. not possible14. A. careful B. forgetful C. wonderful D. helpful15. A
14、. either B. whether C. what D. how参考答案答案简析1. B。这里的 or 是“否则”的意思。2. C。根据作者的观点，这种事绝对不可能发生。 impossible 是一个形容词，不符语法，cant 后不可能跟 happens，often 意思与作者的意图相反。3. D。唯一容易学的语言是母语。这里需要一个形容词充当后置定语。4. A。用来修饰不可数名词，只有用 how much，全句意为“母语好学，还需要那么多的练习。 ”何况外语呢？。5. B。动词不定式充当目的状语。意为“学习外语来研究文学” 。6. C。说某种语言用 speak，speak English
15、，speak Chinese。7. D。用 it 代指上文所说的 a foreign language。8. B。这里的 with 是“用 ”的意思。9. A。作者在这里提出一种假设。如果他们一星期只有一两次使用外语。10. C。固定短语，意为“做某事花费某人多长时间 ”。11. B。后面省略了 than 6 hours。意为 6 个小时或更多的时间。12. D。it 代指上文所指的 foreign language，故用被动被态。13. C。许多人不可能做到这一点。这里不可以用 not possible，因为它的主语不可以用人。14. D。机器和书对于学习英语来说是很有帮助的。15. B。
16、whether or固定短语。学优中考网 *I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even
17、 then I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadnt the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.It had been snowing heavily that I didnt know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, wai
18、ting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻) . I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. “I wouldnt leave her o
19、ut in the cold!” he said.Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldnt let anyone but a doctor touch her !
20、” he said, and burst into tears again.1. The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means_.A. expect B. understand C. see clearly D. hear clearly2. Before he arrived at the farmers house, the writer expected to see Milly lying _.A. on the ground of a barn B. on the floor of a room C. in
21、 bed in a room D. in bed in a barn3. What do we know about Milly from the story?A. She had met with an accident B. She had caused a scandal.C. She was seriously ill. D. She was hidden somewhere.4. The farmer wished that the writer might _.A. look into the matter B. bring Milly back to life C. free h
22、im from a scandal D. keep the whole thing a secret5. The person who told the story is probably a _.A. farmer B. policeman C. country doctor D. newspaper reporter参考答案 B C A B C *I have tried many ways to be 1 . I dont wear a sweater when I 2 , and two days ago I walked in the 3 without my shoes. But
23、so far nothing 4 . Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked 5 school. He would rub(摩擦 ) the end of the thermometer (温度计) until it went 6 to 39. Then hed put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was 7 ill.This morning I tried doing that but it 8 went above 35 and I rubbed it fo
24、r ten 9 . So I held the thermometer 10 the light on my desk and it went up to 40. I thought Id put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that. 11 my mother would take it out and she would be 12 when she saw that I was rather ill.The only trouble was I didnt know the thermometer would be so 13 , 学优
25、中考网 As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue(舌头)! I spit (吐) the thermometer out. It fell 14 the floor but it 15 .1. A . well B. fine C. ill D. bad 2. A . could B. should C. must D. might3. A . water B. rain C. sun D. wind4. A . happens B. happened C. will happen D. has happened5. A . bei
26、ng away from B. leavingC. staying at D. being out of6. A . on B. down C. up D. off7. A . really B. real C. bad D. badly8. A . cant B. not C. never D. didnt9. A . seconds B. hours C. minutes D. moments10. A . near B. near to C. next D. next to11. A . When B. Then C. So D. If12. A . worried B. surpris
27、ed C. happy D. frightened13. A . cold B. hot C. warm D. cool14. A . off B. down C. to D. on15. A . didnt break B. didnt broke C. wasnt broken D. was broken参考答案答案解析1C。根据下文得知，这个小孩就是想让自己生病。2B。这里应选择情态动词 should, 表示在该穿毛衣的时候他不穿, 其实他就是想让自己冻出病来。3B。跟上两题同解。4D。so far 常与动词的现在完成时连用， 表示“ 到目前为止” 。5A。leave school 表示
28、“辍学、毕业离校”的动作，be away from school 则表示“不上学、逃学”的状态。6C。up 表示“温度上升” 。7A。妈妈会认为他真的病了，故选副词 really。8C。其他选项在语法上均错。9C。根据文意。10D。next to 表示“临近、非常接近 ”。11B 。Then 是副词，表时间上的“顺承”。 其他三选项均引导从句, 故不选。12A。妈妈得知孩子生病, 首先感到担心。13B 。这里表示“烫”, 所以不能选 warm。14D。fall on 为“掉到上”, fall off 是指“从某处摔下”, fall down 是“落下” 。15C。break 为及物动词, 与主
29、语构成动宾关系，所以用被动语态形式 was broken。*Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their 1 .The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two 2 there, winter and summer, There are no spring 3 autumn there. The winter nights are 4 . You cant 5 the sun for more than two months, eve
30、n at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never 6 and there is no night.The Eskimos have 7 clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of 学优中考网 animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and 8 .Near the North Pole trees cant grow, for it is too 9 there. The Eskim
31、os 10 make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they 11 in storm and cant 12 home, they make house of snow. They 13 these snow houses when the storm is 14 .Life is 15 for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.1. A. work B. life C. holiday D. families2. A. weather B. seasons C.
32、 months D. years 3. A. not B. or C. and D. as4. A. short B. warm C. long D. cold 5. A. see B. watch C. look D. look at6. A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down 7. A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. cool 8. A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes 9. A. cold B. hot C. dry D. wet 10. A. will B. should
33、 C. never D. have to 11. A. go out B. go over C. keep on D. get on 12. A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in 13. A. make B. leave C. stay D. break 14. A. over B. coming C. going D. hard 15. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. lucky参考答案答案简析1. B。根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活（life） 。2. B。根据 winter 和 summer 判
34、断。3. B。 noor表示对两者否定。4. C。由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长，几乎看不到太阳，也就是没有白天，这正是北极的气候特征。5. A。see 表示“看”的结果，watch 和 look 都表示 “看”的动作。6. D。夏天白昼长，几乎没有夜晚，太阳从不下山，所以选 go down。7. C。他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。8. D。这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。9. A。北极很冷。10. D。表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。11. A。表示在外面遇到风暴时。12. A。由于风暴而回不了家。13. B。 用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家，风暴过后自然要离开雪房子了。14.
35、 A。be over 表示结束。15. C。这种恶劣的气候条件下，生活是很艰难困苦的，故选 hard。*More than 6000 children were expelled(开除) from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.The department gave a report on the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of t
36、he 6093 expulsions in 199697, against 7 per cent for rifles(步枪) or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms.“The report is a clear sign that our nations public schools are cracking down(严惩)” on students who bring guns to school, “Education Secretry Richard Riey said in a statement. “We n
37、eed to 学优中考网 be tough-minded(坚强的) about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”In March 1997, a 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and
38、 seven wounded in a shooting at a Missisippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.“Most of the expulsions(开除), 56 per cent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 per cent were from junior high
39、schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools.” The report said.1. From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools _.A. students enjoy shooting B. students are eager to be soldiersC. safety is a problem C. students can make guns2. The report from the US Department of Education sho
40、ws that _.A. the number of the expulsions is now largeB. the number of the expulsions is wrong C. there are soldiers hiding among the studentsD. guns are out of control in US schools3. The main idea of paragraph four shows us _.A. some examples of shootings in US schoolsB. the Americans feelingC. so
41、me famous schoolsD. that some teachers were killed by students4. How many students were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?A. 10 B. 9 C. 12 D. 225. From this passage we know that _.A. every American cannot have gunsB. only soldiers and police can have gunsC. every American citizen can own gunsD. teache
42、rs have no money to buy guns参考答案 C D A B C*Life in the twenty-first century will be very 1 . Many changes will take place, but 2 will the changes be. The population is growing 3 . There will be many 4 in the world and most of them will live 5 than people in the twentieth century.Computers will be mu
43、ch smaller and 6 and there will be at least one in every 7 . And 8 studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.People will work 9 and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. 10 will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to 11 countrie
44、s for holidays.There will be changes in our 12 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be 13 . Work in the future will be different, too. 14 and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, 15 will not have enough work to do .T
45、his will 学优中考网 be a problem.1. A. interesting B. hard C. different D. beautiful2. A. why B. how C. when D. what 3. A. slowly B. fast C. quietly D. suddenly4. A. people B. workers C. scientists D. doctors5. A. long B. longer C. happy D. lucky6. A. more useful B. useful C. helpful D. less useful 7. A.
46、 hospital B. factory C. home D. town 8. A. science B. maths C. English D. computer 9. A. fewer hours B. more hoursC. eight hours D. more than eight hours 10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinemaC. Shopping D. Travelling11. A. rich B. other C. poor D. small12. A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. drink
47、s 13. A. fatter B. thinner C .healthier D. more pleased14. A. Safe B. Easy C. Simple D. Dangerous15. A. a few people B. all the peopleC. many people D. some people参考答案答案解析1. C。以下讲的是二十一世纪发生的一系列的变化，由于变化，生活也就变得与以前不同，故而选 C。2. D。这些变化会是哪些变化呢？What 在这里充当的是表语。3. B。众所周知，人口增长速度很快。4. A。由上下文可知，这里指人口增多，故选 people。5. B。由于生活条件和习惯的改
