2017年吉林高考英语完型填空专题模拟11
Once upon a time, a man was walking on a mountain when he found an incredible cave with all kinds of treasure inside it. So he gave up his job, his home, and his friends, and spent all his time guarding the cave.
He was so dedicated to it that he hardly ate or drank, and before long he fell ill. One day, when he could hardly move at all, he decided to share the treasure.
He crawled into the cave to get a handful of jewels, but discovered, to his horror, that it was empty except for a small emerald(绿宝石). The man took it and gave it to the first person to come by, a woman.
Then an old man came by. “What bad luck!” the man said. “Just a moment ago I gave a woman the last of the treasure I was guarding.”
“Are you sure there is nothing left?” the old man asked.
The man took him into the cave, where they found a chest with jewels and some bags of gold. The man was shocked, and the old man explained to him, “At last! At last! At last someone has broken the spell of this cave. This is the Cave of Treasure, and you’re the first to have passed its great test. Many have dedicated their lives to this cave, only to end up realizing there was nothing here…”
“And why does this happen?” the man asked.
“This magic cave has only as many riches as your own heart. When someone discovers it, the cave fills with the treasure they bring with them, but later, when they have devoted themselves to guarding the treasure, their hearts become empty. So does the cave. The only way to fill it is by filling your heart with all that is good, as you did by giving the woman that last jewel.”
From that day on, the man understood that it was better to share than to keep. Thanks to the cave and the old man, he became noble and generous.
11.Why did the man give up his job, home and friends?
A.Because he possessed a variety of treasure.
B.Because he devoted himself to a great test.
C.Because he had to guard the treasure cave.
D.Because he wanted to find the treasure cave.
12.What did the man find when he showed his cave to the old man?
A.All kinds of treasure.
B.A chest with jewels and gold.
C.A small emerald.
D.A handful of jewels.
13.What do we learn about the people who dedicated their lives to the cave before?
A.They all found the cave empty at last.
B.The old man freed them from its spell.
C.They all filled the cave with the treasure they had.
D.They thought it was better to share than to enjoy the treasure alone.
14.What can we learn from the text?
A.Different people have different views.
B.Treasure only belongs to those who possess it.
C.Some people never learn what is really valuable.
D.Purely material things cannot make us truly wealthy.
【文章大意】 本文通过一个充满珠宝的洞穴的故事告诉了我们一个人生真理：单纯的物质并不能使人变得富有，只有学会与人分享才能获得精神上的真正富有。
11.C 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“So he gave up his job, his home, and his friends, and spent all his time guarding the cave.”可知，他这样做的目的是保护洞穴，故C项正确。
12.B 细节理解题。根据第六段第一句“The man took him into the cave, where they found a chest with jewels and some bags of gold.”可知，他们进来时，里面有很多珠宝和黄金，故B项正确。
13.A 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“…when they have devoted themselves to guarding the treasure, their hearts become empty. So does the cave.”可知，如果看守洞穴的人的心灵是空的，那么洞穴里的宝贝也就没了，故A项正确。
14.D 主旨大意题。文章告诉我们单纯的物质并不能使人变得富有，只有学会与人分享才能获得精神上的真正富有，故D项正确。
Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mum if my dad had gone to heaven. “Yes, honey. Of course，” she said. “Can we write him a letter?”
She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, “Yes.”My heart jumped.“Can the mailman go there?” I asked.
“No, but I have an idea.” Mum drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for. “Just wait, honey. You’ll see.” Mum told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favourite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mum was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mum. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.“Okay, on the count of three, let it go. One, two, three.” The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upwards against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds. Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he’d persevere, dart up, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the grey and white and I prayed that his strength was passed on. I prayed to be a balloon.
20.When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother ________.
A.believed it easy to do so
B.thought her a creative girl
C.felt it hard to answer
D.found it easy to lie
21.When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she ________.
A.jumped with joy
B.was worried that it couldn’t be delivered
C.started writing immediately
D.became excited
22.In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?
A.An incurable disease.
B.An unforgettable memory.
C.The failure her father experienced.
D.The hard time her father had.
23.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.An unforgettable experience
B.Fly to heaven
C.The strong red balloon
D.A great father
【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了女儿想和已故的父亲通信，这使母亲很为难。但聪明的母亲用红气球作为邮递员把女儿写给父亲的信寄往天堂，让女儿感到父亲还活着。
20.C 推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, ‘Yes.’”可知，母亲停顿了很长时间，这意味着她思考了较长的时间才回答了女儿的问题。这说明女儿的问题很难回答。故选C。
21.D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“My heart jumped.”可知，“我”很高兴。故选D。
22.D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“No matter what he suffered…became something beautiful.”可知，雨就像父亲经历的艰难时光。故选D。
23.C 主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文，文章以红气球为主线贯穿整篇文章，红气球也象征着父亲。故选C。
Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives(蜂窝)—either recorded or real—may even prevent elephants from damaging farmers’ crops.
In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in Northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.
From a distance, Lucy switched on the prerecorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall(瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial(最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
60.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of ________.
A.loud noises B.some crops
C.video cameras D.angry bees
61.As mentioned in the passage, Lucy________.
A.works by herself in Africa
B.needs to test more elephant groups
C.has stopped elephants eating crops
D.has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
62.Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A.To record the sound of bees.
B.To make a video of elephants.
C.To see if elephants would run away.
D.To find out more about the behaviour of bees.
63.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
B.Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C.Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D.Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.
【要点综述】 本文为一篇科技报道。最新研究表明，蜂窝，无论是现实的还是录制的，都能够阻止大象破坏农民的庄稼。
60. D 细节理解题。根据第一段首句可知选D。
61. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句可知选B。根据第三段第三句可知A项错误;根据最后一段最后一句可知C项错误;根据第二段最后一句以及最后一段内容可知D项错误。
62. A 推理判断题。根据第四段Lucy接下来使用这个录制的蜜蜂的愤怒声音去测试象群的反应，可知她用石头砸蜂窝是为了录下蜜蜂的声音。故选A。
63. C 细节理解题。根据第二段首句可知C正确。
London’s newest skyscraper(摩天大楼) is called the Shard and it cost about 430 million pounds to build. At a height of almost 310 metres, it is the tallest building in Europe. The Shard has completely changed the appearance of London. However, not everyone thinks that it is a change for the better.
The Shard was designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano. When he began designing the Shard for London, Piano wanted a very tall building that looked like a spire (尖顶). He wanted the glass surfaces to reflect the sky and the city. The sides of the building aren’t regular. So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And that is how the building got the name: the Shard. Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or the tall masts(桅杆) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.
The Shard has 87 floors. At the top, there is an observatory. At the moment the building is empty, but eventually there will be a fivestar hotel. There will also be top quality restaurants, apartments and offices.
Before building work began, a lot of people didn’t want the Shard though the plans were approved. Now they are still unhappy about the Shard. Some critics say that such a tall skyscraper might be good in a city like New York, but not in London. They say that the best thing about the Shard is its spire shape. But that is the only thing. There is no decoration, only flat surfaces. The Egyptians did that 4，500 years ago. They also think the Shard is too big for London. It destroys the beauty of the city.
Other critics don’t like what the Shard seems to represent. They say that the Shard shows how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the poorest in London. So the Shard seems a symbol of the division in society between the very rich and the poor.
The Shard now dominates the London skyline. It is not certain, however, that ordinary London citizens will ever accept it as a valuable addition to the city.
55. London’s newest skyscraper is called the Shard because of ________.
A. its cost B. its size
C. its shape D. its height
56. When he designed the Shard, Piano wanted it to ________.
A. change London’s skyline
B. inherit London’s tradition
C. imitate the Egyptian style
D. attract potential visitors
57. The critics who refer to social division think the Shard ________.
A. is only preferred by the rich
B. is intended for wealthy people
C. is far away from the poor area
D. is popular only with Londoners
58. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Shard: cheers and claps
B. The Shard: work of a great architect
C. The Shard: new symbol of london?
D. The Shard: a change for the better?
【要点概述】 本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了伦敦最新的摩天大楼the Shard，介绍了它的形状和设计理念。同时，还讲述了人们对于这栋大楼的不同的看法：很多人都反对建这栋大楼，说它并没有向一个好的方向改变。
55. C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“The sides of the building aren’t regular. So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And that is how the building got the name: the Shard.”可知，摩天大楼the Shard的得名是因为它的形状。所以C项正确。
56. B 推理判断题。根据第二段的倒数第一、二句“Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or the tall masts(桅杆) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.”可知，他把这座摩天大楼设计成这个形状是为了让它成为伦敦的传统的一部分，也就是说让它继承伦敦的传统。所以B项正确。
57. B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“They say that the Shard shows how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the poorest in London.”可知，一些批评家认为这座大楼只是为那些富有的人而设计的，而居住在这栋大楼附近的人是伦敦人中最贫穷的那些人，这座大楼是社会不公平的代表。所以B项正确。
58. D 主旨大意题。本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了伦敦最新的摩天大楼the Shard，介绍了它的形状和设计理念，同时还讲述了人们对于这栋大楼的不同的看法。根据第一段最后一句“However, not everyone thinks that it is a change for the better.”可知，很多人都反对建这栋大楼，说它并没有向一个好的方向改变。所以D项正确。
