（新课标）高考英语二轮复习方案 专题限时训练（四）说明文型完形填空

专题限时训练(四) [说明文型完形填空]

A

Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks __1__ than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more __2__ than we realize. In fact, non-verbal (非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really __3__. And body language is particularly __4__ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so much a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. __5__ ，different societies treat the distance between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having __6__ contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with __7__. People from Latin American countries, on the other hand, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in __8__ , it may look like a Latino is __9__ a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving __10__. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep __11__ —which the Latino will in return regard as coldness.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people __12__. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from __13__ cultures, there's a strong possibility of __14__. But whatever the situation, the best advice is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be __15__．

1．A.straighter B．louder C．harder D．further

2．A.sounds B．invitations C．feelings D．messages 3．A.hope B．receive C．discover D．mean

4．A.immediate B．misleading C．important D．difficult 5．A.For example B．Thus C．However D．In short 6．A.eye B．verbal C．bodily D．telephone

7．A.strangers B．relatives C．neighbours D．enemies 8．A.trouble B．conversation C．silence D．experiment 9．A.disturbing B．helping C．guiding D．following 10．A.closer B．faster C．farther D．slower

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11．A.stepping forward B．going on C．backing away D．coming out 12．A.talk B．travel C．laugh D．think

13．A.different B．European C．Latino D．rich

14．A.curiosity B．excitement

C．misunderstanding D．nervousness 15．A.noticed B．treated C．respected D．pleased

B

UK households are cutting back on spending at the fastest rate since 1980. This is __1__ to the worst economic slowdown in three decades.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed __2__ spending fell by 1.2% in the first three months of the year. People spent less on housing, household goods and services, __3__ those who went on holiday abroad also spent __4__ less.

Consumers tightened their belts in the face of job losses, pay __5__ or freezes and sharply reduced city bonuses. The figures __6__ employees' compensation(补偿金) falling by 1.1% in the quarter, the largest fall __7__ records began in 1955. Wages and salaries declined, with lower bonus payments in the financial sector than normal, while __8__ also fell.

The data was __9__ as part of the ONS's latest assessment of the UK economy, which __10__ that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter, its sharpest decline since 1979. GDP stood 4.1% __11__ than a year ago, the biggest annual fall since 1980.

“The breakdown of first-quarter GDP gives a pretty __12__ picture of weakness right across the __13__ in the early months of this year，” said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics.

“With key parts like household spending and investment set to fall considerably further in __14__ to the weakness in the housing market, the labour market and bank lending, we __15__ unconvinced that recent‘green shoots’ will translate into a return to decent growth next year.”

1. A．submitting B．resorting C．contributing D．extending 2．A.personnel B．consumer C．folk D．client

3. A．while B．although C．because D．but

4. A．instantly B．simultaneously C．significantly D．actively 5. A．dives B．pauses C．halts D．cuts

6. A．calculated B．accumulated

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C．expressed D．showed 7. A．since B．when C．as D．until

8. A．competition B．employment C．achievement D．attraction 9. A．released B．relieved C．related D．relaxed

10. A．promoted B．justified C．confirmed D．advocated 11. A．poorer B．slimmer C．weaker D．lower

12. A．amazing B．depressing C．surprising D．puzzling 13. A．economy B．finance C．business D．commerce

14. A．opposition B．response C．regard D．contrast 15. A．remain B．prove C．feel D．maintain

C

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspa-pers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In __1__ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers. Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. __7__， however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages. The tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which __9__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __10__， which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __11__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __12__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first comprehension is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __13__ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. __14__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 1，378 words a minute.

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He is delighted that how he can __15__ a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

1. A．applying B．doing C．offering D．getting 2. A．quickly B．easily C．roughly D．decidedly 3. A．good B．curious C．poor D．urgent

4. A．trainings B．habits C．situations D．customs 5. A．lies B．combines C．touches D．involves 6. A．some B．a lot of C．little D．dull

7. A．Fortunately B．Actually C．Logically D．Unfortunately 8. A．reuse B．reread C．rewrite D．recite 9. A．scales B．cuts C．slows D．measures

10. A．accelerator B．actor C．amplifier D．observer 11. A．then B．as C．beyond D．than

12. A．enabling B．leading C．making D．indicating 13. A．but B．nor C．or D．for

14. A．Treat B．Take C．Make D．Consider

15. A．refer to B．go over C．set about D．get through

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