南京市2014届高三考前冲刺训练英语

A. that B. what C. who D. whether 35. — I’m so sorry that I screwed everything up. I didn’t mean to. I …… — ________. A. It’s right B. Take your time C. Take it easy D. Don’t mention it

二．完形填空

When asked by Conan O‘Brien if his daughters had smartphones, comedian Louis CK explained that he had 36 replied, ―No, you can‘t have it. It's bad for you. I don‘t 37 what you want.‖ This hit home for me because at the time, I was in difficult negotiations with my ten-year-old daughter 38 one. And frankly, she was winning. CK added, ―I‘m not raising the 39 --- I‘m raising the grown-ups that they‘re going to be. So just 40 the other stupid kids have phones doesn‘t mean that my kid has to be stupid, or 41 she‘ll feel weird.‖ OK, I was sold.

Cell phones are ―toxic, especially for kids,‖ he said, because they don‘t help them learn empathy, one of the nicer human 42 . When we text, the 43 we get is in cold, hard text-speak. Why are kids 44 ? he asked. ―Because they‘re trying it out. They look at another kid and go. ?You‘re fat.‘ Then they find the kid‘s unhappy, and they think, Ooh, that doesn‘t feel 45 .‖ There, they‘ve experienced empathy. Texting ―you‘re fat‖ allows you to bypass the pain you‘ve caused.

CK went on to explain to us that smartphones rob us of our ability to be 46 . Kids use smartphones to 47 their time: Must text! Must play game! Must look up more tiny American Girl socks online for Molly!!! After all, one of the joys of being human is allowing our minds to 48 . With cell phones, kids are always preoccupied. They never daydream, 49 in class. And here‘s something else we‘re 50 out on thanks to Steve Jobs‘s little device: our right to be 51 . This was a right I hadn‘t realized I desired until CK pointed out that it‘s yet another of the essential human emotions.

―Everybody‘s murdering each other with their cars‖ as they text, CK screamed, because they fear being alone. Too bad —they‘re missing out on a life affirming experience.

―I was in my car one time, and Bruce Springsteen‘s ?Jungleland‘ came on,‖ he said. ―And he sounds so far away. It made me really sad. And I think, OK, I‘ve got to get the phone and write hi to 50 people. I was 52 for the phone, and I thought, Don‘t! Just be sad.‖ So CK 53 over and allowed himself to sob like a little girl 54 that brand-new four-poster bed for her American Girl doll. ―It was beautiful. You‘re lucky to 55 sad moments,‖ he said. And because he didn‘t fight and push it away with that little phone, because he allowed himself to be miserable, his body released endorphins(内啡肽). ―And that‘s why I don‘t want to get phones for my kids.‖ CK said. And I suppose I don‘t either.

3A. hardly B. simply C. voluntarily D. specially 6.

3A. reject B. care C. neglect D. separate 7.

3A. by B. from C. over D. beyond 8.

3A. children B. money C. standard D. doubts 9.

4A. after B. unless C. though D. because

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4A. otherwise 1.

4A. emotions 2.

4A. error 3.

4A. proud 4.

4A. upset 5.

4A. creative 6.

4A. spare 7.

4A. focus 8.

4A. even 9.

5A. figuring 0.

5A. capable 1.

5A. reaching 2.

5A. pulled 3.

5A. reminded 4. 5A. live 5.

三．阅读理解

A

Below are some entries from an English dictionary.

1. decode (1) To put a coded message into an understandable form. (2) To find the underlying meaning of.

To decode is to take out of code and put into understandable language. (Its opposite is encode, “to put into coded form.”) But dreams may sometimes also be decoded; psychologists often try to decode the images of their patients’ dreams so as to understand the emotions behind them.

2. euphemism An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust.

The use of euphemism is an ancient part of the English language, and perhaps of all languages, and all of us use them. Darn is a familiar euphemism for damn. Shoot and sugar are all

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B. nevertheless B. hobbies B. response B. stupid B. awkward B. smart B. occupy B. wander B. still B. finding B. accessible B. answering B. turned B. denied B. share

C. rarely C. issues C. trouble C. mean C. good C. critical C. value C. make C. ever C. missing C. changeable C. applying C. got C. rewarded C. ignore

D. moreover D. weaknesses D. danger D. delighted D. crazy D. alone D. miss D. occur D. except D. taking D. miserable D. begging D. came D. neglected D. spare

euphemistic substitutes for a well-known vulgar word. Pass away for die, misspeak for lie, senior citizens for old person---the list goes on and on.

3. Hades The underground home of the dead in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, Hades the god (who the Greeks also called Pluto) is the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, who rule the skies and the seas. The realm also called Hades, where he rules with his wife, is the region under the earth, full of mineral wealth and home to dead souls. Hades today is sometimes used as a polite term for Hell.

4. extrovert A person mainly concerned with things outside himself or herself; a sociable and outgoing person.

Extrovert was coined by the eminent psychologist C.G. Jung in the early 20th century. The opposite personality type, in Jung’s view, was the introvert. Extroverts seem to be favored by societies such as ours, even though introverts seem to be on average more mentally gifted. 5. Dragon’s teeth Seeds of conflict.

The Phoenician prince Cadmus once killed a dragon, and was instructed by the goddess Athena to plant its teeth in the ground. From the many teeth, there immediately sprang up an army of fierce armed men. The goddess then directed him to throw a precious stone into their midst, and they proceeded to slaughter each other until only the five greatest warriors were left; these became Cadmus’s generals, with whom he constructed the greatest city-state of Thebes. 56. Which word or expression originates from mythology? A. Decode. B. Euphemism. C. Extrovert. D. Dragon’s teeth. 57. Which of the following sentences is False according to the above dictionary entries?

A. “To decode the communicating done by babies” means “to try to understand the message babies send” .

B. When we “sow dragon’s teeth”, we’re creating the conditions for future trouble. C. Hades refers to the underground world or the ruler, Pluto.

D. Extroverts tend to be more intelligent or talented than average. 58. In which sentence is euphemism used? A. It’s hotter than Hades in here! B. He is the Newton of this century. C. More haste, less speed. D. When I told our father about this, his heart burst.

59. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “coined”? A. Spoken. B. Earned. C. Praised. D. Invented.

B

My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.

“Please wait in here, Ms Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was startled that I was being sent “in back” once again.

The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”

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“How long will it take?”

“Hard to say ... a few minutes,” he said. “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me. “Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter. “Can’t you just look me up?” Just a few more minutes, they assured me.

After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said. “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”

“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.” I put my phone away.

My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, even a flight attendant.

I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.” Or would that all be counted against me?

After two hours in detention, I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved, we were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.

“Oh, one more thing.” He handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it. “If you weren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.” “Will they respond?” I asked.

“I don’t know --- I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added, “By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.” “What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day. “Absolutely nothing.”

After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto” --- a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity -just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.

Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

60. The author was held at the airport because __________.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica. B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s. C. she had been held in Montreal. D. she had spoken at a book event. 61. She was not allowed to call her friends because __________. A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet. B. she had been held for only one hour and a half.

C. there were other families in the waiting room. D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone.

62. We learn from the passage that the author would __________ to prevent similar experience

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