高中英语真题:2016高考英语语法填空和阅读
理解暑假练习（7）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them.
The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理
器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.
There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of
daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.
But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示
器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in bother to buy them.
Whatever the arguments for and against word processor are, they are a key feature (特
征) of this revolution in office practice.
1. Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because_________.
A. these companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers
B. these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today
C. these computers did not come onto the market
D. these companies did not need to use this new technology
2. According to the writer, the main feature of the revolution in office work over the last ten years is __________. A. the saving of time and money
B. the use of computers in small companies C. the wide use of word processors D. the decreasing number of secretaries
3. It is implied but not directly stated in the passage that with the use of word processors _________. A. some secretaries will lose their jobs
B. daily jobs can be done automatically outside office hours C. medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased greatly
D. the British companies will make less money
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. There are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word processor.
B. The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors.
C. The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years.
D. Using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.
5. It can be concluded from the passage that ________. A. safety screens are of poor quality
B. working at a VDU for a long time is good for one’s health C. more and more British offices will use word processors D. British companies will need fewer and fewer managers 【参考答案】1—5、ACABC
故事记叙型阅读理解 专题导读
故事类阅读理解选材来源于日常生活，给人以似曾相识的感觉。体裁一般是记叙文，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事
件等要素。写作手法多采用时间、空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终。命题以细节为主，推理为辅。应特别注意对人物的外貌、语言、动作和思想的描写，从而把握人物性格特点和作者的情感态度。若是叙述性的文章，要读懂起因、经过、结果。若是故事性文章应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮、结局。阅读时应特别注意：(1)一般故事性文章，应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮和结局；(2) 哲理故事，要理解故事所蕴含的哲理意义；(3)逸闻趣事，应体会对话的风趣性，进而才能感受幽默的精髓。 真题典例
【2011·江西卷】
The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850－
1928)．After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871.In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”， almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.Returning to , Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing_on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.
The nineteenthcentury poor city was in many ways a terrible p
lace, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities.At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive：
though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression (萧
条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life.Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city.Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries.They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions.As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit—
Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away.Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of job
s and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
( )1.How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?
A．Through his observation of the country life. B．Through the combination of different ideas. C．By taking other people’s advice.
D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed .
( )2.The underlined phrase “drawing on” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________. A．making use of
B．making comments on C．giving an explanation of D．giving a description of
( )3.According to Howard, garden cities should be built ________.
A．as far as possible from existing cities
B．in the countryside where the land was cheap
C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed
D．near cities where employment opportunities already existed
( )4.What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?
A．Their number would continue to rise.
B．Each one would continue to become larger. C．People would live and work in the same place. D．Each one would contain a certain type of business.
( )5.What could be the best title for the passage? A．City and Countryside
B．The Invention of the Garden City C．A New City in
D．A Famous Garden City in
【解析】本文为记叙文，叙述了花园城市的起源和发展情况。Ebenezer Howard受“花园城市”的启发，后来返回伦敦，在乡村引用了这个名称作为他新建花园城市的名称。后来不断扩大，并有了各种各样的同大城市里一样的服务设施。 1．D 细节理解题。从第一段信息句
it was nicknamed“the Garden City”，
almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.得知。
2．A 词义猜测题。联系前后文理解，Howard回到伦敦后，利用了当时很流行的思想形成了比较独特的各种思想相结合的设计。这里是“利用”的意思。
3．B 细节理解题。从第二段的最后一句理解到“Howard的想法是一群人建立一个公司，在远离大城市土地非常廉价的乡下借钱建一个花园城市。”故答案选B。
4．A 推理判断题。从最后一段段意“随着这些花园城市的建立，越来越多的人迁入花园城市，没有办法限制，后来各个花园城市彼此相连，各种服务都像大城市一样”。这表明花园城市的数目在不断增长。
5．B 主旨大意题。全文介绍了花园城市的名称来源以及它的发展情况，故B符合题意。
【陕西省西安市长安一中2014第二次模拟】
阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Britain, would not have fel
t excited over Oxford’s intention to offer him an honorary doctor’s degree had he known it were later to be taken back. The story should begin from a girl called Catherine Lisa Bell. Catherine Lisa Bell was a girl from a remote mountain area. She was the first graduate in that area to reach ’s entry score, but her application was refused in the interview, because the professors thought she lacked creative potential.
The government of the girl’s hometown paid a special visit to Minister of Education and asked him to speak for her to . The Minister called at and hoped they would give the girl special admission. Quite unexpectedly, however, his pleading was refused. The Minister turned to the deputy prime minister, but he got turned down as well. The deputy prime minister couldn’t help but turn to Prime Minister Blair. Blair telephoned to himself to show his personal attention to the matter. He tried his best to persuade the university officials to change their decision, only to be greeted with a declaration from : “We admit that Prime Minster’s proposal comes out of concern for the students from less developed areas, but it is unacceptable. There is but one reason: On matters of enrolment (招
生), no one has the right to change the interview conclusion the professors draw. This is hundreds of years of tradition of .” Feeling a loss of face, Blair complained in private that Oxford
was too stiff (古
板) and needed reforming. Famous people have no privacy (隐
私). The complaint soon found its way to the teachers and students of and aroused great anger among them. Immediately the university cancelled the plan to give Blair an honorary doctorate and delivered a strong protest against government intervention (干涉) on university affairs.
53. refused admission of the girl because ________. A. she was thought to lack creativity B. she was from a low developed area C. her score didn’t meet the requirement D. her local government didn’t support her
54. The reason why refused Blair was that ________.
A. Oxford stuck to its ancient tradition B. it was too stiff and needed reforming
C. they respected the professors’ opinion D. Blair was not yet its honorary doctor
55. canceled their plan to offer Blair an honorary doctor’s degree because ________.
A. they learned about Blair’s privacy B. Blair asked them to get reformed
C. they were angry with his complaint D. he showed his excitement too early
56. What kind of a university do you think is? A. Its professors are self-willed. B. It fears no power or influence.
C. It always stands on principles. D. It is stubborn and inflexible.
【参考答案】53—55、ACC 56、C
语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【辽宁卷题型】
M: Would you please tell me__1__you were doing when the accident happened and what you saw?
W: Yes, I__2__(drive) home from work. It was about 5：15 , and there was a blue car in front of me. We were both driving along Harbor Road__3__a small white Ford suddenly shot out of the side road. It shot right in front of the blue car. The driver tried to stop, but it was impossible. He ran into the white Ford.
M: What's the speed of the car in front of you when the accide
nt happened?
W: __4__blue car? Thirty miles an hour. Certainly no more than that.
M: And the white Ford shot out without any__5__(warn)? W: Yes, that's right.
M: How can you make sure that the blue car was only doing thirty?
W: Because I was only doing thirty, and the blue car wasn't going any__6__(fast) than I was.
M: Are you sure of that? Absolutely positive? W: Yes, I am. I'm positive.
M: How can you be so positive? Were you looking at__7__speedometer when the accident happened?
W: Of course not. I was looking at the road ahead. That's__8__I managed to see the accident.
M: Well, if you were not looking at your speedometer, how can you__9__(possible) be sure how fast you were going?
W: Because I never go faster than 30 on that road. It's__10__law.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______
答案： 1.what 2.was driving 3.when 4.The 5.warning 6.faster 7.your 8.how 9.possibly 10.against
语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 【全国新课标卷题型】
We are all busy talking about and __1__(use) the Internet, but how many of us know__2__history of the Internet?
Many people are__3__(surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large__4__expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke__5__， then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent__6__another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on__7__(work) all the time.
The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use.__8__the start of 199
0s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more__9__(convenience)．
Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. __10__(send) emails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 答案：1.using 2.the 3.surprised 4.and 5.down
6.through 7.working 8.By 9.convenient 10.Sending
2016高考英语语法填空和阅读理解暑假练习
（7）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them.
The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处
理
器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.
There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.
But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示
器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in bother to buy them.
Whatever the arguments for and against word processor are, they are a key feature (特征) of this revolution in office practice.
1. Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because_________. A. these companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers B. these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today C. these computers did not come onto the market
D. these companies did not need to use this new technology
2. According to the writer, the main feature of the revolution in office work over the last ten years is __________.
A. the saving of time and money
B. the use of computers in small companies C. the wide use of word processors D. the decreasing number of secretaries
3. It is implied but not directly stated in the passage that with the use of word processors _________.
A. some secretaries will lose their jobs
B. daily jobs can be done automatically outside office hours
C. medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased greatly D. the British companies will make less money 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. There are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word processor.
B. The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors. C. The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years.
D. Using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.
5. It can be concluded from the passage that ________. A. safety screens are of poor quality
B. working at a VDU for a long time is good for one’s health C. more and more British offices will use word processors D. British companies will need fewer and fewer managers 【参考答案】1—5、ACABC
故事记叙型阅读理解 专题导读
故事类阅读理解选材来源于日常生活，给人以似曾相识的感觉。体裁一般是记叙文，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。写作手法多采用时间、空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终。命题以细节为主，推理为辅。应特别注意对人物的外貌、语言、动作和思想的描写，从而把握人物性格特点和作者的情感态度。若是叙述性的文章，要读懂起因、经过、结果。若是故事性文章应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮、结局。阅读时应特别注意：(1)一般故事性文章，应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮和结局；(2) 哲理故事，要理解故事所蕴含的哲理意义；(3)逸闻趣事，应体会对话的风趣性，进而才能感受幽默的精髓。 真题典例
【2011·江西卷】The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850－
1928)．After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871.In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”， almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.Returning to , Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing_on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.
The nineteenthcentury poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities.At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive：
though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression (萧
条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life.Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city.Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries.They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions.As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit—
Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away.Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
( )1.How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities? A．Through his observation of the country life. B．Through the combination of different ideas. C．By taking other people’s advice.
D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed .
( )2.The underlined phrase “drawing on” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A．making use of B．making comments on C．giving an explanation of D．giving a description of
( )3.According to Howard, garden cities should be built ________. A．as far as possible from existing cities
B．in the countryside where the land was cheap C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed
D．near cities where employment opportunities already existed
( )4.What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph? A．Their number would continue to rise. B．Each one would continue to become larger. C．People would live and work in the same place. D．Each one would contain a certain type of business.
( )5.What could be the best title for the passage? A．City and Countryside
B．The Invention of the Garden City C．A New City in
D．A Famous Garden City in
【解析】本文为记叙文，叙述了花园城市的起源和发展情况。Ebenezer Howard受“花园城市”的启发，后来返回伦敦，在乡村引用了这个名称作为他新建花园城市的名称。后来不断扩大，并有了各种各样的同大城市里一样的服务设施。
1．D 细节理解题。从第一段信息句it was nicknamed“the Garden City”，almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.得知。 2．A 词义猜测题。联系前后文理解，Howard回到伦敦后，利用了当时很流行的思想形成了比较独特的各种思想相结合的设计。这里是“利用”的意思。
3．B 细节理解题。从第二段的最后一句理解到“Howard的想法是一群人建立一个公司，在远离大城市土地非常廉价的乡下借钱建一个花园城市。”故答案选B。
4．A 推理判断题。从最后一段段意“随着这些花园城市的建立，越来越多的人迁入花园城市，没有办法限制，后来各个花园城市彼此相连，各种服务都像大城市一样”。这表明花园城市的数目在不断增长。
5．B 主旨大意题。全文介绍了花园城市的名称来源以及它的发展情况，故B符合题意。
【陕西省西安市长安一中2014第二次模拟】
阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Britain, would not have felt excited over Oxford’s intention to offer him an honorary doctor’s degree had he known it were later to be taken back. The story should begin from a girl called Catherine Lisa Bell.
Catherine Lisa Bell was a girl from a remote mountain area. She was the first graduate in that area to reach ’s entry score, but her application was refused in the interview, because the professors thought she lacked creative potential.
The government of the girl’s hometown paid a special visit to Minister of Education and asked him to speak for her to . The Minister called at and hoped they would give the girl special admission. Quite unexpectedly, however, his pleading was refused. The Minister turned to the deputy prime minister, but he got turned down as well. The deputy prime minister couldn’t help but turn to Prime Minister Blair. Blair telephoned to himself to show his personal attention to the matter. He tried his best to persuade the university officials to change their decision, only to be greeted with a declaration from : “We admit that Prime Minster’s proposal comes out of concern for the students from less developed areas, but it is unacceptable. There is but one reason: On matters of enrolment (招
生), no one has the right to change the interview conclusion the professors draw. This is hundreds of years of tradition of .”
Feeling a loss of face, Blair complained in private that Oxford was too stiff (古板) and needed reforming. Famous people have no privacy (隐
私). The complaint soon found its way to the teachers and students of and aroused great an
ger among them. Immediately the university cancelled the plan to give Blair an honorary doctorate and delivered a strong protest against government intervention (干涉) on university affairs.
53. refused admission of the girl because ________. A. she was thought to lack creativity B. she was from a low developed area C. her score didn’t meet the requirement D. her local government didn’t support her
54. The reason why refused Blair was that ________.
A. Oxford stuck to its ancient tradition B. it was too stiff and needed reforming C. they respected the professors’ opinion D. Blair was not yet its honorary doctor 55. canceled their plan to offer Blair an honorary doctor’s degree because ________. A. they learned about Blair’s privacy B. Blair asked them to get reformed
C. they were angry with his complaint D. he showed his excitement too early 56. What kind of a university do you think is?
A. Its professors are self-willed. B. It fears no power or influence. C. It always stands on principles. D. It is stubborn and inflexible. 【参考答案】53—55、ACC 56、C
语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【辽宁卷题型】
M: Would you please tell me__1__you were doing when the accident happened and what you saw?
W: Yes, I__2__(drive) home from work. It was about 5：
15 , and there was a blue car in front of me. We were both driving along Harbor Road__3__a small white Ford suddenly shot out of the side road. It shot right in front of the blue car. The driver tried to stop, but it was impossible. He ran into the white Ford.
M: What's the speed of the car in front of you when the accident happened?
W: __4__blue car? Thirty miles an hour. Certainly no more than that. M: And the white Ford shot out without any__5__(warn)? W: Yes, that's right.
M: How can you make sure that the blue car was only doing thirty?
W: Because I was only doing thirty, and the blue car wasn't going any__6__(fast) than I was. M: Are you sure of that? Absolutely positive? W: Yes, I am. I'm positive.
M: How can you be so positive? Were you looking at__7__speedometer when the accident happened?
W: Of course not. I was looking at the road ahead. That's__8__I managed to see the accident.
M: Well, if you were not looking at your speedometer, how can you__9__(possible) be sure how fast you were going?
W: Because I never go faster than 30 on that road. It's__10__law. 1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 答案： 1.what 2.was driving 3.when 4.The 5.warning 6.faster 7.your 8.how 9.possibly 10.against
语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 【全国新课标卷题型】
We are all busy talking about and __1__(use) the Internet, but how many of us know__2__history of the Internet?
Many people are__3__(surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large__4__expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke__5__， then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent__6__another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on__7__(work) all the time.
The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use.__8__the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more__9__(convenience)．
Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. __10__(send) emails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life. 1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 答案：1.using 2.the 3.surprised 4.and 5.down 6.through 7.working 8.By 9.convenient 10.Sending
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