阅读理解【2014·湛江市普通高考测试一】
When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as it’s the most precious thing in the world.Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes，beat ourselves up about it，feel like failures，and get mad at ourselves.And that’s only natural：Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and we should try to avoid mistakes.We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home，school and work.Maybe not always，but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.Yet without mistakes，we could not learn or grow.If you think about it that way，mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world：They make learning poible；they make growth and improvement poible.By trial and error—trying things，making mistakes，and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric lights，to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel，and to fly.Mistakes make walking poible for the smallest toddler，make speech poible，and make works of genius poible.Think about how we learn：We don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it.You don’t just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming，or baking，or playing the piano，and know how to do them fight away.Instead，you get information about something，from reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation...and repeat，making mistakes，learning from those mistakes，until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something.That’s how we learn as babies and toddlers，and how we learn as adults.Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed in something，it’s probably something you already knew how to do.You haven’t really grown much from that succe—at most it’s the last step on your journey，not the whole journey.Most of the journey is made up of mistakes，if it’s a good journey.So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes.They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance poible.1．Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes? A．Because mistakes make us suffer a lot.B．Because it’s a natural part in our life.
C．Because we’ve been taught so from a young age.D．Because mistakes have ruined many people’s careers.
2．According to the paage，what is the right attitude to mistakes? A．We should try to avoid making mistakes.B．We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.C．We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.D．We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.3．The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means________.A．a small child learning to walk
B．a kindergarten child learning to draw C．a primary pupil learning to read D．a school teenager learning to write
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Take rubber for example.For many uses, only natural rubber from trees will do.Synthetics are not good enough.Today over half the world\'s commercial rubber is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, while the Amazon\'s rubber industry produces much of the world\'s four million tons.And rubber is an important material in making gloves, balloons, footwear and many sporting goods.Thousands of other tropical plants are valuable for their industrial use.
Many scientists strongly believe that deforestation contributes to the greenhouse effect -- or heating of the earth from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Carbon dioxide levels could double within the next half-century, warming the earth by as much as 4.5 degrees.The result? A partial melt-down of polar ice caps, raising sea levels as much as 24 feet; even 15 feet could threaten anyone living within 35 miles of the coast.Unbelievable? Maybe.But scientists warn that by the time we realise the severe effects of tropical deforestation, it will be 20 years too late.
Can tropical deforestation affect our everyday lives? Now, you should have got the answer.11.The underlined word \"synthetics\" probably means
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A.natural rubber
B.tropical materials
C.man-made material
D.commercial rubber 12.In the last paragraph the author tries to
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A.tell people how to avoid the tropical deforestation
B.persuade people to buy something synthetic
C.show us how important it is to protect the tropical forests
D.let people realise the effect of tropical deforestation 13.According to the paage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The forests are losing their function in turning carbon dioxide into oxygen.
B.Many of our daily uses are related to the tropical forests.
C.Tropical plants can be used to make industrial products.
D.High carbon dioxide levels will make the earth warmer.14.The author\'s attitude towards the tropical deforestation is
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A.puzzling
B.cold
C.supporting
D.opposed 15.Which of the following might be the best title for the paage?
A.Tropical Forests
B.Saving the Tropical Forests
C.Tropical Forests and Our Life
D.The Greenhouse Effects 【参考答案】11—
15、CCADC
【由2013界广东省广雅中学高三上第一次月考改编】
完型填空。阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
I used to walk my dog every morning.Later when we got back home, I would give it some food.This usually caught the
of a mynah bird.The most
feature of this bird was its brightly-coloured
mouth, so I found it a bit strange.Later I read a book and found that the colour yellow
4 “communication, optimism and inspiration”.I took the “c” from
5 , “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to form the word “Coin”.This became the bird’s
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- 3D.custom习惯。因为只有communication的首字母是C。我从communication取一个字母C，故选A。 6.【答案】C 【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.food食物； B.cage笼子； C.name名字； D.story故事。 根据Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” 可以推测这是它的名字，这就形成了鸟的名字，故选C。 7.【答案】C 【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.song歌曲； B.communication交流；C.meal 一餐；D.walk步行。
根据she would start picking up the food left by the dog.每一次等狗完成了它的大餐（meal）以后，故选C。 8.【答案】C 【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.died死； B.hid躲藏； C.disappeared消失；
D.escaped逃离。
根据常识咱们知道鸟有迁徙的习惯。冬天来了八哥就消失（disappeared）了，故选C。 9.【答案】B 【解析】考查副词及语境的理解。A.suddenly突然； B.finally终于， 最后；C.happily 高兴地；D.luckily幸运地。这里用最后表示作者盼着鸟的归来。当最后春天来时，鸟又都回来了，故选B。 10.【答案】C 【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.complained 抱怨；B.recorded 记录；C.wondered纳闷； D.wished希望。根据what had happened to Coin可知我常常纳闷我的小八哥怎么样了，故选C。 11.【答案】D 【解析】考查名词及语境的理解。A.door门； B.bird 鸟；C.daughter 女儿；D.dog狗。根据上文可知作者常常喂狗。有一天当我喂狗的时候，小八哥飞了下来，故选D。 12.【答案】B 【解析】考查形容词及语境的理解。A.strange 奇怪的；B.Familiar熟悉的； C.Crazy疯狂的； D.Terrible可怕的。根据上文可知作者非常了解八哥的叫声。就在那时我又听到了熟悉的声音，故选B。
13.【答案】A 【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.place地方； B.cat 猫；C.person人； D.sky天空。有时我纳闷鸟怎么会又回到它以前离开的同一个地方，故选A。 14.【答案】A 【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.song 歌曲；B.face 脸C.appearance外貌； D.voice声音。 根据上文可知八哥爱唱歌。每天早晨八哥就带着甜甜的歌曲来了，故选A。 15.【答案】B 【解析】考查动词及语境的理解。A.confirmed 确认；B.accepted 接受；C.agreed同意； D.impreed给人印象。根据Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family.可知如果我们经常能和其他的人交流，我们肯定能被接受其他的每一个人，故选B。
【参考答案】完型填空
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15、DACAA
CCCBC
DBAAB
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