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分类综合训练：阅读理解+阅读七选五+语法填空+书面表达
一、阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I decided to ski to the North Pole. It was after I saw an advertisement in a newspaper looking for
people to join a team to ski 350 miles to the North Pole. Back in 1996， there had never been a
woman from the UK who had accomplished this challenge. I wondered what it would be like to survive
in temperatures cold enough to freeze your flesh in seconds， so I sent off for the application form.
The application form full of pictures of male explores arrived. The words “Are you man enough for
the ultimate （极限的） challenge？” made me angry and even more determined to get on the
team.
Over 500 individuals applied for a place in the team and the selection process included physical
and psychological tests designed to pick the best group. In one test， there was a huge rope ladder
we had to climb， and I froze at the top because I have a fear of heights. I thought my hopes were
fading as most other applicants sailed past， leaving me behind. But two others helped me over，
and later I found out that the organizers were not looking for amazing individuals， but great team
players， and this moment had shown them who would take care of others in the team.
I had revealed my weakness， and in a place like the Arctic， you have to be yourself， as there
is nowhere to hide. These personalities of asking for help and showing weakness are necessary for
women to master.
I realized that by being myself， I could succeed. I was selected for the team. I realized that I
could achieve more than I ever imagined—more importantly， by sharing my story with others， I
could inspire them to take a step into the new world and reveal more of their abilities.
1. How did the author react on seeing the advertisement？
A. She got frightened. B. She was determined.
C. She got shocked. D. She was hesitating.
2. What did the organizers consider as the most important in
choosing new hands？
A. Personal quality. B. Individual ability.
C. Spirit of teamwork. D. Courage to challenge.
3. What does the author think of women’s showing weakness？
A. Beneficial. B. Annoying.
C. Merciful. D. Shameful.
A British friend told me he couldn’t understand why Chinese people love eating
sunflower seeds （葵花子） as a snack so much. “I’ve met a lot of older Chinese andmany have a crack in their front teeth; I believe that’s from cracking （破開） the
seeds，” he said.
I had never noticed the habit， but once he mentioned it， I suddenly became
more aware. I realized that whenever I’m watching TV or typing a report， I always start
mindlessly cracking sunflower seeds. My friend doesn’t like sunflower seeds， and， to
him， it seems unnecessary to work so hard just to get one small seed.
When we were young， the whole family would usually get together for Chinese
New Year. Then， we all lived close to one another， usually in a small city， and
sometimes even neighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Year’s Eve to check
out what every household was making.
I remember my parents would be in the kitchen cooking. In the living room， a large
table would already be laid out， complete with a fancy tablecloth， ready-made
dumpling fillings， and dishes full of candy， fruits and sunflower seeds.
Some of the dishes were to be offered to our ancestors later， while others were for
neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast. I must have learned how to crack
sunflower seeds back then.
I don’t think it’s right to criticize one’s choice in food or eating habits， no matter
how strange they may seem. It’s not only in China. When I went abroad， I found
people had all kinds of strange habits when it came to food. In Denmark， they put
salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner， no matter how much it ruins their breath.
They think it’s a delicacy （佳肴）， and it’s connected with their culture. I think it’s a
wonderful tradition.
4. What did the author become aware of？
A. She likes to eat sunflower seeds.
B. She had ever typed a report about seeds.
C. She ate various snacks while watching TV.
D. She damaged her teeth by eating sunflower seeds.
5. The author talks about Chinese New Year to say ___ .
A. eating sunflower seeds is related to it
B. family would get together for it
C. the traditions of celebrating it are disappearing
D. children can eat delicious food during it
6. What does the author think of Denmark’s way of eating bread？
A. Wonderful. B. Surprising.
C. Special. D. Acceptable.
7. What can we learn from the text？A. It is good to form healthy eating habits.
B. Eating habits come from a certain culture.
C. Changing your eating habits will change your life.
D. One kind of food doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.
Trekking （跋涉） 500 miles across Spain is no easy task for anyone， but for
wheelchair user Justin Seasick， achieving the dream seemed nearly impossible.
However， Seacock’s lifelong best friend， Patrick Gray， simply didn’t accept that
idea. He said， “We’ve done everything together so far. Why don’t we have one more
adventure？”
That’s exactly what he did—pushing Seasick across northern Spain’s Camino de
Santiago. Though Seasick has a muscle disease similar to ALS （肌萎縮侧索硬化）
and high blood pressure， he first got the idea to go on the journey after he watched a
travel show about the trail. He said， “I knew immediately since my heart was just
telling me， ‘You need to do this.’ ’’
Finally， the two best friends from Idaho set off to make Skeesuck’s dream of going
for the journey a reality. However， neither Gray nor Seasick realized how physically
and emotionally arduous the trip would be. Not only did they have a strict time limit—
about six weeks to get from start to finish， but they also faced extremely difficult
obstacles （障碍）. The pair crossed mountains， rivers and a desert. “I’ve never been
that exhausted physically in my entire life，” Gray said. The pair came across
countless kind people during their trip who were eager to help them finish their journey，
but they refused their help with gentle words. 34 days later， the two best friends
finished their journey.
Gray recorded their incredible trip in a book—appropriately titled I’ll Push You： A
Journey of 500 Miles， Two Best Friends and One Wheelchair， which would be
published soon. Seasick and Gray are also working on a children’s book that will tell the
story of their adventure. They hope that the book will give kids strength when they deal
with difficulties.
8. What can we learn about Patrick Gray from Paragraph 1？
A. He is a wheelchair user.
B. He had been to Spain several times before.
C. He didn’t think trekking 500 miles was an adventure.
D. He wanted to challenge what was thought impossible.
9. What does the underlined word “arduous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Disappointing. B. Challenging. C. Satisfying. D. Relaxing.10. What can we infer about the pair’s journey from Paragraph 3？
A. They set off on foot.
B. They finished it ahead of time.
C. They accepted a lot of help from kind people.
D. They met with much difficulty as they’d expected.
11. Why did the two friends write a children’s book on that journey？
A. To persuade kids to take a trip to Spain.
B. To earn some money by selling the book.
C. To encourage kids to face difficulties bravely.
D. To show kids the beautiful natural scenery of Spain.
As the most common and popular forms of energy are being used up quickly， the
search to find new sources of energy is underway. These sources of energy must be
renewable and not cause the pollution that fossil fuels do. Among them are solar
energy， geothermal energy， wind energy and tidal energy.
We can get endless solar energy from the sun. The main problem is to collect and
store this energy in an economical way. We can receive energy from the sun with plates
or cells. Collectors put on roofs of houses and other buildings turn solar energy into
heat. With this energy we can heat up water or the air inside. Solar cells transform the
sun’s light directly into electricity.
Geothermal power can be produced in places where water comes into contact with
hot rock below the earth’s surface. The water that reaches these hot areas turns into
steam， which then produces electricity. Geothermal heat is an important source of
energy in countries or regions that lie in volcanic areas， like Iceland， Italy， New
Zealand or California.
Windmills have been used for centuries to grind grain into flour between two large
stones or pump （用泵輸送） water out of areas that have been flooded. Today，
large wind generators turn the power of wind into electricity. Such devices， however，
can only be used in places with strong and constant （恒定的） winds. At the
moment， though， costs are too high to produce wind energy on a big scale.
Tidal energy comes from the movement of ocean waves. One way to use the power
of waves is to seal off a bay with a dam. When water moves into and out of the bay it
turns a turbine （涡轮）， which produces electricity. There are some coastal areas
around the world where the difference between high and low tide is up to 10 meters or
more. Great Britain， Germany and France have coastal regions where such power can
be created.12. The main problem about solar energy is how to ___ .
A. find the right place to fix plates or cells B. collect and store it economically
C. use cells to store electricity D. cut down the costs for it
13. Geothermal energy comes from ___ .
A. heat below the earth’s surface
B. tides from the sea
C. the wind D. the sun
14. How can windmills be used？
a. To grind grain into flour.
b. To move a turbine by boiling water.
c. To pump water out of flooded areas.
d. To turn the power of wind into electricity.
A. a， b， c B. a， b， d C. a， c， d D. b， c， d
15. What does the text mainly tell us？
A. Tidal energy was used in our daily life centuries ago.
B. We can collect and store energy from the sun for free.
C. Some kinds of energy mentioned in the text will cause air pollution.
D. Environmentally-friendly and renewable sources of energy are badly in need.
二、阅读七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use
money to buy food， furniture， books， bicycles and hundreds of other things they
need or want. 1 Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 2
tbsp.; One of the first kinds of money was shells.
Shells were not the only things used as money. In China， cloth and knives were
used. In the Philippine Islands， rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant
tusks （象牙）， monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in
the center. 3 Different countries have used different metals and designs for their
money. 4 Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later some
countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive.
Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 5 The first papermoney looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used
today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
A. They began to use paper money.
B. The first coins in England were made of tin.
C. Money， as we know， is usually made of paper.
D. When they work， they usually get paid in money.
E. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.
F. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.
G. People strung them together and carried them from place to place.
1 ___ 2. ___ 3. __ 4. ___ 5. ___
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dogs were first raised at home at least 150 centuries ago. Since then， the dog
1 （be） humans’ best friend. Now， they have another job—to assist doctors to
diagnose cancer.
After a long-standing research of smell， a Finnish professor has said that certain
2 （type） of cancer are able to be detected by their smell， making it possible to
train cancer-sniffing （癌症嗅探能力） dogs 3 （help） diagnose the disease.
A professor， Jocko Vepsalainen from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio，
has focused 4 nitrogen compounds （氮化合物）. The compounds increase 5
（great） when cancer cells grow in an uncontrollable way， 6 （allow）
them to be detected， the Finnish newspaper Karjalainen reported. That’s where the
dog， man’s best friend， may step in with their keen （灵敏的） sense of smell.
According to the news agency， researchers in Finland have tried to train dogs to
do the job， but 7 will take a dog months， even years， to tell the 8
（different） between sick and healthy people. “Anyone 9 knows how difficult
early cancer detection is 1 0
（understand） what an opportunity this is，” associate professor Anna Hielm-
Bjorkman of the University of Helsinki told the Finnish media.
61. ___ 62. ___ 63. ___ 64. ___ 65. ___
66. ___ 67. ___ 68. ___ 69. ___70. ___
四、书面表达假如你是李华，为开阔视野、体验美国文化，你将参加“美国文化之旅”活动。请给
你的美国笔友Mike写一封电子邮件告知此事，同时，因你第一次去美国，请他就社交礼
仪等方面给你一些建议。内容包括：
1.告知你的安排;
2.阐述你的担忧;
3.写邮件的目的。
注意：
1.词数100左右;
2.邮件的开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：美国文化之旅 the Culture Trip to America
Dear Mike，
How is it going recently？
答案
阅读理解
1—5 BCA AA
6—10 DBDBB
11—15 CBACD
阅读七选五
1—5 DEGBA
语法填空
1. has been 2. types 3. to help 4. on/upon 5. greatly
6. allowing 7. it 8. difference 9. who 10. understands
书面表达
One possible version：
Dear Mike，
How is it going recently？
I will fly to your country to attend the Culture Trip to America next week. I feel excited
because my dream of visiting America will come true. Through the trip， I hope to
broaden my vision as well as learn more about the customs and history of your country.
Besides， it is a good chance to practice my English.
Meanwhile， one thing I’m concerned about is that I may have difficulty
communicating with the local people. After all， there are many cultural differences
between China and America. I’d appreciate it if you could give me some proper advice.
I’m looking forward to your early reply.Yours truly，
Li Hua
