天津市耀华中学2017届高考英语冲刺导练（37）【读写应用综合训练】一、完形填空Cloze 6In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.To my 36 ,it was the same score.Later that evening,I 37told Frank what I had learned that day.After talking it over,we agreed that we knew our 38 much better than an IQtest.We 39that Michael's score must have been a 40and we should treat him 41 as usual.We moved to Indiana in 1962,and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year.He got42 grades in the school,especially43biology and chemistry,which was a great comfort.Michael 44 Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student.Soon afterwards,his teacher permitted him to take more courses than 45 .In 1968,he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.On graduation day in 1972,Frank and I 46 the ceremony(典礼)at Yale.After the ceremony,We told Michael about the 47 IQ score he got when he was six.Since that day,Michael sometimes would look at us and say 48 ,“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn't be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”It is his special way of thanking us for the 49 we had in him.Interestingly,Michael then50 another IQ test.We went to the same clinic where he had 51 the test eighteen years before.This time Michael scored 126,an increase of36 points.A result like that was supposed to be 52 .Children often do as 53 as what adults,particularly parents and teachers, 54of them.That is,tell a child he is “55 ,”and he may play the role of a foolish child.36.A. joy B. surpriseC. dislikeD. disappointment37. A. tearfully B. fearfullyC. cheerfullyD. hopefully38. A. student B. son C. friendD. doctor39. A. argued B. realizedC. decidedD. understood40. A. joke B. mistake C. warningD. wonder41. A. speciallyB. strictlyC. naturallyD. carefully42. A. poorB. goodC. average D. standard43. A. inB. about C. of D. for44. A. visited B. chose C. passed D. entered45. A. allowed B. describedC. requiredD. offered46. A. missed B. held C. delayed D. attended47. A. high B. sameC. low D. different48. A. curiouslyB. eagerlyC. calmlyD. jokingly49. A. faith B. interestC. pride D. delight50. A. looked for B. asked forC. waited forD. prepared for51. A. received B. acceptedC. organizedD. discussed52. A. imperfect B. impossibleC. uncertainD. unsatisfactory53. A. honestlyB. muchC. well D. bravely54. A. hear B. learnC. expectD. speak55. A. wise B. rude C. shy D. stupid二、阅读理解Reading Comprehension Test☑Reading Skills阅读理解能力考查6理解主旨和要义[能力解析]：一段独立完整的文字材料有其主旨和大义，有时在开头就点明，有时则分解表述，有时在篇尾总结点出，有时则需要读者从字里行间领会推断而得。

包括标题（title）、主旨（main idea）等，考查整体理解和对主旨的归纳、概况能力。

Passage 1All too often, a choice that seems sustainable(永续的) turns out on closer examination to be problematic. Probably the best example is the rush to produce ethanol(乙醇) for fuel from corn. Corn is a renewable resource—you can harvest it and grow more, almost limitlessly. So replacing gas with corn ethanol seems like a great idea .One might get a bit more energy out of theethanol than that used to make it, which could still make ethanol more sustainable than gas generally, but that’s not the end of the problem. Using corn to make ethanol means less corn is left to feed animals and people, which drives up the cost of food. That result leads to turning the fallow land—including, in some cases, rain forest in places such as Brazil—into farmland, which in turn gives off lots of carbon dioxide（CO2）into the air. Finally, over many years, the energy benefit from burning ethanol would make up for the forest loss. But by then, climate change would have progressed so far that it might not help.You cannot really declare any practice “sustainable” until you have done a complete lift-cycle analysis of its environmental costs. Even then, technology and public policy keep developing, and that development can lead to unforeseen and undesired results. The admirable goal of living sustainable requires plenty of thought on an ongoing basis.57. What might directly cause the loss of the forest according to the text?A. The growing demand for energy to make ethanol.B. The increasing carbon dioxide in the air.C. The greater need for farmland.D. The big change in weather.58. The underline word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “_______”.A. the energy benefitB. the forest lossC. climate changeD. burning ethanol59. The author thinks that replacing gas with corn ethanol is _______.A. impracticalB. acceptableC. admirableD. useless60. What does the author mainly discuss in the text?A. Technology.B. Sustainability.C. Ethanol energy.D. Environmental protection.Passage 2Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracleit is.Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles byobserving positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature’s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it’s an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.Not that we don’t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called “body language”. Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering. Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skills? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn’t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.72. According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is _______.A. our ability to use languageB. the miracle of technologyC. the amazing power of natureD. our ability to make noises with mouth73. What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both human and animals?。