高中英语阅读+完型练习完型练习More and more electronic devices and services in our daily life mean we have too many passwords and numbers to remember . Passwords help us protect our 1 and privacy , however , however ,they also bring us a lot of 2 .Every day I need to remember much 3 information . Every morning I 4 my cellphone —it needs a password . I get to work and I have to have 5 my computer with a password . Like many people in Britain , I have two bank 6 . One needs a five-digit number and a password ; 7 needs a six-digit number and a memorable place name . I have an online savings account that needs a different password 8 the password for my bank account .9 you never use a computer , you can be 10 by the password overload . Look in your wallet . Your probably 11 four or five credit cards . In these days of chip and pin , these are virtually useless if you do not have the magic four-digit numbers . The banks 12 you not to have the same number for all your cards . Give me a break . Am I going to carry five different random (随机的) four-digit numbers in my head ? 13 , I’m not Good Will Hunting .I’ve tried systems to help me14 —such as using the names of favorite films or members of my extended family ; but none seems to 15 . So what is the solution ?If you are a technical expert , you can download a “ password safe ” . These are programs that 16 all your passwords so they can be used for accessing sites . The problem is that you can only use this on your home computer , and if that get 17 you are in trouble .Some of the banks are starting to 18 customers a “ dongle ( 适配器)” , which is a portable password device that plugs into your computer . This is an electronic version of writing the password down on a piece of paper . The 19 is that dongles cost money and if the one your bank gives you doesn’t let you store other websites’ passwords , you could 20 carrying a dozen dongles in your pocket .Well , putting all your cash in a box under the bed never seems so attractive .1．A．health B．life C．wealth D．qualities2．A．fun B．conveniences C．advantages D．troubles3．A．useless B．practical C．valuable D．meaningful4．A．turn on B．turn off C．turn down D．pick up5．A．control over B．access to C．words with D．pity on6．A．passwords B．assistants C．cards D．accounts7．A．another B．others C．the other D．neither8．A．with B．in C．from D．above9．A．Even if B．As if C．In case D．As long as10．A．hit B．overthrown C．attracted D．hurt11．A．steal B．carry C．bring D．take12．A．have B．tell C．allow D．make13．A．Above all B．In all C．After all D．Of all14．A．remember B．operate C．recognize D．study15．A．work B．do C．act D．serve16．A．process B．destroy C．store D．create17．A．changed B．separated C．hurt D．stolen18．A．promise B．offer C．teach D．buy19．A．fact B．offer C．problem D．rule20．A．end up B．turn up C．give up D．make upThe US Department of Labour statistics show that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers. And this oversupply is ___1_____ . Already there have been more than enough teachers; engineers, physicists, aerospa ce experts and other specialists. Yet, colleges and graduate schools continue every year to ___2___ highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren’t there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the __3_____ for which they were trained, and they must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree and these temporary jobs are most probably becoming _4______ ones in the severe labor markets.____5___ , there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts : carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can handle. As a result , their ___6____ are often higher than those of college graduates. The old concept that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now is __7_____ the skilled workmen.The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that 8_____ is a passport to prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life ___9_____ with a college degree. Parents begin brainwashing their children with this myth before they are out of grade school . High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for ___10______ rather than for life. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn’t matter: everybody should go to college , so of course they must go . Under this pressure, the kids have to go to college, but, unfortunately, most kids ___11______ in the starting line. In spite of this, every year college enrollments go up and up, and more and more graduates are ___12______ for the kinds of jobs available to them.One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college where they do not 13___ . Half of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year because of their __14____ academic performance. Some ___15_____ for two or three and then join the other students who drop out. It’s high time we stopped to rethink our education system.1.. A. declining B. increasing C. dropping D. decreasing2.. A. turn out B. take over C. lay off D. come across3.. A. universities B. courses C. classrooms D. professions4.. A. profitable B. favorite C. permanent D. excellent5.. A. All in all B. For the time being C. On the other hand D. In the first place6.. A. abilities B. expectations C. ambitions D. incomes7.. A. in favor of B. useful to C. superior to D. responsible for8.. A. profession-training B. college degree C. working skill D. social ability9.. A. hardly B. gradually C. equally D. curiously10.. A. labor B. work C. graduation D. college11.. A. fail B. remain C. hesitate D. pause12.. A. under-estimatedB. over-educated C. wrongly-assessed D. properly-trained13. A. stay B. enroll C. belong D. pay14.. A. admirable B. successful C. outstanding D. unsatisfactory15.. A. struggle on B. break down C. give up D. call offModern zoos are very different from zoos built fifty years ago. At that time, zoos were places ________(1)people could see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in ________(2) with iron bars. The cages were easy to keep clean.________(3), for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. Although the zoo ________(4) took good care of them, many of the ________(5) did not feel comfortable, and they often became ________(6).In modern zoos, people can see animals in more ________(7) conditions. The animals are given more freedom in larger places ________(8) they can live more freely as they would in ________(9). Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and water flows________(10) the places that the animals live in. There are few bars,________(11) there is often a deep ditch(沟), filled with ________(12), which surrounds a space where several________(13) of animals live together asthey would naturally. In an American zoo, the visitor can walk ________(14) a huge special cage that is filled with trees, some small animals and many birds. And it is large enough for all the birds to live ________(15).In a zoo in New York, because of special night ________(16), people can observe certain animals that are ________(17) only at night when most zoos are closed. Some zoos have special places for visitors to ________(18) animals that live in the desert or underwater. Some other zoos have special places for animals that live in cold conditions like the ________(19) from the Arctic.Modern zoos not only show animals for visitors, but also ________(20) and save rare animals. For this reason, fifty years from now, the grand children of today’s can still be able to enjoy watching these animals.1.A.that B. where C. which D. there2.A.houses B. rooms C. cages D. offices3.A.Therefore B. however C. So D. Though4.A.masters B. managers C. keepers D. trainers5.A.workers B. animals C. bears D. animals6.A.excited B. angry C. ill D. frightened7.A.natural B. difficult C. warm D. different8.A.so that B. and C. but D. or9.A.forest B. nature C. rivers D. the water10.A.in B. by C. near D. through11.A.instead B. instead of C. and D. or12.A.stones B. earth C. oil D. water13.A.sorts B. families C. classes D. groups14.A.by B. out C. through D. in15.A.happily B. naturally C. deeply D. hardly16.A.moon B. sign C. light D. signal17.A.live B. active C. living D. sleeping18.A.feel B. touch C. watch D. talk to19.A.snakes B. monkeys C. bears D. tigers20.A.buy B. keep C. sell D. catchStudies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after they begin talking.It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I 1 her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, 2__to put socks on her swollen feet. I crossed the threshold(门槛), spoke 3 to the nurse, and scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.I leaned on the bedrail looking 4 at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks.5 , I began a monologue that went something like this: “How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re6 today. The nurse mention ed you’re anxious to see your7 who’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have a family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”Each story is 8 . Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander without a clear 9 . Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really 10 . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is 11 —without interruption, assumption or judgment.Listening to someone’s story costs12 than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.I often thought of 13 the woman taught me, and I reminded myself of the 14 of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected 15 , I became the patient, with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis(诊断为多发性硬化症)at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time —in a wheelchair.For 16 I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to resign when my hands were 17 . I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the perspective of 18 and patient.I tell them I believe in the power of 19 . I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing takes place within me 20 someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.1．A. entered B. stepped C. passed D. approached2．A. Hoping B. wishing C. struggling D. pulling3．A. quickly B. slowly C. carefully D. carelessly4．A. away B. up C. around D. down5．A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Moreover6．A. good B. better C. more D. well7．A. son B. daughter C. friend D. sister8．A. unique B. similar C. different D. wonderful9．A. way B. direction C. conclusion D. instruction10．A. attract B. exist C. appeal D. matter11．A. appreciated B. told C. enjoyed D. heard12．A. less B. more C. higher D. cheaper13．A. which B. how C. what D. that14．A. pleasure B. difference C. behavior D. importance15．A. twist B. accident C. occasion D. thing16．A. as good as B. as long as C. as soon as D. as well as17．A. wounded B. affected C. injected D. hurt18．A. physician B. hospital C. teacher D. school19．A. stopping B. talking C. listening D. sitting20．A. before B. when C. until D. unlessOn August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __1__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __2__ to go home. Some battled to __3__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __4__ bravely, walking miles to get to work.I __5__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most __6__ had stopped. After making my way __7__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was __8__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __9__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the __10__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train __11__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __12__ through, exhausted and __13__.My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __14__ I received an email from Garth, my Director:I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 15__ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __16__ to their jobs. Thank you.Garth’s email wa s short, but I learned more from that __17__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __18__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __19__ had made me tied and upset. But Garth’s words immediately__20__ me and put a smile back on my face.1. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash2. A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered3. A. order B. pay C. call D. search4. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden5. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened6. A. practice B. routine C. process D. service7. A. to B. through C. over D. for8. A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing9. A. check B. carry C. find D. board10. A. street B. ground C. floor D. platform11. A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked12. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt13. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled14. A. while B. when C. where D. after15. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually16. A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. reaction17. A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous18. A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. guidance19. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs20. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. refreshed阅读理解WASHINGTON—Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a survey. But another contrary trend has educators and policy makers abuzz: a rush by schools in all parts of America to offer instructions in Chinese. Some schools are paying for Chinese classes on their own, but hundreds are getting some help. The Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools all over the world—and paying part of their salaries. No one keeps an exact count, but rough calculations based on the government's survey suggest that perhaps 1,600 American public and private schools are teaching Chinese, up from 300 or so a decade ago. And the number is growing exponentially（成倍地）. "It's really changing the language education landscape of this country," said Nancy C. Rhodes, director at the center. Other indicators point to the same trend." The number of students taking the Advanced Placement test in Chinese, introduced in 2007,has grown so fast that it is likely to pass German this year as the third most-tested A.P. language, after Spanish and French", said Trevor Packer, vice president at the College Board. "We've all been surprised that in such a short time Chinese would grow to surpass A.P.German,"Mr. Packer said.A decade ago, most of the schools with Chinese programs were on the East and West Coasts. But in recent years, many schools have started Chinese programs in heartland states, including Ohio and Illinois in the Midwest, Texas and Georgia in the South, and Colorado and Utah in the Rocky Mountain West. America has had the study of a foreign language grow before,only to see the bubble burst. Many schools began teaching Japanese in the 1980s,after Japan emerged as an economic rival. But thousands have dropped the language, the survey found.Japanese is not the only language that has declined. Thousands of schools that offered French, German or Russian have stopped teaching those languages, too, the survey found.1.What's the meaning of the underlined word "abuzz" in the first paragraph?A. Be noisy like the sound of a bee.B. Be lively for various activities.C. Cause people to discuss something hotly.D. Motivate people to march bravely.2.What can we infer from what Mr.Packer said?A. More and more people choose Chinese in A.P.test.B. A.P.test is the most difficult one in the world.C. Chinese is more important than Spanish and French.D. Chinese is a necessary subject in most important tests.3.What can we know from the last two paragraphs?A. Many schools started Chinese programs in the Midwest ten years ago.B. Chinese programs have been started in more areas in America recently.C. American schools have stopped teaching French, German and Russian.D. People are gradually fond of learning Chinese and Japanese in recent years.4.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Chinese is being learned as an official language in America.B. Foreign Languages fade in American schools except Chinese.C. Teaching Chinese in foreign countries has become a trend.D. Foreign languages are no longer being taught in America.LONDON: What could possibly be wrong with planting trees? The benefits are obvious; they firm the soil, soak up (摄取) extra water and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) our of the atmosphere.However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global warming.Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the wind’s power. The problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon dioxide.Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia. Tons of dust are lifted and left as a thin film over the ocean surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting programme there is successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away in the ocean.Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work “shows clearly that the complexity of the system and the importance of not tinkering(粗劣地修补) with it without understanding the results. For this reason the need is to focus(集中) on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the land surface.”An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded(侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. “We are studying why the so il carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less carbon goes directly into the soil from trees, ” says Jackson.In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to be outweighed(超过) by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combat global warming by planting trees may have to think again.Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earth’s climate is a very great challenge.1．People usually hold the opinion that .A．huge dust storms can destroy carbon dioxideB．huge dust storms can destroy the oceans on the earthC．huge dust storms can’t do anything beneficial for manD．planting trees is the only way to control huge dust storms2．Andy Ridgwell, the environmental scientist, believes that .A．dust plays a more important part than treesB．trees sh ould’t have been planted in dry placesC．carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earthD．environmental problems are more complex than expected3．Robert Jackson’s experiment proves that.A．grassland areas should be covered by forestsB．trees hold more carbon than grassesC．carbon can turn grass into dustD．less carbon can make trees grow faster4．The underlined word “combat” in the last paragraph means.A．learn about B．fight against C．live with D．give upPALO AITO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.91 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeti ng in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been m oving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added.1. The purpose of the first two paragraphs is ______.A. to report the time children spend watching TVB. to show that more TV time leads to getting fatterC. to tell us the best way to reduce weightD. to introduce the background of the research2. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.A. is more than four hours a dayB. is less than four hours a dayC. doubled in the last twenty yearsD. is more than on any other activities3. The time the 100 children spend on TV every day is about _______ in the study.A. a quarter of an hourB. four hoursC. three hoursD. one hour4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?A. Weight increase owes to the result of a reduction in TV viewing.B. The percentage of children getting fatter has doubled in the last 20 years.C. Children usually eat less while watching TV.D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.5. The main idea of the passage would be ______.A. less TV tim e helps reduce children’s weightB. fewer meals is a must in reducing children’s weightC. the less you eat, the thinner you will beD. more exercise is of great benefit to reduce weightJOHANNESBURG—They say cats have nine lives．Now a Chinese toad(蟾蜍)has joined the club of clever survivors．South Africans are shocked by a toad that got trapped in a ship from China to Cape Town, after jumping into a candlestick(烛台)that was made there．South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild.But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a south African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg to an animal center, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour flight was comfortable compared to the trip from China, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got "first-class treatment", sitting in a plastic container together with Brett Glasby, an expert looking, after animals. There was even a ceremony, in which the toad's boarding pass was handed to Glasby."He was the star of the Show on the flight. He was the unusual passenger, I think every passenger stopped to have a look." Kaiser said.On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. It belongs to the Asian Toad species. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate—-methods that help the species survive in times of drought(干旱)."We've had snakes in imported wood and insects in fruit. We were called because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out." Glasby, the expert, told The Star, a South African newspaper.1. The underlined phrase "an invasive ~species" in second paragraph may refer to ________.A. something which is not used to the local conditionsB. something which is probably harmful to the native creaturesC. something which has never appeared in local areasD. something which is greatly good to the local people2. The toad was able to arrive in South Africa alive ________.A. because it slowed its breath on the wayB. because it used methods in times of droughtC. because it formed hard skin to protect itselfD. because many people looked after it carefully3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.A. sometimes animals are transported by accidentB. no one has seen such a big toad in AfricaC. a candlestick is the best place for a toadD. droughts make toads live longer4. What is the best title of the text?A. A journey-loving toad.B. An amazing China toad.C. A toad that has nine livesD. A toad in a candlestick.Bad news travels fast—when you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.This is the classic rule for mass media. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling,” Jonah Berger, a psychologist at Uni versity of Pennsylvania told The New York Times.But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules—good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New York Times’ website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months.One of his findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe (敬畏) and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others.Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article was, the more likely it was to be shared,” Berger wrote in his new book. “For example, stories about newcomers falling in love with New York City,” he writes, “tended to be shared more than the death of a popular zookeeper.”But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily.According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when they’re talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on microblogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that they’re less happy than their friends.But no worries. There’s a quick and easy way to re lieve the depression you get from viewing other people’s seemingly perfect lives—turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are.1. Bad news covers most papers because .A. the public care for reading tragediesB. the public intend to express sympathy for victimsC. mass media want to attract the public’s attentionD. mass media appeal to the public to help victims2. Which of the following might be e-mailed most according to Berger?A. The perfect vacation of your friendB. The story of a determined inventorC. The death of a popular zookeeperD. The flood hitting a small town3. We can infer from the passage that .A. bad news always makes people sadB. people prefer to share bad news with a bigger audienceC. people can relieve the depression by reading good newsD. good news sometimes has negative influence4. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Good News Spreads FastB. Bad News Travels FastC. The Effect of Bad NewsD. The Power of Good News。