高中英語閱讀及完形填空訓練及答案
第三部分 階梯訓練
Unit one
Passage 1題材：名人傳記 體裁 記敘文 關鍵詞pele 詞數 276 閱讀時間8分鐘
Pele was born to a very poor family on October23,1940.His real name is Edson Arantes Do nascimento.Pele is just a nickname.
Pele first learned the game of soccer from his mother,As a youngster, Pele played soccer for a local club.By the time he was 16, he was playing professionally for the Santos Football Club.The club won nine national championships while Pele played for it.
Pele also played for Brazil`s national team in four World Cups.At his first world cup in 1958,when he was just 17, Pele scored amazing six goals.In the final game against Sweden,he scored two goals and Brazil won its first-ever World Cup. Pele also helped Brazil win World Cup in 1962 and 1970.
Pele had an outstanding natural ability as a soccer player. He had great speed and balance and was able to shoot powerfully and accuratelly with either foot and with his head.Many European teams offered huge amounts of money to get Pele to play for their countries,but Brazil declared him an official treasure,so he would stay in the country .
In1974, Pele retired from Santos Football Club.,but the next year,he came out of retirementand and signed a reported ﹩7 million,3-years contract to play for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. Pele said he did not do this for the money. He said that he wanted to make soccer a truely popular sport in the United States.Millions of North Americans gained a new respect for the game after watching Pele play.
1. The passage is written to ___________
A make readers interested in great soccer players.
B praise Pele foy his soccer skills and national spirits
C list Brazil`s wonderful performances in the World Cups
D give readers a brief introduction to Pele`s achievements
2.The underlined word“treasure”in Paragraph 4 most probably means_______________
A higly valued person.
B valuable gift.
C a great deal of money
D Big winner
3 .Pele came out of retirementand because___________
A he wanted to make more money
B he couldnot live the rest of his life without soccer
C he wanted to make more Americans interested in soccer.
D New York Cosmos paid him more money than any other European clubs
4.What is the right order of the events related to Pele?
a.help Brazil win its first World Cup
b.began professional games.
c.played his last World Cup for Brazil
d.joined an American soccer club.
e. Pele retired from Santos Football Club.
A.b,a,c,d,e B. b,a,c,e,d C.a,b, c,e,d D.a,b,d,c,e
篇章導讀
桑巴舞王國巴西，又因球王貝利而榮光無限；貝利，因“巴西國足”而享譽國際。
答案解析
1. D寫作意圖題。文章主要介紹貝利的成就：16歲開始打職業比賽，9奪國內冠軍，17歲身披國家隊戰袍參加世界杯，在決賽中，攻入兩球，力助巴西隊首次在世界杯上奪冠。4次參加世界杯足球賽，3次奪冠，被譽為巴西國寶，后又到北美踢球，推動了足球運動在北美的普及等。
2. A詞義猜測題。第四段說許多歐洲球隊出巨資想請貝利為他們國家效力，但巴西宣布他為“國寶”，以使他留在國內踢球。結合上下文可知treasure在此意為“倍受珍視的人”。
3. C 事實細節題，從文末He said that he wanted to make soccer a truely popular sport in the United States.可以確定答案。
4. B. 事實細節題16歲開始打職業比賽，1958年 17歲身披國家隊戰袍參加世界杯，1970年最后一次作為巴西國家隊員參加世界杯。1974年退役，1975年到北美踢球，推動了足球運動在北美的普及等。
小貼士：contract n 合同。accuratelly adv 精確地。
Passage 2題材：社會生活 體裁：說明文 關鍵詞：homework詞數：232 閱讀時間：4分鐘
Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women，according to a new study.For men，getting married saves an hour of housework a week.“It's a well-known_pattern，”said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.“Men usually work more outside the home，while women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households(家庭)exist.But in general，marriage means more housework for women and less for men.“And the situation gets worse for women when they have children，”Stafford said.
Overall，times are changing in the American home.In 1976，women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work，compared with 17 hours in 2005.Men are taking on more housework，more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework，about 12 weekly hours，while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern，with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men.Single men worked the hardest around the house，more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further.With more than three children，for example，wives took on more of the extra work，clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands' 10 hours.
1．According to the “well-known pattern”in Paragraph 1，a married man______.
A．takes on heavier work
B．does more housework
C．is the main breadwinner
D．is the master of the house
2．How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?
A．About 28. B．About 26.
C．About 13. D．About 6.
3．What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?
A．An unmarried man.
B．An older married man.
C．A younger married man.
D．A married man with children.
4．What can we conclude from Stafford's research?
A．Marriage gives men more freedom.
B．Marriage has effects on job choices.
C．Housework sharing changes over time.
D．Having children means doubled housework.
篇章導讀
本文列舉了各個時期男人和女人分擔家務活的多少，從而說明了隨著社會的發展，男女分擔家務活的時間也發生變化。
1 C細節理解題。根據第一段最后一句“Men usually work more outside the home，...”可知結婚的男人是主要的掙錢養家的人。
2 D細節判斷題。根據第三段最后一句中的“Men are taking on more housework，more than doubling their homework hours from six in 1976...”可知在20世紀70年代男人每星期做家務的時間大約是六個小時。
3 A細節判斷題。由第五段最后一句可知，單身男人做家務比其他各年齡段的已婚男人做的家務活都要多，故A項為正確選項。
4 C推理判斷題。根據短文中所列舉的各個時期男人和女人分擔家務活的多少不難看出，男人和女人分擔的家務勞動的時間是不時地變化的。
小貼士clock v.計時，broom n 掃帚。
Passage3題材：生活故事 體裁：記敘文關鍵詞shopping cart 詞數323 閱讀時間：6分鐘
閱讀下面短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題。
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart(購物手推車)．They will，in a lifetime，push the chrome-plated_contraptions many miles.But few will know-or even think to ask-who it was that invented them.
Sylvan N．Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937.At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging(吃力地攜帶) groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
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