上海市各区2014--2015学年高三英语一模题型汇编--完形填空

2014-2015学年高三英语一模汇编----完形填空

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal. Nothing is beyond the joy of discovering for yourself something that is a big ___51___ to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally or a sudden understanding, fitting together pieces of information or working through a problem. Such personal ___52___ are the "payoff" in education.

A teacher may direct you to learning and even ___53___ you in it-but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen. That is ___54___ you.

A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at ___55___ stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classrooms, beyond the texts for classes and into a ___56___ where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times. Preparing the research paper is an active and inpidual process, and ___57___ learning process. It provides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, which are basic to education. The research paper also gives you a chance to inpidualize a school assignment, to ___58___ a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is ___59___ just a classroom exercise. It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing (综合), which forms the ___60___ of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks. It is, in the fullest sense, a discovery, an education. So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a ___61___ satisfying experience!

To some, the thought of having to write an ___62___ number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disturbing. To others, the very idea of having to work independently is ___63___. But there is no need to approach paper assignment with ___64___, and nobody should view the research paper as an obstacle to overcome. ___65___, consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach if you find great pleasure in it.

51. A. mistake B. deal C. plan D. challenge

52. A. behaviours B. opportunities C. encounters D. entertainments

53. A. encourage B. assess C. emphasize D. affect

54. A. familiar to B. suitable for C. considerate of D. dependent on

55. A. similar B. unbelievable C. flexible D. various

56. A. outcome B. process C. achievement D. position

57. A. ideal B. complicated C. competitive D. causal

58. A. devote B. lead C. suit D. adopt

59. A. no more than B. less than C. none other than D. more than

60. A. evidence B. basis C. impression D. experience

61. A. hardly B. skillfully C. thoroughly D. vividly

62. A. assigned B. limited C. established D. fixed

63. A. inspiring B. rewarding

64. A. anxiety B. interest

65. A. Furthermore B. Instead

51-65. DCADD BACDB CADAB

C. frightening C. excitement C. However D. threatening D. embarrassment D. Therefore

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Digital fingerprinting, fluctuations（波动）in the dollar exchange rate, and a mass of online information are some of the ways making travel to the United Nations in 2010 a different ___51___ for international visitors than it was earlier in the 21st century.

These ___52___ are evident before the visitor leaves his or her country.

In 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security(DHS)——a department of the federal government established by laws and regulations in late 2002, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks——established a new series of security ___53___ for the international visitors holding non-U.S. passports or visas.

___54___ when these visitors apply for a visa, the officer ___55___ them reviews their application and supporting papers and collects both digital fingerprints and a digital photograph. Recently, the waiting time for these interviews has been significantly ___56___. According to Geoff Freeman, a senior vice president of public affairs of U.S. Travel, the trade organization for the U.S. travel industry, many prospective visa applicants now wait fewer than 30 days for an interview, ___57___ more than 100 days in the past.

The Visa Waiter Program(VWP)—which ___58___ citizens from countries that meet various security and other requirements from obtaining a visa for visits to the United States of 90 days or fewer for business or pleasure— ___59___ 36 countries such as Australia, Austria, Belgium and so on.

A traveler from a country ___60___ in the VWP must obtain an Electronic System for Travel Authorization(ESTA), an online travel authorization, established by DHS. ESTA determines, before the traveler boards a flight, whether the traveler is ___61___ to travel to the United States under the VWP and whether such travel poses any law implementation or security risks.

When an international traveler arrives in the United States, he or she must subject one of the two ___62___ to the U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection(CBP)officer: either a white Form I-94, if the traveler has a visa, or a green Form I-94W, if the traveler is a VWP participant. The CBP officer asks the traveler questions about his or her stay, scans the traveler‘s fingerprints, and takes a digital photograph. ___63___, VWP travelers, who are not required to obtain a visa, will soon need to pay a fee. The travelers keeps a portion of the I-94 or I-94W form a …… 此处隐藏：42150字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……