1、湖南版英语高考专题辅导专题检测卷三十 阅读填空温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。专题检测卷(三十) 阅读填空（建议用时：30分钟）Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. 1(2013株洲模拟)Credit cards are ver
2、y popular today. People use credit cards to go shopping on the Internet, check into a hotel, rent a car, or dine out. People can buy now and pay later. A credit card may have a number of costs. First, there is the interest charge on purchase, known as the annual percentage rate. Cardholders may have
3、 to pay cash advance fees if they withdraw money from credit cards. Compared to checks, a credit card allows small short-term loans to be quickly made to a customer who need not calculate a balance remaining before every transaction. Additionally there is no need for a customer to carry any cash for
4、 most purposes. Credit cards also offer consumers an easy way to track expenses. Credit cards are very convenient to use. But people who use credit cards irresponsibly can soon find themselves heavily in debt. Cardholders borrow money from a bank each time they charge something. They avoid interest
5、charges if they pay their bill in full each month. But if they only make the minimum payment, it may take years to pay off a debt. Interest is continually charged on the unpaid balance. And that is not the only danger. Information security is a major issue these days. Recently there have been severa
6、l incidents in which many people had financial information either lost or stolen. The cardholder suffered great losses. Now, major banks in China get more cautions in issuing caused by the card overdrafts(透支). Measures can be taken to avoid the problems. A lost or stolen card can be cancelled in tim
7、e, which will greatly limit the fraud. European banks require a cardholders security code he entered for purchases with the card. In July, 2009, The China Banking Regulatory Commission forbade the issuing of credit cards to under 18-year-old age group. Title: 1. Occasions*shopping on line*checking i
8、nto hotels*renting a car*2. 3. *annual percentage rate*cash advance fees4. *making 5. quickly*there being no need to carry cash*6. easilyProblems*heavy debts if 7. *8. 9. *cancelling stolen or lost cards in time*requiring users to enter security codes*10. to under 18-year-old age group2The Chinese a
9、re very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many parents also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities where they either learn a musi
10、cal instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couple buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, wh
11、at most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their childrens skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children lack self-re
12、spect and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever. Parents can help achieve this by teaching thei
13、r children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will
14、learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence. An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse his interest. If he will spend hou
15、rs looking at it, and try to mend it, your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book, but rather they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book. Title: How Chinese Parents
16、Should 1. Their ChildrenCommon practiceBeing 2. with money when it comes to education. Sending them to the best schools or 3. . Taking extra-curriculum activities so as to 4. a head start in life. Spending more money than they can 5. on education. Bad resultsChildrens lack of self-respect and self-c
17、onfidence. Suggested 6. Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest 7. . CookingSewingOther housework8. a broken radio or TV. 9. resultsTo make the children hardworking and confidentTo enable them to 10. and to use their minds. 31The world of testing looks like its about to c
18、hange. In a study published in 2001, Randy Bennet of ETS claims that the Internet is now helping to revolutionize the field of testing, just as it did with business, education and social interaction. 2Already, there is evidence that this revolution is taking place. In the year 2000, Prometric, a com
19、pany that gives many of the most common standardized tests, delivered more than four million individual exams electronically worldwide. 3In addition to providing access to academic tests such as the GRE Examination and TOEFL Test electronically, Prometric also delivers exams of licenses and certific
20、ation in the same way. The Driving Standards Agency in the U. K. , for example, works with Prometric to offer the written part of their standard driving license test by computer. 4There are many reasons why computer-based testing is becoming increasingly popular. The most obvious reason is that it m
21、akes tests easier to take. Students no longer have to travel long distance to an exam room for only a few hours. All that a test taker needs is a personal computer and a quiet place in which to work. 5Another important reason is that more adults than ever are now completing degrees, or getting other
22、 kinds of certification, through Internet-based schools and learning programs. For them, a learning course delivered via the Internet allows them the flexibility they need, and the convenience of learning at their own pace. For these learners, computer-based testing is a natural part of the environm
23、ent they are studying in. 6For many othersparticularly for those entering, the world of Information Technologythe Internet has become the most appropriate forum for training and evaluating learners. So, does all this mean that one day people will never have to use a pencil and paper to take a test?
24、Well have to wait and see. Title: A new testing methodcomputer-based testingChanges of the worlds testing. The Internet revolutionized business, education and 1. . The Internet is now helping to revolutionize 2. . 3. that this revolution is taking place. PrometricGiving many of the most 4. 5. electr
25、onically worldwide6. academic tests electronicallyDelivering exams of licenses and certification 7. 8. why computer-based testing is becoming increasingly popularTaking exams 9. . Completing degrees, or getting certification, through the Internet. ConclusionProviding an appropriate forum for 10. lea
26、rners. Perhaps not using a pencil and paper to take a test. 【拓展训练】1. 根据Passage 2中的句式仿写句子。更糟糕的是开始下起雨来了。(主语从句)_2. Which sentence in Passage 3 is closest in meaning to the following one? The Internet-based courses make it easier, more convenient for more adults to learn on their own. _3. Give two examp
27、les of tests you can now takeelectronically according to Paragraph 3, Passage 3. (No more than 8 words)_答案解析1【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了信用卡越来越受欢迎, 使用起来很方便。同时, 介绍了信用卡的一些弊端, 以及解决的办法。1. 【解析】Credit cards。本文主要介绍了信用卡的一些情况。2. 【解析】dining out。根据文章第一段dine out。3. 【解析】Costs。根据第一段A credit card may have a number of co
28、sts。4. 【解析】Advantages/Benefits。第二段介绍了使用信用卡的优点: 短期贷款, 不用携带现金, 支付方便。5. 【解析】small short-term loans。根据第二段Compared to checks, a credit card allows small short-term loans。6. 【解析】tracking expenses。根据第二段Credit cards also offer consumers an easy way to track expenses。句意: 信用卡给消费者提供了跟踪花费的简单的方法。7. 【解析】used irre
29、sponsibly。根据第三段But people who use credit cards irresponsibly can soon find themselves heavily in debt。句意: 但是没有责任心的信用卡持有者很快发现自己负债累累。8. 【解析】information security。根据第四段Information security is a major issue these days。9. 【解析】Measures/Ways。最后一段介绍了解决的方法。根据最后一段Measures can be taken to avoid the problems。10.
30、 【解析】forbidding issuing cards。根据最后一段forbade the issuing of credit cards to under 18-year-old age group。注意此处应用动名词结构使前后形式一致。2【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。论述了中国人教育孩子的理念, 并就孩子教育中所存在的社会现象提出了解决的方法。1. 【解析】Educate。全文论述了中国人对于孩子的教育理念。2. 【解析】generous。从第一段第一句话The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their chi
31、ldren. 可知中国人对于教育很是慷慨。3. 【解析】abroad。从第一段第二句话Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England. . . 可知中国很多父母把孩子送到国外学习。4. 【解析】give them/have/possess。从第一段第三句话末尾will give them a head start in life可知父母这样做是为了让孩子领先一步。5. 【解析】afford。从第一段倒数第二句可知很多父母花费比自己可以负担得起的教育开支更多的钱。6. 【解析】ways/measures。作者给父母们提出的建议或措施。7. 【解析】importanc
