2017年高考英语完型原文_2017高考完型

1.江苏2017高考应届理科生，请问英语怎样能从85提高到105分？我完形填空正

2.高考英语完型填空题型有哪些比较实用的答题技巧？

3.高考英语阅读理解,完型填空的技巧和方法

4.翻译 2017北京卷高考英语阅读d

5.河北英语高考题2017年

6.怎样做高考的完型和阅读

　第二节七选五

　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(共5小题，每小题3分，共15分)

　How to Improve Vocabulary Fast

　Your vocabulary refers to the words in a language you are familiar with. We should learn some ways to expand it.

　Read every day. 36 Choose reading material that is slightly above your level and keep a dictionary with you to look up words you do not know.

　37 If you do not meet with an unfamiliar word in your daily reading, use your dictionary to search for one.

　Learn the correct definition and pronunciation for each new word. Pronunciation is as important as definition because in order to add a word to your active vocabulary, you must be able to use it in speech.

　Elaborate(阐释)on the meaning of the word. Use imagery and personal relevance. If you have just learned the word ?stubborn?, think about the neighbor who will not lend you his car. 38

　Use your new word in speech and in writing. E-mail your sister about how your cat is stubborn about sleeping on your pillow. 39 But the more you use it, the more fluent you will become in its use. Soon it will be a regular part of your active vocabulary.

　Tell everyone you are trying to increase your vocabulary. Encourage them to ask you what your latest word is. 40 The more you explain the meaning of a word to someone, the more likely you are to remember it.

　A. Or let them ask for the definition of a new word you have used.

　B. Your vocabulary contains the words you understand.

　C. The vocabulary can be increased.

　D. Imagine him shaking his head, and think of him as ?stubborn in his refusal?.

　E. The first time you use a new word in speech, it may seem clumsy and forced.

　F. Find a new word every day

　G. The more often you read, the faster your vocabulary can grow.

　第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

　第一节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a 41 by which people can protect themselves 42 large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 43 sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 44 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has 45 .

The first modern fire insurance company was 46 in London, England in 1666. A great fire had just 47 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 48 losses. The first company 49 rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.

　Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also 50 a new kind of insurance for 51 . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 52 storms.

　In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 53 new insurance company in America. This company, 54 offered life insurance, collected some money 55 from many different men. 56 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 57 in business.

　Over the years, people have 58 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 59 accidents as car and plane crashes. 60 , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.

　41. A. way B. firm C.consideration D. means

　42. A.. from B. against C. with D. beyond

　43. A. small B. huge C. much D. little

　44. A. many B. little C. few D. a few

　45. A. stole B. collected C. lent D. brought

　46. A. built B. found C. formed D. organized

　47. A. destroyed B. hurt C. harmed D. wounded

　48. A. farther B. further C. wider D. longer

　49. A. risen B. rised C. grew D. turned

　50. A. suggested B. determined C. asked D. demanded

　51. A. farmers B. workers C. waiters D. doctors

　52. A. with B. by C. from D. for

　53. A. other B. certain C. another D. some

　54. A. where B. which C. whom D. that

　55. A. commonly B. usually C. regularly D. ordinary

　56. A. If B. Although C. Unless D. Because

　57. A. always B. still C. hardly D. seldom

　58. A. paid B. offered C. bought D. benefited

　59. A. many B. so C. such D. that

　60. A. Today B. Generally C. Lately D. Tomorrow

　第Ⅱ卷(满分50分)

　注意事项：

　用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

　第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

　阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

　Polar bears are suffering in a 61 (warm) world.

　Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals. 62 much of the year, they live and hunt on the frozen Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared 63 for the cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger that 64 (threat) the only home they know.

　The polar bears? world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years 65 1978. Now about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their 66 (survive). ?The sea ice is more than just this platform that the bears walk over,? says Andrew Derocher, 67 scientist who studies North American polar bear populations. ? 68 it, they can?t exist.?

　Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. 69 in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. Normally, they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight. The extra fat is used later, 70 the bears are not actively hunting.

　第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

　第一节：短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(?)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

　删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

　修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

　注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词;

　2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从11处起)不计分;

　3. 错误类型不涉及单词拼写。

　Good relationships between teachers or students are important to teaching and learning. Only with good relationships can student and teachers cooperate well.

　Good relationships depended on both sides. On the one hand, students should respect teachers and our hard work. They should polite to teachers and ready to following their advice. On an other hand, teachers should be kindly, friendly and patient to students. They must be responsible on their teaching and help students. If both sides treat to each other in a friendly way, teaching and learning in class will be highly efficient.

　第二节：书面表达

　假如你叫李华，你和父母在英国旅游期间于1月28日至30日入住Forest Hotel酒店，但对其提供的服务不满意，请发电子邮件给酒店的管理者进行投诉，要求其道歉并改进服务质量。

　1. 搬运工送到房间的皮箱破损;

　2. 卫生间漏水;

　3. 楼下酒吧有噪音，并持续到很晚，影响休息。

　注意：1. 文章必须包括所有要点。可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯。

　2. 词数120.

　3. 参考词汇：搬运工porter n; 皮箱suitcase n; 漏水leak vi.

　参考答案

　第一部分：听力部分(共两节，满分20分，每小题1分)

　1~5.BACBA 6~10.BBCCA 11~15.CCABA 16~20.CABCB

　第二部分：阅读理解(共50分，)

　第一节(共37.5分，每小题2.5分)：

　A. 21?24 CDCA B. 25?28 DABA 29?32 BBCD 33--35 DBA

　第二节(共12.5，每小题2.5分)：36?40 GFDEA

　第三部分：英语知识运用(共45分)

　第一节 完型填空(共30分，每小题1.5分)：

　41-45 DAADB 46-50CABCA 51-55ABCBC 56-60 ABDCA

　第二节 语法填空(共15分 ，每小题1.5分)：

　61.warmer 62.For/During 63.them 64.threatens 65.since 66.survial 67.a 68.Without

　69.But 70.when

　第四部分 写作(共35分)

　第一节 短文改错(共10分每小题1分)：

　1.or改为and

　2.student改为students

　3.depended改为depend

　4.our改为their

　5.should改为should be

　6.following改为follow

　7.an改为the

　8.kindly改为kind

　9.responsible后加for

　10.treat to 去掉to

　第二节 书面表达(共25分)：One Possible Version

　Dear Manager,

　My name is Li Hua. I stayed at your hotel, Forest Hotel, during my visit to the UK from Jan 28 to 30 with my parents. However, the service in your hotel left much to be desired. I?m writing this email to express my opinion.

First, we found our suitcases broken after they were carried to our room by one of your porters. Second, water was leaking out of the toilet in the bathroom. Third, the noise from the bar downstairs went on so late into the night each night that we couldn?t get good rest.

　For the above reasons, I have to say that the service in your hotel is of poor quality. Therefore, I would like to receive a written apology from you. Meanwhile, I hope you can improve your service in the future so that none of the above happens again.

　Yours sincerely,

　LI HUA

江苏2017高考应届理科生，请问英语怎样能从85提高到105分？我完形填空正

高考英语完型填空的技巧如下：

1、利用文章中心主题句解题方法，为给学生理解文章奠定基础，使学生更易于理解文章内容，出题者在设计完形填空试题时，总是保留一个完整的、或是大半个完整的表达主旨的句子。大家知道，文章的开头很重要，往往开宗明义点出文章主题。因此，整篇文章的提示句往往在开头。考生应充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，寻找文章的脉络与线索。

2、分析认识文章结构，理解领会文章各部分、各层次之间的逻辑关系。只有明白文章结构，了解各段落之间的关系，才能加深对文章的理解。明白了各部分是如何为表现主题思想服务的，也就更容易把握带空的句子所需要的是什么内容，因此就更容易选准答案了。

3、利用上下文寻找解题信息，由于完形填空的文章是一个意义相关联的语篇，围绕一个话题论述，因此在行文中词语的重复、替代、复现和同现现象是不可避免的。根据这个原则，某一个空格所对应的答案很可能就是在上下文中复现或同现的相关词，考生可以根据这些词之间的有机联系来确定答案。

4、运用词汇、语法等方面的语言知识及搭配关系解题方法，做题时应注意文章中的搭配：逻辑搭配：包括过渡词、连接手段、指代关系、肯定、否定等;语义搭配：包括区别同义词、近义词、反义词、形近异义词、同形异义词;结构搭配：指名词、动词、形容词等在句中或文中与其他词的搭配;惯用搭配：即通常所说的固定短语。

5.运用排除法解题方法，如果不能很有把握地直接看出某一道题的答案，可以把排除法和词汇、语法分析结合起来运用，从而缩小选择的范围，提高答题准确率。

6、运用背景知识和社会常识解题方法，解答完形填空题时，有时文章中提供的信息还不够，还需要考生把符合常识的一些知识信息结合起来考虑，最后选出符合常识的最佳答案。因此，考生的知识范围越广，对文章的理解就越容易，整体上知道所选短文在说什么，那么局部上的每一个空填起来也会得心应手。

高考英语完型填空题型有哪些比较实用的答题技巧？

8个月完全能做到。1.每天两篇完形，四篇阅读，这是最基本的。2.做完改正后将完形答案填回去，还是不会的地方要弄明白，将完形中不会的词查出来积累到笔记本上，每天早上可以将作的完形读两遍，体会一下语境。

3.阅读理解要回扣原文，每道题要在原文中找到出处。也可以将出现频率高的词查出来积累到笔记。

4.词汇量很重要，单词不知道你们怎么记得。

5.对英语基础不好的人来说想提英语要投入大量时间。不要心存侥幸。当然一旦提上来，英语反而是最轻松的一门课。

高考英语阅读理解,完型填空的技巧和方法

高考英语完型填空题型是考生在考试中常见的一种题型，以下是一些比较实用的答题技巧：

1.阅读全文：在开始填写答案之前，先通读全文，了解文章的大意和主题。这样可以帮助你更好地理解文章的逻辑关系和上下文信息。

2.注意上下文：在填写每个空格时，要仔细阅读前后句子，尤其是前后句之间的逻辑关系。通过上下文的提示，可以推测出正确的答案。

3.利用语法知识：完型填空题通常会涉及到一些语法知识点，如时态、语态、主谓一致等。掌握这些基本的语法规则可以帮助你更准确地填写答案。

4.注意词义辨析：有些空格需要根据上下文选择适当的词语来填空。要注意词义的辨析，特别是近义词和反义词的区别。

5.排除法：如果你对某个空格的答案不确定，可以先排除一些明显错误的选项，然后再从剩下的选项中选择最合适的答案。

6.注意固定搭配：英语中有很多固定的搭配用法，如动词短语、形容词短语等。在填写答案时，要注意这些固定搭配的使用。

7.多练习：完型填空题需要考生具备一定的阅读理解和词汇运用能力，因此多做一些相关的练习题可以提高你的答题技巧和速度。

总之，完型填空题需要考生在阅读理解的基础上，结合语法知识和词汇运用能力来填写答案。通过多练习和积累经验，可以提高答题的准确性和效率。

翻译 2017北京卷高考英语阅读d

高考英语阅读理解,完型填空的技巧和方法

阅读理解，

通读全文,一遍大致全部理解,不明白的个别生词不要纠结于此,更不要纠结于人名地名,可以直接说成"什么",记住"长什么样"即可,速度+理解是关键。 看题,问什么直接去对应的每段去寻找,这样可大大节省时间,减少不必要的时间浪费,为后面的题留出充足的时间. 在平时的学习中,提升阅读理解能力主要靠词汇量的积累,同时还要注意语感的培养。

完形填空，

第一步：思考大意，快速阅读

首先，快速跳读全文1-3遍，抓住全文主要内容，了解制题方的想法、意图等，这是得到答案的前提条件。

完形填空短文没有题目，但一般情况首句是一个没有空白的完整句子，往往点明短文的性质，如说明、议论或叙述等。它能为学生想到短文的题材与全文大意提供的重要信息，学生应跳读完1-3遍题材，抓住首句的意思，然后来捕捉全文的关键词语，并特别注意那些表示因果、赚折、指代、递进等意义的同位语、副词、连接词，最后总结大意，

第二步：观察答案，分析要求

在快速阅读完全文后，就开始填空。这时做答着应耐心思考，理解全文的主要想法，搭建好词句之间的逻辑和上下文的关系，并做出更好的选择。

第三步：避开难点，先易后难

了解全文大概意思后，可以以此为主线，对选择的A、B、C、D答案理解其确切的意思，分析比较哪个更合适，再观看上下文的隐晦想法和含义。做题切记速度，对自己不懂的要避开，意思就是先易后难，把简单的先做掉，难的有时自然而然就出来了，一般这样做可以更好的解题。

第四部、仔细思考，解决难点

凭借前面步骤，我们已经读了三遍，和把简单的空添好了。这时你阅读全文就比较容易理解了。找出与本文意思不相符的答案，先排除;然后结合自己学的知识，把固定搭配和词语等结合，这样就容易判断了。

第五步：再看原文，审视答案

完成填空了，不要一个一个的去检查填空，要结合全文来看答案的正确性，还要结合语法看，这样能提高答案的正确率。

河北英语高考题2017年

邪恶的机器(邪恶)的思想将推动军队的机器人杀手的好莱坞的理论是愚蠢的。真正的问题在于人工智能(AI)可能会变得非常擅长于实现某些东西，而不是我们真正想要的东西。在1960年,一个著名的数学家诺伯特·维纳,创立控制论领域(控制论),这么说:“如果我们使用,达到我们的目的,操作的机械机构与我们不能有效地干预(干预),我们最好是确定目的投入机器是我们真正的目的的欲望。”

具有特定目的的机器具有另一种质量，我们通常把它与生物联系在一起:希望保持它自己的存在。对于机器来说，这种质量不是与生俱来的，也不是由人类引入的;这是一个简单事实的逻辑结果，即如果机器死了，机器就无法达到它最初的目的。因此，如果我们送出一台带有“取咖啡”指令的机器人，它将有强烈的愿望，通过关闭自己的开关，甚至杀死任何可能干扰其任务的人，从而获得成功。如果我们不小心，那么，我们可能会面对一种国际象棋比赛，对手是非常坚定、超级智能的机器，它们的目标与我们自己的目标冲突，而现实世界则是棋盘。

进入和输掉这样一场比赛的可能性应该集中在计算机科学家的头脑中。一些研究人员认为，我们可以把机器密封在一种防火墙内，用它们来回答一些棘手的问题，但绝不允许它们影响现实世界。不幸的是，这个计划似乎不太可能奏效:我们还没有发明出一种安全的防火墙来对付普通人类，更不用说超级智能机器了。

在人工智能方面解决安全问题，似乎是有可能的，但并不容易。可能有几十年的时间来计划超级智能机器的到来。但这个问题不应该像某些人工智能研究人员那样被忽视。一些人认为，人类和机器可以共存，只要它们在团队中工作——但这是不可能的，除非机器能分享人类的目标。另一些人则说，我们可以“把它们关掉”，就好像超级智能机器太蠢了，不去考虑那种可能性。还有一些人认为超级智能的人工智能永远不会发生。1933年9月11日，著名的物理学家Ernest Rutherford满怀信心地说:“任何人都希望在这些原子的转变中，有一个力量的来源是月球上的光。”“然而,9月12日,1933年,物理学家Leo Szilard发明了中子诱发(中子诱导)核连锁反应。

怎样做高考的完型和阅读

　许多在眼前看来天大的事，都不是人生一战，而只是人生一站。确实高考备战让你们很辛苦，可是已经坚持了这么久，这就已经是胜利。祝高考成功!下面是我为大家推荐的河北英语高考题2017年，仅供大家参考!

河北英语高考题2017年

　第I卷

　注意事项：

　1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

　2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效

　第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

　第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　例：How much is the shirt?

　A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.

　答案是C。

　1. Where is Mary?

　A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

　2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

　A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

　3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

　A. She is quite busy now.

　B. She doesn?t like grammar.

　C. She is poor in grammar，too.

　4. What happened to Marx?

　A. He lost his way.

　B. He found his bike missing.

　C. He lost his wallet.

　5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

　A. He forgot it.

　B. He didn?t know about the party.

　C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

　第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　6. Why must the man drive to work?

　A. It is the quickest way.

　B. He has to use his car after work.

　C. He lives too far from the subway.

　7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

　A. Boss and employee.

　B. Grandmother and grandson.

　C. Teacher and student.

　听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

　8. When is Alice?s birthday?

　A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

　9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

　A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

　听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。

　10. What does the woman do in the group?

　A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

　11. Who is Miss Pearson?

　A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

　12. How often does the group meet?

　A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

　听第9段材料，回答第13~16题。

　13. Who possibly is the woman?

　A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

　14. How long does the trip last?

　A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

　15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

　A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

　16. What will the speakers do next?

　A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

　听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

　17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

　A. With a lot of people.

　B. With one or two good friends.

　C. All by himself.

　18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

　A. Staying at home.

　B. Seeing famous places.

　C. Enjoying nature quietly.

　19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

　A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

　20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

　A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

　第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　A

　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　Using your NatWest Service Card

　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　Using your cards abroad

　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　With your credit card you can do the following:

　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　22. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

　23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller?s cheques.

　24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　B

　Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

　Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

　Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

　So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

　25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

　A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

　C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

　26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

　C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

　27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

　C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

　C

　The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

　Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

　But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

　28. What is happening to the wallet?

　A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

　C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

　29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

　A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

　B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

　C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

　D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

　30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

　A. It represents a change in the modern world.

　B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

　C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

　D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

　31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

　A. He is resistant to social changes.

　B. He is against technological progress.

　C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

　D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.

做好高考的完型和阅读的方法如下：

1、跳过空格，通读全文，把握大意。第一遍读文章时不要做题，而是跳过空格，通读试题所给的要填空的短文，获得整体印象，做到弄清文脉、抓住主旨，较好地把握短文大意。一定要在理解短文意思的基础上才能开始做题。另外，读第一遍时要注意先读懂文章的首句和末句，这两句往往是没有被挖空的句子。它们往往是全文的关键句，是文章的窗口和指南，可作为解题的突破口。通过读文章的首句一般可判断文章的体裁、人物、时间、事件和事态等。文章的最后一句或最后一段，往往是故事发展的结果，所陈述的事件的结论、启示性的提示，或是对全篇文章的概括。因此，先读一读末句对理解文章是很有帮助的；

2、结合选项，综合考虑，初选答案。在理解全文意思的基础上，结合所给备选项再次细读全文。联系上、下文内容。注意从上、下文的语法结构和词语搭配及从选择项中寻找解题的提示。以词、句的意义为先，再从分析句子结构人手，根据短文意思、语法规则、词语固定搭配等进行综合考虑，对备选项逐一进行分析、比较和筛选，排除干扰项，初步选定答案；

3、先易后难，瞻前顾后，各个击破。对比较明显、自己最有把握的答案先做，一下子不能确定答案的，先跳过这一空格，继续往下做，最后回过头来再集中精力解决难点。这时可结合已确定答案的选项再读一遍短文，随着对短文理解的深入，自然就会降低试题的难度，提高选择的正确率。