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1、山东德州 2014 届高考英语一轮复习完形填空加强训练 9Global warming could make humans _36_, warn scientists who _37_ to have found _38_ that it caused the worlds first horses to shrink nearly 50 million years ago.In fact, a team from the universities of Florida and Nebraska says it has found a _39_ between the Earth _40_ u
2、p and the size of mammals - horses, in this _41_, the last time the world heated up.The scientists used fossils to _42_ the _43_ of horses from their earliest appearance 56 million years ago. _44_ temperatures went up their size went _45_, and vice versa（反之亦然）; at one _46_ they were as small as a ho
3、use cat, said Dr Jonathan Bloch, curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History, was quoted by the “Daily Mail“ as saying.The scientists say that the _47_ warming could have the same _48_ on mammals - and _49_ even make humans smaller. “Horses started out small, about the size of a small dog _50_
4、a miniature schnauzer(迷你型雪纳瑞犬). Whats surprising is _51_ after they first appeared, they then became even smaller and then _52_ increased in size, and that exactly _53_ to the global warming event, followed by cooling.“It had been known that mammals were small during that time and that it was warm,
5、_54_we hadnt understood that temperature specifically was _55_ the evolution of body size,“ Dr Bloch said in the “Science“ journal.36A. taller B. higher C. shorter D. bigger37. A. announce B. claim C. declare D. broadcast38. A. evidence B. result C. sign D. information39. A. difference B. gap C. con
6、dition D. link40. A. heating B. freezing C. cooling D. clearing41. A. case B. way C. occasion D. direction42. A. find B. follow C. date D. allocate43. A. evolution B. exploration C. growth D. movement44. A. With B. Because C. While D. As45. A. up B. away C. out D. down46. A. situation B. occasion C.
7、 point D. place47. A. international B. current C. past D. huge48. A. effect B. result C. consequence D. outcome49. A. could B. must C. should D. would50. A. as B. like C. with D. of51. A. whether B. when C. that D. why52. A. specially B. fortunately C. eventually D. dramatically53. A. agrees B. subs
8、cribes C. corresponds D. caters54. A. so B. but C. and D. for55. A. driving B. creating C. working D. operating2.Directions: For each bland in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and DFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context I have a stro
9、ng faith that families are not only relatives，but sometimes people who turn up and love you when no one else will.In May l987, I was living in a Howard Johnsons motel off Interstate l0 in Houston. My dad and I 36 a room with two double beds and a bathroom. It was too small for a 15-year-old girl and
10、 her fatherDads second marriage was in trouble and my stepmother had 37 us both out of the houseDad had no idea what to do with meAnd that was when my other family 38 .Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home39 their only daughter, Su，my best friend，asked them to. I lived with them for the n
11、ext seven yearsBarbara washed my skirts just as she did Sus. She made sure I had lunch money, doctors appointments，help with homework and nightly hugsBarbara and Roland Beach attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders40 I could tell，for the Beaches there was no difference be
12、tween Su and me；I was their daughter, too.When Su and I 41 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 23 yearsThe Beaches knew 42 abou
13、t me when they took me in：They had heard the whole story from SuWhen I was seven，my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 43 his kids. Before the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 44 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy，I believed
14、that the only person who would take care of me was me.45 the Beaches，I would have become a bitter, cynical(愤世嫉俗的)womanThey gave me a home that allowed me to grow and changeThey kept me from being paralyzed by my 46 and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.I 47 the familyFor me，it wasnt the family that was there on the day I was born，but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnsons motel off
