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1、2015 广东增城市高考英语语法填空及阅读类课外自选练习（2） （答案）语法填空。阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为 1625 的相应位置上。America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are _16_ 65. The aging of the
2、 population will affect American society in many ways - education, medicine, _17_ business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society - one in which people have a quite different idea of _18_ kind of behavior is suitable at various ages. A persons age no longer tells you a
3、nything about his / her position, _19_ (marry) or health. Theres no longer a particular year _20_ one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that _21_ (keep) us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as _22_ us
4、ed to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 25-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or _23_ 80-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing. Many people say, “I am much _24_ (young) than my mother - or my father - was at my age.” No one s
5、ays “Act your age” any more. Weve stopped _25_ (look) with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways. 参考答案参考答案【语法填空】16. over 17. and18. what19. marriage20. when21. kept22. it23. an24. younger25. looking完形填空。完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项。Do you remember last summer, when an
6、gry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service? Airlines 1 to improve , and they adopted (采用)new standards just before Christmas. 2 as another summer nears, plenty of 3 travelers dont see much improvement in customer 4 overall .This month, the Department of T
7、ransportations (DOT) office will publish its first critical 5 on whether airlines are 6 their promises . One survey（调查）suggests problems : the number of 7 to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first 8 rose 89% from a year ago .Hit last summer by passenger complaints and the threat (威慑)of consu
8、mer-protection laws by the 9 , 14 airlines 10 to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First. The “12 promises” to passengers were introduced 11 a major effort to improve service. Since then, airlines have been redesigning websites, retraining employees and upgrading techn
9、ology .Recently, DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead, at McCains request, sent 20 examiners to airports to 12 whether each airline is doing what it promised. Mead warns travelers shouldnt 13 too much. Most of the promises are 14 better communication with customers, not problems with flights .“Passeng
10、ers should show more understanding to airlines about their 15 to better air service .” Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says. “And when 16 are made , it takes a long time for them to be noticed,” she says .Now, the efforts may be working. During the first quarter, Delta had the second-lowest rate of compla
11、ints among the 17 10 carriers. 18 , its rate , along with other carriers, is up from last year. McCain and other lawmakers say there may be a 19 to pass new consumer-protection 20 .( ) 1Apromised Bmanaged Choped Drefused ( ) 2ASo BBut CMerely DEven ( ) 3Askilled Bexperienced Ctired Dpuzzled ( ) 4Afl
12、ight Bopinion Cservice Dtravel ( ) 5Anews Binformation Cdoubt Darticle ( ) 6Ahonoring Bmaking Cgiving Dimproving ( ) 7Aproblems Btravelers Cpassengers Dcomplaints ( ) 8Aquarter ByearCmonth Dsummer ( ) 9Acustomer Bcompany Cgovernment Dpublic ( ) 10Awished BagreedCremembered Dfailed ( ) 11Ato Bfor Cas
13、 Dby ( ) 12AexplainBdiscussCdiscover Dcheck ( ) 13Atravel Bexpect Ccomplain Dsuggest ( ) 14Aaimed at Bconsidered as Cjoined to Dmade from ( ) 15Adifficulty Bsituation Creality Defforts ( ) 16Asuggestions Brules Cdecisions Dimprovements ( ) 17Alarge Bfirst Ctop Dbad ( ) 18AStillBThereforeCInsteadDMea
14、nwhile ( ) 19Apossibility Bneed Cchance Duse ( ) 20Aexaminations Bservice Claws Dreports 答案解析1【答案】A【解析】原文提到航空公司采取了一系列措施，其中包括对乘客的十二项保证。因此可知航空公司在政府的要求下已答应改善服务。2【答案】B【解析】尽管他们采取了措施，但乘客们仍然没有看到很多改善。3【答案】B【解析】experienced travelers 此处意思为经常乘飞机出行的乘客。skilled 有技能的；tired 劳累的；puzzled 感到迷惑的。结合常识可知，只有经常乘飞机的乘客才能体会出航
15、空公司服务的改变。4【答案】C【解析】上文提到政府要求航空公司改善顾客服务。因此可知，航空公司应是在服务这一块采取的措施。5【答案】D【解析】根据本句的谓语动词 publish 可以得知答案。6【答案】A【解析】honor 此处意思为履行，遵守。上文航空公司许诺改善服务，交通部门作为监督主管部门看他们是否履行了自己做出的许诺。7【答案】D【解析】此处是拿今年顾客的投诉数量与去年的相比。8【答案】A【解析】最后一自然段对此处作了进一步的解释，根据最后一段第二句话可知答案。quarter季度。9【答案】C【解析】法律应是由政府部门制定的。结合上文可知航空公司改善服务，一是由于顾客的抱怨；一是迫于政府的压力。10【答案】B【解析】根据下文航空公司采取的措施可知他们同意改善服务，wish to do 希望做 ; remember to do 记着去做； fail to do没有做。11【答案】C【解析】as 作为。对乘客的几项许诺应是为改善服务而做出的努力中的一部分。12【答案】D【解析】交通部门派出 20 名工作人员应是去检查航空公司是否履行了自己的许诺。13【答案】B【解析】此处选 A、C、
