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1、2015 贵阳市高考英语阅读理解和完形填空自选练习（贵阳市高考英语阅读理解和完形填空自选练习（10）答案（四月）答案（四月）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A.B.CA.B.C 和和 D D 项中，选出最佳选项。项中，选出最佳选项。 “The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root
2、of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses(冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral(道德) freedom.A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are c
3、onscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing
4、,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness(狂怒) makes error a fault.”To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the p
5、ower of those which conquer him. Self-control is mans last and greatest victory. If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he l
6、acks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also. (from )1. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. The importance of self- control. B. How to conquer oneself?C. The relation between a mans moral freedom and his feelings.D. A man should keep cool.2. Whats the meaning of “wh
7、oever the gods would destroy they first make them mad”?A. If you are mad, the gods will kill you.B. If you lose your temper first, gods will kill you first.C. If you cant control yourself, you will be crazy.D. If the gods want to kill you, they will make you mad first.3. Which of the following is NO
8、T true, according to passage?A. The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself.B. You will make a small mistake serious if you dont keep cool.C. You must measure a mans strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.D. Anger brings with folly and ends with regret. 4. Which
9、of the following cant help you avoid anger, according to the passage?A. Be calm in arguing. B. Check your temper or anger by speaking low.C. Keep your mouth shut. D. Try to make the other angry first.1. A 主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 段的第 2 句 Self-control is at the root of all the advantages 及全文的内容可知，本文的大意是“自控的重要性”
10、。故答案选 A。2. D 语义理解题。根据上文 you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease 可知答案选 D。3. C 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第 3 段的最后一句 You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him
11、可知，选项 C 与之矛盾。故答案选 C。4. D 推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段的第 2 句和第 3 句以及最后一句可以排除选项 A、B、C，从而得出答案为 D。阅读理解“Everybody loves a bargain.” One persons useless, ugly, or broken object can be another persons bargain. That is why so many Americans do not throw things away. They put them outside their houses. They put on a “For
12、 Sale” sign. And, as simple as that, they have a yard sale. The sellers put a paid announcement(付费通告)in a local newspaper. It tells when and where the yard sale will take place. These sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumn. Early in the morning, all the things to be sol
13、d are carried out of the house. Then they sit all day in the sunlight-like tired guests at a party-waiting for someone to take them home. Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale. Sometimes, there are more clothes than anything else. Cooking equipment is also popular. So are old toys, tools, b
14、ooks, tables and chairs. Then there are objects called “white elephants”. A white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless. It may be an electric light shaped like a fish. You feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it. To someone else, however, it might be a thing of beauty and j
15、oy. Some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect. It may be old toy trains, for example, or painting of dogs. Experts say more Americans are collecting old things now than ever before. Most people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything special. They mig
16、ht buy an object simply because it costs so little. They enjoy negotiating(谈判) over prices, even if they really do not need the object. Later, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought.6. What kind of things will go to a yard sale? A. Cheap and ugly things. B. Things people no longer use.C. Things out of season. D. Things of great value.7. A white elephant refers to _.A. something that can cause a fe
