高考英语阅读测试题 文娱活动
明天就要高考了，今天小编准备了一些比较有代表性的高考英语阅读理解题给大家考前练练手，希望可以帮助同学们在高考前尽快找到自己的做题状态。
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高考曾用材料：2010陕西卷完形填空
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A family had a hobby of putting together jigsaw puzzles.The father regularly brought home puzzles of greater and greater __1__.One night he __2__ his family with a puzzle of over one thousand pieces.Immediately they __3__ it.After an hour，__4__，the family was frustrated.No matter how hard they tried，they couldn't get the __5__ started.
The father then discovered that he had __6__ switched the box top with the top from another puzzle.The picture they were looking at wasn't the puzzle they were __7__.
We may feel __8__ with God because he doesn't live up to the __9__ we have of him.Sometimes we feel frustrated with the church because it doesn't __10__ the ideal church that we have in mind.We're often frustrated with __11__ because they fall short of expectations that we have of them.
Perhaps we should consider __12__ the problem in all these cases is that we are __13__ our expectations on a distorted view—of God or of the church or of others.Perhaps our expectations are __14__ and can never be realized because we've been looking at the __15__ on the wrong box top.
We may also feel frustrated with __16__ because we don't believe we live up to what others want from us or __17__ what we think God wants from us.More often than not，though，our problem is trying to make ourselves into someone else's image or __18__ ourselves to fit someone else's standards for us.God created us each to be __19__.We all have our own “boxtoppicture，” and the only way we can ever be __20__ in life is to be ourselves，allowing God to use us just the way we are.
Notes：
①jigsaw puzzles智力拼图玩具 ②distorted view偏见
【语篇解读】 本文是议论文。作者首先讲述了一家人在玩智力拼图时遇到的困难，然后联想到生活中我们也会有如此的经历，认识到只有勇敢做自己，我们才能成功。
1.A.interest B.excitement C.difficulty D.fun
答案 C [从后面他们遇到困难可以知道，他们买的拼图玩具难度也越来越大。]
2.A.presented B.helped C.covered D.taught
答案 A [一天晚上他给家人带回了一个一千多块的拼图玩具。其他选项均有一定的干扰性，联系上文的“The father regularly brought home puzzles”可以得出答案。]
3.A.made B.managed C.solved D.tried
答案 D [联系下文的“the family was frustrated”可知这个家庭进行了没有成功的尝试。make it指“做到”;manage it指“设法对付过去”;solve it指“解决”。]
4.A.therefore B.however C.still D.then
答案 B [前后为转折关系。]
5.A.engine B.top C.puzzle D.question
答案 C [由上下文可知他们要开始的是智力拼图，因此本空用puzzle。]
6.A.accidentally B.occasionally C.immediately D.purposely
答案 A [他偶然地用另一个游戏的顶部接到这个游戏的顶部。occasionally指“有时候”;immediately指“立刻”;purposely指“故意地”。]
7.A.meeting with B.working onC.making up D.knowing of
答案 B [此处指“他们正在解决这个游戏”，因此用work on。meet with“偶然遇到”;make up“编造”;know of“知道有关情况”。]
8.A.anxious B.thankful C.frustrated D.sad
答案 C [联系空后的“because He doesn't live up to...”可知，因为上帝没有实现我们对他的期待，我们会很失落的。联系后面几段我们也可以得出答案。]
9.A.promises B.hopes C.actions D.expectations
答案 D [他没有实现我们对他的期望。空前的live up to意思是“实践，实现”。promise“承诺”;hope“希望”;action“行为”。]
10.A.match up with B.fit inC.look like D.stand for
答案 A [这个教堂跟我们心目中的教堂不相配。match up with意思是“匹配”。fit in“装配”;look like“看上去像”;stand for“代表”。]
11.A.friends B.relatives C.others D.children
答案 C [联系下文中的“of God or of the church or of others”可以得出答案。]
12.A.whether B.how C.why D.what
答案 A [whether引导宾语从句，在句中的意思是“是否”。]
13.A.focusing B.basing C.making D.breaking
答案 B [我们把期待建立在偏见之上。A项有一定的干扰性， focus...on的意思是“集中……”。 ]
14.A.useful B.practical C.improper D.unrealistic
答案 D [联系空后的“can never be realized ”可知，我们的期待是不现实的。useful“有用的”;practical“切合实际的”;improper“不适当的”。]