2024届高考英语二轮复习冲刺练：13 阅读+完形+语法填空
第13练 阅读＋完形＋语法填空
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
体裁：说明文 话题：儿童入学 词数：312 时间：5′
“Redshirting” is a term that comes from the world of college sports，describing athletes who are kept off the field until they develop certain skills.They often sit out a year or more.Many parents with children ready to start school have adopted(接受) the same line of thinking.They are waiting until their children are 6 years old before sending them to kindergarten.
Nationally，there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.Only 9 percent of children were being redshirted back in the mid－1990s.By 2024，16.4 percent of children entering kindergarten were 6 or older，according to the National Center for Education Statistics.The jump likely has to do with schools' increasing emphasis on academic achievement and parents' growing attention to their kids' emotional needs.
Lisa DeLuna wonders whether her son，Jacob，might have benefited from being held back.He started kindergarten only weeks after turning 5，and he struggled to keep up socially and academically.“He seemed ready for kindergarten at the time，but it wasn't until 3rd grade that things really began to get better for him，” she says.
On the contrary，Anna Sandler has few worries about daughter Molly，who is also a 3rd grader and the youngest in her class.Molly also has a sister who just started kindergarten and she，too，is the youngest in her class.“I didn't hold either of my girls back.They both have good language skills and are actually quite tall for their ages.
When Molly was in 2nd grade，her handwriting was worse than others'.Now，a year later，her handwriting shows no difference，”Sandler says.
The above children's experiences agree neatly with data collected by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)．“Our research shows that even if there is a benefit from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight， says Kyle Snow，director of the Center for Applied Research at the NAEYC.
【语篇解读】 本文讨论了是否应该让适龄儿童延迟入学的问题。
1．The author gives the figures in Paragraph 2 to show ________．
A．the origins of redshirting
B．the increase in redshirting
C．the importance of kids' emotional needs
D．schools' emphasis on academic achievement
答案 B [细节理解题。根据第二段“...there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.”可知，延迟入学的孩子的百分比提高了很多。]
2．How does Lisa DeLuna seem to feel about the fact
that her son started kindergarten at 5?
A．Satisfied.
B．Embarrassed.
C．Regretful.
D．Worried.
答案 C [推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，Lisa DeLuna不确定自己的孩子是否会因为延迟入学而受益。她的孩子在刚入学的时候学得很吃力，直到三年级才有所好转。由此可推
3．What do we learn about Molly?
A．She started kindergarten on time.
B．She was short for her age as a 2nd grader.
C．She studies with her sister in the same class.
D．Her handwriting was good in 2nd grade.
答案 A [细节理解题。根据第四段“I didn't hold either of my girls back.”可知，Molly按时入学了。]
4．Kyle Snow will probably agree that ________．
A．children benefit a lot from redshirting
B．redshirted children perform better at school
C．redshirting has negative effects on students
D．redshirting is unnecessary in the long term
答案 D [推理判断题。根据最后一段“Our research shows that even if there is a benefit from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight...”可知，Kyle Snow的研究表明让孩子延迟入学在短期内是有好处的，但是在三年级之后这些差别会变得很小。由此可推知，Kyle Snow认为从长远来看延迟入学是没有必要的。]
B
体裁：影评 话题：电影故事 词数：370 时间：8′
Few of us haven't read Cinderella，the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams.Some might not want to admit it，but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻)．
Mary Santiago has that secret dream，too.Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story，a film set in a U．S.high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance.Compared with other girls，she is invisible.However，her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer，Joey Parker，appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind，handsome and desirable.Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball.They meet and fall in love with each other.But when Mary has to rush back home，she leaves behind her MP3 player，which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams.Of course，there
is a wicked stepmother，who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies.Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn't get into the top dance school.Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary，even if that means embarrassing her.
The story，though it mostly follows Cinderella，does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale.Refreshingly，the film，unlike many high school films，does not focus on looks，although the actors are all beautiful.There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping－off point，” writes the movie critic Amber Wilkinson.“Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇影评。讲述的是一部以灰姑娘的童话故事为蓝本的新电影——《灰姑娘之舞动奇迹》。
5．In the movie，Mary Santiago is the main character who ________．
A．is brave in expressing her love
B．is badly treated by the stepmother
C．has a dream of meeting a prince
D．is embarrassed by the pop singer
答案 B [细节理解题。根据第四段第五句中的．..there is a wicked stepmother...可知答案为B项。]
6．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary's class.
B．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.
C．Not many people have a dream to be realized.
D．Mary's mother influences her a lot in singing.
答案 B [推理判断题。根据文章第四段第四句中的．..MP3 player，which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl...可知答案。由A项；由第一段可排除C项；由第四段第五句可排除D项。]
7．What does the movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?
A．The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairy tale.
B．The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.
C．The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.
D．The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.
答案 D [细节理解题。在安伯·威尔金森所说的话：The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping－off point...Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.中，jumping－off point意为“出发点”。说明了这部电影源于灰姑娘的故事，都以追逐梦想为主题，但这部新电影又略有不同。]
8．The passage is mainly about ________．
A．an introduction to Mary Santiago
B．a review about a film
C．an essay about dreams
D．an advertisement of Cinderella
答案 B [主旨大意题。通读全文可知这是一篇影评。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
体裁：记叙文 话题：爱心传递 词数：290 时间：15′
A year ago，my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding.After the reception(招待会)，we were __9__ for a public bus to go back home.It was already nine o'clock at night.And although there were many buses passing by，__10__ of them stopped.We waited and waited there.An hour later，we were getting __11__．We wouldn't be able to stay there for the night，because it was a(n) __12__ and we both needed to work the next day.How __13__ we were!
It was almost 10 pm when a family—who had attended the same __14__—passed by in their car.__15__ sensing that we were waiting for some means of transport，they stopped and offered to give us a __16__．I was so happy by their kindness，and I expressed my __17__ to them in time.When we __18__ my hometown，the family dropped us at the __19__ point from where we could catch a public rickshaw(三轮车) to get straight to our home.On the way，a laborer(工人)__20__ the rickshaw.The driver saw his clothes and asked him __21__ he had money to pay the fare.The man __22__ his head and said，“No”．On hearing this，the driver __23__ to take him.Just at that time，I remembered my own __24__ a few minutes earlier.So I told the driver to __25__ him to sit with us，as I would pay his fare.
What an immediate chance to __26__ the act of kindness！That night，I felt lightness in my heart.I went to sleep happily，filled with __27__ about what I had done.I wish this chain(一系列) of kindness could __28__！
【语篇解读】 一年前，“我”和朋友去参加婚礼。回家的时候太晚了而等不到车，正在我们焦急之时，一个陌生人主动要求载“我们”一程。后来，“我”又帮助另一个陌生人付车费。就这样，爱心一个一个地传递下去。
9．A.applying
B．waiting
C．heading
D．making
答案 B [根据下文“We waited and waited there.”可知，当时“我”和朋友正在等公共汽车回家。]
10．A.none
B．some
C．each
D．any
答案 A [根据上下句“And although there were many buses passing by，...We waited and waited there.”可知，虽然有很多车经过，但是没有一个愿意停下来载“我们”。]
11．A.curious
B．active
C．hopeless
D．careful
答案 C [根据上文内容可知，等了1个小时已经是晚上10点了，都没有等到车，“我”和朋友感觉没有希望了。]
12．A.festival
B．holiday
C．appointment
D．weekday
答案 D [根据下文“we both needed to work the next day”可知，那天是个工作日，第二天还要上班。]
13．A.relaxed
B．worried
C．bored
D．excited
答案 B [根据上文内容可知，等不到车又不能在这里过夜，所以“我”和朋友非常着急。]
14．A.bus
B．meeting
C．wedding
D．class
答案 C [根据第一段“A year ago，my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding.”可知，“我们”是去参加同一个婚礼的。]
15．A.Generally
B．Strangely
C．Probably
D．Finally
答案 C [他们可能感觉到“我们”在等公共汽车，所以停下来让“我们”搭便车。]
16．A.lift
B．car
C．letter
D．chance
答案 A [根据上文“sensing that we were waiting for some means of transport，they stopped”可知，他们可能感觉到“我们”在等公共汽车，所以停下来让“我们”搭便车。]
17．A.concern
B．thankfulness
C．surprise
D．disappointment
答案 B [他们善良地让“我们”搭便车，所以“我”上车后及时表达谢意。]
18．A.missed
B．built
C．left
D．reached
答案 D [根据下文“the family dropped us”可知，车到“我”和朋友的家乡时，好心人才让“我们”下车。]
19．A.nearest
B．furthest
C．highest
D．lowest
答案 A [根据下文“where we could catch a public rickshaw to get straight to our home”可知，好心人把“我们”送到离站点最近的地方，在那里可以乘坐人力车直接回家。]
20．A.parked
B．climbed
C．stopped
D．moved
答案 C [根据下文内容可知，那个工人也想搭车，所以他叫停了这辆人力车。]
21．A.if
B．which
C．when
D．how
答案 A [拉人力车的司机问那个工人是否有钱付车费。]
22．A.nodded
B．touched
C．washed
D．shook
答案 D [根据下文“said，‘No’”可知，工人摇头说没有钱付车费。]
23．A.agreed
B．refused
C．pretended
D．decided
答案 B [根据上文可知，工人没有钱付车费，所以拉人力车的人拒绝载他。]
24．A.mystery
B．secret
C．trouble
D．wealth
答案 C [根据上a few minutes earlier”可知，“我”想起了刚刚在等公共汽车的困境。]
25．A.allow
B．help
C．advise
D．encourage
答案 A [根据下文“as I would pay his fare.”可知“我”让司机允许那个工人同我们一起坐车，因为“我”会替那个工人付车费。]
26.A.believe in
B．go through
C．stand for
D．pass on
答案 D [根据上文内容可知，别人帮助了“我”和朋友，“我”又去帮助了其他人，可见这是爱心的传递。]
27．A.relief
B．hope
C．puzzle
D．joy
答案 D [根据上文“I went to sleep happily”可知，当晚“我”为“我”做的事感到高兴，心满意足地睡着了。]
28．A.increase
B．continue
C．change
D．succeed
答案 B [“我”希望这种爱心的传递能继续下去。]
Ⅲ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
In my memory，playing the shuttlecock(毽子) game was one of my favorite activities during my childhood.My hometown is in northeast China __29__ the winter lasts almost five to six months，so playing the shuttlecock outside was the main game in winter and it became my friend.In fact，it was the shuttlecock __30__ accompanied me in the long winter.
At that time，I always made shuttlecocks by myself.In fact，it was easy __31__(make) them by hand.I used some chicken feathers to make the shuttlecock.For the small metal base，I __32__(usual) chose two or three ancient Chinese coins with __33__ hole in the middle.Then I put the chicken feathers into the hole and tied them together with thread.Thus，a simple shuttlecock was ready.
Actually，the game was very simple.It __34__(play) by a person who kicked the shuttlecock with his or her foot and kept __35__ from dropping down on the ground as long __36__ possible.Sometimes，there were so many people wanting to play it that we had to have a match.__37__(divide) into two teams，we began to play.And the team that could keep playing much __38__(long) would win.
答案 29.where 30.that 31.to make 32.usually33．a 34.was played 35.it 36.as 37.Having been divided 38.longer
