1、2017 届高三英语专项训练-完型阅读 编制:刘微 试做:尹玲 审核:李建玲1限时训练一I. 完形填空“YOURE too small, Ginny, youll never make an Olympic team,” said my first-ever rowing （赛艇） coach, way back in the late winter of 1978. I had just 1 my dream. It was sure too big at that point to somebody whose 2 not only mattered, but whose emotiona
2、l support could play a key role.Then I was just 20, and still a(n) 3 athlete. Maybe my dream wasnt based on reality. After all, I had tried out for the national team for the first time the previous year and been _4 . I lacked the height that most Olympic rowers possess, not to 5 much experience as a
3、n athlete, and I suffered from asthma, but still, I was shocked by my coachs response. 6_ not just by his choice of words, but by his certainty, I left the gym in a panic.As I walked, I began to rethink my future, making room for my coachs opinion, setting 7_ my dream. A small inner voice had joined
4、 forces with the coachs. “Maybe hes 8 .”But then, another voice 9 . “What does he know? Why does he get to decide?” That my own coach didnt have faith in me didnt mean I had to give up on myself so quickly. By the time I arrived back at my apartment, I was 10 my coach. And my 11 was back on center s
5、tage.12 came easy when it came to fulfilling that dream. I tried out for two more national teams and two different coaches cut me.But I was driven by my love of the 13 of rowing. I wanted to row 14 the best and I refused to stop until I achieved my goal.I made that 1980 team, 15 not getting to compe
6、te at the Olympics. I kept training four more years, and 16 won silver at the 1984 Olympics.All the effort was worth it. Everything I have today is a result of 17 that dream, all those hours on the water and in the stadium. They got me here, 18 I know now that big ambitions need not just time to dev
7、elop, but firm 19 in them. If Im not going to be my own 20_ for my dreams, no one else will. And I will not allow anyone else to decide for me whats possible.1. A. done B. had C. conveyed D. realized2. A. training B. introduction C. vision D. opinion3. A. top B. star C. all-round D. rising4. A. quit
8、 B. cut C. accepted D. admitted5. A. gain B. own C. mention D. state6. A. Frustrated B. Criticized C. Touched D. Puzzled7. A. about B. off C. aside D. up8. A. wrong B. right C. considerate D. arbitrary9. A. followed B. argued C. agreed D. faded10. A. mad at B. satisfied with C. grateful to D. crazy
9、about11. A. dignity B. courage C. confidence D. dream12. A. Everything B. Nothing C. Anything D. Something13. A. movement B. speed C. beauty D. image14. A. among B. between C. from D. of15. A. due to B. as to C. despite D. for16. A. frequently B. eventually C. permanently D. thoroughly17. A. countin
10、g on B. wrestling with C. taking on D. sticking to18. A. because B. when C. where D. so that19. A. performance B. belief C. support D. encouragement20. A. champion B. athlete C. coach D. hostII. 阅读理解AIn a historic moment on June 26, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right
11、across all 50 states. The Supreme Court justices ruled states cannot deny gay men and women the same marriage rights. The decision means the 13 states with bans on same-sex marriage are no longer able to enforce them.Same-sex couples “ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law”. Justice Anthony Ke
12、nnedy 2017 届高三英语专项训练-完型阅读 编制:刘微 试做:尹玲 审核:李建玲2wrote in the majority opinion: “The Constitution grants them that right.”The decision came after decades of litigation（诉讼） and activism. It set off celebrations across the US. In affected states including Georgia, Michigan, Ohio and Texas, same-sex couple
13、s rushed to wed, while officials in Mississippi and Louisiana said marriages had to wait until procedural issues were addressed, reported the BBC.According to “The New York Times”, the ruling came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion in the US, with polls indicating that mos
14、t Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.US President Barack Obama welcomed the ruling, saying it “affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts.” “Today,” he said in a press release, “we can say, in no uncertain terms, that we have made our union a little more perfect.”Anot
15、her win.This was the second time the Supreme Court took up same-sex marriage, according to an article in “Business Insider”. The first time, in June 2013, the court made a decision that allowed the US federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in states where they were already legal.But at t
16、hat time, the Supreme Court declined to rule on the broader question about gay marriage: Is there a constitutional（宪法的） right to same-sex marriage? The June 26 ruling gave a positive answer to that question.Justice Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that the Constitution should evolve with societ
17、al changes.“The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times,” he wrote. “The generations that wrote and ratified the “Bill of Rights” and the “Fourteenth Amendment（修正案）” did not exactly know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions, and so they hoped the future genera
18、tions can protect the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning.”The Fourteenth Amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the law. In the June 26 ruling, the Supreme Court declared that the equal protection clause of the amendment requires marriage rights be
19、extended to same-sex couples, too.21. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. The majority of Americans now object to same-sex marriage.B. Gay men and women did not care about the ruling.C. All the US states did not ban same-sex marriage before the ruling. D. The US president bel
20、ieves the country will be less perfect after the ruling.22. It can be inferred that _.A. before June 26, most Americans have doubt about same-sex marriage.B. this is the first time the Americans have got the same-sex marriage right.C. thanks to the amendment, all the Same-sex couples can get married
21、 immediately.D. Americans struggled for decades to win the same-sex right.23. Why does the author refer to Justice Kennedys “ the nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times” ? A. The author thinks that it is unfair for same-sex marriage not to have the marriage right.B. Th
22、e author wants to show that it is difficult for same-sex marriage couple to get the right.C. The author thinks that in our own times we can not see the justice.D. The author shows his dissatisfaction with the delayed approval of the legal same-sex marriage.BIf you could change your childs DNA in the
23、 future to protect them against diseases, would you? It could be possible because of technology known as CRISPR-Cas, or just CRISPR.CRISPR involves a piece of RNA, a chemical messenger, designed to work on one part of DNA; it also uses an enzyme (酶) that can take unwanted genes out and put new ones
24、in, according to The Economist. There are other ways of editing DNA, but CRISPR will do it very simply, quickly, and exactly.The uses of CRISPR could mean that cures are developed for everything from Alzheimers to cancer to HIV. By allowing doctors to put just the right cancer-killing genes into a p
25、atients immune system, the technology could help greatly.In April scientists in China said they had tried using CRISPR to edit the genomes (基因组) 2017 届高三英语专项训练-完型阅读 编制:刘微 试做:尹玲 审核:李建玲3of human embryos. Though the embryos would never turn into humans, this was the first time anyone had ever tried to
26、edit DNA from human beings. With this in mind, the US National Academy of Sciences plans to discuss questions about CRISPRs ethics (伦理问题).For example, CRISPR doesnt work properly yet. As well as cutting the DNA it is looking for, it often cuts other DNA, too. In addition, we currently seem to have t
27、oo little understanding of what DNA gives people what qualities.There are also moral questions around “playing God”. Of course, medicine already stops natural things from happening for example, it saves people from infections. The opportunities to treat diseases make it hard to say we shouldnt keep
28、going.A harder question is whether it is ever right to edit human germ-line (种系) cells and make changes that are passed on to children. This is banned in 40 countries and restricted in many others. However, CRISPR means that if genes can be edited out, they can also be edited back in. It may be up t
29、o us as a society to decide when and where editing the genome is wrong.Also, according to The Economist, gene editing may mean that parents make choices that are not obviously in the best interests of their children: “Deaf parents may prefer their children to be deaf too; parents might want to make
30、their children more intelligent at all costs.”In the end, more research is still needed to see what we can and cant do with CRISPR. “Its still a huge mystery how we work,” Craig Mello, a UMass Medical School biologist and Nobel Prize winner, told The Boston Globe. “Were just trying to figure out thi
31、s amazingly complicated thing we call life.”24. What is the article mainly about?A. How CRISPR was developed by scientists. B. What we can and cant do with CRISPR.C. Chinese scientists experiment of using CRISPR to edit human embryos.D. The advantages of CRISPR and arguments about its ethics. 25. Ac
32、cording to the article, the technology of CRISPR _.A. is very safe because it only cuts the DNA it is looking forB. is banned in 42 countries and restricted in many others C. could cause parents to make unwise choices for their children D. could help us discover the link between DNA and the qualitie
33、s it gives people26. It can be concluded from the article that CRISPR _.A. could be helpful in the treatment of cancer and HIV B. allows scientists to edit genomes for the first time C. is a technology that uses an enzyme to work on RNA and DNAD. has proven to be the most effective way to protect ch
34、ildren against diseases27. What is the authors attitude toward CRISPR?A. Supportive. B. Worried. C. Negative. D. Objective.CMy mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. America was where all my mothers hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China. Bu
35、t she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better. “Of course you can be a prodigy, too,” my mother told me when I was nine. “You can be best at anything.” We didnt immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese Shirley
36、 Temple. Wed watch Shirleys old movies on TV as though they were training films. My mother would poke my arm and say, “Ni kan” You watch. And I would see Shirley tapping her feet, or singing a sailor song, or pursing her lips into a very round O while saying, “Oh my goodness.”Soon after my mother go
37、t this idea about Shirley Temple, she took me to a beauty training school and put me in the hands of a student who could barely hold the scissors without shaking. Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. My mother dragged me off to the bathroom and tried
38、 to wet down my hair. “You look like Negro Chinese,” she lamented, as if I had done this on purpose.In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. I was a dainty ballerina gi
39、rl standing by the curtains, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air.2017 届高三英语专项训练-完型阅读 编制:刘微 试做:尹玲 审核:李建玲4In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I woul
40、d soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything. But sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient. “If you dont hurry up and get me out of here, Im disappearing for good,” it warned. “And then youll always be no
41、thing.” Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. She would present new tests, taking her examples from stories of amazing children she had read and a dozen other magazines she kept in a pile in our bathroom. My mother got these magazines from people whose hou
42、ses she cleaned. She would look through them all, searching for stories about remarkable children. The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states and even most of the European countries. A teacher was quoted as saying the little boy could a
43、lso pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.“Whats the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story.All I knew was the capital of California, because Sacramento was the name of the street we lived on in Chinatown. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most foreign wo
44、rd I could think of. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer. The tests got hardermultiplying numbers in my head, finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards, trying to stand on my head without using my hands, predicting the daily tempe
45、ratures in Los Angeles, New York, and London. And after seeing my mothers disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror and when I saw only my face staring backand
46、 that it would always be this ordinary faceI began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror. And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of mebecause I had never seen that face before. I looked at my reflection
47、, blinking so I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of wonts. I wont let her change me, I promised myself. I wont be what Im not. 28. The underlined word “pro
48、digy” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A. talent B. professor C. leader D. superstar29. Why did the mother and the girl watch Shirleys old movies on TV?A. Because the mother was a fan of Shirley Temple.B. Because Shirley Temples hairstyle was very popular among children.C. Because the girl resembled Shirley Temple in appearance.D. Because the mother wanted her daughter to be a Chinese Shirley Temple.30. How did the girl feel about the tests she did every night?A. She felt confident and finished it smoothly.B. She got through the tests pai
