2013年北京高考英语阅读完型专版（总分：60）
第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
A Leap（跳跃）to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola 36 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished venth out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive. 37 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that caus her eyes to shift constantly. She often es double and can’t 38 how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom 39 that even though she couldn’t e 40 , she was fe
arless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 41 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more 42 for her than for some of her tournaments, she has neverquit. She doesn’t let her 43 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 44 is the balance beam. Becau she has double vision, she often es to beams. She must u her n of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even clos her eyes. “You have to 45 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 46 for anyone becau it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 经常出差的工作 47 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be 48 differently from the other girls on her team. At the compe
titions, the judges don’t know about her vision 49 . She doesn’t tell them, becau she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 50 attitude.
Lola never thinks about 51 . She is prently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 52 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to
other kids 53 she grew up.
Lola is 54 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life
outside gymnastics, too. Her 55 for others is “just believe yourlf”.
36. A. runs | B. teaches | C. trains | D. dances |
37. A. since | B. unless | C. after | D. though |
38. A. tell | B. guess | C. assume | D. predict 应收账款管理办法 |
39. A. suspected | B remembered | C. imagined | 洗衣机声音大D. noticed |
40. A. deeply | B. well | C. ahead | D. cloly |
41. A. task | B. sport | C. event | D. show |
42. A. boring | B. enjoyable | C. different | D. unsatisfactory |
43. A. talent | B. quality | C. nature | D. condition |
孔繁森的故事44. A. doubt眩晕停的功能主治 | B. advantage | C. challenge | D. program |
45. A. examine | B. express | C. open | D. trust |
46. A. fearful | B. harmful | C. unfair | D. inconvenient |
47. A. to | B. on | C. off | D. against |
48. A. greeted | B. treated | 关于扬州的诗句 C. rved | D. paid |
清平调三首49. A. pains | B. stress | C. injuries | D. problems |
50. A. positive | B. friendly | C. flexible | D. caution |
51. A. defending | B. quitting | C. winning | D. bargaining |
52. A. standard | B. range | C. view | D. goal |
53. A. until | B. as | C. when | D. before |
54. A. proud | B. tired | C. ashamed | D. confident |
55. A. plan | B. advice | C. reward | D. responsibility |
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第三部分：阅读理解 （共两节，20 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，共 30 分）
阅读下列短文：从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项
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56. What is mainly discusd in paragraph 2?
A. the heat of the EP B. the safety of the EP
雷锋的观后感C. the appearance of the EP D. the material of the EP
57. From the passage, we can learn that the EP .
A. doesn’t burn up oxygen B. runs without any noi
C. makes people get sleepy D. is unsuitable for children and pets
58. The underlined word “evenly” in paragraph 4 probably means .
