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“阅读理解＋完形填空”组合练
Ⅰ。阅读理解
Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the cond hand?
Let's face it：English is a crazy language。There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger。Sweet。meats are candy，while s
weetbreads，which aren’t sweet，are meat。
We take English for granted。But when we explore its paradoxes(探讨它的矛盾)，we find that quicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them。
And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers don’t fing，grocers don't groce,and hammers don’t ham？ If the plural of tooth is teeth,shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth？ One goo，two gee—so one moo,two mee？
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wi man and a wi guy are opposites? How can overlook and overe be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？
English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings。That’s why，when stars are out，they are visible;but when the lights are out，they are invisible。And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it；but when I wind up this essay,I end it.
1．According to the passage 。
A．boxing rings should be round
B．there should be an egg in an eggplant
C．pineapples are the apples on the pine tree
D．sweetmeats and sweetbreads are different things
答案 D
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Sweet。meats are candy，while sweetbreads,which aren’t sweet,are meat."可知，蜜饯是糖果，而杂碎是肉,由此可知，蜜饯和杂碎是不同的东西，故D项正确。
2．Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?
A．A wi man and a wi guy。
怎样激活医保卡B．Quite a lot and quite a few。
C．Overlook and overe。
D．Hot as hell and cold as hell.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句“How can overlook and overe be opposites,while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？”可知，quite a lot 和 quite a few的意思相近，故B项正确。
3．The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “ ”．
A．blow B．roll up
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C．finish D．get hurt
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句中的“when I wind up my watch，I start it;but when I wind up this essay,I end it"可知，画线的wind up与end意思相近，有“结束、完成"之意，故C项正确。
4．Through the many paradoxes in the English language，the writer wants to show that human beings are 。
A．clever B．crazy
C．lazy D．dull
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解析 推理判断题.根据最后一段第一句“English was invented by people,not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings.”可知，英语是人而不是电脑发明的，它反映了人类的创造力。由此可知通过英语中的许多悖论，作者想表明人类是聪明的，故A项正确。
Ⅱ。完形填空
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