2012届高考英语 能力测评试题26.doc

课后能力测评(一) Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 字数：294 完成时间：12分钟 难度：★★ Many people believe everything or almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio. A few years ago I __1__ a story about a husband and wife who made a __2__ mistake. They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby __3__ with them. After they had finished their shopping, they returned to their car to go home.__4__ they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that __5__ rode in for safety. The couple then __6__ in their car toward home. After they had driven a few miles, they __7__ the back seat to see how the baby was. To their surprise, the baby was not there. According to the __8__， the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had __9__ to put him inside the car. They had driven away with the baby on the top of the car. The couple drove back __10__ the store but did not find the baby. They called the police, and the police said that they __11__ the baby and that the baby was __12__.The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been __13__ by his plastic seat. The __14__ couple took their baby home and were always careful after that. There was one thing __15__ with the story. It was not true. Stories such as this one are often __16__ in newspapers and on radio and television. Because they are read and heard __17__ that usually report the truth, many people believe them. People also believe them because, like the story __18__， they have something unusual or frightening about them. What is __19__ is that newspaper and radio reporters __20__ believe them. 1. A. wrote B. read C. told D. imagined 2. A. generous B. terrible C. interesting D. harmful 3. A. alone B. along C. away D. around 4. A. Since B. Before C. While D. After 5. A. they B. she C. we D. he 6. A. went away B. drove off C. moved on D. left out 7. A. searched B. looked at C. examined