2016年高三英语二轮复习 高考压轴冲刺练 三.docVIP

高考压轴冲刺练 三 限时40分钟 Ⅰ. 完形填空 体裁 记叙文 话题 教育 词数 311 　　Once upon a time, a student was in a physics class. He had achieved an otherwise perfect score, but the marker had　1　him poorly on one question. The question had asked him how he would　2　the height of a building using a barometer(气压计). 　　The student had written down. “Go to the　3　of the building. Drop the barometer and　4　the seconds until it drops on the sidewalk below. 5　use the formula(公式)for acceleration by gravity to　6　the height of the building. ” 　　Of course, with the help of a barometer, the　7　expected the student to use air pressure as a tool for measuring height. So he couldn’t　8　that part of the test. 　　When the student brought up that his answer　9　solve the question being asked, the professor promised he would let the student answer the question again with a different　　10　. And if the student solved the problem　11　, he would award him the marks for the question. 　　Immediately the student　12　that he would use the barometer to knock on the　13　　of the landlord in the building. When the landlord answered the door, he would ask, “How　14　is this building? ” 　　At once, the professor　15　what the student was doing. He asked him if he knew of any　16　methods to reach the answer. The student answered that he would　17　a long string to the barometer and measure the length of the string. 　　The professor decided to　18　the student the marks. As the story　19　, the student was young Niels Bohr, later becoming the famous　20　and discovering the nature of electrons inside atoms. 【文章大意】本文是一篇教育故事。作者介绍了著名物理学家Niels Bohr小时候的故事。 1. A. understood　　　　　B. graded C. asked D. fooled 【解析】选B。上下逻辑题。与前文的marker和score对应。grade v. 评价, 评分。 2. A. climb　　　B. build　　　C. meet　　　D. measure 【解析】选D。上下逻辑题。根据空后的the height of a building using a barometer判断选measure(测量)。 3. A. front B. back C. top D. inside 【解析】选C。上下逻辑题。与下文的Drop对应, 故选top(顶部)。 4. A. follow B. count C. adjust D. leave 【解析】选B。词义辨析题。根据空后的seconds判断, 故选count计算, 数数。 5. A. Thus B.