【创新方案】2015届高三英语二轮复习资料 专题滚动检测(十九)].docVIP

专题滚动检测(十九) (限时：30分钟　语法填空2篇＋完形填空＋阅读理解1篇) Ⅰ.语法填空 A Have you ever heard that we humans use only ten percent of our brains? This myth holds 1.________certain appeal because if it 2.________true, then we could instantly become ten times 3.________(intelligent) just by firing up that sleepy majority of the brain! The idea that we use only a small fraction of the brain dates back to animal experiments in the 19th century. When scientists 4.________(stimulate) a specific part of the brain, the animal moved 5.________leg or tail. And some scientists assumed that large parts of the brain were simply useless. Then, in the early 20th century, scientists observed that stimulating certain regions of the brain had no physical effects, which are 6.________the “silent cortex”. Today we know that much of the “silent cortex” is actually devoted to complex activities like language, learning and imagining. Actually, 7.________we sleep，many areas of the brain are extremely active. Would you be smarter if your entire brain constantly worked to maximum capacity？8.________(interest) enough, the opposite is probably true.The less brain activity you need to perform a 9.________(give) task, the more the brain as a whole is capable 10.________doing. B Linda：When is your vacation going to start? Helen: Ill be leaving 1.________ August 5th. Linda：Oh, thats only a few days from now! How many weeks are you going to take off? Helen：I will take two weeks off, but I want to save 2.________ week and take it off sometime during the winter. Linda: Where are you going? Helen：To the beach. Linda：Have you called the hotel and made a 3.________(reserve) yet? Helen：Oh, I dont 4.________to do that. Ill be staying with friends. Linda: Youre lucky. Its hard to find a place 5.________ (stay) at the beach in August. Helen：Just think, in a few days I 6.________ (swim) every day and lying in the sun and just taking it easy. Linda：Dont tell me about it! It sounds too good. Helen：What a