江西省新余市2014高考英语 阅读理解、完形填空专题训练（3）.doc

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1、新余市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空专题训练（3）附答案阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度：★★★★设题相似度：★★★难度系数：★★★★Despitethepopularityofschoolspellingcompetitions，adultsintheUSperformedpoorlyinasurveycomparinghowEnglishspeakersonbothsidesoftheAtlanticdealwithcommonlymisspeltwords.SixtytwopercentofAmericansgo

2、t“embarrassed”wrong，against54percentofBritonswhostruggledwiththewordinasurveylastyear.AdultsintheUSperformedlesswellonmostofthetenwordstested，includingmillennium(52percentwrong，against43percentintheUK)，liaison(61percentto54percent)and“accommodation”(42percentto36perce

3、nt)．Only“definitely”and“friend”werespeltcorrectlybymoreAmericans.JackBovilloftheSpellingSociety，whichsponsored(发起)theresearch，saidthehighinaccuracyratesinbothcountriesshowedtheneedfortheEnglishspellingsystemtobemodernized.“Whenasked，onlyaquarterofadultsthoughttheyhada

4、problemwithspelling.Theanswersinthetestprovethatthis_is_far_from_the_case，”hesaid.“WhatisholdingtheUKandtheUSAbackistheirregularspellingsystem.”ProfessorEdwardBaranowski，oneacademicconsultantfortheproject，said，“Wehavedifferentspellingsforthesamesound，andasystemwhichre

5、flectshowEnglishwasspokeninthe13thto15thcenturies，nothowitisspokentoday.Somanysoundchangeshaveoccurredinthelanguage，whichisnotreflectedinmodernspelling，thatweareleftwitha‘fossilized(僵化的)’system.”Thestudyfoundthat40percentoftherespondentswouldsupportupdatingwordsthatca

6、usedproblemswhile16percentopposedtheidea.And31percentsaiditdidn'tmatter.TheUSsurveyinvolvingasampleof1,000adultswascarriedoutonlinebyIpsosMORIlastmonth，withthemethodbasedonasurveyof1,000BritonsinAprillastyear.-11-【语篇解读】一项调查发现，美国人在单词拼写方面不如英国人。1．Theunderlinedword“inaccu

7、racy”inParagraph3canbestbereplacedby________.A．successB．errorC．correctnessD．growth答案　B　[词义猜测题。根据本句的“showedtheneedfortheEnglishspellingsystemtobemodernized”，联系第二段英美成年人较高的拼写错误率，可知inaccuracy可用error来代替，都是“错误”的意思。]2．Theunderlinedpart“thisisfarfromthecase”inParagraph3implie

8、sthat________.A．mostoftheAmericanscanspellcorrectlyB．therearemorepeoplehavingspellingproblemsC．adultsperformworseinspellingt