小卷速测(四) 完形填空+阅读理解D+回答问题
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
Comfort Zone
I would never forget what I learned from the day when I left my junior high school. On the last day our teacher told us something 1 that I would like to share with you.
He began by drawing a man standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting, he drew things like a house, a car and a few friends inside the circle.
He asked, “Can anyone tell me what this is?” In a long silence, one student decided to 2 his idea,“The world?” The teacher said, “That’s close. This is your Comfort Zone. Inside your circle you have all the things that are important to you. Your home, your family, your friends and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any 3 .”
“Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle?” A strong silence came over the room. The same student replied,“You are afraid.” Another student said, “You may make mistakes.” The silence continued and our teacher smiled and asked, “When you make mistakes, what can the result be?” The first student said, “You 4 something.”
“Exactly, you are learning.” Our teacher turned to the blackboard and drew an arrow(箭头) 5 from the man to the outside of the circle. He went on saying, “When you leave your Comfort Zone, you put yourself out there, in a 6 that you are not comfortable with. The result is that you learn something that you did not know and you enlarge your knowledge to become a better person.” He turned again to the blackboard and drew a bigger circle around the original(原来的) circle, and 7 a few new things like more friends, a big house, etc.
A lesson from this story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Zone you will never be able to open your eyes to the outside world and learn. When you step out of your Comfort Zone, you will 8 make your circle bigger to challenge your mind and grow to be stronger, and all in all be a better person.
( )1.A.personal B.natural C.traditional D.educational
( )2.A.take B.express C.argue D.write
( )3.A.noise B.danger C.disagreements D.arguments
( )4.A.lose B.want C.learn D.miss
( )5.A.pointing B.flying C.connecting D.leaving
( )6.A.standard B.business C.programme D.situation
( )7.A.built B.invited C.added D.divided
( )8.A.finally B.hardly C.quickly D.suddenly
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
A tiny helicopter nearly hit your head and then flew off into the distance. What was that?
You just saw a drone, a remote-controlled device(遥控装置) that can carry cameras and technology for all sorts of reasons.
New technology has made drones cheaper and easy to buy in recent years. More people are using drones as a hobby, just like flying a kite. Drones are also used to film sports games and make movies.
But lots of professionals use them in their jobs, too.
In Australia, scientists are using drones to search large areas and protect animals.
“You don’t need to worry about(getting attacked by) crocodiles or stepping on coral(珊瑚),” Dr Karen Joyce told Australia’s ABC.
Environmental professor Lian Pin Koh used a drone to fly over the nests of orangutans(猩猩) in Indonesia.
“We believe drones have potential not only for combating(战斗), but also for monitoring(监控) the health of wildlife populations,” said Koh.
But they may not be completely safe.
