- 1 -红海湾高级中学张静中学红海湾高级中学张静中学 20152015 年高考英语小题精英复习（年高考英语小题精英复习（1111）专题限时训练专题限时训练( (八八) ) 说明文型语法填空说明文型语法填空 (限时：每篇 5 分钟)A A WeChat was launched on Jan. 12, 2011, and took more than a year 1._ (draw) 100 million users. By September，2012, it 2._ (reach) the 200 million mark, Tencent said. “The number of people 3._ (use) WeChat, a voicemessaging service developed by the Internet giant Tencent Holdings, has hit 300 million in less than two years 4._ the service was released， ” the Shenzhenbased company said on Wednesday. “The 300 million number is 5._ milestone for WeChat, and we hope the service will be ready to perform 6._ the global stage in 2013， ” Pony Ma, Tencent chairman and chief executive officer, said on his microblog on Wednesday morning. The function of WeChat is very similar to the text messaging and voice call services7._are provided by telecom carriers. Late last year saw the 8._ (introduce) of an English version of WeChat in a bid to draw more international users. Tencent has released versions in Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai. Tencent said it is 9._(most) pursuing its expansion plans in emerging Asian markets. It said the company finds10._easier to reach its goals in such places, in part because they have cultures that are similar to Chinas. B B Nearly all of us have dreamed about winning the big prize in a lottery(彩票) We dream about 1._ we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about how the money would change us. For most of us, our way of life is closely linked 2._ our economic circumstances. The different parts of 3._ (we) lives fit together like a jigsaw(拼板)work, home, friends, hobbies, and sports make up our world. 4._ sudden fortune would change it all and break the jigsaw. For example, most people like the idea 5._ not having to work, but winners have found that without work there is no reason to get up in the morning. It seems great 6._ (move) to a bigger house in a wealthy area, 7._ if you do that, you leave old friends behind. Usually, winners 8._ (advise) not to publicize their address and phone number, but begging letters still arrive. 9._ they are not careful, most of their money will be spent on the 10._ (protect) of their homes and swimming pools and their sanity! C C- 2 -The 2，298kilometre BeijingGuangzhou Highspeed Railway 1._ (official) opened to passengers on December 26，2012. It is the worlds longest highspeed rail route. The 2._ (design)speed of the track is 350 km/h, though speeds during the initial period of operation will be limited to about 300 km/h. The new route cuts the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou 3._ almost two thirds, from 22 hours to roughly eight hours.On December 1, 2012，not long before the opening of the BeijingGuangzhou Highspeed Railway, the HarbinDalian Highspeed Railway, 4._ first highspeed line ever to cross land that lies frozen for almost half a year, began operations, 5._ allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning, 6._ the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon.At present the total 7._ of highspeed lines in China 8._ (reach)9，349 km. With four main lines 9._ (run) eastwest and four northsouth, the countrys highspeed train network is the worlds largest. China plans to expand 10._ highspeed railway network to 50，000 km by 2020, to cover almost all large and mediumsized cities.D D Some say that madness and genius (天才) often come hand in hand. This is especially true of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh is famous for1._amazing use of colour and shape. Born in 1853, he was painting at a time when art was changing. A long time ago, artists tried to make their paintings look real, like photographs.2._later on, art became more about the artists own ideas. If you see a Van Gogh, it wont look like the real world. It will look even3._(beautiful)Some of Van Goghs most famous paintings are of natural scenes and flowers, such as Sunflowers. He also painted many wonderful selfportraits (自画像), 4._ brought him a lot of fame. Van Gogh had a great gift for painting, however, he was a5._(trouble) man. At one point, he cut off his own ear. Van Gogh is now one of the worlds most famous artists. But he died at the age of 37, alone and poor. Almost6._knew or cared about his art at that time. Although he was a great genius, he suffered7._(great). Some say that his madness was8._he paid for his art. Actually, if Van Gogh9._(die) at the age of twenty, no one would have connected him with failure or mental illness. Instead he would have been remembered by tho