高考英语 复习讲练测单元精练20.doc

2014高考英语复习讲练测：单元精练20 for several years, we lived at the end of a long texas country road. every evening when i was away from home on business, my 8yearold boy would ask _1_ of his mother to take his black dog and his daddys walking stick, to make the halfmile _2_ from the house to the fence which _3_ the beginning of the dirt driveway. one day, i was _4_ in my business for about an hour, _5_ forgetting about the faithful little boy down the road who might be _6_ for his daddy. on my way home, the rain was so thick that i _7_ not see ten feet in front of me. all i could _8_ was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. _9_， the downpour began to abate (减弱). it was only a drizzle (细雨) by the time my car turned the last _10_ and approached the final street between me and a warmhome and nice meal. all of a sudden, i _11_ sight of my little boy, who was holding an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in _12_， and was _13_ the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to grace the face of a little boy. as i stopped the car and _14_ the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. he was wet and _15_ with cold, but he never _16_ the rain, nor the hourlong wait. he simply said, “daddy, i missed you, i am so glad you are home.” last year, we _17_ to a wonderful new home provided by the lord for a special season in our lives. we no longer have a long country road; _18_， i have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his dog. often, perhaps a thousand times, my _19_ has wandered back to that _20_. like all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured. 1a.instruction bpermission cdecision dconclusion【答案与解析】b根据“每天晚上”看，儿子是去路口等他下班回来，所以要得到妈妈的“允许”。2a.ride bflight cdistance djourney【答案与解析】d从作者的家到路口有半英里的路程，此处make a journey为固定短语。3a.marked bresulted cdrew dled【答案与解析】adriveway通常指从自家车库通向大路的车道，而大路通常用栅栏围起来，所以栅栏就“标志着”通向家这段脏路的开始。4a.involved baddicted cdelayed dabsorbed【答案与解析】cbe delayed“耽误”。根据下文的大约一个小时判断，他是被生意耽误了，从下文的“nor the hourlong wait”也可看出该答案。如选其他选项，与前面的one day语义不符。5a.suddenly bcompletely cimmediately dhardly【答案与解析】b作者忙着生意，也就“完全”忘了孩子等他的这件事情。6a.searching bsending cwaiting dcalling【答案与解析】c根据文章的第1段可以看出，孩子每天傍晚都去路口“等”他。7a.must bshould cwould dcould【答案与解析】dcould在此为情态动词，表示“能力”。此处意为“雨下得很大，看不到前面10英尺远的地方”。8a.think of bstick to cpick up dhold on【答案与解析】athink of“想”，此处用“我只想”与前面的“完全忘记”相呼应。9a.in fact bat first cat all dat last【答案与解析】d前面提到雨下得很大，后面提到雨下得小了起来，所以用“最终；最后”。10a.time bcorner cstreet dway【答案与解析】b根据动词turn判断，他转了最后一个“弯”。由于路是用栅栏围着，所以用corner。11a.caught bheld ccarried dtook【答案与解析】acatch sight of“看见”，是固定短语。12a.another bother cthe other dothers【答案与解析】c表示两者之中的“另一个”要用the other。13a.dressing bexpecting cexpressing dwearing【答案与解析】dwear a smile“面带微笑”。express“表达”，不能和smile连用。14a.opened blockedcknocked dclosed【答案与解析】a根据后面的“ran into my arms”判断，此处作者“打开”了车门。15a.worrying bcovering ctrembling dequipping【答案与解析】c由于下雨，而孩子的身上又淋湿了，所以孩子冷得“发抖”。16a.declared bannounced ccommented dmentioned【答案与解析】d根据下文的“只是说”可知，孩子没有“提到”下雨和等了那么长时间。declare和announce意为“宣布”；comment“评论”，都不合语义。17a.moved bchanged creturned dremoved【答案与解析】a根据下文的“a wonderful new home”和“no longer have a long country road”可知，他们“搬家”了。18a.therefore botherwise chowever dbesides【答案与解析】c根据语意判断，上下文是转折关系，所以用however，意为“然而”。19a.heart bfeeling csense dmind【答案与解析】d儿子在雨中等他及对他说的话使作者难忘，所以他的“思绪”经常回到当时的情景。20a.view bscene cscenery dsight【答案与解析】bview“视野；风景”；scene“情景”；scenery“风景”；sight“景观；眼界”。.单项填空1the book didnt_ children probably because the author employed too many scientific terms in it.aapply to bappeal tocintend to dlead to【答案与解析】b题意：可能因为作者使用了太多的科学术语，这本书吸引不了孩子们。appeal to相当于attract, 符合题意。apply to “向申请”； intend to“打算”； lead to“导致”。2he didnt _ himself with the details. aconcernbworryccaredmanage【答案与解析】a题意：他对细节不感兴趣。concern oneself with相当于take an interest in意为“对感兴趣”，符合题意。3jane tried to keep up a calm appearance, but her trembling voice_. agave her in bgave her out cgave her away dgave her up【答案与解析】cgive in to sb “向某人屈服”； give out “用完；消耗尽；精疲力竭”； give sb up 表示对某人的到来、康复或寻回不再抱希望或不再期待，也可表示与某人断绝关系； give sb away在这里指的是“暴露；出卖某人”。题意：简强作镇定，但她颤抖的声音暴露了她的不安。故答案选c项。4_ this experiment is known to us.awhich to do bwhom to dochow to do dwhat to do【答案与解析】c句意：我们明白如何做这个实验。不定式前加疑问词构成的短语可在句中充当主语、宾语和表语。5all the dishes in this menu, _otherwise stated, will serve two to three people.aas bif cthough dunless【答案与解析】d考查状语从句连词。题意：这份菜单上所有的菜，除非另有说明，应该足够供两到三个人吃。分析题意后将空格部分补充完整应该为：unless they are otherwise stated，故d项正确。6to great disappointment of the poor workers, a great part of their wages were_ by the boss for no good reason.akept away bkept off ckept up dkept back【答案与解析】d句意：让可怜的工人们大失所望的是，老板无故扣除了他们的大部分工资。keep away “使不靠近”；keep off“不接近或不接触某人或某事物”； keep up“保持”； keep back“扣除；扣留；抑制”。7winning the scholarship was a great _ in the boys life.aaffair bmatter cbusiness devent【答案与解析】devent指有历史意义的事或者体育赛事。题意：赢得这项奖学金是这个男孩一生中的一件大事。8the earthquake caused nearly 30,000 deaths and left most towns _.ain disorder bin a messcin a row din ruins【答案与解析】d题意：地震导致近三万人死亡，使大部分城镇沦为废墟。in ruins “呈一片废墟”， 符合题意。in disorder “混乱地”； in a mess “混乱”； in a row “连续地”。9a completely new situation is likely to _ when school leaving age is raised to 16. aarise brise chappen draise【答案与解析】a题意为“一种全新的局面有可能出现，”。arise为不及物动词， 有“出现”的意思。10will all those _ the proposal raise their hands?ain relation to bin need ofcin honor of din favor of【答案与解析】d根据题意“赞成这个提议的请举手，好吗？”可知d项正确。.阅读理解 counting the worlds population may seem a bit like counting the stars in the sky, but not if you know how to go about it the right way. and there are as many ways to do it as there are countries, the united nations recently discovered at a fourday seminar (研讨会) attended by numberhappy statisticians (统计员) from 55 countries. the idea was to see how countries are using technology to make the census (人口普查) more manageable and accurate. the software technology leader of south east asia, singapore, carries out its census the cool way. it puts questionnaires on the internet. for its census in 2000, brazil used palm top computers and mobile phones to get data from the remotest parts of the amazon. india for its 2001 census, used the television medium to spread the message of the census and its importance. turkey, on the other hand, has simpler methods toensure that everyone is counted: the army sets up roadblocks all over the country! and in the former soviet republic of kyrgyzstan, people coming forward to be counted get a lottery ticket, with the winner getting a house for free, as the prize. in 1995, the un started a 10year exercise, to analyse the census systems of various countries and see how they could be made more efficient, so that even if technologies change, the basic efficiency of the census method remained. one of the interesting facts that came to light at the seminar was that while people in developing countries are more willing to get themselves counted, citizens of developed countries, such as the usa, do not take kindly to “governmentsponsored visits”1the passage mainly tells us _.aabout a fourday seminar on population controlbabout the different ways used to count populationcabout the uns efforts to count the worlds populationdabout efficient way of counting population【答案与解析】b文章主要谈论的是各个国家普查人口所使用的方式。2of the countries mentioned in the passage, which of the countries used hightech to count their population?asingapore, brazil and turkey.bturkey, brazil and kyrgyzstan.csingapore, turkey and india.dindia, singapore and brazil.【答案与解析】d使用高科技手段的有三个国家：singaporeinternet；brazilcomputer；indiatv。3in this passage the word “questionnaire” probably means _.aa list of questions asked in order to collect informationba place where questions are put up for people to readca person who is asked to answer a certain questionda people who asks people questions to collect information【答案与解析】a根据主语it和谓语put判断，这个词的意思是“问卷”。4people in the former soviet republic of kyrgyzstan would like to be counted because _.athey realize the importance of the censusbthey want to make the census more accuratecthey want to get an apartment without paying any moneydthe governments way of counting is more advanced【答案与解析】c根据第3段的“with the winner getting a house for free, as the prize.”可知，他们可以免费得到一套住房。5which of the following is true according to the passage?apeople in poorer countries dont like themselves to be counted. bpeople in rich countries support the census. cpeople in developed countries are not willing to be counted. dpeople in poor countries know the importance of the census while those in rich ones dont.【答案与解析】c可根据“do not take kindly to governmentsponsored visits”判断。.短文改错 in western countries, many children did homework to get pocket money. school students have to do homework and studying for tests. they dont have a lot of free times in the weekdays. they often do housework of the weekend. young kids only do easy housework. so they dont get many money. they help wash up before dinner and feed the family cat or dog. when they get to older, they often wash the family car, cut grass or cook dinners. some jobs are a good way for kids learn new things. for example, they can learn what to cook. of course, their parents help them in first. 【答案】1.第1句diddo2.第2句studyingstudy3.第3句timestime4.第4句ofon5.第6句manymuch6.第7句beforeafter7.第8句去掉to8.第9句kids后加to9.第10句whathow10.第11句inat.书面表达 近日你校搬进了建成的新址，你作为母校巨大变化的见证人参加了英语报举办的题为“great, my school”英语征文活动，请你根据以下信息写一篇文章。注意：1.文章开头已为你写好； 2词数120左右。参考词汇：多媒体 multimedia过去现在校园学校很小，一座教学楼学校像一座大花园。教学楼三座、实验楼一座操场不大，在街上跑步操场宽大，还有体育馆教学使用黑板、粉笔使用电脑、多媒体实验在教室里做实验在实验楼做great, my school my school has taken on a new look since it moved into a new place. it is quite different from the old one._ 【答案】one possible version: great, my school my school has taken on a new look since it moved into a new place. it is quite different from the old one. there used to be only one classroom building and the playground was not large enough for all the students to have sports. sometimes we had to practice running along the streets outside. the teaching conditions were even worse. our teachers used to teach with only a blackboard and chalk and the experiments could only be done in the classroom.but now besides the classroom building, a modern lab building has also been put into use, where all kinds of experiments can be done. we have not only a large playground but also a gym. classes can be given with the help of computers and multimedia. what great changes! i feel proud of my school.请根据下列图表及文字说明用英语写一篇短文，内容应包括中美高中生零花钱的主要来源、比例、差异及原因。要求：1.词数120左右；短文题目已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：百分比percentage (n.)pocket money sources for high school