2020届湖南省高考英语新题型专练新课标人教版

1、2020 届湖南省高考英语新题型专练阅读短文，根据所读内容在表中的空格处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3 个单词。Most Americans have a city they like best. Over the years, American songwriters have described these feelings in music. More songs have been written about Americas biggest city, New York, than about any other city. Many others dream about lea

2、ving their small towns to go there. They want to become rich and famous. Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in the most popular song written about New York.Almost three-million people live in the middle western city of Chicago, Illinois. It is now Americas third largest city. It used to be the sec

3、ond largest city. So, of course, it needed its own song. Judy Garland sings the song, Chicago, Chicago. One of Americas most exciting cities is Las Vegas, Nevada. In nineteen-sixty-four, Elvis Presley starred in a movie called Viva Las Vegas. Here is the song from that movie. It is sung by the group

4、 Z-Z Top.As weall know, one of the most beautiful cities in America is San Francisco, California. The most popular song about the city is called I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Tony Bennett recorded it in nineteen-sixty-two. It sold more than three-million records.Many people love Los Angeles, Cal

5、ifornia. It is now Americas second largest city. Los Angeles is popular because the weather is warm and the sun shines almost all the time. Randy Newman sings about his feelings for the city in the song, I Love L.A. Not everyone, however, loves Los Angeles.Some people do not like all the big roads a

6、round the city. They like livingin a smaller place. A place like San Jose, California. Dionne Warwick singsabout going back to this city. The song is, Do You KnowThe WayTo San Jose.Songs about American CitiesStates76.FeaturesSongsSongwriters/BandNew YorkAmericasbiggest cityA song aboutNew York78.Ill

7、inoisChicago,79. AmericasChicago, ChicagoJudy Garlandcity77.80.Americas second largest city81.Randy NewmanSanFrancisco82.I Left MyHeart in SanFrancisco.83.84.smallDo You KnowThe Way ToSan JoseDionne WarwickNevadaLas VegasexcitingA song fromVivaLasVegas.85. the group76. Cities 77. California 78. Fran

8、k Sinatra 79. third largest. 80. LosAngeles 81. I Love L.A ” 82. beautiful 83. Tony Bennett 84. San Jose 85. Z-ZTopThrow me something. Mister! Throw me something, Mister! Thousands of people are waiting for the parade to pass them by and for someone to throw them a cup, some beads, or some candy. We

9、lcome to New Orleans, USA. Welcome to Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a holiday celebrated in the South of the U. S.The nameof the festival, Mardi Gras, is French and meansFat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is celebrated on a Tuesday between February 3 and March 9, always 47 days before Easter Sunday. During Mardi G

10、ras, people like to dress up in colorful and unusual costumes, and of course, watch parades in the streets. The official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green and gold. Mardi Gras is celebrated for two weeks before Fat Tuesday and people from all over the world come to watch the festival.Fill in ea

11、ch blank with ONLY one word in the following chart with the information above-mentioned:Question:-actsInferenceMardi Gras is the name of the1.Here Mister is the man in charge ofgiving out6.MardiGrasfallson2.1Mardi Gras probably originates from7.MardiGrasis3in theSouth of USA.Some ancestors of the pa

12、rades were probably8.People usually dress up in colorfulandunusual 4The official colors are based on9customsThe formal colors of Mardi Gras are5, green andgold.Fat Tuesday means people can enjoy themselveswithbig10.1.festival2.Tuesday3celebrated4.costumes/clothes5.purple6.gifts/presents7.France8.Fre

13、nch/Frenchmen9.traditional10.feast/mealTourism probably started in Romantimes. Rich Romansvisited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.In the early 17 th century, the idea of the“Grand Tour was born. Ric

14、h young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris inFrance, and Romeand Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two or four years and the tourist stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand T

15、our” was an important part of young people s education -but only for the rich.In the 18 th century tourism began to change. For example, people in theUK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to“take the wasters ” . Theybelieved that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensi

16、ve hotels were built in these towns.In the 19th century, travel became muchmore popular and faster. Whenthe first railways were built in the 1820 s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as ci

17、ties became larger, noisier and dirtier.Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.The 20 th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket process dropp

18、ed and more people used them.1.Main TouristsPlaces8.2.4.in Roman empireto visit friends and family17th centuryrichyoungpeople6.9.3.people in theUKsome towns10.19th century5.7.enjoy the beauty of nature20th century odinaryfaraway countiesnot mentionedpeople1. Time 2. Roman times 3. 18th century 4. ri

19、ch Romans 5.ordinary people6. Beautiful European cities 7. towns and countryside 8. Purpose 9. part of education 10. take the waters四The Spring Festival in ChinaEvery year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is held inJanuary or February. Of all our festivals, the Spring Festival is the

20、most important to us Chinese. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. Several days before the lunar new year, we spring-clean our houses and decorate （ 装饰）them. The old folk say that everything must be new and clean for the Spring Festival celebrations （ 庆祝）so that the new year will brin

21、g happiness and good luck. Wealso buy pork, beef, chicken, fruit and manyother things. Parents buy new clothes for their children and children mayalso buy presents for their parents.The celebration begins on the eve of the lunar new year, we put up some New Year pictures. On the Festival eve, all th

22、e family members come back to their hometown. No matter how far away from homea person is, he will always try to get home in time for this big dinner. We often make a special kind of food called “dumplings” . It means “come together ” . When we re enjoying the meal, we give each other the best wishe

23、s for the coming year.We sing, dance and play card.On the first day of the holiday, we usually stay at home. Weget up fairlyearly and, first thing, exchange （交换）New Year greetings. This is a happymomentfor the children; they can get some pocket money. And then we let off firecracker （ 放爆竹）and firewo

24、rks （ 烟花）.We enjoy ourselves very much.On the second and the third days, we go visiting relatives and friends.We sit around chatting （ 聊天）and eating sweets and New Year Cakes and all kinds of delicacies （ 珍馈美味）.Each family prepares something special. Sometimes we would see some lion and dragon dancings.The celebration lasts about 15days. The 15 th night of the first moon is called the Lantern Festival. This is the day when we young people g