2023年最新的高三英语限时阅读训练（十三）

1、第 PAGE4 页 共 NUMPAGES4 页2023年最新的高三英语限时阅读训练（十三）完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分,满分20分） In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their 21 condition, two of Durers children had a dream to seek their tal

2、ent for 22 , but they knew well their father would never be able to send 23 of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy. The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss（扔） a coin. The 24 would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer 25 the toss and went off to

3、Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, 26 work at the academy was almost an 27 success. Albrechts woodcuts and oils were 28 better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees 29 his works. When the young 30 retur

4、ned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, Now, Albert, it is your 31 to seek your dream. I will support you. All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he 32 and repeated, No .no. Fi

5、nally, Albert rose and 33 the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, I 34 go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to 35 your toast. Today, Albre

6、cht Durers masterful works 36 in every great museum in the world, but chances are great 37 you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brothers abused hands with palms together and thin 38 stretched skyward. He 39 it The Praying Hands. Next time you see that to

7、uching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it 40 ! 21. A. hopeful B. lucky C. disappointed D. hopeless 22. A. music B. art C. mining D. farming 23. A. all B. both C. each D. either 24. A. painter B. loser C. winner D. failure 25. A. lo

8、st B. got C. won D. beat 26. A. who B. his C. whom D. whose 27. A. arbitrary B. immediate C. attractive D. ordinary 28. A. far B. quite C. very D. more 29. A. for B. to C. in D. at 30. A. miner B. worker C. artist D. professor 31. A. luck B. turn C. move D. moment 32. A. sobbed B. nodded C. smiled D

9、. laughed 33. A. recovered B. wept C. wiped D. handed 34. A. cant B. mustnt C. can D. have to 35. A. hold B. return C. move D. turn 36. A. hang B. represent C. present D. visit 37. A. when B. that C. which D. as 38. A. figures B. hands C. fingers D. arms 39. A. said B. loved C. told D. called 40. A.

10、 yet B. out C. alone D. before 任务型阅读。请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格只填一个单词。 If environmental trends continue on a positive track, some day children may ask, “Mommy, what was pollution” But between that day and ours stands the environmental problem: global warming. Fighting an artificial

11、greenhouse effect is the greatest of environmental challenges, because the cure will not be possible unless almost every nation on the Earth participates. Will global warming cause harm Some computer models suggest the world might warm by 5 degrees or more during this century, which might be dangero

12、us. Melting polar ice could raise sea levels, while global warming might cause more intense storms and disrupt the weather patterns that bring rain to agricultural regions. Computer models are just a guess, of course, but when the farming areas that we all depend upon for food rely on current temperatures, rolling the dice (骰子) with the climate cannot be wise. Y