2010届高三英语复习题:Unit 15 Study skills
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Reading comprehension:
Edelweiss is the Swiss national flower. The blooms are small and white. They are shaped like stars.
In the Alps edelweiss grows wild. But it is hard to pick. It grows high up in the mountains, near the area where the snow stays all year long. Most of the plants are found in steep rock crevices.
Young men sometimes bring edelweiss back for their girl friends. The girls think of the flowers as a proof of true love. Mountain climbers, guides, and hunters pick edelweiss too. They wear it on their hats. To them it is a sign of courage and daring.
56. Edelweiss is the national flower of
A. Austria B. the Alps C. Switzerland
57. The plants are found in
A. snowdrifts B. rock crevices C. Both A and B
58. Edelweiss given to a girl stands for
A. love B. beauty C. truth
(56.C 57.B 58.A)
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There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to 1 . She had pretty children, 2 she felt they had been thrust (被强加于) upon her, and she could not 3 them. They looked at her coldly, as if they were finding fault (毛病) with her. And 4 she felt she must cover up some 5 in herself. Yet what it was that she 6 cover up she never knew. 7 , when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart 8 hard. This troubled her, and in her 9 she was all the more 10 and anxious for her children, 11 she loved them very much. 12 she herself knew that at the __13_ of her heart was a 14 little place that could not feel 15 , no, not for anybody. Everybody else said of her, “She is such a 16 mother. She loves her children.” Only she herself, and her 17 themselves, knew it was not so. They 18 it in each other’s 19 .
There was a boy and two little girls. They lived in a 20 house, with a garden, and they had servants, and felt themselves superior(优越的) to anyone in the neighbourhood.
1. A. reality B. fact C. truth D. dust
2. A. still B. and C. or D. yet
3. A. hate B. love C. scold D. punish
4. A. hurriedly B. suddenly C. slowly D. usually
5. A. secret B. sorrow C. advantage D. fault
6. A. can B. may C. must D. will
7. A. White B. However C. But D. Wherever
8. A. go B. going C. remain D. remaining
9. A. memory B. thought C. mind D. manner
10. A. nervous B. gentle C. excited D. pleased
11. A. even B. as C. even if D. as if
12. A. Only B. Surely C. Exactly D. Clearly
13. A. top B. middle C. edge D. center
14. A. gentle B. comfortable C. hard D. quiet
15. A. pain B. sorry C. happy D. love
16. A. good B. beautiful C. usual D. special
17. A. friends B. neighbours C. children D. parents
18. A. read B. explained C. recognized D. expressed
19. A. hearts B. faces C. expressions D. eyes
20. A. common B. pleasant C. pleased D. satisfied
答案:1~5 DDBAD 6~10CBADB 11~15DADCD 16~20DABDB