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真题研练50
Task 1:阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
(2016·浙江)During the war,my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be __1__ him.I hated the place.I had never __2__been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a longterm duty,and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone.The heat was__3__—almost 125° F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌).__4__a soul to talk to.The wind blew nonstop,and all the food I ate,and the very air I breathed,were__5__ with sand,sand,sand!
I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was __6__ and coming back home.I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.I __7__ be in prison! My father answered my __8__with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my__9__—two lines that completely changed my life:
Two men looked out from prison bars,
One saw the mud,the other saw the stars.
I read those two lines __10__.I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11__;I would look for the stars.
I made friends with the natives,and their __12__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets,and __14__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__.
What brought about this __16__ change in me? The desert hadn't changed,__17__ I had.I had changed my __18__.And by doing so,I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing __19__ of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my selfcreated prison and __20__ the stars.
【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述自己为了离丈夫近一些,住在他所在的沙漠的军营里,寂寞的生活和艰苦的生活条件让作者难以忍受,她写信告诉父母要回家。父亲给她的信中就两行字,就是这两行字使作者改变了自己对人生的态度。
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1.A.off B.behind
C.near D.beyond
答案 C [考查介词辨析及语境理解。根据上一句,作者的丈夫驻扎在沙漠的兵营中,所以,作者去和他住在一起是为了住得近一些。故选C。]
2.A.before B.already
C.then D.still
答案 A [考查副词辨析及语境理解。根据下文的内容可知,在恶劣的沙漠环境中,作者几乎要放弃,所以,她从来没有这么难过。故选A。]
3.A.inflexible B.incomprehensible
C.uncontrollable D.unbearable
答案 D [考查形容词辨析及语境理解。根据...—almost 125° F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)可知,沙漠环境让人难以承受。故选D。]
4.A.Only B.Not
C.Many D.Such
答案 B [考查形容词辨析及语境理解。因为恶劣的沙漠环境,所以“没有一个人可以说话”。故选B。]
5.A.covered B.filled
C.buried D.charged
答案 B [考查动词辨析及语境理解。be filled with...固定短语,意为“充满着……”。故选B。]
6.A.catching up B.keeping up
C.giving up D.getting up
答案 C [考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。因为恶劣的沙漠环境,作者几乎要放弃,想要回家。故选C。]
7.A.ought to B.might well
C.would rather D.had better
答案 C [考查短语辨析及语境理解。根据上一句I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer,所以作者宁愿待在监狱里,也不愿待在那儿。故选C。]
8.A.request B.call
C.question D.letter
答案 D [考查名词辨析及语境理解。根据下文语境,作者的爸爸回信了,故选D。]
9.A.comparison B.imagination
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C.consideration D.memory
答案 D [考查名词辨析及语境理解。此句指的是“在我的记忆里总是在吟诵的两行话”,comparison表示“比较”;imagination “想象”;consideration “考虑”;memory “记忆”。故选D。]
10.A.over and over B.by and by
C.up and down D.now and then
答案 A [考查副词短语辨析及语境理解。over and over 意为“一遍一遍地”。故选A。]
11.A.company B.occupation
C.situation D.relationship
答案 C [考查名词辨析及语境理解。因为无法改变现在的情况,所以作者下决心找到目前情况下好的一面。故选C。]
12.A.movement B.reaction
C.guidance D.purpose
答案 B [考查名词辨析及语境理解。根据下文可知,作者对当地人的反应感到惊讶。故选B。]
13.A.refused B.failed
C.managed D.happened
答案 A [考查动词辨析及语境理解。根据下文可知,当地人把不愿意卖给游客的艺术品送给了作者。故选A。]
14.A.asked B.hunted
C.waited D.headed
答案 B [考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。根据下文可知,作者是在寻找贝壳,hunt for意为“寻找”。故选B。]
15.A.floor B.surface
C.rock D.level
答案 A [考查名词辨析及语境理解。根据常识,贝壳是生活在海底的。故选A。]
16.A.shocking B.challenging
C.puzzling D.astonishing
答案 D [考查形容词辨析及语境理解。根据上下文的内容可知,作者发生了让人吃惊的变化。astonishing “使人吃惊的,惊人的”;shocking“令人震惊的”。不符合句意。故选D。]
17.A.as B.but
C.for D.or
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答案 B [考查连词辨析及语境理解。根据前句沙漠并没有改变,和后一句作者改变了,这两句话之间是转折关系。故选B。]
18.A.attitude B.principle
C.identity D.standard
答案 A [考查名词辨析及语境理解。作者改变了看待事物的态度。故选A。]
19.A.vacation B.operation
C.affair D.adventure
答案 D [考查名词辨析及语境理解。根据上文可知,作者把不愉快的经历改变成了我生命中最神奇的冒险之旅。故选D。]
20.A.sought B.counted
C.found D.reached
答案 C [考查动词辨析及语境理解。根据上文内容作者克服了恶劣的沙漠环境,改变了看待事物的态度,找到了“星星”。故选C。]
Task 2:词汇积累
1.inflexible adj.缺乏弹性的,不可改变的
incomprehensible难懂的,不可理解的
2.catch up赶上 keep up保持,维持 give up放弃
3.comparison对比
4.company陪伴,公司 occupation工作,占用
5.movement运动,活动
6.shocking骇人的 challenging具有挑战性的
7.on a longterm duty 长期值班
8.selfcreated 自己创造的 selfcentered 自我中心的
Task 3:语法填空
During the war,I had __1__ unforgettable experience.When I was giving up,what was it __2__ completely changed my attitude towards my life.
I often wonder what brought about this __3__ (astonish) change in me? The place __4__ I lived hadn't changed,__5__ I had.I had changed my attitude.And __6__ doing so,I __7__ (change) an unhappy experience into the most __8__ (amaze)adventure of my life.I was excited by __9__ I had discovered.I had looked out of my selfcreated prison __10__ found the stars.
答案 1.an 2.that 3.astonishing 4.where 5.but
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6.by 7.changed 8.amazing 9.what 10.and
Task 4:短文改错(下面文字有十处错误,请改正)
After I read those two lines ,I was ashamed of .I made up mind that I would find out what was good in my present situation.
I began to make with the natives,and they did amazed me.They gave me presents of their most favorite artworks which they had been refused to sell to tourists.I the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets, hunted for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago the sands of the desert had been an ocean floor.
Task 5:攻克长难句(分析句子结构,尝试翻译成汉语)
1.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had refused to sell to tourists.
分析:本句是一个复合句。which引导定语从句,先行词是“their favorite artworks”,指物,关系词在从句中作“sell”的宾语。
译文:他们将他们最喜欢的艺术品当作礼物送给我,而他们原来可是拒绝将这些艺术品卖给游客的。
2.I watched for the desert sunsets,and hunted for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean floor.
分析:此句中含有两个定语从句,第一个that had been left there...是修饰先行词seashells的,第二个when the sands of the desert had been an ocean floor是修饰先行词years。
译文:我看着沙漠的日落,寻找数百万年前留在那儿的贝壳,那里当时还是洋底。
Task 6:经典句式背诵
1.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present situation.
我下定决心找出在目前情况下一些好的东西。
2.My father answered my letter with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my memory—two lines that completely changed my life.
我父亲给我的回信只有两行——在我的记忆里将总是在高歌的两行,也是彻底改变了我生活的两行。
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