高考英语 暑假基础训练(4)

(一)

It's a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Although I've received fancier, more expensive cards over the years, this is the only one I've __1__. One summer，it spoke volumes to me.

I received it __2__ the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single __3__， I even had difficulty in the simplest housework ：leaky taps, oil changes, even barbecues. Those had always been my husband's __4__. I was embarrassed every time I __5__ my thumb with a hammer. My uncertain attempts only __6__ the fear inside me：How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly，I __7__ the tools and skills.

That morning，my girls pushed me into the living room to see something. (I prayed it wasn't __8__ repair job. )The“something”turned out to be an __9__ and several wrapped things on the carpet. My __10__ must have been plain as I stared from the colorful packages to my

daughters' __11__ faces.

“Go ahead! Open them！” they urged. As I __12__ the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill and all the necessary __13__ including a green kitchen glove.

“But why？”I asked.

“Happy Father's Day！”they shouted together.

“Moms don't get presents on Father's Day，”I said.

“You forgot to open the __14__ ，”Jane reminded. I pulled it from the envelope. There sat Snoopy, merrily wishing me a Happy Father's Day. “Because，” the girls said，“ you've been a father and mother to us，why shouldn't you be __15__ on Father's Day？”

As I fought back tears, I realized they were __16__ . I wanted to be a “professional” dad，who had the latest tools. The girls __17__ wanted a parent they could count on to be there, day after day, __18__ repeatedly the tasks of basic care and love.

The girls are grown now, __19__ they still send me Father's Day cards, but none of those cards means as much to me as that first one. Its simple message told me being a great parent didn't require any special __20__ at all—just a willing worker.

几年前作者和丈夫离异后带着两个未成年的女儿生活时，在父亲节收到的那张卡片让作者感慨颇深，几年后的今天作者依然珍藏着它。

1. A. saved B. received C. bought

D. found

答案：A。这张独特的卡片是我唯一的一直保存(save)到现在的卡片，那个夏天对我意味着很多……。

2. A. during B. until C. before

D. since

答案：A。我收到这张卡片是在我寡居独自抚养两个未成年女儿的第一个六月份期间。

3. A. adulthood B. childhood C. parenthood

D. womanhood

答案：C。我当时正处在突然成为单身母亲的情感混乱中。parenthood父母身份，亲子关系。

4. A. professions B. trades C. preferences

D. jobs

答案：D。那些活计过去一直是我丈夫的工作。 5. A. moved B. touched C. held

D. hit

答案：D。 每当使用锤子砸在自己的拇指上时我感到很尴尬。hit打击，击中，打中。

6. A. dismissed B. removed C. fueled

D. overcame

答案：C。不可预测的尝试只能激起我内在的恐惧：怎样才能使自己既是两个女儿的母亲同时又是父亲呢？fuel激起，刺激。如：His rude remarks fueled her anger.他粗鲁的言词使她怒上加怒。

7. A. acquired B. lacked C. abandoned

D. improved

答案：B。我缺少工具和技能。

8. A. another B. every C. their

D. that

答案：A。那天上午我的两个女儿把我推进起居室让我看某种东西时，我祈祷千万别是另外一份维修工作。

9. A. award B. item C. album

D. envelope

答案：D。那东西居然是放在地毯上的一个信封和几个包起来的东西。由下文空14后的envelope可知答案。

10. A. excitement B. puzzlement

C. disagreement D. encouragement 答案：B。当我的目光从彩色的包裹移向女儿充满活力的脸庞时，我当时肯定是一脸困惑。puzzlement迷惑，谜，费解。

11. A. brave B. bright C. honest

D. absent

答案：B。bright欢快的，开朗的，生气勃勃的。 12. A. collected B. submitted C. unwrapped

D. prepared

答案：C。“去吧，打开它们”女儿们催促着我。当我打开包裹时……。unwrap打开，展开，解开。

13. A. instruments B. parts C. cookers

D. objects

答案：D。我发现是一个小烧烤架和包括一个绿色的厨用手套在内的所有的必备物品。object物品。

14. A. letter B. present C. card

D. note

答案：C。Jane提醒我，“你忘了打开那张卡片。”文章首句已暗示了答案。

15. A. remembered

B. praised

C. accepted D. surprised

答案：A。女儿们说，因为你对我们来说既是父亲也是母亲，为什么我们不应该在父亲节给你送礼物呢？

16. A. careful B. happy C. satisfactory

D. right

答案：D。当我强忍住自己的眼泪时，我意识到她们这样说是对的。 17. A. only B. again C. still

D. also

答案：A。女儿们需要的仅仅是一个随时可依靠的家长。 18. A. evaluating B. assigning C. performing

D. considering

答案：C。日复一日重复履行着最基本的关爱工作的家长。perform履行，完成，执行，做。

19. A. or B. and C. so

D. but

答案：B。女儿们现在已经长大了，并且她们依然在父亲节给我送卡片，但对我来说没有一个比第一个父亲节卡片对我的意义更大。

20. A. offers B. tools

C. experiences D. needs

答案：B。它传递给我的简单信息是：作一个伟大的家长并不需要任何特殊的工具——只需做个心甘情愿的劳动者就足够了。

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1．(2012·福建高三英语质量检测)________he got the news，Mr.Mathews hurried out of his house，________his car，and drove all the way to town. A．When；started B．The moment；started C．Until；starting

D．Once；to start

解析：选B。考查状语从句。句意：Mr.Mathews一得知消息，就迅速冲出房子，开动汽车，一路开到城里。hurried，started与drove为三个并列的谓语动词；the moment一……就……。

2．Rockets can________information which we could never get in any other way.

A．bring up B．bring back C．take back

D．take up

解析：选B。考查动词短语。bring up“带大”“抚养”；bring back“带回”“归还”；take back“收回”“撤回”“退回”；take up“占据(时间或空间)”。句意：能够带回我们用其他方法得不到的资料。

3．Though the problems were all very hard，Kate kept on working on

them________she finally solved all of them. A．before B．until C．when

D．after

解析：选B。before表示“在……之前”“还未来得及……就……”，until表示动作一直持续到某个时候为止，when表示同时，after则表示“在……之后”。

4．We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness had put him under great ________.

A．emotion B．excitement C．crisis D．stress

解析：选D。考查名词辨析。 put sb.under(great) stress使某人处境(非常)

紧张，使某人受(很大)压力。 5．(·北京东城区高三上学期期末试题)I love experimenting，so please try to________up with it when it’s not harmful to me. A．put B．come C．keep

D．end

解析：选A。句意：我喜爱尝试，所以只要是对我无害处的事，请您多包容。come up with想出；keep up with赶上；end up with以……结束；put up with意为“忍受”，符合句意。

6．These teenagers don’t know much of the world yet；that’s why they are so easily________. A．taken in B．taken up C．taken on

D．taken off

解析：选A。句意：这些青少年还不太了解世界，这正是他们这么容易受骗的原因。take in“接受，领会，理解，欺骗”；take up“占据，拿起”；take on“呈现(面貌)，具有(特征)”；take off“去掉，取消”。

7．He needs a high income to________such a large family. A．stand B．hold C．carry

D．support

解析：选D。句意：他需要一份高收入来供养这样一个大家庭。stand“忍耐”；hold“举着，抓”；carry“搬运”；support“支持，支撑”。由句意可知选D。

8．The visiting expert________giving lectures to students________invited to meetings at times. A．preferred；to being

B．preferred to；rather than C．preferred；than being D．preferred；to be

解析：选A。句意：这位来访专家有时宁愿给学生上课，也不愿被邀请去参加会议。prefer doing A to doing B是固定句型，意为“宁愿做……而不愿做……”。

9．The first subway in Chengdu is under construction right now.It is expected to________in the year 2012. A．come into action B．put into action C．come into use

D．put into use

解析：选C。句意为：成都的第一条地铁正在建设中，有望在投入使用。come into action开始行动/实施；put...into action把……投入行动；come into use开始使用；put...into use把……投入使用。

10．Since the matter was extremely________， we dealt with it immediately. A．tough B．tense C．urgent

D．instant

解析：选C。本题考查形容词在具体语境中的辨析。句意为：由于事情非常紧急，我们当即对它进行了处理。tough坚硬的，坚强的，艰苦的，棘手的；tense紧张的；urgent紧急的；instant立即的，迅速的。根据句意可知答案为C。 11．—What do you think of the party last Sunday? —Perfect！It________very well. A．turned off

B．went off

C．got off D．put off 解析：选B。go off此处表示“进行”。turn off＝switch off“关上”；get off“下车”；put off“推迟”。

12．(·高三模拟)You can go and play games with your friends when you finish your homework.But remember________all the lights when you leave. A．to switch off B．to switch on C．switching off

D．switching on

解析：选A。“记住做某事”应用remember to do sth.，而人要离开应将灯关上。故应用turn off。

13．—The last one ________ pays the meal. —Agreed! A．arrived B．arrives C．to arrive

D．arriving

解析：选C。当名词前有last、only、序数词或最高级等词修饰时，通常用不定式作定语。

14．(2012·南京师大附中月考)—I’m sorry I took your bike by mistake. —Oh，really？________. A．It’s OK with me B．It doesn’t matter C．Don’t be sorry

D．I don’t care

解析：选B。It’s OK with me我很好；It doesn’t matter没关系；Don’t

be sorry不用道歉；I don’t care我不在乎。根据语境，应选B项。 15．The faces of four famous American Presidents on Mount Rushmore can be seen from a ________of 60 miles. A．length B．distance C．way

D．space

解析：选B。本题考查名词在具体语境中的运用。句意为：在拉什莫尔山上刻有四位著名总统的头像，这些头像从60英里外就能看见。length长度；distance距离；way方法；space空间。a distance of意为“距离”，是固定短语，所以答案为B。

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Hello. It’s one of the first words we learn as babies, yet it’s one of the last ones we think to use as adults . That’s unfortunate, because saying hello is more than just saying hello——it is recognition of another’s worth. How might the world change——how might we

change——if we mastered this word? To find out, I spent one month saying hello to every person I met. Here’s what I’ve learned.

It can boost (促进) productivity. In one of the few studies ever done on this subject, Allan , an assistant professor of special education

at Oklahoma State University, had middle school teachers greet their students individually each morning. This exchange of greetings raised the kids’ productivity. School went from impersonal to personal, and that resulted in more class participation and better grades.

Environments influence friendliness. One study found that people in the city were less likely to shake hands with a stranger than those in the countryside. And researchers say, pleasant environments generally encourage more smiles and hellos than unpleasant ones. My experience was similar. Whatever the reason, my urban hellos were answered far less

often than my rural ones. Similarly, people in vacation spots , like the Jersey Shore, were far friendlier than those hurrying work downtown.

It’s a form of universal health insurance. It’s impossible to say hello without smiling. And smiling has been shown to lower blood pressure,

relieve stress and boost happiness. Apparently, a smile creates a similar effect in the recipient (接受者).

So maybe we can make the world a better place by saying hello to each other. After a month of doing it, I feel lighter and more connected and I have a better sense of well-being. 56．What can be inferred in paragraph 1?

A．The first word we learn as babies is Hello. B．Saying hello is recognition of another’s worth. C．Adults are not willing to say hello.

D．The writer spent a month saying hello to every person.

57．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably means . A．students can get higher scores in tests because they greet their teachers every day

B．the exchange of greetings made more students participate in the class C．there is more class participation and better grades in private schools D．teachers and students got friendlier so that the students became more active in learning and scored higher in tests 58．According to the passage, smiling can have the following effects on

health EXCEPT . A．lowering blood pressure B．reducing stress C．increasing happiness

D．improving intelligence 59．What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To advise us to say hello more often. B．To tell us saying hello can boost productivity.

C．To prove that environments influence friendliness.

D．To tell us saying hello is a form of universal health insurance. 56-59 CDDA

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Pollution is reducing the fragrance of plants and thus preventing bees from pollinating them—endangering one of the most essential cycles of nature, a new study suggests.

The potentially hugely significant research, funded by US National Science Foundation, has found that gases mainly formed from the emissions

of car exhaust prevent flowers from attracting bees and other insects to pollinate them. And the scientists who have conducted the study fear that insects’ abilities to drive away enemies and attract mates may also be disturbed.

Professor Jose Fuentes, who led the study, said, “Scent

molecules(分子) produced by flowers in a less polluted environment could travel for roughly 1,000 to 1,200 meters. But today they may travel only 200 to 300 meters. This makes it increasingly difficult for bees and other insects to locate the flowers.”

The researchers, who worked on the molecules of snapdragons(金鱼草),found that the molecules are volatile(易挥发的) and quickly bond

with pollutants, mainly formed from vehicle emissions. This chemically changes the molecules so that they no longer smell like flowers. A harmful cycle is therefore set up where insects struggle to get enough food and the plants do not get pollinated enough to multiply.

Already bees, which pollinate most of the world’s crops, reduce in such a great decline that has never been known before in Britain and

across much of the globe. At least a quarter of America’s 2.5 million honey bee colonies have been mysteriously wiped out by colony collapse disorder(CCD),where hives are found suddenly deserted.

The crisis has now spread to Europe. Politicians insist that CCD has not yet been found in Britain, but considering the present number of bees,

the agriculture minister Lord Rooker has sent the warning, “The honey bee population could be wiped out in 10 years.” Although the researchers are not certain whether this is the real cause of CCD, they say that pollution is making life more difficult for bees and other insects in many ways.

68. In what way does pollution prevent flowers from attracting bees? A. By shortening the distance traveled by the scent molecules of flowers. B. By disturbing the bees’ ability to attract mates.

C. By weakening the bees’ ability to fight against enemies. D. By stopping flowers from giving off fragrance.

69. What harm does the decreasing number of bees do to human beings? A. It will cause humans not to get enough honey. B. It will reduce the food supplies for the world. C. Humans will have to depend on other insects to pollinate plants.

D. Humans will find it hard to deal with the deserted bee hives. 70. From the passage we can know that .

A. Europe is affected greatly by CCD

B.CCD has destroyed most of the honey bee colonies in Europe C. no honey bees will be found all over the world in the near future

D. European officials have paid much attention to CCD 71. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Traffic Pollution Puts Bees in Danger B. Traffic Pollution is to Blame for CCD

C. Pollution Makes Flowers Reduce Their Scent D. Pollution Causes the Decrease in Flowers 68-71 ABDC

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China and Japan.China said the ships were carrying out \"law enforcement\" to demonstrate its jurisdiction over the islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan．At least two of the vessels left after the

Japanese coast guard issued a warning, Japanese officials say．The move came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner．Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich East China Sea islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan．

The Japanese Coast Guard said the first two Chinese boats entered Japan's territorial waters at 06:18 local time （21:18 GMT格林威治时

间） Thursday）, followed by another fleet of four other ships just after 07:00．The first two ships then left the area．A third ship left later on Friday morning, one report said．No force was used, Japanese officials added．\"Our patrol vessels are currently telling them to leave our country's territorial waters,\" the coastguard said in a statement．

The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that its ships were there．“These law enforcement and patrol activities are aimed to demonstrate China's jurisdiction over the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets and ensure the country's maritime interests,” a statement said．

The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over the islands, which lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan．US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is due

to visit both Japan and China from this weekend as part of a tour of the region that also includes New Zealand．

The dispute has seriously marred diplomatic relations between China

and Japan and threatens to damage the strong trading relationship, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Beijing．The row(争端) has also generated strong nationalist sentiment on both sides that observers say now makes it very difficult to be seen to be backing down, says our correspondent．The Japanese government says it is buying the islands to promote their stable and peaceful management．Its move followed a bid by

right-wing Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara to buy the islands using public donations - an action that would likely have further provoked China．China, on the other hand, says the islands have historically been

its territory and fishing grounds．

Meanwhile Japan's newly-appointed ambassador to China, Shinichi

Nishimiya, remains in hospital in Tokyo after he was found unconscious near his home in Tokyo on Thursday．No details have been given on his condition．He was appointed on Tuesday to replace Uichiro Niwa, who has been criticised for his handling of one of the worse diplomatic rows between Japan and China in recent years．

72．The Diaoyu Islands are actually inhabited by ． A．Japan B．China C．Taiwan D．Nobody

73．Which of the following is true?

A．Japan fired at the 6 Chinese ships to warn them to leave the waters． B．China admitted that the 6 ships had been forced to leave the waters． C．The US called on both sides to calm down．

D．Shinichi Nishimiya was unconscious in the hospital because somebody attacked him．

74．Why was Uichiro Niwa replaced?

A．He is not iron(铁腕的）enough in handling the diplomatic rows

between Japan and China．

B．His health condition is not good enough to work there．

C．He didn’t do a good job in dealing with the dispute about the Diaoyu Islands．

D．He criticized the Chinese government publicly in an improper way． 75．This news report is most likely to be selected from the

newspaper．

A．British B．Chinese C. Japanese D．American

参 72-75 DCCA

*****************************************************结束 Mr. Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. Knight said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.

Mr. Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a small

room, was empty. He asked them if they could share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. Knight said the room would be thirty dollars; ten dollars for each person. Each man gave him the money and then went up

to the room.

Mr. Knight soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as a price for that small room.” he thought. He called his assistant over and said, “Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room.”

The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there, he started

to think, “How can three men divide five dollars? I’ll give them each

only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy

to get something back. And Mr. Knight will never know.” So the assistant

returned one dollar to each man.

Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned

them one dollar each, each had actually(in fact) paid nine. There were three men. $9

3=$27. The assistant kept$2. $27+$2=$29. Where is the

missing dollar?

56.With the help of the manager, the three men___________.

A.went to another hotel B.each got a small room for the night

C.stayed together in a small room D.got a small room Mr. Knight kept for himself

57.At first___________.

A.$27 was paid by the three men B.$30 was paid by each of the three men

C.$25 was paid by the three men D.$10 was paid by each of the three men

58.The assistant___________.

A.helped the men to divide the money

B.kept two dollars for himself

C.kept three dollars for himself

D.returned three dollars to the men and two to the manger 59.Where is the missing dollar?

A.It was taken by the assistant, too. B.It was taken by Mr.

Knight.

C.It was taken by the three men. D.In fact, there wasn’t

any missing dollar. 56—59 CDBD

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I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no

sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading(在...上面走) water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but

I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing

MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start — here’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.

Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I

felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, 参--------B DA after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel. The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.

60. The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers’ wish D. to earn more money 61. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain.

62. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays to stick to one’s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

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