2017高考英语一轮复习Unit2Workingtheland限时特训新人教版必修4

Unit 2 Working the land

Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)

[2016·双鸭山一中质检] On Mother's Day, I was expecting my grown children to come back home and spend the day with me.

Fifteen years earlier, I was a single mom with two children, a __1__ job and a long commute (通勤路程). So I had to shop for groceries and plan for the next week on weekends. __2__， I went shopping on Sunday. When I __3__ to the cashier that the store was really quiet that day, she replied, “It's always __4__ on Mother's Day. You must be the only __5__ out t here shopping.” I know she was __6__ telling the truth and she did not mean to __7__ me. Needless to say, all I could do was to finish paying and get to my car. I hadn't __8__ realized it was Mother's Day. My children were too young to know it. How __9__ I really was!

I was excited to see my __10__ soon. I decided to treat myself to an ice tea and __11__ to the sandwich shop next door. It was __12__ except for a mom and her son ahead of me. __13__ this was a single mom, celebrating Mother's Day with her son in the sandwich shop. When she finished __14__， I handed the cashier a $20 bill and said, “This is my treat. Happy Mother's Day！” The cashier was __15__ for a moment and the woman searched my face to see if she __16__ me.

Wayne Dyer once __17__ the power of kindness. He said studies showed that not only do the giver and receiver of an act of kindness __18__， but an observer benefits in exactly the same way. The mom and her son felt __19__ because she had been honored and received an unexpected __20__. I felt good because I felt I had honored that part of me that wasn't honored all those years ago.

作者通过讲述自己在母亲节的经历向读者说明一个道理：无论是给予他人善行还是接受别人的善举，甚至是一个善举的见证人都会受益无穷。

1．A.routine B．demanding

C．well－paid D．miserable

答案：A 根据下文，“a long commute”以及作者描述的一系列一天的工作，可知答案是routine (常规)。

2．A.As usual B．Seldom

C．Occasionally D．For once

答案：A 根据1题的解析可知，作者每周日都要去购物，故应填as usual(像往常一样)。

3．A.reported B．explained

C．commented D．suggested

答案：C 根据下文，“the store was really quiet, she replied”可知，此处为作者对今天超市的情况作出评论(comment)。

4．A.classic B．crowded

C．special D．quiet

答案：D 从上文的“the store was really quiet that day”可找到暗示，收银员说，通常在母亲节那天，商店非常安静(quiet)。

5．A.customer B．mother

C．parent D．driver

答案：B 由于店里顾客很少，又是母亲节，所以收银员说作者是那天唯一前来购物的母亲(mother)。

6．A.simply B．deliberately

C．proudly D．politely

答案：A 收银员只是(simply)在回答作者的问题，并非有意要伤害(hurt)作者。因为在母亲节，多数母亲都会和家人一起庆贺，而不会外出购物。

7．A.warn B．discourage

C．hurt D．remind

答案：C 见上题解析。

8．A.just B．still

C．ever D．even

答案：D 从上文可知，作者根本都没有(even)注意到那天是母亲节，她是在听了收银员的话以后才意识到的。

9．A.defeated B．alone

C．stubborn D．warm－hearted

答案：B alone意为“孤单的，孤独的”，作者的孩子太小而不懂得母亲节的意义，也没有其他人给作者送来母亲节礼物，所以她感到非常孤单。

10．A.children B．husband

C．friends D．neighbors

答案：A 作者外出购物，很想尽早回家见到孩子们(children)。

11．A.rode B．drove

C．walked D．escaped

答案：C 从下文的next door可知，这家三明治店就在附近，所以她是走过去(walk)的。

12．A.clean B．excellent

C．elegant D．empty

答案：D 除了一对母子在这家店以外，没有其他顾客，所以店里很空(empty)。

13．A.Luckily B．Obviously

C．Fortunately D．Sadly

答案：B Obviously意为“显而易见”，作者从自己的经历推断，店里的这位母亲显然(obviously)也是位单亲母亲。

14．A.ordering B．parking

C．eating D．packing

答案：A order意为“点餐”，从下文可知，在这位母亲选好要购买的食品后，作者把钱递给收银员来替她买单。