【英语周练】2020春高二下学期英语周练(五) (Unit21 Lesson1)附答案

2020春高二下学期英语周练（五）（Unit21 Lesson1）

时间40分钟总分75分

一完形填空（30分）

That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother ___1___ me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ___2___, I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the ___3___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___4___ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ___5___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___6__ and a basket of rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He __7___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already __8___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts ___9___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___10__ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___11___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed ___12___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___13___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___14___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of__15___ in the way he seemed to be doing things—___16___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it;

scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___17___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a __18___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a __19__if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___20___ of myself. Young as I am — just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

1. A. forces B. allows C. causes D. forbids

2. A. otherwise B. therefore C. however D. besides

3. A. parking lot B. bus stop C. school D. market

4. A. interesting B. surprising C. awful D. useful

5. A. noticed B. recognized C. called D. assisted

6. A. back B. handle C. wheel D. seat

7. A. searched B. left C. moved D. wandered

8. A. stopped B. started C. intended D. finished

9. A. crossed B. slipped C. disturbed D. inspired

10. A. attractive B. shiny C. simple D. expensive

11. A. repairmen B. businessmen C. drivers D. cyclists

12. A. busy B. content C. careful D. bored

13. A. waving B. looking C. laughing D. pointing

14. A. about B. for C. with D. like

15. A. worry B. respect C. sympathy D. pride

16. A. cleaning B. fixing C. replacing D. covering

17. A. still B. yet C. again D. soon