限时训练2

高一英语限时训练(7)

制卷人：黄云霞审核人：鞠海燕2014/3/10

第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

Old friends

They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But most ly, they are always there for you —whether it’s in person or 36 late night phone calls — in good times and 37 . But as the years pass, it becomes increasingly 38 to see each other, to make new memories. 39 , my high school friends and I promised long ago not to let this happen. We promised to have reunions.

A few months ago, we met up for a two-day 40 in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have a(n) 41 event, yet it’s often put off or 42 due to schedule conflicts. Not this year.

The weekend 43 long talks by the pool, wonderful meals, and a hike that brought the entire group to 44 . Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the complete wonderment that we can be this close —twelve years after graduation —with such physical 45 between us. It’s heartbreaking that we can’t spend our days together in the same neighborhood, walking the same streets, reading the same newspaper at the same coffee shop. But that’s 46 . Grown-up life.

Most 47 is the group’s a daptability to one another. The time we spend 48 is non-existent. No need to get reacquainted (重新熟悉), we jump back in the saddle (车座) and it’s as comfortable as ever. Old friends — friends with an ever-present 49 of support and sisterhood, friends that know each other innately (天生地) — are hard to come by and yet we remain as 50 today as we were, years ago, giggling in the back row of Mr. McKechnie’s 9th grade math class.

Life today, 51 , is no math class. Our world is full of 52 , full of fear. Y et it 53 me — now, more than ever — how important it is that we stay 54 . We may have questions about our future, but we have true faith in our past, and though this 55 of friends has come to a close, we are already drawing up plans for the next one.

36. A. at B. through C. in D. above

37. A. bad B. convenient C. happy D. lucky

38. A. smooth B. unpopular C. difficult D. easy

39. A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Importantly D. Accidentally

40. A . party B. meeting C. weekend D. weekday

41. A. unusual B. annual C. excited D. important

42. A. damaged B. destroyed C. cancelled D. changed

43. A. consisted of B. made up C. aimed at D. resulted in

44. A. happiness B. excitement C. sadness D. tears

45. A. distance B. difference C. contact D. condition

46. A. truth B. theory C. life D. fact

47. A. amazing B. disappointing C. embarrassing D. confusing

48. A. together B. away C. off D. apart

49. A. imagination B. sense C. idea D. duty

50. A. close B. interested C. relaxed D. regretful

51. A. however B. therefore C. besides D. somehow

52. A. doubt B. chances C. confidence D. hopes

53. A. informs B. reminds C. persuades D. warns

54. A. in charge B. in brief C. in person D. in touch

55. A. contact B. conversation C. reunion D. party

第二节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Weather is the subject matter of Westerners whenever they meet. Housewives, businessmen, factory workers as well as farmers all talk about the weather. It is everyday news, whether or not conditions change. Many newspapers carry a regular front page news story in addition to the full reports on as inside-page provided by the weather service. Here are several different types of weather reports taken from the western papers.