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Exercise l （银川一中2019届高三第四次月考）建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10Undoubtedly, Britain is a nation of hat wearers. From taking off hats 1 launching mortar boards（学位帽）in the air, hats have long been associated with ceremonies and practices. Even the history of the country can2 (tell)through hats.3 (date)back to medieval England, the flat cap became a symbol of working class culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Edwardian Era was4 golden age of hats, when the decorations became even more delicate, ranging from flowers, birds to fruits. The pork pie hat, starting in the middle 19th century, was the5 (choose)for many well-dressed Victorian citizens. Decades later it6 (gradual)became a key feature of London street style. By the 1960s, though, hats faded out of people’s sight because of the rise of private cars. It was the Royal Wedding7 (hold)in 2011 that contributed to the return of hat wearing. For example, Stockport Hat Works Museum—the only museum in the country featured in hats and hat making —is8 (popular)than ever, with a distinct increase on its visitors.9 marks Britain out on the world stage is the large number of hats of different shapes and colors. The variety of hats in Britain 10 (reflect)its multicultural background and rich cultural heritage.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________Exercise 2 （安徽师范大学附属中学2019届高三第一学期期中考试）建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10I’m a single mother with a 1 (grow)son. I love him more than I can say. He’s a good person, a great guy 2 so many ways —smart, 3 (create), kind to animals, etc. We get along well, have common interests and enjoy each 4 (other)company. The rest of my immediate family is 5 (die), and he is literally all the family I have.The problem is that he is 6 (turn) 30 and shows no signs of wanting to leave home. He 7 (do)move out and try the roommate route twice, but both times it did not turn out well and he moved back in with me. This wouldn’t be so bad —we do get along well —but he doesn’t pay half the expenses, or even a quarter. In fact, he doesn’t pay me 8 (something)at all. My frequent requests for him 9 (contribute)to the rent and utilities（公用设施）often result in losing his temper and yelling at me that all I care about is money. He 10 (spend)his salary on himself: clothes, movies, computer accessories. It’s as if he still sees himself as a teenager with an allowance.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________Exercise 3 （山东省实验中学2019届高三二诊）建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10When police found Barely, 19 years old, living in a tent, instead of a dormitory in Gordon State University, they were prepared to drive him away.Then they heard his story. Barely 1 (plan)to walk to college 2 he couldn’t afford a bus ticket, but it would be too 3 (tire). So he rode six hours from his hometown on his little brother’s bike, 4 (carry)all his possessions —a bag, a tent, two bottles of water 5 a box of food —in order to start his second year 6 a biology major. He arrived early to look for a job, but no luck. 7 (touch)by his story, Officer Richard and his partner put Barely up at a motel with their own money. Word spread and soon people donated clothes, school supplies and money 8 (cover)the rest of his motel stay —he was even given a job. And then there was Casey, who started a GoFundMe page for Barely after spending time with him. “This kid, though weak in 9 (appear), rode a bike for 6 hours in the hot weather. I thought that he is determined.” She wrote on her Facebook page. The fund reached $184, 000, all of 10 went into an education trust for Barely.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________Exercise 4 （长春市实验中学2019届上学期期末）建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10I was traveling in a small place in New York. That place had no taxi for a short 1 (distant). One had to take a rickshaw（人力车）.I called out for an old man in the waiting line. Before I got on the rickshaw, I 2 (automatic)asked how much he would charge to take me across to the Mall. I 3 (tell) “10 dollars”. Then I started bargaining. He just gave a hard smile and said, “Whatever you feel like, please give me. It is not necessary 4 (bargain)on this small amount.”I was a bit ashamed at myself and kept quiet while he continued, “ 5 (like)those taxis, my vehicle does not run on petrol or diesel（柴油）or even gas; 6 runs on my sweat. So please give it to me 7 a smile, for the money has to feed so many 8 (hunger)mouths at home.”When we reached the Mall, I gave him the money and the smile 9 requested and added a gentle pat on his back. He smiled back as if to give me a receipt and I would preserve his smile for 10 long time.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________Exercise 5 （太原五中2019届高三第一学期阶段性检测建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10French Women Don’t Get FatIn 2004, a different kind of French revolution 1 (hit)American bookstores, 2 the publication of Mireille Guiliano’s book French Women Don’t Get Fat. Did I read it to try to get some unique insight into how French women maintain their thin 3 (figure)? Guilty!This book introduces eating small portions of foods, enjoying each bite, eating three meals a day, and —this is 4 is typically French to me —sitting in a good posture while eating. Guiliano offers a simple leek soup that helps French women when they find 5 (they)a kilo or two up on the balance. What’s problematic to me is that for the first two days, Guiliano recommends 6 (eat)the leek soup only, to clear out the system. When I read this, I thought, “Yes, but what would I eat?”When 7 comes to diets, what it really comes down to is not just the food but acceptance of one’s body. When she was younger, the famous 8 （Italy）actress Sophia Loren 9 (know)for her beautiful and curvy body. Did she go on 10 diet? No. She just came from Italy. She was quoted once as saying, “Everything you see, I owed to pasta.” To me, those are the words of a woman who doesn’t need a diet.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________Exercise 6 （西南大学附属中学2019届高三第三次月考）建议用时：8分钟正确率：______/10Three hundred years ago, Maohou or “hairy monkeys” quickly became much loved by the people in Beijing. How did people come up 1 them?The story 2 (go)that the shopkeeper of a Chinese medicine shop often shouted at his employees. One evening an apprentice（学徒）was tidying up the ingredients（原料） 3 (use)to make Chinese medicines in the shop. To kill time, he found 4 (he)making a little figure out of the feathery flowers and the head and legs of a cicada’s（蝉）skin. The apprentice showed it to his colleagues, 5 (joke)that it looked like their bad-tempered boss.The little thing quickly became such 6 hit that they started making more figures. Thus, Beijing’s unbelievable “hairy monkey” making came into 7 (exist).Nowadays, “hairy monkeys” are far from the most popular children’s gifts on the market in Beijing. Mass-produced 8 (toy)have obviously reduced the demand for handmade figures. But that’s not to say that Maohou has 9 (complete)died out. Walk among the sellers at today’s temple fairs in Beijing, and you might still find a few places selling “hairy monkeys”, 10 are without doubt one of the city’s most amazing crafts.1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________6. __________7. __________8. __________9. __________ 10. _________参考答案Exercise l【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了英国的帽子文化。