高考英语 总复习练习题20

Unit13 People第2课时

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2011·南昌调研)

Inthedepthsofmymemory，manythingsIdidwithmyfatherstilllive.Thesethingshavecometorepresent，infact，whatIcall__1__andlove.

Idon’tremembermyfatherevergettingintoaswimmingpool.But hedid__2__thewater.A nykindof__3__rideseemedtogivehimpleasure.__4__helovedtofish；sometimeshetookmealong.

ButIneverreallylikedbeingonthewater，thewaymyfather__5__.Ilikedbeingatthewater，movingthroughit，__6__itallaroundme.Iwasnotastrong__7__，oronewholearnedtoswimearly，forIhadmy__8__.ButIlovedbeingintheswimmingpoolclosetomyfather’sofficeand__9__t hosesummerdayswithmyfather，who__10__comebyonabreak.IneededhimtoseewhatIcoulddo.Myfatherwouldstandthereinhi ssuit，the__11__personnotinswimsuit.

Afterswimming，Iwouldgo__12__hisofficeandsitonthewoodenchairinfrontofhisbigdesk，whereheletme__13__anythingIfoundinhistopdeskdrawer.Sometimes，ifIwasleftaloneathisdesk__14__heworkedinthelab，anassistantorastudentmightcomeinandtellmeperhapsIshouldn’tbeplayingwithhis__15 __.Butmyfatheralways__16__andsaideasily，“Oh，no，it’s__17__.”Sometimeshehandedmecoinsandtoldmetoget__18__anicecream...

Apoetoncesaid，“Welookatlifeonce，inchildhood；therestis__19__.”AndIthinkitisnotonlywhatwe“lookatonce，inchildhood”thatdeterminesourmemories，__20__who，inthatchildhood，looksatus?

1．A.desire B．joy

C．anger D．worry

2．A.avoid B．refuse

C．praise D．love

3．A.boat B．bus

C．train D．bike

4．A.But B．Then

C．And D．Still

5．A.expected B．desired

C．wished D．did

6．A.having B．leaving

C．making D．getting

7．A.swimmer B．rider

C．walker D．runner

8．A.hopes B．faiths

C．rights D．fears

9．A.spending B．saving

C．wasting D．ruining

10．A.should B．would

C．hadto D．oughtto

11．A.next B．only

C．other D．last

12．A.awayfrom B．outof

C．by D．inside

13．A.putup B．breakdown

C．playwith D．workout

14．A.themoment B．thefirsttime

C．while D．before

15．A.fishingnet B．officethings

C．woodenchair D．labequipment

16．A.stoodup B．setout

C．showedup D．turnedout

17．A.fine B．strange

C．terrible D．funny

18．A.thestudent B．theassistant

C．myself D．himself

19．A.memory B．wealth

C．experience D．practice

20．A.as B．but

C．or D．and

Ⅱ.阅读理解

(2010·深圳二模)

In“Relax，We’llBeFine”，columnistDavidBrookswrites，“Thefactis，despitealltheproblems，America’sfutureisextremelybright.”

MrBrooksacknowledgesthe“Accordingtor ecentsurvey,60percentofAmericansthinkt hecountryisheadinginthewrongdirection.ThesamepercentagebelievethattheUSisinlong ­termdecline.Thepoliticalsystemisnotfunctional.Afinancialcrisislooksunavoidable .Thereareplentyofreasonstobesad.”

But，hewrites：“Demographers(人口统计学家)predictthatoverthenext40years，theUSpopulationwillincreasebyanadditional10millionpeople，to400millionoverall.Thepopulationwillbedetermined，hardworkingandrelativelyyoung.In2050，onlyaquarterwillbeover60，comparedwith31percentinChinaand41percentinJapan.”

Astherisinggenerationleadsaneconomicrecovery，itwillalsoparticipateinacommunal(ofcommunity)one.Wearelivinginaglobalageofsocia lentrepreneurship(创业精神)．

Insum，theUSisontheedgeofademographic，economicandsocialrecovery，builtonitshistoricstrengths.TheUShasalwaysb eengoodatdestructivechange.Andit’sa lwaysbeengoodatdecentralizedcommunity­building，too.Surelyacountrywiththismuchgoingforitisnotgoingtowaitaroundpassivelyandletar ottenpoliticalculturedragitdown.

1．Inhisarticle“Relax，We’llBeFine”，DavidBrooksintendsto________.

A．encourageAmericanstobeoptimisticabouttheirfuture

B．giveAmericanscouragetofacetheirfinancialcrisis

C．persuadeAmericanstolivehappilyandgenerously

D．inspireAmericanstoleadaneconomicrecovery

2．ThereareallthereasonsforAmericanstobeunhappyexcept________.

A．t hefunction­failedpoliticalsystem

B．theincreasingpopulation