(全国通用)高考英语一轮复习 提分单元加餐练 第三辑 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note 新人教版必修3

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

单元加餐练

Ⅰ.完形填空

In 1994 I was in the midst of a depression (抑郁症). When I was depressed, I __1__ . One day I was clearing up the rooms and found a CD covered with __2__ . I wiped it off, put it in the __3__and started washing dishes. A man's voice, reading poetry, __4__my house.

The sound of the speaker's voice and the words of the poems reached something deep inside me. I stopped and __5__ .

I began to take poems into my __6__ , not simply reading them, but developing rich relationships with the __7__ . I learned many by heart. They became my therapy (治疗) and __8__ . Those poems made me wiser and healthier.

__9__ , in the fall of 2008, poetry __10__me in a way I had never expected. I had put all my __11__in a small, local fund (基金会). Two months later, the leader of the fund left me a message: “The financial crisis __12__our fund particularly hard. We've lost everything.”

I stood there, __13__ .

Suddenly I heard a poem, __14__ , called Kindness in my mind. It felt like the poem had been written for me __15__ , for this exact moment, like the perfect helper __16__on the scene at the instant of an accident. Kindness became my __17__ . I read it before going to bed, and at breakfast every morning. It reminded me that this was not a __18__ , but a path to sympathy, and I was not walking alone. Even now, I __19__Kindness several times a week to carry me __20__the heart of what really matters to me.

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。全文通过记叙作者聆听诗歌帮助他治疗抑郁症及诗歌帮助作者勇敢面对生活中突遭的不幸的故事，告诉读者诗歌具有强大的精神力量。

1．A.ran B．slept

C．cleaned D．sang

答案：C 根据下一句中的“clearing up(清理；打扫)”可知，作者抑郁的时候就会打扫。故选C项。

2．A.dust B．paper

C．clothes D．bedding

答案：A 根据后面的“wiped it off(擦掉)”可知，CD上应是盖满了灰尘。dust “灰尘”。故选A项。

3．A.drawer B．player

C．washer D．fridge

答案：B 根据下文中的“A man's voice”和“The sound of the speaker's voice”可知，作者清理过CD后将它放入播放器里播放起来。player “播放机”。故选B项。

4．A.swept B．occupied

C．decorated D．filled

答案：D 播放器播放CD的时候，声音充满了整个房间。fill “充满”。故选D项。

5．A.wept B．left

C．laughed D．listened

答案：A 上一句中提到朗读者的声音和诗的内容触动到了作者的内心深处，所以作者应是感动到流泪。weep “哭泣；流泪”。故选A项。

6．A.home B．life

C．class D．mind

答案：B 根据下文可知，诗成了作者生活中重要的部分，所以是take poems into my life，意为“把诗带到生活中”。故选B项。

7．A.tunes B．rhymes

C．words D．CDs

答案：C 根据本段最后一句“那些诗让我变得更加睿智、更加健康”可知，作者不是简单地阅读，而是对诗的内容有更深的理解。words “词；话”。第二段第一句中的“the words of the poems”也是提示，故选C项。

8．A.medicine B．food

C．assistance D．attention

答案：A 根据前面的therapy和本段最后一句话可知，那些诗已经成了治疗作者抑郁症的药(medicine)。故选A项。

9．A.Still B．Yet

C．Then D．Soon

答案：C 第一段提到的时间是1994年，下面讲的是2008年的事情，所以应是按照时间顺序描述诗对作者生活的影响。故选C项。

10．A.surprised B．impressed

C．warned D．rescued

答案：D 根据上文作者所述诗歌对作者的治疗价值可知，诗歌在某种程度上“拯救”了作者。rescue “挽救”。故选D项。

11．A.faith B．savings

C．hope D．expenses

答案：B 根据下文的fund可知，作者把自己的积蓄放到了基金会里。savings “储蓄金；积蓄”。故选B项。

12．A.hit B．blew

C．pushed D．pressed

答案：A financial crisis “金融危机”，它的出现对小型基金会来说是致命的打击。hit “击中；袭击”，符合语境。故选A项。

13．A.fearless B．thankless

C．breathless D．defenseless

答案：C breathless “喘不过气来的，气喘吁吁的”。作者把所有的积蓄都放在基金会，突然被告知一切都没有了，作者站在那里应该是喘不过气来的，breathless符合语境。