高考英语-名词、冠词和代词+阅读理解+短文改错-专题练习(二) (含答案与解析)

高考英语-专题练习（二）

名词、冠词和代词＋阅读理解＋短文改错

Mencius（孟子）was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to 4 of Confucius. Mencius believed that the reason why man is different from animals is that man is good. He thought that if the government was kind, then people would be good. He believed that people were more important than rulers, and hated the state when 5 treated people badly.

Mozi（墨子）was 6 teacher who was very influential. Born in 476BC, he came from a family 7 was very poor. He became famous for 8 unusual clothes and behavior. He founded the philosophy called Monism. Mozi believed that all men were equal. He thought that we should love all human beings and look after 9 who are weaker than 10 .

Ⅳ．阅读理解

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“Most people think thirteen is an unlucky number, but not our family,” my Dad always told the story. My four brothers and sisters and I wouldn’t be here if he’d been led to any other number.

Back in 1941, Dad spent his Saturday nights at “The Nixon”, a dance hall on the corner of 52nd and Market streets in Philadelphia. He could dance the Waltz and do the Jitterbug just as well as Fred Astaire. The girls dressed up and styled their hair like Ginger Rogers. Some wore silver slippers, while the more skilled dancers wore gold. In those days, when a guy wanted to dance with a girl, he had to sign up for a song on her dance card ahead of time —and every guy wanted to sweep Peg Ostrich off her feet.

Dad was chatting with his friend when he first saw her walk into the dance hall, attractively beautiful, with dark brown eyes, shoulder length brown hair and gold slippers. Dad waited in the crowd to sign her card, and they danced to “The Anniversary Waltz”. He fell in love with her completely. If only he could kiss her, just once!

New Year’s Eve was coming up. Maybe he could hold Peg for the midnight dance! Then he c ould give her a New Year’s kiss. Dad spent every Saturday counting songs and figured out which dance would fall on the magic moment —number thirteen. “That can’t be right,” Dad said to himself. “That’s bad luck!” Had he made a mistake? Should he sign up f or the twelfth or fourteenth? What if he was too early, or too late? On New Year’s Eve, Dad ran to the dance hall, but Peg was already surrounded. By the time he got to sign her dance card, only one choice remained — thirteen.

At 11:55, Evelyn Johnson, the bandleader, called their song. “Harvest Moon” began to play. Dad took Peg’s hand. At that moment, he didn’t care if the song lasted until midnight — he was happy just to dance with her. Then it happened. 10, 9, 8. . . The entire dance hall counted down. 3, 2, 1… HAPPY NEW YEAR! Peg looked into his eyes, and Dad delivered the perfect New Year’s kiss.

Mom and Dad started “going steady” that night, which led to 44years of marriage, five children, four