高三英语总复习练习题20

课时作业(二十六)

必修5Unit13People

第2课时

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2011·南昌调研)

Inthedepthsofmymemory，manythingsIdidwithmyfatherstilllive.Thesethingshavecometorepresent，infact，whatIcall__1__andlove.

Idon’tremembermyfatherevergettingintoasw immingpool.Buthedid__ 2__thewater.Anykindof__3__rideseemedtogivehimpleasure.__4__helove dtofish；sometimeshetookmealong.

ButIneverreallylikedbeingonthewater，thewaymyfather__5__.Ilikedbeingatthewater，movingthroughit，__6__itallaroundme.Iwasnotastrong__7__，oronewholearnedtoswimearly，forIhadmy__8__.ButIlovedbeingintheswimmingpoolclosetomyfather’soff iceand__9__thosesummerdayswithmyfather，who__10__comebyonabreak.IneededhimtoseewhatIcoulddo.Myfatherwo uldstandthereinhissuit，the__11__personnotinswimsuit.

Afterswimming，Iwouldgo__12__hisofficeandsitonthewoodenchairinfrontofhisbigdesk，whereheletme__13__anythingIfoundinhistopdeskdrawer.Sometimes，ifIwasleftaloneathisdesk__14__heworkedinthelab，anassistantorastudentmightcomeinandtellmeperhapsIshouldn’tbeplayingw ithhis__15__.Butmyfatheralways__16__andsaideasily，“Oh，no，it’s__17__.”Sometimeshehandedmecoinsandtoldmetoget__18__anicecre am...

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“Accordingtorecentsurvey,60percentof Americansthinkthecountryisheadinginthewrongdirection.Thesamepercent agebelievethattheUSisinlong-termdecline.Thepoliticalsystemisnotfunctio nal.Afinancialcrisislooksunavoidable.Thereareplentyofreasonstobesad.”

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

Astherisinggenerationleadsaneconomicrecovery，itwillalsoparticipateinacommunal(ofcommunity)one.Wearelivinginagloba lageofsocialentrepreneurship(创业精神)．

Insum，theUSisontheedgeofademographic，economicandsocialrecovery，builtonitshistoricstrengths.TheUShasalwaysbeengoodatdestructivechange. Andit’salwaysbeengoodatdecentralizedcommunity­building，too.Surelyacountrywiththismuchgoingforitisnotgoingtowaitaroundpassive lyandletarottenpoliticalculturedragitdown.

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

A．encourageAmericanstobeoptimisticabouttheirfuture

B．giveAmericanscouragetofacetheirfinancialcrisis

C．persuadeAmericanstolivehappilyandgenerously

D．inspireAmericanstoleadaneconomicrecovery

2．ThereareallthereasonsforAmericanstobeunhappyexcept________.

A．thefunction-failedpoliticalsystem

B．theincreasingpopulation

C．thedecliningeconomy

D．thewrongdirectionandfinancialcrisis

3．Overthenext40years，accordingtoDavidBrooks，Americanswillbe________.

A．moreoptimisticandhumorous

B．morepessimisticandstronger

C．moreenergeticandpromising

D．moreconsiderateandaggressive

4．Intheauthor’sopinion，America________.