高三英语限时练3(40分钟)

高三英语限时练（40分钟）

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一、语篇填空

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Most of us have recently experienced quarantine to minimize the risk of meeting somebody who may be carrying the virus. It is certain 1 being under quarantine is no fun. However, with our access to food, 2 (deliver) services and the entertainment 3 (offer) by the internet, we’re actually very lucky. Let’s take a quick look at the history of quarantines.

The idea of quarantining sick people dates 4 ancient times. Yet the word “quarantine”first came into use in the 14th century Europe during the Black Death. People were dropping like flies from the mysterious disease, and as the death toll climbed into the millions—eventually killing 5 (approximate) half of the European population, cities began to take 6 (measure) to protect their citizens. The port city of Venice, Italy, was an important trading center with ships 7 (come) from all corners of the Earth every day. If a ship 8 (suspect) to be harboring the plague (瘟疫), it was sent to 9 offshore quarantine or hospital island and ordered to wait there for 40 days when those abroad either recovered, or 10 (likely), died. The waiting period gave rise to the term quarantinario, from the Italian word for 40.

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二、读后续写(25分)

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Jack, a clerk at the local bank, was wandering alone on the street. It was a cold, silent winter night. His mind was on his wife Linda, who had been in a car accident two months ago and was now lying in a hospital bed, waiting for more money for her operation. Jack had sold everything he had, and he had tried his best to borrow money from all the people and banks he could. But the real world is cruel. A large amount of money was still needed. To Jack, it would mean a great deal of suffering to see his wife die without any help. “I have only one option left,” Jack said to himself. Then he went to the bank, his workplace, again. For several days, he observed the bank and planned a theft.

The next day, he went to work as usual. Everything seemed normal: he joked with his workmates and helped his clients as he always did. But no one noticed that he had brought a bigger suitcase to work, instead of the small one he always carried. At 5:00 pm, the bank closed, and the clerks and the guards had all gone home. However, at that moment, Jack was in the bathroom, and the guards didn’t notice him, of course. When the noises coming from the street were replaced by silence and everything turned dark, Jack came out from the bathroom. He first cut the lines of the alarms and monitors with tools from his new suitcase. He was all too familiar with the equipment since he had been working there for 8 years and had been studying the security system for the past 30 days. Using a special key and some other tools, he then easily opened the doors of the safes. The bank’s security system wasn’t very good, which allowed Jack to take a lot of money. Several minutes later, Jack left the bank with a heavy bag filled with money.