2020江苏高考英语二轮练习：题型重组练 第21组

第二十一组

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Ⅰ.单项填空

1．More employers now offer fresh college graduates________jobs，hoping to seek out experienced candidates.

A．contemporary B．temporary

C．permanent D．primitive

2．—Did you tip the waiter just now?

—________．It’s a custom in America.

A．By no means B．It all depends

C．You bet D．It’s up to you

3．If you manage to survive the crisis, think about how it will help you________new challenges.

A．give up B．take up

C．hold up D．put up

4．—Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o’clock today?

—________. I’ll be busy with experiments all day.

A．Not a chance B．Not a little

C．Not to mention it D．Not a big deal

5．—Have our travel plans been decided?

—No，still ________．

A．out of order B．up in the air

C．in that case D．in the way

6．Keeping a regular sleep schedule is important for setting a baby’s body clock, ________ researchers note should be in place by about 4 months of age.

A．whose B．which

C．when D．where

7．Anne lost her wallet and Mother wasn’t surprised that ________ as she was too careless.

A．she was so B．so was she

C．so did she D．she did so

8．Happy birthday，Alice！So you have ________ twenty­one already!

A．become B．turned

C．grown D．passed

9．The voluntary service saved you a sum of money that you otherwise________on the agency

responsible for finding your pets.

A．would have spent B．should have spent

C．must have spent D．can have spent

10．________，the house isn’t big enough，though you can get a good view of the park.

A．Above all B．On the contrary

C．To be honest D．Generally speaking

11．—Stress can be extremely harmful to your health.Exercise，________，can reduce its bad effects.

—I can’t agree more.

A．therefore B．meanwhile

C．besides D．otherwise

12．The life you live will expand or shrink________the measure of courage you display.

A．in proportion to B．in place of

C．in competition with D．in return for

13．—Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather?

—No.Rain or shine，the match will be held as ________．

A．schedule B．scheduling

C．scheduled D．to schedule

14．I believe his design is ________，for it’s completely different from others’．

A．common B．reasonable

C．practical D．original

15．Those who said looking after children was an easy way to make money obviously ________ such a troublesome boy，she thought.

A．hadn’t met B．didn’t meet

C．haven’t met D．wouldn’t meet———————————————————————————————————————————————————Ⅱ.完形填空

Two years ago, about a __1__ after Samantha was born, Glenda and Raphael Savitz learned their daughter was __2__. “She was the first deaf person my husband and I had known，” Glenda, 33, told The Boston Globe. “So it’s a surprise and it is __3__. But I think I’m someone who’s __4__：OK. What do we do? She’s a week old. We’re going to be learning sign language. There was no __5__ that it was going to be important to her development and her __6__．”

But the Savitz family weren’t the only ones who learned how to sign. Over 20 residents of their neighborhood in the town of Newton are __7__ learning sign language. The residents __8__ an