高考英语(译林版)总复习真题研练50

Task 1：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

(2016·浙江)During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be __1__ him.I hated the place.I had never __2__been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone.The heat was__3__—almost 125° F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)．__4__a soul to talk to.The wind blew non-stop，and all the food I ate，and the very air I breathed，were__5__ with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was __6__ and coming back home.I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer.I __7__ be in prison! My father answered my __8__with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my__9__—two lines that completely changed my life：

T w o men looked out from prison bars，

One sa w the mud，the other sa w the stars.

I read those two lines __10__.I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11__；I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives，and their __12__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets，and __14__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__.

What brought about this __16__ change in me? The desert hadn't changed，__17__ I had.I had changed my __18__.And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing __19__ of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my self-created prison and __20__ the stars.

【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述自己为了离丈夫近一些，住在他所在的沙漠的军营里，寂寞的生活和艰苦的生活条件让作者难以忍受，她写信告诉父母要回家。父亲给她的信中就两行字，就是这两行字使作者改变了自己对人

生的态度。

1．A.off B．behind

C．near D．beyond

答案C[考查介词辨析及语境理解。根据上一句，作者的丈夫驻扎在沙漠的兵营中，所以，作者去和他住在一起是为了住得近一些。故选C。] 2．A.before B．already

C．then D．still

答案A[考查副词辨析及语境理解。根据下文的内容可知，在恶劣的沙漠环境中，作者几乎要放弃，所以，她从来没有这么难过。故选A。] 3．A.inflexible B．incomprehensible

C．uncontrollable D．unbearable

答案D[考查形容词辨析及语境理解。根据．..—almost 125° F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)可知，沙漠环境让人难以承受。故选D。] 4．A.Only B．Not

C．Many D．Such

答案B[考查形容词辨析及语境理解。因为恶劣的沙漠环境，所以“没有一个人可以说话”。故选B。]

5．A.covered B．filled

C．buried D．charged

答案B[考查动词辨析及语境理解。be filled with...固定短语，意为“充满着……”。故选B。]

6．A.catching up B．keeping up

C．giving up D．getting up

答案C[考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。因为恶劣的沙漠环境，作者几乎要放弃，想要回家。故选C。]

7．A.ought to B．might well

C．would rather D．had better

答案C[考查短语辨析及语境理解。根据上一句I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer，所以作者宁愿待在监狱里，也不愿待在那儿。故选C。] 8．A.request B．call