高中英语 40分钟限时训练

高二英语40分钟限时训练

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I walked up and down in our house, considering what to put into our suitcase. The phone call from my mother made me so 36, for the hour of my brother’s family were 37 in an accident. I had to fly to her the next morning.

My husband was go ing to 38 the tickets. I was unable to 39on anything, with my mother’s 40 around my eyes. “Bill left, and Betty, and two children…”

My husband telephoned our friends telling them what had 41. Some kind friends asked42 we would need their43. I only expresse d my thanks, for I myself didn’t 44 know what to do 45. Just then, the door opened, and I 46 Emerson standing outside, “ I came here to help you polish (擦亮) your shoes.” Seeing I was 47 at his words, he said it again. Then he added, “ When my father passed away, it took me quite 48to polish our shoes for the funeral. So I came here now.”Emerson put a large piece of newspaper on the 49, starting his “job”. At the same time, I was busy gathering things we would take along. When I washed the plates after supper, he was still doing it50. When I came back, he had left without51 me. The shoes were all lined , clean and shining. The bottoms were made clean, and it was more 52 to put them into the suitcase, without 53dirtying our shoes. Everything had been ready54 going to the airport the next morning.

Now if I learn my friends are in trouble, not only will I telephone them, but also do something 55, washing their cars, feeding their dogs, or taking care of their children.

36. A．tired B．shocked C．satisfied D．frightened

37. A．injured B．hurt C．killed D．wounded

38. A．rent B．sell C．borrow D．book

39. A．insist B．look C．concentrate D．rely

40. A．cry B．horror C．shout D．silence

41. A．showed B．stopped C．heard D．happened

42. A．whether B．that C．where D．how

43. A．money B．help C．pity D．mercy

44. A．hardly B．certainly C．really D．gradually

45. A．for a while B．on the whole C．in no time D．at the moment

46. A．found B．expected C．hoped D．dreamed

47. A．eager B．interested C．anxious D．puzzled

48. A．sometime B．some times C．some time D．sometimes

49. A．desk B．chair C．bench D．floor

50. A．noisily B．silently C．firmly D．hardly

51. A．telephoning B．speaking C．breaking D．disturbing

52. A．similar B．difficult C．convenient D．different

53. A．worrying about B．talking about C．sticking to D．thinking of

54. A．after B．before C．unless D．since

55. A．strange B．familiar C．opposite D．necessary

36-40 BCDCA 41-45 DABCD 46-50 ADCDB 51-55 DCABD

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. 36 , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work. Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 37 for many years. In 1881he returned to Scotland for a 38 .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 39 . Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 40 over the hills. They had been 41 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days 42 .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 43 .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island, Robert 44 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 45 . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the 46 treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure story in the boy’s 48 .While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 49 a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)？

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 50 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story. 52 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 53 .

So, thanks to a 54 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 55 stories in the English language.

36.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally

37.A. alone B. next door C. at home D. abroad

38.A. meeting B. story C. holiday D. job

39.A. Lloyd B. Robert C. Henley D. John

40.A. talk B. rest C. walk D. game

41.A. attempting B. missing C. planning D. enjoying

42.A. quiet B. dull C. busy D. cold

43.A. cleaning B. writing C. drawing D. exercising

44.A. doubted B. noticed C. decided D. recognized

45.A. the sea B. the house C. Scotland D. the island

46.A. forgotten B. buried C. discovered D. unexpected

47.A. saw B. drew C. made D. learned

48.A. book B. reply C. picture D. mind

49.A. star B. hero C. writer D. child

50.A. help B. problem C. use D. bottom

51.A. praise B. produce C. include D. accept

52.A. Yet B. Also C. But D. Thus

53.A. read B. born C. hired D. written

54.A. rainy B. sunny C. cool D. windy