高三英语(完形填空、阅读题)限时对口练习四

高三英语限时练习四

完形填空（时间：10分钟）

One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total. 21 the faults already found out in the education system as a whole —such as child-centred learning, the “discovery”method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils —there have been several serious 22 which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English 23 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so 24 that the most able groups are 25 and are bored while the least able ar e lost and 26 bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed-ability school football teams.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 27 lessons. This is why many people who attended F rench lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have 28 it a few years later. Because they never need it, they do not practice it.

Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and 29 modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 30 resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

21. A. Due to B. In addition to C. Instead of D. In spite of

22. A. errors B. situations C. systems D. methods

23. A. vocabulary B. culture C. grammar D. literature

24. A. wide B. similar C. separate D. unique

25. A. kept out B. turned down C. held back D. left behind

26. A. surprisingly B. individually C. equally D. hardly

27. A. extra B. traditional C. basic D. regular

28. A. needed B. forgotten C. practised D. left[来源:学科网ZXXK]

29. A. restored B. absorbed C. prohibited D. withdrawn

30. A. wasting B. focusing C. exploiting D. sharing

语法填空（时间：10分钟）

The word “pub” is the short form for “ public house” in Great Britain. It31 (suppose) to be the Englishmen’s favourite meeting place,32 they can get together with friends over a pin of beer and talk about football, horse racing 33 business. Pubs are usually open from 11 a.m. to midnight.

You may notice that the pub is the Englishmen’s meeting place. It is not quite respectable for 34 woman to go into a pub alone. She must have a man go with 35 . Perhaps that’s partly the reason36 pubs depress me---they are intended 37 (main) to provide for make interests.

Most Englishmen have 38 favourite local, where they can escape 39 the pressures of family life or work, and if they are lucky, they can tell their troubles to a pretty bar-girl. Indeed many men dream of retiring from their 9 to 5 jobs and 40 (buy) a little