江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语 限时训练7

限时训练

第一部分完形填空

For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.

I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to 1 the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the 2 turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain 3 .

The weeks ahead weren’t 4 . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, 5 I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a 6 dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same 7 as I was before.

You know that feeling when you wake up in 8 ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting 9 . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any 10 .

So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to 11 . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me 12 . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you 13 !

I put my 14 into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who 15 to give up his dream.

And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world —just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a 16 contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into 17 . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was 18 shortly after.

Don’t give up. Even if things l ook 19 now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the 20 to push beyond the river.

1. A. attend B.

hold C. prepare

D. enjoy

2. A. environment B. economy

C. opportunity

D. climate

3. A. choice B.

danger C. desire

D. future

4. A. quiet B.

busy C. easy

D. long

5. A. so B.

but C. for

D. or

6. A. day B.

week C. month

D. year

7. A. town B.

direction C. situation D. habit

8. A. surprise B.

fear C. delight

D. peace

9. A. glory B.

complaint C. love

D. pain

10. A. appointment B. progress

C. commitment

D. decision

11. A. read B. think

C. write

D. paint

12. A. hope B. wisdom

C. pleasure

D. inspiration

13. A. lack B.

find C. bury

D. need

14. A. disapproval B. disagreement C. dissatisfaction D. disadvantage

15. A. refused B. managed

C. failed

D. decided

16. A. writing B. translating C. publishing D. reviewing

17. A. ruin B. place

C. pieces

D. despair

18. A. rewarded B. paid

C. fired

D. hired

19. A. different B. unimportant C. strange D. tough

20. A. courage B. chance

C. time

D. dream

第二部分阅读理解

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Millions of British people have ditched the traditional ‘thank you’ and replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.

Although t he average person will say ‘thank you’ nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to throw in a ‘cheers’ or ‘ta’ where it’s needed, rather than risk sounding old fashioned.

One in 20 now say ‘nice one’ instead, while younger generations are mo re likely to offer a ‘cool’ than a ‘thank you’.

‘Merci’, ‘fab’ and even ‘gracias’ were also listed as common phrases to use, as was ‘much appreciated’.

One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, whic h is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal ‘thank you’ was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood.

Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents.

A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while a fifth avoid saying it when they know they should — on at least two occasions every day.

It seems our friends and family get the brunt (压力) of our bad manners with half admitting they’re not good at thanking those closest to them — many justifying (为……辩解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘already know I’m grateful’.

When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.