2019届高考英语二轮复习考点讲解学案之 小题狂练⑨ Word版含解析

小题狂练⑨

Ⅰ.完形填空

[2019·绵阳市诊断性考试]

How far would you go to make a good impression at a new job?

A college student in Alabama walked 22 kilometers in the __1__ to get to his new job.

Walter Carr's __2__ broke down the night before starting a new job at Bellhops, a moving company. Several attempts as he made, Carr __3__ to find a ride. Knowing he couldn't afford to __4__ it, he decided to walk and __5__ how long it would take to walk to the job in Pelham — 32 kilometers away. He left at midnight so that he could __6__ it to the customer's house on time.

Carr had reportedly walked about 22 kilometers before the local police __7__ in to help the young man. After hearing his __8__，they took him to breakfast. Then, they gave him a __9__ to the home of the customer Jenny Lamey, whom he was __10__ to help move that morning, before the rest of the __11__ arrived.

“I asked Carr if he wanted to go __12__ and rest until everyone else arrived，”said Lamey in a Facebook post. “He __13__ and said he could go ahead and get started.”So, the family and Carr began __14__ up the home, chatting along the way.

He told Lamey that he and his mother __15__ from New Orleans to Birmingham after losing their __16__ in Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive and deadly one that __17__ the Gulf Coast of the U．S. in 2005.

“I just can't tell you how __18__ I was by Carr and his journey. He is modest, kind, cheerful, hardworking and __19__ .” Lamey shared the story of Carr on Facebook. It spread __20__，moving many others all over the world.

体裁：记叙文题材：个人经历主题：徒步到达工作地点【文章大意】本文讲述了大学生Walter Carr的交通工具在他去新工作岗位的前一晚出了故障，为了不错过这次工作机会，

他只得徒步去工作地点，他的故事感动了很多人。

【高频词回顾】'impression n．印象'break down出故障，坏掉'afford to do sth.承担得起做某事'step in介入'pack up打包'hit v t.袭击'modest adj.谦虚的'cheerful adj.乐观的'spread v．传播1．A.forest B．dark

C．distance D．hurricane

答案与解析：B'根据第二段中的“He left at midnight”可知，Walter Carr在半夜出发去工作所在地，故可推知他在黑夜(dark)中走了22公里，故选B项。

2．A.vehicle B．health

C．phone D．house

答案与解析：A'根据文中的“walked”可推知，Carr的交通工具(vehicle)在他开始新工作的前一晚坏了。

3．A.failed B．tried

C．decided D．promised

答案与解析：A'根据“he decided to walk”可知，Carr没有(failed)找到交通工具，故选A项。

4．A.believe B．deserve

C．miss D．bear

答案与解析：C'他知道自己不能错过(miss)这个工作机会，于是决定走着去。

5．A.write down B．look at

C．think about D．figure out

答案与解析：D'他决定走着去并且计算出(figure out)走着去32公里外的工作地点需要花费多长时间。

6．A.reach B．make

C．operate D．walk

答案与解析：B'他半夜出发以便能按时到达顾客的家中。make it意为“准时到达；赶上”。

7．A.stole B．cut

C．stepped D．called

答案与解析：C'在当地警察介入帮助这个年轻人之前，据说Carr已经走了大约22公里。step in意为“介入”。

8．A.request B．opinion

C．excuse D．story

答案与解析：D'听完他的故事(story)后，警察带Carr去吃了早餐。

9．A.ride B．signal

C．map D．chance

答案与解析：A'随后，警察又将Carr送到顾客Jenny Lamey 家中。give sb. a ride意为“让某人搭便车，载某人一程”。

10．A.allowed B．scheduled

C．forced D．persuaded

答案与解析：B'由上文可知，Carr的新工作所在公司Bellhops 是个搬家公司，故他被安排(scheduled)帮助顾客Jenny Lamey搬家。

11．A.customers B．policemen

C．movers D．students

答案与解析：C'根据语境可知，此处表示在其余搬家工人(movers)到达之前。

12．A.ahead B．outside

C．upstairs D．away

答案与解析：C'根据空后的“rest until everyone else arrived”可知，顾客Lamey问Carr是否想要上楼(upstairs)休息一下。

13．A.hesitated B．laughed

C．cried D．declined

答案与解析：D'根据空后的“said he could go ahead and get started”可知，Carr谢绝了(declined)顾客的建议，说他能行，可以开始工作了。

14．A.taking B．packing