专题滚动检测(二十七)

　　(限时：30分钟　语法填空2篇＋阅读理解2篇＋短文改错)

　　Ⅰ.语法填空

　　A

　　One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided that the animal was old, and the well needed

　　1.________ (cover) up anyway; the donkey just wasn't worth saving.

　　He invited all his neighbors to come over and help

　　2.________. They all took a shovel (铲) and began to shovel some dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized

　　3.________ was happening and cried

　　4.________ (terrible). Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He

　　5.________ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt

　　6.________ hit his back, the donkey was doing something

　　7.________(amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.

　　8.________ the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take one more step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over

　　9.________ edge of the well and happily ran off!

　　Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just 10.________ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

　　B

　　Tom：Hi. I don't think we've met. I'm Tom.

　　Jenny：Hi, Tom. Nice to meet you. My name is Juanita, but everybody calls 1. ________ Jenny.

　　Tom：Nice to meet you, Jenny. So, where are you from?

　　Jenny：Well, 2. ________ (original) I'm from Argentina. We moved to the United States when I was about five years old. My parents now live in Chile. That's 3. ________ they first met. How about you, Tom?

　　Tom：I was born in Fresno, California, and we lived there 4. ________ I was seven. Then, since my father worked for the military, we moved all over the world.

　　Jenny：Oh yeah? How many other countries have you lived in?

　　Tom：5. ________ (most), we were overseas. We spent a total of ten years in Korea, Germany, and Holland. We moved back to the States three years ago, but I think my parents would like to 6. ________ (live) overseas for at least another twenty years.

　　Jenny：Wow. It sounds like you've had an 7. ________ (interest) life. So, what do you do now?

　　Tom：I'm a student at Purdue University.

　　Jenny：Oh really? What are you studying?

　　Tom：I'm majoring 8. ________ psychology. How about you?

　　Jenny：Well, I'm working as a sales 9. ________ (represent) for Vega Computers downtown.

　　Tom：No 10. ________ (kid)! My brother works there too.

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2024·汕头普通高考模拟考试)One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.

　　When we see something we don't like, we wish it could be different.We cry out for something better.That may be human nature, or perhaps it's something ingrained (根深蒂固的) in our culture.The root of the unhappiness isn't necessarily that we want things to be different.However, it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place.We've judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It's not bad or good, and it just is it.”

　　In one of my books, I said “You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned”．Some readers said it's too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong.However, it's only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad.Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.

　　This can be applied to whatever you do: how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be.Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they're that way.It will save you a lot of sadness, because you'll no longer say, “Oh, I wish bad things didn't happen！”

　　Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all.But change things not because you can't accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of changing, learning and growing.

　　Can we make this world a better place? You can say that you'll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world.That's the correct path you

　　choose

　　to take, because

　　you

　　enjoy that path.Therefore, when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference, try a different approach: accept, and understand.It might lead to some interesting results.

　　1．The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because________.

　　A．it is our natural emotion in the life

　　B．culture asks us to be different from others

　　C．everyone has their own opinions on things

　　D．we dislike something in the beginning

　　2．Some readers think the words in the author's book are too________.

　　A．depressing　B．frightening

　　C．delighting

　　D．idealistic

　　3．In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “It” refers to________.

　　A．acting well at work and in politics

　　B．feeling depressed for the news media

　　C．accepting and understanding what has happened

　　D．saying something negative when bad things come

　　4．What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A．Expecting things to be different gives us hope.

　　B．Accepting can make our life happier and better.

　　C．Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness.

　　D．Judging good or bad is important for our world.

　　B

　　(2024·宁夏贺兰一中模拟)Proms have traditionally been an evening where the party continues long after the music stops. In the not-so-distant past, prom-goers found ways to celebrate until

　　sunrise. Unfortunately, much of what they did during those pre-dawn hours was dangerous,

　　even deadly. In an effort to reduce careless behavior, including drinking and driving, schools and communities cooperated to give kids a safe, chaperoned (有人陪伴的) alternative.

　　Today, school — and parent-sponsored post-prom parties are the norm. Teens can celebrate into the early morning without many of the worries and dangers that previously existed. The parties are great for parents, too. They enjoy peace of mind knowing their children are in a healthy, watched-over environment.

　　As wonderful as these after-parties can be, they clearly aren't enough for some

　　teens.

　　If your

　　daughter tells

　　you “everyone” is going somewhere after the dance and that it's okay with all the other kids' parents, pick up the phone and start asking around. Find out if they're really okay with the idea. What you're likely to hear from some parents is that they're going along with it because they don't want to be the only parents to say “No”. Share your concerns with others, and say “No” together, or offer an alternative that's acceptable to everyone.

　　When it comes to the prom, schools are getting much better at managing behavior.

　　Many have rules dealing with everything from appropriate dress to acceptable styles of dance. Find out what your school administrators are doing to ensure that the prom continues to serve its original purpose. Their efforts can make a parent's job easier. Use the school's regulations as reasons for the decisions and limits you make about clothes or the after-party. If your daughter gets angry or makes demands that will blow prom out of proportion, remember if she can't have a reasonable response or accept “No” for an answer in a conversation about going to the prom, then she probably doesn't have the skills to be anyone's prom date.

　　5．Which is one of the problems proms have that worry parents most?

　　A．There might be dangerous behavior.

　　B．Prom-goers don't tell their parents the end time.

　　C．Proms usually don't last long but with drinking.

　　D．Goers have a little sense of safety while attending proms.

　　6．What do we know about the norm in Paragraph 1?

　　A．It is sponsored by parents only.

　　B．There are no dangers any longer.

　　C．Parents can enjoy themselves as well.

　　D．Kids can be watched over at the parties.

　　7．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

　　A．The dance at the party.

　　B．Parents' concern.

　　C．Your daughter's idea.

　　D．An alternative.

　　8．What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

　　A．Schools don't want students to be prom-goers.

　　B．Parents should use schools' rules to deal with children going to proms.

　　C．Parents rather than schools should watch over their kids.

　　D．Parents should help their children stay far away from proms.

　　Ⅲ.短文改错

　　There are too many cars in our town now. For a result, there are lots of traffic jams, and the air which we will breathe is terrible. Our town is very old but all the streets are quite narrow, so there is no room for bus lanes, which mean that buses always get stuck in the traffic jams, too. However, lots of accidents with cyclists often happen because of crowded street. But I think, there is a simple solution of these problems. The government should close city center to all traffic except buses and bikes, and build very larger car parks outside the town. Car drivers can take a bus into the city center and arrive at work or the shops relaxing and in a good mood.

　　答案

　　Ⅰ.

　　A

　　1．covering/to be covered　2.him　3.what 4．terribly　5.was astonished　6.that/which　7.amazing　8.As　9.the　10.by

　　B

　　1．me　2.originally　3.where　4.until 5．Mostly　6.have lived　7.interesting 8．in　9.representative　10.kidding

　　Ⅱ.1.解析：选D　细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“However, it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place.”可知，我们不高兴的根源在于一开始我们就认定我们不喜欢它。2．解析：选A　推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“Some readers said it's

　　too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong.”可知，一些读者认为作者书中的话“你应该预期到事情会出现问题”是令人伤心的，故选A项。3．解析：选C　代词指代题。根据文章第四段中的“Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they're that way.”可知，接受这些事情，并试图理解它们为什么会这样。下句的it就指这个内容。故答案为C。4．解析：选B　主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，我们要勇于接受和理解事情原本的样子，这样我们的生活会变得更快乐，更美好。故答案为B。

　　5．解析：选A　细节理解题。由第一段中的“much of what they did during those pre-dawn hours was dangerous, even deadly”可得出答案。

　　6．解析：选D　细节理解题。由第一段中最后四句话对norm的描述可知D项正确，A、B、C三项与文章内容不符。

　　7．解析：选C　代词指代题。由第二段中的“Find out if they're really okay with the idea.”和“because they don't want to be the only parents to say ‘No’．”可知，这里的it显然指的是上一句的“the idea”，即孩子的想法。 8．解析：选B　段落大意题。最后一段主要介绍了学校对proms通常会有很多规定，家长可以此为借口限制孩子的穿着和行为。

　　Ⅲ.第二句：For→As; 去掉will

　　第三句：but→and; mean→means

　　第四句：However→Besides; street→streets

　　第五句：of→to

　　第六句：city前加the; larger→large

　　第七句：relaxing→relaxed

　　专题滚动检测(二十七)

　　(限时：30分钟　语法填空2篇＋阅读理解2篇＋短文改错)

　　Ⅰ.语法填空

　　A

　　One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided that the animal was old, and the well needed

　　1.________ (cover) up anyway; the donkey just wasn't worth saving.

　　He invited all his neighbors to come over and help

　　2.________. They all took a shovel (铲) and began to shovel some dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized

　　3.________ was happening and cried

　　4.________ (terrible). Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He

　　5.________ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt

　　6.________ hit his back, the donkey was doing something

　　7.________(amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.

　　8.________ the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take one more step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over

　　9.________ edge of the well and happily ran off!

　　Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just 10.________ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

　　B

　　Tom：Hi. I don't think we've met. I'm Tom.

　　Jenny：Hi, Tom. Nice to meet you. My name is Juanita, but everybody calls 1. ________ Jenny.

　　Tom：Nice to meet you, Jenny. So, where are you from?

　　Jenny：Well, 2. ________ (original) I'm from Argentina. We moved to the United States when I was about five years old. My parents now live in Chile. That's 3. ________ they first met. How about you, Tom?

　　Tom：I was born in Fresno, California, and we lived there 4. ________ I was seven. Then, since my father worked for the military, we moved all over the world.

　　Jenny：Oh yeah? How many other countries have you lived in?

　　Tom：5. ________ (most), we were overseas. We spent a total of ten years in Korea, Germany, and Holland. We moved back to the States three years ago, but I think my parents would like to 6. ________ (live) overseas for at least another twenty years.

　　Jenny：Wow. It sounds like you've had an 7. ________ (interest) life. So, what do you do now?

　　Tom：I'm a student at Purdue University.

　　Jenny：Oh really? What are you studying?

　　Tom：I'm majoring 8. ________ psychology. How about you?

　　Jenny：Well, I'm working as a sales 9. ________ (represent) for Vega Computers downtown.

　　Tom：No 10. ________ (kid)! My brother works there too.

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2024·汕头普通高考模拟考试)One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.

　　When we see something we don't like, we wish it could be different.We cry out for something better.That may be human nature, or perhaps it's something ingrained (根深蒂固的) in our culture.The root of the unhappiness isn't necessarily that we want things to be different.However, it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place.We've judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It's not bad or good, and it just is it.”

　　In one of my books, I said “You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned”．Some readers said it's too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong.However, it's only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad.Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.

　　This can be applied to whatever you do: how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be.Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they're that way.It will save you a lot of sadness, because you'll no longer say, “Oh, I wish bad things didn't happen！”

　　Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all.But change things not because you can't accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of changing, learning and growing.

　　Can we make this world a better place? You can say that you'll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world.That's the correct path you

　　choose

　　to take, because

　　you

　　enjoy that path.Therefore, when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference, try a different approach: accept, and understand.It might lead to some interesting results.

　　1．The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because________.

　　A．it is our natural emotion in the life

　　B．culture asks us to be different from others

　　C．everyone has their own opinions on things

　　D．we dislike something in the beginning

　　2．Some readers think the words in the author's book are too________.

　　A．depressing　B．frightening

　　C．delighting

　　D．idealistic

　　3．In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “It” refers to________.

　　A．acting well at work and in politics

　　B．feeling depressed for the news media

　　C．accepting and understanding what has happened

　　D．saying something negative when bad things come

　　4．What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A．Expecting things to be different gives us hope.

　　B．Accepting can make our life happier and better.

　　C．Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness.

　　D．Judging good or bad is important for our world.

　　B

　　(2024·宁夏贺兰一中模拟)Proms have traditionally been an evening where the party continues long after the music stops. In the not-so-distant past, prom-goers found ways to celebrate until

　　sunrise. Unfortunately, much of what they did during those pre-dawn hours was dangerous,

　　even deadly. In an effort to reduce careless behavior, including drinking and driving, schools and communities cooperated to give kids a safe, chaperoned (有人陪伴的) alternative.

　　Today, school — and parent-sponsored post-prom parties are the norm. Teens can celebrate into the early morning without many of the worries and dangers that previously existed. The parties are great for parents, too. They enjoy peace of mind knowing their children are in a healthy, watched-over environment.

　　As wonderful as these after-parties can be, they clearly aren't enough for some

　　teens.

　　If your

　　daughter tells

　　you “everyone” is going somewhere after the dance and that it's okay with all the other kids' parents, pick up the phone and start asking around. Find out if they're really okay with the idea. What you're likely to hear from some parents is that they're going along with it because they don't want to be the only parents to say “No”. Share your concerns with others, and say “No” together, or offer an alternative that's acceptable to everyone.

　　When it comes to the prom, schools are getting much better at managing behavior.

　　Many have rules dealing with everything from appropriate dress to acceptable styles of dance. Find out what your school administrators are doing to ensure that the prom continues to serve its original purpose. Their efforts can make a parent's job easier. Use the school's regulations as reasons for the decisions and limits you make about clothes or the after-party. If your daughter gets angry or makes demands that will blow prom out of proportion, remember if she can't have a reasonable response or accept “No” for an answer in a conversation about going to the prom, then she probably doesn't have the skills to be anyone's prom date.

　　5．Which is one of the problems proms have that worry parents most?

　　A．There might be dangerous behavior.

　　B．Prom-goers don't tell their parents the end time.

　　C．Proms usually don't last long but with drinking.

　　D．Goers have a little sense of safety while attending proms.

　　6．What do we know about the norm in Paragraph 1?

　　A．It is sponsored by parents only.

　　B．There are no dangers any longer.

　　C．Parents can enjoy themselves as well.

　　D．Kids can be watched over at the parties.

　　7．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

　　A．The dance at the party.

　　B．Parents' concern.

　　C．Your daughter's idea.

　　D．An alternative.

　　8．What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

　　A．Schools don't want students to be prom-goers.

　　B．Parents should use schools' rules to deal with children going to proms.

　　C．Parents rather than schools should watch over their kids.

　　D．Parents should help their children stay far away from proms.

　　Ⅲ.短文改错

　　There are too many cars in our town now. For a result, there are lots of traffic jams, and the air which we will breathe is terrible. Our town is very old but all the streets are quite narrow, so there is no room for bus lanes, which mean that buses always get stuck in the traffic jams, too. However, lots of accidents with cyclists often happen because of crowded street. But I think, there is a simple solution of these problems. The government should close city center to all traffic except buses and bikes, and build very larger car parks outside the town. Car drivers can take a bus into the city center and arrive at work or the shops relaxing and in a good mood.

　　答案

　　Ⅰ.

　　A

　　1．covering/to be covered　2.him　3.what 4．terribly　5.was astonished　6.that/which　7.amazing　8.As　9.the　10.by

　　B

　　1．me　2.originally　3.where　4.until 5．Mostly　6.have lived　7.interesting 8．in　9.representative　10.kidding

　　Ⅱ.1.解析：选D　细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“However, it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place.”可知，我们不高兴的根源在于一开始我们就认定我们不喜欢它。2．解析：选A　推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“Some readers said it's

　　too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong.”可知，一些读者认为作者书中的话“你应该预期到事情会出现问题”是令人伤心的，故选A项。3．解析：选C　代词指代题。根据文章第四段中的“Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they're that way.”可知，接受这些事情，并试图理解它们为什么会这样。下句的it就指这个内容。故答案为C。4．解析：选B　主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，我们要勇于接受和理解事情原本的样子，这样我们的生活会变得更快乐，更美好。故答案为B。

　　5．解析：选A　细节理解题。由第一段中的“much of what they did during those pre-dawn hours was dangerous, even deadly”可得出答案。

　　6．解析：选D　细节理解题。由第一段中最后四句话对norm的描述可知D项正确，A、B、C三项与文章内容不符。

　　7．解析：选C　代词指代题。由第二段中的“Find out if they're really okay with the idea.”和“because they don't want to be the only parents to say ‘No’．”可知，这里的it显然指的是上一句的“the idea”，即孩子的想法。 8．解析：选B　段落大意题。最后一段主要介绍了学校对proms通常会有很多规定，家长可以此为借口限制孩子的穿着和行为。

　　Ⅲ.第二句：For→As; 去掉will

　　第三句：but→and; mean→means

　　第四句：However→Besides; street→streets

　　第五句：of→to

　　第六句：city前加the; larger→large

　　第七句：relaxing→relaxed