短文語法填空

　　閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當的詞或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為1—10的相應位置上。

　　I had an unusual conversation with a woman about physical limitations. Nancy suffered

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　　a serious disease and she could no longer walk. She spent her

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　　(wake) hours in a wheelchair.

　　“I’m not ‘confined (限制)’ to a wheelchair,” she insisted one day. “It doesn’t confine me but

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　　(set) me free.”

　　She asked me, “Do you want to know

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　　reason for living?”

　　“What is it?” I wondered.

　　“To liberate people. To set them free. Before I got my wheelchair,” she explained, “I had trouble getting around. Now I can go places! However I can free people, I want to do

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　　.”

　　“People speak of being ‘shut in,’” she continued. “People

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　　are confined to a room or a house or a bed are not ‘shut in.’ They’re ‘shut out’ – shut out of activities and shut out of people’s lives. So my aim is to liberate people, to set them free, however I can.”

　　Because of her disease, Nancy now helps people find ways of gaining more physical

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　　(free).

　　Listen to these words from Darwin P. Kingsley: “You have powers you never dreamed

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　　. You can do things you never thought you

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　　do. There are no limitations in

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　　you can do except the limitations of your own mind.”

　　【參考答案】

　　1．from

　　2．waking

　　3．sets

　　4．my

　　5．it

　　6．who／that

　　7．freedom

　　8．of／about

　　9．could

　　10． what

　　完形填空

　　【由浙江省金華十校2024高考英語模擬試題改編】

　　完形填空。閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21~40各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將選項標號涂黑。

　　How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty

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　　from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n）

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　　，and he believed that studying the famous paintings

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　　in that museum would help him．

　　It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was

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　　and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were

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　　with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He

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　　those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the

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　　．

　　Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance

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　　her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more

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　　．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston

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　　him how to use paints to make stage sets．

　　As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man

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　　to become an artist．Many creative people

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　　there to talk about art, literature and history．From their

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　　,Jacob learned that history books often

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　　the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He

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　　Toussaint, who had helped free his people

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　　French ruling．

　　Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed

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　　admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that

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　　him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a

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　　to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a

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　　artist．

　　1．A． steps B． blocks C． buildings D． avenues

　　2．A． artist B． tutor C． scholar D． official

　　3．A． swinging B． existing C． hanging D． twisting

　　4．A． blank B． loose C． tough D． tight

　　5．A． lined B． decorated C． associated D． filled

　　6．A． stored B． received C． created D． remembered

　　7．A． museum B． studio C． church D． street

　　8．A． whether B． which C． that D． when

　　9．A． precious B． practical C． standard D． flexible

　　10．A． recommended B． reminded C． provided D． showed

　　11．A． hesitating B． struggling C． marching D． participating

　　12．A． settled B． wandered C． gathered D． rushed

　　13．A． experiences B． performances C． accents D． conversations

　　14．A． acknowledged B． accused C． ignored D． witnessed

　　15．A． chose B． accepted C． counted D． employed

　　16．A． against B． from C． for D． with

　　17．A． more than B． rather than C． other than D．less than

　　18．A． broke B． gave C． permitted D． took

　　19．A． award B． title C． salary D． prize

　　20．A． permanent B． popular C． positive D． professional

　　【參考答案】1—20、BACDD

　　AACBD

　　BCDCA

　　BADCD

　　閱讀理解【1】

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

　　My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship,which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.

　　Memories

　　In September,1940,my mother,sister and I went to Swansea,where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.

　　Then I remember my mother lying face down,sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (魚雷).

　　I can remember the arrival of the telegram (電報),which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read,“Safe. Love Ted. “

　　My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee,his arm in a bandage.

　　He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember,he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He saidit was because of the cigarettes. Whichever,he died suddenly in his early 50s.

　　Ten years later I readNight of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.

　　Torpedo

　　One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room,where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.

　　By the time he got on deck (甲板)he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free,it swung against the ship,injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.

　　Three days later,he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.

　　A Toast

　　In my room is the book and the photograph. Often,glass in hand,I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion,a sinking ship,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue?Lest(以免)we forget,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.

　　1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea　.　

　　A. to meet a friend　B. to see the father off

　　C. to take a family photo　D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship

　　2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?

　　A. He was still alive.　 B. His knee was broken.

　　C. His ship had been sunk.　 D. He had arrived in Glasgow.

　　3. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s　.　

　　A. weak heart　B. taking a shore job

　　C. failure to return to sea D. injury caused by a torpedo

　　4. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?

　　A. He lost his arm.

　　B. He repaired the engines.

　　C. He managed to take a lifeboat.

　　D. He was the last to leave the ship.

　　5. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. A group of forgotten heroes.

　　B. A book describing a terrifying battle.

　　C. A ship engineer’s wartime experience.

　　D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.

　　【參考答案】1--5 、BAADC

　　閱讀理解【2】

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

　　Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us, " Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life’s purpose.

　　Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton’s foundation(基金會) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer’s home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire, “ Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder. "

　　Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imaginationlibrary. com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

　　The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish, " says Linda. The books—reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists, and Dollywood board members—included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

　　Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12, 200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative:　“This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of."

　　The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die, “ says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left."

　　1. What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

　　A. His health problem.　 B. His love for teaching.

　　C. The influence of his wife.D. The news from the Web.

　　2. What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

　　A. Give out brochures.

　　B. Do something similar.

　　C. Write books for children.　D. Retire from being a teacher.

　　3. According to the text, Dolly Parton is　.　

　　A. a well-known surgeonB. a mother of a four-year-old

　　C. a singer born in Tennessee D. a computer programmer

　　4. Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

　　A. To avoid signing up online.

　　B. To meet Dollywood board members.

　　C. To make sure the books were the newest.

　　D. To see if the books were of good quality.

　　5. What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

　　A. He needs more money to help the children.

　　B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

　　C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

　　D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.

　　【參考答案】1—5、 ABCDD

　　短文改錯

　　If someone asks you how you can make you always 1. ________

　　happy, you will perhaps find rather difficult to give him 2. ________

　　a proper answer．Did you remember the old saying“No . ________

　　human being can really happy who is not giving or trying 4. ________

　　to give happiness to others”? If you will always think of 5. ________

　　taking more from others and give them less，you won’t be . ________

　　able to have happiness in your life even you are very rich. 7. ________

　　Here’s an article for you. If each of you follow it, there 8. ________

　　will be all end of many unhappy days of yours．So you should . ________

　　learn to give up your own interests when necessarily to do so. 10. ________

　　【參考答案及解析】

　　1. 將always 前的you 改為yourself

　　考查反身代詞的用法。此處需掌握短語make oneself happy使自己高興。

　　. find 后加it

　　考查it作形式賓語。此處it是形式賓語，真正的賓語是后面的不定式短語。

　　. Did-Do考查動詞時態。根據文意應用一般現在時。

　　. really 前加 be

　　考查謂語動詞。此處形容詞happy前缺謂語動詞be。

　　. 刪除 will

　　考查動詞時態。在條件狀語從句中用一般現在時代替一般將來時。

　　. give—giving

　　考查動名詞。此處and前后為并列關系，故改為動名詞。

　　. even 后加 if / though; 或者 even—though / although

　　考查狀語從句的連接詞。根據文意應改為even if或even though。

　　8. follow—follows

　　考查主謂一致。此句的主語是each故用單數形式。

　　. 正確 經分析此句正確。

　　. necessarily—necessary考查be necessary to do的結構。