1、(6)time, there was no sense of(7) to do my school work immediately I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a (8) Once that happened, I just kept(9)my studying further and further back in my day Then I got to the point where I was (10)really late at night to get my work done One
2、 day I(11)a former classmate of mine who was (12)_a lot of money running a sideline (副业) Since his regular job was (13), I asked him why he just didnt do his sideline fulltime He said without the job, he would (14)have too much time and would just do what I did back in(15) He said that if he (16)the
3、 job, he would lose his (17)to work and succeed So, try(18) your time with other work This is why there is a(19)that if you want something done, ask a (20)person to do it1. A. true B. fair C. strange D. possible2. A. remember B. admit C. understand D. expect3. A. watched B. loved C. coached D. playe
4、d4. A. at last B. right away C. of course D. as usual5. A. happened B. repeated C. changed D. mattered6. A. extra B. difficult C. valuable D. limited7. A. duty B. achievement C. urgency D. direction8. A. burden B. relief C. risk D. habit9. A. pushing B. taking C. setting D. calling10. A. hanging out
5、 B. staying up C. jogging round D. showing off11. A. met B. helped C. treated D. hired12. A. raising B. wasting C. demanding D. making13. A. safe B. important C. boring D. rewarding14. A. luckily B. hardly C. hopefully D. simply15. A. childhood B. college C. town D. business16. A. quit B. found C. a
6、ccepted D. kept17. A. heart B. chance C. drive D. way18. A. saving B. filling up C. giving up D. trading19. A. message B. story C. saying D. fact20. A. careful B. busy C. reliable D. kind【答案】【小题1】D【小题2】A【小题3】D【小题4】B【小题5】C【小题6】A【小题7】C【小题8】D【小题9】A【小题10】B【小题11】A【小题12】D【小题13】C【小题14】D【小题15】B【小题16】A【小题17】
7、B【小题18】B【小题19】C【小题20】B【解析】【文章大意】本文讲述的是当我们空闲时间太多时,我们一定要做事让自己忙碌起来。我在高中的时候大部分时间都是在学校里度过的,我也参与团队运动。当我到家的时候,我只有很短的时间来做我的家庭作业;当我进入大学以后,时间很充裕,玩的时间太长,以至于作业一推再推;后来作者的朋友告诉他一个道理,忙碌的人才会做成事情。A.true真的;B.fair公平的;C.strange奇怪的,陌生的;D.possible可能的。根据We have all heard how time is more valuable than money,可知本句用D.possible
8、,表示“可能会有太多的时间吗”?故选D。根据后半句in high school I spent most of my day at school.可知,这里意为“记起”。A.remember记得,记起;B.admit承认; C.understand理解;D.expect期盼。故选A。A.watched观看;B.loved爱;C.coached训练,指导;D.played玩,比赛。根据宾语a team sport可知用D.played做谓语动词,表示“参加团体运动”。A.at last最后;B.right away立刻,马上;C.of course当然;D.as usual像往常一样。根据By
9、the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework.所以用B.right away做 and I had to do it的时间状语,表示“立刻,马上”。故选B。A.happened发生;B.repeated重复;C.changed改变;D.mattered有关系,要紧。根据后句I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time.可知,上大学以后情况变了。故选C。A.extra额外的;B.difficult困难的;C.valuable有价值的;D.limited限制的
10、。根据上句 I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time.可知用A.extra修饰time,表示“额外的时间”。A.duty责任;B.achievement成就;C.urgency紧急,急迫;D.direction方向。根据上句可知大学里额外的时间很多,所以没有紧迫感。A.burden负担;B.relief宽慰,缓释;C.risk冒险;D.habit习惯。根据I was performing this action of waiting until.可知本句表示“我一直等待,直到它变成一种习惯”。A.pushing推,督促;B.ta
11、king带走;C.setting设置;D.calling喊叫,打电话。根据.my studying further and further back in my day.可知用A.pushing做kept的宾语,表示“把学习的时间往后推迟”。A.hanging out闲逛;B.staying up熬夜;C.jogging round慢跑;D.showing off炫耀。根据上文.my studying further and further back in my day可知作者熬夜做功课,故选B。A.met遇到;B.helped帮助;C.treated对待;D.hired雇佣。根据宾语a fo
12、rmer classmate of mine可知这里是说:遇见以前的一个同学。A.raising升起,饲养;B.wasting浪费;C.demanding需要;D.making制作。根据宾语a lot of money可知用D.making,表示:他经营副业挣了很多钱。make money是习惯搭配,意为“挣钱”。A.safe安全的;B.important重要的;C.boring令人厌烦的;D.rewarding有益的,值得的。根据下句I asked him why he just didnt do his sideline fulltime可知他的常规工作很无聊。A.luckily幸运地;B
13、.hardly几乎不;C.hopefully有希望地;D.simply简单地,仅仅。根据上文He said without the job可知本句表示:他有的仅仅是时间。A.childhood童年时代;B.college大学;C.town城镇;D.business生意。根据上文可知作者在大学时间很多,所以用college。A.quit放弃;B.found发现;C.accepted接受;D.kept保持。根据上文的I asked him why he just didnt do his sideline fulltime可知,用A.quit 表示“放弃”,修饰the job,表示:如果放弃工作,
14、他会失去工作和成功的机会。A.heart心脏;B.chance机会;C.drive驾驶;D.way道路,方法。本句表示:他会失去工作和成功的机会,所以用B.chance修饰to work and succeed。A.saving节省,挽救;B.filling up填充;C.giving up放弃;D.trading交易。根据your time with other work可知用B.filling up表示“用其它的工作来使自己充实”。A.message信息;B.story故事;C.saying谚语,俗语;D.fact事实。.that if you want something done, a
15、sk a person to do it.是一句俗语。A.careful仔细的;B.busy繁忙的;C.reliable可依赖的;D.kind善良的。根据上文可知作者认为我们应该让自己忙碌起来。二、阅读理解(本大题共10小题,共20.0分)AIn 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain People had been writing novels for a centurymost experts date the first novel to Robinson Cru
16、soe in 1719 but nobody wanted to do it professionally The steampowered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy(识字)rate in England was under 50% Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like By a lady Novels, for the most part,were looke
17、d upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose charactersfrom Oliver Twist to Tiny Timwere held
18、up as moral touchstones Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged Removing him from the pantheon (名人堂)of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa How did Dickens get to the top? For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers gam
19、e, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to 1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a halfdozen of them Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracted audiences from all walks of life Its partly th
20、at his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progressBut its also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself al the center No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer But as the 200th anniversary of hi
21、s birth approaches, it is possibleand important for our own cultureto understand how he made himself a lasting one21. Which of the following best deseribes British novels in the 18th century?_A. They were difficult to understandB. They were popular among the richC. They were seen as nearly worthless
22、D. They were written mostly by women22. Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress_A. his reputation in France B. his interest in modern artC. his success in publication D. his importance in literature23. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To remember a great writer
23、B. To introduce an English novelC. To encourage studies on cultureD. To promote values of the Victorian age【小题1】C【小题2】D【小题3】A【解析】【文章大意】本文主要介绍了狄更斯的伟大成就,以及他在在英国文学史上不可替代的地位;对比了他出生以前,那时的小说是几乎没有价值的,而在他之后英国文学的辉煌成就。根据第一段的Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.可知当时,小
24、说在很大程度上被认为是愚蠢的、不道德的,或者仅仅是坏的。因此那时的小说是几乎没有价值的。根据第二段的Today Dickensgreatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon (名人堂)of English literature would make about as much sense as the louvre selling off the mona Lisa.可知今天,狄更斯的伟大是毋庸置疑的,把他从英国文学的万神殿中去除出来,和卢浮宫卖蒙娜丽莎一样意义重大所以这是为了表明他在英国文学史上的地位是很重要的,故选D。本文
25、主要介绍了狄更斯的伟大成就,以及他在在英国文学史上不可替代的地位,故选A。B Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter,including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road What is even more interest
26、ing is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bag Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts (收银台) The bags are prohibited
27、 in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles Eyeing these headwinds, plasticbag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume Among the bag makers arguments: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to pu
28、rchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusa
29、ble shopping bags The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plasticbag use it cancels out However, longerlasting reusable bags often require more energy to make One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic Environmentalists dont dispute(质疑) these points They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags lor years24. What
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