天津市耀华中学届高考英语读写应用综合训练专题练习三十三.docx

1、天津市耀华中学届高考英语读写应用综合训练专题练习三十三天津市耀华中学2017届高考英语专题练习（三十三）读写应用综合训练一、完形填空ClozeIt was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldnt need me anymore. I had just finished my four-hour work 36up and down the stairs of her three-story home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was37jeans an

2、d a sweater, sitting at the table I had just38, a pile of papers spread around her. Her husbands39was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had40happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of41.I had been cleaning Fredas house for five years and had

3、42an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just43I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉)dirt stuck to their wooden floor, 44that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls beds. It was45than that, for I felt I had become a part of their46.Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47

4、I would often see her in the morning48them to school. And Id be there when they 49home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had50them grow up. Now I was fired, but the51thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.I left Fredas house that day, wonderi

5、ng about the52of the relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I53them? As a matter of fact, Im54an employeethe lowest kind of employee. But Im also a trusted55of the family. I cant help worrying about what happens around me.36Astepping Bcoming Cjumping Dmoving37Ahanging Bmaking Cwearing Dchanging38A

6、cleaned Bwashed Cswept Dbrushed39Aduty Bmoney Cwork Dpay40Aalready Bseldom Cnever Dyet41Aregret Bsurprise Cfear Dloss42Astarted Bdeveloped Cimproved Dbroken43Awhy Bwhat Cthat Dwhich44Abut Band Cor Dfor45Aless Bleast Cmore Dmost46Alife Bstory Cactivity Dexperience47Aas Bso Csince Dhowever48Ataking Bb

7、ringing Cmeeting Dcalling49Aleft Breturned Cwent Dmarched50Afound Bnoticed Cwatched Drealized51Apossible Bgreat Cproper Dstrange52Ameaning Bnature Cresult Dimportance53Afor Bto Cwith Dat54Ahardly Bcertainly Cprobably Dmerely55Amember Bperson Crelative Dcompanion二、阅读理解Reading Comprehension Test Passa

8、ge AWhy play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rulesplanning your next moveacting as a team memberthese are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-se

9、ek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating.Many childrens games have a practical side. Childr

10、en around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones. Which sharpens the hand-eye coordination(协调) needed in hunting.Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Oly

11、mpic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can

12、 mean so much.Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play itsome for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation t

13、o provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.41Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expe

14、cted to learn to _.Abe a team leader Bobey the basic rulesCact as a grown-up Dpredict possible danger42The underlined part in Paragraph 2most probably means that games can_.Adescribe life in an exciting way Bturn real-life experiences into a playCmake learning life skills more interesting Dchange pe

15、oples views of sporting events43According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging? _AIt inspires peoples deep love for the country. BIt proves the exceptional skills of the winners.CIt helps the country out of natural disasters. DIt earns the winners fame and fortune.44Iribarnes

16、 goal of forming the foundation is to _.Abring fun to poor kids Bprovide soccer balls for childrenCgive poor kids a chance for a better life Dappeal to soccer players to help poor kids45What can be inferred from the passage? _AGames benefit people all their lives. BSports can get all athletes togeth

17、er.CPeople are advised to play games for fun. DSports increase a countrys competitiveness.Passage BFor many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries

18、: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admitany responsibility for starting it. From the parents point of view, the only cause of their fight is their ad

19、olescents complete unreasonableness. And of course, theteens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.In this article, Ill describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation

20、 is quarrels overunimportant things. Examples include the color of the teens hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the childs failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming ba

21、ttle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesnt matter what the topic ispolitics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an eggthe point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other perso

22、n is wrong for both wish to be considered an authoritysomeone who actually knows somethingandtherefore to command respect.Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, theyll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress

23、.55Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict? _ABoth can continue for generations. BBoth are about where to draw the line.CNeither has any clear winner. DNeither can be put to an end.56What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2mean? _AThe teens blame their parents for st

24、arting the conflict.BThe teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.CTheteens accuse their parents of misleading them.DThe teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.57Parents and teens want to be right because they want to _.Agive orders to the other Bknow more than t

25、he otherCgain respect from the other Dget the other to behave properly58What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows? _Acauses for the parent-teen conflicts BExamples of the parent-teen war.CSolutions for the parent-teen problems DFuture of the parent-teen relationship话题2

26、人物故事 Family, People & Life storiesPassage AWhen 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation(基金会), nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization had helped

27、to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “Its a charity that helps children w

28、ho have got very serious illnesses. Make-A-Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained.We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dream

29、ing for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come trueso, with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they

30、decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia.Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for

31、 if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.64Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had _.Abenefited from it