1、高考英语冲刺导练31天津市耀华中学2017届高考英语冲刺导练（31） 【读写应用综合训练】一、完形填空Cloze III 精选9 夹叙夹议 Argumentation & Essay I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 36 chasing the same thing.One year, through a
2、 series of unhappy events, it all fell 37 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I 38 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 39 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 40 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 41 , full
3、 of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and 42 a corner to camp in.The locals knew nothing about me, 43 slowly, they started teaching me the 44 of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 45 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a
4、46 American Dreamnot the one of individual achievement but of 47 .What I had believed in, all those things I thought were 48 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 49 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 50 with my neighbors.Four years later, I moved back into 51 . I
5、saw many people were having a really hard time, 52 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 53 a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time Ive had nine people come in and move on to other places. Wed all be in 54 if we hadnt banded together.The Amer
6、ican Dream I believe in now is a shared one. Its not so much about what I can get for myself; its about 55 we can all get by together.36. A. separately B. equally C. violently D. naturally37. A. off B. apart C. over D. out38. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched39. A. fullest B. largest C. faire
7、st D. cheapest40. A. at B. through C. over D. round41. A. occupied B. abandoned C. emptied D. robbed42. A. turned B. approached C. cleared D. cut43. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for44. A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art45. A. sticking B. looking C. swinging D. turning46. A. wild B. real C.
8、different D. remote47. A. neighborliness B. happiness C. friendliness D. kindness48. A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary49. A. Up B. Down C. Deep D. Along50. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments51. A. reality B. society C. town D. life52. A. creating B. losing C. q
9、uitting D. offering53. A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in54. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages55. A. when B. what C. whether D. how二、阅读理解Reading Comprehension Test 训练7 ANo one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some peo
10、ple did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus, on doing one specific job.Lets take a man well call Mr. Fielder, for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended t
11、he fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didnt make the bricks for his house, cut his trees into boards, make the plows (犁), or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in
12、doing each of those things.Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows
13、. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.How did Mr. Plowright let people know what was doing? Why, he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow
14、carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright and his really good plows.Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read
15、, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was aud
16、io, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell, were used to get peoples attention.A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a
17、man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, e
18、xplained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in todays world.41. What probably led to the start of advertising?A. The discovery of iron. B. The specialization of labor.C. The appearance of new jobs. D. The deve
19、lopment of farming techniques.42. To advertise his plows, Mr. Plowright _.A. praised his plows in public B. placed a sign outside the shopC. hung an arrow pointing to the shop D. showed his products to the customers43. The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to
20、_.A. explain the origin of advertising B. predict the future of advertisingC. expose problems in advertising D. provide suggestions for advertising44. In ancient Egypt, a crier was probably someone who _.A. owned a ship B. had the loudest voice C. ran a shop selling goods to farmers D. functioned li
21、ke todays TV or radio commercial45. The last two paragraphs are mainly about _.A. the history of advertising B. the benefits of advertisingC. the early forms of advertising D. the basic design of advertising【选练】 B Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised. “Barbara be
22、 enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience,” How right they were! “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” wrote Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is the paste that helps you hang on there when the things get tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do i
23、t!” When others shout, “No, you cant!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mclintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didnt stop working on her experiments. We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this c
24、hildlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel Ulman o
25、nce wrote, “Years wrinkly the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She r
26、eplied, “My father, long ago, told me, I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.” We cant afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the
27、 sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow. 46. What is the passage mainly talking about? A. Enthusiasm is more important than experience. B. Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame. C. Enthusiastic people will never get old. D. Enthusi
28、asm can make you succeed and enjoy life. 47. We can inter than enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when _. A. he is in trouble B. he is getting old C. he can do what he love D. he has succeeded 48. The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that _. A. enthusiasm
29、 can make people feel young B. music can arouse peoples enthusiasm C. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy 49. How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm? A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six 50. Which prove
30、rb may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph? A. A good beginning makes a good ending. B. Dont cry over the spoiled milk. C. Love me, love my dog. D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. C There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health, w
31、ealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds. People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things：the pleasant p
32、arts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreea
