高考英語大二輪復習專題強化練十九

1、.專題強化練十九組合練六.閱讀理解Betty Smith's first novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, became immediately popular when it was published in 1943.The story is set in the years of 1900 to 1920.It tells of Francie Nolan and her parents，who were born to immigrants，and their struggle to provide for their family.Smith

2、says she based the story on her own experiences growing up in the neighbourhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn，a borough城市的行政區(qū) of New York City.It's widely believed that the character of Francie is based on Smith.The tree of the book's title refers to the big Tree of Heaven which grows near the

3、 family's apartment building，despite attempts to get rid of it.It's a symbol for Francie herself.Francie is determined to survive and improve her life，despite things that get in her way: her father is an alcoholic and dies，her mother doesn't care about Francie's dreams and her family

4、 is almost constantly poor.The novel tells the story of how Francie's parents，Johnny and Katie Nolan，met as teenagers.Katie later became pregnant，and they married before either of them had turned 20.Despite his charm and good nature.Johnny is an alcoholic who can't hold a job.Katie supports

5、the family by cleaning apartment buildings.This went against tradition，as the man was usually the one with the job who provided for the family.Francie enjoys learning，and idolizes her father，who shares her dreamy nature and vivid imagination.He lies to get Francie into a better school，realizing it&#

6、39;s what will make her happiest.Readers experience the scenes in Brooklyn from Francie's point of view.She observes the neighbourhood's people and events from the fire escape outside the family's apartment.Family plays a key role throughout A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.Katie tries hard to p

7、rovide for her family when Johnny can't.The children work afterschool jobs to support their mother after Johnny dies.Additionally，F(xiàn)rancie sacrifices her savings to send her brother to school.Smith's book is still a popular read for many young women even though it's more than 70 years old

8、.【語篇解讀】本文介紹了貝蒂·史密斯的小說?布魯克林有棵樹?，詳細講述了作者的創(chuàng)作背景、創(chuàng)作過程和書的內(nèi)容。這本書雖然已經(jīng)出版70多年了，但是書中主人公對待生活不屈不撓的精神，仍然受到許多年輕女士的歡送。1Which of the following is TRUE about A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?AIt is an autobiography of Betty Smith.BIt is Betty Smith's most popular book.CIt sets the story in New York in the 1940sDIt t

9、ells of immigrant's life in New York.解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句可知這本小說的內(nèi)容，它講述了身為移民的弗朗西和她的父母努力去養(yǎng)活他們的家人的故事。應選D項。答案：D2What role does the Tree of Heaven play in Francie's life?AIt accompanies her growth.BIt represents her struggle in life.CIt contributes to her success.DIt makes her dream come true.解析：推理判

10、斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句可知，這棵樹是主人公弗朗西的象征，緊接著下一句描繪了她的努力和奮斗，由此可以推斷出，這棵樹代表了弗朗西的拼搏。答案：B3The underlined word“Thisin Paragraph 3 refers to the fact that_AJohnny was charming and had good natureBJohnny married Katie before they were 20CKatie worked as a cleaner in department buildingsDKatie supported the family instead

11、 of Johnny解析：詞義猜測題。This的前一句中提到“Katie supports the family，后面又提到違犯傳統(tǒng)的原因是因為通常都是男人養(yǎng)家糊口，由此可以推斷出This指的是凱蒂養(yǎng)活家庭而不是她的丈夫約翰尼。答案：D4What message does Betty Smith try to convey in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?AFamily support is of significance.BMen should support their families.CImmigrants in the US got married early

12、.DGood imagination makes a great writer.解析：細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句“Family plays a key role throughout A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.可知，這本書要傳遞的信息是家庭的支持很重要。答案：A.完形填空I felt very depressed the other day.The weather had been dark and rainy，and I just didn't feel so_1_As I was sitting at my desk，I_2_it was the bi

13、rthday of a dear longtime frienda single，middleaged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loving her_3_Knowing that she didn't have family in town，I_4_to give her a call.Sure enough，she was on her shift，_5_to work late into the evening，and wouldn't have_6_of a birthday this

14、year.As always，though，she_7_cheerful and was happy that I_8_After I hung up，I couldn't_9_the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day._10_feeling a little depressed myself，I tried to put it out of my mind，but as the day passed，I couldn't shake the though

15、t.I_11_gave in，and set off to the hospital with a card，a cheese cake，and some balloons that evening.My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise_12_me that I'd done the right thing，and they were a generous_13_for the little effort it had taken.When I got home，I realized that not only had I

16、 cheered up a_14_friend on her birthday，but my own negative feelings had also disappeared.Making her day had_15_my own! Isn't that the way it is_16_we take the time and make the_17_to do something for someone else? It's just like the saying，“Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him w

17、ho gives，and him who_18_Cheering up people on their birthdays isn't the only thing we can do to make their day.Life constantly presents us with_19_to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to_20_And the wonderful thing is that as we do，it changes things for the better f

18、or us too.【語篇解讀】作者講述了在自己心情不好的一天給一個從事護士職業(yè)的朋友過生日而得到的感悟：生活總是為我們提供時機，讓我們多邁出一步或者做一件對別人有影響的善事。1A.specialBpositiveCnervous Dscared解析：根據(jù)空格前的“I felt very depressed the other day.The weather had been dark and rainy可知，“我的心情不好，positive意為“樂觀的，符合語境。答案：B2A.explained BcomplainedCremembered Dinformed解析：當“我坐在書桌前的時候，記

19、起今天是一個朋友的生日。應選C項。答案：C3A.family BtrainingCwork Dschool解析：根據(jù)空格前的“who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing可知，她從事護士職業(yè)30年，說明她很喜歡自己的工作work。應選C項。答案：C4A.decided BcontinuedCagreed Drefused解析：根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示“我決定給她打個 。應選A項。答案：A5A.surprised BdisappointedCbored Dprepared解析：根據(jù)前面的“Sure enough，she was on her shift可

20、知，這是她的當班時間，她準備工作到晚上，應選D項。答案：D6A.much BmanyClittle Dfew解析：此處表示“不會有太多的時間過生日。many和few用來修飾或替代可數(shù)名詞，故排除；little本身含有否認的意思，在此處可排除；應選much。答案：A7A.sounded BlookedCgrew Dfound解析：“我打 給她，她聽上去很快樂。應選A項。答案：A8A.admitted BcalledCsucceeded Dapologized解析：參見上題解析。選B項。答案：B9A.experience BimagineCshake Dunderstand解析：此處表示“我沒法去

21、除這種感覺，應用shake，表示“去除，擺脫。下文中的“I couldn't shake the thought也是提示。應選C項。答案：C10A.Almost BEvenCNever DStill解析：此處用“still說明“我仍然感到沮喪，與文章開頭相照應。應選D項。答案：D11A.luckily BfinallyCunhappily Dhardly解析：“我的心情沮喪，“我盡力去清理掉這種心情，但是經(jīng)過一天的時間，還是沒能擺脫，最終“我屈從了。finally“最后，終于，應選B項。答案：B12A.convinced BadvisedCpromised Dreminded解析：根據(jù)

22、空格前面的“My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise和空格后面的“I'd done the right thing可知，朋友的神情讓“我確信自己做對了。convince意為“使確信，符合語境。應選A項。答案：A13A.response BcontributionCreward Dshare解析：她的笑容和驚喜使“我確信“我做對了，這也是對“我大方的回報reward。應選C項。答案：C14A.careless BlonelyCweak Dcurious解析：由上文的“a single，middleaged woman和“she

23、didn't have family in town可知，“我的朋友是孤獨的。應選B項。答案：B15A.troubled BtakenCwasted Dmade解析：讓這位孤獨的朋友快樂的同時，又掃除了“我的沮喪，所以說“Making her day had made my own。應選D項。答案：D16A.when BwhereCwhy Dhow解析：從句子的構(gòu)造和語境看，此處應該用引導時間狀語從句的連詞，表示“當我們花費時間為別人努力做一些事情的時候。應選A項。答案：A17A.suggestion BmoneyCeffort Dcall解析：參見上題解析。make the effo

24、rt to do sth.“努力做某事。答案：C18A.tries BreceivesCexpects Dcares解析：根據(jù)空格前的“gives可知，應用receives與gives相對應。應選B項。答案：B唐宋或更早之前，針對“經(jīng)學“律學“算學和“書學各科目，其相應傳授者稱為“博士，這與當今“博士含義已經(jīng)相去甚遠。而對那些特別講授“武事或講解“經(jīng)籍者，又稱“講師?！敖淌诤汀爸叹瓰閷W官稱謂。前者始于宋，乃“宗學“律學“醫(yī)學“武學等科目的講授者；而后者那么于西晉武帝時代即已設立了，主要協(xié)助國子、博士培養(yǎng)生徒?！爸淘诠糯粌H要作入流的學問，其教書育人的職責也十清楚晰。唐代國子學、太學等所設

25、之“助教一席，也是當朝打眼的學官。至明清兩代，只設國子監(jiān)國子學一科的“助教，其身價不謂顯赫，也稱得上朝廷要員。至此，無論是“博士“講師，還是“教授“助教，其今日老師應具有的根本概念都具有了。19A.opportunities BdreamsCchoices Dregrets解析：生活總是為我們提供時機。opportunity意為“時機，符合語境。應選A項。答案：A20A.someone BsomethingCeveryone Deverything解析：生活總是為我們提供時機，讓我們多邁出一步或者做一件對某人產(chǎn)生影響的善事。應選A項。答案：A.短文改錯One day when I was on

26、 my way to school，I saw Jack，a student of Grade 3 in our school，ride along the street.Suddenly a car what was running towards him knocked her down.Jack was hurt seriously.The driver got such very a fright that he drove away quickly，leaving Jack helplessly on the spot.Fortunately I saw what had happe

27、ned and remember the numbers of the car.I reported this to the police.In the same time I went up to help Jack and sent him to a nearest hospital.Now the driver has been caught and will be punished for wrong deed.答案：One day when I was on my way to school，I saw Jack，a student of Grade 3 in our school，

28、 along the street.Suddenly a car was running towards him knocked down.Jack was hurt seriously.The driver got such a fright that he drove away quickly，leaving Jack on the spot.Fortunately I saw what had happened and the of the car.I reported this to the police. the same time I went up to help Jack an

29、d sent him to nearest hospital.Now the driver has been caught and will be punished for wrong deed.書面表達假定你是李華，再過100天你就高中畢業(yè)了。寫一封信給你的美國外教Joyce，感謝她這一年來對你學業(yè)上的幫助，并談談你的理想大學。內(nèi)容要點：1.表達感謝之情；2你的理想大學及選擇它的理由；3期待大學生活。注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)；2可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連接。3參考詞匯：ideal college理想大學Dear Joyce，How is everything going？Looking forward to your reply.Yours，Li Hua答案：Dear_Joyce，How_is_everything_going? Since it will