廣東省2020屆高三英語復(fù)習(xí)40分鐘限時訓(xùn)練13

1、高三英語限時練習(xí)十三完形填空（時間： 10 分鐘）It s very easy to see why people have bad attitudes. A quick look at the news revealing _21_ with crime, war and corruption （ 腐敗 ） can easily bring us down. Is it possible to _22_ a healthy, happy attitude when surrounded by these negative things?Sure it is! It is possible t

2、o wake up each morning with a good moodand _23_ the day. Having a positive _24_not only allows us to enjoy life more but also _25_ our health and relationships with others.To lead a happy life, we need to have a positive attitude. Weare responsible for our own _2 6_; other people can t make us happy

3、. We need to decide to makeourselves happy. This is wonderful because wedon t have to wait around for someone else to do it for us.We should surround ourselves with _27_ people. We are influenced by those people with whom we spend the most time. When we have positive friends, we become positive. Oth

4、erwise, we become _28_.We should also use positive_29_. A. L. Kitselman once said, “ I am are powerful word s; be careful when you use them. ” We need to replace our negative self- talk with positive words. Don t say “ I hate getting up in the morning. ” Instead, try to say “I am _30_to see a new da

5、y. ” Changingour self-talk will lead us to the changes in our behavior.B. questions21. A. affairs22. A. change23. A. look forward toon24. A. opinionB. refuseB. look down onB. attitudeC. troublesC. keepC. look up toC. influenceD. problemsD. inventD. look backD. answer25. A. damagesB. improvesC. affec

6、tsD. weakens26. A. satisfactionB. decisionC. happinessD.development27. A. positiveB. friendlyC. easy-goingD.good-mannered28. A. anxiousB. nervousC. satisfiedD.negative29. A. writingsB. picturesC. expressionsD. signs30. A. painfulB. boredC. thankfulD.surprised語法填空(時間：10分鐘)The Terracotta Warriors were

7、 great but I didn t think the city reallyhad that much else to offer. Maybewe should have taken the time 31( look) at the city wall around Xi an and the bell tower but we decided to leave.So when we got up the next day we had to start the working on getting tickets to get to Hong Kong. We soon found

8、 out that 32 we wanted to take a flight 33 (direct) to HK it 34 ( cost ) a lot because it was considered 35 international flight. The option was to take a plane to the city of Shenzhen and then take a train 36 boat from there. The price difference between these two options was pretty big. Webought t

9、he tickets to Shenzhen, got 37 a taxi and drove out to the airport, 38 is not that big. And checking in was pretty fast. Wewere more “worried about the quality of the plane 39 people had mentioned that the standard was not that high. But we had 40 to worry about because our plane was a fairly new Ai

10、rbus 320. During the 2 hour flight to Shenzhen we got a meal and somedrinks and it was a very comfortable trip.閱讀理解(時間：20分鐘)She was born to wealth and power in an era when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Posts publisher, Katharine Graham became one of Americas most

11、powerful women.Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demandsher mother placed on her children. Katharines love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in

12、 1933. At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who becameher husband. When, in 1945, Katharines father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didnt object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.While Phils successful efforts to restore the

13、Post to prominence （顯著 ） made the Grahams popular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered tremendous pain from her husbands increasingly abusive behavior and wild moodswings caused by severe depression. WhenPhil committed suicide （ 自殺 ）, the 46-year-old Katharine found h

14、erself thrown into a newjob, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.In

15、1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents revealing the truth about the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Whats more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political st

16、ory in modern history: Watergate, one of the greatest scandals （ 丑聞 ） in American political history. Katharine managedto keep control over the most chaotic (disorder) of situations when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post

17、an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.41. Katharine Graham was born in a time when .A. women were not given the chance to receive educationB. women were not considered as intelligent as menC. women were not permitted to achieve their goalsD

18、. women were not allowed to enter every field42. When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham .A. was strongly against the ideaB. was not happy to be rejectedC. was willing to take her share of responsibilityD. didnt believe her husband would do a good job43. Which c

19、an be considered the most important event in the history of The Washington Post?A. Reporting Watergate scandal. B. Printing the Pentagon Papers.C. Reporting the Vietnam War. D. Phil restoring the Post.44. Which of the following statements is true?A. It was Katharine Grahams husband who made the grea

20、test contributions to the Post.B. WhenKatharine Grahamfirst took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.C. Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.D. Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.45. Which of the following would be

21、the best title for the passage?A. Ups and downs of The Washington Post.B. Katharine Grahams family life and career.C. Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher.D. Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism.BIn Western countries people have been using the installment （分期付

22、款 ）plan since the first half of the twentieth century. Today, a large number of families in Great Britain buy furniture, household goods and cars by installments. In the U.S.A., the figure is muchhigher than in Great Britain, and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment

23、plan.The price of an article bought on installments is always higher than the price that would be paid by cash. There is a charge for interest. The buyer pays one quarter or one third of the price as a down payment （ 預(yù)付定金） whenthe goods are delivered to him. He then makes regular payments, weekly or

24、 monthly, until the full price is paid up. The legal ownership of the goods remains with the seller until the final payment has been made.Installment buying has advantages and disadvantages. It can help couples with small incomes to furnish their homes and start housekeeping. It increases the demand

25、for goods, and in this wayhelps business and employment. There is, however, the danger that when business is bad, installment buying may end suddenly, making business much worse. This may result in a great increase in unemployment. If the people on the installment plan lose their jobs, they will pro

26、bably not be able to make their payments. If great numbers of people are not able to pay their installment debts, there is a possibility that businessmen cannot collect their debts and will therefore lose money.If businessmen lose money or fail to make a satisfactory profit, it becomes more likely t

27、o have a depression （蕭條）.This is why, in some countries,the government controls the installment plan by fixing the amount of the down payment and installments to discourage people from buying more than they can pay for on the installment plan.46. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the installm

28、ent plan?A. A lot of British families use the installment plan.B. More than 10 percent American families buy things on installments.C. Americans depend more on installment than British people do.D. Americans spend one tenth of their income on installment buying.47. Goodsbought on installments are mo

29、re expensive than goods bought by cash because .A. the buyer has to pay extra money as interestB. the delivery of the goods charges extra moneyC. the buyer has to pay a down paymentD. the service offered by installment plan charged extra money48. What will happen to a buyer if he fails to make the f

30、ull payment for an item bought on installments?A. He might lose his job.B. He will stop owning the item he has bought.C. He will have to sell what he has bought.D. He will go into debt.49. The advantage of installment buying might include all the following EXCEPT that .A. purchasing power is strengt

31、hened.B. employment might be increasedC. people develop a good habit of saving moneyD. young couples are able to furnish their homes50. In some countries, the governments control the installment plan to .A. increase employmentB. avoid depressionsC. ensure that businesses make good profitsD. ensure t

32、hat people can pay for what they buy CA single night of taking the drug Ecstasy（搖頭丸）can cause serious brain damage and speed up the start of Parkinsons disease, scientists say. Just two to three Ecstasy tablets - a quantity that thousands of clubbers take during parties - can permanently destroy bra

33、in cells that affect movement and reasoning, according to American research that links the drug to Parkinsons for the first time.A study by a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, involving squirrel monkeys and baboons（狒狒）found that both species suffered permanent damage to key ce

34、lls called dopamine neurons, which are lost in Parkinsons, after receiving three low doses of Ecstasy at three-hour periods.The study is particularly significant because baboons are one of the best animal models for the human brain. George Ricaurte, who led the research, said that widespread abuse o

35、f the drug may already be claiming victims of such neurological（ 神經(jīng)性的）damage. The most troubling result is that young adults using Ecstasy may be increasing their risk for developing Parkinsonism as they get older. ”Alan Leshner, a former director of the USNational Institute on Drug Abuse, said: Thi

36、s study emphasizes the multi -aspect damage that Ecstasy can doto users. Weve long known that repeated use damagesbrain cells. This study shows that even very occasional use can have long-lasting effects on many different brain systems. It sends an important messageto young people: dont experiment w

37、ith your own brain. ”Janet Betts, the Essex mother whose daughter Leah died after a single Ecstasy tablet in 1995, said:This comes as no surprise. People cant seethe effects at first, and they re in permanent denial（否認(rèn)），saying itsnot going to happen to them. But well see the symptoms later, just as

38、we have with smoking. ” 51. The article is intended to . A. explain the effects of the drug Ecstasy on many different brain systemsB. warn youngsters of the risk of taking the drug EcstasyC. convince people of the abuse of the drug EcstasyD. tell us the links between the drug Ecstasy and Parkinsons

39、disease 52. According to the passage, Parkinson s is .A. the name of a scientistB. a kind of brain cellC. be name of an animalD. a kind of disease53. We know from the passage that low doses of Ecstasy . A. won t cause serious brain damageB. can permanently destroy one s brain cellsC. can t show any effect in an experiment D. may bring on Parkinson s at once 54. Why are squirrel monkeys and baboons involved in the experiments? A. Be cause their brain is similar to human being sB. Because these animals usua