【状元之路】.高中英语 语篇提能4.2 外研版必修3.docVIP

语篇提能.完形填空this story is about a beautiful, expensively dressed lady who complained to her psychiatrist(精神科医师) that she felt that her whole life was empty; it had no meaning.so the doctor called _1_ the old lady who cleaned the office floors, and then _2_ to the rich lady, “im going to ask mary here to tell you how she found _3_. all i want you to do is _4_.”so the old lady put _5_ her broom and sat on a chair and told her _6_， “well, my husband died of malaria(疟疾) and three months later my only son was _7_ by a car. i had nobody . i had nothing left. i couldnt sleep; i couldnt eat; i never _8_ at anyone; i _9_ thought of taking my own life. then one evening a little kitten _10_ me home from work. somehow i felt _11_ for that kitten. it was cold outside, so i _12_ to let the kitten in. i got it some milk, and it licked the plate _13_. then it purred(咕噜叫) and rubbed against my leg，and for the first time in months, i smiled. then i stopped to think: if _14_ a little kitten could make me smile, maybe doing something for people could make me _15_. so the next day i baked some biscuits and took them to a neighbor who was sick in bed. every day i tried to do something _16_ for someone. it made me so happy to see them happy. today, i dont know of anybody who sleeps and eats _17_ than i do. ive found happiness, by _18_ it to others.”when she heard that, the rich lady cried. she had what money could buy, but she had _19_ lost, the things which _20_ cannot buy.1a.forbover con dback2a.announced bcomplained ctalked dsaid3a.happiness blove ctruth dvalue4a.act baccept clisten dwork5a.back baway cup ddown6a.background breason cstory dopinion7a.killed binjured cdamaged dknocked8a.looked bstared claughed dsmiled9a.even balso cstill dnever10a.took bled cdirected dfollowed11a.eager bsilly canxious dsorry12a.expected bdecided crefused dhad13a.complete bfine cclear dclean14a.feeding bfinding chelping draising15a.happy brich csatisfied dsafe16a.unexpected bexpensive cnice dinteresting17a.longer bworse cmore dbetter18a.explaining btelling csharing dgiving19a.everything bsomething canything dnothing20a.love bmoney ctime dhistory答案与解析：1解析：于是医生把打扫卫生的老妇人叫了过来。call over sb.“把某人叫过来”。call for“要求，需要”；call on“号召，拜访”；call back“回电”。答案：b2解析：精神科医师对那位精神空虚的富太太“说”。答案：d3解析：依据第三段最后一句mary说她找到了幸福推断，这里表示医生让mary告诉富太太她是怎么找到幸福的。答案：a4解析：整个过程都是mary在叙述，所以可推断医生是让富太太只管听即可。答案：c5解析：句意：于是那位老妇人放下扫帚。put down“放下”。答案：d6解析：结合上下文，该段是讲清洁女工的经历。story“对往事的叙述”。答案：c7解析：依据下文“i had nobody .i had nothing left”可知，儿子也不在人世了。表示“死亡”意思的只有a项。答案：a8解析：依据下文“for the first time in months，i smiled”可知，她当时心情很糟，难以向任何人微笑。答案：d9解析：句意：当时我甚至想自杀。even“甚至”，用以加强语气。答案：a10解析：句意：一天晚上下班后一只小猫跟随我回家。答案：d11解析：根据下文“it was cold outside”可知，我不由产生了怜悯和同情心。feel sorry for“为感到可怜”。答案：d12解析：因为室外寒冷于是“我”决定让它进来。故选b。答案：b13解析：句意：它把盘子舔了个精光。故选d。答案：d14解析：上文让小猫进屋，喂它牛奶的举动，是对小猫的“帮助”。故选c。答案：c15解析：依据下文“it made me so happy to see them happy”可知答案选a。答案：a16解析：于是我每天都为他人做些好事。unexpected“没有料想到的”；expensive“昂贵的”；nice“好的，令人愉快的”；interesting“有趣的”。答案：c17解析：句意：没有人比我睡得更好，吃得更香。故选d。答案：d18解析：通过上文中“every day i tried to do .it made me so happy to see them happy”可知，清洁女工通过帮助别人，使别人快乐从而自己也收获快乐。答案：d19解析：这位富太太拥有金钱可以买到的一切，但是失去了金钱买不到的东西(这里指幸福)。故选b。答案：b20解析：前后句构成对比关系，由此推知答案选b。答案：b.阅读理解 in the 1930s, the people of the southern great plains suffered(遭受痛苦) through one of the worst disasters in history.that april sunday in 1935 started out beautiful. but later the wind picked up earth, and it looked like a huge black cloud. by the time it got to an area called no mans land, the cloud was thousands of feet high.close by in liberal, kansas, 11yearold lila lee and a friend sought refuge(藏身处) from the angry mountain of dust in a house. “i was sure i was going to die，” she told historian paul bonnifield. that day was known as black sunday. robert geiger, a reporter, knew how the areas farmers had already suffered from the long drought(旱灾). in his article, geiger made up a phrase that gave a name to the area: the dust bowl.the disaster had a number of causes. but most experts say it was the actions of humans that made it so bad. early in the 20th century, a lot of people began to settle there, encouraged by the building of new railroads. the worst thing that settlers did was to plow up(铲掉) the areas grass to plant wheat. the grass, which had been there for centuries, was the material that kept the soil together. without it,_trouble was certain to come.at first, things went the settlers way. during world war ， there was good rain and wheat prices were high. but after the war, prices dropped. some people gave up their land and the rains stopped. but because so many people had plowed up so much grass, the results were disastrous.the crisis(危机) didnt pass until the end of the 1930s. the government developed methods to fight dust storms. finally, in 1939, the rains returned.1which of the following describes the situation of black sunday?athere were no clouds in the sky.bthe rain was extremely heavy.cit was hotter than ever before.dthe earth was on the move.2lila lee who experienced black sunday felt _.afearless bcalmcfrightened dashamed3the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refers to “_”athe soil bthe grasscthe rain dthe cloud4why did some people give up their land after world war ？athere was too much grass in the farmland.bthey earned little money by selling wheat.ctheir land