高考英语 增值增分特训11.doc

2014高考英语增值增分特训11 (一)an old man had been working for many years for a town. his job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby. quietly and_1_， the old man guarded the hills，_2_the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have_3_and polluted the fresh flow of water. the town soon became a popular attraction for tourists. elegant swans (天鹅) floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful_4_words.years passed. one evening the town_5_met. as they reviewed the budget, one mans_6_caught sight of the salary _7_being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river. he asked, “who is the old man? why do we_8_to employ him? no one in the town ever _9_ him. for all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isnt doing his job. his position isnt_10_any longer.” then they voted to_11_the man.for several weeks, nothing changedby early autumn, the trees began to_12_their leaves. small branches broke off and fell into the pool of the hills，_13_the flow of the shining water. one afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowishbrown_14_in the river. a few days later, the water was much_15_. within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible _16_was soon sensed. swans left and so did the _17_. the only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness.quickly, the_18_town committees called a special meeting. realizing their huge error in_19_， they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up. swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the alps.never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job or life. they may all make a_20_.1a.regularly bsuddenly cnaturally dactually2a.cut bburned cremoved dselected3a.carried bpoured cchanged dblocked4a.beyond bwith cin dafter5a.offices bassociations cdepartments dcommittees6a.eye bcare chand dmind 7a.list bform cfigure daccount8a.promise bcontinue cstop dtend9a.visits bhires ctells dsees10a.powerful bimportant cnecessary dsuitable11a.find bfire csupport dforget12a.lose bmiss cfall dgrow13a.pulling bspeeding cslowing dpushing14a.fish bcolor cflower dleaf15a.deeper bcooler cwarmer ddarker16a.sound bsmell cwave dtaste 17a.managers bpassengers cvillagers dtourists18a.embarrassed bannoyed cdiscouraged ddisappointed19a.arrangement bassignment cjudgement damusement20a.suggestion bdifference cprogress ddecision(二)a night with the homelessevery saturday night my family and i go out and feed the homeless people in the city of orlando. we want to see _1_ it is like in the life of a homeless person.one special thing i like to _2_ is that my family and i do not eat before we begin our journey so we know how it feels to be _3_. we all get together in the _4_ and prepare the food.some of the meals are sandwiches and cookies and a bottle of water.sometimes my mom _5_ a steaming hot delicious meal.we then _6_ them all up to feed 30 or more people. before my family and i get into the car we ask god for protection in a family _7_.a lot of people _8_ homeless people.not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people.some are really nice; some of them just had _9_ things happening to them. _10_ when my family and i went out on the street we had to earn their _11_， because a lot of people are _12_ to them for no good reason. but _13_ they see us every week they _14_ us.we even know some of their names. we all have to remember that these are people with _15_.some of them shake our hands for giving them food. some of them do really funny dances because they are happy. we have become really close _16_ the man named tony and his wife. they have all of their personal _17_ in shopping carts. after we _18_ them several times he has told us a lot about his life. he graduated from howard university. he _19_ teach french and spanish. after we finished feeding the homeless, it makes me _20_ what i have at home. i love feeding the homeless, and making a difference in someones life.1a.what bhowcwhether dwhy2a.talk bimagine cmention dremind 3a.thirsty bhungry chomeless dhelpful4a.hall byard ckitchen dstreet5a.buys btakescbrings dprepares6a.make bpackcpress dadd7a.prayer bceremony cparty dadventure8a.disappoint bmisunderstand cignore ddislike9a.terrible bnormal cpersonal dcommon10a.at last bat least cat first dat once11a.trust bthanks cadmiration dlove12a.generous bcruel cunfriendly dmerciful 13a.in case bnow that cfor fear dprovided that14a.care for bbelieve in cagree with