高考英语一轮复习 综合课外趣味阅读练习题（八）.doc

英语高考一轮复习综合课外趣味阅读及练习题（八）课外趣味阅读精彩故事king alfred and the cakes（阿佛列王與糕餅）king alfred o f england once led his army to fight with another army and was beaten. so he had to run away through the woods and swamps to save his life. one evening he came to a woodcutters hut. he was very tired and hungry, so he begged the woodcutters wife to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. he was ragged and dirty and she did not know that he was the king. she felt so sorry for him that she told him to come in and gave hem a seat near the fire. she was baking some cakes. she said to king alfred, “ i must go and milk the cow. watch the cakes and do not let them burn. “ the king was willing to do this, but he kept thinking about his army and soon forgot all about the cakes. in a few minutes the woman came back and found the cakes burning. she was so angry that she struck the king with a stick and cried, “ you lazy fellow! you want to eat, but you do not want to work.” 艾尔弗雷德王在英国曾率领他的军队战斗其他军队，打败了。所以他只好逃走，穿过树林和沼泽地，挽救他的生命。一天晚上，他来到了一个樵夫的小屋。他太累了，饿了，所以他请求樵夫的妻子给他吃东西，睡觉的地方。他衣衫褴褛，脏了，她不知道他是国王。她为他感到很难过，她告诉他进来，给他们一座靠近火。她烤蛋糕。她对艾尔弗雷德王说，“我要去挤牛奶。看这个蛋糕，不让它们燃烧。“国王愿意这样做，但他一直想着自己的军队，很快就忘了所有的蛋糕。在几分钟的女人回来发现蛋糕燃烧。她非常生气，用棍子打了国王，叫道，“你懒惰的家伙！你想吃饭，但你不想工作。”the lion and the mouse（獅子與老鼠）once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. a little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. the lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. “ oh, dear kind lion!” said the little mouse. please forgive me. i didnt mean to do you any harm. let me go. i shall return your kindness. ha, ha, ha, laughed the lion. how can a little thing like you help a great lion? thank you very much, kind lion! i hope i shall be able to do you a good return some day, said the little mouse. some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. just then the little mouse came along. at once she ran up to the lion, and said, you were very kind to me once. now ill save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day. soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again. thank you, little mouse! said the lion, and he walked away.一旦一个大狮子是睡在一个木头。一只小老鼠碰巧来跑在他的脸上。狮子醒了,抓住小老鼠在怒气,要杀了她。“噢,天哪类狮子!小老鼠说。“请原谅我。我不是有意要你造成任何伤害。让我走。我将还你的好意。”“哈哈哈,”鱼先生大笑起来的狮子。如何能像你这样的小事情帮助一个大狮子吗?“非常谢谢你,善良的狮子!我希望我能给你带来很好的回报的某天,小老鼠说。一段时间以后,狮子被在陷阱里。就在这时,小老鼠走了过来。她立刻跑到狮子,说道:“你是非常客气的对我一次。现在我要救你一命,报答你的好心,你给我看了其他的一天。“不久她咬陷阱的绳子和她的锋利的牙齿,狮子很高兴重新获得自由。谢谢你,小老鼠!“狮子说,他走开了。英语短文欣赏善待机遇opportunitythe air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes.我们呼吸的空气如此易得，以至于我们视它为理所当然，但没了空气我们却 坚持不了几分钟。for the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. others breathe in the air and use the energy to make a magnificent life for themselves.从很大程度上来说，每个人呼吸到的空气都是一样的，并且每个人都离不开空气。英语励志短文有些人靠空气来维持生命，但他们只会坐在那里自怨自艾。另外一些人吸进空气，利用空气提供的能量为自己开创壮丽的人生。opportunity is the same way. it is everywhere. opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted.机遇也是如此。它无处不在。机遇如此易得，以至于我们视它为理所应当。yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. opportunity must be the seized and acted upon in order to have value. so many people are so anxious to get in on the ground floor of opportunity, as if the opportunity will do all the work. thats impossible.然而仅凭机遇却不足以创造成功，必须抓住机遇并采取行动才能实现其价值。有许多人一得到机会，就急着要成功，好象有了机遇就万事大吉。这是不可能的。just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. you must make use of that opportunity. thats not up to the opportunity. thats up to you. it doesnt matter what floor the opportunity is on. what matters is what you do with it.正如你需要空气来呼吸，你也需要机遇来获得成功。但是只机遇的新鲜空气 远远不够。你必须好好利用机遇。这并不取决于机遇本身，而是由你自己决定。 你在什么时候得到机遇并不重要。重要的是你怎样把握机遇。同义词趣味巧辨析haughty, proud, arrogant, vain这些形容词都有“骄傲的，傲慢的”之意。haughty : 较正式用词，多用于贬义。指对身份或地位比自己低的人采取冷淡、轻视或鄙互的态度。proud : 含义广，普通用词。褒义指自豪和荣耀以及强烈的自尊；贬义则指傲慢，自以为是或自鸣得意。arrogant : 用于贬义，指过高估计自己，以致骄傲自大或傲慢无礼，目中无人。vain : 指一个对自己的外表或对自己留给别的印象太过分地关注，以致自命不凡，自鸣得意。have, hold, own, possess, keep, enjoy这些动词均有“有，具有，持有”之意。have : 最常用词，可指任何情况下的具有，无论是物质的或精神的。hold : 指拥有并保持财产及持有见解等，暗示不让别人拿走或占有。own不及本组的possess正式，多指所属关系，强调所有权，不管所属物是否在物主手中。possess : 较正式，指拥有或占有并能加以控制与支配，强调其归属；也指具有某种品质、才能、特点或性能等。keep : 指长时间地保有，保存某物，防止别人占去，强调安全和感情上的依附。enjoy : 指享有某种权利或长处，带有欣赏或喜爱的情感。中学重难知识点回顾from短语1from time to time有时,不时be different from与不同come from出生于,来自from door to door挨家挨户from now on从现在起,今后from tip to toe彻头彻尾,完全hear from收到来信keep.from使不做be from来自,什么地方人from then on从那时起far away from远离from morning till night从早到晚get some letters from my friends收到朋友的来信a team from a country school一支来自农村的球队(运动员)fly from beijing to new york从北京飞到纽约go to school from monday to friday从周一到周五上学three weeks from today今天算起还有三个星期live far away from the school住在离学校很远的地方come from = be from来自于get a letter from my friend收到我的朋友一封信be far from离.远far from .离.远练习题（一）in 1606, the virginia company was formed with a charter（特许状） from king james i. one of the original goals of the company, in addition to that of making a profit, was to create a community where englishmen and native americans could work side-by-side and in complete harmony. the indians would be allowed, if they so chose, to adopt english customs as well as christianity. in other words, they would be “saved” from their savage lives. all would work under englands benevolence, “quiet government” a government which the english claimed differed markedly from the tyrannical rule of their spanish rivals in florida and in the caribbean.englands expectations for the new colony were high. the reality of the new colony couldnt have been further from the envisioned ideal.on the first day that the english landed at virginias cape henry still several weeks before they were to pick the site of there new settlement, jamestown they were attacked by local indians and driven back to their ships. and the fighting continued. soon after constructing the fort at jamestown, two hundred powhatan indians unexpectedly attacked the new settlers, who had not yet unpacked their guns.by 1609, the fighting had subsided, but there were still occasional raids on both sides. the real enemy of the settlers, though, was hunger, due to the lack of food. instead of growing their own supply of corn (a new world crop unfamiliar to the english), the settlers relied heavily on corn grown by nearby indians. but even with their neighbors help, over 400 settlers would die over the winter of 1609-1610.in the spring of 1610, the settlers still did not plant enough corn to keep themselves alive. the following winter would not be so devastating, thanks again to indian-grown corn, but no thanks to the governor, the colonys leader. the governor negotiated with powhatan, who ruled all indian tribes in the jamestown area, about a colonist who had run away from the colony, presumably to live with the indians. not satisfied with powhatans answers, the governor ordered that “revenge” be taken upon the tribes closest to jamestown. raids on two villages followed. the inhabitants were killed, their houses burnt, and all the corn growing around the villages cut down.even ten years after jamestown was first settled, the colonists did not grow enough corn to feed themselves. through begging, bullying（威逼）, and buying, they still acquired the corn from the powhatan indians whom they continued to mistreat.51 the underlined word “subsided” in paragraph 4 most probably means“_”.a. gave in b. became lessc. remained active d. changed a lot52 which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. the original wish for establishing communities is to assimilate the indians and train them into silent, loyal people.b. the english couldnt feed themselves because the number of their armies was too large.c. endless war between the english and indians was the biggest cause of death and injuries on both sides.d. the indians were attacked by the english because they refused to offer enough corn to the english settlers.53 it can be inferred from the last two paragraphs except that _.a. corn was still the major food for the english settlers thenb. the indian tribes were attacked because they took away and hid a colonistc. fighting between the english and indians had never stoppedd. without the indians who knew about growing corn, the english settlers might die of hunger54 whats the authors tone in writing this passage?a. humorous. b. ironical.c. disappointed. d. irritated.55 what would be the best title for the passage? a. corn, the new world crop of hopeb. jamestown the first english colonial settlementc. the english saved by native americansd. the indian massacre答案51-55 babbc（二）not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living spacethe amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural（文化的）difference，not an economic（经济的）oneknowing your own psychological（心理的）space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices，including，for example，the number of bedrooms in the homeif you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms，the chances are，if you have two children or more，that you also will offer separate bedrooms for themin america，for example，they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babiesthis is very rare in the worldin many other countries，the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them the space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needssome families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with itothers have separate little corners where family members go to be alone although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons，they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressuresit is almost impossible，however，to completely change your psychological space needs 1the first sentence in paragraph 1“not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space” means “_ ” ano two people need exactly the same amount of living space bthe world requires the same amount of living space cnobody needs a required amount of living space dliving space requirements are not always the same 2some families gather closer to each other at home than others because _ ait satisfies their psychological space needs bthey have limited living space cthey are brought up in a large family dthe children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents 3which of the following is true according to the passage？ apeople in various countries demand different psychological spacebamericans are trained to live in large rooms at birth ceconomic situation decides ones amount of space needs dknowing your psychological space needs is important，as it affects your future 4the best title for the passage is _ aamerican way of living bspace needs in different countries cpsychological space dpsychological space and economic pressure 答案d a a c（三）mr. wang teaches english in a middle school. he likes his work very much. he wanted 1 a teacher even when he was a young boy.there are six classes in a school day at mr. wangs middle school. mr. wang teachers five of these six classes. 2 his free hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, mr. wang 3 meet with parents, check students homework and 4 many other things. so mr. wang works hard from the moment he gets to school early in the morning until he leaves for home late in the afternoon, and his free hour is not free at all.in his english lesson, mr. wang sometimes teaches poems (诗). he likes poems very much, and he likes li bais poems 5 of all.in his fifth class today, mr. wang taught a poem. he wrote the poem on the blackboard and read it. as soon as he finished 6 the poem, the students began to ask questions. he answered all the questions. then he asked his students to talk about the poem. 7 one wanted to stop when the bell rang.8 home, mr. wang thought about the fifth class. he was happy about what he did as a teacher. every one of his students 9 the poem. when they started to talk, they forgot about the time. he did not have to make them 10 . he only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.1. a. was b. being c. to be d. be2. a. in b. at c. to d. on3. a. has to b. has c. able to d. will4. a. take care for b. care of c. take care of d. be careful of5. a. better b. good c. well d. best6. a. reading b. to read c. read d. doing7. a. not b. no c. have no d. any8. a. by the way b. to his way c. on his way d. in the way9. a. liked b. asked c. had d. wanted10. a. learning b. to learn c. learn d. leant答案mr. wang是一位英语老师，他热心于教育，忙于教学，工作负责，课堂上善于启发学生回答问题，讨论问题。即使在回家的途中，仍沉浸在课堂活跃气氛的回忆中。1. c.语法结构 want后面跟不定式。2. b.时间点后面跟介词at。3. a.has to意思是“不得不，必须”。这里引出所要做的事。4. c.固定短语。5. d.此句后面有 at all这一比较范围，故用最高级。6. a.finish后面跟动名词。7. b.课堂上学生们积极发言，没有人想停下来。8. c.on ones way home意思是“在回家的路上”。9. a.学生受老师的影响也开始爱诗歌了。10. c.语法结构：make sb.do sth。（四）many animals use some kinds of “language”. they use signals(信号) and the signals have meanings. for example, _1 a bee has found some food, it goes 2 its home. 3 is difficult for a bee to tell _4 bees where the food is speaking to them, but it can do a little dancing. this tells the bees where the food is and 5 it is.some animals show 6 they feel by making sounds. it is not difficult to tell if a dog is angry because it barks. birds make several different sounds and 7 has its meaning. sometimes we humans make sounds in the same way. we make sounds like “oh” to 8 how we feel about _9_ or we 10 something on our feet.we humans have languages. we have words. the