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2017年高考英语(全国)复习练习题:第59练 Word版含答案

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2017年高考英语(全国)复习练习题:第59练 Word版含答案

单词识记:

although compare instead still

than though unless while

anyway comparison despite otherwise

unique unlike assume wherever

whichever whatever whenever resemble

短语扫描:

after all毕竟;终究

as/so long as只要

distinguish...from... 辨别……和……

even if/though尽管;即使

if only 但愿;如果……就好了

in spite of不管;尽管

on condition that在……条件下;倘若

only if 只有

regardless of不管;不顾

what if如果……会怎样

[跟踪训练]

在空格处填入适当的词(1个单词)或所给词的正确形式

1.This is fearfully expensive (compare) with the last one I bought. 2.He was living under an (assume) name.

3.side wins,I shall be happy.

4.College students are seen doing work they can find.

5.He (resemble) his father very much in character.

6.I thought I was going to fail the exam,but I passed all. 7.He says what he thinks,regardless other people’s feelings. 8.What she finds out that you’ve lost her book?

9.I will lend you the book condition that you return it on Monday.

10.I went shopping spite of the rain.

Ⅰ.完形填空

They stood close to each other inside the storm door—two children in ragged coats,trembling.

“Any old papers,lady?”

I was very busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey at that moment,so I wanted to say no 1 I looked down at their feet,thin little shoes,wet with snow.

“Come in and I’ll 2 you a cup of hot cocoa.”

There was no conversation.Their wet shoes left 3 on the floor.I 4 them cocoa and toast with jam 5 the cold outside.Then I went back to the kitchen and started on the 6 for my family.The silence in the front room made me feel strange.I looked in.The girl 7 the empty cup in her hands,looking at it.The boy asked in a flat 8 ,“Lady...are you rich?”

“Am I rich?9 !”I looked at my shabby furniture covers.The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶杯碟) 10 .

“Your cups match your saucers.”

Her voice was old,with a 11 not for the food.They left then,holding their 12 against the wind.They hadn’t said thank you.

They didn’t 13 to.They had done more than that.Plain blue cups and saucers.But they

14 .

I tasted the potatoes and the soup.My favorite food on the stove,a 15 over our heads,my man with a good steady job—these things matched,too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and 16 the living room.The muddy footprints of their small shoes were still 17 on my floor.I 18 them be for a while.

I want them there 19 I ever forget again how 20 I am.

1.A.unless B.after

C.while D.until

2.A.make B.provide

C.produce D.create

3.A.signs B.signals

C.marks D.symbols

4.A.showed B.served

C.carried D.supplied 5.A.against B.from C.on D.in

6.A.budget B.bargain C.product D.laundry 7.A.watched B.lifted C.held D.put

8.A.word B.method C.state D.voice 9.A.Yes B.Sure

C.No D.Always

10.A.suddenly B.carefully C.quickly D.anxiously 11.A.hunger B.pride C.surprise D.curiosity 12.A.books B.papers C.dishes D.drinks 13.A.dare B.plan C.want D.need 14.A.shone B.matched C.broke D.equaled 15.A.floor B.window C.roof D.curtain 16.A.washed B.repaired C.locked D.tidied 17.A.dry B.soft

C.wet D.cold 18.A.insured B.let C.got D.kept

19.A.in case B.as if C.if only D.in that 20.A.nice B.free C.busy D.rich

Ⅱ.短文改错

Mr.Johnson is a hardworking teacher.Every day,he spends too much time with his work.With little sleep and hardly any break,so he works from morning to night.Hard work have made him very ill.“He has ruined his healthy.We are worried about him.”That is which other teachers say.Yesterday afternoon,I paid visit to Mr.Johnson.I was eager to see him,but outside her room I stopped.I had to calm myself down.Quietly I step into the room.I saw him lying in bed,looking at some of the picture we had taken together.I understood that he missed us just as many as we missed him.

加练半小时英语答案精析

第59练让步、条件与对比类

高考高频单词与短语识记排查

1.compared 2.assumed 3.Whichever 4.whatever 5.resembles 6.after7.of8.if9.on 10.in

知识运用与写作能力专练

Ⅰ.1.D[作者当时正忙于准备感恩节的火鸡,因此想说没有,直到(until)她看见他们的脚。] 2.A[make sb.a cup of sth.意为“给某人沏杯茶、倒杯饮料等”,为固定表达。]

3.C[此处指孩子们的鞋子很湿,在地板上留下了污迹。sign标记;signal信号;mark痕迹;symbol象征。]

4.B[作者给孩子们送上了可可饮料和果酱吐司,以抵御外面的严寒。serve招待,送上,符合语境。]

5.A[参见上题解析。against防……,抗……,符合语境。]

6.A[作者回到厨房,心里开始盘算家庭预算。budget预算,符合语境。]

7.C[女孩手里握着空杯子。hold意为“握住”。]

8.D[男孩以平淡的语气问作者的家境。in a flat voice以平淡的语气。]

9.C[根据后面的“I looked at my shabby furniture covers.”可知,作者家境不富裕。] 10.B[女孩小心地(carefully)将杯子放回到茶杯碟里。]

11.A[她的嗓音里带有一种并不是对食物的渴望(hunger)。]

12.B[根据第二段中的“papers”可知,两个孩子用报纸(papers)挡风。]

13.D[根据下文的“They had done more than that.”可知,他们不必(didn’t need)说感谢的话。] 14.B[根据第七段小女孩的话“Your cups match your saucers.”可知,应选B。]

15.C[根据语境可知,此处是作者在列举般配的事物。a roof over our heads我们的栖身之所。]

16.D[根据该空后面两句及最后一段可知,这里是说作者在收拾(tidied)房间。]

17.C[根据第三段中的“wet with snow”可知,他们的鞋在地上留下的脚印仍是湿的。wet

潮湿的。]

18.B[根据最后一段的“I want them there”可知,此处应选B,let...be表示“任由……发生”。] 19.A[作者让脚印留在地板上,以防(in case)她又忘记自己有多么富有。作者想让脚印提醒自己学会感激,学会珍惜。]

20.D[参见上题解析。rich富有的,符合语境。]

Ⅱ.

Mr.Johnson is a hardworking teacher.Every day,he spends too much time with

on his work.With

little sleep and hardly any break,so he works from morning to night.Hard work have

has made him

very ill.“He has ruined his healthy

health.We are worried about him.”That is

which

what other teachers

say.Yesterday afternoon,I paid ∧

a visit to Mr.Johnson.I was eager to see him,but outside

her

his

room I stopped.I had to calm myself down.Quietly I

step

stepped into the room.I saw him lying in

bed,looking at some of the picture

pictures we had taken together.I understood that he missed us just as

many

much as we missed him.

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