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Ⅰ.单词拼写/用所给词的正确形式填空
1．It is the lack of __________ (运动), along with fatty diets, that leads to putting on weight in most people.
[答案] movement
2．Their __________ (和谐的) relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.
[答案] harmonious
3．It was a race against time to stop people dying from __________ (饥饿) after the flood.
[答案] starvation
4．This programme was set up with an __________ (目的) of providing help to homeless people.
[答案] intention
5．I am writing this letter to tell you how disappointed I have been with the after－sales __________ (服务) at your shop.
[答案] service
6．Your courage and __________ (devote) to duty deserve our admiration. [答案] devotion
7．Of all the __________ (consultant), only Mr. Wang gave us some proposals in point.
[答案] consultants
8．The water was cold and wonderfully __________ (refresh)． [答案] refreshing
9．It's __________ (legal) to read people's private letters without permission. [答案] illegal
10．As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class, I __________ (desperate) tried to determine which maths problem I would get.
[答案] desperately Ⅱ.单句改错
1．I would rather stay at home than to go to see a film.____________ [答案] 去掉第一个to
2．Huge amounts of money was spent on the bridge.____________ [答案] was→were
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3．You'll be struck by her beauty the moment you saw her._________ [答案] saw→see
4．Hardly have we got home when it began to rain.____________ [答案] have→had
5．What doesn't matter to me if we don't see the film—I've seen it already anyway.____________
[答案] What→It
6．Tom, as well as his friends, were going to have a picnic the next Sunday.____________
[答案] were→was Ⅲ.阅读理解
(2017·广东佛山高三质检)After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a conclusion on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at a few in his list：
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1678)
A story of a man in search of truth told with the simple clarity and beauty of Bunyan's prose makes this an English classic.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)
By the end of the 19th century，no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations. This world－famous novel is a complex literature that one cannot resist.
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)
A great work that's been repeatedly printed, Jonathan Swifi's Gulliver's Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English.
Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748)
Clarissa is a tragic heroine, pressured by her dishonorable family to marry a wealthy man she dislikes, in the book that Samuel Johnson described as “the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”．
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749)
Tom Jones is a classic English novel that gets the spirit of its age and whose
characters are well－known since they have come to represent the society at that time.
Emma by Jane Austen (1816)
Jane Austen's Emma is her most outstanding work, mixing the best parts of her
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early books with a deep sense of feelings.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe (1838) Edgar Allan Poe's only novel—a classic adventure story with supernatural elements—has fascinated and influenced generations of writers.
语篇解读：罗伯特·麦克拉姆经过两年的仔细斟酌，选出他认为的一百部最优秀的英语小说。本文就其中的七本小说进行了简单的介绍，以供喜爱读英文小说的人们选择性阅读。
1．Which English book has got the most translations before the 20th century? A．Robinson Crusoe. C．Tom Jones.
B．Gulliver's Travels. D．Emma.
[解析] 细节理解题。根据文章中的By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations.可知，在20世纪前，《鲁滨逊漂流记》是被翻译最多的英文小说。故选A项。
[答案] A
2．What does Samuel Johnson think we can learn about from the book Clarissa? A．A love story. C．The human heart.
B．Quarrels in a family. D．The spirits of the time.
[解析] 细节理解题。题干问的是关于《克拉丽莎》的情况，根据Clarissa by Samuel Richardson(1748)标题下的in the book that Samuel Johnson described as “the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”可知，这本书被认为是世界上第一部关于剖析人心的小说。故选C项。
[答案] C
3．What makes the characters in Tom Jones famous? A．Their classic lifestyles. B．Their different nationalities. C．Their typical spirits of the age. D．Their representation of the society.
[解析] 细节理解题。题干提到Tom Jones，故根据文章Tom Jones by Henry Fielding(1749)标题下的．.. whose characters are well－known since they have come to represent the society at that time.可知，该部小说的人物之所以有名是因为他们代表了当时的社会。故选D项。
[答案] D Ⅳ.完形填空
(2017·湖北省八校高三联考)Two years ago, Dubuque, Iowa, started its first annual “Back to School Bash” program. It offered needy families an opportunity
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to learn about free____1____ in the community. Holmes decided to____2____by providing help to kids. He was____3____two jobs at the time, one of which was working as a barber. Saturday was his ____4____day, but he chose to____5____his time and gave free haircuts to lower class kids on condition that the kids should____6____their free haircut by having to read a book to him.
The idea was so____7____that he continued it for the next two years. Many kids would____8____ a favorite book, settle into the barber chair, and read aloud____9____Holmes was doing their hair. After the haircut，they'd review the book, from the____10____and vocabulary to the themes—just like in school, only more fun.
Holmes, who is married____11____two sons, recognizes that not every parent has the time to____12____with their kids. So he hopes to offer some____13____in this way. And he admits he, ____14____ , benefits from doing that.
There was a seven－year－old kid who____15____stuttered (结巴) over words while reading. He had the boy take the book home and____16____. When the child came back a few days later, he read it with no problems. That____17____Holmes to do more.
Holmes and his family have recently moved to a Chicago suburb. When they get____18____， he plans to restart his ____19____as the Storybook Barber. “Today's world is full of guns and violence，” he says, “The barbershop is a____20____place for the kids to come and read books.”
语篇解读：本文讲述了理发店店主霍姆斯免费为孩子们理发，条件是他们要在理发时为他读书。此举既能帮助贫穷家庭的孩子读书，也让他自己受益颇多。
1．A.materials C．methods
B．resources D．connections
[解析] 根据本段中的providing help to kids及倒数第二段中的He had the boy take the book home...可知，Dubuque发起“Back to School Bash”项目是给贫困家庭提供免费的学习资源(resources)。material意为“材料”；method意为“方法”；connection意为“联系”。
[答案] B
2．A.participate C．develop
B．perform D．withdraw
[解析] 根据空后的by providing help to kids可知，霍姆斯参加了这项活动。participate意为“参加”；perform意为“表演；执行”；develop意为“发展”；withdraw意为“撤出；退出”。根据语境可知选A项。
[答案] A
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