2017届高考英语二轮专题复习精品之
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I was working as a swimming coach when I met Anita for the first time. Seeing I was swimming, Anita coming to me and asked me if I could help her to swim as her personal trainer was not available. I have been a swimming coach for a club and there was no reason to deny her request.
In few minutes we became good friends and I was told she suffers from back problem. Her doctor advised her to swim as it might be helpful to her. I took it easy as I have been sailing in the same boat and swimming was a good option.
With my experience, I appreciated the thought and recommended her to swim on daily basis. Without any hesitation she said, “I suffer from spinal arthritis(脊椎炎), a bigger problem than yours.”
As we discussed types of oral medications for back problem, she came closer to me and whispered, “I can make you feel better. My problem is more severe and requires a spinal injection on weekly basis rather than oral medication”. Her acceptance to her reality gave me strength to bear my pain. I was glad we met. Undoubtedly, she made me feel better.
Arthritis has made my life difficult, one problem leading to another. It has made me treasure the people in my life. The days are getting harder and Anita is an inspiration for me. Anita is working for an architectural firm, irrespective of all her medical problems. Meeting Anita helped me to understand that there are three angles to every problem – my angle, your angle and the right angle. Right angle is the reality that you do not want to accept. I accepted the right angle in my life that my problem is big but others might have a bigger problem. If they can live with courage and determination, why cannot I?
We always focus on ‘my angle’ and neglect the ‘right angle’. Life is easier and better once we understand the ‘right angle’.
41．Why did the author accept Anita’s request?
A．Because her personal coach wasn’t there.
B．Because they had became good friends.
C．Because the author was a swimming coach.
D．Because Anita was a person hard to refuse.
42．What does the unlined phrase “sailing in the same boat” mean here?
A．Doing the same thing together.
B．Suffering from the same disease.
C．Swimming in the same swimming pool.
D．Taking the same boat out for swimming.
43．For the author, Anita was
.
A．an encouragement
B．an eager trainee
C．a happy patient
D．an daily swimmer
44．What is the “right angle” according to the author?
A．courage
B．determination
C．acceptance
D．truth
完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，共30分）
When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __36__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,
39
English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40
.
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that
41
because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I
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with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43
.
One more test before the final exam. One more
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to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.
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The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my
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did no good and everything
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as before.
The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what
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I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the
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goodbye.
I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even
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myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have
51__with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He
52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you
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, you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him.
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That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head
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, as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
36.
A. take
B. discuss
C. cover
D. get
37.
A. sought
B. presented
C. exchanged
D. obtained
38.
A. shocked
B. worried
C. scared
D. anxious
39.
A. but
B. so
C. for
D. or
40.
A. unchanged
B. unpleasant
C. unfriendly
D. unmoved
41.
A. reflected
B. meant
C. improved
D. affected
42.
A. quarreled
B. reasoned
C. bargained
D. chatted
43.
A. attitude
B. mind
C. plan
D. view
44.
A. choice
B. step
C. chance
D. measure
45.
A. memorized
B. considered
C. accepted
D. learned
46.
A. ambition
B. confidence
C. effort
D. method
47.
A. stayed
B. went
C. worked
D. changed
48.
A. grade
B. answer
C. lesson
D. comment
49.
A. scholarship
B. course
C. degree
D. subject
50.
A. helped
B. favored
C. treated
D. relaxed
51.
A. fun
B. luck
C. problems
D. tricks.
52.
A. happened
B. proved
C. pretended
D. seemed
53.
A. valued
B. imagined
C. expected
D. welcomed
54.
A. remembering
B. guessing
C. supposing
D. realizing
55.
A. out
B. over
C. on
D. Off
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An Event of Imagination
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will
miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.
On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth's atmosphere with a massive explosion.
About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won't escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, and temperature around the world falls to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won't be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The
dinosaurs (恐龙) were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn't live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
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Reasons Results
One piece hits the South Atlantic at 200 times
71
72
the speed of sound.
The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. A tsunami(海啸) hits southern Africa,
73
cities on the African coast, and
74
millions of people.
A
75
76
happens
when
the four-kilometer-wide piece of comet enters the Earth's
77
. The sun is hidden by clouds of dust and the temperature falls to almost zero,
78
crops. Wars break out for food and only 10 million people remain. The human beings are
79
the
danger of
80
out.
参考答案
阅读理解
41-44
CBAD
完形填空
36. A
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. D
41. B
42. B
43. B
44. C
45. D
46. C
47. B
48. A
49. A
50. C
51. A
52. D
53. C
54. D
55. D
任务型阅读
71. faster
72. than
73. destroying
74. drowning
75. massive
76. explosion
77. atmosphere
78. mining
79. facing
80. dying