（新课标）2020高考英语大二轮提分练 题型组合练（四）
Ⅰ.完形填空
When I was young，I was a terrible student.I didn’t 1 talking with my grandmother on the phone， 2 she would ask me about school and about what I was reading.Her inability to know what was 3 to me was never more evident than at giftgiving time.
Each Christmas，I would get a package from Grandmother.“Another 4 ，just like every year！” I would think and then put it aside.I would 5 all my latest toys on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks after. 6 ，I would open Grandmother’s gift.I would read the book and sometimes 7 the text，but I didn’t count this as having fun.
Although I was not interested in 8 ，I had great patience with younger children.Seeing how I 9 her kid with her homework，my neighbor 10 that I should become a teacher when I grew up.At first，the idea emed 11 to me.Slowly the idea took root and I decided to give 12 a try.
During my cond mester in college，I 13 in my Children’s Literature class.Our teacher 14 a list of classic children’s books.It was then that I wanted to 15 .I raced home and ran to the bament.There on a dusty shelf sat the most amazing collection of children’s books any teacher could 16 to have.My grandmother didn’t 17 me what my little girl mind wanted，but what she knew I 18 —a gift for the soul that would last a lifetime.
I 19 to water the ed my grandmother planted so long ago.I graduated from college，received my master’s degree and became a 20 ，trying my best to plant tho tiny eds in all my students.
语篇解读 本文是记叙文。作者小时候不喜欢祖母每年圣诞节都送自己一本书当礼物，上大学后才突然发现祖母的书让自己受益匪浅。 |
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1．A.avoid B．like
C．suggest D．stop
答案 B
解析 由上文中的“I was a terrible student.”可知，“我”不喜欢(like)在电话里和祖母聊天，因为(becau)她会问“我”关于学校的事以及“我”正在读什么书。
2．A.becau B．though
C．so D．while
答案 A
解析 见上题解析。
按摩头皮3．A.obvious B．available
C．important D．possible
答案 C
解析 儿时的“我”觉得祖母不了解什么对“我”来说是重要的(important)，这一点在她送礼物
时表现得尤为明显。
4．A.toy B．phone
C．bag D．book
答案 D
解析 由下文中的“I would read the book”可知，此处指的是祖母像往年一样又送了一本书(book)。
5．A.look for B．play with
C．break down D．clean up
答案 B
解析 由语境可知，“我”会先玩(play with)最新的玩具。
6．A.Suddenly B．Gradually
C．Eventually D．Curiously
答案 C
解析 由“on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks after”可知，过了很长时间后，“公司证明模板我”才最终(eventually)打开祖母送的礼物。
7．A.edit B．memorize
C．improve D．publish
答案 B
解析 “我”在读书的过程中有时会记住(memorize)一些内容。
8．A.school B．Christmas
C．children D．gifts
答案 A
解析 由文章首句中的terrible student可知，“我”对学业(school)不感兴趣。
9．A.provided B金门岛面积．filled
C．left D．helped
向日葵的果实答案 D
解析 由下文中的“with her homework”以及“should become a teacher when I grew up”可知，看到“我”如何帮(help)她的孩子做作业，“我”的邻居评论(remark)说“我”长大后应该去当老师。
10．A.reported B．proved
C．梦见在学校读书remarked D．理想的风筝questioned
答案 C
解析 见上题解析。
11．A.mean B．familiar
C．natural D．ridiculous
答案 D
解析 由于“我”不喜欢学习，所以最初“我”觉得当老师这个想法是荒唐的(ridiculous)。
12．A.college B．sport
C．diet D．job
答案 A
解析 由下文的in college可知，此处指“我”决定尝试上大学(college)。
13．A.slept B．sat
C．waited D．spoke
答案 B
解析 由语境可知，“我”坐(sit)在儿童文学课堂上，老师展示了(show)经典儿童书籍的名单。
14．A.received B．submitted
C．demanded D．showed
答案 D
解析 见上题解析。
15．A.rest B．explain
C．cry D．travel
答案 C
解析 由下文可知，此处指作者发现祖母送的书都是堪称经典的儿童读物，于是就在那时，“我”感动得想哭(cry)。
16．A.agree B．happen
C．afford D．hope
答案 D
解析 由上文中的“most amazing collection of children’s books”可知，这些书是任何一名老师都希望(hope)拥有的。
17．A.tell B．give
C．read D．lend
答案 B
解析 由文章前两段可知，祖母没有给(give)“我”小女孩想要的东西，她给“我”的是她认为“我”需要(need)的东西——一个会让“我”终生受用的礼物。
父子雄兵电影18．A.needed B．forgot
C．repeated D．doubted
答案 A
解析 见上题解析。
19．A.hesitated B．pretended
C．continued D．refud
答案 C
解析 由下文中的“I graduated from college，received my master’s degree and became”可知，“我”继续(continue)浇灌祖母很久以前播下的知识的种子。
20．A.teacher B．writer
C．manager D．doctor
答案 A
解析 由下文中的“all my students”可知，“我”成了一名教师(teacher)。
Ⅱ.语法填空
People’s fingernails and toenails，according 21. a recent study，are nowadays growing more quickly.Rearch carried out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at 22. human nails are growing 23. (increa) by clo to 25 percent over the last 70 years.
The results of the study show that the average human fingernail now grows about 3.5mm a month，24. (compare) with just 3mm ven decades ago.Toenail growth，although only about 2mm per month，was also upon the figure obtained in 25. similar survey done 70 years ago.
Rearchers put the rapid increa down to changes in lifestyle，particularly the greater awareness of the 26. (important) of regular exerci and a healthy diet.This，they point out，is in line with similar 27. (trend) in the height and weight of prentday
adults.28. 形容思想的成语(interesting)，it appears that nails tend 29. (grow) fastest in warmer conditions，with the 30. (quick) growth rate among young people，and men.The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger，while that on the little finger is by far the slowest，at only a little over 3mm each month.
