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(湖北省鄂州市颚南高中2019-2020学年高三联考英语试题)I am an amateur radio operator. A few weeks ago, I was heading towards the basement with a steaming cup of coffee in my hand. What began as a 32 Saturday morning, 33 one of those lessons that life seems to hand you occasionally.
When I turned up my radio for a Saturday morning swap net, I 34 an older man with a 35 signal
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and golden voice. He was telling 36 he was talking with something about “a thousand marbles”
“It sounds like you are busy with your job. Surely they pay you well but it’s a 37 you have to be away from home. You missed your daughter’s dance recital. You see, the 38 person lives about seven-five years. Now I 39 75 times 52 and I came up with 3,900, which is the number of 40 that the average person has in their entire lifetime. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about this 41 ”, he went on “and by that time I have 42 2,800 Saturdays. If I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand left to enjoy. So I went to stores to round up 1000 marbles. I put them inside a 43 container. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.”
“I found by watching the marbles 44 , I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time run out to help get your 45 straight. This morning, I took the very last marble, I think if I 46 it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time by life. Time is the only thing we can use in life. Bye, and I hope you can spend more time with your 47 ” and then he 48
I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work that morning, and then I was going to 49 a few friends to work on the next club newsletter. 50 , I 51 and woke my wife up and decided to take her and the kids to breakfast. 32.A.valuable 33.A.turned out 34.A.came up 35.A.distinct 36.A.anything 37.A.guilt 38.A.average 39.A.counted 40.A.weekends 41.A.in detail 42.A.lived on 43.A.clear 44.A.increase 45.A.preferences 46.A.make
B.terrible B.turned back B.got through B.vague B.anyone B.shame B.ordinary B.divided B.weekdays B.in short B.lived through B.clean B.lose B.priorities B.get
C.typical C.turned on C.came across C.apparent C.something C.chance C.specific C.multiplied C.holidays C.in conclusion C.lived by C.empty C.change C.majorities C.have
D.special D.turned into D.got across D.ambiguous D.whomever D.dignity D.common D.added D.Saturdays D.in brief D.gone by D.full D.decrease D.responsibilities D.take
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47.A.friends 48.A.set off
B.family B.saw off
C.job C.signed off C.get around for C.Moreover B.came outside
D.career D.took off D.make up for D.Instead C.went upstairs
D.came inside
49.A.round up for B.meet up with 50.A.However
B.Therefore
51.A.went downstairs 【答案】
32.C33.D34.C35.A36.D37.B38.A39.C40.D41.A 42.B43.A44.D45.B46.A47.B48.C49.B50.D51.C
【解析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲了一个周六,作者准备照常去工作。就在这时,他收听到了一个节目,一个老人正在讲述\一千颗弹球\的故事。作者从中深受启发,意识到生命中最重要的事情是对 家人的陪伴。于是,作者放弃了之前的工作计划,上楼叫醒了自己的妻子,决定带妻子和孩子们去吃早餐。32.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:典型的星期六早晨开始了,而这个早晨却让学到了关于生活的宝贵一课。A. valuable有价值的;B. terrible可怕的;C. typical典型的;D. special特别的。作者每周六都有工作安排,所以这是一个典型的周六早晨。故选C。
33.考查动词短语辨析。句意:典型的星期六早晨开始了,而这个早晨却让学到了关于生活的宝贵一课。A. turned out结果证明;B. turned back往回走;C. turned on打开;D. turned into变成。下文说作者听了老人的话,受到了启发,所以这个早晨变成了关于生活的宝贵的一堂课。故选D。
34.考查动词短语辨析。句意:当我打开收音机收听周六早间的交换网时,我搜到了一位年纪较大的男子,他有着独特的信号和黄金般的嗓音。A. came up走近;B. got through通过;C. came across偶然遇到;D. got across (使)越过。作者在收听节目时,偶然搜到了一位年纪较大的男子。故选C。
35.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当我打开收音机收听周六早间的交换网时,我搜到了一位年纪较大的男A. distinct独特的;B. vague 模糊的;C. apparent显然的;D. ambiguous子,他有着独特的信号和黄金般的嗓音。模糊不清的。由前文可知,作者打开收音机搜到了一位年纪较大的男子,所以判断出这位年级较大的男子波段的信号很独特。故选A。
36.考查宾语从句。句意:他正在向和他谈话的人讲述一个关于“一千颗弹球\的事。A. anything任何东西;B. anyone任何人;C. something某事;D. whomever无论谁。 ___5___ he was talking with something about “a thousand marbles”是一个宾语从句,引导词在从句中作宾语,表示“无论谁”,故选D。
37.A. guilt犯罪;B. shame考查名词词义辨析。句意:他们当然给你高薪,但你不得不离开家这是一件憾事。憾事;C. chance机会;D. dignity尊严。根据You missed your daughter’s dance recital.可知不得不离开家真是一件憾事。故选B。
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38.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:你看,人的平均寿命是75年。A. average平均的;B. ordinary普通的;C. specific具体的;D. common共同的。文中表示“人均寿命”。故选A。
39.A. counted考查动词词义辨析。句意:现在我用75乘以52得到3900,这是一个普通人一生中拥有的周六数。B. divided 分开;C. multiplied乘;D. added增加。数;根据Now I___8___ 75 times 52 and I came up with 3,900,可知这里意思是75乘以52。故选C。
40.考查名词词义辨析。句意:现在我用75乘以52得到3900,这是一个普通人一生中拥有的周六数。A. weekends周末;B. weekdays工作日; C. holidays假日;D. Saturdays星期六。 根据and by that time I have ___11___ 2,800 Saturdays.可知这里意思是这是一个普通人一生中拥有的周六数。故选D。
41.考查介词短语辨析。句意:直到我55岁的时候,我才开始详细地思考这个问题。A. in detail详细地;B. in short简言之;C. in conclusion总之;D. in brief简言之。根据If I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand left to enjoy.可知作者开始详细地思考这个问题。故选A。
42.考查动词短语辨析。句意:那时我已经度过了2800个星期六。A. lived on靠......生活;B. lived throughC. lived by以......为生;D. gone by顺便走访。 根据If I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand 度过;
left to enjoy. 可知上文的意思是那时作者已经度过了2800个星期六。故选B。
43.A. clear透明的;B. clean干净的;C. empty考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我把它们放在一个透明的容器里。空的;D. full满的。根据Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.”可知这里意思是作者把它们放在一个透明的容器里。故选A。
44.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我发现,看着玻璃球减少,我更关注生活中真正重要的事情。A. increase增加;B. lose失去;C. change改变;D. decrease减少。根据There is nothing like watching your time run out to help get your___14___ straight.可知这里意思是作者发现,看着玻璃球减少,作者更关注生活中真正重要的事情。故选D。
45.考查名词词义辨析。句意:没有什么比看着你的时间用完更能帮助你分清轻重缓急了。A. preferences选择权;B. priorities优先顺序;C. majorities成年;D. responsibilities责任。根据I focused more on the really important things in life.可知这里意思是没有什么比看着你的时间用完更能帮助你分清轻重缓急了。故选B。 46.考查动词词义辨析。句意:今天早上,我拿走了最后一颗弹珠,我想如果我能坚持到下周六,那么我的生命就多给了我一点时间。A. make使成功;B. get 得到;C. have有;D. take拿。 make it“成功”,该短语是固定短语,且符合句意。故选A。
47.考查名词词义辨析。句意:时间是我们在生活中唯一可以利用的东西。再见,我希望你有更多的时间和家人在一起。A. friends朋友;B. family 家人;C. job工作;D. career事业。根据Surely they pay you well but it’s a___6___ you have to be away from home.可知这里意思是作者希望你有更多的时间和家人在一起。故
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选B。
48.考查动词短语辨析。句意:然后他就停止广播了。A. set off出发;B. saw off送别;C. signed off停止广播;D. took off起飞。根据I guess he gave us all a lot to think about.可知他停止了广播。故选C。
49.考查动词短语辨析。句意:那天早上我本来打算去工作的,然后我打算和几个朋友碰头,写下一份俱乐部通讯。A. round up for使……集拢;B. meet up with碰面;C. get around for逃避;D. make up for弥补。根据to work on the next club newsletter.可知这里意思是那天早上作者本来打算去工作的,然后作者打算和几个朋友碰头,写下一份俱乐部通讯。故选B。
50.考查副词词义辨析。句意:相反,我上楼叫醒了我的妻子,决定带她和孩子们去吃早餐。A. However然而;B. Therefore 因此;C. Moreover此外;D. Instead相反。文中表示“相反,作者上楼叫醒了自己的妻子,决定带她和孩子们去吃早餐。”故选D。
51.A. went downstairs考查动词短语辨析。句意:相反,我上楼叫醒了我的妻子,决定带她和孩子们去吃早餐。B. came outside来到外面;C. went upstairs上楼;D. came inside进来。下楼;根据A few weeks ago, I was heading towards the basement with a steaming cup of coffee in my hand.可判断出作者并没有去地下室而是上楼叫醒了自己的妻子。故选C。
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“5 pm, ma’am.”“ What? My baby can no longer wait for that! Can you please ask the crew a favor to make it 21 ?” My 3-month-old-baby was already very 22 . His stomach became larger and larger in each hour that passed by.
Three days ago, we brought him to be 23 to the hospital where I worked due to several vomiting (呕吐). I knew the danger very well because there were already 24 patients of this case that we had encountered. But it was not as simple as I 25 . It held a bigger unknown threat that needed a(an) 26 surgery. But before the doctor could figure out the best 27 , he ordered a CT Scan of the Whole Stomach. It was scheduled at the most famous hospital of the city 28 our own hospital didn’t have it yet.
Everything about him suddenly became so 29 . I knew that his chance of 30 became very thin. So I was afraid that he couldn’t wait for another few hours if no intervention would be given.
“Ma’am, we’re so blessed. His 31 is moved to 3pm.”
I was 32 but another much bigger problem 33 , I did not have the money needed. I had to send messages with my 34 to borrow money to the persons in my contact list. I only had few minutes left then. I
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