2019年高考英语一轮完形填空和语法填空选练(4)第一部分:完形填空AThese days everyone wants to “get rich” overnight. We all __1__ marrying someone from a wealthy family, making a lot of __2__, or winning the lottery (彩票). But do these things really make us happy? Many of the richest celebrities (名人) happen to be some of the most __3__ people. They buy expensive houses and clothes that they __4__ use. They may bee __5__ and even bee addicted to __6__. They have bee so focused on money and material things that they forget about the people and activities they __7__.Now, more young people have the opportunity for a better education, and better chances of making a high __8__. These are great achievements,__9__ will they make you happy? In the US many young people believe that being rich and being happy are two __10__ things. When attending university, they often choose to study subjects that they are __11__ rather than subjects that will get them __12__ jobs. Instead of majoring in “business” or “management”, many American students today have majors like “theater” or “modern dance”. The __13__ is that making a lot of money doesn't mean that you will be satisfied with your __14__. Nowadays, young people are __15__ careers that they love doing rather than careers that pay well.I think that as being __16__ bees more possible, we need to __17__ what the term “fortune” really means. Do we need to have money and material things to be fortunate? Or does __18__ just mean having what we need to be happy? __19__, what things make you happy? Be honest with yourself. It may take __20__ a rich spouse(配偶)or much money to make you happy! 拥有财富和拥有幸福本质上是有区别的。
有些有钱人去购买永远不会去用的昂贵的房子、衣服,沉溺于吸毒,其实他们并不幸福现在更多的年轻人选择了去接受良好的教育,从事自己乐意从事的职业,上大学、接受教育并不仅仅是为了有一份高薪的工作1.A.think of B.dream ofC.care about D.insist on答案:B 根据上一句中的wants和下文可知,这些想法都是“梦想”2.A.changes B.friendsC.efforts D.money答案:D 要快点富起来,当然要赚到一大笔钱make a lot of money“赚大钱”3.A.unhappy B.happyC.lucky D.unlucky答案:A 从下文那些有钱人的做法可知他们中有些人不幸福4.A.always B.reallyC.never D.personally答案:C 他们去购买永远不会去用的昂贵的房子、衣服5.A.annoyed B.depressedC.satisfied D.injured答案:B 此空和下文bee addicted to... 是并列关系,因此选择depressed“郁闷的,消沉的”。
6.A.work B.gamesC.adventures D.drugs答案:D bee addicted to...常用来指“沉迷于”一些不良的嗜好drug“毒品”7.A.love B.hateC.enjoy D.know答案:A 前面的先行词是people and activities, 因此只能用love, 而不能用enjoy“喜欢”8.A.salary B.goalC.degree D.fame答案:A解析:本文主要讲对财富的追求,故选A句意:现在更多的年轻人有机会接受更好的教育,有机会赚到高额的“薪水”(salary)这里和文章开头呼应goal“目标”;degree“程度”;fame“名誉”9.A.so B.andC.but D.or答案:C 从上下文来看,这里是转折关系10.A.difficult B.differentC.pleasant D.important答案:B 联系上下文可知,富有和幸福是不同的11.A.used to B.familiar withC.related to D.interested in答案:D 根据rather than和get them ______ jobs 可知此处指选择他们感兴趣的专业。
be used to sth.“习惯于”;be related to“与……有关”;be familiar with“熟悉”12.A.highpaying B.prizewinningC.troublesaving D.longenjoying答案:A highpaying“报酬高的”13.A.point B.purposeC.result D.question答案:A point“要点”其他三个选项均不合题意14.A.health B.futureC.life D.major答案:C 有钱并不意味着对“生活”感到满意15.A.creating B.avoidingC.missing D.choosing答案:D choose career“择业”16.A.independent B.wealthyC.unselfish D.famous答案:B 由于致富已不是问题,我们有必要重新思考“富有”的真正含义17.A.study B.understandC.rethink D.recall答案:C “重新思考”用rethink, 其他选项不合文意。
18.A.fortune B.careerC.success D. peace答案:A 这里作者以问句的形式提出了本文的观点:富有(fortune)是否就意味着拥有幸福所需要的东西19.A.Even if B.If soC.Only if D.If only答案:B 这里承接上句,if so“如果这样的话”20.A.kind of B.nothing butC.as much as D.more than答案:D 真正的幸福不只是拥有一个有钱的配偶或有很多钱nothing but“只不过,仅仅”B(2015·北京东城区综合练习二)Monday started out great.I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my first hour math __1__.Ten minutes later,I sat by my friends on the bus.We were busily chatting about how we spent our__2__when, THUMP! Ryan __3__over someone’s foot and landed flat on his face in the passage between the two rows of seats.Everyone on the bus laughed crazily.Ryan __4__himself up and made his way to an empty seat.He tried to laugh with us, but his face was bright red with__5__.The rest of the morning flew by.I did well in my math test.I read two more chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird in English class.It wasn’t long before the __6__bell sounded.I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall.Then I couldn’t help but __7__Ryan a few tables over,sitting alone.He caught me looking.I smiled at him quickly and turned away.When we finished eating, we __8__out to the courtyard to practice a cheer we wanted to do at that night’s football game.After a little __9__, we nailed the cheer, so we decided we only needed to__10__through it one last time.Again, just like the rest of my day so far, the cheer was going great.I raised my leg __11__ one last toe(脚趾) touch.RIIIPPP! I felt my jeans split down the middle of my backside.I__12__.I didn’t know what to do but stayed still.Then I heard people laughing, and。