2021届高考英语“典题”专项训练（十二）

这是一份2021届高考英语“典题”专项训练（十二），共9页。
Mther Nature is a cruel mistress. Why? Read n t find the answer.
Venice
This icnic city is sinking rapidly. The canals that make up the streets f Venice rise 2mm every year, making relics f histry g under the surface f water and destrying architecture. Experts warn that withut interventin(干预), this city will disappear back int the water at an even faster rate, cnsumed by rising sea level frm melting plar ice caps.
Machu Picchu
These icnic ruins have drawn adventurus turists int the muntains f Suth America.The frces f natural ersin(侵蚀)have been accelerated by turism and this landmark faces severe influence frm increasing ft traffic. The Peruvian gvernment recently suggested a cable car that wuld cut ut the intense hike up t the ruins, making the site instantly accessible t millins but the future f Machu Picchu remains uncertain.
Glacier Natinal park
Perhaps yu've heard that the ice caps are melting. But nwhere is mre apparent in the United States than in Glacier Natinal Park.Estimates indicate that the glaciers that are part f the beauty f this natinal landmark will disappear entirely in the next tw decades.
The Great Barrier Reef
Hidden frm view beneath the waves, the Great Barrier Reef has been rapidly dying ff. Nearly fifty percent f cral which nce ccupied a large area is gne,destryed by pllutin and disease.
1．What can we learn abut Machu Picchu?
A．It's famus fr cable cars.
B．It has n cnvenient traffic.
C．It's well preserved by the lcals.
D．It bears a heavy burden f turism.
2．Which place prbably needs visitrs t dive int the water t enjy its beauty?
A．Venice.B．Machu Picchu.
C．Glacier Natinal Park.D．The Great Barrier Reef.
3．What d the abve attractins have in cmmn?
A．They all have a lng histry.
B．They're all threatened by climate.
C．They're all in danger f disappearing.
D．They're all well-knwn fr natural scenery.
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We all agree, surely—memrizing petry is a gd thing, and children ught t d it. But peple d bject. At least, they bject t the idea that children shuld be frced t learn petry. They tend t be peple like Michael Rsen. Rsen has mre practical bjectins t children having t learn petry by the gvernment’s rder. Actually, Rsen is all fr learning petry, “when it feels right”, which is, he says, “ne f thse vague phrases much hated by peple in authrity and yet it is at the heart f gd teaching”.
He’s nt smething abut the timing, but that desn’t mean plicymakers are wrng t insist n pupils learning petry. The prblem is that sme influential educatinists have cme t see learning by heart as a waste f time when tmrrw’s adults will want skills mre than infrmatin.
Let’s cme t the mst imprtant bjectrs—children. Their bjectin tends t cme in the least ffensive frm. It cmes in the questin: “Why are we ding this?” It’s a wrthwhile inquiry. I teach at Sherbrne Schl, where bys d learn petry, and luckily there’s time in ur lessns t answer that questin.
Here’s ne f the answers I give. There’ll be ne time when yur gd friend is ging t intrduce yu t smene with whm he wants t spend the rest f his life. There’ll be a ceremny t hnur this unin, and wrds will be very imprtant. Yu’re likely t be the ne wh has t stand up and say, “Let me nt t the marriage f true minds/Admit impediments...” And when yu d that, yu’re ging t be speaking fr everyne in the rm. Nw, everybdy breathes a sigh f relief.
Learning petry and reciting petry frces us t think f it in this public way. Hwever mysterius and intimate petry seems, we need t remember it’s smething we als share, and ffer each ther. S take sme, and pass it n.
4.What des the underlined wrd “it” in the first paragraph refer t?
A.The right timing.
B.The petry with vague phrases.
C.The gvernment’s rder.
D.The natural way t learn petry.
5.Which f the fllwing wuld be favred by sme influential educatinists?
A.T guide children hw t recite petry.
B.T instruct children hw t get infrmatin.
C.T teach students real life skills fr the future.
D.T frce children t bey the gvernment plicy.
6.As fr the children’s questin, the teacher shuld .
A.cnsider it ffensive
B.take it seriusly
C.dismiss it as wrthless
D.discuss it after class
7.What’s the writer’s attitude twards petry learning?
A.Objective.B.Supprtive.C.Critical.D.Disapprving.
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Once a circle missed a wedge (楔子). The circle wanted t be whle, s it went arund lking fr its missing piece. But because it was incmplete and therefre culd rll nly very slwly, it admired the flwers alng the way. It chatted with wrms. It enjyed the sunshine. Finally it fund a piece that fit perfectly. It was s happy. Nw that it was a perfect circle, it culd rll very fast, t fast t ntice flwers r talk t the wrms. When it realized hw different the wrld seemed when it rlled s quickly, it stpped, left its fund piece by the side f the rad and rlled slwly away.
In sme strange sense we are mre whle when we are missing smething. The man wh has everything is in sme ways a pr man. He will never knw what it feels like t yearn, t hpe, t nurish(滋润) his sul with the dream f smething better. He will never knw the experience f having smene wh lves him give him smething he has always wanted r never had.
There is whleness abut the persn wh has cme t terms with his limitatins, wh has been brave enugh t let g f his unrealistic dreams and des nt feel like a failure fr ding s. There is whleness abut the man r wman wh has learned that he r she is strng enugh t g thrugh a tragedy(悲剧) and survive — he r she can lse smene and still feel like a cmplete persn.
Life is mre like a baseball seasn, when even the best team lses ne third f its games and even the wrst team has its days f brilliance. Our gal is t win mre games than we lse. When we accept that imperfectin is part f being human, and when we can cntinue rlling thrugh life and appreciate it, we will have achieved whleness that thers can nly lng fr.
8．Which may be an example f being whle?
A．A persn has everything.
B．A persn accepts his r her limitatins.
C．A persn lves smene and is lved.
D．A persn feels blue fr drpping unrealistic gals.
9．Hw is a baseball seasn similar t life?
A．Easy cme, easy g.
B．Failure is the mther f success.
C．Energy and persistence cnquer all things.
D．Sme battles yu win and sme battles yu lse.
10．Hw des the authr clarify his idea?
A．Mainly by cmparing.
B．Mainly by reasning.
C．Mainly by infrming.
D．Mainly by arguing.
11．What can be the best title fr the passage?
A．Pursue perfectin in life
B．Be whle in life
C．Life withut mistakes is whle
D．N pains, n gains
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There is mre f a cnnectin between fd and culture than yu may think. On an individual level, we grw up eating the fd f ur culture. It becmes a part f wh we are. Many assciate fd frm ur childhd with warm feelings and gd memries and it ties us t ur family, hlding a special and persnal value fr us. Fd frm ur family ften becmes the cmfrt fd we seek as adults in times f frustratin and stress.
On a large scale, traditinal fd is an imprtant part f culture. It als perates as an expressin f culture identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they g, and it is a symbl f pride fr their culture and means f cping with hmesickness.
Many immigrants pen their wn restaurants and serve traditinal dishes. Hwever, the fd des nt remain exactly the same. Sme materials needed t make traditinal dishes may nt be readily available, s the taste and flavr can be different frm what they wuld prepare in their hme cuntries. Additinally, immigrants d nt nly sell dishes t peple frm the same cuntries as them, but t peple frm different cuntries. Therefre, they have t make small changes abut the riginal dishes t cater t a wider range f custmers. Thse changes can create new flavrs that still keep the cultural significance f the dishes.
Nt nly shuld we embrace ur heritage(传统) thrugh ur culture’s fd but als becme mre infrmed abut ther cultures by trying their fd. It is imprtant t remember that each dish has a special place in the culture t which it belngs, and is special t thse wh prepare it. Fd is a windw int culture, and it shuld be treated as such.
12.What’s the functin f fd mentined in the article?
A.T help mtivate hmesickness.
B.T shw natinal identity.
C.T reflect a cuntry’s histry.
D.T shw a cmmunity’s superirity.
13.What des the underlined wrd “it” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A.The specific traditinal fd.
B.The natinal culture.
C.A traditinal expressin f fd.
D.The ld-fashined taste.
14.Why d sme immigrants have t change the riginal dishes in their restaurants?
A.T attach cultural imprtance t their dishes.
B.T annunce the beginning f their life n freign sil.
C.T make the dishes ppular amng custmers.
D.T present their wn fd culture in a new way.
15.What’s the authr’s attitude twards different fd cultures?
A.Negative.B.Balanced.C.Unfair.D.Unchangeable.
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Yu are enjying a nice dream until yur alarm suddenly rings. 16 Is yur clck ut f cntrl? N, it’s just winter, making the sun rise later, s it will be twice as hard t crawl ut f bed int the cld darkness.
As the days get shrter, ur mrnings lse that crucial light t wake us up, s waking up gets harder. That means yu’ll need t put in extra effrt t get t wrk n time. 17
18 Summer r winter, yu shuld aim t g t bed at abut the same time every evening and wake up at abut the same time every mrning. Try t give yurself time fr eight hurs per night.
Avid strng light near bedtime. S if yu like reading befre yu clse yur eyes, try an actual bk r an Eink screen like a Kindle, which desn’t emit the harsh light that phnes and tablets d.
Buy a wakeup light. If yu still have truble with dark mrnings, it might be time t intrduce mre light int yur rm. 19
Give yurself smething t lk frward t. 20 Sure, yu might have t get up fr wrk, but yu’ll want t be awake if yu are expecting a delicius breakfast, r a wrkut that is actually fun.
A.But yu just dn’t want t get ut f yur warm bed.
B.Stick t a regular schedule.
C.Philips makes sme ppular lamps that prduce natural light during gray winter days.
D.Waking up is easier when yu have a gd reasn t be cnscius.
E.T much light can d harm t yur eyes.
F.We have a few tips that might help.
G.But when yu lk ut f the windw, it’s still black utside.
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读后续写 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Jenny was a pretty eight－year－ld girl.
One day when she and her mther were checking ut at the grcery stre, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace, by which she was ttally defeated. Hw eagerly she wanted it! But when she saw the price, her heart sank a little. She gathered up her curage and asked her mther if she wuld buy it fr her, her mther said, “Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it csts an awful lt f mney. I can buy yu the necklace, but when we get hme we shuld make up a list f husewrk that yu can d t pay fr the necklace.” Jenny agreed immediately, feeling a burst f jy. S her mther bught the pearl necklace fr her. Jenny wrked n her husewrk determinedly and earnestly every day. Sn Jenny had paid ff the pearls.
Jenny had a very lving daddy. When Jenny went t bed, he wuld read Jenny her favrite stry. One night when he finished the stry, he said, “Jenny, d yu lve me？” “Oh yes, Daddy, yu knw I lve yu，” the little girl said delightedly, with abrad smile n her face. “Well, then, give me yur pearls.” Hearing that, Jenny frze there, an anxius expressin twisting her face. “Oh! Daddy, nt my pearls! But yu can have Rsy, my favrite dll. Remember her? Yu gave her t me last year fr my birthday. Okay？” “Oh n, darling, that's kay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss, gently and calmly. “Gd night, little ne.”
A week later, her father nce again asked Jenny after her stry, “D yu lve me？” “Oh yes, Daddy, yu knw I lve yu，” the little girl murmured sftly, trying t escape frm her father's eyes. “Well, then, give me yur pearls.” “Oh, Daddy, nt my pearls! But yu can have Ribbns, my ty hrse. D yu remember her? She's my favrite.” The little girl begged. “N, that's kay，” her father said, smiling bradly and sweetly and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “Gd bless yu, little ne. Sweet dreams.”
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph1：
Several days later, when Jenny's father came in t read her a stry, Jenny
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Paragraph2：
Hlding the plastic pearl his daughter ffered, the father dragged ut a blue bx.
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Paragraph1：
Several days later, when Jenny's father came in t read her a stry, Jenny was waiting anxiusly fr him n the bed. When listening t the stry, Jenny was ttally absent－minded, with her hands hlding the necklace tightly and firmly. When the stry came t an end, unexpectedly, Jenny ffered her belved necklace t her father, with her fingers trembling autmatically. N ne knew what the necklace meant t her. She whispered t her father, sftly and gently, “Daddy, yu knw I lve yu mre than the necklace.” Then, the necklace slid int her father's hands determinedly.
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Hlding the plastic pearl his daughter ffered, the father dragged ut a blue bx. Much t Jenny's amazement, a beautiful real pearl necklace lay peacefully in the bx, which set her heart racing. Jenny frze there, a thrilled expressin twisting her face. Befre Jenney was able t say smething, her father brushed a warm kiss n her face and gathered her int his arms. Hlding the genuine necklace in her hand, Jenny lifted her lip, tears beginning t blur her visin.