1、2021高考英语短文故事精读与语法填空训练（十一）一：语法填空训练New Year resolutions 新年的决心The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of dos and donts. The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up (early)each morning, eat
2、less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we dont like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has (teach) us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it i
3、s only because we have so often experienced the ( frustrate)that results from failure. Most of us fail in our (effort)at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of (announce) our resolutions to everybody so t
4、hat we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening. An all-night party on New Years Eve
5、 provided me a good excuse for not carrying on either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task. The daily exercises ( last) only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up. The self-
6、discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier usual was considerable. Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living-room for two days before anyone found me out. After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions, I sat down at
7、the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. It was this betrayed me. The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance. That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea. However, my enthusia
8、sm waned. The time I spent at exercise gradually diminished. Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from. I argued that if I spent (little)time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I g
9、ot home from work. Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television ( pretend) to read. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back
10、 to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen. I still havent given my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute. Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just havent had time (read)it!二：词句短语长难句释义New Year resolutions 新
11、年的决心The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of dos and donts. The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a t
12、housand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we dont like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustra
13、tion that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into ou
14、r bad old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening. An all-night party on New Years Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying on eit
15、her of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task. The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up. The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleve
16、n minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living-room for two days before anyone found me out. After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition.
17、 It was this that betrayed me. The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance. That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea. However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercise gr
18、adually diminished. Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work. Resisting the hypnotizing
19、 effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front
20、of the screen. I still havent given up my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute. Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just havent had time to read it!1：将标记的词汇短语释义1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 1
21、8. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 2：长难句分析释义 三：文意梳理新年是下决心的时候，至少在大多数人的心里会编排出一份“应做什么”和“不应做什么”的令人生畏的单子。相同的决心以单调的规律年复一年地出现。我们决心每天早晨起得早些；吃得少些；多花点时间与孩子们一起做游戏；做大量的家务；对不喜欢的人友善一些；小心驾车；每天都要带着狗散步；等等。以往的经验告诉我们有些事是办不到的。如果我们烟瘾
22、大，戒不掉，那是因为屡戒屡败，失去了信心。我们大多数人想自我完善却遭到失败，这是因为我们的规划过于宏大，而又根本没有时间去实施。我们还犯有一个根本性的错误，即把我们的决心向大家宣布。这样一旦滑回到那些环的老习惯上去，我们在别人眼里会显得更加难堪。我深知这些问题，于是，今年我对自己的计划要严加保密，只给自己定下两项适中的任务：每天早上锻炼身体，每天晚上多看点书。新年除夕举办的一次通宵晚会，使我理直气壮地在新年头一天免去了这两项任务。不过，新年第二天，我全力以赴地照着去做了。早锻炼一共只有11分钟，我打算在别人起床之前进行。这就要求我比平日早11分钟把自己从床上拽起来，这种自我约束是很艰苦的。不过
23、开头两天我还是成功地蹑手蹑脚地来到楼下起居室，被谁也没发现。我在地毯上跳过来蹦过去，扭曲身子，摆出各种姿势，弄得浑身不舒服，然后坐到桌边吃早饭，一副筋疲力尽的样子。正是这副模样泄露了我的秘密。第二天早晨全家人结队来到起居室看我表演。这真叫人不好意思，但我心平气和地顶住了全家人的嘲笑和奚落。不久，大家对我习以为常了，而这时我的热情却减退了。我花在锻炼上的时间逐渐减少，慢慢地从11分钟减到了零。到了1月10日，我恢复了原来的作息时间。我辩解说，早晨少耗费精力锻炼，晚上下班回家看书时头脑更清醒些。有几天晚上，我极力摆脱了电视的诱惑，坐在自己房间里，两眼盯在书上。可是，有一天夜里，我感到又冷又孤单，便
24、来到楼下坐在电视机前假装看书。这下我可完了，因为不一会儿，我就恢复了以前的坏习惯，在屏幕前打起瞌睡来。但我还没有放弃多看些书的决心。事实上，我刚买来一本叫一分钟读一千字的诀窍的书。也许这本书能解决我的问题，但我一直还没时间去看这本书！四：语法填空练习Jingdezhen porcelain(瓷器) is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China.Jingdezhen has produced porcelain 1 (century)ago.And the town 2 was named Jingde
25、zhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln(窑)site around 1004.During the period,the 3(produce)of porcelain in this area first became 4(know).By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain,which remained in the following times.In the
26、 Ming Dynasty,official kilns in Jingdezhen 5(control)by the emperor,making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts.As a result,the town was 6(close)linked to the world.Although being a remote town in a hilly area,Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone an
27、d forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns.It also has 7river flowing from north to south,8(benefit)the transport of the fragile objects.Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of 9 (value) porcelain.As a result,the town is famous 10 the “Porcelain Capital”.One type of its well-known h
28、igh quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.1.centuries考查名词。根据句意,景德镇从数个世纪以前就开始生产瓷器了,可以得知此处应该填复数centuries。 2.which/that考查定语从句。分析句子结构可以得知句子主干是“the town became a major kiln site around 1004”。the town指物,作先行词在定语从句中作主语,后接which/that引导的限制性定语从句,故填which或that。3.production考查词性转换。
29、句意:在此期间,这个地区的瓷器产品变得知名起来。此处瓷器是一种手工艺品,是一种产品。由the限定用名词,故将produce改成它的名词形式production。4.known考查非谓语动词。此处是变得被知道,变得知名起来的意思,故使用know的过去分词形式作became的表语。故填known 。5.were controlled考查被动语态。句意:被皇帝控制的官窑生产大量的优质瓷器给皇帝当礼物送给国外。此处给的单词control是“控制”的意思,而官窑不可能自己控制自己,只能由另外的人比如此处的皇帝控制。主语official kilns为复数,故填were controlled。6.close
30、ly考查副词。句意:结果,这个小镇与世界紧密相连。close此处的意思是“紧密的,靠近的”,修饰动词时要用副词作状语。故填closely。 7.a考查不定冠词。根据上下文,这段讲述的是景德镇的地理位置优越性。它也有一条河流从北边流向南边。一条河流用不定冠词修饰,river开头是辅音音素,故填a。 8.benefiting考查非谓语动词。句意:因此有利于运输易碎的物品。主语和动词benefit是主动关系,用动词-ing形式作结果状语,故填benefiting。 9.valuable考查形容词。句意:景德镇生产各种各样珍贵的瓷器产品。此处用形容词作定语修饰名词porcelain。故填 valuable。 10.as考查介词。句意:结果,景德镇作为“瓷器之都”而出名。be famous as“作为出名”,as表示“作为”。故填as。
