1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。综合素养提升二Unit 2Lessons in life. 单句语法填空1. He is cramming(cram) facts and dates for his history examination tomorrow. 2. Translate the following into English using the verbal phrases ( phrase)in brackets. 3. Although he was te
2、n years older than I, and we had different personalities, we got on very well together and cooperated (cooperate)closely. 4. She despairs(despair)of her son because he shows no interest in getting a job. 5. A little child is the sweetest and purest(pure) thing in the world. 6. The tree was leaning(
3、lean) at a low angle from the ground. 7. He stroked (stroke)his beautiful white beard, and smiled faintly. 8. Instinctively(instinctive)he felt that the man was a detective and that he was being watched. . 选词填空lose touch with; be made up of; far from; keep in touch with; be based on; be pleased with
4、; all the time; be dressed in 1. Do write me as often as you can. I dont want to lose touch with you. 2. High tea is an early evening meal which is made up of cold meats, eggs and/or fish, cakes and sandwiches. 3. His explanation was far from satisfactory. 4. I think the best way to keep in touch wi
5、th my friends is through email. 5. This newspaper article is based on supposition, not on fact. 6. The examiner smiled and he must have been pleased with my performance. 7. She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time . 8. The servants were dressed in white with wings on their backs and were
6、to play angels. . 完形填空(2021郑州高二检测)Every year, the fifth graders at Brookstone Elementary School went on a field trip to Washington, D. C. Terence 1 the exciting trip, and was dying to go the next year. Terence asked his parents 2 if they would pay for half of the trip if he earned the other half of
7、the money himself. His parents agreed. He had almost a year to earn $150. His first 3 was to earn money by babysitting, and he typed a nice letter 4 that “I would babysit during my neighbors absence”. He named a few afternoons available and said he would 5 $1 per hour per child. After five babysitti
8、ng 6, he earned $45. When the 7 weather arrived, Terence knocked on his neighbors doors to ask if they needed help with 8 work. He helped with mowing (修剪)and weeding gardens. After the summer was over, he earned $75. When the fall arrived, he counted his money and 9 that he still needed $30 for his
9、trip. Soon his mom saw a(n)10 for a job for him. He got a job delivering newspapers every Wednesday afternoon, 11 5 cents for every paper, $10 in total each Wednesday. It wasnt long before he had 12 money to go on the trip to Washington, D. C. He was 13 in time. The class trip was on October 15. His
10、 mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they 14 him. What a great feeling! He helped cover the cost of his trip. This experience 15 Terence in many ways, making his dream a reality with great efforts. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了主人公Terence通过自己的劳动赚取一部分旅行费用的故事, 在劳动过程当中Terence学到了很多道理, 对他影响深远。1. A. prepared f
11、orB. laid outC. referred toD. heard about【解析】选D。prepare for为做准备; lay out按规划建造; refer to指代; hear about听说。根据后文的. . . and was dying to go the next year可知, 主人公还没有去, 且由and连接前后句, 两者的动作关系上呈现出先后, 即听说有此次旅行, 才产生了想去的愿望。故选D。2. A. curiouslyB. casuallyC. anxiouslyD. briefly【解析】选C。curiously好奇地; casually随意地; anxiou
12、sly紧张地; briefly简短地。根据后文if they would pay for half of the trip可知, 此时的他是不确定父母是否愿意支付旅行的另一半费用, 向父母说这件事情的时候他的内心是紧张的。故选C。3. A. ideaB. solutionC. conclusionD. suggestion【解析】选A。idea想法, 主意; solution解决方案; conclusion结论; suggestion 建议。前文在说他想让父母支付一半的费用, 另外一半由他自己赚取, 所以自己赚取费用这件事情是他想出来的具体的主意, 而B项solution通常是指解决重大难题的
13、方案, 不符合上下文。故选A。4. A. declaringB. confirmingC. showingD. saying【解析】选D。句意: 他打印出一行字母, 上面写着: 我愿意在邻居外出时候帮忙照看孩子。 declare 宣称; confirm确认; show展示; say 说, 写着。通常用read/say来表明“上写着”, 属习惯用语。故选D。5. A. payB. spendC. chargeD. donate【解析】选C。pay支付; spend花费; charge 索要; donate捐献。通过后文的After five babysitting_he earned $45.
14、可知, 他给别人看护孩子来赚取旅行费用, 所以该空表达的是收取看护孩子的薪资。故选C。6. A. talkB. sessionsC. attemptsD. interviews【解析】选B。talk谈话; session (某项)活动/持续(一段)时间; attempt尝试; interview 面试/采访。因为看孩子这项工作是在某一段时间内发生的多次活动, 即这一段时间内一共帮别人看了五次孩子, 共赚取了45美元。故选B。7. A. warmB. fineC. unusualD. changeable【解析】选A。warm温暖的; fine优秀的; unusual不寻常的; changeab
15、le变化莫测的。根据后文的After the summer was over. . . 及When the fall arrived. . . 用季节来表明时间更替流转, 可知该空指代的时间是刚刚进入夏天, 其天气特征是暖和。故选A。8. A. yardB. paperC. schoolD. volunteer【解析】选A。通过后文的He helped with mowing and weeding gardens. 以及he earned. . . 可知他后来通过帮助别人修剪花园来赚取旅行费用, gardens和yard属于同义词。故选A。9. A. admittedB. determine
16、dC. complainedD. insisted【解析】选B。admit承认; determine决定; complain抱怨; insist坚持。根据后文的he still needed $30 for his trip可知, 他并未凑够旅行所需的费用, 仍要继续赚取, 这是主人公内心的一项决定。故选B。10. A. directoryB. permitC. advertisementD. e-mail【解析】选C。directory电话簿; permit通行证; advertisement广告; e-mail邮件。此处指他妈妈看到了招聘广告。故选C。11. A. borrowingB.
17、savingC. sellingD. making【解析】选B。句意: 每投递一份报纸, 他就可以攒下5分, 算下来周三一共可以攒下10美元。 在文章一开头, 作者就交代了主人公通过自己打工来积攒一部分旅行的费用。故选B。12. A. extraB. muchC. enoughD. easy【解析】选C。根据It wasnt long before并结合后文的money to go on the trip to Washington, D. C. 可知, 主人公通过前后几次的打工, 终于赚取了足够的资金。故选C。13. A. justB. evenC. everD. still【解析】选A。句
18、意: 他刚刚攒够了钱。 just仅仅, 刚刚(语气强调); even 甚至(语气加重); ever曾经; still仍然。由前文得知他在秋天终于攒够了旅行资金, 以及后文的in time可知, 就在刚刚筹集好资金时, 也是他旅行快要开始的时候, 这两个时间节点不谋而合, 所以要用just来强调。故选A。14. A. owedB. lentC. promisedD. ordered【解析】选C。句意: 他的父母兑现承诺, 给了他150美元的支票。 在文章的第二段, His parents agreed可以看出, 他们之间是已经事先商定好的, 所以这里应该是兑现承诺(父母帮主人公支付另一半费用)。
19、故选C。15. A. astonishedB. shapedC. excitedD. impressed【解析】选B。astonish使惊讶; shape对造成影响; excite使激动; impress给留下深刻印象。通过后面的状语making his dream a reality with great efforts可以判断出, 作者强调的是这份经历带给主人公巨大的精神财富和深远影响。故选B。. 阅读理解A(2021芜湖高二检测)We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have
20、 a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids arent old enough and well be more content when they are. After that were frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete whe
21、n our spouse(配偶)gets his or her act together. When we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vacation when we retire. The truth is, theres no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with challenges. Its best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy
22、 anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said, “for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin a real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be pai
23、d. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. ”This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have. And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish schoo
24、l, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
25、So, work like you dont need money, love like youve never been hurt, and dance like no ones watching. 【文章大意】这是一篇议论文。我们总是相信未来的生活会更好, 事实上, 没有任何时刻比现在更宝贵。因此, 珍惜每一刻, 停止等待。享受幸福不需要等到将来, 要把握现在。幸福是一次旅程, 不是终点。1. In the third paragraph, the author uses Alfred Souzas quote in order to_. A. support his viewpointB
26、. introduce one more topicC. enrich the content of the articleD. compare their different views on happiness【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第四段可知, Alfred Souza的观点帮助作者明白了没有通往幸福的路, 幸福本身就是这条路。因此珍惜你拥有的每一刻。这也是作者通过本文想要表达的观点。因此推断作者引用Alfred Souza的话是为了支持自己的观点。故选A。2. The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph probably
27、refers to “_”. A. life will be better after we get married, have a baby and anotherB. our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act togetherC. when we retire, we are able to go on a nice holidayD. our life is always filled with challenges【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据画线句上文Our life will always be fi
28、lled with challenges. 可知, 我们的生活总是充满挑战。画线句的意思是: 最好是让自己接受这一事实, 无论如何使自己保持快乐的心境。因此画线词this指上文中提到的我们的生活充满挑战。故选D。3. The best title of the text might be_. A. Owning the Present Is Owning the FutureB. Pursuing Happiness Is Nature of Us HumansC. Happiness Is a Journey, Not a DestinationD. How to Possess Real
29、Happiness【解析】选C。主旨大意题。通读全文可知, 文章最后一段第一句Happiness is a journey, not a destination. 对全文做了总结: 生活充满挑战, 因此要珍惜每一刻, 享受幸福, 幸福是旅程, 不是终点。因此推断C项“幸福是旅程, 不是终点”是最佳标题。故选C。4. The main idea of the second paragraph is that_. A. only when we get whatever we want can we feel our life is completeB. whatever happens in o
30、ur life, we should live at presentC. we shouldnt enjoy happiness at present but in the futureD. we cannot enjoy happiness now because we are facing many challenges【解析】选B。段落大意题。第二段讲述我们总是等待幸福, 而事实是, 没有任何时刻比现在更宝贵。生活充满挑战, 最好是让自己接受这一事实, 无论如何使自己保持快乐的心境。故选B。B(2021沈阳高二检测)Life satisfaction is the way persons
31、 evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. Its a measure of well-being and may be evaluated in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals and self-concepts to cope with daily life. Its having a favorable attitude tow
32、ards ones life as a whole rather than just an evaluation of current feelings. Life satisfaction has been measured in relation to economy, education, experiences, and residence, as well as many other topics. Life satisfaction can reflect experiences that have influenced a person in a positive way. Th
33、ese experiences have the ability to motivate people to pursue and reach their goals. As a matter of fact, in these experiences there are two kinds of emotions that may positively influence how people understand their life. Hope and optimism both consist of emotional processes that are usually direct
34、ed towards the reaching of goals. People who have higher life satisfaction are always full of hope for a better future; additionally, optimism is linked to higher life satisfaction, while pessimism is related to symptoms in depression. The psychologist, Yuval Palgi, studied the old-old-people who we
35、re primarily in their nineties. This subject group was found to have thought highly of their past and present, but they thought lower of their future. A large factor that was talked about in life satisfaction was intelligence. The experiments talk of how life satisfaction grows as people become olde
36、r because they become wiser and more knowledgeable, so they begin to see that life will be better as they grow older and understand the important things in life more. But when they step into their nineties, future becomes a luxury to them. According to Seligman, the happier people are, the less they
37、 are focused on the negative. Happier people also have a greater tendency to like other people, which promotes a happier environment, which then correlates to a higher level of the persons satisfaction with their life. 【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了生活满意度是对幸福生活的一个影响, 人们应该时刻抱有希望和乐观的态度对待生活。5. What can we learn
38、about life satisfaction from Paragraph 1? A. It can be easily measured through income and education. B. It includes a positive attitude towards peoples entire life. C. It merely determines peoples attitude towards the future. D. It has nothing to do with the evaluation of current feelings. 【解析】选B。细节
39、理解题。根据文章第一段可知, 生活满意度就是人们评估自己生活, 以及他们对自己未来的生活方向和选择的感觉, 它是对一个人的整个生活的一种积极的态度, 而不仅仅是对当前的感觉的评价。故选B。6. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The wealthier a person is, the happier he will feel. B. Happy people are more likely to get along well with others. C. Happy people wont be inf
40、luenced by the negative items in life. D. Intelligence plays a leading role in determining peoples happiness. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Happier people also have a greater tendency to like other people”可知, 快乐的人更倾向于喜欢别人, 可推出快乐的人能与其他人友好相处。故选B。7. What was the attitude of most old-old towards their future? A
41、. They were less hopeful about it. B. They thought highly of it. C. They felt satisfied with it. D. They were scared of it. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知, 经过对90多岁的老人研究发现, 他们对过去和现在很满意, 但是对未来没有期盼。也就意味着他们对未来不抱有太大希望。故选A。8. What may be the best title for the text? A. Old People Have Much More Life SatisfactionB
42、. Life Satisfactionthe Key to a Happier LifeC. Optimism Ensures Life SatisfactionD. Emotions Affect Life Satisfaction【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知生活满意度是人们评价自己生活的方式, 以及他们对未来的方向和选择的感觉。它是一种衡量幸福的方法, 可以通过情绪、与他人关系的满意度、实现的目标和应对日常生活的自我概念来进行评估。所以短文的最佳标题为“生活满意度幸福生活的关键”。故选B。. 概要写作(2021聊城高二检测)Are you shy? If you are,
43、you are not alone. In fact, close to 50 percent of people are shy. Almost 80 percent of people feel shy at some point in their lives. These days, shyness is becoming more and more common. Now scientists are trying to understand shyness. They have some interesting ideas about why people are shy. Is i
44、t possible to be born shy? Many scientists say yes. They say 15 to 20 percent of babies behave shyly. These babies are a little quieter and more watchful than other babies. Interestingly, these shy babies usually have shy parents. As a result, scientists think that some shyness is genetic. Family si
45、ze might cause people to be shy as well. Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had older brothers and sisters. As a result, they became shy. At the same time, children with no brothers and sisters may be shy as well. Growing up alone, they often pl
46、ay by themselves. They are not able to learn the same social skills as children from big families. You may also be shy because of where you were born. When scientists studied shyness in different countries. They found surprising differences. In Japan, most people said they were shy. But in Israel, o
47、nly one of three people said so. What explains the difference? One scientist says the Japanese and Israelis have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame (责备)themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true. Israelis
48、 often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends, or bad luck. In Israel, freedom of opinion and risk taking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and are less shy. For shy people, it can be difficult to make friends, speak in class, and
49、even get a good job. But scientists say you can get over your shyness. They suggest trying new things and practicing conversation. And dont forget if you are shy, you are not the only one. _【参考范文】Shyness is common and some reasons may account for it according to scientists. They think shyness may co
50、me from genetics, family size and the birth place. For instance, younger children or the only child is more likely to be shy; Israelis are less shy than Japanese because of their different attitudes towards failure. To help people suffer from shyness, scientists also give some useful suggestions. 关闭Word文档返回原板块- 16 - 版权所有高考资源网