1、考前练05 Passage 1Do you know the famous Chinese saying “He 1 does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.”? The Great Wall has a history of more than two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 8,800 kilometers long. It 2 the TenThousandLi Great Wall in Chines
2、e. In most places, it is 3 enough for five horses or ten men to walk side by side along the top. The Great Wall is made 4 stones and bricks. There are huge stones on 5 side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out. It was very 6 to build the Great Wall without our modern mac
3、hines. All the work had to be done by hand. Many people were made 7 the wall away from their homes, and never came back. Along the Great Wall, there are tall watchtowers（烽火台）. Once upon 8 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies in them day and night. They made fire on the towers to tell each ot
4、her when the enemies came. Nowadays, we dont use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. Today the Great Wall is one of 9 places to all the people in the world. Every year 10 people come to visit it from all over the world.1AwhichBwhatCwho2AcallsBis calledCcalled3AwideBlongCtall4AfromBofCi
5、n5AbothBeveryCeach6AeasyBdifficultCinteresting7Awork onBto work onCworked on8AaBanCthe9AfamousBmore famousCthe most famous10Athousands Bthousands of CthousandPassage 2 It was a Thankful Thursday. Its a tradition (传统) that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go o
6、ut and make a 11 .My girls shouted “McDonalds, McDonalds” as we 12 along a busy road. Suddenly I 13 that there stood a panhandler (乞丐) at almost every crossing. After we ate, I ordered 15 lunches and we set out to give out them. We would come up to panhandler and tell him or her that we hoped things
7、 got better. Then wed say, “Oh, 14 , heres lunch.”We gave our last lunch to a small woman and then turned at once. The woman made her way to our car. “No one has ever done 15 like this for me before,” she said. I asked, “So 16 do you think youll eat your lunch?”She just looked at me with her tired e
8、yes and said, “Oh, Im not going to eat this lunch.” I was confused, but 17 I could say anything, she continued, “You see, my little girl loves McDonalds. You know tonight she is going to have McDonalds!”I dont know if the kids 18 the tears in my eyes. I had questioned whether our acts of kindness we
9、re too 19 so many times. 20 at that moment, I understood the truth of Mother Teresas words: “We cannot do great thingsonly small things with great love.”11AdecisionBplanCcontributionDway12AranBwalkedCdroveDflew13ArealizedBthoughtCunderstoodDknew14Aby the wayBat lastCin factDto tell the truth15Aevery
10、thingBsomethingCanythingDnothing16AwhenBhowCwhatDwhere17AasBafterCbeforeDlater18AfeltBnoticedCwatchedDlooked19AlargeBsmallCgreatDboring20AYet BThought CAlthough DIfPassage 3 This is forever friendship. When youre 21 , the world seems dark and empty. Your forever friend cheers you up and makes that d
11、ark and empty world suddenly seem bright and 22 . Your forever friend gets you 23 the hard times and the sad times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend 24 . If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you, encourages you, holds your 25 and tells you that everything is going to be OK.
12、 And if you 26 such a friend, you feel happy because you 27 not worry. You have a forever friend for life and forever has no 28 . A true friend is someone who gives you a hand and touches your heart. Remember: 29 happens, he always gives you support and doesnt need a reason. How many people have tru
13、e friends in fact? Hardly 30 know. But some of us have good friends.21AhighBaboveCacrossDdown22AnaturalBfullCfunnyDproud23AaroundBbelowCthroughDbeside24AleavesBtravelsCmovesDfollows25AheadBhandCheartDback26AmakeBtreatCfindDwarn27AneedBmustCmayDhave28AjobBendCtopDgoal29AhoweverBwhoeverCwhateverDwhere
14、ver30AsomeoneBeveryoneCnoneDanyonePassage 4A wise man was on his long journey with a young man. In the evening, they found a small old house. A poor family lived in it. After the meal, the wise man asked how they made a living in such a poor place. In a low voice, the husband replied, “We have a cow
15、. We 31 her for five years. We sell her milk to our neighbours and keep some for our own needs-make some cheese and cream.”The next morning, the two visitors continued 32 journey. After they walked a few miles, the wise man told the young man to go back and kill the cow. “If they still keep the cow,
16、 they will 33 be rich,” the wise man said. The young man was 34 about the future of the family. But finally he returned to the old house and did as the wise man told him.A few years later, the young man 35 travelled on the same road decided to visit the family. To his 36 , he saw a large house with
17、a beautiful garden there.He knocked on the door and a well-dressed man answered it. The man told him 37 his familys life changed. “You know, we had 38 but a cow to keep us alive years ago. But one day, she 39 . We had to come up with new ways of making a living. You see, we are _ than before.” At hi
18、s words, the young man smiled.31AkeptBwas keepingChave keptDwill keep32AtheyBthemCtheirDtheirs33AusuallyBsometimesCalwaysDnever34AworryBworriedCworriedlyDworries35AwhichBwhoCwhereDwhen36AsurpriseBsurprisedCsurprisingDsurprisingly37AhowBwhatCwhetherDif38AsomethingBanythingCeverythingDnothing39AkillsB
19、killedCwas killedDhas killed40AgoodBmuch betterCmuch more betterDthe bestPassage 5 March 22nd is World Water Day. It started in 1993. It not only makes us think about the importance of water, but also calls on (号召) us to 41 and protect water. Today, were facing terrible water problems. Among them, t
20、he wastewater problem is especially 42 . And the subject of World Water Day in 2017 is “wastewater”.What is wastewater? It is used water. Usually, wastewater comes from homes, 43 , hospitals and so on. It is produced by different kinds of activities, including washing the machines, taking showers an
21、d using the kitchen. The rain also 44 wastewater when it is running down the street during a storm. No matter where it comes from, this kind of water is sure to have 45 harmful in it. 46 must we treat (处理) wastewater? Wastewater has a big influence on our life. It causes both illness for us and poll
22、ution for the environment. We must care for our environment and our own 47 .How can we treat wastewater? Different kinds of wastewater need different ways of treatment. Wastewater 48 homes can be reused. Then there will be 49 wastewater. Also, factory wastewater has to be cleaned 50 it goes back to
23、nature.41AdrinkBsaveCcarryDwatch42AeasyBpopularCsmallDserious43AfactoriesBlakesCriversDseas44Agets backBhands inCchanges intoDpicks up45AnothingBsomethingCnobodyDsomebody46AWhatBWhoCWhyDHow47AworkBinterestChealthDbusiness48AonBforCwithDfrom49AlessBmoreCbetterDworse50Aand Bwhether Cafter Dbefore答 案1C
24、2B3A4B5C6B7B8A9C10B【分析】文章讲述了长城的修建情况以及修建长城的目的以及现在的长城的状况。1句意：你知道著名的中国谚语“不到长城非好汉”吗？which哪一个；what什么；who谁；此处是定语从句，先行词是He，且在从句中作主语，应用关系词who引导，故选C。2句意：它在中国被称为万里长城。calls叫做，动词三单；is called被叫做，一般现在时被动结构；called叫做，过去分词；句子主语是It，指代的是“the Great Wall”，与动词之间是被动关系，应用被动语态，故选B。3句意：在大多数地方，它的宽度足以让五匹马或十个人沿着山顶并排行走。wide宽的；lo
25、ng长的；tall高的；根据“five horses or ten men to walk side by side along the top”可知，这里说的是长城的宽度，故选A。4句意：长城是用石头和砖砌成的。from从；of的；in在里；此处是表示“由制成”，由“stones and bricks”可知，是可以看出原材料的，应用be made of，故选B。5句意：两边和最高处都有巨大的石头。both两者都；every（三者或三者以上的）每一个；each（两者中的）每一个；由“side”可知，此处是强调每一边，长城是指左右两边，应用each表示，故选C。6句意：没有我们的现代机器，建长城
26、是非常困难的。easy容易的；difficult困难的；interesting有趣的；由“build the Great Wall without our modern machines”可知，没有现代机器的情况下修建长城是困难的，故选B。7句意：许多人被迫离开自己的家去修筑长城，从此再也没有回来。work on从事于，动词原形；to work on从事于，不定式；worked on从事于，过去式；由“were made”可知，此处是be made to do的结构，故选B。8句意：从前，士兵们日夜不停地盯着敌人。a一个，修饰辅音音素开头的单词；an一个，修饰元音音素开头的单词；the定冠词，
27、表示特指；once upon a time“从前”，是固定短语，故选A。9句意：今天，长城是对于全世界人民最著名的地方之一。famous著名的；more famous更著名的，比较级；the most famous最著名的，最高级；由“one of.”可知，此处是结构“one of the+最高级+复数名词”，表示“最之一”，故选C。10句意：每年有成千上万的人从世界各地来参观。thousands错误形式；thousands of成千上万；thousand千；空格前没有具体的数字，此处是泛指“成千上万的人们”，应用thousands of表示，故选B。11C12C13A14A15C16A17C
28、18B19B20A【分析】本文讲述了作者带两个女儿在每周四去帮助别人，一次帮助别人的经历让她意识到虽然做的事情很小，但是对别人产生的影响也很大。11句意：周四已经成为我们出去做好事的日子。decision决定； plan计划；contribution贡献；way方法；根据“We would come up to panhandler and tell him or her that we hoped things got better.”我们会走到一个乞丐面前，告诉他或她，我们希望情况有所好转，可推测出用contribution，故选C。12句意：当我们驱车行驶在一条繁忙的马路上时，我的女儿们
29、喊着“麦当劳，麦当劳”。ran跑；walked散步；drove开车；flew飞；根据“The woman made her way to our car.”那个女人朝我们的车走来，可推测出用drove，故选C。13句意：突然，我意识到几乎每一个十字路口都站着一个乞丐。realized意识到；thought思考；understood理解； knew知道；根据“there stood a panhandler (乞丐) at almost every crossing”可知几乎每一个十字路口都站着一个乞丐，可推测出用意识到，故选A。14句意：然后我们会说：“哦，顺便说一下，这是午餐。”by the
30、 way顺便说一下；at last最后；in fact事实上； to tell the truth说实话；根据“heres lunch”可知这是午餐，可推测出用by the way顺便说一下，故选A。15句意：“以前从来没有人为我做过这样的事情，”她说。我问：“那你觉得你什么时候会吃午饭？”everything任何事；something一些事；anything一些事（否定句），任何事（肯定句）；nothing没事；根据“No one has ever done”可知是否定句，可推测出用anything，故选C。16句意：“以前从来没有人为我做过这样的事情，”她说。我问：“那你觉得你什么时候会吃
31、午饭？”when何时；how如何；what什么；where哪里；根据“you think youll eat your lunch”可知吃午饭，可推测出用when什么时候，故选A。17句意：我很困惑，但在我说什么之前，她继续说道。as随着；after之后；before之前；later后来；根据“she continued”可知她继续说，可推测出用之前，故选C。18句意：我不知道孩子们是否注意到我眼中的泪水。felt感到；noticed注意；watched观看；looked看；根据“the tears in my eyes.”我眼中的泪水，可推测出用noticed注意到，故选B。19句意：我曾多
32、次质疑我们的善举是否太小了。large大的；small小的；great棒的；boring无聊的；根据“only small things with great love可推测出用small小的，故选B。20句意：但在那一刻，我明白了特蕾莎修女的话的真谛：“我们不能做伟大的事情只有带着伟大的爱做渺小的事情。”Yet但是；Thought想；Although尽管；If如果；根据“I understood the truth of Mother Teresas words”可知我明白了特蕾莎修女的话的真谛，可推测出用but但是，表示转折，故选A。21D22B23C24D25B26C27A28B29C3
33、0D【分析】朋友在我们的生活中是非常重要的，什么是真正的朋友呢？这篇短文中作者讲述了他认为的真正的朋友对我们的重要性。21句意：当你情绪低落时，整个世界都显得黑暗而空虚。high高的；above超过；在之上；across穿过；down向下；情绪低落的。根据空后“the world seems dark and empty.”可知，我们情绪低落时，会觉得世界黑暗而空虚。故选D。22句意：你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。natural自然的；full满的，充实的；funny滑稽的；proud骄傲的。这句话与上句话“the world seems dark and
34、 empty.”形成对比，bright与上句话中的“dark”对应；这里应用full与“empty”对应，故选B。23句意：你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难和伤心的时刻。around 周围；below在以下；through穿过，通过；beside在旁边。根据空后“the hard times and the sad times”可知，朋友会陪我们一起度过困难和伤心的时刻，get through度过，符合语境。故选C。24句意：你转身走开时，真正的朋友会紧紧相随。leaves离开；travels旅行；moves移动；follows跟随。根据文意和常识可知，真正的朋友会陪伴我们，所以当我们转身离开时
35、，朋友会跟随我们。故选D。25句意：如果你迷失了方向，真正的朋友会引导你，鼓励你，握着你的手，告诉你一切都会好起来的。head头；hand手；heart心；back后背。空前“holds”意为“握着”，结合常识可知，朋友在我们迷失方向时会引导我们、鼓励我们，握着我们的手。故选B。26句意：如果你找到了这样的朋友，你会感到快乐，因为你不必担心。make制作，制造；treat对待；find找到；warn警告。根据空后“you feel happy”可知，当我们找到了这样的朋友，我们会感到快乐。故选C。27句意：如果你找到了这样的朋友，你会感到快乐，因为你不必担心。need需要；must必须；may
36、可以；have有。根据空前“you feel happy”可知，我们感到快乐，不需要担心，故选A。28句意：你拥有了一个真正的朋友，永永远远，永无止境。job工作；end结束，尽头；top顶部；goal目标。根据空前“You have a forever friend for life and forever”你拥有了真正的朋友，永永远远，所以是没有尽头。故选B。29句意：记住：无论发生什么，他总是支持你，不需要理由。however然而，可是；whoever无论谁；whatever无论什么；wherever无论在哪里。根据空后“happens”可知，这个从句中缺少主语，结合句意，这里表示“无论
37、发生什么”，应用whatever引导，故选C。30句意：几乎没有人知道。someone某人；everyone每个人；none没有一个；anyone任何人。句中“Hardly”意为“几乎不”，是否定意思的副词，因此这里应用anyone。故选D。31C32C33D34B35B36A37A38D39C40B【分析】这篇短文讲述的是一个智者和一个年轻人去旅行，他们来到了一个破旧的房子，房子里的人家靠一头奶牛维持生活。智者让年轻人把奶牛杀死，一开始年轻人不明白为什么，几年后他来看望这家人，看到他们过上了富有的生活。原来没有了维持生存的奶牛，他们不得不想其他谋生的办法，日子反而过得更好了。31句意：我们已
38、经养了五年了。kept一般过去时；was keeping过去进行时；have kept现在完成时；will keep一般将来时。这是一个直接引语，根据“for five years”可知，应用现在完成时，故选C。32句意：第二天早上，这两个来访者继续他们的旅行。they他们，人称代词主格形式；them他们，人称代词宾格形式；their他们的，形容词性物主代词；theirs他们的，名词性物主代词。此处修饰其后的名词journey，应用形容词性物主代词作定语。故选C。33句意：智者说：“如果他们还饲养那头奶牛，他们就不会变富有。”usually通常；sometimes有时候；always总是；ne
39、ver从不。根据“he wise man told the young man to go back and kill the cow”可知，智者让年轻人杀死奶牛，因为他觉得有奶牛，那家人不会变得富有，故选D。34句意：这个年轻人很担心这家人的未来。worry担心，动词原形；worried是worry的过去式，也可以作形容词；worriedly担心地，副词；worries是第三人称单数形式。本文时态是一般过去时，所以用过去式，故选B。35句意：几年后，在同一条道路上旅行的年轻人决定看望那家人。which关系代词，先行词是物；who关系代词，先行词是人；where关系副词，指地点；when关系副
40、词，指时间。根据句子结构可知，这是一个定语从句，先行词是the young man，从句中缺少主语，故用关系代词who，故选B。36句意：令他吃惊的是，在那里他看到了一座带花园的大房子。surprise吃惊，名词；surprised吃惊的，形容词，修饰人；surprising令人吃惊的，形容词，修饰物；surprisingly令人吃惊地，副词。to ones surprise令某人吃惊的是，故选A。37句意：这个男人告诉了他，他家人的生活是怎样改变的。how怎样；what什么；whether是否；if是否；如果。根据下文的内容可知，这个男人讲述他家的生活是怎样改变的，故用how引导宾语从句，故
41、选A。38句意：你知道，几年前我们什么都没有，只有一头奶牛维持我们的生活。something某事；anything任何事；everything每件事；nothing没什么事。根据上文内容可知，这一家人仅仅依靠这头奶牛来维持生活，所以这里表示“什么都没有”，故选D。39句意：但是有一天，她被杀死了。kills第三人称单数形式；killed过去式或过去分词；was killed一般过去时的被动语态；has killed现在完成时。根据句意可知，主语she与动词构成被动关系，应用被动语态，故选C。40句意：你看，我们比以前过得更好了。good好的；much better好多了；much more b
42、etter形式错误；the best最好的。根据空后“than before”可知，这里应用形容词比较级，表示和以前相比，故选B。41B42D43A44C45B46C47C48D49A50D【分析】文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。首先介绍水问题的严重性，尤其是废水问题，分析解决废水问题的重要性；然后给出了几点解决废水问题的方法。41句意：它不仅使我们思考水的重要性，也呼吁我们节约和保护水。drink喝；save挽救、节省；carry搬、抬；watch观看。根据上文“It not only makes us think about the importance of water,”结合“but al
43、so calls on (号召) us to and protect water.”可知是呼吁我们节约和保护水，符合语境和常识，故选B。42句意：其中，废水问题尤为严重。easy容易的；popular受欢迎的；small小的；serious严重的。根据上文“Today, were facing terrible water problems.”可知水问题很严重，因此本句指废水问题尤其严重，故选D。43句意：通常，废水来自家庭、工厂、医院等。factories工厂；lakes湖；rivers河流；seas大海。根据“Usually, wastewater comes from homes, ,
44、hospitals and so on.”结合语境及常识可知废水的来源有工厂，故选A。44句意：当雨水在暴风雨中流过街道时，它也会变成废水。gets back回来；hands in上交；changes into变成；picks up拾起、捡起。根据“The rain also wastewater when it is running down the street during a storm.”结合语境及常识，可知雨水流过街道会变为废水，故选C。45句意：不管它来自哪里，这种水肯定有一些有害的东西。nothing没有什么；something某些东西；nobody没人；somebody某人。
45、根据“No matter where it comes from, this kind of water is sure to have harmful in it.”可知此处是指“某些东西”，且表示肯定的意思，故选B。46句意：为什么我们必须处理废水?What什么；Who谁；Why为什么；How怎样。根据下文“astewater has a big influence on our life.”可知这里说的是原因，因此此处是问为什么我们必须处理废水，故选C。47句意：我们必须关心我们的环境和我们自己的健康。work工作；interest兴趣；health健康； business商业。根据上文
46、“illness”，可知是我们要关注自己的健康，故选C。48句意：家庭废水可以重复利用。on在上面；for为了；with和一起；from来自。根据“Wastewater homes can be reused.”可知此处指的是来自家庭的废水可以重复利用，故选D。49句意：这样废水就会减少。less更少的；more更多的；better更好的；worse更糟糕的。结合上文语境“来自家庭的废水被再次利用”，可知废水会变得更少，故选A。50句意：此外，工厂废水在回归自然之前必须得到净化。and和；whether是否；after在之后；before在之前。根据“Also, factory wastewater has to be cleaned it goes back to nature.”结合常识，可知工厂污水回归自然之前必须经过净化，故选D。
