2024届牛津英语第二轮复习 专题训练卷
专题训练卷(三)学海导航·高中新课标总复习(第二轮)·英语
专题训练卷(三)
(1)(8 min.)
(2024·雅礼月考一)Last Halloween my 5yearold son entered a pumpkindecorating (南瓜装饰)contest at his school. He was so proud of his entry—a wild combination(结合) of carvings, paint and feathers he had constructed all by himself, with his own kindergartner's sense of art. He lugged(拉) it __1__ to the school cafeteria and we placed it among the other entries, a very creative bunch of witch pumpkins, snowman pumpkins, scary pumpkins, even a bubblegum blowing pumpkin __2__ a baseball cap. “Wow，” I thought to myself, “the judges are going to have a(n) __3__ time choosing a winner.”
I guess the judges must have thought __4__ because they didn't choose one. When we returned to __5__ for the annual fall dinner that evening, we saw that all the pumpkins had been __6__ the same black and gold ribbon(丝绸绶带，代表荣誉之物). My son, __7__ searching to see if he'd won, __8__ asking me, “Which pumpkin won? Where's the winner？”
What could I Say? “Well, it looks like everyone won. Look: you got a ribbon, honey！”
Kids are smart. That didn't __9__ him. “Yeah, but who won？” he asked. I could sense his disappointment and my own disappointment as well. What's the point of having a __10__ if you're not going to pick a winner?
I understand what the school was trying to do. The judges __11__ to send the message that all the children had done a great job and deserved to be recognized. I worry that a different message was sent, one that said losing is a hardship that no one should have to __12__.
1. A. seriously
B. nervously
C. secretly
D. proudly
2. A. dressing
B. wearing
C. dressed
D. buying
3. A. happy
B. tough
C. interesting
D. easy
4. A. a funny thing
B. a bad thing
C. the same thing
D. differently
5. A. the school cafeteria
B. the judges
C. kindergarten
D. our home
6. A. awarded
B. rewarded
C. drawn
D. prized
7. A. directly
B. happily
C. likely
D. eagerly
8. A. went on
B. insisted on
C. kept
D. repeated
9. A. praise
B. surprise
C. disappoint
D. satisfy
10. A. a contest
B. a dinner
C. a judge
D. a pumpkin
11. A. had
B. meant
C. promised
D. agreed
12. A. go through
B. find out
C. think about
D. search for
(2)(8 min.)
Many of us hold on to little resentment(怨恨)that may come from an argument, a misunderstanding or some other painful events. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us —
__1__
this is the only way we can forgive or
__2__
a friendship or family relationship. An acquaintance of mine, whose health isn't very good, recently told me that she hadn't spoken to her son in almost three years. “Why not？” I asked. She said that she and her son had had a(n)
__3__
about his wife and that she wouldn't
__4__
to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she
__5__
at the beginning and said, “I can't do that. He's the one who should apologize. ” She was truly
__6__
to die before reaching out to her only son first. After a little gentle
__7__， however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and
__8__
an apology of his own.
As is usually the case, when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn “small stuff” into really “big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our
__9__
are more important than our happiness. However, if you want to be a more peaceful person, you must understand that being right is almost never more important than
__10__
yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go and reach out. Let other
people be
__11__. This doesn't mean that you're wrong. Everything will be fine. You'll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right. You'll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be “right”， they will become
__12__
defensive and more loving toward you.
1. A. believing
B. doubting
C. questioning
D. wondering
2. A. make
B. correct
C. keep
D. decide
3. A. discussion
B. agreement
C. disagreement
D. fight
4. A. say
B. tell
C. talk
D. speak
5. A. accepted
B. agreed
C. apologized
D. refused
6. A. willing
B. hurrying
C. unwilling
D. glad
7. A. sleep
B. encouragement
C. movement
D. satisfaction
8. A. accepted
B. offered
C. refused
D. lent
9. A. decisions
B. friends
C. positions
D. relatives
10. A. letting
B. making
C. enjoying
D. allowing
11. A. true
B. nice
C. good
D. right
12. A. better
B. less
C. more
D. fewer
(3)(8 min.)
Prof Dennis Brown once gave his class a special homework to “go to someone you love and tell them” you love them. It has to be someone you have __1__ said those words to before or at least haven't shared those words with for a long time. Now that doesn't sound like a very tough assignment, __2__ you realize that most of the students were over 35 and were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho”.
In the next class, one of the men raised his hand to __3__ his homework. He began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry at first. Who were you to tell me to do something that __4__？ But when driving home I knew exactly the answer.”
“Five years ago, my father and I had a furious disagreement. Since then, we __5__ seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. So by the time I got home I had __6__ myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.”
“The next afternoon, I was at my parents' house ringing the doorbell, praying that Dad would answer the door. I was afraid if Mom answered that I would __7__ and tell her instead. But as luck would have it, Dad did answer the door. I didn't __8__ any time — I took one step in the door and said, ‘Dad, I just came over to tell you that I love you.’”
“It was as if a transformation came over my dad. Before his face __9__， the wrinkles seemed to disappear and he began to cry. He reached out and hugged me and said, ‘I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it.’ It was such a __10__ moment I hadn't felt that great in a long time.”
“But that's not even my __11__. Two days after that visit, my dad had a sudden heart attack and ended up in the hospital, __12__.”
“So my message to all of you in this is: Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now！”
1. A. never
B. frequently
C. ever
D. usually
2. A. when
B. until
C. if
D. before
3. A. tell
B. hand
C. give
D. share
4. A. emotional
B. secret
C. personal
D. hard
5. A. began
B. prevented
C. kept
D. avoided
6. A. thought
B. convinced
C. asked
D. ordered
7. A. step out
B. fade away
C. chicken out
D. turn away
8. A. waste
B. hesitate
C. wait
D. lose
9. A. laughed
B. relieved
C. smiled
D. softened
10. A. important
B. precious
C. moved
D. valueless
11. A. point
B. assignment
C. end
D. story
12. A. unknown
B. unconcerned
C. unconscious
D. unhappy
(4)(8 min.)
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps __1__ the talk with slides(幻灯片), writing up important information on the blackboard, distributing reading material and giving out __2__.The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and __3__ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and which become hard even for the __4__ themselves to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which __5__ new students to develop the skills they need to be __6__ listeners and notetakers. If these are unavailable, there are many useful studyskills guides which enable learners to practice these skills __7__. In all cases it is important to __8__ the problem before actually starting your studies.
It is important to __9__ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of __10__ these difficulties is to attend the language and studyskills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic __11__ is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identify difficulties, __12__ ideas and provide support.
1. A. extending
B. illustrating
C. performing
D. conducting
2. A. assignments
B. information
C. content
D. definition
3. A. suspects
B. understands
C. wonders
D. convinces
4. A. teachers
B. classmates
C. partners
D. students
5. A. prevent
B. require
C. assist
D. forbid
6. A. effective
B. passive
C. relative
D. expressive
7. A. independently
B. repeatedly
C. logically
D. generally
8. A. evaluate
B. acquaint
C. tackle
D. formulate
9. A. predict
B. acknowledge
C. argue
D. ignore
10. A. preventing
B. withstanding
C. sustaining
D. overcoming
11. A. statement
B. strategy
C. situation
D. suggestion
12. A. exchange
B. find
C. make
D. change
(5)(8 min.)
There was a man who played the piano in a bar. He was a(n)__1__piano player. People came out just to hear him play. But one night, a customer told him he didn't want to hear him play but to sing a song. The man said, “I don't sing.”
But the customer was__2__. He told the waiter, “I'm__3__listening to the piano. I want that guy to sing.” The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey buddy! If you want to get__4__， sing a song. The customers are asking you to sing！” So he had no__5__but to sing a song. To his__6__， he sang so well that everybody remained silent for a few minutes before they __7__ prolonged cheering. He had the__8__he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a noname piano player in a noname bar, but because he had to sing, he went on to become one of the bestknown__9__in America. He was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel as if your “talent” is very great, but it may be__10__than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be__11__. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you__12__！ The better question is not “what ability do I have？” It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have？”
1. A.
ordinary
B. professional
C.
strange
D.
good
2. A.
generous
B. persistent
C.
rude
D.
hard
3. A.
tired of
B. fond of
C.
interested in
D.
afraid of
4. A.
changed
B. promoted
C.
paid
D.
inspired
5. A.
chance
B. choice
C.
right
D.
space
6. A.
surprise
B. delight
C.
disappointment
D.
sorrow
7. A.
shouted at
B. called out
C.
burst out
D.
burst into
8. A.
status
B. opportunity
C.
emotion
D.
gift
9. A.
pianists
B. dancers
C.
singers
D.
waiters
10. A.
worse
B. better
C.
smaller
D.
easier
11. A.
improved
B. changed
C.
corrected
D.
displayed
12. A.
possess
B. use
C.
master
D.
borrow
(6)(8 min.)
The Monkey with the Wooden Apples
There once was a happy monkey in the jungle. He was wandering all days, eating delicious fruit when hungry and __1__ when tired. One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful __2__. He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest.
The monkey tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth. The apples were made of wood, but they were beautiful, and when the other monkeys __3__ them, he held onto them even tighter.
