2021届高考英语词汇串记与阅读训练(十七)

2021高考英语词汇串记与阅读训练（十七）

Part 1 词汇精炼

初级词汇

Jazz is a unique （contribute ）of America to world arts and culture. Jazz was created in New Orleans, a port city in the south of the US, at the turn of the 20th century. The 1920s is （regard）as the Jazz Age, or the Golden Age of American Jazz. The later years witnessed the （develop）of different and complicated types of jazz and the emergence of a number of world-renowned jazz masters.

Exercise 1：将蓝色标记的词汇或者短语写出中文意思

1．2．3．4．5．6．7．8．9．10．11．

Exercise 2：将短文中的空格处补充完整

1．

2．

3．

答案：1.contribution 2.regarded 3.development

Exercise 3：全文翻译

答案：爵士乐是美国对世界艺术与文化的独特贡献。爵士乐于19世纪末20世纪初诞生于美国南部港口城市新奥尔良。20世纪20年代被认为是“爵士年

代”，也是美国爵士乐的黄金时代。之后，爵士乐发展出不同风格的复杂类型，同时涌现出了很多举世闻名的爵士乐大师。

高级词汇

Chunlian, or the Spring Festival couplet, is an important symbol of the Chinese Spring Festival. When the Spring Festival comes, every family will paste up chunlian on both （side）of the door, which is meant to wave goodbye to the past year and usher in the new year, （add）festive atmosphere to the Spring Festival. Besides chunlian, people also paste up the Chinese character “fu”, which （indicate）blessing, good luck, well-being and happiness, and meanwhile expresses people’s yearning and best wishes for a good future.

Exercise 1：将蓝色标记的词汇或者短语写出中文意思

1．2．3．4．5．6．7．8．9．10．11．12．

Exercise 2：将短文中的空格处补充完整

1．

2．

3．

答案：1.sides 2.adding 3.indicate

Exercise 3：全文翻译

答案：春联是中国人过春节的重要标志。每逢春节，家家户户都在大门两边贴上崭新的春联，辞旧迎新，为春节增加喜庆气氛。在贴春联的同时，人们还会贴“福”字。

“福”字寓意“福气、福运、安康、幸福”，寄托了人们对美好未来的向往和祝愿

Part 2 阅读练习

When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 1than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 2much in repairs that he decided that he had better 3it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 4to buy a cheap car,but they all knew that it was falling to pieces,so 5of them had any desire to buy it.Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was 6when they met one evening,and asked,“What’s 7,Dave?”

Dave told him,and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper? You may 8more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s 9was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read “For sale:small car,10very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at ￡10.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared,there was no 11.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to 12 the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 13or not.“Fine,”the man said,“and I’ll 14my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to 15it.”

The next morning,at a quarter to ten,Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,16to wait there for the people who had answered his 17.Even Dave had to 18that the car really looked like a wreck(遭严重毁坏的汽车).Then,soon after he had got the car as clean 19it could be,a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out.He looked at Dave’s car and then said,“Have you reported this 20to us yet,sir?”

1.A.directly B.safely C.properly D.easily

2.A.so B.such C.very D.too

3.A.keep B.repair C.sell D.throw

4.A.anxious B.lucky C.ashamed D.generous

5.A.some B.neither C.none D.most

6.A.delighted B.upset C.calm D.astonished

7.A.on B.up C.it D.that

8.A.learn B.miss C.get D.find

9.A.message B.advice C.request D.description

https://www.360docs.net/doc/cd83473.html,es B.loses C.has D.spends

11.A.doubt B.help C.trouble D.answer

12.A.tell B.see C.agree D.call

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14.A.follow B.meet C.bring D.introduce

15.A.recognize B.gain C.admire D.test

16.A.happening B.meaning C.turning D.failing

17.A.question B.phone C.advertisement D.letter

18.A.forget B.show C.disagree D.admit

19.A.as B.that C.so D.such

20.A.bargain B.sale C.accident D.result

参考答案：

1.D Dave买车的主要目的是上下班方便,故选easily。

2.A根据上文的it got so old可知,这辆车的修理费很高。根据下文中的that可知,此处为so...that结构,意为“如此……以至于……”。

3.C由于修理费很高,以至于他决定最好将车卖掉。

4.A Dave想了解是否有人急着买便宜的车。be anxious to do sth“急于做某事”。

5.C前面已经提到“it was falling to pieces”,所以没有人愿意买。

6.B因为没人愿意买车,所以他很伤心。

7.B what’s up为固定用法,表示“怎么回事,发生了什么”,符合题意。

8.C Sam建议他在报纸上做广告,这样他得到的可能比广告费用要多。

9.B考虑到Sam的建议有道理,他在报纸上登了广告。

10.A use意为“使用”,在这里表示车很省油。lose“丢失”;have“有”;spend“花费(时间、金钱等)”。

11.D answer意为“回应”,no answer表示广告登出去以后无人问津。doubt“怀疑”;help “帮助”;trouble“麻烦”。

12.B有人打电话来,并说想要来看车。

13.B suitable表示“合适的”,在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。

14.C这里表示那个人会带他的妻子来,故用bring。follow“跟着”;meet“遇见”;introduce “介绍”。

15.D打电话的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。

16.B mean to意为“打算做”,此处表示Dave打算在那儿等打电话的人。

17.C此处是指Dave打算在那里等那个看了广告以后打电话来要看车的人,即对他的广告做出回应的人。

18.D此处表示Dave自己也不得不承认自己的车看起来太旧了,故用admit,意为“承认”。

19.A as clean as it could be“尽可能地干净”。

20.C警察看到那辆破车,以为发生了事故,故选accident。