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标题: 2013高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练：A land of diversity [打印本页]

作者: 心迹 时间: 2012-9-20 16:13
标题: 2013高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练：A land of diversity

高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练：选修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity

Ⅰ.完形填空
Just before Christmas 1978，Kenneth was a passenger in a car as it drove through the Navajo Nation.The night was dark，and the driver，an elderly woman，__1__ and killed an eight-year-old boy.
Later，when he saw how sad the boy's family were，Kenneth made a(n) __2__.He would “do whatever it takes to make __3__happy at Christmas time”．
A year later，at the age of 18，he was living with his mother and younger brother.They were hardly making ends meet on his low wages，but Kenneth bought a used Santa suit and went around __4__ people as poor as himself to give candy and fruit for families even more needy.
Just before midnight on Christmas Eve，he went knocking on doors of __5__houses in the poorest section of the Navajo Nation.Many of the darkened homes didn't have __6__.
Some families were __7__ to open their doors so late at night.“It's a man! He has a big bag！” He __8__a boy，holding up a lantern and watching from behind the curtains，tell his parents.Kenneth convinced them he was __9__.
At every opened door，he __10__ candies，oranges，toys and so on.Many Navajo kids had never seen __11__ before，so his old costume and store-bought beard didn't __12__ them.It touched Kenneth that the kids were excited by so __13__.
He __14__ it up year after year，gathering more “elves (精灵)” to help him.His Christmas Eve __15__ have grown into an annual Navajo feast with gifts of clothing，tools and toys for over 700 people.Kids who can't make it to the event because they're sick or lack transportation get a personal visit from Kenneth or one of his elves.
“My grandfather taught me that you learn to be a man by sharing and by keeping promises，” he says.
【语篇解读】　圣诞节悲惨的一幕，使Kenneth许下了一个诺言：让所有的孩子在圣诞节快快乐乐。尽管自己很贫穷，但他还是给孩子们送去了节日的喜悦。同时也表达了这样一个信念：作为真正的人必须学会分享，必须遵守诺言。
1．A.struck　　　　　　 B．touched
C．found    D．stopped
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2．A.conclusion    B．excuse
C．promise    D．effort
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3．A.the family    B．children
C．brothers       D．his mother
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4．A.suggesting    B．persuading
C．requiring    D．calling
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5．A.old    B．big
C．bright    D．lonely
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6．A.electricity    B．food
C．doors    D．windows
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7．A.happy    B．angry
C．afraid    D．eager
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8．A.thought    B．hoped
C．let       D．heard
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9．A.gentle    B．generous
C．harmless    D．helpful
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10．A.reached for    B．put down
C．picked out    D．handed out
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11．A.Kenneth    B．candies
C．elves    D．Santa Claus
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12．A.disappoint    B．satisfy
C．attract    D．please
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