(江苏专用)2020高考英语一轮复习提分专练(四)牛津译林版

提分专练（四）

Ⅰ.完形填空

All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. It's the age when we have to deal with the most __1__ in our life. This transition (过渡) from childhood to adulthood is __2__ for some, but rough for others. The most important thing about being a teenager is __3__. When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do. Unlike before when we were small kids, even if we made a big trouble, we didn't need to pay anything for it.

It's all not so __4__ about being a teenager though. We don't have to have our __5__ take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldn't go before. We can have __6__ with friends or even alone, which we couldn't have because we were too __7__ to know what pleasure is! It's a very enjoyable time of life. During this age, we are old enough to __8__ what is good for us, and make decisions without __9__ others.

But like the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue __10__.” During this period, we are having much __11__ for our studies. If we don't pass, we won't get jobs, and things will take a turn for the __12__. With the present world economy in __13__， we have to do really, really well in our __14__ for a job. Adults say that their __15__ is the hardest part of life. But I think the transition from a kid to an adult is much __16__ than being already an adult. What we do in our teenage years will __17__ what we become and how we lead our life in the future.

In conclusion, it is quite __18__ that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager. If they realized that, living condition for teenagers would be much better, __19__ for the teens ourselves we should get to know what is best for us. What's more, we should understand the right __20__ of life we choose at this age can make us happy for the rest of our existence.

语篇解读：本文主要介绍了青春期的特点，并告诉我们应如何度过青春期。

1．A.chances B．changes

C．feelings D．expectations

解析：选B 青春期是我们经历人生中最大“改变(changes)”的时期。

2．A.smooth B．practical

C．demanding D．necessary

解析：选A 根据下文“对于一些年轻人而言，青春期难熬”可知“对于另一些年轻人

而言，青春期‘轻松(smooth)’过去”。

3．A.knowledge B．independence

C．confidence D．responsibility

解析：选D 根据本段最后一句“当我们是孩子时，我们即使惹了大麻烦也不必负责”可知青少年必须“负责(responsibility)”。

4．A.easy B．strange

C．bad D．interesting

解析：选C 本段主要说明青春期也有“好的(not bad)”一面。

5．A.guides B．partners

C．parents D．friends

解析：选C 我们不必要求“父母(parents)”带我们去想去的地方。

6．A.fun B．trouble

C．relation D．business

解析：选A 我们可以同朋友一起“玩乐(fun)”。relation意为“关系”。

7．A.proud B．young

C．smart D．mature

解析：选B 当年我们没有感到那些快乐，是因为那时我们太“年轻(young)”，不知快乐的滋味。

8．A.predict B．remember

C．imagine D．understand

解析：选D 在这个时期，我们大了，可以“知晓(understand)”什么对我们有益了。

9．A.guiding B．helping

C．inviting D．consulting

解析：选D 我们现在可以不必“询问(consulting)”别人来作出决定。

10．A.occasionally B．temporarily

C．forever D．increasingly

解析：选C 所有好的事情都会结束，而不好的事情都可以“永远(forever)”持续下去。

11．A.pressure B．passion

C．motivation D．panic

解析：选 A 青春期时我们有学习“压力(pressure)”。passion意为“激情”；motivation意为“激励”；panic意为“恐慌”。

12．A.better B．worse

C．fewer D．more