2020年高三英语寒假作业 (3)

高三英语试卷（23）

一、单项填空

1. ---What do you think of the superstar Huang Xiaoming?

---He is a good husband, ___ a lot of actors may not, and he is a good son-in-law as well.

A. who

B. which

C. whom

D. where

2. You really want my opinion of this young man? Ok, then. I would say he didn’t quite behave himself in the party, ________.

A. if ever

B. if so

C. if any

D. if anything

3. With a violent effort, Mathilde Loisel overcame her grief and replied, “Nothing. Only I haven't address. Give your invitation to some friend of yours whose wife will ________ better than I shall.

A. turn out

B. carry out

C. give out

D. come out

4. It was only when I read Story of the Stone a second time ____ a better understanding of the

relationships of the characters in it.

A. did I have

B. that I had

C. I did have

D. had I had

ually in a family, parents should always watch out for their behavior. As what they do will cast

a ________ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future.

A. glance

B. doubt

C. shadow

D. vision

6. ---You didn’t go to Europe, why?

---I this morning, but I to Shanghai because of an emergency.

A. was to start; am going

B. was scheduled to start; will go

C. should have started; am going

D. would like to start; will go

7. The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market ___ its

superiorquality. A. in terms of B. by virtue of C. on behalf of D. on top of

8. The charity organization has launched various activities designed to ______ a hand of friendship to the girl with leukemia（白血病）.

A. spread

B. stretch

C. expand

D. extend

9. Each time I kept him away from us by giving him a sunny smile or a little wave, as if ________ him we were in a good state.

A. assuring

B. having assured

C. to assure

D. to have assured

10. — It annoys me when a person's cell phone goes off during a movie!

— Yeah, me too. It ___________.

A. really bites my tongue

B. gets me to kill the fatted calf

C. makes me see the handwriting on the wall

D. really gets on my nerves

二、完形填空

Decades ago, I was one of the unhappiest men in New York. I was selling motor-trucks for a living.

I didn't know what made a motor-truck run. That wasn't all: I didn't want to know. I despised (看不起）my job, I despised living in a 11furnished room filled with cockroaches (蟑螂). When I 12out for a fresh necktie, they scattered in all directions. I despised eating in dirty restaurants 13filled with cockroaches.

I came back to my lonely room each night with a sick headache 14by disappointment and bitterness. Was this life? Was this the adventure I had 15? Was this all life would ever16to me —working at a job I despised, living with cockroaches, and eating bad food? I 17for leisure to read and to write the books I had dreamed of writing back in my college days.

I knew I had everything to gain and 18 to lose by giving up the job I despised. So I quitted the work I hated and19I had studied in the Teachers’ College, preparing to teach, I would make my living teaching adult classes in night schools. Then I would have my 20 free to read books, prepare lectures, and write novels.

What subject should I teach? As I looked back and21my own college training, I saw that public speaking was of more 22value to me than everything else I had studied in college because it had23out my lack of confidence and given me the courage to deal with people. It had also made24that leadership usually favors the man who can get up and speak his mind.

Then I started teaching in night schools, where I had to show25 results quickly. These 26didn't come for college credits. They came for one reason only: to solve problems. They wanted to stand up on their own feet and say a few words at a business meeting without fainting from27. They wanted to call on a(n)28customer without, having to walk around the block three times to get up29. They wanted to develop self-confidence, I had to30my students--I had to help them. By doing this, I found my true calling and happiness.