1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 题组层级快练 17 Unit 2 Working the land . 阅读理解 (2017 吉林 )Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if youre unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires not that you cannot satisfy your tastes
2、 but that you dont have enough tastes. Real riches consist of well developed and hearty capacities (能力 ) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没 ) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They_live_in_too_big_a_house_with_ too_many_rooms,_yet_their_house_of_life_is_a_hut. Your ho
3、use of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅 ), a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have. Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only
4、understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when youre hungry. Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go tow
5、ard making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library. Music like Mozarts and Bachs shouldnt be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when youve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have inc
6、reased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills. Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, play a bit. Whatever rooms
7、you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding. 1. The author intends to tell us that _ A. true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means B. big houses are peoples most valued possessions 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C. big houses can in a sense bring richness of life D.
8、true happiness comes from spiritual riches 2. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that _ A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life D. though
9、 their house is big, it seems to be a cage 3. It can be learned from the passage that _ A. more money brings more happiness B. art is needed to make your house beautiful C. literature can enrich your spiritual life D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness 4. What would be the best title
10、for the passage? A. House of Life B. Secret of Wealth C. Rest and Refreshment D. Interest and Enthusiasm 答案与解析 【文章 大意】 这是一篇议论文。这篇文章论证了精神富有与真正快乐之间的关系。有些人物质上富足 ， 精神上却很贫穷。文学可以丰富人们的精神生活 ， 真正的快乐来自于精神的富有。 1. 答案 D 解析 推理判断题。根据全文最后一句话 “Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoyin
11、g life is to keep adding.” 可知 ， 真正的快乐来自于精神的富有。 2. 答案 B 解析 推理判断题。根据第二段的前两句话 “Real riches consist of well developed and hearty capacities (能力 ) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没 ) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much.” 可知 ， 划线句子的意思是他们物质上富足 ， 精神上却很贫穷。 3. 答案 C 解析 细节理解题。根据第五段
12、 “Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.” 可知文学可以丰富你的精神【 精品教育资源文库 】 生活 ， 故
13、选 C 项。 4. 答案 A 解析 主 旨大意题。文章多次提到了房子 ， 且这篇文章论证了精神富有与真正快乐之间的关系 ， 所以最好的题目是生活的房子 ， 故选 A 项。 . 完形填空 Speaking Up (2017 天津高三模拟 )I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the retarded (智障的 ) boy a few tables away. It didnt even cross my mind that he might feel _1_ when people whispered a
14、bout him. So I just let them talk. Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martins testing for autism (自闭症 ) came out positive (阳性 ). I had never thought about him like that. I broke _2_， crying. Everything had just changed. He was no longer a(n) _3_ little boy. Over time, I was able to a
15、ccept his _4_ a little more. We had to _5_ because Martin needed treatment. So Martin and I both started at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “ short” bus (for the retarded) came and _6_ up some kids. The children in the other line started making _7_ about the “ re
16、tarded” on that bus and I felt a _8_ feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those comments werent very nice, _9_ no one listened. My family moved again. In the new school I got a _10_ to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher _11_ our playing to make some comments, “ . Guys, w
17、ere playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on! ” The entire room was laughing loudly. I felt very _12_. Then, I raised my hand. I wasnt sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be heard. The whole class _13_ down. My mouth opened and this came out: “ I dont think we should make fun of the
18、short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my _ 14_ getting louder. “ So I would _15_ it if you didnt make fun of them.” The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher _16_ for his words and then
19、started the song again. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didnt _17_， because I knew three things: I had spoken the _18_， I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had _19_ to take a different path since I wanted t
20、o become 【 精品教育资源文库 】 a _20_ and a role model. 1. A. amazed B. hurt C. uncertain D. cold 2. A. off B. in C. down D. away 3. A. normal B. noisy C. outstanding D. impressive 4. A. pain B. interest C. opinion D. illness 5. A. change B. move C. quit D. study 6. A. set B. took C. brought D. picked 7. A.
21、 jokes B. complaints C. choices D. discoveries 8. A. violent B. strange C. confusing D. clear 9. A. because B. if C. but D. so 10. A. chance B. position C. topic D. point 11. A. encouraged B. bothered C. enjoyed D. stopped 12. A. bad B. embarrassed C. tense D. guilty 13. A. sat B. slowed C. quieted
22、D. looked 14. A. pace B. voice C. pulse D. breath 15. A. excuse B. appreciate C. stand D. permit 16. A. apologized B. fought C. allowed D. argued 【 精品教育资源文库 】 17. A. understand B. notice C. return D. care 18. A. wisdom B. importance C. matter D. truth 19. A. helped B. decided C. agreed D. hoped 20.
23、 A. reporter B. thinker C. leader D. trainer 答案与解析 【文章大意】 当 “ 我 ” 弟弟被诊断出自闭症后 ，“ 我 ” 才意识到不应该取笑那些有智障的人 ，并身体力行的在课堂上纠正老师的问题，从而更加坚信自己。 1. 答案 B 解析 句意：当人们耳语时 “ 我 ” 并没有注意到他可能会受到伤害。 feel hurt“ 受伤 ” 。根据人们耳语一个智障的孩子 ， 故选 B 项。 2. 答案 C 解析 “ 我 ” 从来没有想到这样 ， 我崩溃了 ， 大哭。 break down“ 崩溃 ” 。 3. 答案 A 解析 根据 “Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martins testing for autism (自闭症 ) came out positive (阳性 ) ” 可知他不再是个正常的孩子。 normal“ 正常的 ” ； noisy“ 吵闹的 ”
