专题三 完形填空3 议论文（课件+word）-2020高考英语【步步高】考前三个月(全国版)

3.议论文 A (2019·四川双流中学模拟) 话题：知足常乐 难度：★★★ 建议用时：17分 [来源:学科网] History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically poor compared to me. I have storm windows， 1 Croesus，the last king of Lydia who was incredibly rich，did not.The entire population 2 before Alexander the Great，but he couldn’t buy unpacked cat food.William Ⅰ，who conquered England some 930 years ago， 3 a compound saw(复合锯)． Given how much 4 I am than so many famous 5 people，you’d think I’d be content.However，the 6 is that，like most people，I compare my wealth with 7 of living persons：neighbors，school classmates，TV personalities.The 8 I feel toward my friend Howard’s new kitchen is not 9 by the fact that no French king 10 had a refrigerator with glass doors.There is really no rising or falling 11 of living.Over the centuries people simply find different things to 12 about.You’d think that merely not having a disease would put us in a good 13 ，but no，we want a hot bathtub，too. Of course，one way to achieve happiness would be to 14 that even by contemporary standards the things I 15 are pretty nice.My house is 16 than the houses of many investment bankers，but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep 17 . 18 to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future，those bankers，fancy counter tops and my own worn ones will seem 19 shabby.I can’t 20 my neighbor right now.But just wait. [来源:学科网ZXXK] 1．A.as B．while C．when D．since 答案　B 解析　as由于；while然而；when当……时候；since既然。根据本句句意“我有防风窗，而吕底亚的最后一位非常富有的国王克里萨斯却没有。”可知，此处是并列句，前后形成鲜明对比，while“然而”符合语境。故答案为B。 2．A.jumped B．smiled C．laughed D．trembled 答案　D 解析　jump跳跃；smile微笑；laugh大笑；tremble颤抖。根据本句句意“在亚历山大大帝面前，所有的人都战栗不已，但他却买不到没有包装的猫粮。”及but可知前后是一种转折关系，故答案为D。 3．A.lacked B．possessed C．abandoned D．lost 答案　A 解析　lack缺乏；possess拥有；abandon遗弃；lose丢失。根据本句句意“930年前征服英国的威廉一世缺少一把圆锯。”并按合上文中的“did not”和“he couldn’t buy”可知，填lacked。故选A。 4．A.well off B．better off C．worse off