第二部分 语法填空第18练 Passages 12-14-2020高考英语【高考高手】必刷专题综合练

第18练　Passages 12-14◆建议用时:25分钟 Passage 12 (2019·全国2,15分,难度★★) A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for 1.　　　　　　(be)Britain’s oldest full-time employee—still working 40 hours a week.Now Irene Astbury works from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield,2.　　　　　　 she opened with her late husband Les.Her years of hard work have 3.　　　　　　(final)been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.  Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement”award,proud Irene 4.　　　　　　　　(declare) she had no plans 5.　　　　　　(retire) from her 36-year-old business.Irene said,“I don’t see any reason to give up work.I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I 6.　　　　　(make) over the years.I work not because I have to,7.　　　　　　 because I want to.”  Granddaughter Gayle Parks,31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award.She said,“We don’t have any idea who put grandma forward.When we got a call 8.　　　　　　(say)she was short-listed,we thought it was 9.　　　　　　 joke.But then we got an official letter and we were blown away.We are so proud of her.It’s 10.　　　　　　(wonder).”  答案与解析 【语篇导读】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了一位90岁的英国女士仍然坚持工作,被评为“年度女性”的事迹。 1.being　考查非谓语动词。for是介词,后接动词时要用动词-ing形式。 2.which　考查定语从句。先行词是the pet shop,关系词在非限制性定语从句中做宾语,所以填which。 3.finally　考查副词。分析句子成分可知,所填的词在句中做状语,所以用副词形式。 4.declared　考查时态。根据下文的“she had no plans”可知,此处讲述的是过去发生的事情,所以用一般过去时。 5.to retire　考查非谓语动词。分析句子成分可知,plans后接动词不定式做定语。 6.have made　考查时态。根据句中的时间状语“over the years”可知,句子应用现在完成时。 7.but　考查连词。分析句子结构可知,此处是“not...but...”结构,意为“不是……而是……”。 8.saying　考查非谓语动词。call和say有逻辑上的主谓关系,所以用动词-ing形式来解释call的内容。 9.a　考查冠词。joke是单数可数名词,此处是泛指,所以填a。 10.wonderful　考查形容词。所填的词在句中做表语,所以用形容词形式。 Passage 13 (2019·全国3,15分,难度★★) On our way to the house,it was raining 1.　　　　　　 hard that we couldn’t help wondering how long it would take 2.　　　　　　(get) there.It was in the middle of Pearl City.  We were first greeted with the barking by a pack 3.　　　　　　 dogs,se