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精 读 高 考 真 题 (五)
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏,精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题,高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心,从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.
My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ___41___ little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its __42___ throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for ___43__ help during our spring break, for which I had no __44___ beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d ___45___ minimum wage. I’d see how a factory ___46___. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy’s dad with their ___47___.
Our ___48___ in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ___49___ bunny from the belt. This was ___50___ than it sounds. __51___ a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I’d __52___.
Dad ___53___. The son of a grocer, he’d spent the summers of his childhood ___54___ food in Bernardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you ___55___ the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.
41. A. sold B. ordered C. made D. reserved
42. A. stores B. families C. schools D. citizens
43. A. generous B. financial C. technical D. temporary
44. A. plans B. problems C. excuses D. hobbies
45. A. offer B. earn C. set D. suggest
46. A. worked B. closed C. developed D. survived
47. A. ambition B. permission C. experience D. invitation
48. A. joys B. ideas C. roles D. choices
49. A. Save B. Keep C. Stop D. Remove
50. A. harder B. better C. longer D. cheaper
51. A. Calm do