2018年山东高考英语练习题及答案（4）

I’ve always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and started 1 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏) our 2 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 3 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could 4 a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 5.

You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 6 big prizes.

My wife had been changing her 7 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 8 of all the prizes we’d won. Then there was a lot of travelling, which she liked. You see, someone has to take the pigeons a 9 way off and release them. Some of the 10 were really nice. I never traveled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They got the wonderful sense of 11, which could bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes 12 storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great 13. Then I’d watch them 14 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I’d look at my watch and think,"My goodness, that’s a good 15." And I’d take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 16 what time he’d arrived. Then my wife would 17 up and say, "Has he arrived yet?" Then we would work out if we’d won 18.

However, last year we had a 19! One of them got some sort of flu(流感) and died; then they all 20. It was terrible; I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.

1. A. racing B. understanding C. selling D. flying

2. A. dream B. work C. life D. hobby

3. A. just B. even C. almost D. hardly

4. A. notice B. learn C. imagine D. recognize

5. A. living B. fun C. money D. change

6. A. losing B. winning C. giving D. making

7. A. subject B. decision C. relation 　 D. attitude

8. A. proud B. fond C. careful D. sure

9. A. different B. long C. short D. far

10. A. distances B. activities C. trips D. movements

11. A. direction B. sight C. hearing D. touch

12. A. over B. across C. with D. through

13. A. heaven B. mountain C. cloud D. sky

14. A. turn B. dance C. circle D. whistle

15. A. beginning B. time C. day D. look

16. A. write B. record C. count D. memorize

17. A. come B. show C. phone D. cheer

18. A. again B. finally C. only D. accidentally

19. A. disadvantage B. chance C. problem D. disaster

20. A. flew down B. went down C. let out D. gave out

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本文主要描述了作者喜欢鸽子并经常参加信鸽比赛的经历。

1. 由全文内容可知此处意为"我买了几只并开始参加信鸽比赛。"race使……进行比赛。

2. 买信鸽花了很多钱，对我们的生活(life)造成了一点影响。

4. recognize识别(好信鸽)。

7. 我的妻子在过去的一、两年内一直在改变对待信鸽的态度(attitude)。

9. 要进行信鸽比赛得有人把鸽子带到很远的地方(a long way)，然后放飞(release)。

12. 穿过(through)暴风雨。

13. 注意：heaven当"天空"讲时，常用作复数，故此空填sky。

14. 鸽子着陆时要在空中盘旋，故此空填circle(盘旋，绕圈)。

16. 鸽子飞回家后，主人应马上取下腿环，记录(record)鸽子到达的时间。

17. phone(sb.)up打电话。由第三段前三句话可知作者的妻子对信鸽比赛产生了兴趣。

18. 然后我们将判断是否我们又(again)获胜了。文章第二段有提示。

19. disaster灾难。

20. go down倒下，病倒。

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for 17 years, I had no 2 about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted,"4!"

The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement.

My students 8 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said,"Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11 theme (主题). "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical (哲学的) framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained. "How 13 they say I didn’t teach them anything?"

It was a long term, and it 14 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 15 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide 18 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

19, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1. A. the UK B. the US C. China D. Australia

2. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience

3. A. impress B. put C. leave D. fix

4. A. Attention B. Look out C. At ease D. Stand up

5. A. puzzled B. sure C. curious D. worried

6. A. found B. returned C. regained D. followed

7. A. more B. even C. yet D. still

8. A. passed B. borrowed C. kept D. read

9. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved

10. A. Naturally B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably

11. A. different B. strong C. similar D. usual

12. A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background

13. A. should B. need C. will D. must

14. A. immediately B. certainly C. simply D. gradually

15. A. that B. what C. those D. ones

16. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual

17. A. draw B. get C. decide D. give

18. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious

19. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Though

20. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better

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本文主要描述了一位外籍教师在中国初次教学的经历，从而说明了文化不同教学方式也应不同的道理。

1. 由文章最后一句可知这位外籍教师在美国已有17年的教学经历。

2-3. 这位外籍教师一点也不怀疑(doubt)自己的能力，她确信自己一定能吸引中国学生的注意力，并使学生深深意识到(impress sth. on sb.)自己对本民族文学的崇拜。

4-5. 在中国，老师进教室时，学生起立(stand up)是理所当然的事，而这一举动却使这位外籍教师有点迷惑(puzzled)。

6. 这位外籍教师恢复了(regained)平静。

7. 这位外籍教师确信自己一定能赢得学生的尊敬，甚至(even)赢得他们的钦佩。

8. 中国学生每天有记日记的习惯。keep a diary记日记。

9. 当这位外籍教师读学生的日记时，她有的那种成就感一逝而去。the rosy glow此处指这位外籍教师自信而愉快的感觉。

11. 每一篇日记都表达了一个相似的(similar)主题。

12. historical background历史背景。

13. should与why, how, who等连用，表示意外、惊异等。

14. gradually逐渐地。

16. 上文说过这位外籍教师确信自己有能力吸引中国学生的注意力，故推断此空应填interesting。

17. draw a conclusion得出结论。