2018年山东高考英语练习题及答案（3）

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 1 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was 2, with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t 3 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof(证明)of how 4 I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. "I guess we all have to 5 something,"Mother said quietly. I could 6 her pain and the tension(紧张)of 7 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my 8. Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 9 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her 10 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could 11 was enough. At that moment, feeling Mother’s 12 with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to 13. She was still my mother, 14 she was something 15: a person like me, capable of fear and 16 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 17 in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 18.

"It’s a job I can do, though." She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very 19 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her 20 away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

1. A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked

2. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering

3. A. understand B. type C. run D. return

4. A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much

5. A. fail B. win C. forget D. obtain

6. A. kill B. watch C. sense D. recognize

7. A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from

8. A. pain B. laughter C. arrival D. feeling

9. A. to B. up C. through D. against

10. A. tightly B. thoughtfully C. carefully D. politely

11. A. and that B. now that C. but that D. so that

12. A. hand B. face C. hair D. back

13. A. content B. break C. fall D. shout

14. A. therefore B. although C. yet D. however

15. A. more B. excellent C. strange D. huge

16. A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt

17. A. kindness B. memory C. comfort D. support

18. A. supplied B. offered C. paid D. contributed

19. A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious

20. A. crying B. laughing C. tapping D. sewing

1-5 DABCA 6-10 CACDA 11-15 ADBCA 16-20 DCBAC

本文通过对一位母亲失业后感情流露的描写，赞扬了这位母亲不甘愿服输的品格。

1. 刚刚放学回家，我被眼前的一幕震惊(shocked)得目瞪口呆。

2. 由下文的finding Mother in tears可知此处应填crying。

4. 在发现母亲伤心流泪时我所表现的尴尬和震惊证明了我对母亲肩负的压力了解得是多么的少(little)。

5. 母亲在自我安慰：我想我们大家都会失败。something前省略了介词in。

6. sense觉察到。

7. hold back抑制，控制。

9. 我伸出手抱住了母亲，她那时完全崩溃(broke)了。她把脸俯在我的肩上，抽泣起来。

10. 我紧紧地(tightly)抱着她。

11. 我知道我在做我应该做的事和我能做的事，那已经足够了。

12. 双手抱着母亲，故此处应是抚摸着母亲的背部(back)。

14-15. 然而(yet)母亲像我一样也有别的东西：恐惧、内心的痛苦(hurt)和失败。

18. the radio station offered为定语从句，修饰salary。

20. tap(在打字机上)敲打。

I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 1 rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles home. On the 2 was Marty Bandera, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft(草稿) of my novel three weeks earlier. " I have a couple of 3," Bandera said.

"First, how old are you?" " I’m 48," I replied.

"Are you in good 4?" "Yes, excellent. What’s this about?"

"I’ve sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars."

I sat down in 6. I had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8, but not me. Each time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 10. Seeing this book 11 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It’s a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after publication!

I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a 14 of words. She sparked(激发) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as I could write I 18 them down on paper.

I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing, 19 novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has changed my life.

1. A. phone B. bell C. clock D. alarm

2. A. step B. line C. side D. doorway

3. A. novels B. things C. questions D. problems

4. A. wealth B. health C. care D. order

5. A. to B. in C. on D. for

6. A. need B. joy C. delight D. astonishment

7. A. rejected B. received C. judged D. lost

8. A. worried B. angry C. discouraged D. excited

9. A. couldn’t help B. got down to C. got used to D. went on

10. A. shut down B. find out C. give up D. set aside

11. A. sold B. published C. printed D. passed

12. A. books B. shops C. record D. list

13. A. writing B. organizing C. telling D. reading

14. A. use B. love C. meaning D. respect

15. A. hope B. efforts C. novels D. imagination

16. A. lasting B. normal C. careful D. general

17. A. mind B. book C. voice D. work

18. A. pulled B. put C. broke D. looked

19. A. thinking B. reading C. developing D. translating

20. A. friend B. age C. success D. failure

1-5 ABCBD 6-10 DACBC 11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AABCC

本文主要描写了作者坚持不懈地创作，最终获得成功的故事。

9. 我只是开始着手(get down to)去写另一部作品。

12. 这本书出版后两个星期内一直在畅销书之列(list)。

13. story telling讲故事。

15. 我的祖母激发了我的想象力(imagination)。

16. lasting持久的。

18. put down写下来。

19. develop使发展，构想。

20. 我取得的成功(success)已经改变了我的生活。