高考英语二轮复习 第一部分 专题增分练 课时34 介词和介词短语

课时34 介词和介词短语

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body was. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound and eyes were very important to us as humans, but she said, “No. Many people are deaf and blind.”

Stumped, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years, mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, “No, but you are getting smarter every year.”

Last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. My mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know what the most important part of the body is, my dear？”

I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game. She saw the confusion on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life. For every part of the body you gave me in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example about why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.”

I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important part of the body is your shoulder.” I asked, “Is it because it holds up my head？” She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear. I only hope you have enough love and friends and you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

[语篇解读] 本文主要讲述了母亲通过什么是身体最重要的部分这个问题向作者阐述了一个人生哲理的故事。

1．When the author was younger, the author thought the question by his mother ________.

A．was worth reflecting on B．was a game between them C．should be taken seriously D．was a matter of life

解析：细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“I always thought this was a game”可知

答案为B。

答案：B

2．When did the author know the correct answer? A．When he began to make friends with his mother. B．When he couldn't wait for answers. C．When he came across a hurt. D．When he lost his patience.

解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Last year，my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. My mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final goodbye to Grandpa”可知当时交流这一问题并知晓答案的背景是作者的爷爷去世时，作者很难过，故选C。

答案：C

3．According to the author's mother, why is the shoulder the most important part of the body?

A．It can hold up a person's head. B．Everyone wouldn't live without it. C．It can allow a person to make friends. D．Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes.

解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear”可知，作者的母亲认为肩膀最重要的原因是它可以让朋友或自己所爱的人来倚靠以缓解悲伤，同时每个人在生命中的某个时候都需要靠着一个肩膀哭泣，故答案为D。

答案：D

4．What was the lesson that the author's mother wanted to tell him? A．He needed to cry sometimes. B．He could learn to comfort others.

C．He should be upset about his grandpa's death.

D．He and his loved ones could lend a shoulder to each other sometimes. 解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知母亲给作者的人生教训是：每个人在生命中的某个时候都需要靠着一个肩膀哭泣。她只希望作者有足够的爱和朋友，能让作者在需要时可以找到一个肩膀来倚靠以缓解悲伤。故可以推断出她想要作者和他所爱的人能够互相倚靠，故选项D最恰当。

答案：D

B

Apart from psychological illness, we are all largely responsible for our own

emotional health. What we say to ourselves over and over for days, weeks, months, and sometimes years, has a great effect on how we see ourselves. This also contributes to many mental health disorders.

Many of us have problems with negative thoughts playing on the channel of our minds, but if you're buried in them and believe them, they could be wearing your sense of self-esteem (自尊). Here are a few beliefs that indicate you may need to switch the channel: I'm not good enough./I don't deserve.../No one likes me./I'm a failure.

Negative thoughts remind you of your bad feelings and they bring your focus on your failures, and they get you nowhere.

What can you do? Here are some suggestions：

Switch the channel when negative thoughts appear. Self-talk is not so obvious that we often don't notice its effect on our mood and belief systems. Key things to notice are “if only” or “what if” statements: the former keeps you stuck in the past with regret, while the latter keeps you fearful of the future. There is nothing you can do about the past, and the future isn't here yet, so stay in the present moment.

Recognize that actions always follow beliefs. You'll find yourself behaving in ways that are consistent to your beliefs. So, start believing the best about yourself: act as if you believe that you're a valuable and worthy person.

Develop positive self-talk rather than negative self-talk. Instead of always looking down upon yourself in your head, think of some things you actually like about yourself. What are your strengths? What are you good at? Instead of saying “I'm a loser.”， try saying “I am capable./I'm good at.../I accept myself the way I am.”

Thinking poorly about ourselves gets us nowhere and is extremely self-limiting. Decide today to turn off the negative self-talk channel in your mind and develop your true potential.

[语篇解读] 文章主要告诉大家要抛弃消极的思想，培养积极的思想。 5．From the first two paragraphs we can learn that ________. A．lots of people have no sense of self-esteem

B．few people have negative thoughts and mental problems C．negative thoughts will strengthen our sense of self-esteem D．focusing on negative thoughts may have a bad effect on people

解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“What we say to ourselves... has a great effect on how we see ourselves. This also contributes to many mental health

disorders”以及第二段中的“Many of us have problems with negative thoughts playing on the channel of our minds”可以判断出，消极的思想会对人产生不利的影响，故答案为D。

答案：D

6．The underlined word “wearing” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．strengthening C．weakening

B．protecting D．replacing

解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词前后的内容可知，这里指的是消极的思想可能会减弱人们的自尊心。故wearing在此与weakening的意思最接近，表示“减弱”。

答案：C

7．What do the suggestions in the text tell us? A．Our beliefs always come after actions.

B．Positive self-talk is good for our mental health. C．Looking down upon ourselves is a sign of modesty. D．“What if” keeps you stuck in the past with regret.

解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后四段的内容可推知，积极的自我暗示对我们的心理健康有益，故B项正确。

答案：B

8．This text is most likely to appear in ________. A．a recreation guide C．a science textbook

B．a medical journal D．a travel brochure

解析：推理判断题。由于本文主要说明的是消极思想和积极思想对人们所产生的影响，故本文最有可能出现在医学杂志上，故选B。

答案：B Ⅱ.完形填空

There are a lot of things about parenthood that could make one cry: sleepless nights, or diaper messes just to name a few. __1__， for me the absolute worst had to be—immunization(防疫) shots.

At about two months into __2__， I learned the true meaning of the word “__3__”. There could not have been anything worse than __4__ helplessly as he receives his first round of immunization shots. I would rather have been __5__ over by a truck than have to sit there and watch him __6__ through that. While listening to his __7__， I kept thinking that surely medical science could have come up with a better way of doing this by now. As for __8__ from the doctor, all he could say was, “Ah, look at those healthy __9__.” As we left the office, I whispered in my son's ear, “It's