河北省衡水中学2020届高三英语模拟试题(押题卷)(二)

things. A（n） 42 in point is 13-year-old Luke Thrill from Dubuque, Iowa.

Luke was 43 of playing video games and riding his bike, so he decided to build a tiny house in his backyard

instead. He made money from cutting lawns（草坪）and 44 exchanged some services, such as gaining the help of an electrical engineer 45 sweeping his garage. Luke also 46 spare materials from his grandmother’s house and other 47 materials from his neighbors for some of the windows and the door.

The 89-square-foot home cost $1, 500 to build and 48 18 months. Inside there’s a kitchenette, a back sitting room, a table and a mounted（镶嵌的）TV, and an upstairs bedroom can be easily 49 by stairway.

Although Luke did the 50 and learned how to do all the work, he had his father’s 51 throughout the

project. Greg Thrill was very happy that his son learned to stay on 52 and deal with grown-ups. 53 , he had some simple rules when Luke 54 the house: “You 55 the money. You build it. And

you own it.”

Luke is now in love with 56 . He has a YouTube channel and hopes to 57 other kids to start building. 58 , he wants to build a bigger tiny house to live in, but for now, he 59 in his new home a few nights a week, does

homework there, and uses it to take a 60 from his twin brother.

41. A. changes

42. A. method 43. A. tired 44. A. thus

45. A. in exchange for

46. A. updated 47. A. recycled 48. A. spent 49. A. supported 50. A. research

51. A. permission 52. A. credit

B. ignores

B. explanation B. fond B. even

B. in praise for

B. ordered B. cheap B. took B. accessed B. housework

B. help B. business

C. improves

C. procedure C. confident C. still

C. in support of

C. removed C. new C. saved C. held C. experiment

C. control C. budget

D. weakens

D. case D. guilty D. anyhow

D. in

place of D. used D. raw D. wasted D. landed D. discovery

D. order D. duty

53. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Rather D. However

54. A. finished 55. A. borrow

B. decorated B. donate

C. started C. raise

D. painted D. distribute

56. A. books B. videos C. riding D. building

57. A. inspire 58. A. Luckily

B. press B. Eventually

C. command C. Frequently

D. warn D. Strangely

59. A. brings out B. leaves out C. hangs out D. out

puts

60. A. ride

B. risk C. chance D. break

第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

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