（天津专版）2019年高考英语总复习 微专题训练 第50练 时间类

（天津专版）2019年高考英语总复习 微专题训练 第50练 时间类

单词识记： ahead daily finally future last moment pass sometimes usually decade eventually forever frequently gradually immediately nowadays recently regular instant lately 短语扫描： at a time一次；同时 at times有时 at no time绝不；从不 by the end of在……结束时；到……末为止 day in and day out天天 for a time/while暂时；一会儿 from...on 从……起 in advance提前；预先 on occasion有时；偶尔 up to now到目前为止 [跟踪训练] Ⅰ.语境填词

1．After several delays，he (final) set out at 8 o’clock.

2．Animal scientists have been studying these monkeys for (数十年)． 3．But the benefits of these moves will not be (immediately)． 4．The (recently) flooding in the south was a disaster. 5．This morning I (经过) the store on my way to the library. Ⅱ.单项填空

6．—Could I use this dictionary?

— .It’s a spare one.(2014·江西，21) A．Good idea C．You’re welcome

B．Just go ahead D．You’d better not

7．This meeting room is a non-smoking area.I would like to warn you that if you smoked here you would be fined.(2015·湖北，30) A．in advance

B．in detail

C．in total D．in general

8．At no time the rules of the game.It was unfair to punish them. A．they actually broke B．do they actually break C．did they actually break D．they had actually broken

9．I do not intend to follow that，because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another . A．occasion C．condition

B．situation D．environment

10．To make it more convenient for people to visit Taiwan，several air services from the mainland have come into use. A．reliable C．regular

B．permanent D．frequent

阅读能力专练

阅读理解

A

(2016·浙江丽水中学三模)

Before 1840 architects and builders made buildings from stone，brick，or wood.The outside walls held up the weight of the building.A building that had more than a few stories became very heavy.A tall building，such as a castle，had very thick walls.

As time went by，architecture began to change.By 1850 builders had begun to use a metal called iron for the fronts of some large buildings.Iron is lighter than stone and stronger than wood.People dig raw iron from the ground，but raw iron is not enough to use in buildings.Builders must use another type of iron called an alloy.

An alloy is a metal that contains different metals and other compounds，or mixtures of chemicals.The metals and compounds are melted and mixed together to form the alloy.To make an iron alloy，workers use a blast furnace.This machine creates great heat.It has a tall chamber that is lined with brick and open at the top.Workers put limestone，raw iron，and coke (a substance made from coal) into the top of the furnace.They force hot air into the bottom of the furnace.The hot air and a chemical reaction turn the materials into a liquid mass.Workers pour off waste liquid，called slag，and save the iron.Then they form the hot iron into large blocks called pigs，

which can be formed into objects.This formed iron is called cast iron.

Cast iron is strong，but it still contains unwanted materials.People wanted to remove these impurities.To do this，they needed to heat the iron to very high temperature.Blast furnaces could not make that much heat.

In England in 1855，Sir Henry Bessemer found the solution.He forced air through liquid pig iron.The oxygen in the air mixed with the impurities in the iron in a process called oxidation.Oxidation creates heat.The heat turns impurities into slag，which is poured off so that only pure steel remains.Pure steel is much stronger than iron.The Bessemer process took place in an egg-shaped machine called a converter.With this process，workers began to make large amounts of steel quickly and cheaply.

By the late 1800s，many people lived in big cities.The price of land increased，one way builders could lower costs was to build taller buildings，which used less land.In Chicago in 1889，George A．Fuller completed the Tacoma Buildings，which had steel beams to hold up its weight.Soon people built more tall buildings with 10 to 20 stories.These were the first skyscrapers. 1．Alloys are important because they . A．have no impurities

B．are the raw materials that people use to make iron C．may be more useful than the separate metals in the alloy D．contain different metals

2．The Bessemer process was a success because it produced . A．iron from steel

B．steel quickly and cheaply C．less slag than a blast furnace D．impurities in the iron

3．Sir Henry Bessemer probably . A．avoided difficult problems B．created slag into pure steel

C．was not familiar with metals such as steel D．knew how to make cast iron

4．From the article，you can conclude that architects throughout history . A．thought carefully about materials when they designed buildings B．could not design creative buildings until steel was invented

C．disliked stone，brick，and wood D．liked to design tall buildings

5．Which of the statements below expresses the main idea of the article? A．Discoveries about iron and steel have allowed people to build taller buildings. B．Sir Henry Bessemer developed a process to make steel. C．Architects use many kinds of materials in buildings. D．Changes about designing building.

B

(2016·天津市和平区四模)

When I was growing up，I had an old neighbor named Dr.Gibbs.He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known.He never yelled at us for playing in his yard.I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our community.

When Dr.Gibbs wasn’t saving lives，he was planting trees.His house sat on ten acres，and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth.He never watered his new trees，which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.Once I asked why.He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive tree generation would grow weaker and weaker.So you have to make things rough for them and weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on.He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots，and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture.I took him to mean that deep roots were to be treasured.

So he never watered his trees.He planted an oak and，instead of watering it every morning，he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper.Smack！Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that，and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.

Dr.Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home.Every now and again，I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago.They’re extremely tall，big and robust since they have deep roots now.However，the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.

It seems that adversity(逆境) and suffering benefit these trees in ways comfort and ease never could.I stood there deep in thought.

Every night before I go to bed，I check on my two sons.I stand over them and watch their little bodies，the rising and falling of life within.I often pray for