【名师指津】2017高考英语一轮复习 Module 1 British and American English限时特训 外研版必修5.DOC

Module 1 British and American English Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) [2016·山东多校联盟]My life was running smoothly last year when the universe delivered wake－up calls one after another. First, I __1__ my job when the magazine I edited went bankrupt (倒闭的). A month later, my __2__ landed in the intensive care unit (重症监护室). It felt as though life were __3__ my layers. Not knowing what else to do, I drove down to my parents __4__. Their vulnerability (脆弱) terrified me. I __5__ my father at the hospital every day, trying to __6__ tears as I stood awkwardly by his bed. At home, I __7__， washed the dishes and answered the phone. One afternoon, I held my mothers hand as she wept. Suddenly, I felt __8__ to have the time to be with my parents, to __9__ them, which I wouldnt have been able to do __10__ I hadnt lost my job. I felt even more __11__ for this gift of time when my father returned home. Grateful for the __12__ things: watching TV with him, listening to his breathing while he slept. Grateful for my mothers love and care. Looking back, I__13__would have chosen the __14__ of my fathers illness and losing work I loved. But my parents vulnerability—and my own—__15__ me less these days. Gratitude opened the gates of love—right in the midst of __16__ and uncertainty. Since then, Ive started making a __17__ effort to practice gratitude in some small way every day. When I do, I feel much more connected with the flow of life, __18__ alone in my own struggles and fears. For me, gratitude can be a powerfully transformative __19__， just as some psychologists have found that practicing gratitude can actually __20__ our emotional and physical well－being. 生活中往往会有很多不如意的事情发生，但只要你心怀感恩，享受生活的每一天，你就会感受到神奇的自我改造的力量。 1．A.enjoyed B．lost C．hated D．accepted 答案：B 根据后半句可知，作者供职的杂志社倒闭，因此他失去(lost)了工作。 2．A.mother B．brother C．father D．sister 答案：C 根据第二段可知，作者的父亲(father)住进了重症监护室。 3．A.peeling B．displaying C．protecting D．hiding 答案：A 根据前两句作者的遭遇可知，作者感觉好像生活在一层层地剥去(peeling)他的皮。 4．A.office B．house C．store