2018届高考英语总复习 真题研练50 牛津译林版.docVIP

真题研练50 Task 1：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 (2016·浙江)During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California.I went to live there in order to be __1__ him.I hated the place.I had never __2__been so unhappy.My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone.The heat was__3__—almost 125° F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌)．__4__a soul to talk to.The wind blew non-stop，and all the food I ate，and the very air I breathed，were__5__ with sand，sand，sand! I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents.I told them I was __6__ and coming back home.I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer.I __7__ be in prison! My father answered my __8__with just two lines—two lines that will always sing in my__9__—two lines that completely changed my life： Two men looked out from prison bars， One saw the mud，the other saw the stars. I read those two lines __10__.I was ashamed of myself.I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present __11__；I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives，and their __12__ amazed me.They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had __13__ to sell to tourists.I studied the delightful forms of the cactus.I watched for the desert sunsets，and __14__ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean __15__. What brought about this __16__ change in me? The desert hadnt changed，__17__ I had.I had changed my __18__.And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing __19__ of my life.I was excited by this new world that I had discovered.I had looked out of my self-created prison and __20__ the stars. 【语篇解读】　这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述自己为了离丈夫近一些，住在他所在的沙漠的军营里，寂寞的生活和艰苦的生活条件让作者难以忍受，她写信告诉父母要回家。父亲给她的信中就两行字，就是这两行字使作者改变了自己对人生的态度。 1．A.off B．behind C．near D．beyond 答案　C　[考查介词辨析及语境理解。根据上一句，作者的丈夫驻扎在沙漠的兵营中，所以，作者去和他住在一起是为了住得近一些。故选C。] 2．A.before B．already C．then D．still 答案　A　[考查副词辨析及语境理解。根据下文的内容可知