2020版高考一轮总复习英语模拟演练 1-3-3a必修3Unit 3　The Million Pound Bank Note含解析.docVIP

Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) In a way, I spent the last sixteen years preparing for college. The second half of my life was a great __1__ focused on developing who I was and figuring out what was __2__ to me. I had spent a lot of time and effort fighting with my __3__ in the first half of my life, not because I didnt want to learn, ___4__ because I couldnt focus. I dropped out of a Catholic school in my first grade and then a public school in my fourth. __5__， I quit my high school and __6__ my early twenties working at gas stations and doing labor jobs. The Internet had __7__ everyones life and I was no exception. I began to be fully exposed to things that would never have been __8__ ten years ago. At this time, a strong thirst for __9__ began to awaken in me. History, politics, and science—I wanted to know everything! It happened at this point that my mother __10__ going to college at 53. She __11__ me to go as well but I was still __12__ of what college could do for me and afraid of what it couldnt. __13__， I started moving up at my job and __14__ my blue collars for white. It was in my sixth year at the company that my mother __15__ college－she was 57 then. It was a(n) __16__ act of courage that firmed my __17__ that anyone can do anything. Also, I was __18__ of the routine and dull daily life. I wanted to do something __19__ to my life－I wanted to make a difference. Because of my mother, I believe that anyone can do anything, so I __20__ my job and devoted my life to higher education. 篇章导读：本文是记叙文.作者把自己的人生分成两个时期，前期作者并没有认真学习，高中退学后在加油站上班，几年之后作者升职了.后来在母亲的影响下，他辞去工作，毅然决定去接受高等教育. 1．A.effort　　 B．chance　　C．suffering　　D．support 答案：A 由上下文可知，作者下半生的精力主要放在个人的发展和追寻人生中最重要的支撑点上.effort意为“努力”，符合语境. 2．A.typical B．reliable C．important D．unusual 答案：C 根据最后一段倒数第二句中的“I wanted to make a difference”可知，作者一直在找寻人生中最重要的部分.所以空格处填important. 3．A.hobby B．education C．family D．laziness 答案：B 根据下文的“not because I didnt want to learn”可知，作者在前期一直