高考英语第二轮复习方略

阅读七选五专练(四)

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Test 1

[2019·昆明市高三复习诊断]

How to Win Votes in a School Election

In many ways, school elections are just like elections anywhere

else. __1__ You will also need to work hard to make sure people know

who you are and why they should vote for you.

●Decide what position to run for.__2__ Make sure you know

what the position does, and what you will be able to do once you get

there. There are limits to what you can do while in office, so

knowing your responsibilities can keep you from making foolish

campaign promises that you can't keep.

●__3__ Talk to your friends about running, make sure they think

it is a good idea, and ask for their help in running. You won't be able

to do this alone. It looks good if the people who know you best will

vote for you. Your network can also help with more practical activities,

高考英语阅读理解专项训练.附详解（故事类）

(1)

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car

yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape

route—through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson‟s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on

ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I

couldn‟t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not

open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of

other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his

struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my

高考英语阅读理解（习俗类）•附详解

(1)

CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to

celebrate the tradition(传统) of storytelling.

“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is

an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the

Border, an international storytelling festival(节) in Wales.

“Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our

storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early

this month.

Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait,

or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their

surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

第 1 页 共 48 页 高考英语第二轮复习常考经典易错词汇短语辨析精析

travel， trip， journey的用法区别

三者均可表示“旅行”，区别如下：

1. travel 泛指一般意义的旅行，是不可数名词。如：

He is fond of travel （= travelling）。 他喜欢旅行。

Travel is much cheaper than it used to be. 现在旅行比过去便宜多了。

注：有时可用复数形式，主要指时间较长的各处旅行，此时通常有物主代词修饰，但是尽管用了复数形式，却不能与 many 或数词连用。如：

He„s gone off on his travels again. 他又外出旅行了。

另外，travel 通常只是泛指旅行，而不特指某次具体的旅行，所以通常不说：How was

your travel？

2. journey 通常指远距离的陆地旅行，并且不一定要返回到出发地（即通常指单程）。如：

I wish you a pleasant journey. 祝你一路顺风。

He made a journey to Beijing. 他去北京旅行了。

注：journey 有时并不指真正意义的“旅行”，而只是表示走过一段距离。如：

How long is your journey to work？ 你上班要走多远？

3. trip 通常指近距离的为了办事或消遣而进行旅行，并且往往要回到出发点（即指双程），不过有时 trip 也可指远距离的长途旅行，可与 journey 换用，比 journey 更通俗。如：

A：Where is John？ 约翰在哪里？

B：He„s on a trip to Shanghai. 他去上海旅行了。

He„ll make a round-the-world trip. 他将周游世界。