Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解A(2018·长郡中学高三实验班选拔)OnWednesday,nearly300kidswilltakepartintheNationalSpellingBee.Fewerwillmakeittothefollowingday'ssemi-finals,whereonemistakemeanselimination(淘汰).I'dbetthatmanyofthemwillbesilentlypraying—notonthefirstword.Iknew__it__becauseIwasthere17yearsago.Iwasa14yearoldgirlthen.MymotherandIhadflownfromKentuckytoWashington,butthecapitalwasnostrangetoher.Myoldersisterhadalreadycompetedatthenationallevel.Whenmysisterwas14andIwas12,wetrainedtogether.WebeganwiththeSuggestedListgivenoutatschool—hundredsofwordsprintedonaposterthatcouldbefoldeduplikeamap.Whenthewordsalongthecreases(褶痕)begantodisappear,weboughtadditionalspellinglists.Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce,letalonemyIndianbornmother.Whenshepointedoutthemisspelledwords,Iblamedheraccentformyerrors!Whenitwasmyturn,Iapproachedthemicrophoneandwaitedformyfirstword.Theannouncerwassomewheretomyleft,amanwhopronouncedclearly.“Barbican”，hesaid.Itseemedthatmycompetitorsweresecretlycomplainingabouttherelativeeaseofmyword.WouldtheylaughatmeifIcouldn'tspellit?Wouldmymotherbedisappointedinme?Thatlastsyllablecouldgotwoways:CANorCON.Whichonewasright?FinallyIdecidedonCON.Ofcourse,IwaseliminatedandguidedtotheComfortRoom,whereparentscouldn'tenter.Inside,recentlosersweresittingaroundatableabundantwithjunkfood.Wecasuallymentionedthewordsthatdefeatedus,likeaspecialceremonytowelcomeeachnewarrival.Thenwechangedthesubjectsifwe'dalreadymovedonfrommissedwordsandlostopportunities.Eventually,Iwentoutandsawmymother.“Well”，shesaid,“__I_guess_you_won't_be_doing_this_again.__”Yes,nextyearIwouldbe15andnotallowedtotakepartinthecompetition.语篇导读“”本文为记叙文，讲述了我14岁时参加全国英文拼字大赛的经历。1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph1referto?A．Thedifficultyofthefirstword.B．Thefiercecompetition.C．Thenervousnessofthekids.D．Thestrictrules.解析C代词指代题。根据第一段最后两句可知，参加比赛的孩子都很紧张，所以默“”“”默祈祷，千万别在第一个单词就被淘汰；而我知道孩子们紧张是因为我在17年前有过这样的经历。据此可知，it指代孩子们的紧张，故选C项。2．Theauthorfailedprobablybecause________.A．shewasunabletorelaxB．theannouncerhadanaccentC．hercompetitorsdisturbedherD．shedidn'tpractisehardenough解析A“”推理判断题。根据第七段前三句可以判断，我无法放松，心里想得很多，所以影响发挥而被淘汰，故选A项。3．WhatdidtheauthordointheComfortRoom?A．Shemethermother.B．Shecomfortednewarrivals.C．Shetalkedwithotherlosers.D．Shewatchedthecompetition.解析C细节理解题。根据第九段可知，在theComfortRoom“”里，我在和其他淘汰者聊天，故选C项。4．Whydidtheauthor'smothersaytheunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraph?A．Shewasdisappointedintheauthor.B．Theauthorwouldbebeyondtheagelimit.C．Shedidn'twanttheauthortosufferagain.D．Theauthorhadnointerestinthecompetition.解析B“”细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可以判断，我由于超过年龄限制，不能再参赛，故选B项。B(2018·湖北重点中学新高三起点)HowtoavoidaboringconversationWhatexcusesshouldyouusetoavoidtalkingtopeopleyoudon'twanttotalkto?Herearetipsandinoffensivewaystogetoutofunwantedconversations.ⅰ.Goforarefill(续杯)．Itisnaturalforanyoneatapartytobeexcusedtogetarefill.5．____________Andonceyouexcuseyourself,makeamovefastbeforethepersonrequestsyoutogetarefillforhimaswell.ⅱ.Pretendbadmood.Cutofftheconversationbeforei...
