2021届高三英语二轮复习高考作业卷 考试试题及答案之十四一、完型填空（共1题）1.Oneoftheeasiestthingsintheworldistobecomeafault-finder.However,lifecanbe_1_whenyouarenotbusyfindingfaultwithit.SeveralyearsagoI_2_aletterfromseventeen-year-oldKerry,whodescribedherselfasaworld-classfault-finder,almostalways_3_bythings.Peoplewerealwaysdoingthingsthatannoyedher,and_4_wasevergoodenough.Shewashighlyself-criticalandalsofoundfaultwithherfriends.Shebecameareally_5_person.Unfortunately,ittookahorribleaccidenttochangeher_6_Herbestfriendwasseriouslyhurtinacarcrash.Whatmadeitalmost_7_todealwithwasthatthedaybeforethe_8_,Kerryhadvisitedherfriendandhadspentthewholetimecriticizingher_9_ofboyfriends,thewayshewasliving,thewaysherelatedtohermother,andvariousotherthingsshefeltsheneededto_10_ItwasntuntilherfriendwasbadlyhurtthatKerrybecame_11_herhabitoffindingfault.Veryquickly,shelearnedtoappreciateliferatherthanto_12_everythingsoharshly(刻薄).Shewasabletotransferhernewwisdomtootherpartsofher_13_aswell.Perhapsmostofusarentasextremeatfault-finding,_14_whenwerehonest,wecanbesharply_15_oftheworld.Imnotsuggestingyou_16_problems,orthatyoupretendthingsare_17_thantheyare,butsimplythatyoulearntoallowthingstobeastheyare_18_mostofthetime,andespeciallywhenitsnotareallybig_19_.Trainyourselftobiteyourtongue,andwithalittle_20_,youllgetreallygoodatlettingthingsgo.Andwhenyoudo,youllgetbackyourenthusiasmandloveforlife.1.A.lonelyB.greatC.quietD.uneasy2.A.receivedB.answeredC.expectedD.rejected3.A.threatenedB.interruptedC.botheredD.spoiled4.A.anythingB.everything.D.nothing5.A.caringB.boringC.interestingD.surprising6.A.attitudeB.planC.measureD.explanation7.A.urgentB.unnecessaryC.certainD.impossible8.A.occasionB.eventC.accidentD.adventure9.A.memoryB.noticeC.evidenceD.choice10.A.hearB.contributeC.expressD.admit11.A.awareofB.afraidofC.curiousaboutD.confusedabout12.A.discussB.realizeC.judgeD.settle13.A.familyB.lifeC.careerD.education14.A.soB.orC.butD.for15.A.proudB.sureC.hopefulD.critical16.A.faceB.createC.solveD.ignore17.A.rarerB.betterC.strangerD.worse18.A.atleastB.atlastC.byfarD.sofar19.A.taskB.dealC.resultD.duty20.A.practiceB.speechC.restDpity二、阅读理解（共4题）1.Graphcanbeaveryusefultoolforconveyinginformation,especiallynumbers,percentages,andotherdata.Agraphgivesthereaderapicturetointerpret.Thatcanbealotmoreefficientthanpagesandpagesexplainingthedata.Graphscanseemfrightening,butreadingagraphisalotlikereadingastory.Thegraphhasatitle,amainidea,andsupportingdetails.Youcanuseyouractivereadingskillstoanalyzeandunderstandgraphsjustlikeanyothertext.Mostgraphshaveafewbasicparts:acaptionorintroductionparagraph,atitle,alegendorkey,andlabeledaxes.Anactivereaderlooksateachpartofthegraphbeforetryingtointerpretthedata.Captionswillusuallytellyouwherethedatacamefrom(forexample,ascientificstudyof400Africanelephantsfrom1980to2005).Captionsusuallysummarizetheauthorsmainpointaswell.Thetitleisveryimportant.Ittellsyouthemainideaofthegraphbystatingwhatkindofinformationisbeingshown.Alegend,alsocalledakey,isaguidetothesymbolsandcolorsusedinthegraph.Manygraphs,includingbargraphsandlinegraphs,havetwoaxesthatformacorner.Usuallytheseaxesaretheleftsideandthebottomofthegraph.Eachaxiswillalwayshavealabel.Thelabeltellsyouwhateachaxismeasures.BarGraphsAbargraphhastwoaxesandusesbarstoshowamounts.InGraph1,weseethatthex-axisshowsgradesthatstudentsearned,andthey-axisshowshowmanystudentsearnedeachgrade.Youcanseethat6studentsearnedanAbecausethebarforAstretchesupto6ontheverticalmeasurement.Thereisalotofinformationwecangetfromasimplegraphlikethis(SeeGraph1).LineGraphsAlinegraphlookssimilartoabargraph,butinsteadofbars,itplotspointsandconnectsthemwithaline.Ithasthesamepartsasabargraphtwolabeledaxesandcanbereadthesameway.Toreadalinegraph,itsimportanttofocusonthepointsofintersectionratherthanthelinesegmentsbetweenthepoints.Thistypeofgraphismostcommonlyusedtoshowhowsomethingchangesovertime.Hereisagraphthatchartshowfarabirdfliesduringthefirstfivedaysofitsspringmigration(SeeGraph2).Theunitofmeasurementforthex-axisisdays.Theunitofmeasurementforthey-axisiskilometers.Thuswecanseethat,onthefirstday,thepipitflew20kilometers.ThelinesegmentgoesupbetweenDay1andDay2,whichmeansthatthebirdflewfartheronDay2.Ifthelinesegmentangleddown,asbetweenDay4andDay5,itwouldmeanthatthebirdflewfewerkilometersthanthedaybefore.Thislinegraphisaquick,visualwaytotellthereaderaboutthebirdsmigration.PieGraphsAtypicalpiegraphlookslikeacircularpie.Thecircleisdividedintosections,andeachsectionrep