2017届河北省衡水名校高考英语一轮复习撬题对点练：专题23 议论文（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届河北省衡水名校高考英语一轮复习撬题对点练：专题23 议论文（含解析）

　　答案　B　[参见上题解析。environment“环境”。]

　　18．A.However

　　B．Otherwise

　　C．Therefore

　　D．Meanwhile

　　答案　A　[根据下一段内容以及空格后的“this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem”推理可知空格前后应为转折关系，故选择However。]

　　19．A.by

　　B．in favour of

　　C．after

　　D．instead of

　　答案　D　[维修东西和扔掉它们是对立的概念，因此选择instead of“而不是”。in favour of“支持”。]

　　20．A.spending

　　B．collecting

　　C．repairing

　　D．advertising

　　答案　A　[根据前句中的“to repair our possessions___19__ throwing them away”以及后句中的“Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits...”可知选A。]

　　Cloze 2

　　限时：17分钟

　　As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine (常规)

　　basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this____1___at work in people of all____2___. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about____3___with their new toys. But their____4___soon wears off and by January those____5___toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of____6___stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone's____7___interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child____8___bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the____9___of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great____10___but are soon looking forward to____11___. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many____12___， who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work,____13___drove for hours at a time when they first____14___their driver's licenses (执照)? Before people retire, they usually____15___to do a lot of____16___things, which they never had____17___to do while working. But____18___after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they____19___. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new____20___.