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sing any form of money was called bartering(以貨易貨). Thanks to bartering, people began to enjoy a better 48 of life. To barter with others meant that work became much 49 . No one group had to work as hard to make or find everything they needed for survival. Native American groups would often travel long distances for the chance to 50 with each other. In between trading times, they would 51 or collect extra products. They kept them especially for the purpose of bartering with other native groups at their trade meetings. Another 52 of trading between cultural areas was that people could enjoy products that were 53 to make with the resources in their own 54 . For example, people from the Desert Southwest area 55 tools made from whalebone(鯨須). There was no whalebone available in the 56 . However they could get it from the natives living in the Pacific Northwest area. Some people 57 use bartering today to get things they need. You might 58 to do the dishes for your brother if he will take you to the movies. Especially in hard economic 59 people return to this 60 way of getting things they need. 【文章大意】文章介紹了美國(guó)早期印第安人的生活和貿(mào)易方式。41. A. strange B. ordinary C. similar D. different【解析】選D。早期印第安人部落住在不同的文化區(qū)域, 因此他們擁有的資源也“不同(different)”。42. A. skills B. interests C. resources D. customs【解析】選C。每個(gè)印第安人部落根據(jù)自己的“資源(resource)”生產(chǎn)特定的產(chǎn)品或者發(fā)展某種技能。43. A. everything B. somethingC. anything D. nothing【解析】選B。 根據(jù)句意可知, 當(dāng)印第安人部落的技術(shù)日臻完善時(shí), 有意思的“一些事(something)”出現(xiàn)了。44. A. found B. collected C. needed D. sold【解析】選C。根據(jù)上文及本句中的had more things可知, 他們生產(chǎn)的東西比“需要(need)”的(東西)多。45. A. market B. town C. waste D. charity【解析】選C。根據(jù)印第安人部落之間進(jìn)行易貨貿(mào)易推知, 他們當(dāng)然不會(huì)讓多余的產(chǎn)品“浪費(fèi)(go to waste)”。46. A. buy B. share C. produce D. save【解析】選B 。易貨貿(mào)易就是部落之間相互“分享(share)”東西。47. A. way B. idea C. plan D. study【解析】選A。不用錢而以貨物或者服務(wù)做交易的“方式(way)”被叫作易貨貿(mào)易。48. A. variety B. habit C. quantity D. quality【解析】選D。指人們開始享受更好“質(zhì)量(quality)”的生活。49. A. harder B. dirtier C. easier D. nicer【解析】選C。根據(jù)下文中的“No one group had to work as hard to. . . ”可知, 由于易貨貿(mào)易的出現(xiàn), 人們開始享受高品質(zhì)的生活, 工作變得“越來越容易(easier)”。50. A. greet B. trade C. work D. play【解析】選B。根據(jù)下文中的trading times可知, 印第安人部落經(jīng)常長(zhǎng)途跋涉是為了相互之間做“交易(trade)”。51. A. use B. create C. send D. advertise【解析】選B。根據(jù)第一段第三句中的“Each group made particular products. . . ”和第三段最后一句“They kept them especially for the purpose of bartering. . . ”可知, 不進(jìn)行交易的時(shí)候, 印第安人就“生產(chǎn)創(chuàng)造(create)”或者收集多余的產(chǎn)品。52. A. choice B. trouble C. benefit D. pleasure【解析】選C。上文的“. . . people began to enjoy a better ______of life. ”說的是易貨貿(mào)易給印第安人帶來的好處, 本段說的是另外一個(gè)“好處(benefit)”。53. A. illegal B. necessaryC. impossible D. natural【解析】選C。根據(jù)下文中的“There was no whalebone available in the. . . ”可知, 通過易貨貿(mào)易人們可以享受在本地“不可能(impossible)”做成的產(chǎn)品。54. A. desert B. trade C. group D. area【解析】選D。見上題解析。area區(qū)域, 地區(qū)。55. A. designed B. wantedC. discovered D. invented【解析】選B。西南沙漠地區(qū)的人“想要(want)”由鯨須做成的工具, 可以從西北太平洋地區(qū)的人那里得到, 這是易貨貿(mào)易另一個(gè)好處的例子。56. A. water B. sea C. desert D. land【解析】選C。由上下文可知用desert。即沙漠地區(qū)不可能有鯨須。57. A. yet B. still C. even D. never【解析】選B。根據(jù)下文舉的例子可知, 如今一些人“仍然(still)”通過易貨貿(mào)易的方式得到他們所需要的物品。58. A. fear B. earn C. offer D. refuse【解析】選C。如果想讓你的哥哥帶你去看電影, 你也許會(huì)“主動(dòng)幫(offer)”他洗碗碟。59. A. development B. generationC. disadvantage D. times【解析】選D。在經(jīng)濟(jì)困難的“時(shí)期(times)”。60. A. ageold B. worldfamousC. newborn D. readymade【解析】選A。根據(jù)文章開頭的“Early Native American groups”可知, 易貨貿(mào)易是一種“古老的(ageold)”獲取所需物品的方式。第二節(jié)(共10小題。 每小題1. 5分, 滿分15分)閱讀下面短文, 在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Songkran is a 61. _______(nation) holiday in Thailand. It marks the beginning of the Thai New Year. It is a traditional Buddhist festival 62. _______ is usually celebrated between 13 and 15 April. Songkran is also known 63. _______ the water festival. It celebrates water as a ritual(儀式) of 64. _______(wash) away bad luck from the year before. There are few rules. Anyone can throw water over anyone else at any time. Water fights take place in the streets of towns and villages. Everything from buckets to water guns is used. Tourists are warned 65. _______(keep) car doors locked and windows 66. _______( close )if they don’t want an excited thrower to empty a bucket or squirt(噴射) gun into their cars. In some cities“water throwing” begins as early as nine in the morning and continues until the sun 67. _______(go) down. It continues for at least a week. Young people arm 68. _______(they) with buckets, water guns—anything that can project water—and throw water over everyone except for the aged and mothers with young 69. _______(child). 70. _______ you are in Thailand during Songkran, wear clothes that you can be wet and happy in. 61. 【解析】national??疾樾稳菰~。修飾名詞holiday, 表示國(guó)家節(jié)日, 故用形容詞。 62. 【解析】which/that??疾槎ㄕZ從句。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知這是一個(gè)定語從句, 先行詞是festival, 且在定語從句中作主語, 故可用which和that。63. 【解析】as??疾榻樵~。be known as 作為……而出名, 是固定搭配。64. 【解析】washing??疾榉侵^語動(dòng)詞。介詞后的動(dòng)詞要用動(dòng)名詞形式。65. 【解析】to keep。考查固定搭配。warn sb. to do sth. 警告某人做某事, 此處用的是被動(dòng)語態(tài)的用法。66. 【解析】closed??疾榉侵^語動(dòng)詞作賓語補(bǔ)足語。keep+賓語+ 賓語補(bǔ)足語, 賓語windows和close為被動(dòng)關(guān)系, 故用過去分詞形式。67. 【解析】goes。考查時(shí)態(tài)。 根據(jù)主句的謂語時(shí)態(tài)可知從句也要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)代替。68. 【解析】themselves??疾榇~。根據(jù)句意可知arm的賓語和主語是同樣的人, 故用反身代詞。69. 【解析】children。考查名詞的復(fù)數(shù)。根據(jù)句意可知不是指一個(gè)孩子, 故用復(fù)數(shù)。70. 【解析】If/When??疾檫B詞。后面是一個(gè)完整的句子, 可斷定此處缺少引導(dǎo)從句的連詞。根據(jù)前后兩句之間的關(guān)系及句意可知應(yīng)當(dāng)填if或when。位于句首, 所以首字母要大寫。第四部分 寫作(共兩節(jié), 滿分35分)第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)(共10小題。 每小題1分, 滿分10分) 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文, 請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤, 每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 增加: 在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧), 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除: 把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。 修改: 在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線, 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意: 1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。 2. 只允許修改10處, 多者(從第11處起)不計(jì)分。(2020遂寧高二檢測(cè))I am sorry I won’t be able to attend to your birthday party this Sunday. I’m feeling terribly about it and I want to make an apology to you. I appreciate invited to your birthday party. I would like to e and shared the precious moment with you. But this Sunday, we volunteer will go to the countryside and teach the leftbehind children English, who is of great significanc