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1、2019-2020年高考英语大一轮复习单元检测卷2Unit2Englisharoundtheworld新人教版必修Ⅰ.阅读理解A(xx·长郡中学高三实验班选拔)OnWednesday,nearly300kidswilltakepartintheNationalSpellingBee.Fewerwillmakeittothefollowingday'ssemifinals,whereonemistakemeanselimination(淘汰).I'dbetthatmanyofthemwillbesilentlypraying—notonthefirstw
2、ord.Iknew__it__becauseIwasthere17yearsago.Iwasa14yearoldgirlthen.MymotherandIhadflownfromKentuckytoWashington,butthecapitalwasnostrangetoher.Myoldersisterhadalreadypetedatthenationallevel.Whenmysisterwas14andIwas12,wetrainedtogether.WebeganwiththeSuggestedListgivenoutatschool—hu
3、ndredsofwordsprintedonaposterthatcouldbefoldeduplikeamap.Whenthewordsalongthecreases(褶痕)begantodisappear,weboughtadditionalspellinglists.Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce,letalonemyIndianbornmother.Whenshepointedoutthemisspelledw
4、ords,Iblamedheraccentformyerrors!Whenitwasmyturn,Iapproachedthemicrophoneandwaitedformyfirstword.Theannouncerwassomewheretomyleft,amanwhopronouncedclearly.“Barbican，”hesaid.Itseemedthatmypetitorsweresecretlyplainingabouttherelativeeaseofmyword.WouldtheylaughatmeifIcouldn'tspelli
5、t?Wouldmymotherbedisappointedinme?Thatlastsyllablecouldgotwoways:CANorCON.Whichonewasright?FinallyIdecidedonCON.Ofcourse,IwaseliminatedandguidedtothefortRoom,whereparentscouldn'tenter.Inside,recentlosersweresittingaroundatableabundantwithjunkfood.Wecasuallymentionedthewordsthatd
6、efeatedus,likeaspecialceremonytoweleeachnewarrival.Thenwechangedthesubjectsifwe'dalreadymovedonfrommissedwordsandlostopportunities.Eventually,Iwentoutandsawmymother.“Well，”shesaid,“__I_guess_you_won't_be_doing_this_again.__”Yes,nextyearIwouldbe15andnotallowedtotakepartinthepetit
7、ion.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．Thefiercepetition.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
8、们的紧张，故选C项。2．Theauthorfailedprobablybecause_____
