2019年高考深圳一模英语试题

第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题1 5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中。选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

My family is big on baseball. Grandpa     41     coached his team to two national games. Father played for three different colleges and was     42     asked to try out for the Los Angeles Angels, one of the top teams in the US. Minutes before I was born, my     43     were watching a live baseball match on TV. You could say I was     44     to play the game, but frankly, all through elementary school, I hated it.

I spent most days of my summer at the baseball park in my neighborhood. I really should have been     45     at baseball, for I practiced almost every day, but I was not. I wouldn’t hit the ball hard or throw it     46    . When my dad or grandpa asked me if I wanted to     47    , my answer was always no. Finally they stopped giving me a     48    ─just making me play whether I liked it or not.

This same old     49     continued for years. My dad and grandpa would make me practice and I would put no     50     in, until around Grade 10. I was older and     51     than my 12-year-old self. I finally     52     their true motive: it wasn’t because they wanted me to improve, but because they wanted to     53     time with me. They were just trying to share a     54     part of their life with me and     55     me in something that had been in the family forever.    56    I got this, I stopped treating it as work and     57     it as a bonding experience.

Now, I often     58     to play baseball with my dad or grandpa. The     59     practices and tough love I got from my     60     taught me a useful life lesson: find out why someone does something before jumping to conclusions.

41. A. fairly  B. successfully  C. naturally  D. accidentally

42. A. still B. seldom  C. even  D. yet

43. A. parents  B. coaches  C. doctors  D. neighbors

44. A. ordered  B. prepared  C. honored  D. born

45. A. amazed  B. disappointed  C. great  D. mad

46. A. casually  B. accurately  C. regularly  D. clumsily

47. A. practice  B. relax  C. leave  D. quit

48. A. reply  B. reason C. chance D. choice

49. A. project  B. business  C. routine  D. policy

50. A. effort  B. wealth  C. promise  D. trust

51. A. calmer  B. smarter  C. happier  D. kinder

52. A. searched for B. focused on  C. benefited from D. figured out

53. A. save  B. waste  C. spend  D. set

54. A. normal  B. special  C. short  D. general

55. A. include  B. spoil  C. test  D. judge

56. A. Before  B. Although  C. Unless  D. Once

57. A. expected  B. described  C. treasured  D. recognized

58. A. fail  B. offer  C. forget  D. hesitate

59. A. forced  B. regretted  C. disturbed  D. ended

60. A. team  B. school  C. neighborhood  D. family