Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
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The British drinking culture
I first met alcohol in the late 1980s. It was the morning after one of my parents' parties. My sister and I, aged 9 or 10, were up alone. We were searching for abandoned cans. I remember being methodical(有方法的): pick one up, give it a shake to see if there's anything inside, and if there is, drink! I can still remember the warm taste of the beer on my tongue.
In my mid-teens, I started to drink more often. I found that drinking made being a human easier. Drinking meant I could talk to people more easily, sometimes even dance. After I graduated, I found myself in a new city but with the same habits. I ended one night by getting drunk. The next morning I had a black eye and a need for a tetanus injection(破伤风注射).
I didn't feel that I had a problem with alcohol, nor did any of my friends. We got drunk, and then suffered the consequences. We were just doing what young people did. But recently, with nearly 20 years of drinking, I started to wonder if my generation's relationship with alcohol was abnormal. When I looked into the numbers, I realized that it was. I discovered that 2004 was __Peak_Booze__:_the year when Brits drank more than they had done for a century. No other generation drank so much in their early twenties. Why us?
In 1950, Brits drank an average of
3．9 liters(公升) per person. Then, in 1960, it began to move upward. The climb became steadier during the 1970s. However, the rising trend ended in 1980, but that turned out to be temporary. By the late 1990s, consumption was rising rapidly again. In 2004, we were drinking
9．5 liters of alcohol per person.
For many of us nowadays, it's still normal to go to the bar after work on Friday. We drink maybe because we're happy or sad. Today the drinking commercials are more tightly regulated, but the wine-sponsored TV cooking contest and beer-branded soccer shirt are here, reminding us that alcohol is a normal part of everyday life.
语篇导读
本文为说明文。英国的饮酒文化历史悠久，也影响着一代又一代的人。 1．How did the writer begin his first attempt at drinking? A．By drinking with his sister at the mercy of their parents. B．By drinking the beer in the abandoned cans after a party. C．By drinking at random with their teen mates after school. D．By drinking the beer bought with the pocket money given to them. 解析 B 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知B项正确。
2．What do we know about the writer according to the second paragraph? A．The writer was a little premature.
B．The writer had difficulty getting on with others. C．The writer used to get drunk when he was young.
D．The writer dropped out of school due to drinking too much.
解析 C 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，作者年轻时习惯夜里喝醉，第二天早上，有黑眼圈，需要破伤风注射，故选C项。
3．How does the writer develop his idea in the fourth paragraph? A．By showing examples. C．By classifying figures.
B．By analyzing data. D．By tracing the time order.
解析 D 篇章结构题。 作者主要通过列举不同时期英国人喝酒的量来告诉读者一个客观事实，即：喝酒的量在英国基本上是呈上升的趋势。作者是按时间的顺序来写的，故选D项。
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Drinking advertisements are forbidden on TV in Britain. B．The British drinking culture is different from the past. C．People go to the bar simply because they are happy or sad.
D．Smart businessmen can still plant their alcohol advertisements everywhere.
解析 D 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，尽管与酒相关的广告管理得更严了，但酒商通过赞助电视烹饪大赛和在足球衫上印商标等方式间接地做广告，故选D项。
B
(2018·河北保定一中高三一检)If something that you're doing doesn't challenge you，then it doesn't change you.We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all.5.____________ So challenge the following limits：
Figure out what you're scared of and do it continuously.
If you're a salesman, and you're scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you'll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call.
6．____________ But don't stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, I'm not scared！”
7．____________
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.
Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
8．____________ A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight，but also make you feel better about yourself.
Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
Don't just limit yourself to your fellow travelers—try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they're going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class.
9．____________
A．You should do it continuously. B．Someone may hang up on you. C．You don't need to go to the gym.
D．Running in the gym may be a better choice. E．Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself. F．Take a class for a hobby you've been wanting to develop.
G．You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone. 语篇导读
本文为议论文。人如果不被挑战，就不会有进步。本文从培养兴趣、旅游和锻炼等几个方面来鼓励人们挑战自己。
5．解析 G 转折关系。上文讲在生活中，我们需要一些正常范围内的压力。下文接着提出了建议：所以尝试着挑战以下的事情吧。after all具有转折的意味，G项(如果你一直待在你的舒适区，那么你将不会有任何提高)有承上启下，转折作用，故选G项。
6．解析 B 顺承关系。这段主要讲推销员如何克服害怕和人说话的问题。上文讲到每天至少花5分钟去打一个电话，由下文的But don't stop on the first try！可知，前面应该是遇到了什么困难，所以下文才会出现鼓励的话语，hang up挂断电话，故选B项。
7．解析 F 总分关系。本句是整段的总领句。根据下文可知，这段主要是讲在工作之外培养一个兴趣的好处。根据下文的taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income可知，F项(为你一直想培养的兴趣报一个兴趣班)符合题意，故选F项。
8．解析 C 顺承关系。本段是讲，最好每天花至少9分钟来锻炼身体以及锻炼身体的好处。由下句可知，C项符合题意，此句起承上启下的作用，故选C项。
9．解析 E 总分关系。该段讲的是旅行的好处，根据上文的Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class可知，最后这两句是对全文的总结，并提出想要提高自己所需要做的具体事情。上句是对锻炼和培养兴趣提出的建议，下句的建议则是和旅游相关的，故选E项。
Ⅱ.完形填空
It must have been after two o'clock in the morning when the last guest took his leave. Though
we had enjoyed their stay, my wife and I were quite__1__ to shut the door on them. We__2__ all the dirty dishes and glasses as they were, and after opening a few windows to let some__3__ air in and the smell of food out, we climbed into bed and__4__ asleep. I__5__ have been asleep for more than half an hour__6__ I awoke with a strong smell of smoke.__7__ half asleep, I stepped into the living-room, and there，__8__ heavy clouds of smoke, I saw one of our curtains was on fire.
I should have__9__ the windows then without delay，__10__ instead I tried to beat out the fire with a folded newspaper. __11__ this failed, I hurried into the kitchen to__12__ a bucket of water. At the same time, I shouted to Barbara, who__13__ phoned to summon the fire brigade(消防队)__14__ coming to help me. We had to work at top __15__ carrying buckets of water from the kitchen to__16__ the fire, fanned by the wind from the windows, __17__. We were unable to__18__ out the fire, but we managed to__19__ it under control till the arrival of the firemen.__20__,_they arrived in no time, and they had little difficulty in putting out the fire. 语篇导读
本文为记叙文，讲述了我和妻子在深夜救火的经历。 1． A．nervous C．thankful
B．busy D．free
解析 C 毕竟客人走了之后“我们”可以放松一下，故选C项，“谢天谢地，客人总算走了”。
2．A.laid C．washed
B．left D．put
解析 B leave表示“使……处于某种状态”，与下文构成完整结构，leave sth as it is表示“听之任之”，故选B项。
3．A.hot C．fresh
B．warm D．cold
解析 C 开窗当然是为了让新鲜空气进来，让食物的气味排放出去，故选C项。 4．A.fell C．got
B．felt D．went
解析 A fall asleep睡着，为固定搭配，故选A项。 5．A.must C．couldn't
B．may D．mustn't
解析 C 与下一空相搭配，表示“我睡了顶多半个钟头”，用否定句式，是hardly/not have done sth when句式，而must用于否定句中不表示判断推测，故选C项。
6．A.until
B．after
