2019-2020年高考英语一轮总复习 精品单元阶段测试卷(26) 新人教(2)

文的“saw nothing”相照应，故答案为B，empty表示“空的”。cheap“便宜的”；useless“无用的”；improper“不适当的”。文章最后一句也有提示。

53．A。考查连词。句意为“当我看着那张我很少给予关注的自豪的脏兮兮的小脸时，泪水充满了我的眼睛”。此处as引导时间状语从句，表示“当……时”。until表示动作一直持续到某个时间；because引导原因状语从句；though引导让步状语从句，与句意不符。

54．C。考查名词和搭配。由句意可知，作者在说自己原来很少关注他。give attention to“注意……，留心……”符合语境。advice“建议”；support“支持”；mand“命令，指挥”。

55．B。考查介词。“我”永远忘不了隐藏在我桌子上的这个小空盒子背后的意思。behind“被……遮挡，隐藏在……后面；(喻)在……幕后，在……背后”，符合语境。

Ⅳ.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) (·南昌高三调研)

Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery tickets(彩票). The tickets cost only $0.9 each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest lottery jackpot(积累奖金) in history.

More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing. Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80. The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million, but that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales. In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.

Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have.

But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized(合法化的) gambling. Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets. There are also many addicts who take the game seriously. They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets. Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.

Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to e from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice(恶习), under the name of social progress. No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans.

56．The main idea of the passage is that ______.

A. lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them B. playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market

C. many people buy lottery tickets, but lotteries cause disagreement D. lotteries are nothing but legalized vice

57．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra taxes. B. The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress.

C. Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste money on them.

D. People love the lottery because it is a stock market.

58．In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling ______.

A. $1.62 million B. $1.82 million C. $9.6 million D. $87 million

59．People who are addicted to playing lotteries should ______.