2020版高考英语总复习高考提能练（四十）（含解析）外研版选修7

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1、高考提能练(四十)Module4　MusicBorninAmericaⅠ.阅读理解A[2019·湖南长郡中学检测]OnWednesday,nearly300kidswilltakepartintheNationalSpellingBee.Fewerwillmakeittothefollowingday'ssemifinals,whereonemistakemeanselimination(淘汰).I'dbetthatmanyofthemwillbesilentlypraying—notonthefirstwor

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3、ivenoutatschool—hundredsofwordsprintedonaposterthatcouldbefoldeduplikeamap.Whenthewordsalongthecreases(褶痕)begantodisappear,weboughtadditionalspellinglists.Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce,letalonemyIndianbor

4、nmother.Whenshepointedoutthemisspelledwords,Iblamedheraccentformyerrors!Whenitwasmyturn,Iapproachedthemicrophoneandwaitedformyfirstword.Theannouncerwassomewheretomyleft,amanwhopronouncedclearly.“Barbican，”hesaid.Itseemedthatmycompetitorsweresecretlycomplaini

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6、e,recentlosersweresittingaroundatableabundantwithjunkfood.Wecasuallymentionedthewordsthatdefeatedus,likeaspecialceremonytowelcomeeachnewarrival.Thenwechangedthesubjectifwe'dalreadymovedonfrommissedwordsandlostopportunities.Eventually,Iwentoutandsawmymother.“

7、Well，”shesaid,“I_guess_you_won't_be_doing_this_again.”Yes,nextyearIwouldbe15andnotallowedtotakepartinthecompetition.体裁：记叙文　题材：人生经历　主题：参加英文拼字大赛【语篇解读】　本文主要叙述了“我”14岁时参加全国英文拼字大赛的经历。【难句分析】　Sometimesmymothertestedus,readingwordsmostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowto

8、pronounce,letalonemyIndianbornmother.分析：该句为复合句。句中mostEnglishteacherswouldn'tknowhowtopronounce为省略了关系词的定语从句，修饰先行词words；letalone为固定搭配，意为“更不用说”。译文：有时，我妈妈测试我们，她读的一些单词大多数英语老师都不知道怎么发音，更不用说我的出生在印度的母亲了。