《2025年红对勾高考一轮复习金卷英语》

Test3(2024·河南湘豫名校联考)
I sat at the corner of the living room, staring at the Christmas tree. It was the best tree we had had. My husband 1 it immediately we found it among the rows of pre - cut trees. We 2 that it was a real beauty. We thought it was the 3 tree even though it was not. Like most Christmas trees, it has a good 4 , which was facing out toward the living room. Seen from every angle, the tree is the most 5 one.
But if you stood where I was 6 , you would see that this tree has its 7 . One side wasn't shaped quite as 8 as the other. So we put this side around to the corner because none wanted to see that 9 side.
Upon hearing about the tree, my eight - year - old daughter, Kaylyn, 10 , “Christmas is ruined!” Christmas wasn't ruined, Kaylyn. Like most things, Christmas is all about what you 11 . And many of us are wishing that Christmas should be perfection which we can only achieve in our 12 , like everything is right in the world.
So there's 13 for us that perfection could be found in the least perfect world. 14 , you don't have to face the world with your “good side” and push your “bad side” into the corner, in hopes that no one will 15 it.
1. A. offered
B. selected
C. cut
D. ignored
2. A. joked
B. pretended
C. proved
D. imagined
3. A. perfect
B. necessary
C. right
D. free
4. A. function
B. meaning
C. value
D. side
5. A. worthwhile
B. available
C. beautiful
D. special
6. A. standing
B. lying
C. sitting
D. talking
7. A. similarity
B. secret
C. difference
D. character
8. A. skillfully
B. formally
C. normally
D. cleanly
9. A. ugly
B. pretty
C. excellent
D. strange
10. A. cried
B. cheered
C. applauded
D. apologized
11. A. decide
B. expect
C. promise
D. choose
12. A. reality
B. world
C. minds
D. homes
13. A. fact
B. wonder
C. doubt
D. hope
14. A. In another word
B. In addition
C. By all means
D. In that case
15. A. admit
B. recognize
C. notice
D. appreciate

答案： 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.A
11.B 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.C