河北辛集中学2024-2024学年度高二英语寒假作业（十二）
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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. 世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
一、 完形填空
Be a Traveler，not a Tourist
Last summer，I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket. A 3﹣month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe．Excited for me journey，I packed all the necessities, except the （1） ． While the convenience of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my（2） not to take with me the few expensive kilograms of out﹣of﹣date information，this was not the only reason why I decided to fly alone．
To be honest，my main（3） with the guidebook is that I find it（4） the pleasure of a journey， like bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do，（5） she doesn't always know what is the best．Experience has taught me that there is an obvious （6） between a tourist and traveler．While waiting in a queue，I met a man who had a checklist．He showed me his list of \（7） off in a loud American accent that he'd seen everything Italy has to offer in just four days．The problem I had with this man's（8） to
travelling was that he was too （9） information provided by his guidebook．He was lost in the （10） attractiveness of the \﹣sees\and （11） to all the wonders and adventures that might happen during the（12） trip．
So，（13） any guidebook，I traveled to Estonia，the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia．In the（14） of advance plans as guidebooks would suggest，I had no choice but to turn to some friendly faces for advice．I（15） myself first and then asked them what was happening around the town．When this（16） an invitation to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I（17） a 110﹣degree wood﹣stove sauna，（18） picked forest﹣mushrooms and the good （19） of our five newfound Estonian friends，I was most glad that I had left my \（20） \． 1. A．magazine 2. A．goal 3. A．suggestion 4. A．increases 5. A．as if 6. A．similarity 7. A．cut 8. A．way
9. A．cautious about
B．guidebook B．excuse B．dislike B．annoys B．even though B．competition B．gave B．determination B．focused on
C．cash C．mistake C．problem C．limits C．as though C．distinction C．put C．approach C．amused by
D．map D．decision D．connection D．removes D．as long as D．misunderstanding D．showed D．confidence D．surprised at
10. A．seemingly 11. A．dumb 12. A．guided 13. A．beyond 14. A．loss 15. A．warned 16. A．cut in 17. A．enjoyed 18. A．secretly 19. A．experience 20. A．mom 二、阅读理解
B．likely B．deaf B．imagined B．without B．control B．introduced B．broke in B．found B．locally B．opinion B．book
C．orderly C．blind C．paid C．except C．absence C．calmed C．put in C．ordered C．rarely C．company C．master
D．lovely D．eager D．real D．unlike D．face D．enjoyed D．resulted in D．bathed D．nervously D．time D．aunt
When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London，a poet described her paintings as \ribbon （丝带）around a bomb\．Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time．Sadly，she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time．
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City，Kahlo suffered from polio（小儿麻痹症）at the age of seven．Her spine （脊柱）become bent as she grew older．Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school﹣bus accident．Throughout the rest of her life，the artist had many
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