高考英语试题2017(2017年高考英语抢分题型专练及答案)

考点一、状语从句中的省略

　(1) 当主句主语与从句主语相同(或从句主语为it)，并且从句谓语中含be动词，常将从句主语和be动词省略，构成省略形式。

　(2) as / than引导比较状语从句时，从句通常使用省略形式。如：He earns less than his wife (does).

　When _____ for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding. (2012安徽)

　A. asking B. asked

　C. having asked D. to be asked

　解析：BWhen引导的状语从句，When he was asked for his views about his teaching job。

　考点二、动词不定式的省略

　(1)在主动语态中，感官动词或使役动词后接不定式作补足语时将不定式符号to省略。

　考例

　The director had her assistant _____ some hot dogs for the meeting.

　A. picked up B. picks up

　C. pick up D. picking up

　解析： Chad是使役动词，to。

　(2) 在同一句话或同一情景对话中，当同一动作再次出现在后面的不定式位置上时，可以只保留不定式符号to。

　考例

　The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police _____. (2013课标1)

　A. not to do B. not to

　C. not do D. do not

　解析：B “在路边停车”这一动作前面已经提到，：… but was asked by the police not to park his car near the roadside.

　[] 句式would have done sth, should have done sth, ought to have done sth, needn’t have done sth, used to be...等省略形式为 would have, should have, ought to have, needn’t have, used to be。要保留不定式后的have或be。如：

　—Are you a sailor?

　—No, but I used to be (a sailor).

　so / not

　英语中常用so / not等来代替省略的肯定内容或否定内容，I’m afraid / I hope / I think / I guess / I believe / I expect / I suppose等开头的答语中，： if so / if not

　考例1

　—Everybody is going to climb the mountain. Can I go too, mom?

　—_____ Wait till you are old enough, dear. (2010全国I)

　A. Will you? B. Why not?

　C. I hope so. D. I’m afraid not.

　解析： D： I don’t think so. = I think not. I don’t expect so. = I expect not. 2

　—The boys are not doing a good job at all, are they?

　—_____.

　A. I guess not so B. I don’t guess

　C. I don’t guess so D. I guess not

　解析：DI guess not 中的not 并不是否定动词guess的，，： (that) the boys are not doing a good job at all. ， I guess not“我不这么猜想”，“我想是的”或“我看他们干得不好”。

　考点四、情景交际中的省略

　在情景对话中，常常省略大家都知道的内容或不会引起歧义的部分，只保留主干部分或关键词。

　考例

　—Goodbye, John. Come back again sometime.

　—Sure. _____. (2012四川)

　A. I did B. I do C. I shall D. I will

　解析：D。答语句意：当然，我会的。I will后面省略了come back again sometime。

　倒装

　考点一、完全倒装

　(一)在here, there, now, then, away, down, in, up, off, out等副词开头的句子中(主语一般为名词，be, come, go, run等)，

　考例

　Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away _____. (2009上海)

　A. fleeing the thief B. was fleeing the thief

　C. the thief was fleeing D. fled the thief

　解析：D。句意：一听到狗叫得厉害，小偷赶紧逃走了。副词away位于句头，使用完全倒装。

　(二) 地点状语位于句首时，主语为名词且谓语动词为不及物动词(如lie, stand, sit等)，常使用完全倒装句式。

　考例

　At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River _____, one of the ten largest cities in China.

　A. lies Chongqing

　B. Chongqing lies

　C. does lie Chongqing

　D. does Chongqing lie

　解析：A：At no time _____ the rules of the game. It was unfair to punish them. (2013辽宁)

　A. they actually broke

　B. do they actually break

　C. did they actually break

　D. they had actually broken

　解析：C。at no time为否定词语，因此主句用部分倒装结构。句意：实际上他们从没有打破游戏规则。处罚他们是不公平的。

　(二)“only+状语”位于句首时引起的部分倒装

　考例

　Only with the greatest of luck _____ to escape from the rising flood waters. (2012上海)

　A. managed she B. she managed

　C. did she manage D. she did manage

　解析：C。句意：她最终逃脱了上涨的洪水，只是因为运气极佳。

　(三) 在so…that句型中，如果so引导的部分位于句首，则主句要使用部分倒装。

　考例

　So sudden _____ that the enemy had no time to escape.

　A. did the attack B. the attack did

　C. was the attack D. the attack was

　解析：C。句意：这次袭击非常突然以至于敌人没有时间逃跑。sudden是形容词，在句中作表语，故动词应用was。

　(四) as或though引导让步状语从句置于句首时引起的部分倒装(although不能引导倒装)。其倒装句型是：表语(形容词或单个名词)/ 状语 / 谓语中的行为动词(动词原形)+as / though+主语+…。

　考例

　Hot _____ the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey. (2012陕西)

　A. although B. as

　C. while D. however

　解析：BHot as the night air was尽管夜晚的空气很热。

　(五) so / neither / nor位于句首表示前面所说的情况也适用于另一个人或物， so 用于肯定情况，neither / nor用于否定情况。其句型是： so / neither / nor+ / 系动词 / 情态动词+

　考例

　Bill wasn’t happy about the delay of the report by Jason, and _____.

　A. I was neither B. neither was I

　C. I was either D. either was I

　解析：B：

　1

　The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _____ it a thought.

　A. does he even give B. he even gives

　C. will he even give D. he will even give

　解析：C2

　This is not my story, nor _____ the whole story. My story plays out differently.

　A. is there B. there is

　C. is it D. it is

　解析：C。句中it代指前面的This，nor在句中表示连续的否定。

　(2) neither…nor…连接并列成分，且neither和nor放于句首，前后都倒装。连接并列主语时不倒装。

　Neither does he work hard, nor is he interested in math.

　Neither he nor I am a student.

　(3) 表示对对方所说的话加以肯定或赞同时，不用倒装语序，意为“的确，真的”。如 ：

　—John is very polite. 约翰很有礼貌。—So he is. 他确实如此。

　(4) 当前面有两个(或两个以上)不同动作也适用于后者时，常用“so + it + be + with + sb”结构。

　(六) hardly…when / no sooner…than / not until等连接复合句时，如果hardly, no sooner, not until放于句首，主句使用部分倒装，从句不倒装; not only…but also连接并列分句时，如果not only放于句首, 前一个分句使用部分倒装，后一个分句不倒装。

　考例1

　Not until he retired from teaching three years ago _____ having a holiday abroad.

　A. he had considered B. had he considered

　C. he considered D. did he consider

　解析：DNot until位于句首时，2

　The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only _____, but students became more interested in the lessons.

　A. saved was teachers’ energy

　B. was teachers’ energy saved

　C. teachers’ energy was saved

　D. was saved teachers’ energy

　解析：Bnot only…but also…连接并列分句，not only

　考例3

　—Did Linda see the traffic accident?

　—No, no sooner _____ than it happened.

　A. had she gone B. she had gone

　C. has she gone D. she has gone

　解析：Ano sooner…than句型，no sooner位于句首时，： Outside the doctor’s clinic were 20 patients.　练习题：

　1. —How about going for a walk?

　—_____ great. Let’s get going.

　A. Sound B. Sounding C. To sound D. Sounds

　2. —I didn’t go to the party yesterday.

　—Oh, but you _____.

　A. ought to B. should have C. must have D. should

　3. — Can you still catch the last bus?

　— I’m afraid _____. It left ten minutes ago.

　A. so B. not to C. not D. that not

　4. _____ word by word, needless to say, the passage will be difficult to understand.

　A. If translating B. Having translated C. If translated D. To translate

　5. I like this red bike better than that black one, but it costs almost twice _____.

　A. as much B. as many C. so much D. so many

　6. He has been out of work for half a year. Do you know the difficulty he has _____ the family?

　A. supported B. supporting C. to support D. support

　7. It’s recommended that the plan he put forward _____ discussed at the next meeting.

　A. be B. would be C. was D. must be

　8. Mary opened the door. There _____ she had never seen before.

　A. a boy did stand B. a boy stood C. did a boy stand D. stood a boy

　9. Under the tree _____ of about ten, who was waiting for his mother to come back.

　A. a boy sat B. did a boy sit C. sat a boy D. a boy did sit

　10. I’m very sorry. _____ you are a vegetarian (吃素的人), I wouldn’t have cooked this pork for you.

　A. Had I known B. Did I know C. I had known D. I knew

　11. —Will Peter go to the party?

　—If Mary doesn’t go, _____.

　A. so will he B. neither will he C. neither he does D. so he will

　12. His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years. _____ his aunt.

　A. So it is B. So is it with C. So is it D. So it is with

　13. Never in my life _____ such delicious food. Can you tell me how you cooked it?

　A. I have had B. had I C. have I had D. I had

　14. —May I have permission to leave the table?

　—Not until _____ their food.

　A. has everyone finished B. everyone has finished

　C. will everyone finish D. everyone will finish

　15. As far as I know, not only is he interested in science, but also _____ a gift for music.

　A. has he B. does he have C. does have he D. he has

　16. It’s years since we last saw each other. So much _____ that I can hardly recognize him.

　A. has he changed B. he has changed C. he does change D. he changes

　17. Only when you have learned a lesson from failure _____ greater progress.

　A. can you make B. you can make C. you will make D. you make

　18. _____, she couldn’t work out the maths problem. So she turned to her teacher for help.

　A. Might she as try B. As she might try C. She might as try D. Try as she might

　19. The customer said that no sooner _____ the computer than it stopped working.

　A. he had started B. had he started C. has he started D. he started

　20. No matter how _____ outside, he insisted on going to the railway station to meet his friend.

　A. heavily was it raining B. it was raining heavily

　C. heavily it was raining D. was it raining heavily

　21. As far as we know, Tom spends at least as much time chatting on line as he _____ his homework.

　A. does doing B. does C. doing D. does to do

　22. I’m sorry I hurt you. I didn’t mean _____.

　A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing so

　23. —Is Peter coming with us?

　—I hope _____. He is really interesting.

　A. that B. it C. not D. so

　24. Hardly _____ our walk when it began to rain.

　A. we began B. we had begun C. had we begun D. have we begun

　25. Mr. Black was teaching math in a college last year and he still _____ now.

　A. does B. do C. was D. is　参考答案及解析:

　1-5 DBCCA 6-10 BADCA11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AADBC 21-25 ABDCD

　1. D。句中省略主语。Sounds great.=It sounds great. 听起来不错。

　2. B。根据上句可知是谈论过去的情况，故应该用“情态动词+have done”结构。句子采用省略形式“should have”。

　3. C。英语中常用so / not等来代替省略的肯定内容或否定内容。I’m afraid not补全为：I’m afraid I can’t catch the last bus.

　4. C。If translated= If it is translated. 当主句主语与状语从句主语相同(或从句主语为it)，并且从句谓语中含be动词，常将从句主语和be动词省略。

　5. A。补全句子为but it costs almost twice as much as that one. 句意为：比起那辆黑色自行车，我更喜欢这辆红色的，但是这辆是那辆的两倍价钱。

　6. B。此题考查句式have difficulty (in) doing sth. 其中in可以省略。省略介词in的常考句式还有sb spend + 时间+(in) doing sth (某人花费时间做某事)。

　7. A。虚拟语气用在名词性从句中，should可省略。根据句意应用被动语态。

　8. D。由there开头的句子中，常用完全倒装。能用于这种结构的词除了be外，还有appear, seem, remain, exist, lie, stand等。

　9. C。作地点状语的介词短语置于句首时，句子常用完全倒装形式。句意：在树下坐着一个大约10岁的男孩。他在等他妈妈回来。

　10. A。在虚拟语气条件句中，若从句的谓语动词有were, had, should等词，可将if 省略，把 were, had, should 移到主语之前，采取部分倒装。句意：很抱歉。如果我当时知道你吃素的话，就不会煮猪肉给你吃了。

　11. B。表示前面所说的否定的情况也适合于另一个人，用“nor/neither +助动词 / 情态动词 / 系动词+主语”结构。if引导的 条件状语从句中用一般现在时代替一般将来时。

　12. D。当前面有两个(或两个以上)不同动作也适用于后者时，常用“so it be with sb”结构。 句意：他叔叔是个工人，在一家工厂工作了十年多了。他婶婶也是如此。

　13. C。表示否定意义的词或词组如never / seldom / not / little / nowhere / hardly / in no case / in no sense / by no means等开头的句子，常用部分倒装结构。句意：我一辈子从未吃过这么美味的食品。你能告诉我你是怎么做的吗?根据句意可知，应该用现在完成时。

　14. B。not until 位于句首时，主句用部分倒装语序，而until引导的句子不倒装。until从句中用现在完成时代替将来完成时。补全答语为Not until everyone has finished their food may you have permission to leave the table。

　15. D。not only…but also…连接两个分句，且not only位于句首时，not only后面的分句倒装，but also后面的分句不倒装。句意为：据我所知，他不仅对科学感兴趣，而且对音乐也颇有天赋。

　16. A。在“so…that…”结构中，so及所修饰的部分置于句首时，主句用部分倒装结构。句意：我们好多年没见面了。他变化如此大以致我几乎认不出来了。

　17. A。only修饰状语(副词、介词短语或状语从句等) 位于句首时，主句用部分倒装。句意为：只有当你从失败中汲取教训时，才能取得更大的进步。

　18. D。as引导的让步状语从句置于句首时，一般采用部分倒装。须将表语、状语或动词原形提前。句意：尽管她尽力了，可是她不能解出这道数学题。所以她去找老师帮忙。

　19. B。hardly …when…或 no sooner…than….句型中，如果hardly, no sooner放于句首，前面主句使用部分倒装，后面从句不倒装。句意：那位顾客说他刚启动这台计算机，它就不运转了。

　20. C。however, no matter how 修饰形容词或副词时要前置，用以加强语气，该让步状语从句的主谓不倒装。句意为：不管外面下多大的雨，他也要坚持去火车站接朋友。又如：However hard the problem is, I am determined to work it out. 不管这道题有多难，我也决心将它算出来。

　21. A。此题考查spend+时间+(in) doing sth.句式。does代替动词spends。句意为“据我所知，汤姆花在上网聊天的时间至少和花在做作业上的时间一样多。”

　22. B。当同一动作再次出现在后面的不定式位置上时，通常省略该动作而保留不定式符号to。补全为：I didn’t mean to hurt you. mean to do sth意为“打算做某事”，mean doing意为“意味着……”。句意：对不起，我弄伤了你。我不是故意的。

　23. D。英语中常用so / not等来代替省略的肯定内容或否定内容。句意为：——彼得和我们一起去吗?——我希望如此。他真的很有趣。

　24. C。hardly…when句型中，如果hardly放于句首，主句使用部分倒装，从句不倒装。hardly后面一般用过去完成时。

　25. D。句意：Mr. Black去年在一所大学教数学，他现在仍在教。 由题意及句中的still可知，Mr. Black现在仍在教书，应用现在进行时。为了避免重复，is后面省略了前面提到的相同部分。

　许多在眼前看来天大的事，都不是人生一战，而只是人生一站。确实高考备战让你们很辛苦，可是已经坚持了这么久，这就已经是胜利。祝高考成功!下面是我为大家推荐的河北英语高考题2017年，仅供大家参考!

河北英语高考题2017年

　第I卷

　注意事项：

　1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

　2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效

　第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)

　做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上

　第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　例：How much is the shirt?

　A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.

　答案是C。

　1. Where is Mary?

　A. In the classroom. B. In the library. C. On the playground.

　2. How much should the man pay for the tickets?

　A. $16. B. $12. C. $6

　3. Why can?t the woman give the man some help?

　A. She is quite busy now.

　B. She doesn?t like grammar.

　C. She is poor in grammar，too.

　4. What happened to Marx?

　A. He lost his way.

　B. He found his bike missing.

　C. He lost his wallet.

　5. Why did the man fail to attend the party?

　A. He forgot it.

　B. He didn?t know about the party.

　C. He wasn?t invited to the party.

　第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

　听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　6. Why must the man drive to work?

　A. It is the quickest way.

　B. He has to use his car after work.

　C. He lives too far from the subway.

　7. What?s the relationship between the speakers?

　A. Boss and employee.

　B. Grandmother and grandson.

　C. Teacher and student.

　听第7段材料，回答第8～9题。

　8. When is Alice?s birthday?

　A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Today.

　9. What will the two speakers buy for Alice?

　A. A recorder. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

　听第8段材料，回答第10~12题。

　10. What does the woman do in the group?

　A. Play the piano. B. Play the violin. C. Sing for the group.

　11. Who is Miss Pearson?

　A. Leader of the group.B. Director of the group. C. Teacher of the group.

　12. How often does the group meet?

　A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every third week.

　听第9段材料，回答第13~16题。

　13. Who possibly is the woman?

　A. An air hostess. B. A native Indian. C. A travel agent.

　14. How long does the trip last?

　A. Seven days. B. Eight days. C. Nine days.

　15. What will the man probably do at the second stage?

　A. Do some shopping. B. Visit the Taj Mabal. C. See wild animals.

　16. What will the speakers do next?

　A. Say goodbye to each other.B. Find out the price. C. Go to India by air.

　听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

　17. In what way does Jack like to travel?

　A. With a lot of people.

　B. With one or two good friends.

　C. All by himself.

　18. What does Helen prefer on holiday?

　A. Staying at home.

　B. Seeing famous places.

　C. Enjoying nature quietly.

　19. What does Bob like the best about travel?

　A. Making more friends. B. Buying what he wants. C. Seeing and learning.

　20. Who prefers to do shopping while traveling?

　A. Jack. B. Helen. C. Bob.

　第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　A

　We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

　Using your NatWest Service Card

　As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

　Using your NatWest Cash Card

　You can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

　Using your cards abroad

　You can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you?re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

　We take a commission charge (手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

　Using your NatWest Credit Card

　With your credit card you can do the following:

　* Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days? interest-free credit.

　* Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.

　* Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler?s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

　21. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ________.

　A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

　B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

　C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

　D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

　22. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ________.

　A. ￡4 B. ￡4.5 C. ￡5.25 D. ￡5.3

　23. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

　A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

　B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

　C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

　D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller?s cheques.

　24. The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ________.

　A. pay for goods with your cards B. use your cards abroad

　C. draw cash with your cards D. play your cards right

　B

　Once when I was facing a decision that involved high risk, I went to a friend. He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I?ve ever had: Be bold and brave ? and mighty (强大的) forces will come to your aid.

　Those words made me see clearly that when I had fallen short in the past, it was seldom because I had tried and failed. It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all. On the other hand, whenever I had plunged into deep water, forced by courage or circumstance, I had always been able to swim until I got my feet on the ground again.

　Boldness means a decision to bite off more than you can eat. And there is nothing mysterious about the mighty forces. They are potential powers we possess: energy, skill, sound judgment, creative ideas ? even physical strength greater than most of us realize.

　Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones. But they are more important than physical ones. A college classmate of mine, Tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player. ?In one game I suddenly found myself confronting a huge player, who had nothing but me between him and our goal line,? said Tim. ?I was so frightened that I closed my eyes and desperately threw myself at that guy like a bullet ? and stopped him cold.?

　Boldness ? a willingness to extend yourself to the extreme?is not one that can be acquired overnight. But it can be taught to children and developed in adults. Confidence builds up. Surely, there will be setbacks (挫折) and disappointments in life; boldness in itself is no guarantee of success. But the person who tries to do something and fails is a lot better off than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

　So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities?and you?ll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

　25. Why was the author sometimes unable to reach his goal in the past?

　A. He faced huge risks. B. He lacked mighty forces.

　C. Fear prevented him from trying. D. Failure blocked his way to success.

　26. What is the implied meaning of the underlined part?

　A. Swallow more than you can digest. B. Act slightly above your abilities.

　C. Develop more mysterious powers. D. Learn to make creative decisions.

　27. What can be learned from Paragraph 5?

　A. Confidence grows more rapidly in adults. B. Trying without success is meaningless.

　C. Repeated failure creates a better life. D. Boldness can be gained little by little.

　C

　The wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return?now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a corner shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores?Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance?you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.

　Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction(抽象) of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But earning money isn't quick or easy for most of us. Isn't it a bit incredible that spending it should happen in half a blink(眨眼)of an eye? Doesn't a wallet?that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness?represent something that matters?

　But I'll leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet?the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets?is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble(鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.

　28. What is happening to the wallet?

　A. It is disappearing. B. It is being fattened.

　C. It is becoming costly. D. It is changing in style.

　29. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?

　A. Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

　B. The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

　C. Earning money is getting more difficult.

　D. Spending money is so fast and easy.

　30. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

　A. It represents a change in the modern world.

　B. It has something to do with everybody's life.

　C. It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

　D. It is the concern of contemporary economists.

　31. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

　A. He is resistant to social changes.

　B. He is against technological progress.

　C. He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

　D. He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.