Test 21
Ⅰ.完形填空
A few weeks after my first wife,Georgia,was called to heaven,I was cooking dinner for my son and myself.For a __1__,I had decided on frozen peas.As I was cutting open the bag,it __2__ from my hand and crashed to the floor.The peas,like marbles,__3__everywhere.I tried to use a broom,__4__with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week,every time I was in the __5__,I found a pea—in a corner,or behind a table leg.They kept __6__.Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it,and __7__ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining __8__,I was in a new relationship with a wonderful __9__ I’d met in a support group.After we married,I was reminded __10__ those peas under the refrigerator,and realized that my __11__ had been like that bag of frozen peas.It had shattered.My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job,and with a son having trouble __12__ his new surroundings and the __13__ of his mother.I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you __14__,when everything you know comes apart,and when you think you’ll never __15__,remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas.The peas can be __16__,and life will move on.You’ll find all the peas __17__,including the ones that are hardest to find.And when you’ve got them __18__ you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time.But you’ll have to __19__,and how fast you collect your peas depends on you.Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,__20__ will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
1.A.drink
B.fruit
C.vegetable
D.meat
答案 C
解析 做饭时,我用豌豆,豌豆当然是一种蔬菜,故选C。
2.A.moved
B.walked
C.ran
D.slipped
答案 D
解析 开包后,它就从我手中掉了。slip滑落。
3.A.rubbed
B.rolled
C.grew
D.existed
答案 B
解析 豌豆掉在地上了,当然四处滚动。roll滚动,符合题意。
4.A.but
B.and
C.although
D.so
答案 A
解析 我试着扫,可它们却滚遍了厨房。表示转折,用but。
5.A.bedroom
B.living room
C.kitchen
D.storeroom
答案 C
解析 做饭当然在厨房了。kitchen厨房。
6.A.getting up
B.turning up
C.taking up
D.using up
答案 B
解析 当我到厨房时,它们都出现。turn up出现。
7.A.found
B.ate
C.left
D.planted
答案 A
解析 八个月后,我搬动冰箱,又找到了12粒。find找到。
8.A.presents
B.cans
C.vegetables
D.peas
答案 D
解析 我找到剩下的豌豆,上下文中都多次提示到。
9.A.man
B.child
C.woman
D.boy
答案 C
解析 根据后面的“After we married...”可知。
10.A.of
B.for
C.with
D.in
答案 A
解析 remind sb.of sth.使某人想起……。
11.A.wife
B.life
C.son
D.friend
答案 B
解析 我意识到我的生活也像那袋豌豆。
12.A.turning to
B.leading to
C.adjusting to
D.adding to
答案 C
解析 我到了一个新的城市,我的儿子难以适应新环境,丧母之痛也一直困扰着他。turn to求助;lead to导致;adjust to适应;add to增加。
13.A.thank
B.love
C.help
D.loss
答案 D
解析 见上题解析。
14.A.down
B.near
C.close
D.wide
答案 A
解析 get sb.down让某人沮丧。
15.A.get it
B.make it
C.take it
D.leave it
答案 B
解析 make it成功。
16.A.grew
B.bought
C.collected
D.frozen
答案 C
解析 豌豆能够收拢,上下文中多次出现collect。
17.A.eventually
B.fortunately
C.properly
D.specially
答案 A
解析 最后你能够找到所有的豌豆,包括最难找的。eventually最后。
18.A.both
B.all
C.either
D.each
答案 B
解析 all全部,符合语境。
19.A.call on
B.put on
C.bring on
D.move on
答案 D
解析 但是生活照常。move on继续前进。同时前面也有提示“__16__,and life will move on.”
20.A.while
B.because
C.since
D.or
答案 D
解析 你会把散在四处的它们一扫帚扫散,还是一粒一粒的拾起来,重新开始你的生活呢?
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A villa(别墅) designed to resist earthquakes with “self-healing” cracks in its walls,thanks to nanotechnology(纳米技术) applications with self-healing polymers(聚合物),is to be built on a Greek mountainside.The villa’s walls will include special particles that turn into a liquid when squeezed(压榨) under pressure,flow into cracks,and then harden to form a solid material.
The NanoManufacturing Institute (NMI),based in Leeds University,will play a key role in an EU project to construct the home by December 2010.The project,called “Intelligent Safe and Secure Buildings” (ISSB) is funded under the EU’s Sixth Framework program.This potentially life-saving scheme is led by German building manufacturer Knauf.The villa will be built in Amphilochia,in western Greece,where Knauf currently runs a manufacturing plant.If the experiment is successful,more tremor-resistant(防震) homes could be built in earthquake zones across the globe.NMI chief executive Professor Terry Wilkins said,“What we’re trying to achieve here is very exciting.We’re looking to use polymers in much tougher situations than ever before on a larger scale.” Monitors contained in the villa’s walls will be able to collect vast amounts of data about the building over time.Wireless sensors(传感器) will record any stresses and vibrations,as well as temperature,humidity and gas levels.
The walls are to be built from new load-bearing steel frames and high-strength gypsum(石膏) board.Prof Wilkins said,“If there are any problems,the intelligent sensor network will be able to alert residents immediately so they have time to escape.If whole groups of houses are so constructed,we could use a larger network of sensors to get even more information.If the house falls down,we have got hand-held devices that can be used over the ruins to pick out where the embedded(嵌入的) sensors are hidden to get some information about how the villa collapsed.Also,we can get information about anyone who may be around,so it potentially becomes a tool for rescue.”
1.The aim of the passage is to ________.
A.report a piece of interesting news
B.promote tremor-resistant homes
C.inform us of the nanotechnology development
D.tell us something about a tremor-resistant home
答案 D
解析 根据文章的大体内容,主要讲了防震别墅的功能及原理。
2.The villa can resist earthquakes because ________.
A.it will be built on a special place
B.the cracks in its walls can be healed by the polymers
C.the special particles can make its walls stronger
D.the intelligent sensor network can tell people where there is a crack
答案 B
解析 根据第一段第一句话可知本题选B项。
3.If the tremor-resistant home falls down,________.
A.rescue work can be done more quickly and accurately
B.the intelligent sensor network will stop working
C.no one can be hurt in the earthquake
D.a warning signal will be given to other residents
答案 A
解析 根据最后一段“If the house falls down,so it potentially becomes a tool for rescue.”可知选A项。
4.What Prof Wilkins said suggests that ________.
A.he is doubtful about the project
B.he thinks the tremor-resistant home is perfectly designed
C.he is confident in the tremor-resistant home
D.the tremor-resistant home still needs to be tested in a real situation
答案 C
解析 根据最后一段,Prof Wilkins分析了在出现问题时防震别墅的作用,可知他对此很有信心,认为这很重要。
5.It can be inferred from the passage that tremor-resistant home ________.
A.is still being tried out
B.is already under construction
C.has been in wide use
D.will be put into wide use soon
答案 A
解析 根据第二段“If the experiment is successful,more tremor-resistant(防震) homes could be built in earthquake zones across the globe.”可知此项目还在试用阶段。
Ⅲ.微写作
写作素材
1.我喜欢你们的报纸。
2.它报道国内外资讯,所以我能了解一周的大事。
3.同样吸引我的是世界名人的成功故事。
(素材来源于2011·大纲全国·书面表达)
提示:尽量使用高级表达:so that;what引导的宾语从句;倒装句等。
连句成篇(将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文)
I like your newspaper for two reasons.First it covers both national and international news so that I can learn what has happened during the week.Equally attractive are the success stories of the world-famous people.
1.resist v.抵制 resistance n.抵抗力;反对 resistant adj.不受影响的 resist doing...忍住做…… resist the temptation抵制诱惑 meet resistance面临抵制
2.under pressure面临压力 stand the pressure承受压力 put pressure on sb.给某人施加压力 press sb.to do...逼迫某人做……
3.on a larger scale大规模地 scale down缩减
4.pull out退出 pull through康复;渡过难关 pull up停车 pull on穿上 pull in进站
5.If there are any problems,the intelligent sensor network will be able to alert residents immediately so they have time to escape.
该句是含有if条件句的复合句,在主句中so_(that)引导结果状语从句。
如何理解完形填空中的长难句?
如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的单句,可这样处理:跳读修饰成分,迅速找出主谓结构。这样一来,我们便可以将长句化为短句,将难句化为易句。具体步骤是:先跳读修饰成分或附加成分,找出句子的主干并理解其意义;然后再分段理解修饰成分或附加成分。
如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的并列句,可这样处理:先找出其中的并列连词,然后再根据并列连词的意思理清句子前后是顺连关系还是反连关系,是因果关系还是转折关系等,最后再根据不同的语境关系正确理解句意。
如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的主从复合句,可这样处理:先分清主句与从句,然后弄清是名词性从句,还是状语从句,或是定语从句。注意,弄清从句性质对于理解复合句的意思至关重要。如本节完形填空中的When life gets you __14(down)__,when everything you know comes apart,and when you think you’ll never _15_(make_it)_,remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas.该句较长,包括三个when引导的时间状语从句,在第二个和第三个when从句中,可把you know和you think看成插入语去掉,主句中包含一个that引导的宾语从句。分析完从句类型后,就可以有针对性地翻译句子,从而正确理解文章。
另外,有一点要提醒同学们,在处理长难句时,如果既能正确理解句意,又能将其准确地译成中文,那是最好了。但是,对于有些长难句,要在较短时间内(如在参加考试时)将其译成中文比较困难,此时只要能正确理解其意思就行了。