注:句内层次题:空格的答案由空格所在句子决定。句组层次题:空格的答案由与空格相距不远的一组句子决定。语篇层次题:空格的答案由整篇文章的内涵决定。
[命题者说]
研究近3年的全国卷完形填空试题,可以发现完形填空的设题方式大致可分为句内层次、句组层次及语篇层次三种题型。在难易程度上,句内层次题和句组层次题较容易,考生只需要结合语境理解空格所在句或相邻的几句就可以确定答案,对于考生来说相对比较容易得分。且句内层次、句组层次题考查最多,能保障考生取得基本分数,但高考是选拔性的考试,每篇完形填空总会有2~3个比较难的语篇层次题成为考生取得高分的拦路虎,对于此类填空,往往需要考生跨越段落,从全文的脉络、作者的思想、意图或主人公的心理等角度进行推理、判断,才能做出正确的选择。本专题将设两课对这三种题型进行分别指导。
一、基础保分课 ——巧用7大方法力保句内、句组层次题不失分
对应学生用书P66
一 5大方法速判句内层次题
解题信息分布在本句内,在读懂文意的前提下,利用本句的一些解题信息就可直接做答。对于此类题目,可边读边填,将原文信息尽量复原。
1.利用习惯搭配及固定结构解题
完形填空中经常会考查一些固定结构、固定句式,这时考生就需要运用习惯搭配及固定结构来解题。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅰ) The man who had his bright lights on 48.came_over and told Larry he had
__49__
an emergency call.
49.A.returned B.received
C.made
D.confirmed
分析:选C 本题可以利用固定结构解题。make a call为固定搭配,意为“打电话”。make an emergency call意为“打急救电话”。
2.利用生活常识和文化背景解题
完形填空的语篇中往往渗透着诸如文化科学、历史地理、风俗民情等方面的知识。考生在做题时,若能积极地调动自己的文化背景知识和生活常识,巧妙地加以运用,特别是注意中西文化的差异,将会大大简化复杂的分析与判断过程,节省宝贵的时间,顺利地沿作者的思路阅读下去。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅰ)Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man __56__ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the __57__ if he was needed or 58.free to go. They let him and the other man go.
56.A.stepped forward
B.backed off
C.moved on
D.set out
57.A.woman
B.police
C.man
D.driver
分析:56.选B 57.选B 这两个题可以利用生活常识和文化背景解题。根据生活常识,当急救人员来的时候,其他临时施救的非专业人员当然要“后退”(back off)。然后,Larry问“是否他还有需要”,问的对象肯定是这些急救人员了,观察四个选项只有police符合常识。
3.利用对应成分分析法解题
完形填空文章的上下文之间以及句子内部之间往往有着一定的逻辑关系,它使句子的各个成分之间形成一定的对应关系。考生可以根据这种逻辑关系找出与未知填空相对应的已知成分,将它作为线索,通过它推断出未知填空的答案。
[典例] (2015·安徽高考)To __51__ the amount of rubbish and to protect the52.environment,_more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.
51.A.show
B.record
C.decrease
D.measure
分析:选C 本题可以利用对应成分分析法解题。
To __51__ the amount of rubbish and to protect the
动词并列连词动词对应关系
52.environment,_more governments ...
从上述分析可以看出,第51题与protect形成对应关系。因为前面有and这一并列连词,并且and前后意思应该一致,我们可以很轻松地选出正确答案C项(decrease“减少”)。
4.利用逻辑关系解题
此方法是通过分析未知填空前后文与已知信息之间的逻辑关系来确定答案,主要应用于完形填空的两类题型:一是考查连接词和起连接词作用的短语,二是考查上下文的逻辑关系。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅲ) We went 101 and I was named most valuable player, __48__ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's 49.accident.
48.A.and
B.then
C.but
D.thus
分析:选C 本题考查连词。连词的作用就是将其前后文的已知信息衔接起来,因此可以利用逻辑关系来解题,即通过分析该未知填空前后文的已知信息的逻辑关系来确定本题应该填入表达何种逻辑关系的短语。We went 101 and I was named most valuable player.
(我们10∶1赢得了比赛,并且我被评为最有价值的球员。)__48__ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's 49.accident.
(我经常做疯狂的梦,在梦中我应该为Miller的车祸负责。)
通过上述分析得知本填空前后文的已知信息是明显的转折关系,因此答案是but。and表示并列关系;then表示顺承关系;thus表示因果关系。
5.利用语境暗示分析法解题
上下文语境具体体现为:全文的中心主线和主题、作者的态度倾向和评价、上下文语篇衔接、句际和段际关系。在句内层次中,我们通常可以通过上下文语境,即根据已知信息,推导出正确答案。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅱ) She gave me a __33__ smile, nodded while listening patiently,and then printed out the 34.ticket immediately.
33.A.shy
B.comforting
C.familiar
D.forced
分析:选B 本题可以利用语境暗示分析法解题。根据下文“nodded while listening patiently ...immediately” 可知“她”的举止对我是非常友好、善意的,因此,我们可以快速从四个选项中选出comforting, comforting smile“让人感到安慰的笑容”。
4大方法智取句组层次题
比句内层次题稍难一级的题目,其解题信息分布在空格前后的一组意群之中,解题时需前瞻后顾,综合意群信息解答。即:本句信息不足填,空格前后再找信息源。
1.利用语义复现解题
复现是一种语义衔接手段,它通过原词、同义词或近义词、反义词、上义词、下义词、同源词或同根词等重复出现来表达某一概念,使整篇文章上下连贯,有机地衔接在一起。因此,考生可根据文章的具体情况,理解文章的结构和语境,利用文章中的复现现象来选择正确的答案。
[典例1] (2016·四川高考) Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 44.Even the youngest children in the class were __45__ by the story.
45.A.surprised
B.annoyed
C.puzzled
D.attracted
分析:选D 本题可以利用语义复现解题。本题为近义词复现。上文中的loved是45题的近义复现,故选D项。
[典例2] (2015·陕西高考) Dad had a green comb.He bought it when he married Mum.Every night, he would hand me his __26__ and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”
26.A.bag
B.wallet
C.comb
D.brush
分析:选C 本题可以利用语义复现解题。本题为原词复现。26空是上文“Dad had a green comb.”中comb的原词复现,故选C项。
2.利用作者态度或感情色彩关联解题
在高考完形填空文章中,我们一定要在快速阅读文章的过程中,仔细找出能够反映作者态度和感情色彩的重要词汇,它们往往是名词、形容词、副词或动词。这些词汇通常是我们做题时重要的参照线索,可以帮助我们快速确定某些题目的正确答案。
[典例] (2016·四川高考) Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 44.Even the youngest children in the class were 45.attracted by the story. They 46.listened with great interest, and then __47__
joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.
47.A.suspectedly
B.anxiously
C.calmly
D.enthusiastically
分析:选D 本题可以利用作者态度或感情色彩关联解题。根据前文中的动词loved,were attracted以及介词短语with great interest的提示可知,47题的感情色彩是积极向上的,所以47题选择D项(热情地)。
3.利用逻辑关系解题
在句组层次题中,利用逻辑关系解题同样是一种重要的方法。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅱ) Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device (装置) on your desk. And they've never actually 41.met you. Everything they know about you 42.came through this device sometimes from hundreds of miles away. __43__ they feel they can know you 44.just from the sound of your voice. That's how powerful the 45.telephone is.
43.A.Thus
B.Yet
C.Then
D.Indeed
分析:选B 本题是典型的考查上下文逻辑关系的题目,可以利用逻辑关系解题。Everything they know about you 42.came through this device sometimes from hundreds of miles away.
(他们对你的了解全部通过这台装置,有时来自数百英里远的地方。)转折_43__ they feel they
can know you 44.just from the sound of your voice.
(他们觉得只需要听到你的声音就能了解你。)_
通过上述对本空前后文已知信息的分析,能够发现上下文是明显的转折关系,因此答案可以确定为选项B.Yet。thus“因此”,then“随后”,indeed“的确,确实”。
4.利用语境暗示分析法解题
在句组层次中,有些题目我们往往也需要通过上下文语境,即根据已知信息,推导出正确答案。
[典例] (2016·全国卷Ⅰ)43.As he got closer, he found 44.another vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed __45__ shooting out from under the 46.disabled vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and 47.got_hold_of the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.
45.A.flames
B.smoke
C.water
D.steam
分析:选A 本题可以利用语境暗示分析法解题。上文中提到Larry发现另一辆车翻倒在地,从而再仔细看,根据下文他“got hold of the fire extinguisher”,“Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out”等这些语境暗示可知,他仔细看后,注意到(noticed)从车下面冒出的应该是火焰(flame)。
[课堂巩固训练]
A
(2016·陕西咸阳三模)On the first day of school our teacher introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't know. I stood up to look around 1.when
a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned 2.around
to find a little old lady with a __3__ smile. She said,“Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eightyseven years old.”“Why are you in __4__ at such a YOUNG age?”I asked. She replied,“I always __5__ of having college education and now I'm getting one!”she told me. After class we became instant friends. I was __6__ about what might have __7__ her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
3.A.falseB.cold
C.frozen
D.warm
解析:选D 根据上下文及后面的smile可推知老太太的微笑是温暖的(warm)。false“假的”;cold“冰冷的”;frozen“冷冻的”。
4.A.class
B.school
C.university
D.kindergarten
解析:选C 根据下句中的“having college education”可知老太太是来上大学(university)。
5.A.dreamed
B.spoke
C.heard
D.complained
解析:选A dream of doing sth.“梦想做某事”。speak of“说明”;hear of“听说”;complain“抱怨”。
6.A.frightened
B.embarrassed
C.shocked
D.curious
解析:选D 我对于是什么东西鼓舞她在这么大年龄还能承受这样的挑战感到很好奇(curious)。A项意为“害怕的”;B项意为“尴尬的”;C项意为“震惊的”。
7.A.forbidden
B.encouraged
C.warned
D.allowed
解析:选B 参考上题解析。A项意为“禁止”;B项意为“鼓励,鼓舞”;C项意为“警告”;D项意为“允许”。
B
(2016·河北唐山一模) I first got to know Rose while working in a hospital kitchen.
When I arrived at 6 a.m., Rose was already there.“Hi, I'm Janet.”I tried to be __1__, although I already knew Rose was hard to work with. Rose __2__ what she was doing and looked over her reading glasses. I could tell from her __3__ that she wasn't delighted to see a student worker. __4__, I started to work. However, nothing I did __5__ her. All morning her eagle eyes missed __6__ and she was very sharp with me.
1.A.confident
B.cool
C.friendly
D.patient
解析:选C 根据“although I already knew Rose was hard to work with”可知设空处答案为C项(friendly)。
2.A.loved
B.forgot
C.hated
D.stopped
解析:选D 作者向Rose打招呼,Rose停下手中的活看了她一眼。A项意为“热爱”;B项意为“忘记”;C项意为“讨厌”;D项意为“停止”。
3.A.experience
B.expression
C.description
D.appearance
解析:选B 根据上下文可知,作者从Rose的表情中可以看出Rose见我是一名实习生而感到不悦。A项意为“经验”;B项意为“表情”;C项意为“描述”;D项意为“外表”。
4.A.Otherwise
B.Anyway
C.Therefore
D.Besides
解析:选B 虽然Rose不友好,但我还是开始工作了。A项意为“否则”;B项意为“即使这样”;C项意为“因此”;D项意为“此外”。
5.A.pleased
B.excited
C.puzzled
D.disappointed
解析:选A 根据下句可知我做的一切都没让她高兴起来。A项意为“使……高兴”;B项意为“使……激动”;C项意为“使……困惑”;D项意为“使……失望”。
6.A.everything
B.nothing
C.something
D.anything
解析:选B 整个上午,我做的事没有一件逃过她锐利的目光。动词miss在本句中意为“未看到”,故答案为nothing。
C
(2016·江西百所重点高中模拟)Tenyearold Riley Christensen and her mother, Lynn, sat in front of the family computer, checking out models and prices of bikes.“Let's __1__ one out for Dad's birthday present,”Lynn suggested to her daughter.
As Riley surfed the home page of the Bike Rack, a __2__ in their town caught her eyes. She clicked it out of curiosity. The __3__ told how Bike Rack owner Hal Honeyman had created an organization to __4__ specially engineered bicycles for people with disabilities. It also showed the __5__ faces of those who were riding them, __6__ Hal's own son, who had been born with cerebral palsy
(脑瘫).
1.A.pick
B.give
C.sell
D.send
解析:选A 根据上下文可知Lynn建议女儿为父亲的生日挑选礼物。pick out“精心挑选”;give out“分发”;sell out“卖完”;send out“发出”。
2.A.school
B.building
C.shop
D.restaurant
解析:选C 要在店铺(shop)里挑选生日礼物,故答案为C项。
3.A.sight
B.link
C.idea
D.model
解析:选B 根据上文中的“surfed the home page”及“clicked”等,可知本空应为“链接(link)”。
4.A.show
B.choose
C.repair
D.provide
解析:选D 从下文可知车行老板Hal Honeyman创建组织的目的是免费提供专门为残疾人设计的自行车。A项意为“展示”;B项意为“选择”;C项意为“修理”;D项意为“提供”。
5.A.sad
B.special
C.happy
D.beautiful
解析:选C 残疾人能骑上专门为自己设计的自行车一定会非常高兴(happy)。
6.A.except
B.without
C.concerning
D.including
解析:选D 其中包括Hal患先天性脑瘫的儿子。A项意为“不包括”;B项意为“没有”;C项意为“关于,就……而言”;D项意为“包括”。
D
(2016·河南八市重点高中质检)Nothing being sure where I want to start this, I will say that I lost my mom back in April of this year. She was ninetytwo. __1__, I was not expecting her to __2__ and I don't think she was expecting it either. I was very close to my mom, being an only child. We did have __3__ on the surface, but we still had a close relationship __4__ those.
1.A.However
B.Otherwise
C.Moreover
D.Though
解析:选A 前后两句之间是转折关系,再结合空格后的逗号可知选A。
2.A.pass out
B.pass away
C.pass by
D.pass down
解析:选B 文中“I lost my mom”表明母亲已经去世,故选B。pass out“昏迷,失去知觉”;pass away“去世”;pass by“通过,经过”;pass down“使世代相传,流传”。
3.A.promises
B.agreements
C.differences
D.similarities
解析:选C 下文中的“we still had a close relationship”表明,母女表面上有分歧,故选C。
4.A.in terms of
B.in case of
C.in need of
D.in spite of
解析:选D 虽然有分歧之处,但我们关系很亲密。
E
(2016·大连市高三双基测试)Last year I went on holiday to Spain. But __1__, after two days in Madrid, I started to get severe 2.back
pain. I was in such suffering that I went to the local hospital for a (n) __3__.
No sooner had I arrived than I was __4__ to a small room, and I had not been waiting too long __5__ a surgeon came to examine me. He didn't speak English and I only spoke a few words of Spanish. He __6__ that I had to remove my clothes and he gave me one of those funny hospital gowns
(罩衣)
which hardly 7.cover anything.
1.A.unbearably
B.unfortunately
C.unwillingly
D.unusually
解析:选B 依据本句中的“I started to get severe ________ pain”和文章首句可知,在假期突然身体抱恙是一件不幸的事。A项意为“难以忍受地”;B项意为“不幸地”;C项意为“不情愿地”;D项意为“不同寻常地”。故B项正确。
3.A.appointment
B.operation
C.examination
D.visit
解析:选C 依据第二段第一句中的“a surgeon came to examine me”可知,医生来给作者做检查,因此作者是到医院去做检查的。A项意为“约定,任命”;B项意为“手术”;C项意为“检查,考试”;D项意为“拜访”。故C项正确。
4.A.invited
B.carried
C.shown
D.welcomed
解析:选C 依据故事发生的场所是医院可知,作者应该是被领到了一个小房间里。A项意为“邀请”;B项意为“背,拿,扛”;C项意为“引,带,领”;D项意为“欢迎”。故C项正确。
5.A.until
B.since
C.after
D.before
解析:选D 句意:……我没有等很长时间,医生就过来给我做检查。分析句子可知,应该是在医生来做检查之前作者没有等很长时间。故D项正确。
6.A.urged
B.said
C.gestured
D.advised
解析:选C 根据上文“He didn't speak English and I only spoke a few words of Spanish.”可知,两人在语言沟通方面有一定困难,所以应该是医生示意作者脱掉衣服。A项意为“催促,力劝”;B项意为“说”;C项意为“用手势表现、表达或指导”;D项意为“建议”。故C项正确。
二、重难增分课 ——坚持“一原则”活用“三方法”,力争语篇层次题不丢分
对应学生用书P69
[解题口诀]
[题型解读]
在上一课中,我们重点讲解了完形填空三大层次题型中的句内层次题和句组层次题。相信同学们对完形填空这一题型的解题方法有了一定的了解。在本课中,我们继续讲解另外一种层次题型,也是同学们在解答完形填空题中较易失分的一种层次题型,即语篇层次题。
语篇层次题要求考生理解整篇文章,抓住全文的脉络、作者的思想、意图或主人公的心理,然后进行准确的推理、判断,从而做出正确的选择。这类题难度较大,一篇完形填空中,大约有2~3道此类题。
语篇题目确实难,解题信息找不全。
此类问题不要慌,放眼全篇细思量。
句内句组不能解,暂时跳过放一放。
等到信息足够全,综合思维把它判。
[一原则]不急于解答,读完全文后综合思维再做判定
语篇层次题的解答必须立足于整个语篇,因此在解题时对这类题目不能急于解答,要跨越段落,顺藤摸瓜,仔细比对,最终得出答案。具体来说,可以利用以下3种方法解答此类题目。
[三方法]
利用语义复现解题
在语篇层次题中,我们同样可以利用语义复现解题。
[典例] (2016·四川高考)
Lainey finished third grade. She had good grades and could read 41.above grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her 42.niece. But Lainey took one look at it, 43.rolled
her eyes, and said, “Borrrring!”
Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 44.Even the youngest children in the class were 45.attracted by the story. They 46.listened with great interest, and then 47.enthusiastically joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.
“How can you say it's __48__? Have you read it?” asked Aunt Dede.
48.A.amazingB.boring
C.ridiculous
D.humorous
分析:选B 本题可以利用语义复现解题。本题为原词复现。上文“and said,‘Borrrring!’”中的Borrrring是48空的原词复现,故选B项。
利用总分结构对照分析法解题
完形填空往往采用总分对照结构,总述是对分述的总结和概括,而分述是对总述的展开和详述,两者之间有着明确的相互支撑、相互印证的对照关系。总分对照结构可以为我们提供重要的解题线索。
[典例] (2016·全国卷)
Powerful, yes, but not always __46__. For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I'd never met 47.in_person,_got me rockbottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really 48.annoyed me. I sometimes wished to 49.find another agent.
One morning, I had to 50.book an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani's office 51.for_the_first_time. The woman sitting at the desk, 52.seeing my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a 53.comforting smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the 54.ticket immediately. “What a wonderful lady!” I thought.
Rushing out 55.gratefully I called out over my shoulder, “By the way, what's your name?” “I'm Rani,” she said. I turned around and saw a 56.pleasant woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was 57.speechless! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so 58.nice.
Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani's 59.friendliness — her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I'm here for you’ 60.attitude — were all silent signals that didn't travel through wires.
46.A.direct
B.useful
C.easy
D.accurate
分析:选D 本题可以利用总分结构对照分析法解题。此题在一个总述句“Powerful, yes, but not always __46__.(电话是强大的,但不总是准确的)”中。这是为什么呢?下文叙述的事件给了我们本空的答案。因此,仅仅看到本题所在句子包含的信息是不够的,还要看后文的相关信息,这个关键信息就在下文的分述部分。只要抓住分述部分作者态度的转变过程,本题就迎刃而解了。总述Powerful, yes, but not always __46__.
分述 her cold voice annoyed me→she
gave me
a comforting smile/“What a wonderful woman!” I thought.
总结一下分述部分,很容易判断出第46题答案就是D项accurate。因为下面分述部分讲的是作者在电话里觉得Rani是冷漠的,但见面后印象完全转变,由此可知,电话虽强大,但不准确。
利用逻辑关系解题
在语篇层次题中,利用逻辑关系也是一种重要的解题方法。
[典例] (2015·北京高考) Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them 36.sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home.The loud 37.music filled the room and made them feel very happy.
The next morning, __38__, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a 39.note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain (抱怨) about the sound of the piano.Dario's mother asked the building superintendent (管理员) if he knew anything about it.But he said that they were all40.nice people and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that.Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their 41.neighbors and apologize for their playing.
38.A.therefore
B.however
C.otherwise
D.instead
分析:选B 本题是典型的考查上下文逻辑关系的题目,可以利用逻辑关系解题。
38题之前的文章在讲Dario和妈妈为搬进新家而高兴,当天晚上一起弹奏钢琴以庆祝乔迁新居。
转折38题之后的文章都是在讲他们不快乐的原因及他们的反应。
通过上述对本填空前后文已知信息的分析,发现上下文是明显的转折关系,因此答案可以确定为选项B。
[解题样板]
(2016·全国卷)
A Heroic Driver
Larry works with Transport Drivers, Inc. One morning in 2009, Larry was 41.traveling along 165 north after delivering to one of his 42.customers.
Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. 43.As he got closer, he found 44.another vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed 45.flames shooting out from under the __46__ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and
47.got_hold_of the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.
The man who had his bright lights on 48.came_over and told Larry he had 49.made an emergency call. They 50.then heard a woman's voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. 51.Approaching the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay 52.still until the emergency personnel arrived, 53.but she thought the car was going to 54.explode. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move 55.in_case she
injured her neck.
Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man 56.backed_off and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the 57.police if he was needed or 58.free to go. They let him and the other man go.
One thing is 59.for_certain — Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His __60__
most likely saved the woman's life.
46.A.usedB.disabled C.removed D.abandoned
60.A.patience
B.skills
C.efforts
D.promise,46.选B 此题为语篇层次题。本题通过句内和句组无法解出,必须立足全篇才能做对,因此在解题时可以先临时放一放,留待下文信息明朗后再解决。由后文“They 50.then heard a woman's voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle.”可知句中的wrecked为disabled的同义复现,因此本题可以利用语义复现解题。
60.选C 此题为语篇层次题。本题必须结合上文全篇内容才能解出。由上文内容可知运输司机拉里在路上冒险救人,因此此处应为拉里的努力(efforts)挽救了那位女士的性命。本文为典型的“分—总”结构,前文叙述的是拉里的英勇事迹,后文是对拉里事迹的总结。因此本题可利用总分结构对照法解题。
[课堂巩固训练]
(2016·沈阳市高三年级教学质量检测一)I was 11 when you were born, and in your first few years I often looked after you, bathed and dressed you and took you out for walks. I have __1__ memories of your childhood. Of
__2__ you up as a “rock star”. Of watching you dance __3__ nightclothes. Of your insistence that I make your school lunch __4__ I put so much more peanut butter on your __5__ than anyone else. Of the __6__ phone call we ever had — an echo (共鸣) of my own university years — when you wanted to __7__ university and study dance.
Since we have grown up, I have lived through you, although you may not know it. You had the opportunity I so __8__ wanted but never got — to train in the dancing arts. I encouraged our parents to support you because I have always __9__ how my life would be if they hadn't chosen a(n) __10__ career path for me, their eldest child.
I know you have __11__ to hunt for work and confidence, and that you probably wonder sometimes if you made the right choice. __12__, I am happy for you and proud that I played some small role in helping you to __13__ a dream.
There's a __14__ between us now. It has grown since I first left home, and in the __15__ I missed your teenage years. That __16__ me greatly. I imagine that you believe we have very little in common — a __17__ in the city and a biologist in West Africa — but in you I __18__ some of my own dreams realized.
But beyond that, even at 12 or 13 I felt as much a mother to you as an older sister. So, on the rare __19__ when we see each other, I want to know everything, from your concerns, hopes to delights.
I wish, there were an arm's __20__ between us. I hope we can one day be sisters or friends again. I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you.
语篇解读:本文主要讲述了作者陪伴妹妹成长过程中的点点滴滴。
1.A.vividB.painful
C.admirable
D.awful
解析:选A 根据空后的以of开头的句子可知,此处指“我”对你的童年有清晰的(vivid)记忆。awful“可怕的”;painful“痛苦的”;admirable“值得赞赏的”。故A项正确。
2.A.putting
B.dressing
C.making
D.picking
解析:选B 把你装扮成“摇滚明星”。put sb. up“推荐”;dress sb. up “装扮”;make sb. up “化妆”;pick sb. up“接某人”。故B项正确。
3.A.with
B.as
C.in
D.for
解析:选C 看你穿着睡衣跳舞。in“穿着,戴着”,故C项正确。
4.A.although
B.because
C.when
D.if
解析:选B 你坚持让“我”给你做学校午餐是因为(because)“我”在你的三明治(sandwiches)里放了比别人多很多的花生酱。because引导原因状语从句。故B项正确。
5.A.sandwiches
B.lunch
C.bread
D.pies
解析:选A 参见上题解析。文章的最后一句“I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you”是提示。
6.A.simplest
B.farthest
C.loudest
D.longest
解析:选D 当你想退学(drop out of)去学习舞蹈时,我们曾经打过时间最长的(longest)电话。simplest“最简单的”;farthest“最远的”;loudest“最大声的”。故D项正确。
7.A.give in to
B.look away from
C.go in for
D.drop out of
解析:选D 参见上题解析。give in to“屈服,让步”;look away from“把目光从……移开”;go in for“参加,爱好”。故D项正确。
8.A.badly
B.hardly
C.perfectly
D.naturally
解析:选A 你有“我”非常(badly)想得到但是却从没有得到过的机会。hardly“几乎不”;perfectly“完美地”;naturally“自然地”。故A项正确。
9.A.believed
B.understood
C.wondered
D.regretted
解析:选C “我”总是想知道(wondered)“我”的生活将会是怎样的,如果他们没有为“我”选择一条传统的(traditional)职业道路。believe“相信”;understand“理解”;regret“后悔”。故C项正确。
10.A.traditional
B.original
C.official
D.special
解析:选A 参见上题解析。original“起初的”;official“官方的”;special“特别的”。故A项正确。
11.A.managed
B.struggled
C.refused
D.preferred
解析:选B “我”知道你曾经努力(struggled)寻找工作和自信。manage“完成(困难的事)”;refuse“拒绝”;prefer“偏爱”。故B项正确。
12.A.Besides
B.Instead
C.However
D.Otherwise
解析:选C 然而(However),“我”为你高兴并且让“我”自豪的是在帮助你追逐(follow)梦想的过程中“我”起了一点儿作用。besides“况且”;instead“代替”;otherwise“否则”。故C项正确。
13.A.choose
B.support
C.have
D.follow
解析:选D 参见上题解析。choose“选择”;support“支持”;have“有”。故D项正确。
14.A.promise
B.quarrel
C.distance
D.plan
解析:选C 根据下文的“left home”“missed”可知,此处指现在我们之间有一些距离(distance)。promise“承诺”;quarrel“争吵”;plan“计划”。故C项正确。
15.A.direction
B.process
C.environment
D.experience
解析:选B 在这个过程(process)中,“我”错过了你的青少年时期。direction“方向”;environment“环境”;experience“经历”。故B项正确。
16.A.shocks
B.comforts
C.upsets
D.moves
解析:选C 那使“我”很沮丧(upsets)。shock“使震惊”;comfort“安慰”;move“使感动”。故C项正确。
17.A.rock star
B.performer
C.professor
D.dancer
解析:选D 根据上文的“study dance”“to train in the dancing arts”可知,此处指一名在城市里的舞者(dancer)和一名在西非的生物学家。rock star“摇滚明星”;performer“表演者”;professor“教授”。故D项正确。
18.A.see
B.remember
C.guess
D.keep
解析:选A 但是在你的身上,“我”看到(see)了自己的一些梦想得以实现。remember“记起”;guess“猜测”;keep“保持”。故A项正确。
19.A.vacations
B.stages
C.spots
D.occasions
解析:选D 此处指我们不多的几次见面。vacation“假期”;stage“舞台”;spot“地点”。occasion表示“时刻,时候”,故D项正确。
20.A.length
B.width
C.depth
D.height
解析:选A “我”希望我们之间只有一臂长(length)的距离。width“宽度”;depth“深度”;height“高度”。故A项正确。