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（一）
(河北省石家庄二中2011届高三课堂专项练习)
Although he has a ___ 17____ brain,James has never had to concentrate on ___18____ . some people think this is a mistake and say he should have gone to college to ____19___ his mind.But James is one of the lucky few who has found fame and fortune ___20____ a diploma (文凭). on the court, he is king.
这是一篇介绍美国素有NBA篮球“小皇帝”之称詹姆士. 勒布朗成长历程的短文。詹姆士. 勒布朗，新一代的NBA篮球王。他，取胜欲望强，得分能力高，把握机会好，简直是一个全才。 获得2006年全明星赛NBA“最有价值球员”称号。然而这位年轻的篮球天才的成长过程却充满了艰辛，可谓一路"挣扎"。
1. A. performance
B. activity
C. action
D. talent
【答案】D
【解析】talent是“天才”或“天赋”的意思.这里指“詹姆士”这位天才球星。
2. A. sale
B. exhibition
C. show
D.duty
【答案】C
【解析】on show 固定搭配“显示”。 3月28日当他带领克里夫兰骑士队以107：104击败新泽西网队时这种能力“显示”了出来，在这场比赛中他一人独得41分。这种能力指上文所提的全明星球员在身体、技术和智力方面的综合素质。
3. A. oldest
B. strongest
C. tallest
D. youngest
【答案】D
【解析】由上文提到的“19岁(刚到)87天”反推该空应强调James是最年轻的取得如此骄8. A. fight
B. struggle
C. battle
D. war
【答案】B
【解析】由下文所介绍的童年不幸生活反推，James的童年生活是一种“挣扎”。
9. A. Except for
B .Except
C. Besides
D. Without
【答案】D
【解析】without是介词在这里表示“如果没有”的意思，充当条件状语。
10. A. certainly
B. impossible
C. hardly
D. probably
【答案】D
【解析】没有祖母和邻居的帮助,James也许很小的时候就死了。Probably表示一种推测，有这种可能，更符合当时的实际情况。
11. A goal
B. game
C. match
D. chance
【答案】D
【解析】take any chance固定搭配“利用任何机会”，本句中on court表示：根据球员状态决定谁上谁下，所以詹姆士想生存下来的精神力量迫使他要抓住任何可能的机会。
12.A. hate
B. refuse
C. object
D. reject
【答案】A
【解析】下文的don't like暗示该空应填hate。
13. A. grasped
B. seized
C. caught
D. held
【答案】B
【解析】seize the opportunity，"抓住机会"，与语境逻辑相符,更能显示出詹姆士求胜欲望强烈。
14. A. afraid
B. unlucky
C. able
D. certain
【答案】C
【解析】分析语境可知，该空表一种能力，所以填able。
15. A. keep
B. forbid
C. protect
D. stop
【答案】D
【解析】stop sb. (from) doing sth.，“阻止某人做某事”，符合题意。若将stop 改为keep，from不可省，所以A不正确。
16. A according
B referring
C. thanks
D. sticking
One study from the University of Washington School of Nursing studied 1 problems in husbands and wives. Researchers cited(引用) previous evidence that anger problems and depressive symptoms have been linked to all major 2 of death, but found that wives
specifically found a greater association between anger and 3 of depression, 4 men tended to instead experience an 5 between anger and health problems.
According to a study from Ohio State University, those who had less control over their anger 6 to heal more slowly from wounds. Researchers gave blisters(起疱膏) to 98 participants and found that, after 8 days, those who had less control over their anger also tended to be 7 healers. 8 , those participants also tended to have more cortisol (a stress hormone) in their system during the blistering procedure, 9 that they may be more stressed by difficult situations as well.
10 study from Harvard School of Public Health studied hostility(敌对行为) in men and found that those with 11 rates of hostility not only had poorer pulmonary functioning (breathing problems), but experienced higher rates of decline as they aged. Research with children and 12 shows that anger 13 is important for the younger set as well. Findings showed that youth who cope inappropriately with their anger are at greater 14 for problem-ridden(受…支配的) interpersonal relationships. Their 15 is also at risk; those who cope poorly with anger tend to have more negative 16 when it comes to both mental and general health. This highlights the fact that anger management is an important skill to 17 early.
These are just a few of the many studies linking anger to 18 and emotional health 4. A. but B. if C. while D. though
【答案】C
【解析】“妻子的观点”和“男人们的观点”含对比的意味，故用连词while。译文：丈夫认为生气和健康有联系。 5. A. appreciation B. attention C. association D. attractiona greater association between…”容易选出association （联系）为正确答案。 6. A. prepared B. addicted C. accustomed D. tended
【答案】D
【解析】tend to “倾向于…”为固定搭配。语意：根据一项来自俄亥俄州立大学的研究，那些对愤怒很少控制的人总是伤口愈合得慢。 7. A. faster B. more C. slower D. quickerheal more slowly from wounds”推知伤口愈合更慢，故选C。 8. A. As well as B. In addition C. Except D. What’s worse
【答案】B
【解析】由下一句“those participants also tended to…”容易判断此处应填In addition（另外；而且）。句意：而且，这些人在起水泡blistering”过程中身体系统总是分泌出较多的压力激素cortisol ‘a stress hormone’)，这说明可能在困难情况下压力。 9. A. predicting B. promising C. expecting D. suggestingA. predicting 预示着B. promising 允诺说C. expecting期望着D. suggesting表明，说明；只有D项放到文中语意通顺。 10. A. Other B. More C. Another D. The other
【答案】C
【答案】D
【解析】联系上下文的语境，及日常生活中的常识（易于发火的人，容易被人惹恼），我们容易推理出这一句的语境是：结果发现不能合适地应对恼怒的年轻人，在人际交往interpersonal relationships）中有较高的受人支配的风险。我们不难看出此处应该填上表示风险之意的名词 15. A. body B. feeling C. health D. emotion
【答案】C
【解析】由上一题的分析，我们容易推理出这一句的语是：他们的健康也有风险。此处应该填上表示健康之意的名词 16. A. outcomes B. meanings C. effects D. pains
【答案】A
【解析】联系上下文的语境，及日常生活中的常识，我们容易推理出这一句的语是：那些不能合适地应对恼怒的人他们在精神和健康方面总是有比较负面的结果。我们容易看出此处应该填上表示结果之意的名词 17. A. recite B. learn C. understand D. explore
【答案】B
【解析】联系上下文的语境，我们容易推理出这一句的语境是：这就凸显了恼怒管理是要早些学习的一种技能。 18. A. facial B. spiritual C. psychological D. physical联系上下文的语境，由上面的一系列的分析我们不难看出语意是：这些仅仅是把很多恼怒和人的身体及情感健康问题联系起来的研究中的几个研究。这些问题或明显或隐藏，结合日常生活中的常识（往往我们说人的健康的时候总是说身心健康），我们容易判断此处应该填上表示”身体的”之意的形容词 19. A. unperfected B. unexpected C. unprotected D. uncovered
【答案】B
Next to his plate Andrew found a beautiful lettered
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．It was from his wife, which read: “
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, my love! I knew you’d get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show just how
much I love you．I’m so
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of your accomplishments!” He read it and stopped to
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how sensitive and caring Tina was．
After dinner, Andrew was on his way to the kitchen
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he observed a second card had slipped out of Tina’s pocket．He picked it up．It read: “Don’t worry about not getting the raise! You do deserve one! I prepared this dinner to show you just how much I love you 17
you didn’t get the increase．”
Tears18 in Andrew’s eyes．Total acceptance! Tina’s support for him was not
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upon his success at work．
The fear of rejection is often softened and we can undergo almost any setback or rejection when we know someone loves us
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our success or failure．
这篇文章讲述了While Andrew向老板提出加薪要求，老板满足其要求后，夫妇二人（While Andrew
and
Tina）互表爱意的温馨小故事，文章最后告诉我们：不管我们成功或失败，只要有人爱我们，我们就不怕接受任何挫折或拒绝。
1．A．What about B．How come C．How about D．What if
【答案】D
【解析】四个选项的意思如下：what about = how about“…怎么样？”；how come“怎么回事、怎么搞的”；what if “如果…该怎么样？”。再根据行文可知以下句子：All day
Andrew felt nervous．1
Mr．Larchmont refused to
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his request?的译文：一整天Andrew都感觉到紧张。如果（what if）Mr．Larchmont拒绝同意（grant）他的
要求该怎么办？
2．A．grant B．admit C．submit D．guarantee
【答案】A
【解析】四个选项的意思分别如下：A.同意、承认；B.承认、接纳；C.提交、服从；D.保证、确保。再结合上面第1题的解释可以选出最佳答案：grant。
3．A．managed B．studied C．worked D．conducted
8．A．praise B．award C．reward D．raise
【答案】D
【解析】参考上面第7题的解释及所给四个选项的意思：A.赞扬、称赞；B.奖品、奖学金；C.报答、奖赏；D.加薪、提高，可知选择：raise最佳。
9．A．to find B．to appreciate C．to notice D．to decorate
【答案】A
【解析】根据行文可知：Andrew得以加薪后非常高兴，到家后，惊讶的发现（to find）餐桌上放着精美的瓷器，点着蜡烛。妻子，Tina已经准备了丰盛的饭菜，包括（including）
他最喜欢的菜。
10．A．as
B．through C．including D．for
【答案】C
【解析】参考上面第9题的解析可以选出最佳答案：including。
11．A．understood B．recognized C．figured D．predicted
【答案】C
【解析】句子：Immediately he
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someone from the office had tipped her off!译文如下：Andrew马上想到（figured）办公室有人告诉妻子了。再结合四个选项的意思：A.理解；B.认出、识别出；C.想到、料想；D.预测，可知最佳选择：figure。
12．A．letter
B．note C．envelope D．mail
【答案】B
【解析】四个选项的意思分别如下：A信、字母；B便条；C信封；D邮件。根据具体的语境可知句子：Andrew发现盘子旁边有一精美的便条（note）。结合实际，这是妻子，Tina放的为了提醒丈夫，Andrew，故此选择：note最佳。
13．A．Best wishes B．Good news C．Congratulations D．Wonderful job
16．A．while B．before C．until D．when
【答案】D
【解析】此处句子译文如下：吃晚饭后，Andrew走向厨房的路上，就在这时Andrew看到又一张卡片从妻子兜里掉出来。Andrew捡起。上面写着：“没有加薪不要伤心！你确实应
该加薪的！我准备了这顿饭来证明：即使（even though）你没有加薪，我也是多么爱你。此处，when意思“就在那 / 这时突然…”。例如：the children were swimming in the
river when it began to rain。孩子们正在河里游泳，就在这时，天突然下起了雨。
17．A．as though B．even though C．whether D．unless
【答案】B
【解析】参考上面第16题的解析，再结合所给选项的意思可以选出最佳答案B。
18．A．welled up B．flowed over C．rushed out D．streamed down
【答案】A
【解析】四个选项的意思分别如下：A涌出、涌现；B溢出（通常指液体流出）；C冲出、突然出现；D流下来（像小溪一样，比较细长等）。再参考下文的陈述，尤其是最后一段的意思（可以参考第15题的解释），我们可知：Andrew被妻子Tina的做法感动了，所以Andrew眼中突然涌出（well up）眼泪。
19．A．qualified B．restricted C．conditional D．concerned
【答案】C
【解析】此处主要考查：be conditional on / upon sth “以…为条件”例如：The sale of the painting was conditional on the expert's agreement that it was an original Rembrandt. 这幅画的出售须要有专家认可它确是伦勃朗的原作才行。文章中句子： Tina’s support for him was not
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upon his success at work的译文如下：妻子，Tina对Andrew的支持不是以Andrew工作的成功为条件的。
20．A．despite B．without C．either D．regardless of
【答案】D
【解析】四个选项的意思分别如下：A尽管；B没有；C两者之一、也、而且；D不管、不顾。根据语境此处译文如下：当我们知道不管（regardless of）成功或失败都有人爱我们的时Then one evening, after he had looked __13__ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets __14__ usual, he __15__ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things __16__ this
frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the __17__. Tomorrow I’m going to __18__. I promise I shall not tell __19__ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for __20__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
这是一篇非常有趣的小故事：文章讲述了身为边防检查员的彼得明知一个工厂工人在走私货物却无法抓住对方的把柄。在退休的前一天，彼得恳请其说出真相，结果令彼得恍然大悟。
1. A. towards
B. down
C. to
D. up
【答案】D
【解析】up。
2. A. filling
B. pulling
C. pushing D. carrying
【答案】D
【解析】pushing。
3. A. arrived
B. appeared C. came
D. reached
【答案】D
【解析】arrive, come为不及物动词不可直接接 the frontier，故选reached。
4. A. ask
B. order
C. make
D. call
【答案】D
【解析】askorder后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前应有to, make后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前to要省去。根据下文应选make。
5. A. carefully
B. quickly C. silently D. horribly
【答案】D
【解析】carefully。
6. A. that
B. where
C. how
D. whether
【答案】D
【解析】“是否”之意的whether作宾语从句的引导词。
7. A. before
B. after
C. first
D. so
【答案】D
13. A. through
B. thoroughly C. upon
D. up【答案】D
【解析】look through 意为“彻底检查”。
14. A. like
B. more
C. then
D. as
【答案】D
【解析】“as usual”“象平常一样”。
15. A. told
B. cried
C. ordered D. said
【答案】D
【解析】tell, ordersay应为say to sb. 故said为正确选项。
16. A. cross
B. past
C. across
D. into
【答案】D
【解析】past 表“经过”； across 强调“从一边到另一边”；而into 表示“进入到……里面”。 根据文意across应为正确选项。
17. A. thing
B. work
C. job
D. duty
【答案】D
【解析】“on the job”“执行公务”。
18. A. rest
B. back
C. retire
D. retreat
【答案】D
【解析】retire。
19. A. everyone B. anyone C. no one
D. someone
【答案】D
【解析】not 及文意应选anyone。
20. A. moment
B. long time C. sometime D. some time
【答案】D