课时知能训练
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2017·广州模拟)In the ancient Tang Dynasty，a student，who was on his way to the capital to attend the national final examination，fell ill halfway when he passed through a mountain village.Thanks to a herbalist doctor and his __1__，the student was taken to their house and __2__well.To everyone's amazement，he __3__ quickly due to the father and the daughter's good care.When he had to leave，the girl wrote down the righthand part of a couplet (对联)for the student to __4__.But unfortunately his situation made him __5__to answer it right then.
In the examination the young man won first place and was asked by the emperor to finish a __6__，which would need the righthand part as the __7__.As luck would have it，the young man realized __8__ the right part of the couplet by the girl was perfect fit to the emperor's couplet.As a result，the emperor was __9__ to see the matching half of his couplet was so __10__ that he appointed the young man Minister in the court and __11__him to pay a visit to his hometown first before __12__ the post.
The young man met the girl __13__and told her about the emperor's couplet and soon after，they got married.For the __14__，the couple doubled the Chinese character，HAPPY，and wrote them together on a red piece of paper to express the happiness for the two __15__.They had lived a happy life ever since then.
1．A.sonB．wife
C．daughter
D．student
【解析】 应该是中医和他的女儿救了赴京赶考的学生，所以选C。
【答案】 C
2．A.dealt
B．cared
C．attended
D．treated
【解析】 可知他被治疗(treated)，所以选D。
【答案】 D
3．A.recovered
B．cured
C．relaxed
D．returned
【解析】 由于中医及其女儿的悉心照料，他很快康复(recovered)，所以选A。
【答案】 A
4．A.match
B．suit
C．complete
D．fit
【解析】 对对联，要用match“与……相配”，所以选A。
【答案】 A
5．A.suitable
B．unable
C．unreasonable
D．uncomfortable
【解析】 从But转折可知该处是否定“不能(unable)”，所以选B。
【答案】 B
6．A.poem
B．passage
C．couplet
D．play
【解析】 从下文the righthand part，可知该空是“对联(couplet)”，所以选C。
【答案】 C
7．A.response
B．answer
C．reflection
D．partner
【解析】 皇帝出题，学生作答。这里用“答案(answer)”，可以从第5题得到提示，所以选B。
【答案】 B
8．A.merrily
B．eventually
C．fortunately
D．immediately
【解析】 句意为“年轻人立刻(immediately)意识到……”，说明年轻人才思敏捷，所以选D。
【答案】 D
9．A.depressed
B．eager
C．delighted
D．anxious
【解析】 下文谈到他对得很好并得到皇帝的赏赐，可知皇帝“高兴”(delighted)，所以选C。
【答案】 C
10．A.harmonious
B．fluent
C．smooth
D．lively
【解析】 句意为“他对得很好”。harmonious有“协调的，匀称的”之意，所以选A。
【答案】 A
11．A.allowed
B．promised
C．urged
D．asked
【解析】 皇帝恩准(allowed)他就职前可以回家一趟，所以选A。
【答案】 A
12．A.offering
B．holding
C．leading
D．putting
【解析】 hold the post意为“就职，就任”，所以选B。
【答案】 B
13．A.nervously
B．curiously
C．happily
D．hurriedly
【解析】 见到心爱的姑娘当然是高兴地(happily)，所以选C。
【答案】 C
14．A.luck
B．success
C．examination
D．wedding
【解析】 婚礼上(wedding)这对夫妇将两个喜字贴在一起，表示双喜临门，所以选D。
【答案】 D
15．A.events
B．occasions
C．affairs
D．accidents
【解析】 event意为“盛事，大事”；occasion意为“场合”；affair意为“事务，事态，风流韵事”；accident意为“意外事故”，所以选A。
【答案】 A
Ⅱ.语法填空
How often one hears children wishing they were grownups，and old people wishing young again.Each age has 1.________pleasures and pains，and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in 2.________(use) regrets.
Childhood is a time 3.________there are few responsibilities to make life difficult.If a child has good parents，he is fed，looked 4.________and loved，whatever he may do.It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be 5.________(give) so much without having to do anything in return.But a child has his pains，he is not so free to do what he wishes to; he is 6.________(repeat) being told not to do something，or being punished for what he has done.
When a young man starts to make his own living，he can no longer expect others 7.________pay for his food，his clothes，and his room，but has to work hard if he wants to live comfortably.If he spends most of his time 8.________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child，he will go hungry.And if he breaks the laws of society 9.________he used to break the laws of his parents，he may go to prison.If，however，he works hard，keeps out of troubles and has good health，he can have the great happiness of building up 10.________himself his own position in society.
【答案】 1.its/both 主语是each age，谓语是has，从而可知pleasures and pains是each age都有的。
2．useless 从后面的“后悔”可知应用useless，表示“无用的”。
3．when 考查定语从句，先行词是a time，后面的定语从句用when来引导。
4．after 考查固定短语，look after“照看，照顾”。
5．given be given被给予。
6．repeatedly 用repeatedly表示“再三地，反复地”。孩子们再三地被告知……
7．to expect sb.to do sth.期望某人做某事。
8．playing spend...(in)doing...花费……做某事。
9．as 就像过去违反父母的规定一样违反社会的法律。
10．for for oneself为某人自己。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
As I was reading a recent story in Slate on 20somethings complaining about how the economy was ruining their life plans，I couldn't help but think the 20somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled children who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them.As a 20something myself，I certainly share their disappointment：My husband and I probably won't be able to buy a house until we're in our 40s，and we too are burdened by student loans (贷款)．But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America，shouldn't they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?
Consider some of these views shared in the Slate story: Jennifer,29，owner of a twobedroom apartment with her husband，worries that she won't be able to have children for at least a decade because they can't afford to buy a house yet.
I read that，and I thought，what planet is she living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country，or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury (奢侈品)，not a fertility requirement.
A 26yearold in the story despairs (绝望) that he can't afford to get a Ph.D.in literature.Well，that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.
Yes，it's sad that these young people feel so lost.But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations，not economic reality.Beth Kobliner，author of Get a Financial Life：Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties，says that she thinks people's expectations are slowly adjusting，but today's 20somethings grew up at a time when everyone's wealth appeared to be expanding.Their parents probably saw their home values rise along with their investments.“So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means，” says Kobliner.
This recession (衰退) will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group.In the meantime，it seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being grateful—for our onebedroom apartments，for living in modern cities，or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day—than on longing for some kind of luxury life.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇关于社会生活的文章。现在的年轻人因为不能过上奢华的生活而抱怨，实际上他们应该珍惜他们所拥有的东西。
1．What makes the author think the 20somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?
A．They expect everything to be easy for them.
B．They complain that the economy is spoiling their life plans.
C．They are reluctant to face all of the challenges.
D．They are burdened by student loans.
【解析】 事实细节题。由第一段第一句可知答案。
【答案】 B
2．The underlined word “fertility” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.
A．baby production
B．pleasant
C．baby comfort
D．essential
【解析】 词义猜测题。根据第三段的上下文语境：you need to own a house in order to have kids可知own a house是have kids的条件。
【答案】 A
3．Which of the following is NOT one of the complaints of the 20somethings?
A．They can't have children for at least a decade to buy a house.
B．They have only onebedroom apartment to live in.
C．They can't buy a house until 40 because of student loans.
D．They despair at not being able to afford a Ph.D.in literature.
【解析】 事实细节题。信息点分散在前四段中。
【答案】 B
4．What's the author's attitude towards the 20somethings with high expectations in Paragraph 5?
A．Intolerant.
B．Negative.
C．Unbelieving.
D．Understanding.
【解析】 推理判断题。第五段中But表示转折，So表示结果。加上引用Kobliner的话“So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means，” says Kobliner.因此不难判断作者对于20somethings的态度是理解的。
【答案】 D
5．What is the BEST title for this passage?
A．How Young People Afford to Continue Their Study
B．Why Young People Can't Afford to Buy a House
C．When Young People's High Hopes Create Despair
D．What the 20somethings' High Expectations Are
【解析】 推理判断题。最后一段告诉我们：当我们的高期望变成失望时，我们应当对现在所拥有的一切感恩。
【答案】 C
B
Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford，Illinois，where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower.But on Thursday，Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna，in Asia's snowcapped Himalayas.At 26,545 feet，its peak is the 10th highest in the world，It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
“It tends to be the trickiest，the most dangerous，”said Viesturs.”There's no simple way to climb it.There are threatening avalanches(雪崩)and ice falls that protect the mountain.”
In high school，Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog's tale of climbing the icy Annapurna.Herzog's story was of frostbite(冻伤)and difficulty and neardeath experiences.Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington's Mount Rainier in 1977，guiding hikes in the summer.Fifteen years ago，he set out to walk up to the world's highest peaks.Finally，he's done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect.“You have to use all of your senses，all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it，”said Viesturs.“If we have the patience and the respect，and if we're here at the right time，under the right circumstances，they allow us to go up，and allow us to come down.”
What's next for a man who can't stop climbing？“I'm going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer，”says Viesturs.But for a man who's climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains，he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
【语篇解读】 本文向大家介绍了一位登山探险家Ed Viesturs的一些情况，他创下了登上14座世界高峰的记录。
6．What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A．He has succeeded in climbing to the world's 14th highest mountain.
B．He has been to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
C．He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545 feet.
D．He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
【解析】 细节理解题。由第一段第二句和最后一段的最后一句可知答案。
【答案】 B
7．The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “________”．
A．frightened
B．discouraged
C．interested
D．upset
【解析】 词义猜测题。由画线词所在的这一段和下一段内容可知，因对Maurice Herzog的事情感兴趣，他开始了登山的历程，由此可知C项正确。
【答案】 C
8．The author used Viesturs's words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that ________.
A．mountain climbing is a dangerous sport
B．mountains should be regarded as living creature
C．mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy
D．those who like mountain climbing won't stop climbing
【解析】 推理判断题。根据第六段第一句话可知答案。
【答案】 B
9．What's the next probable plan of Viesturs?
A．Stopping climbing and staying with his family.
B．Climbing to the top of the world's 14 tallest mountains again.
C．Climbing another one of the highest mountains.
D．Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
【解析】 推理判断题。根据全文对他登山行为的描述以及文章最后一句话可知C项正确，即接下来他会攀登世界上的另一座高峰。
【答案】 C
10．用30词左右概括文章大意
________________________________________________________________________
【答案】 This passage mainly tells something about Ed Viesturs，who has become the only American to climb to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.