高考英语复习完形填空：考点解析5

　　二轮专题复习—完形填空

　　（说明文）

　　说明文完形填空一般都比较短。它是用言简意赅的文字，按照一定的方法介绍事物、解释事理的文章。凡是介绍事物类别、性质、特点、构造、成因、关系、功用、发展，以及解释事物运动、变化、产生、消亡过程、原理、规律的文章，均属说明文。

　　说明文一般有三类：1.实体事例说明文。包括说明书、广告、解说词、人物介绍、知识小品、知识注解等（.实体事物是指国家、城市、人物、山水、树木、花草、虫鱼、鸟兽、建筑、文化古迹、科技成果及各种工农业产品）。2.事理说明文。包括理论性解释、文书简介、教材等（事理是指观点、立场、名词概念、学术流派等）。3.文艺性说明文。即把说明对象拟人化，进而编成故事，对其进行介绍。

　　一、命题研究

　　说明型完形填空选材难度一般低于试卷中的阅读理解题。在设空与选项设计方面充分体现了语言知识运用题的要求：以实词为主，名动形副等词类占全部小题数的90％，绝大多数小题都要从全文角度进行判断。这一命题思路体现了“语篇意识”。说明型填空

　　一般用言简意赅的文字，按照一定的方法介绍事物，解释事理。最显著的特点是：

　　1．开头点题

　　做说明型完形填空时，要明确说明的对象是什么，是具体实物还是理论性概念。因此，明确说明的对象是掌握说明细节的前提。在近年的说明型填空中，作者一般在首句

　　直接提出说明的对象。

　　2．结构清晰

　　把握语篇特征对理解文章与答题极为有利。说明文的写作一般按时间顺序(指先后顺序)、空间顺序(从局部到整体，从上到下，从内到外)、逻辑顺序(前因后果，先果后因先

　　主后次)、认识顺序(由此及彼，由浅入深，由具体到抽象，由现象到本质)。

　　二、技巧点拨

　　1．通过短文抓主旨

　　一般情况下，完形填空短文都不给标题，不容易把握文章的主题和大意。但短文首句通常不设空格，这就为我们窥视文章全貌提供了一个窗口，而尾句往往是文章的总结，结论和点睛之笔，所以抓住开篇启示作用的首句和总结概括性的尾句是必要的。

　　2．精读短文析文章

　　应逐句精读短文，逐题分析选项，对特定的语境作深入的理解，克服“思维定势”，根据全文大意和词不离句、句不离文的原则，逐项填空，要吃透文章，理解到位，应作到以下几点：

　　第一点：从上下文的角度考虑，注意其内在的联系点。

　　第二点：从词汇意义及用

　　第三点：从逻辑推理、常识等角度，挖掘文章的寓意及隐含的意义。

　　第四点：从英汉两种语言的差异角度去考虑，避免错误。

　　3．复读全文再检查

　　在做完一篇完形填空后，文章完整了，应从头到尾读一遍，根据复读的语感和对整篇的理解，再次将较明显的错误改正，个别需要推敲的再做调整，尽可能少出错。

　　四.说明文类完形填空模拟训练

　　（1）The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international

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　　, American officials believed they should

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　　the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in

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　　. “The

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　　may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA

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　　were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

　　After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s

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　　had to be changed, 7

　　the Soviet Union became enemy of America. They wanted to

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　　Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

　　In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was

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　　“ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know

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　　English to completely understand its

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　　English broadcast. So VOA

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　　a simpler kind of English,

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　　uses about 1,500 words and is spoken

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　　of course, it is special English.

　　In the

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　　of most VOA listeners, the most

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　　program is the news report. News from around the world

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　　into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in

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　　cities and also from other

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　　like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to

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　　news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.

　　1. A. business

　　B. culture

　　C. support

　　D. information

　　2. A. reply

　　B. answer

　　C. join

　　D. interrupt

　　3. A. same

　　B. short

　　C. English

　　D. German

　　4. A. news

　　B. problems

　　C. effects

　　D. opinions

　　5. A. stations

　　B. news

　　C. announcers

　　D. officials

　　6. A. home

　　B. position

　　C. purpose

　　D. results

　　7. A. if

　　B. supposing

　　C. considering

　　D. in order that

　　8. A. reach

　　B. satisfy

　　C. attack

　　D. support

　　9. A. known

　　B. reported

　　C. called

　　D. printed

　　10. A. American

　　B. British

　　C. standard

　　D. enough

　　11. A. normal

　　B. fast

　　C. good

　　D. exact

　　12. A. invented

　　B. discovered

　　C. taught

　　D. stopped

　　13. A. it

　　B. who

　　C. which

　　D. that

　　14. A. slowly

　　B. rapidly

　　C. normally

　　D. loudly

　　15. A. pleasure

　　B. course

　　C. opinion

　　D. advice

　　16. A. difficult

　　B. important

　　C. various

　　D. common

　　17. A. flies

　　B. sends

　　C. delivers

　　D. pasts

　　18. A. all

　　B. major

　　C. American

　　D. news

　　19. A. broadcasts

　　B. forms

　　C. newspapers

　　D. countries

　　20. A. broadcast

　　B. announce

　　C. translate

　　D. prepare

　　（2）

　　Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with __1__. If you want to make friends, you must be able to take __2__. You must first go __3__ there are people. You won't make friends staying home alone.

　　Join a club or a group, for talking with those who __4__ the same things as you do is easier. __5__ join someone in some activity.

　　Many people are __6__ when talking to people. __7__ meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it's human __8__ to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

　　Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from __9__ about ourselves. We __10__ other people are judging us, find us too tall or too short, too thin or too fat. __11__ don't forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself __12__ you are, and try to put the other person at ease. In this way you'll feel __13__.

　　Try to be self-confident even if you don't feel that way __14__ you enter a room full of __15__ such as a big hall, walk straight in, look __16__ at other people and smile. If you see someone you'd like to say something to, don't wait for the other person to __17__ a conversation.

　　Just meeting someone __18__ doesn't mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is __19__ on mutual liking and "giving and taking". It takes __20__ and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

　　1. A. practice

　　B. money

　　C. girls

　　D. everything

　　2. A. photos

　　B. actions

　　C. trouble

　　D. place

　　3. A. where

　　B. that

　　C. which

　　D. when

　　4. A. have

　　B. like

　　C. own

　　D. share

　　5. A. So

　　B. Or

　　C. However

　　D. But

　　6. A. nervous

　　B. happy

　　C. valuable

　　D. familiar

　　7. A. Above all

　　B. After all

　　C. At all

　　D. In all

　　8. A. nature

　　B. advantage

　　C. happiness

　　D. friend

　　9. A. mistakes

　　B. beliefs

　　C. wonders

　　D. doubts

　　10. A. suggest

　　B. regret

　　C. forget

　　D. imagine

　　11. A. And

　　B. Therefore

　　C. But

　　D. So

　　12. A. as

　　B. who

　　C. when

　　D. what

　　13. A. dangerous

　　B. hopeless

　　C. nervous

　　D. comfortable

　　14. A. when

　　B. while

　　C. that

　　D. why

　　15. A. strangers

　　B. relatives

　　C. classmates

　　D. teachers

　　16. A. anxiously

　　B. angrily

　　C. curiously

　　D. directly

　　17. A. start

　　B. finish

　　C. end

　　D. delay

　　18. A. tall

　　B. new

　　C. familiar

　　D. tired

　　19. A. made

　　B. laid

　　C. taken

　　D. based

　　20. A. hope

　　B. people

　　C. time

　　D. talk

　　（3）

　　Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born American media owner was voted best of British by the Sunday Express in London last week.

　　He is the most famous

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　　owner in the world and

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　　newspapers and TV channels across the world.

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　　now he has been called the greatest

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　　in Britain by one of his biggest rivals(竞争对手).

　　The paper, which competes for

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　　with Murdoch’s own papers, called him “the man who made modern Britain” and it

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　　Murdoch for his willingness to take risks

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　　said he had brought a “revolution”(革命) to television and newspaper production.

　　Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne,

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　　,in 1931.Today he is better

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　　as the owner of News Corporation Ltd., a media group that owns many different

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　　of media: television, films, books, and the Internet.

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　　becoming the success he is today, Murdoch studied at Oxford University in Britain. He returned to Australia in 1916,when he

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　　The Adelaide News from his father. His life since then can be seen as a series of international jumps in which he’s

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　　more and more newspapers and TV stations.

　　In the 1960s,it was The Mirror in Sydney and The Sun in London; in the 1970s,he bought the New York Post; in the 1980s,he took on Hollywood when he bought 20th Century Fox and Fox TV. At this time he also bought the Times and the Sunday Times in London. And most

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　　in the 1990s,he bought Star Television in Asia.

　　His company has also formed a joint-venture(合资的) television company with the Chinese Government, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd(凤凰卫视控股有限公司).It

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　　six channels—Xingkongweishi, Channel V, Star Movies, National Geographic, Star Sports and ESPN—to millions of Chinese

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　　.

　　One

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　　how Murdoch could have found the time for love and relationships since he owns such a big business. In 1967,he married Anna Troy, whom he met

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　　she was a reporter on the Sydney Daily Mirror. The couple got

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　　in 1998.The next year, he married Chinese-born Wendy Deng. Deng, Murdoch’s third wife, is 37 years younger than Murdoch and used to work

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　　Star TV in Hong Kong. The 71-year-old Murdoch is now father of five children after Deng gave birth to a baby daughter last year.

　　1.A.media

　　B.TV

　　C. radio

　　D.newspaper

　　2.A.edits

　　B. buys

　　C. controls

　　D.updates

　　3.A.However

　　B. Until

　　C. And

　　D.Since

　　5.A.readers

　　B. media

　　C. headlines

　　D.journalists

　　6.A.elected

　　B. debated

　　C. praised

　　D.matched

　　7.A.He

　　B. It

　　C. Everyone

　　D.Who

　　8.A.England

　　B. America

　　C. Australia

　　D.China

　　9.A.known

　　B. received

　　C. reflected

　　D.informed

　　10.A.ways

　　B. areas

　　C. forms

　　D.fields

　　11.A.Until

　　B. After

　　C. Since

　　D.Before

　　12.A.took out

　　B took up

　　C. took over

　　D.took in

　　13.A.created

　　B. sold

　　C. published

　　D.bought

　　14.A.recently

　　B.immediately

　　C. newly

　　D.yearly

　　15.A.faced

　　B. related

　　C.demonstrated D.introduced

　　16.A.readers

　　B. listeners

　　C.viewers

　　D.media

　　17.A.bores

　　B. concerns

　　C.knows

　　D.wonders

　　18.A.while

　　B. because

　　C.till

　　D.once

　　19.A.married

　　B. separated

　　C.disappointed D.tolerated

　　20.A.on

　　B. among

　　C.for

　　D.within

　　(4)

　　People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution, from the last time they had a

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　　problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without

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　　, they try to find a solution by trial or error.

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　　, when all of these methods

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　　, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six

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　　in analyzing a problem.

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　　the person must recognize that these is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must

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　　that there is a problem with the bicycle.

　　Next, the person must find the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must

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　　the parts that are wrong.

　　Now the person must look for

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　　that will make the problem clearer and lead to

　　10 solutions. For example, suppose Sam decides that his bicycle does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes.

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　　, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

　　After

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　　the problem, the person should have

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　　suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example

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　　, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change old ones.

　　In the end, one

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　　seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the

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　　idea comes quite

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　　because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a different way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) stuck to a brake. He

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　　hits on the solution to his problem: he must

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　　the brake.

　　Finally the solution is

　　20 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

　　1. A. serious

　　B. usual

　　C. similar

　　D. common

　　2. A. Besides

　　B. Instead

　　C. Otherwise

　　D. However

　　4. A. fail

　　B. work

　　C. change

　　D. develop

　　5. A. ways

　　B. conditions

　　C. stages

　　D. orders

　　6. A. First

　　B. Usually

　　C. In general

　　D. Most importantly

　　7. A. explain

　　B. prove

　　C. show

　　D. see

　　8. A. checkable

　　B. determine

　　C. correct

　　D. recover

　　9. A. answers

　　B. skills

　　C. explanation

　　D. information

　　10. A. possible

　　B. exact

　　C. real

　　D. special

　　11. A. In other words

　　B. Once in a while

　　C. First of all

　　D. At this time

　　12. A. discussing

　　B. settling down

　　C. comparing with

　　D. studying

　　13. A. extra

　　B. enough

　　C. several

　　D. countless

　　14. A. secondly

　　B. again

　　C. also

　　D. alone

　　15. A. suggestion

　　B. conclusion C. decision

　　D. discovery

　　16. A. next

　　B. clear

　　C. final

　　D. new

　　17. A. unexpectedly

　　B. late

　　C. clearly

　　D. often

　　18. A. fortunately

　　B. easily

　　C. clearly

　　D. immediately

　　19. A. clean

　　B. separate

　　C. loosen D. remove

　　20. A. recorded

　　B. completed

　　C. tested

　　D. accepted

　　(5)

　　As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___3___ up late so that they will not ___4___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___5___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___6___ at Father Christmas.

　　Last Christmas, my wife and I ___7___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___8___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___9___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___10___ he did not see it.

　　On Christmas Eve, ___11___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___12___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___13___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___14___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___15___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___16___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___17___ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ___18___ the baby arrived. He moved ___19___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___20___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !

　　1. A. faced

　　B. met

　　C. filled

　　D. pleased

　　2. A. question

　　B. matter

　　C. problem

　　D. business

　　3. A. get

　　B. stay

　　C. stand

　　D. wake

　　4. A. lose

　　B. break

　　C. miss

　　D. leave

　　5. A. awake

　　B. wake

　　C. asleep

　　D. sleep

　　6. A. look

　　B. stare

　　C. glare

　　D. watch

　　7. A. hopefully

　　B. busily

　　C. gladly

　　D. successfully

　　8. A. liked

　　B. feared

　　C. surprised

　　D. hated

　　9. A. answer

　　B. tell

　　C. ask

　　D. search

　　10. A. sadly

　　B. unluckily

　　C. possibly

　　D. fortunately

　　11. A. it

　　B. they

　　C. I

　　D. we

　　12. A. morning

　　B. midnight

　　C. evening

　　D. daybreak

　　13. A. filling

　　B. sewing

　　C. mending

　　D. preparing

　　14. A. present

　　B. stocking

　　C. bike

　　D. tree

　　15. A. going

　　B. sure

　　C. glad

　　D. excited

　　16. A. troubled

　　B. frightened

　　C. woken

　　D. shocked

　　17. A. Before

　　B. After

　　C. Until

　　D. Since

　　18. A. Even

　　B. And

　　C. Soon

　　D. Then

　　19. A. with

　　B. on

　　C. over

　　D. by

　　20. A. all

　　B. nearly

　　C. happily

　　D. completely

　　(6)

　　We know the kiss as a form of expressing affection（情感，喜爱）. But long

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　　it became it, it was customary in many countries to use it as a(n)

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　　of respect. Some native Africans

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　　the ground over which a chief（首领）has walked. Kissing the hand and foot has been a mark of respect from the

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　　times.

　　The early Romans kissed the mouth or eyes

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　　a form of dignified(高贵的) greeting. One Roman emperor allowed his important nobles to kiss his lips, but the

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　　important ones had to kiss his hands, and the

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　　important ones were

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　　allowed to kiss his feet!

　　Most likely the kiss as a form of affection can be traced back to primitive（上古的，原始的） times when a mother

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　　fondle(爱抚) her child, just as a mother

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　　today. It only remained for society to

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　　this as a custom for expressing affection between arms.

　　We have evidence(根据) that this was already the

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　　by the time of the sixth century, but we can only suppose it was

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　　long before that. The first

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　　where the kiss became accepted in courtship(求婚) was in France. From France the kiss spread rapidly all over Europe. Russia, which loved to

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　　the customs of France, soon adopted it. A kiss from the Tsar(沙皇) became

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　　of the highest forms of recognition from the Crown.In time, the kiss became a part of courtship.

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　　marriage customs developed, the kiss became a part of the

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　　ceremony (典礼，仪式）. Today we regard it as an expression of love and tenderness.

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　　there are still many places in the world where the kiss is

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　　of formal ceremonies and is intended to show respect.

　　1. A. after

　　B. before

　　C. until

　　D. since

　　2. A. custom

　　B. tradition

　　C. expression

　　D. affection

　　3. A. watch

　　B. touch

　　C. kiss

　　D. greet

　　4. A. earliest

　　B. latest

　　C. longest

　　D. eldest

　　5. A. of

　　B. as

　　C. for

　　D. in

　　6. A. not

　　B. little

　　C. less

　　D. least

　　7. A. last

　　B. less

　　C. most

　　D. least

　　8. A. too

　　B. also

　　C. only

　　D. ever

　　9. A. would

　　B. could

　　C. should

　　D. will

　　10. A. would

　　B. has

　　C. doing

　　D. does

　　11. A. express

　　B. allow

　　C. kiss

　　D. accept

　　12. A. case

　　B. event

　　C. history

　　D. evidence

　　13. A. expressed

　　B. practised

　　C. kissed

　　D. discovered

　　14. A. city

　　B. tribe（部落） C. society

　　D. country

　　15. A. allow

　　B. copy

　　C. spread

　　D. use

　　16. A. one

　　B. it

　　C. this

　　D. that

　　17. A. Since

　　B. Once

　　C. While

　　D. As

　　18. A. meeting

　　B. greeting

　　C. marrying

　　D. wedding

　　19. A. And

　　B. Thus

　　C. But

　　D. When

　　20. A. bit

　　B. part

　　C. some

　　D. any

　　说明文类完形填空模拟训练答案解析

　　（1）答案解析：

　　1. 选C。二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持（support）”，而不可能是另三项。

　　2. 选B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。

　　3. 选D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。

　　4. 选A。前文已说了播出的是news report。

　　5. 选C。播音的主体当然是announcers（播音员）了。

　　6. 选C。VOA电台成立之初的目标主要是对二战中的一些敌对国家进行宣传，随着二战结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。

　　7. 选C。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。

　　8. 选A。reach是中性词，其他三词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不合语境。

　　9. 选C。be called “被称做”。

　　10. 选D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。

　　11. 选A。区别于后文提到的special English。

　　12. 选A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent。

　　13. 选C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。

　　14. 选A。正常英语听不懂，除了词汇问题，更重要的还有语速问题，即速度要“慢”。

　　15. 选C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。

　　16. 选B。后面的内容体现了资讯报道的重要性。

　　17. 选A。flies表达了资讯的及时、快速的特点，其余的词没有这种意思。

　　18. 选B。major cities指大城市。根据常识可排除A、D，根据around the world，可排除C。

　　19. 选A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。

　　20. 选D。由后面的定语从句可以推知，这里指资讯报道的前期“准备”工作。

　　1. A。下文提到了通过参加俱乐部等在实践中交友。

　　2. B。take actions是固定词组，意为"采取行动"。本句意为：如果你想交友，你就必须付诸行动。

　　3. A。想交朋友，你就必须到有人的地方去。where引导地点状语从句。

　　4. B。在俱乐部里，跟那些与你爱好相同的人交谈更容易些。

　　5. B。本段中的两个句子均为作者对交友一事提出的建议，即“参加俱乐部、参加一个团体或者参加某人的某个活动”。这三种行为属选择关系。

　　6. A。根据这一段，很多人和人谈话的时候会紧张。

　　7. B。after all意为“毕竟”。本句是承接上一句的。

　　8. A。本段最后一句的uncomfortable。本段的意思是：很多人在与别人交谈时会感到紧张，毕竟遇到陌生人就意味着面对不熟悉的面孔，面对不熟悉的面孔会使人感到不舒服，这是人的本性。

　　9. D。面对陌生人会产生恐惧感，这来自于对自己的怀疑，这就是没有自信心的表现。

　　10. D。由于对自己产生怀疑，同时也猜测别人对自己的看法。

　　11. C。此处表转折关系。

　　12. A。as引导状语从句。

　　13. D。这样你就会感觉舒服了。comfortable和前面的uncomfortable作了一个对比。

　　14. A。when表示“当……时候”，引导时间状语从句。

　　15. A。根据上下文，应是“走进满是陌生人的房间”。

　　16. D。directly是副词，意为“径直，直接对着”。

　　17. A。这一段的意思是：当你走进一个满是陌生人的房间时，比如说大厅，即使是你不自信，你也要设法表现得自信些，简直走进去，目光对着别人，面带微笑。如果你见到你喜欢的人或想与之说话的人，不要等到对方先开口。

　　18. B。遇到“新人”，即刚认识的人。

　　19. D。someone new与上文的stranger相对应。be based on是固定词组，意为"建立在……基础上"。本句意为：友谊是建立在相互喜欢以及"给予和索取"基础上的。

　　20. C。友谊需要付出时间和努力才能发展。

　　（3）1. A

　　在第一段的第一句话有提示，他是“the Australian-born American media owner”。

　　2. C

　　根据前后语境，他是媒介的巨头，那么应该控制报纸和电视媒体。

　　3. C

　　前面的the most famous和后面的the greatest是并列关系。

　　4. B

　　被他的竞争对手称作最了不起的生意人。

　　5. A

　　报纸竞争的是读者。

　　6. C

　　和介词for 连用，并且根据后文，这家报纸是在称赞他。

　　7. B

　　这儿指的是the paper，并且第5题前已经用了it。

　　8. C

　　在文章的第一句话中有提示。

　　9. A

　　be well known as 的比较级。

　　10. C

　　根据后面语境可知他们都是媒体的各种形式。

　　11. D

　　根据后面的时态提示可知是在这之前。

　　12. C

　　take over是“接管，掌管”的意思。

　　13. D

　　根据下一段的内容，是买进的。

　　14. A

　　根据时间的先后性，应是最近买的。

　　15. D

　　后面给出了具体的六个频道，应是介绍，并且后面有介词to。

　　16. C

　　看电视的应是观众viewers。

　　17. D

　　根据语境应是有人好奇，想知道他怎么处理爱情和亲情的。

　　18. A

　　while在这儿是“当……时候”的意思，表示时间。

　　19. B

　　根据后面第二年和一个华籍女子结婚，应先分手、离婚。

　　1. C。从相似的问题上找解决新问题的办法。

　　2. B。without thinking意为不假思索，可根据by trial error判断。

　　3. D。表转折。

　　4. A。只有所有的方法失败了，才会开始analyze(分析问题)。

　　5. C。根据下文可知，人们的分析可分6个阶段或步骤。

　　6. A。可根据下文的next，after，in the end. 阶段或步骤。.

　　7. D。see此处有understand之意，Sam明白自行车有问题了。

　　8. B。第二步要找出问题所在，所以选determine，它是测定、找出的意思，与find out意思相同。

　　9. D。 根据下文Sam所做的事情可知，要了解问题的有关情况才能修理，所以选information。

　　10. A。 自己去解决问题，首先得到尝试、摸索，才能真正完成，所以possible合适，强调只是可能有效的方法。

　　11. D。 此时，这里不存在先后、转折、并列等含义，只需说明在这个阶段，Sam该做的事情。

　　12. D。 刚才那个阶段,Sam所做的事情是一些调查研究寻找方法的工作，study有研究之意。

　　13. C。A项额外的，B项足够，D项不计其数的。这里需要的是几个不太确定的、可能的解决方法，所以C最合适。’

　　14. B。 再次以Sam为例。

　　15. A。 从上文中的several suggestions可知。

　　16. C。 从下文的事例中发现答案。

　　17. A。 由于发现了新的情况或用了不同方法去思考，会出现意想不到的结果。

　　18. D。 看见口香糖、他当即发现问题所在。

　　19. A。 有口香糖，清洗工作是必然的

　　20. C。 方法被尝试。

　　1. A。从空格后difficult jobs of… 推测意思为“be faced with面临”, 此处搭配应用被动语态。

　　. C。想把大型的礼物藏起来不是一件容易的事情。question=疑问，matter=麻烦或毛病，business =商业或买卖，均不符句意。

　　3. B。stay up late 意为“熬夜”。

　　4. C。平安夜孩子们通常呆着不睡，等待享受圣诞老人送礼物的喜悦。

　　5. A。尽管孩子们早早上床，因为想看到圣诞老人，会长时间睡不着。

　　6. A。stare at=瞪着眼睛看，glare at=怒目而视，watch是及物动词，后面不能接at。

　　7. D。预阅文章得知去年成功地给了孩子们一个大惊喜。

　　8. B。上文已说大的礼物难藏，作者在把自行车放在储藏室，最担心的是被孩子们发现，而不是喜欢。C、D不符句意。

　　9. C。如果孩子看到礼物，肯定会问礼物从哪儿来。

　　10. D。从空格后he didn’t see it 及这次给孩子的惊喜可推知答案。

　　11. A。it做形式主语为固定句型。

　　12. B。首先排除不符句意的A、D，再从we knew we wouldn’t get much sleep…，及 at about five o’clock the next morning ,we were… 提示。

　　13. A。根据圣诞老人总是把礼物塞在孩子的袜子里面传说，应选fill。

　　14. C。从下文Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike可知，推进来的是为Jimmy买的自行车。

　　15. B。根据父母的了解，孩子盼望礼物心切, 肯定会起得很早，其他三个选项不够准确。

　　16. C。孩子发现礼物的吵闹声不会使人害怕或麻烦，只会把人吵醒。

　　17. A。before引导的时间状语从句为“还未来得及…, 就…”。

　　18. A。even 用来加强语气。

　　19. B。on the hands and knees 意为“用手和膝盖爬行”，其中on表示方式。

　　20. D。作者和妻子刚睡不久就被孩子吵醒，这时气球被玩爆了，一声巨响让他们彻底醒来，这爆炸声也预示喜庆的一天开始了。1—5 BCCAB

　　6—10 CDCAD

　　11—15 DABCB

　　16—20 ADDCB

　　1. 选B。今天，我们所了解的亲吻的功能是表示爱慕这样的情感，那么用亲吻表示尊敬，则应是很久“以前”的事了。

　　2. 选C。与开头expressing相呼应，故用expression。第19空前再现了类似说法。

　　3. 选C。前后谈论的都是“亲吻”。

　　4. 选A。这句话仍然是对But long before it became it …一句的例证，故发生的时间也应在很久以前。

　　5. 选B。类似结构还有the kiss as a form of affection，as an expression of等。

　　6. 选C。国王把人分成几个等级，从吻的部位不难看出一个人的地位。

　　7. 选D。仅让其吻身体最低部位的脚，可见其地位最低。

　　8. 选C。由上下文和句末感叹号推知。

　　9. 选A。would可用来表示过去的习惯性行为。

　　10. 选D。does替代前文提到的fondles her child。

　　11. 选D。根据上下文不难排除其他三项。

　　12. 选A。this is the case 情况就是这样。

　　13. 选B。风俗被“实践”，合乎语境。

　　14. 选C。这里的society指群体，city，tribe较为片面，较为武断，不能选用。

　　15. 选B。很快采纳了法国的做法，说明它爱“效仿”法国。

　　16. 选A。根据词的用法即可选定。

　　17. 选D。发展（develop）、变化(become)是有过程的，故选as（随着）。

　　18. 选D。只有“婚礼”与婚姻相关。

　　19. 选C。下一句所描述的亲吻功能正好与前面相反。

　　20. 选B。part of意为“……的一部分”。