选修六
Module 5
“阅读＋七选五＋完形”组合练——练题型
(限时：35分钟)
.阅读理解
(2016·山西临汾模拟)The Verizon Innovative App Challenge gives kids a chance to create apps (计算机应用程序) that can solve problems in their community.
Do you want to make a difference in your community? The Verizon Innovative App Challenge can get you started. The first step is to think of a problem in your community. The next step is to create an app that can solve the problem.
Groups of five to seven students in middle school or high school, led by a teacher, can enter the contest. First, teams compete on a local level. Teams that make it to the next round receive D|S5,000 for their schools. Finalists present their app ideas to judges in a live webinar (网络研讨会)．
Next, the judges pick national winners. The top eight teams receive an additional D|S15,000 for their schools, and each team member receives a Samsung tablet. Plus, the winning teams get the chance to bring their app to life.
A group of six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas, won the second annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge. They came up with the Hello Navi app concept, short for “hello navigation”. The app was designed to help visuallyimpaired students navigate their school by using an internal compass and voiceover technology. Read more about the team in September 19, 2016 issue of TIME For Kids: Edition 3－4.
Do you have an app idea that could help solve a local issue? The deadline to register is November 24, 2016. Find more information and register your team at www. verizonfoundation. org/appchallenge.
Here are some tips from the Verizon Foundation to get you started：
•Get your team together for a brainstorming meeting. Write out all the ideas that come to mind.
• Don't ignore challenges. Think of the problems that exist in your community.
•Ask family, friends, and people in your community to share their thoughts about problems that they want to see solved.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。Verizon Innovative App Challenge大赛旨在鼓励学生学以致用，研发计算机应用程序来解决社区存在的问题。
1．The Verizon Innovative App Challenge was launched to ________.
A．let students create apps to solve problems
B．call on students to put their ideas into practice
C．inspire students to focus on social problems
D．encourage students to cooperate with teachers
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，Verizon Innovative App Challenge的目的是让学生研发计算机应用程序，以解决所在社区存在的问题。
2．In which order should one follow to enter the Verizon Innovative App Challenge?
①You think of a problem in your community.
②Your team compete against others in your city.
③You invent an app with your partners and teachers.
④Winning teams can compete to become national winners.
A．
B．
C．
D．
解析：选B 事件排序题。根据第二、三、四段的内容可知，参加这个比赛的第一步是发现所在社区存在的问题；第二步是和同学及老师一起发明一个能解决这个问题的应用程序；第三步是在当地竞赛；第四步是初赛的获胜者进入决赛争夺全国的冠军。故顺序为。
3．What does the 5th paragraph mainly talk about?
A．The winning team and their app of the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge.
B．An app designed to help the disabled to work on the computer.
C．An app concept that navigates blind students to explore nature.
D．Six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas who signed up for the contest.
解析：选A 段落大意题。第五段介绍了第二届Verizon Innovative App Challenge大赛的获奖者和她们的获胜作品。
4．What's the purpose of the passage?
A．To tell readers how to solve a local issue.
B．To invite kids to join in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge.
C．To offer readers information about a talent show.
D．To appeal to adults to make contributions to society.
解析：选B 写作目的题。本文介绍了Verizon Innovative App Challenge大赛的目的、如何报名参加、比赛的主要流程等内容。因此这篇文章的目的是邀请青少年参加这个比赛。
.阅读七选五
How to Be a Good Friend
A good friend, who wouldn't want one? Ever felt yours just not good enough but don't know where to improve? __1__ I used to annoy a lot of my friends before, just for the sake of having fun and from that, I've learned how to be a good friend, and stay as a good friend.
Listen.
No one likes being interrupted when they're talking. So, when someone talks, keep yourself quiet and listen to them, especially if they're feeling down, you need to be the shoulder for them to cry on. If you have any comment to make, be sure that you word it in a way where you don't sound too negative. __2__ When you just don't share the same interest or you're not in the mood to listen to them, politely let them know and ask them to understand.
Always smile.
__3__ The least you can do is, whenever you see your friends, smile and say hello. That way, if they had a bad day, you can make them feel better with your smile along with your ear, and maybe, you can share something funny to cheer them up.
Don't ever lie.
Everyone would hate being lied to, especially if it's by your own friend, so don't lie! It might seem alright to lie occasionally, but once you lose your friend's trust, you may lose them forever. __4__
Keep secrets.
Make sure you can keep a secret. If not, tell your friends straight away you cannot help yourself when it comes to secrets. Otherwise, when you let them tell you about their secrets and you “accidentally” share it with someone else, you'll have your friends hating you for the rest of your life. __5__ Secrets are not meant to be shared, so don't even try.
A．Everyone has their bad days, and it's unavoidable.
B．And that is something you surely do not want to happen.
C．Well, you've come to the right place.
D．A few people seem upset at you for being so direct.
E．Otherwise, they may just take it as you are trying to put them down.
F．This same thing happened to a good friend of mine.
G．They'll probably call you “big mouth”．
答案：1～5 CEABG
Ⅲ.完形填空
(2016·乌鲁木齐第三次诊断)A crowd gathered recently to hear a popular jazz band. The music was good, and the __1__ were very talented. But everyone had come to see one player __2__，the 9yearold boy, Jose Andre Montano.
Why were so many musiclovers interested in __3__ this young man perform? It is because he is a jazz __4__， and he is blind.
Jose's life began in Totora, Bolivia, __5__ he was born blind. Yet __6__ his lack of sight, the boy began playing the drums at the age of 4. He showed a(n) __7__ ability, and before long, he was playing the __8__， too. By the age of 5 he had formed his own jazz trio (三重奏). His parents, along with everyone else, are __9__ surprised by his wonderful talent. “I didn't know
__10__ before; he got me into it，” said his father, Roberto. “I don't know how to explain how it __11__. It's like jazz was __12__ inside him.”
Many professional musicians are equally __13__ and welcome the chance to __14__ with Jose. They have noticed his deep understanding of this unique form of music. Singer Vero Perez says the exceptional thing about Jose isn't his age or even his __15__. According to Perez, “He shows other musicians how jazz music really is to be played.”
As Jose's fame __16__， he has more chances to tour and perform. He has traveled throughout Bolivia and into Brazil and Peru.
When Jose is at home with his family, he is a __17__ little boy. He goes to school and does his homework. __18__ when he begins playing the piano or drums, his musical genius becomes obvious. Jose has proved that nothing will keep him from doing what he loves best. His positive __19__ towards life encourages others to look past their own obstacles and __20__ their dreams.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。一个九岁的小男孩，先天失明，却拥有非凡的音乐天赋。他对爵士乐的理解甚至超过了专业音乐家的水平。他积极乐观的人生态度也鼓舞着人们去追求自己的梦想。
1．A.singers
B．actors
C．musicians
D．dancers
解析：选C 根据文章第一句中“a popular jazz band”(流行爵士乐队)可知，此处指音乐很棒，这些乐队成员也都很有才能。故选C项，意为“音乐家”。
2．A.in person
B．in particular
C．by mistake
D．by chance
解析：选B 根据句中“But”和“one player”可知，此处指尽管乐队成员都很优秀，但大家都尤其是来看Jose Andre Montano表演的。故选B项，意为“特别，尤其”。
3．A.celebrating
B．encouraging
C．noticing
D．watching
解析：选D 根据句中“perform”可知，人们是来观看Jose Andre Montano的演出的。故选D项，watch sb. do sth.意为“看某人做某事”。
4．A.genius
B．fool
C．inventor
D．conductor
解析：选A 根据下一段第二句中“the boy began playing the drums at the age of 4”，该段第四句“By the age of 5 he had formed his own jazz trio (三重奏)．”和该段第五句中“surprised by his wonderful talent”可知，Jose Andre Montano是个爵士天才。故选A项，意为“天才”。
5．A.what
B．where
C．when
D．which
解析：选B 分析句子结构可知，空格处所在句子是非限制性定语从句，先行词“Totora”在从句中作地点状语，意为“在这里”。故选B项。
6．A.through
B．for
C．although
D．despite
解析：选D 根据空格后的“his lack of sight”可知，空格处应用介词；分析本句句意可知，逗号前后之间是让步关系。D项是介词，意为“虽然，尽管”，符合语境。
7．A.amusing
B．frightening
C．amazing
D．interesting
解析：选C 结合上文内容和常识可知，一个先天失明的孩子，四岁就开始击鼓。这是一种令人惊叹的才能。故选C项，意为“令人惊叹的”。
8．A.drum
B．computer
C．song
D．piano
解析：选D 根据上文可知，Jose Andre Montano是个音乐天才，再由第六段中“he begins playing the piano”可知，本句指不久后他开始弹钢琴。故选D项，意为“钢琴”。
9．A.continuously
B．normally
C．strangely
D．suddenly
解析：选A 根据上文内容可知，Jose Andre Montano一直在展现他的音乐天赋。由此可知，此处指他的父母和其他人不断地为他的音乐天赋感到惊讶。故选A项，意为“连续不断地”。
10．A.rock
B．folk
C．jazz
D．blues
解析：选C 根据本段最后一句“It's like jazz was __12__ inside him.”可知，此处指Jose的父亲原来不懂爵士乐，是Jose让他喜欢上了这种音乐。故选C项。
11．A.came about
B．came back
C．turned up
D．turned off
解析：选A 本句中“it”指Jose Andre Montano从小就具有音乐天赋这件事。故此处应指Jose的父亲不知道Jose 的音乐天赋是怎么产生的，因为他自己原来不懂爵士乐。故选A项，意为“发生，产生”。
12．A.only
B．already
C．never
D．hardly
解析：选B 根据上句可知，父亲不知道Jose的音乐天赋是如何产生的。再结合空格后“inside him”可知，此处指那好像是与生俱来的(早已在他体内)。故选B项，意为“已经”。
13．A.depressed
B．confused
C．impressed
D．worried
解析：选C 根据句中“equally”可知，不光是听众对 Jose Andre Montano的爵士乐天赋惊叹不已，许多专业的音乐家也被打动了。故选C项，意为“留下深刻印象的，被打动的”。
14．A.live
B．chat
C．fight
D．perform
解析：选D 根据“musicians”和“welcome the chance”可知，这些专业的音乐家也乐意接受和Jose Andre Montano一起表演的机会。故选D项，意为“表演”。
15．A.carelessness
B．blindness
C．deafness
D．loneliness
解析：选B 根据第二段第二句中“and he is blind”可知，答案为B项，意为“失明”。
16．A.promises
B．appears
C．lifts
D．spreads
解析：选D 根据句中“he has more chances to tour and perform”可知，由于Jose Andre Montano的名声传播开来，他得到的巡演机会越来越多。故选D项，意为“传播，散布”。
17．A.lazy
B．happy
C．normal
D．funny
解析：选C 根据下一句“He goes to school and does his homework.”可知，当在家里与家人共处时，Jose Andre Montano和别的孩子一样上学、做作业，是一个正常的小男孩。C项意为“正常的”，符合句意。
18．A.But
B．So
C．Because
D．Since
解析：选A 根据语境可知，但是当他开始弹钢琴或击鼓时，他与众不同的音乐天赋就展现出来了。本句与上句“他像正常小孩一样上学、做作业”之间是转折关系，故选A项。
19．A.success
B．attitude
C．dream
D．performance
解析：选B 根据语境可知，尽管Jose Andre Montano先天失明，但他却没有因此放弃自己最热爱的事。这种乐观的态度鼓舞了别人。故选B项，意为“态度”，常与介词to/towards连用。
20．A.reach for
B．call for
C．ask for
D．send for
解析：选A Jose Andre Montano对生活的乐观态度鼓舞人们克服困难，努力去追求梦想。A项意为“伸手去够，努力争取”，符合句意。