专题十五 完形填空
A组 2015~2017模拟基础题
Cloze 1 (2015·山东兖州阶段性评估)
体裁
词数 难度 建议时间
记叙文 一个包裹 310 ★★ 17分钟
Peter Wiggins grew up in a poor family.He worked diligently at his
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job as teaching assistant in a private kindergarten and put in three more hours at night as a part-time cashier at a
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to
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.
Peter worked very hard in order to
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his aged parents who had retired as restroom cleaners with
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savings left after putting Peter and his sister through school.Peter was the only
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,for his sister,Beth,was often in poor health.
One day,as Peter was walking home from ACE Supermarket where he
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,he stumbled(绊脚) upon a small brown packet on the pavement.The package was slightly
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ly.To his
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,it contained fifty-dollar bills.Peter knew it was not his to keep and that the
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Without
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,Peter walked quickly to the nearest police station and handed it over to Mr.Roberts who was the police officer
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for that night.Surprised to see someone hand in such a large amount of cash
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,the police officer said that Peter was indeed a role model others could
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.
“It 's nothing really...I was doing what
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would have done,” Peter's face turned red as the officer continued to ask for his name and contact number so that the owner could
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thank him.The next day,Peter received a
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.The owner of the lost money was none other than Peter's
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at the ACE Supermarket! He had found out Peter from Roberts and had decided to
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Peter to the position of manager with a handsome increase in salary.He had also decided to pay for Beth's
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.Peter was overjoyed.
【语篇导读】 Peter作为家里唯一的顶梁柱白天在幼儿园工作晚上在一超市兼职收银员。一天晚上下班回家时捡到一包裹并毫不犹豫地交给了警察。戏剧性的一幕出现了包裹是Peter也有一些回报。
1A.any-time
B.short-timeaytime
D.night-time
解析 根据下行的“three more hours at night”可知该空处选C指Peter白天在幼儿园工作。
答案 C
解析 根据下文第三段及最后一段可知答案。
答案 A
解析 根据上文可知Peter晚上加班3个小时加上工作疲倦走得缓慢故回家时接近午夜(midnight)。
答案 D
解析 考查动词辨析。support“支撑赡养”符合题意。
答案 C
解析 考查副词。little“几乎没有”表否定符合题意。
答案 C
解析 考查名词辨析。由于父母已年迈退休妹妹常身体不好就成了家里的顶梁柱。breadwinner养家糊口的人顶梁柱。
答案 B
解析 根据上文可知晚上Peter在一超市兼职故选C。
答案 C
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据该空后内容可知他捡起包裹仔细端详从而推知包裹有些破损(torn)。
答案 B
解析 To his shock令他惊讶的是符合语境。
答案 C
C.boss
D.owner
解析 Peter料想包裹的主人急需这笔钱故选D。
答案 D
解析 without hesitation毫不犹豫地。
答案 C
n watch
D.on purpose
解析 考查固定短语。on behalf代表;on duty值班;on watch监视站岗(多为门卫士兵);on purpose故意地。
答案 B
解析 考查形容词辨析。untouched原封不动的一动未动的符合题意。
答案 C
解析 警察说Peter是别人都应敬仰尊敬的榜样。look at看;look up to仰视尊敬;look down on瞧不起;look for-ward to盼望。
答案 B
C.anybody
D.policemen
解析 Peter对于警察的表扬回答道:我只是做其他人都会做的事情。anybody任何人。
答案 C
解析 考查副词辨析。personally亲自当面符合题意。
答案 B
解析 第二天接到了包裹主人的电话。根据时间判断可排除letter。
答案 C
18A.colleague
B.boss
C.consumer
D.enemy
解析 根据下文他所给Peter的回报可推知包裹的主人是超市的老板。
答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。introduce介绍;expose使暴露;promote晋升lead引导。
答案 C
C.holiday parties
D.medical treatment
解析 由上文第二段可知Peter的妹妹身体不好故该空指的是为其支付医疗费用故选D。
答案 D
Cloze 2 (2017·山东淄博一中)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
记叙文 一分钟 245 ★★ 16分钟
One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years,Rogers
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a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few days
“
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if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked.He thought of
Tony
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all day,giving the other men a
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time.
“Fire them,” the boss said.Then,as if
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Rogers' mind,he added,“I suppose you
think you are going to
fire Tony if you get the
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.I'd feel
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about that.I have been logging for 40 years.Tony is the most
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worker I've ever had.I know he is a troublemaker and that he
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everybody and everything.But he comes in first and leaves last.There has not been an
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for eight years on the hill where he works.?
Rogers took over the next day.He went to Tony and spoke to him.“Tony,do you know I'm in charge here today?”Tony grunted(嘟囔).“I was going to fire you the first time we tangled(纠缠)
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I want you to know I'm not,”he told Tony,
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what the boss had said.
When Rogers finished,Tony
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the spadeful(铲子)of sand he had held and tears streamed
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That day Tony worked harder than ever before.
Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the
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for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West.Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such
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.
Tony replied,“If it not be for the one
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you talk to me back in Idaho,I kill somebody someday.One minute
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my whole life.”
Effective managers know the
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of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well.But what a
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a minute of yes can make in any relationship!
【语篇导读】 一次机会暂替老板负责伐木场他本想解雇总是惹麻烦的Tony但老板临行前的一席话改变了他的想法。Rogers借机会将老板的话告诉了Tony就是这谈话的一分钟改变了Tony的一生。
解析 考查动词辨析。根据宾语summer可知答案。spent意为“度过花费”。
答案 B
解析 考查特殊疑问词。what if意为“要是……会怎样”故选A。
答案 A
解析 考查动词辨析。根据下文的“he is a troublemaker”可知答案为troubled意为“惹麻烦”。
答案 A
rprising
C.happy
D.hard
解析 考查形容词辨析。联系下文总是惹麻烦所以要选带否定色彩的形容词。hard困难的艰难的。
答案 D
解析 考查固定搭配。“read one's mind”意为“得知某人的心事、想法”符合题意故选D。
答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。chance“机遇机会”;order“support意为“支持”;evidence“证据”。
答案 A
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据下文得知老板很赏识Tony故在知道Rogers会解雇Tony后很难过。
答案 B
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据下文的“But he comes in first...where he works”可知Tony值得依赖可靠。A项意为“争吵的”;B项“优雅的”;C项“值得依赖的”;D项“沉默的”。
答案 C
解析C。但若注意选项后的宾语为“everybody and everything”就不难选出。
答案 D
tunity
D.argument
解析 考查名词辨析。Tony 8年来没出过一起事故从而呼应上文的“reliable”。
答案 A
解析 考查连词辨析。从本句后的“I'm not”可知该空选的词表转折关系。
答案 D
B.adding
C.smiling
D.replying
解析 考查动词辨析。A项“撒谎位于”;B项“补充道”;项微笑”;D项“回复”。
答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。Tony在听完后把铲子放了下来。threw“扔掷”;dropped“丢下放下”;carried“携带”;lifted“举起”。
答案 B
解析 考查介词辨析。stream down意为“泪水淌下来”。
答案 C
-driver
D.immigrant
解析 考查名词辨析。A项“老板”;B项“工人”;C项“司机”;D项“移民”。
答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。Tony已成了一伐木公司的老板所以被问及如何取得的成功。
答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。此处选“minute”也呼应了文章的第一段。
答案 C
解析 考查动词辨析。通读全文可知一分钟改变了Tony的一生。
答案 B
uence
解析 考查名词辨析。A项“重要性”;B项“方法”;C项“结果”;D项“影响”。
答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。make a difference意为“有影响”符合题意。
答案 C
Cloze 3 (2017·天津一中高三月考)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
记叙文 木碗 281 ★★ 16分钟
An old man went to live with his son,daughter-in-law-year-old grandson.The old man's hands
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t was not clear,and his
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unsteady(不稳定的).The family were
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sight made this rather difficult.Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor.When he grasped the glass,
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would often spill(洒落)onto the tablecloth.“We must do something about grandfather
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner.There,grandfather ate
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in the corner while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table.
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grandfather had already broken a dish or two,his food was served in a
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bowl.Sometimes,when the family
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grandfather,he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone.
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,the only words the couple had for him were sharp
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when he dropped a fork or spilled food.The 4-year-old boy watched all this
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One evening before supper,the father
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his son playing with wood scraps(小块)on the floor.He asked the child sweetly :“What are you making?” Just as
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:“Oh
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for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.”The 4-year-old boy smiled and went back to
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The words
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the parents so much that they were
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.Then tears started to stream down their cheeks.
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no word was spoken,both knew what they had to do.That evening,the husband took grandfather's hand and
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led him back to the family table.
【语篇导读】 一位老人由于年迈吃饭时总是洒落食物甚至打破盘子因此他的食物被放4岁的孙子目睹了这一切并打算为爸爸妈妈也造个木碗。在得知孩子天真的想法后爸爸妈妈幡然醒悟。
解析 考查动词辨析。A项“受伤”(刀、枪、剑伤等);B项“移动”;C项“发抖”;D项“拖拽”。
答案 C
解析 考查名词辨析。老人因年迈脚步不稳故选step(步伐脚步)。feet脚;speech话语演讲;body身体。
答案 A
p
D.apart
解析 根据下文可知:老人被安置在一角落独自吃饭。故在那之前是家人一起吃故选B。
答案 B
4.A.losing
B.failing
C.disappearing
D.rising
解析 考查动词辨析。fail特指健康、视力衰弱、下降故选B。
答案 B
解析 根据设空前的词glass我们可推知是牛奶洒了出来。
答案 C
D.bitterly
解析 考查副词。根据下文的“while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table”可知答
答案 A
解析 考查连词。since既然由于。该题易错选After若选After其后的时态应改为“broke”。
答案 B
解析 根据下文的“wood scraps”可知是wooden(木质的)。
答案 D
解析 glance at一瞥;stare at凝视;look through浏览;look after照看。选项A符合语境。
答案 A
解析 考查副词。still尽管那样(in spite of that)在语义上表递进关系。
答案 C
B.quarrels C.warnings
D.remark
解析 考查名词辨析。comments评论;quarrels争吵;warning警告;remark言论。
答案 C
解析 考查固定短语。A项:沉默地;B项:提前;C项:处在危险中;D项:负责掌管。
答案 A
解析 考查动词辨析。父亲留意到儿子在玩小木块故选notice。
答案 B
解析 考查副词辨析。此处选sweetly是为了呼应上文的sweetly意为儿子甜甜地答道。
答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。根据第8题后的“bowl”我们可选出答案。
答案 A
解析 考查动词辨析。work on从事。worship崇拜;whisper低声说;weave编织。
答案 B
解析 struck(strike)触动使人印象深刻。该题易错选touch其意为“使感动”相当于“move”。
答案 D
s
B.homeless C.fearless
D.hopeless
解析 这对父母触动极深以至于说不出话来。
答案 A
解析 考查连词。根据这句话的意思可知前后是转折关系故选Though。
答案 C
ntly
B.happily
C.fluently
D.fortunately
解析 考查副词。根据语境可排除happily(开心地)。由于老人年迈故是轻
答案 A
Cloze 4 (2017·开封高中模考)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
夹叙夹议 我该怎么办 264 ★★ 16分钟
People always say that if God closed a door in front of you,there must be a window opened for you.Yes,people always say that,but
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is the window for me?
I am not disappointed,just a little
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or as my roommate said,“ Why are you angry with yourself once you
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to do anything?” I have no idea.I just can't
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with myself because I couldn't finish the assignment on the lab,and what was
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worse was that actually I did not understand what the
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was! Fiona asked me why I didn't
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for help.The problem is that if I have to ask some silly questions,I will feel
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.
Before I came here I was confident.But I have totally
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it.Sometimes I can't even find the right words; sometimes I am too shy to
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others.I have to admit that I am
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.
The wisest people can always take advantage of others'
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.But I was so stupid as to close myself and
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a lot of time soaking inside the workbook,which made me more confused.Why can't I
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the sentence? I am
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to get help the next time I have any questions.I can
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I am not smart,but I shouldn't hide it.I must
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it as soon as possible.
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I will have to waste much more time on it—just like tonight.
Difficulties always go with me.Go
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! I can make it.
【语篇导读】 这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自己在学业上遇到的困境分析了自己内心的忧虑和丧失信心的原因表达了战胜
1.A.which
B.what
C.where
D.why
解析 which“哪一个”;what“什么”;where“哪里”;why“为什么”。作者在问:我的那扇窗户在哪里?故C项符合语境。
答案 C
解析 worried“忧虑的”; amused“愉快的”; excited“兴奋的”;proud“自豪的”。worried与angry和disappointed相匹配。 此处指作者有点担忧。
答案 A
il
D.like
解析 由后文“ I can't understand some easy things”和“ I couldn't finish the assignment”可知应选C项。fail to do sth 意为“未能做成某事”。
答案 C
解析 根据“ Why are you angry with yourself”可知选择项。此处指如果作者不能理解一些简单的问题作者就不会原谅(forgive)自己。
答案 D
解析 此处指当作者未能完成任务的时候会对自己不满意。故选A项。be unsatisfied with“对……不满意”。
答案 A
解析 选项中只有even可以
答案 B
解析 根据前一句可知有时候作者甚至都搞不清楚自己的任务(assignment)是什么。
答案 B
解析 ask for help意为“求助”。此处指Fiona问作者为什么不求助于别人。
答案 D
解析 由后文“sometimes I am too shy to
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可知应选择A项。这里指当作者向别人求助的时候会感觉很羞愧很不好意思。
答案 A
解析 由But和后文内容可知现在作者已完全失去了自信。B项符合语境。
答案 B
t
C.greet
D.puzzle
解析 disturb“打扰”; assist“帮助”;greet“问候”; puzzle“使困惑disturb)别人。
答案 A
解析 由后文“ But I was so stupid”可知D项正确。这里指作者认为自己很愚蠢。
答案 D
解析 最聪明的人总是能利用别人的智慧。B项符合语境。
答案 B
解析 根据后文中的waste可知答案。此处指作者浪费了很多的时间。
答案 D
解析 为什么我不能按照上面句子中所说的去做呢? follow意为“遵循仿效”符合语境。
答案 C
eady
解析 be determined to do sth 意为“决心做某事”。这里指作者决定下次遇到困难的时候向别人求助。
答案 A
解析 由前文“ But I was so stupid”可知选择D项。此处指作者承认(admit)自己不聪明。
答案 D
解析 前文提solve)这些问题。
答案 B
解析 否则(Otherwise)我就要浪费更多的时间——就像今晚一样。
答案 C
解析 由“ I can make it.”可推知答案为A项。go ahead意为“去做吧”符合语境。
答案 A
Cloze 5 (2017·山东省实验中学诊断性测试)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
议论文 如何使用金钱 294 ★★★ 17分钟
The new science of spending comes to a surprising conclusion.How we use our money may
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as much or more than how much we've got it.
Money spent on experiences,rather than material goods,
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more happiness.
Imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning to
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$1 million under your bed.What would you do
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that cash?
The money will probably make you think about one thing
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all else—yourself.A large amount of research reveals that money
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our selfish sides.We will
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much on what that money can do for us alone.Perhaps you are imagining buying a faster car,or even a new house,
But studies show that
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goods often fail to deliver
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happiness.Fortunately,our ongoing research
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many ways to get more happiness from every dollar you spend.Changing how you spend money can increase your happiness.
But making these
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needs to challenge some of our ideas of spending.It's hard not to
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buying a house as a wise investment(投资).But new research shows it brings very little happiness.A study in the United States found that homeowners
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.
So,working hard to save money for a house might not be such a good idea
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it means spending less time with your families and friends.
And dozens of studies show that people get more happiness from buying
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than material things.Experiential purchases-such as trips-are more
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And experiences come with one more
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.They tend to bring us
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to other people,but more often,material things are enjoyed
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.So social contacts are important to
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mental and physical health.
【语篇导读】 与其将金钱花在购物上不如花在一些体验经历上后者更能让人们体会到快乐幸福。
解析 考查动词辨析。present:赠予呈现;matter:重要起作用(符合题意);appear:出现;equal:相等。
答案 B
holds on
D.brings along
解析 考查短语辨析。将金钱花在一些经历上更能带来幸福故选brings along(带来)。
答案 D
解析 想象一下明天早上你在床下发现了100万美元故选discover(发现)。
答案 C
解析 考查介词辨析。with
答案 B
解析 考查介词辨析这些钱有可能让你先想到一件事——你自己。above在……之上此处表地位重要性。below在……之下;before在……前面;after在……之后。
答案 A
解析 许多调查表明金钱会展示出我们自私的方面故选show。
答案 A
解析 depend on依靠;concentrate on集中聚焦(符合题意);take on呈现雇用;look on旁观。
答案 B
解析 考查形容词辨析。mental精神上的;material物质上的;beautiful漂亮的;clever聪明的。
答案 B
g
B.lasting
C.willing
D.exciting
解析 此句意:物质上的outgoing外向的;lasting持久的;willing乐意的;exciting令人兴奋的。
答案 B
解析 我们深入的研究提供了多种方式去获得幸福故选offers(提供)。
答案 B
解析 做出这些变化需挑战我们惯有的花钱方式选changes呼应了上一段的最后一句。
答案 A
解析 考查动词辨析。know知道;view认为;dream梦到;judge判断。
答案 B
解析 此处选renters可由该空前的homeowners推知意为:房东不比租房子的人快乐。
答案 D
D.though
解析 如果努力攒钱买房子意味着很少有时间陪家人朋友那么这或许不是一个好的做法。
答案 A
解析 根据第二段可知答案。
答案 C
erally
D.deeply
解析 考查副词。这些体验式购买与自我幸福感紧密相连故选deeply。
答案 D
解析 根据下文内容可知这些体验会给我们带来又一好处(advantage)。
答案 A
A.familiar
B.close
C.proper
D.native
解析 close to与……关系密切。
答案 B
解析 物质上的东西只能让我们独自享受。这一内容在第四段也有体现。
答案 D
解析 考查动词辨析。gain增加获得;damage破坏;improve改善提高;build建立指强身健体时往往是build(up)one's body。
答案 C
Cloze 6 (2017·辽宁六校联考)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
说明文 美国的家教 252 ★★ 16分钟
The American parenting style is characterized by an active interest and involvement in children's lives.Parents'
1
in their children's lives have grown greatly,
2
a generation of emotionally healthy,capable and successful adults.
American parents are unique in the sense that they make decisions
3
discussing issues with their children.This way of
4
may not be considered valuable in other parts of the world,where
5
cultural values drive parents to rule with an iron fist.By involving their children in the decision-making process
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,where success is often determined by an individual's ability to make thoughtful,informed
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.American children also gain confidence from this kind of
8
power and learn to consider the consequences of their actions.
American parents are also constantly observing successful parenting techniques from other
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.
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people from other countries continue to get into American society,American parents take the
11
of these cultures and combine the best aspects of them with
12
American styles of child-raising.Early experiencing
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and creates a tolerant society.
American parents
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children with a strong support system and give them
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in their own abilities.When children are fully confident that their parents are concerned
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and affected by their behavior,they become
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and self-assured.The democratic(民主的) and fair waycans
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to parenting,promotes individuals who are prepared to become strong-minded and successful
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【语篇导读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了美国民主公平的家教方式这种家教方式造就了一代代勤劳、自信、成功的美国人
1.A.roles
B.beliefs C.difficulties
D.expectations
解析 根据下文语境可知此处是指家长在孩子生活中的作用故选A“角色作用”。
答案 A
ulting in
D.dating from
解析 家长在C。
答案 C
解析 根据下文中的“ By involving their children in the decision-making process”可知决定都是在和孩子商量后做出的故选B。
答案 B
解析 世界上的其他国家可能并不认为这种家教方式宝贵。parent意为“做家长家教”符合语境。故选D。
答案 D
tic
D.average
解析 根据下文中的“rule with an iron fist”可知答案为严格的”。
答案 A
解析 家长们通过让孩子参与决策的制定过程让他们为将来的成年生活做好准备。根据“ preparing”以及第一段中的“capable and successful adults”可知此处应选A“成年期”。
答案 A
解析 在成年时成功取决于一个人做出细致周到的、睿智的选择的能力。此处的choices与上文中的“ decisions”相呼应。
答案 C
limited
B.endless
C.shared
D.soft
解析 他们也从这种共享的权力中获得了自信。此处的“power” 指的是家长让孩子参与制定决策的“权力”因此选共享的参与的”。
答案 C
解析 根据下文中的“ other countries”和“these cultures”可知选B。
答案 B
解析 随着(As)外国人持续融入美国社会……
答案 A
解析 美国家长吸收了外国家教的优点……由下文中的“the best aspects”可知应选D。
答案 D
解析 上文中的“ the best aspects of them”中的them指代these cultures此处指将其他文化好的一面与美国本土的家教方式相结合故选A“传统的”。
答案 A
解析 美国父母融会贯通各国不同的家教观念这样孩子们也从小就吸收了不同的(different)理念。
答案 B
解析 variety意为“多样性”与上文中的“ different”
答案 C
解析 美国家长为孩子们提供(provide)坚实的后盾并让他们对自己的能力更加自信(confidence)。
答案 A
B.assistance C.judgement
D.confidence
解析 参见上题解析。
答案 D
解析 be concerned with是固定短语意为“关心……。故选B。
答案 B
generous C.dependent
D.hard-working
解析 当孩子们得知家长不仅关心自己的行为而且还会受到自己行为的影响时他们就会变得勤奋(hard-working)和自信。
答案 D
解析 美国人所使用的民主、公平的家教方式促进了个人成长使他们将来成为意志坚强的成功人士。由语境可知应选C。
答案 C
-ups
D.heroes
解析 此处与第一段的最后一句话相照应故grown-ups符合语境。
答案 C
组 2015~2017模拟能力题
Cloze 1 (2015·山东临沂调研)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
记叙文 卖瓶装水的人 297 ★★ 17分钟
I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives.We stopped on a red lightcars near the
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.People walked in between the cars
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newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners.It's a familiar
3
in most poor developing countries.
While we were
4
for the red light to turn green,I noticed a man outside
a
couple of
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in front of ours trying to sell bottles of
water.It's
6
unusual at first.He was a man in his 40s with relatively
7
clothes.But he walked around in a strange way.He kind of
8
his way around the spaces.He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand,he
9
got to the outside of our car.Out of
10
,my mum decided
to buy
one water bottle.As
she gave the man the money,the light turned green.The cars
behind sounded loudly and
11
,trying to get ahead of traffic.Seeing this,my mum kindly told the man to
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the change.However,with his superior sense of touch,he quickly
13
his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum's
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.It was the exact change.The cars behind us were really getting out of control,
15
we decided to go on our way.
I
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and even cried when I got home.Here's a blind man,born in
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,trying to sell water
bottles on the streets to make ends meet.He
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our sympathy.Life hasn't been
19
to him,yet
he's giving it his
best shot.I think that
is
what
20
is all about,facing life bravely.
【语篇导读】 我开车去印度拜访亲戚在等绿灯时发现一盲人在路口卖瓶装水。出于同情妈妈买了瓶并说可以不找零钱。但被盲人拒绝了。他的这一举动让我感触颇多。
1A.signs
B.crossroads
C.stations
D.theatre
解析 在等红灯时车外会有一些买卖活动故是在与车接近的路口位置。
答案 B
解析 一些人在停着的车之间来回穿梭目的是“卖”些东西。结合下文的事例也可得知C为正确选项。
答案 C
解析 名词辨析。scene场景;play剧;activity活动;street街道。通过语境我们可知答案为A。
答案 A
解析 此句意:在我们等着红灯变绿时我留意到有一个人在我们车前面卖瓶装水。
答案 C
B.crossings
C.turns
D.cars
解析 解析见上题。
答案 D
解析 根据下文的“But he walked around in a strange way”可知起初没有什么不同寻常的”故选D。
答案 D
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据这人的工作我们可推知他穿着有些破烂(ragged)。expensive昂贵的;fashionable时尚的;splendid壮丽的。
答案 C
解析 根据下句的“He was blind”feel his way)。
答案 D
解析 此句意:一手拿着两个瓶子他终于来到了我们的车外。eventually最终终于。
答案 A
ity
B.sympathy
C.thirsty
D.politeness
解析 由该句中的“decided”我们可知作者母亲之所以买水不是由于口渴而是出于同情(sympathy)。
答案 B
解析 由上文的灯变绿了以及空后的“trying to get ahead of traffic”可知后面的车等得不耐烦(impatiently)了。
答案 A
解析 keep the change不用找零钱了。
答案 A
h C.turned over
D.looked for
解析 此句意:由于他极好的触觉他快速地在口袋里找着零钱。go through搜查仔细查找。本题易错选搜寻若选A则意为“找口袋”。
答案 B
解析 由于对方是盲人故他朝妈妈所在的位置将零钱扔去因此选lap(大腿部)。
答案 D
解析 后面的车都在赶超我们因此我们也继续前行。
答案 C
解析 通读全句可知作者在回家后情绪有些激动故选类似情感表达的短语崩溃。
答案 D
解析 名词辨析。这个盲人靠卖瓶装水勉强过活由此可推他出身贫穷。
答案 B
18.A.refused
B.enjoyed
C.doubted
D.cheated
解析 通过上文的事例我们可知他拒绝了我们出于同情而给予的“馈赠”。
答案 A
解析 注意该空前的“hasn't”。生活对他不好。
答案 C
解析 根据上句中“he's giving it his best shot(尝试)”尤其是下文中的“facing life bravely”可知答案为B。
答案 B
Cloze 2 (2017·济宁一模)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
说明文 目标 276 ★★ 17分钟
The fighting for SUCCESS always begins with a target.But too many people
1
through life like steepwalkers.Each day they follow familiar
2
,never asking,“What
am I doing with my life?” And they don't know what they're doing because they lack
3
Goal-setting is a focusing of the
4
5
of what you want.Write down your goals and date them—putting them into
6
makes them clearer to you.Rather than concentrating on
7
objects to acquire and possess,focus on satisfying your desires to do,to produce,to contribute,which gives you a true sense of
8
we all need.
It's important to picture yourself
9
your goal.What often happens is that
10
tend to picture the terrible consequences of failure,while winners picture the
11
of success.I've seen it among athletes,business people and public speakers.
I've done it myself.I was afraid of
12
travel.Friends showed me statistics contrasting air and highway
13
,but it made no difference,because I had read too many articles describing
14
scenes and imagined these scenes vividly.I had programmed myself,
without realizing it,to
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planes.
Then one summer I had the
16
to fly on a private plane with friends.I didn't want
to miss a great
17
.So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight and easy
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.
When the day arrived,I was
19
to go.To everyone's surprise,I got on the plane and flew with them without hesitation.I loved
20
minute of it,and I still use the techniques I employed that day.
【语篇导读】 成功的奋斗始于目标。目标的设定应注意什么;想象目标完成的重要性在本文中均有说明。
解析 根据空前的“But”与上句中的“target”形成转折关系;以及空后的“steepwalkers”可推知答案为C。
答案 C
解析 名词辨析。routines常规;guide导游向导;exercise练习;teacher教师。
答案 A
解析 根据下段的开头“Goal-setting”可知答案。
答案 D
解析 设定目标是指集中意志向一特定的方向前行。
答案 B
解析 此句意:首先你要清楚知道你要什么。idea想法符合语意。
答案 C
解析 通过空前的“Write down your goals”可知把目标写成文会让其更清晰。
答案 A
解析
答案 D
解析 集中去做能满足愿望的事逐渐会给你所需要的满意或满足感。注意空前的“satisfying your desires”这一语境。
答案 B
D.seeking
解析 想象自己会实现目标这点很重要。accomplish one's goal实现目标。
答案 C
解析 根据空后的“failure”“winners”可知答案。
答案 A
B.awards
C.effects
D.rewards
解析 失败者想到的是失败的后果而成功者想到的是成功的回馈。reward与前面的consequence对应。
答案 D
解析 根据下文的“air”“plane”可知答案。
答案 B
A.speed
B.cost
C.safety
D.comfort
解析 朋友们向我提供数据来比较飞行与高速公路行车的安全性但对我来说没什么效果(仍怕坐飞机)。
答案 C
解析 许多文章都曾描述过飞机失事的场面。crash撞击坠落;符合语境。
答案 A
解析 根据上文所述可知作者告诫自己要远离飞机(stay off)。
答案 D
解析 根据下文的“I didn't want to miss”可知作者有次机会与朋友坐飞机旅行。
答案 B
解析 不想错过很好的度假机会故选vacation(假)。根据文章大意可排除A、D。若选B指“不愿错过飞机”。
答案 C
D.operating
解析 因作者惧怕飞机所以花两周时间去想象有平稳的飞行和不费力的平稳着陆(landing)。
答案 A
解析 根据下句“To everyone's surprise...”可知作者盼望出行。
答案 D
20A.a
B.every
C.the
D.some
解析 享受飞行的每一分钟。
答案 B
Cloze 3 (2017·东北三省四市联合考试)
体裁 话题 词 难度 建议时间
夹叙叙议 信念 296 ★★ 16分钟
I was watching a TV series one night when I took in one scene.A young man was seeking his community votes,and people
1
wanted to know why they should give him their
2
.He took them to his house and on every
3
in his house was the word“Faith”pasted.People raised lots of
4
to find out why the word was pasted on his mirrors.He said,“My dad often
5
me to believe that as long as you have
6
,you should have faith.Every time you look into the mirror,you're looking at yourself and see‘Faith’.”
The
7
I learned from this is simple—faith is a living thing and in the same way we're all
8
given 24 hours a day and we're all given the same measure of faith.Faith keeps us going when things get
9
! Why is some people's faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith
10
; but if we choose not to
11
that they don't have faith,but we all practice faith every day even if we don't
12
it as faith.Daily
13
,such as studying,investing or reaching for a dream,take faith.
Faith
14
hearing and doing.I made a decision yesterday—to
15
reading the newspaper full of too much sad and
16
news.Why? Because I
17
there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.
Faith,when it's put to
18
,becomes a beautiful thing.It lifts your mental state to a higher place that
19
you to raise yourself up and declare,“Yes,we can.”So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by
20
it.
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述电视中看到的故事情节阐述了“信念”的作用领悟到了“信念是可以通过锻炼来加强的”这一道理。
解析 句意:一个年轻人正在社区里为自己拉票A项意为“勇敢地”;B项意为“简要地”;C项意为“大部分大多数”;D项意为“最后终于”。根据下文语境可知答案选C。
答案 C
解析 A项意为“支持”;B项意为“指导”;C项意为“怜悯同情”;D项意为“信息”。根据上文“拉选票”A。
答案 A
B.mirror
C.picture
D.book
解析 句意:他把人们带到家中他家里的每一面镜子上都贴着“信念”这个词。根据下文中的“the word was pasted on his mirrors”可知应用mirror(镜子)一词。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:人们提出了很多问题想知道为什么他的镜子上会贴着那个词。A项意为“嗓音呼声”;B项意为“问题”;C项意为“规则”;D项意为“标准”。根据语境及下文“why the word was pasted on his mirrors”可知此处表示人们提出很多的“问题”想了解实情。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 本句表示父亲教导我人生的道理。
答案 A
解析 根据上下文可知把faith贴在镜子上是为了每一次照镜子时都能看到它这说明父亲让他相信信念非常重要只要活着我们就要有信仰have breath活着。
答案 B
B.view
C.choice
D.example
解析 根据破折号的内容是作者从这一电视剧情节中学到的lesson(教训道理)。
答案 A
解析 根据下文24 hours a day判断我们每个人的一天同样(equally)都是24小时。
答案 C
解析 A项“奇怪的陌生的”;B项意为“不同的”;C项意为“滑稽的”;D项意为“困难的难办的”。根据语境可知答案选D。
答案 D
解析 句意:如果我们选择去锻炼信念它就会成长;但如果选择逃避锻炼它就会依然虚弱。A项意为“坚持停留”;B项意为“回归”;C项意为“减缓变慢”;D项意为“增强成长”。根据本句中转折连词“but”和其后面句子中的“it remains weak”并结合选项可知符合语境。故答案选D。
答案 D
解析 句意:也许有些人会争辩说他们没有信念。A项意为“争论争辩”;B项意为“意识到”;C项意为“理解”;项意为“预测”。根据上下文语境可知答案选A。
答案 A
解析 句意:A项意为“同意”;B项意为“感激欣赏”;C项意为“羡慕”;D项意为“承认”。根据语境可知答案选D。本题A项agree具有一定的干扰性它为不及物动词不能直接跟宾语。
答案 D
解析 句意:我们每天的日常工作如学习、投资或实现梦想都需要信念。A项B项意为“步伐步骤手段”;C项意为“工作任务”;D项意为“实验”。根据语境和“such as”后面所举的例子可知答案选C。
答案 C
解析 句意:信念来源于我们的所听所为。A项意为“梦想希望”;B项意为“来自”;C项意为“想要”;D项意为“保持继续”。根据语境并结合选项可B。
答案 B
C.stop
D.risk
解析 句意:昨天我做了一个决定——以后不再看那些满载悲伤和负面消息的报纸了。A项意为“考虑”;B项意为“推迟”;C项意为“停止”;D项意为“冒险”。根据下文“Because I
there was a drop of my mental state...”并结合语境和选项可C。
答案 C
C.latest
D.negative
解析 A项意为“各种各样的”;B项意为“真正的坦率的”;C项意为“最新的”;D项意为“负面的消极的”。根据“too much sad and”和下文“a drop of mental state”可知答案应选D项。
答案 D
解析 句意:为什么呢?因为我注意到在读了这样的报纸后我就会情绪低落。A项意为“听到”;B项意为“注意到”;C项意为“宣布”;D项意为“解释”。根据语境可知答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:当践行信念时它会变成一个美好的事物。put...to work意为“践行使……起作用”符合语境。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 句意:信念能把你的精神状态提升到更高的高度使你提升自我并宣布:“是的我能。”A项意为“警告”;项意为“引起导致”;C项意为“命令”;D项意为“禁止”。cause sb to do sth意为“使某人做某事”符合语境。故答案选B。
答案 B
A.exercising
B.forming C.obtaining
D.thinking
解析 句意:因此从今天就下定决心通过锻炼去增强你的信念吧。根据上文“Exercise!If we choose to exercise our faith...”可知答案选A。
答案 A
Cloze 4 (2017·合肥市高三质量检测)
体裁 话题 词数 难度 建议时间
记叙文 照顾病人 306 ★★ 17分钟
I was assigned to take care of this patient a couple of weeks ago and began to grow closer to her.Communicating with her was
1
because everything she wanted to say to me had to be written on a notepad.As a nursing graduate,I was able to
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her mind by observing even a slight
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in a patient's facial expression.
One day,when I was checking the patient,she
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me on the shoulder to show me a note,“Do you think I could be let go
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the hospital in a month to see my niece get married?” Taking her hand in mine
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her,because I did not want to leave her a
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sense of hope.
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,I made her believe that I would be there with her every step of the way on her journey toward
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.Hearing that,the patient gave me a
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and a hug.
Day by day,I built her
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by walking around the floor with her.As I did this,I could see before my own eyes that her health was
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improving and able to walk more steadily.On her last day in hospital,just before her niece's
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,she wrote me one last note,“I couldn't have done this
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you; I love you.” After kissing goodbye,I had a strong sense of achievement.I realized that moments like this were
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I woke up early for
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in the hospital and spent long hours with her.I truly felt,and her
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confirmed,that I was an
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part of this woman's recovery.My experience with this patient shows me that this career allows me to touch the
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of people in ways that people in other
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will never get to experience.
【语篇导读】 本文为一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者照顾一位病人康复的故事旨在表达自己对医护工作的热爱之情。
解析 根据difficult一词符合语境。故答案选A。
答案 A
解析 句意:作为一名护理专业毕业生通过观察一位病人面部表情的微妙“变化”我就能够“看出她的心思”。read one's mind意为“看出某人的心思”为固定搭配。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 A项意为“担心”;B项意为“变化”;C项意为“痛苦”;D项意为“兴奋”。根据句意和文意可知答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:一天当我查病房的时候她“A项意为“轻拍”;B项意为“打中击中”;C项意为“敲门撞”;D项意为“连续敲打”。故答案选A。
答案 A
解析 let go from the hospital是固定搭配意为“出院(从医院里面出来)”根据下文“to see my niece get married”可知符合语意。故答案选D。
答案 D
mise
C.comfort
D.trust
解析 句意:握着她的手我告诉她我不敢“承诺”因为我不想给她“虚假的”希望(即我不想骗她)。根据句意可知应用promise一词。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 A项意为“虚假的”;B项意为“强烈的强壮的”;项意为“正确的”;D项意为“好的优秀的”。根据句意和上下文语境可知一词符合语境。故答案选A。
答案 A
解析 句意:“但是”我使她相信在她“康复”A项意为“因此”;B项意为“此外而且”;C项意为“然而但是”;D项意为“而且”。根据上下文内容可知本句与上句为转折关系故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 A项意为“死亡”;B项意为“成功”;C项意为“目的地”;D项意为“康复”。根据上下文可知她是一个病人且在她侄女结婚之前出D。
答案 D
C.smile
D.whistle
解析 句意:听到这些她朝我“微笑”了一下给了我一个拥抱。A项意为“惊讶”;B项意为“凝视”;C项意为“微笑”;D项意为“打口哨”。根据上文语境和下文的“a hug”可知答案应选C。
答案 C
解析 句意:日复一日我通过陪她散步逐步增强了她的“力量”。A项意为“未来”;B项意为“力量力气”;C项意为“希望”;D项意为“信心”。
答案 B
解析 考查副词。根据
答案 A
ng
D.presentation
解析 根据5题所在的句子可知她是想参加她侄女的婚礼。
答案 C
解析 句意:(纸条)上面写道:“没有你我不会做到这些我爱你。”根据语意可知应用without一词。故答案选A。
答案 A
A.what
B.why
C.when
D.how
解析 句意:像这样的时刻让我明白了自己“为什么”每天早早来到医院“工作”(即明白了自己如此辛苦工作的原因或意义所在) 。根据语意可知答案应选B项。
答案 B
解析 根据文章首段内容可知作者是医院里的一名医护人员所以她来医院是来“上班”。故答案选A。
答案 A
解析 句意:我真切地感受到我是她康复过程中“重要”的一部分(即note可知答案应选B项。
答案 B
A.irrelevant
B.insignificant C.instructive
D.important
解析 A项意为“不相干的”;B项意为“不重要的可忽略的”;C项意为“有教育性的有启发的”;D项意为“重要的”。根据上下文语境可知答案选D。
答案 D
解析 句意:我和这位病人的经历表明我的职业让我能够以别的“行业”所不具备的方式去接触人们的“生活”。A项意为“运气财产”;B项意为“肩膀”;C项意为“生活”;D项意为“眼泪”。根据句意和上下文可知答案应选C项。
答案 C
解析 A项意为“医院”;B项意为“区域地方”;C项意为“土地领土”;D项意为“领域行业土地”。联系上下文可知答案选D。
答案 D
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记叙文 微笑 382 ★★ 16分钟
Bill and Pearl were a very special couple.One would never know the hardships of life they had gone through
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you were very close to them.Bill was a quiet man,who was devoted to his beloved Pearl.Pearl was a
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woman,who
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“Laughter is the best medicine.”
Anytime I was
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an entertainment event,program,or play,I would suggest she be guided to a seat near the
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.Her cheerfulness would affect the audience.
A few years later,they experienced a financial setback which caused them to
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their farm.Neither of them was in very good health and we were
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as to what this latest blow could do to them.When I went to visit them to see what we could do to
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,Bill said,“Packing our things is what must be done now.”
I asked,“What about your machinery?”
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is no longer ours,we have no
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for the machinery,so we can leave it here for the young man who is going to
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.”
One day,while I was helping Pearl pack,there were boxes everywhere and there were piles of throwaway,piles to pack,piles to keep and piles for charity.As we worked,I kept thinking of their
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and wanted to cry.It hurt so
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to think of my friend having to give up what they had worked for all their lives.
I turned to ask her a question and saw this sweet,humble woman
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in the middle of chaos with a smile on her face.She started to
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.Her infectious laugh reached out to me.
“Pearl,this is crazy.What are we laughing about? There is nothing
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about packing.” I said.
“Well you know what they say about life,don't you?”
ued,“You know,it is often said that life is a test.”
“Well,yes,I have heard that,” I answered.“But I still don't
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,what's so funny?”
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I have never been good at tests!”
ught me that life was
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under any circumstances,if I would allow myself to just count my blessings and find
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in laughter.
【语篇导读】 “微笑是最好的良药。”故事中的一对夫妇就是这样面带微笑来面对人生的悲喜无常所以无论在多么困难的情况下请记得要微笑面对。
1A.when
B.if
C.unless
D.because
解析 根据前文可知除非你是跟他们很亲近的人要不然你绝不会知道他们经历的人生苦难。
答案 C
解析 根据后文的“Laughter is the best medicine”可知很乐观、开朗。
答案 B
解析 根据Pearl遇到很大挫折还保持微笑可知她信奉“微笑是最好的良药”这一信条。
答案 D
ory of
C.in search of
D.in charge of
解析 根据后文的“I would suggest...”可知作者是在主持娱乐节目。
答案 D
解析 根据前文的“an entertainment event”和后文的“affect the audience”可知被安排坐在舞台附近来感染观众。
答案 A
解析 根据前文的“they experienced a financial setback”及下文的“give up what they had worked...”可知他们失去了自己毕生经营的农场。
答案 A
A.nervous
B.upset C.concerned
D.disappointed
解析 因为好朋友突然遭此不幸而且夫妻俩身体都不太好作者应该是很担心他们。
答案 C
解析 根据前文的“visit them”可知作者看望他们是为了看看有什么可以帮忙的。
答案 B
解析 根据第6空后的“their farm”可知他们失去的是农场。
答案 D
解析 根据前后文可知因为没有了农场机械器具对于夫妻俩来说没用了所以要留给接管农场的人。have no use for sth 不再需要某物。
答案 A
解析 根据常识
答案 D
解析 根据后文的“wanted to cry”可知作者想到朋友遭受的不幸和痛苦所以才想哭。
答案 C
解析 根据后文的“give up what they had worked...”可知想到朋友要放弃这么多让作者感到很伤心。
答案 A
A.playing
B.sitting
C.running
D.singing
解析 根据前文的“there were boxes everywhere and there were piles of throwaway...”以及后文的“in the middle of chaos”可知面带微笑坐在这一堆堆杂乱的要打包的东西中慢慢收拾整理。
答案 B
B.try
C.laugh
D.sigh
解析 联系下文的“what are you laughing about?”可知答案。
答案 C
解析 根据下文的“what's so funny?”可知无端大笑让作者很是疑惑便问“打包东西有什么好笑的?”
答案 C
解析 此处表示作者还是不明白Pearl笑的原因故再次提问。
答案 D
解析 根据后文的“I have never been good at tests!”可知作者的朋友意识到她从来不擅长考试。
答案 B
解析 根据后文的“just count your blessings”可知如果只想着开心和有福气的事生活在什么情况下都是很美好的。
答案 B
B.luck
C.base
D.heart
解析 此处与上文的“count your blessings”意义一致表示“在欢笑中获得快乐”。
答案 A
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夹叙夹议 对待父母 397 ★★ 18分钟
The other day,an old friend of mine,whom I haven't seen for a very long time,called me.What we mainly talked about was about all the good old times.But later we turned to his father.
His father's
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health made him stay at the hospital.Because of his illness,his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often
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he had to keep watching his father's condition,became irritated and told his father to keep
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and try to get some sleep.His father said that he
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wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him
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.
After his father finished talking,he fell
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.My friend was very sorry for speaking the
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words towards his father.My friend,whom I knew as a tough person,cried as a baby on the other end of the
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.He said that from that moment on,he
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every day,asking God to let his father wake up from his coma.He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father's mouth after he regained his consciousness,he would gladly
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them.
His only hope for God was to give him a chance to correct his past mistake.
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we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years,months,days,hours or even minutes.
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do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they)live? From the day we were born to our adulthood,and even when
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come to us,they are always
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.
Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a/an
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innocent word of “no” come out from our mouths.We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be
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that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents.There are
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many
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ones who have neither fathers nor mothers.They long to have the things that we most complain about,but never have them.
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,it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在和朋友交谈时听朋友谈起了他父亲生病住院在父亲承受病痛时朋友表现出了不耐烦和抱怨。在
1.A.declined
B.declining
C.worsened
D.worsted
解析 句意:他父亲不断恶化的健康状况使得他待在医院里。decline意为“下降衰退”; worsen意为“使恶化”; worsted意为“击败”。 declining强调正在进行的动作且表示主动意为“衰退中的逐渐衰退的”与语境相 declined表示完成和被动不符合语境。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:他父亲由于疾病经常失眠并自言自语。talk to oneself是固定短语意为“自言自语”。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 句意:我的朋友因为要观察父亲的病情已经几天没睡了。as意为“因为”符合语境。故答案选D。
答案 D
A.seated
B.calm
C.still
D.silent
解析 由语境可知我”的朋友让他父亲保持镇静尽量多睡点。keep seated“保持坐着”; keep calm“保持镇静”;keep still“保持静止”; keep silent“保持沉默”。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:朋友的父亲对他说他真的想睡觉因为他已经很累了。ever“曾经”;even“甚至”; exactly“确切地”;really“真正地”。由语境可知答案选D。
答案 D
解析 朋友的父亲告诉他如果他不愿陪着他的话可以把他独自留在医院里。keep silence“保持沉默”;keep company“陪伴”; keep talking“一直说”;keep sleeping“一直睡”。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:他的父亲说完这些话就昏倒了。fall unconscious“昏倒”; fall asleep“入睡睡着”;fall away“消失”;fall apart“崩溃”。根据第三段最后一句“...whatever words came out from his father's mouth after he regained his consciousness”可知答案选A。
答案 A
解析 句意:我的朋友很后悔对父亲说了那些不好的话。sick“恶心的病态的”;dirty“脏的”; ill“坏的邪恶的”;big“大的”。联系上文可知此处是指朋友对父亲说的那些不好的话。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 句意:我知道我的朋友是一个坚强的人但他在电话那头哭得像个孩子。由文章第一段第一句中的“called me”可知答案选D。
答案 D
A.prayed
B.uttered C.begged
D.compromised
解析 句意:他说从那一刻起他每天都祈祷祈求上帝让父亲从昏迷中醒过来。由“asking God”可知应是祈祷。A。
答案 A
解析 句意:他发誓只要父亲恢复意识无论父亲说什么他都会快乐地接受。listen to“听”强调动作; take“接受”; record“记录”; hear“听到”强调结果。由语境可知答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:当我们必须陪伴或照顾父母几年、几个月、几天、几个小时甚至是几分钟时我们通常会抱怨。通过上下文可知我们对父母的态度和父母对我们的态度是不同的。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 上一句讲到我们在陪伴或照顾父母时会抱怨C。
答案 C
解析 句意:从我们出生到成年甚至到死神把我们带走父母都会一直陪在我们身边。death“死亡”; disease“疾病”; failure“失败”; setback“挫折”。故答案选A。
答案 A
解析 A项意为“在他们身边”;B项意为“在我们身边”;项意为“即将到来”;D项意为“在手边”。由语境可知答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:想象一下当父母听到看似天真的一个“不”字从我们口中说出来时他们会有多伤心。really“真实地”; seemingly“表面上看来看来似乎”; apparently“显然地”;unexpectedly“出乎意料地”。由语境可知答案选B。
答案 B
C.no more complaints D.not more complaints
解析 句意:我们可以向自己发誓当要陪伴或照顾父母时我们不会再有抱怨。根据第五段第一句中的“we complain”可知此处指不会再有抱怨意为“不再抱怨”符合语境。故答案选C。
答案 C
解析 so和such均such后面加名词而so后面接形容词;many“许多”为形容词故答案选D。
答案 D
解析 句意:有很多无父无母的不幸的人。通过“who have neither fathers nor mothers”可知这些人是不幸的。故答案选B。
答案 B
解析 句意:实际上只需稍作思考我们就能点亮一盏指引我们到达内心安静之地的明灯。eventually“最后终于”; fortunately“幸运地”;actually“事实上”; frankly“真诚地坦白地”。由语境可知答案选C。
答案 C
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说明文 给予帮助 275 ★★ 17分钟
When my parents were alive,they were not very rich.Yet they helped their two older
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time after time.When Daddy passed away,his notebook showed debts
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from several of his children.I was not among them.I
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borrowed money and when I did,I set a repayment plan and
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to it.It was a matter of
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with me.I couldn't stand owing my parents—or anyone else—money because I watched them
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to help out my older sisters when they were in financial difficulties themselves.
These days,after the death of my parents,I am one of those people who can be
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to for help when they need it.Just as I can't stand
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other people money,I can't stand saying no to whoever needs help.I don't
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helping others,but I would be more than glad if they would make a(n)
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to handle things themselves,perhaps by doing some
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planning—like planning not to spend money they don't have!
Being ready to help others is a
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,but sometimes the result will be
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to what you expect.I
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remember as a child what my father always said,“If at first you don't succeed,try,try again!” Helping my children too often has
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trying.Use your
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:who among my children will
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Helped often,my children lost gradually the ability to
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problems themselves.
In most
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,when people find you can
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help,they will ask you more and more.That's human,you know.
【语篇导读】 本文作者通过自身的经历体会告诉我们凡事要自己面对对于别人的请求不能过多地给予帮助。
A.sons
B.daughters
C.brothers
D.sisters
解析 根据下文6题后的“my older sisters”可知答案。
答案 B
解析 due from:应由……支付的/给予的。此句意:他的笔记本里写有他的几个孩子所欠的债务。absent from缺席;除了;different from与……不同。
答案 C
解析 后面的“when I did可推知作者很少借钱。
答案 B
d
D.belonged
解析 stuck to坚持符合语意。
答案 A
解析 “我对自己很少借钱或即使借了也会按时归还这一点感到很自豪。”
答案 C
D.move
解析 根据下文“they were in financial difficulties themselves”可知父母帮助姐姐们时很费力故选struggle(挣扎)。
答案 A
解析 turn to sb for help向某人求助。此句意:当他人需要帮助时可向我求助。
答案 B
解析 由上文可知“我”无法忍受欠他人钱。owe欠。
答案 D
解析 句意:我不介意帮助别人;但他们若自己努力去处理问题我会非常开心的。
答案 B
解析make an effort to do努力去做。
答案 D
解析 由破折号后的“spend money”可知答案为A(财政的)。
答案 A
解析 乐于帮助他人是一种美德(virtue)。
答案 C
解析 但帮助他人的结果有时会与我们的初衷相反(contrary)。根据空前的转折连词“but”可选出答案。
答案 A
解析 can在此处表“能力”。我能记得儿时父亲说的话。
答案 A
D.freed
解析 prevent...from doing阻止某人做某事。本句意:过多帮助孩子会阻止他们学习尝试的脚步。
答案 C
解析 head头脑符合语境。use your head想一想。
答案 D
C.threat
D.choose
解析 如果我出钱买车的话谁会选择步行呢?
答案 D
解析 动词辨析。solve解决;assess评估;seek寻找;analyse分析。
答案 A
oices
C.cases
D.events
解析 in most cases在多数情况下。case情况事实。
答案 C
解析 当人们发现你会提供(provide)帮助时他们会不断地请求你给予帮助。
答案 C
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Be ware of those who use the truth to deceive(欺骗).When someone tells you something that is
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portant information that should be
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, he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just
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a hundred dollars on the lottery.It was great.I took that dollar ticket back to the store and
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it in for one hundred dollars! ”
This guy is a winner,
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? Maybe,
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, and only one was a winner.He's really a big
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!
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, but he deliberately left out some important
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.That's called a half-truth.Half-truths are not technically
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.
Untrustworthy candidates in
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campaigns often use this tactic(手段).Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term,
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three million jobs.Then she
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another term.One of her opponents runs an ad
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, “During Governor Smith's term, the state lost one million jobs! ”That's true.
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, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of
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million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths.It's
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law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the
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.An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.”It
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to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of deception happens too often.It's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
【语篇导读】 作者以只给出部分事实的事情为例指出我们不应该只看事物的表面事实因为这些事实有时是片面的。
解析 考查词语复现。根据Be ware of those who use the truth to deceive.可知。
答案 B
解析 考查词义辨析。当有人告诉你部分事实但省略了应该包括在内的重要信息时他就能制造虚假的印象。include通常表示把某事物或某人作为其中的一部分包含在内; contain通常指某容器中盛或装有某物还可以指某种物质中含有某成分或 ignore忽视; refer提及。
答案 A
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。根据下文This guy is a winner可知是买彩票中了一百美元。win赢得; lose失去; find找到; donate捐赠。
答案 D
解析 考查固定搭配。turn in上交; change改变; take拿; make制作。
答案 C
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Maybe, 可知本句意为“这个人是个赢家对吗? ”
答案 A
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。根据I took that dollar ticket back to the store and
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it in for one hundred dollars! 可知。
答案 C
解析 考查背景常识。买彩票的人买了200张彩票但只赢了100美元因此是输家。
答案 B
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。根据That's called a half-truth.可知。
答案 D
9A.details
B.information C.mistakes
D.errors
解析 考查词语复现。根据第一段中When someone tells you something that is
nt information that should be
, he can create a false impression.可知。
答案 B
解析 考查词语复现。根据文章最后一句Lies are lies, 可知。
答案 D
解析 考查背景常识。根据常识可知half-truths不诚实。
答案 C
解析 考查前后照应。根据下文所举的例子来看这是一次政治竞选活动。political政治的; commercial商业的; personal个人的; public公开的。
答案 A
解析 考查词语复现。根据During Governor Smith's term,
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million jobs.可知。
答案 D
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。史密斯州长谋求第二个任期。seek谋求; get得到; achieve达到; search搜寻。
答案 A
ng
D.speaking
解析 考查词义辨析。根据ad可知是广告上写着……。
答案 C
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。分析句意可知前后为转折关系。however然而; otherwise否则; meanwhile与此同时; because因为。
答案 B
解析 考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term,
three million jobs.可知。
答案 B
r
B.to
C.against
D.in
解析 考查背景常识。造假当然是违背法律的。
答案 C
解析 考查前后照应。根据句中的false可知。
答案 D
D.plans
解析 考查词义辨析。它未提及他们只问了十名医生其中九名为the Yucky Corporation工作。
答案 A
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