高考维“升”素24——崇拜偶像
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维A 完形填空
高考曾用材料:2009福建卷完形填空
选材相似度:★★★★
难度系数:★★★★★
In
seventh
grade,Brittany Blythe
dreamed
of
being
a cheerleader.Her school's coaches were __1__ enthusiastic.“They said,‘I don't know how you'll be able to do it,’”
she
__2__.“‘You won't be able to do the stunts(绝技).’”
__3__ Brittany,now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia,persisted(坚持).And __4__ the junior cheerleaders won a tournament(锦标赛)last year,she was right there,__5__ with the rest of her peers.
Not
bad
for
someone
whose
__6__ were amputated(切除)
below the knee when she was two years old.
Brittany,18,was born __7__ shinbones—“just blood and muscle tissue,” as she __8__
it.When she tried to walk,her legs twisted.After the amputation,she adapted
__9__.“From day one,I basically jumped up and wanted to do __10__” she says.Prosthetic(假的) legs allowed her to move around upright,but too __11__
to keep up with her friends.Brittany's __12__:take the legs off and walk on her knees—something
she
still
does
when
safety
and comfort __13__.
She's rarely discouraged.Other children
__14__ her through the years,especially in junior high school,but she says the __15__
only made her stronger.Now she's trying to __16__ her coaches to let her take off the prostheses and be a flyer,the __17__ who's thrown in the air and __18__
by her teammates.
Brittany doesn't think her problems are any more __19__ than the next person's.“My disability was the first thing I had to
__20__,and that's going to prepare me for the future,” she says.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。从两岁开始Brittany Blythe膝盖以下的部分就被截去,但是这些年她一直梦想着自己能成为一名拉拉队队员。克服种种身体障碍和人们的嘲讽,她如愿以偿,并对自己的残疾有了新的认识。
1.A.less than
B.more than
C.a bit
D.no longer
答案 A [联系下文I don't know how you'll be able to do it,可知,他们对此想法没有多少热情。]
2.A.complains
B.recalls
C.replies
D.explains
答案 B [联系短文的第一句In seventh grade...可知,这些话是她在7年级的时候教练说的,现在她回想着这些话。]
3.A.But
B.So
C.Then
D.Never
答案 A [从第一段可知,当她说出自己的理想时,别人对她没有信心,但是她自己坚持了下来,因此前后为转折关系。]
4.A.if
B.when
C.unless
D.because
答案 B [联系空后的she was right there可知,当大三学生拉拉队赢得了去年的锦标赛的时候,她就在队里面。]
5.A.playing and singing
B.dancing and cheering
C.studying and walking
D.watching and shouting
答案 B [因为她们是大三学生拉拉队队员,因此她们在表演中的动作是跳舞与欢呼。其他选项都不符合拉拉队所做的。]
6.A.feet
B.hands
C.legs
D.arms
答案 C [联系空后的below the knee以及下文的描述可知,她膝盖以下的部分被截去了。]
7.A.without
B.with
C.on
D.about
答案 A [联系空后的“just blood and muscle tissue.”可知,出生的时候她没有胫骨。]
8.A.says
B.makes
C.recalls
D.puts
答案 D [空前的just blood and muscle tissue是她的陈述,put在这里的意思是“陈述”。A有一定的干扰性,say后面一般不跟it。]
9.A.well
B.slowly
C.quickly
D.later
答案 C [联系From day one,I basically jumped up and wanted to do...可知,她适应得非常快。]
10.A.nothing
B.everything
C.something
D.anything
答案 B [从空前的From day one,I basically jumped up可知,从第一天,她就想做一切事情。]
11.A.slowly
B.heavily
C.steadily
D.tiredly
答案 A [联系空前的but以及空后的take the legs off and walk on her knees可知,安上假肢后,尽管她很快适应了,但是跑的速度太慢了。]
12.A.decision
B.opinion
C.solution
D.promise
答案 C [联系下文的take the legs off and walk on her knees可知,这是她解决自己跑得慢的办法。]
13.A.exist
B.permit
C.disappear
D.help
答案 B [联系空前的safety and comfort,可知,只要安全与舒适允许,她才这样做的。]
14.A.encouraged
B.supported
C.watched
D.teased
答案 D [联系空后的but she says the __15__(challenge)only made her stronger可知,有的人嘲笑她。]
15.A.disability
B.condition
C.education
D.challenge
答案 D [联系上文可知,别人对她嘲笑,但是她把这些挑战看做是使得她更坚强的东西。]
16.A.allow
B.convince
C.force
D.forbid
答案 B [她努力劝服她的教练让她摘掉假肢。convince在这里的意思是“说服”。]
17.A.cheerleader
B.player
C.coach
D.girl
答案 A [本空以及后面的内容是对a flyer的解释,也就是被队友抛在空中然后接住的拉拉队队员。]
18.A.observed
B.cheered
C.caught
D.loved
答案 C [联系空前的thrown in the air可知,先是被抛在空中,然后接住。]
19.A.difficult
B.important
C.independent
D.special
答案 A [从空前的doesn't think可知,她觉得自己的问题比别人艰难不到哪里去。]
20.A.make up
B.learn about
C.get through
D.end up
答案 C [从空前的My disability was the first thing I had to 可知,她首先要克服的是自己的残疾。get through意思是“克服”。make up弥补;编造;learn about学习;end up结束。]
维B1 阅读理解
高考曾用材料:2017安徽卷C篇
选材相似度:★★★★
设题相似度:★★★
难度系数:★★★★
George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950) was born in Dublin,the son of a civil servant.His education was irregular,due to his dislike of any organized training.After working in an estate agent's office for a while he moved to London as a young man (1876),where he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic in the eighties and nineties.He began his literary career as a novelist; he decided to write plays in order to illustrate his criticism of the English stage.His earliest dramas were called appropriately Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898).Among these,Widower's Houses and Mrs.Warren's Profession heavily attack social hypocrisy.
In the plays of his later period discussion sometimes drowns the drama,in Back to Methuselah (1921),although in the same period he worked on his masterpiece Saint Joan (1923),in which he rewrites the wellknown story of the French maiden and extends it from the Middle Ages to the present.
Other important plays by Shaw are Caesar and Cleopatra (1901),and the Lion (1912).In Major Barbara (1905),one of Shaw's most successful discussion plays,the audience's attention is held by the power of the witty argumentation that man can achieve aesthetic salvation only through political activity,not as an individual.The Doctor's Dilemma (1906),is really a comedy the humour of which is directed at the medical profession.Candida (1898),with social attitudes toward sex relations as objects of his satire,and Pygmalion (1912),a witty study of phonetics as well as a clever treatment of middleclass morality and class distinction,proved some of Shaw's greatest successes on the stage.It is a combination of the dramatic,the comic,and the social corrective that gives Shaw's comedies their special flavour.
Notes:
critic n.评论家 ②hypocrisy n.伪善 ③aesthetic salvation审美救赎
长短句分析:After working in an estate agent's office for a while he moved to London as a young man (1876),where he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic (评论家) in the eighties and nineties.
句法点睛:本句中,where引导定语从句,修饰London。
句意:在一家房地产公司工作了一段时间后,年轻的他只身去了伦敦。在八九十年代,他成了具有领先地位的音乐与戏剧评论家。
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了萧伯纳的生活及其作品。
1.Why didn't George Bernard Shaw have regular school education?
A.Because his family was poor.
B.Because he wanted to work outside.
C.Because he hated being educated in school.
D.Because he decided to give up schooling and wanted to be a writer.
答案 C [细节理解题。从“His education was irregular,due to his dislike of any organized training.”可知,因为不喜欢任何有组织的训练,因此他没有受过正规教育。]
2.The early works of Shaw's aimed to ________.
A.reflect the darkness of society
B.sing high praise for the good life at the time
C.reflect the glory of the government
D.write about his own life
答案 A [细节理解题。从“Among these,Widower's Houses and Mrs.Warren's Profession heavily attack social hypocrisy”可知,他早期的作品揭露了当时社会的黑暗。]
3.What do the last two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A.How Bernard Shaw changed from a leading music and theatre critic to novelist.
B.How his works styles changed over time.
C.The characteristic of his later works.
D.Some famous works of his late life.
答案 D [主旨大意题。最后两段主要介绍了萧伯纳后来的一些作品。C有一定的干扰性,文章涉及了他的一些作品内容,对于风格没有提到。]
4.What does the underlined word “witty” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Brief.
B.Amusing and clever.
C.Long.
D.Heated.
答案 B [词义猜测题。通过“the audience's attention is held”可知,他的机智诙谐把读者牢牢吸引住了。]
5.According to the writer,which play shows Bernard Shaw's great ability in treatment of middleclass morality and class distinction?
A.Caesar and Cleopatra.
B.The Doctor's Dilemma.
C.Candida.
D.Pygmalion.
答案 D [细节理解题。通过文章最后一段对《窈窕淑女》的介绍可知,他在这本书里面体现出了自己对语音学、中产阶层以及社会差别的认识能力。]
维B2 阅读理解
高考曾用材料:2017湖北卷C篇
选材相似度:★★★
设题相似度:★★★
难度系数:★★★
On
that
September morning five years ago,a memory of his father came to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.In it,the Brooklyn plumber and bartender was telling his only child,“In a crisis,you have to become the calmest person in the room.”
Giuliani became more than that.His suit coated with ash from the wreckage,he stood firm,vowing that New Yorkers would show the world the meaning of courage.He comforted victims' families,attended funerals of police and firefighters,rallied his fellow citizens on radio and television.
He'd overcome hardships before,including a bitter,public end to his marriage,and a battle with prostate cancer.Alongside the terrifying challenges of 9/11,they're the kind of events that could break anyone's public and personal life.But Giuliani's resolve to success is stronger than ever,and now he is about to find out if his legacy of leadership endures.
After the coming midterm elections,he will decide whether to seek the Republican nomination for President in 2008,or whether to carry on with the business ventures he took up post9/ll.Having spent years in public service—as a U.S.Attorney (lawyer) in New York,an Associate Attorney General during the Reagan Administration,and two terms as mayor of the Big Apple—Giuliani,62,is finally cashing_in.Chair and CEO of Giuliani Partners LLC,he's making millions
as
a
security
and
crisis
management consultant.He's also a law partner with Bracewell & Giuliani,and gives speeches that reportedly earn him $100,000 a pop.Still,he insists that his current work is about the challenge rather than the money.“Learning more about business,finance,how to straighten out organizations—that's very exciting to me,” he says.
But when he talks about public service,his intensity added.“I miss being involved in the most important things that are going on.When some crisis happens,you feel that's what you've been trained for,what you know how to do.”
Notes:
plumber n.管道工 ②bartender n.酒吧侍者 ③rally vt.使恢复力量 ④endure n.耐久 ⑤nomination n.提名
⑥venture n.企业 ⑦consultant n.顾问
【语篇解读】 本文是人物介绍,介绍了美国著名的领导人鲁迪·朱利亚尼。
1.The passage probably appears in a ________.
A.film
B.novel
C.magazine
D.lecture
答案 C [推理判断题。通读全文可知,这篇人物介绍应该出自杂志。]
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Rudy Giuliani was well prepared to run for president in 2008.
B.Rudy Giuliani once worked as plumber and bartender before becoming mayor.
C.The terrifying challenges of 9/11 made Giuliani more determined than ever.
D.Rudy Giuliani worked as mayor of the Big Apple,which is a nickname for New York.
答案 B [细节理解题。第一段“...a memory of his father came to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.In it,the Brooklyn plumber and bartender was telling his only child,”中的the Brooklyn指的是Rudy Giuliani的父亲,故B项表述错误,符合题意。]
3.Giuliani has experienced a lot of difficulties EXCEPT ________.
A.incomplete marriage
B.prostate cancer
C.terrifying challenges of 9/11
D.losing his business ventures
答案 D [细节理解题。第三段介绍他经历了离婚、严重的癌症、9·11危机挑战,但是文中没有提到他失去了他创立的事业。]
4.It can be inferred that the writer wrote the passage to ______.
A.encourage people to face the terrifying challenges of 9/11 bravely
B.introduce Giuliani to the public and persuade people to support him
C.tell the public Giuliani's family background and his natural leadership
D.tell the public that the Republican will win the election
答案 B [推理判断题。文章向公众介绍了美国著名政治人物鲁迪·朱利亚尼的个人经历、人格魅力以及他为2008年的总统提名所作的准备和他为国家服务的决心,其目的当然是为了赢得更多公众的支持。]
5.The underlined expression “cashing in” probably means ________.
A.making a lot of money
B.making great progress
C.exchanging money
D.counting a lot of money
答案 A [词义猜测题。根据该短语后面的“he's making millions”,“earn him $100,000 a pop”以及“Still,he insists that his current work is about the challenge rather than the money”等提示可知,cashing in的意思为“赚钱;从中牟利”。]
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