完形填空
Martin Henfield talks about some of his experience(经历) as a twin: when we were small my mother dressed us __1_
the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But we went on our first camping trip, it was even __2__. We were only ten years old, and while __3_
went into their sleeping bags for the
_4__, we were not happy to snuggle(偎依) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school our classmates __5__us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people ___6__ even see our difference according to our initials
because __7__ of us were M.O. It was only when I went to
_8___ and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity(身份).
Before I went to college, during my secondary school __9__, I __10__ to a job on a building site. My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. One day I asked my boss, “Can I have a week
_11__?”
“Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when you
12__ back.” I didn’t want to __13__ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went there
in my
_14__, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week __15___ of them knew the difference.
名师点评
这是一则关于双胞胎的故事, 说明了作为双胞胎既有他们苦恼的一面, 也有乐趣的一面. 在做这则完型填空时, 只要抓住双胞胎非常相像这一特点, 就很容易理解其中发生的事情了。
(A)1. A. in
B. for
C. on
D. with
【解析】A。“给某人穿(衣服)”应为dress sb. in。(B)2. A. badder
B. worse
C. good
D. better
【解析】B 根据下文可知野营中的情况比平时更糟糕.。(C)3. A. all boys
B. another boy C. all the other boys
D. all the boys
【解析】C。the other加名词复数表示“剩余的所有的人”。(C)4. A. day
B. holiday
C. night
D. mid-night
【解析】C。睡袋应用于夜间。(A)5. A. called
B. knew
C. told
D. made
【解析】A。“称呼某人……”用call sb. …。(D)6. A. didn’t
B. needn’t
C. mustn’t
D. couldn’t
【解析】D。(C)7. A. very
B. each
C. both
D. all
【解析】C。根据后面的系动词were, 应用both表复数。(B)8. A. middle school B. college
C. high school
D. school
【解析】B。根据上下文可知, 直到大学, 这种情况才有所改变。(D)9. A. holidays
B. week
C. weekend
D. holiday
【解析】D。指中学生涯的最后一个假期。(B)10. A. received
B. got
C. find
D. made
【解析】B。“找到一份工作”可用get/find a job, 但此处应用过去时。(A)11. A. off
B. free
C. on
D. back
【解析】A。have a week off 休息一个星期。(D)12. A. came
B. will get
C. got
D. are
【解析】D。只有D项时态正确。(B)13. A. miss
B. lose
C. lost
D. losing
【解析】B。(D)14. A. coat
B. shirt
C. shoes
D. trousers
【解析】D。(A)15. A. None
B. Nobody
C. All
D. Each
【解析】A。没有一个人看出这时双胞胎交换了一下。B项不可带of。
When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half the students smiled
1
, and even worse, the rest nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be
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. Only geniuses can become writers.” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this term.” I was so
3
that I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short
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poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my
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, they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed, “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I tasted
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; I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was fine with me.
During the next two years,I sold dozens of poems and letters. By the time I graduated from high school, I had scrapbooks (剪贴簿)7
with my published works. I never
8
my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again because they were dream
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.
I had four children at the time. While the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months. I chose a
10
and mailed it. A month later I received a contract, an advance on payments, and a request to start
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another book. Crying Wind, which became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and sold worldwide. My first book also became required
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in native American schools in Canada.
In the
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year I ever had as a writer I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36,000 dollars. People ask what college I
14
, what degrees I have and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. I use an electric typewriter that I paid a hundred and twenty nine dollars for six years ago. I do all the housework and fit my writing in a few minutes here and there. I’ve written eight books. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them.” I don’t write right but I’ve succeeded. Writing is
15
; it’s fun and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn’t hurt.
1. A. unkindly B. happily C. willingly D. crazily
2. A. curious B. depressed C. excited D. silly
3. A. unlucky B. ashamed C. moved D. unconfident
4. A. sad B. innocent C disappointing D. puzzling
5. A. puzzlement B. expectation C. astonishment D. disappointment
6. A. coldness B. failure C. success D. prejudice
7. A. furnished B. linked C. combined D. filled
8. A. remembered B. concluded C. described D. mentioned
9. A. killers B. makers C. designers D. creators
10. A. writer B. reporter C. publisher D. manager
11. A. working on B. going on C. turning on D. putting on
12. A. writing B. reading C. selling D. buying
13. A. busiest B. unluckiest C. worst D. highest
14. A. worked B. attended C. admitted D. participated
15. A. easy B. hard C. convenient D. practical
【参考答案】1-5. ADBAC 6-10.CDDAC
11-15. ABCBA
完形填空----A
Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their
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.
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two
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there, winter and summer, There are no spring
3
autumn there. The winter nights are
4
. You can't
5
the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never
6
and there is no night.
The Eskimos have
7
clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and
8
.
Near the North Pole trees can't grow, for it is too
9
there. The Eskimos
10
make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they
11
in storm and can't
12
home, they make house of snow. They
13
these snow houses when the storm is
14
.
Life is
15
for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.
名师点评
本文介绍了爱斯基摩人的生活情况:爱斯基摩人的特殊生活习惯缘于那儿的特殊气候。
(B)1. A. work
B. life
C. holiday
D. families
【解析】B。根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活(life)。(B)2. A. weather
B. seasons
C. months
D. years
【解析】B。根据winter和summer判断。(B)3. A. not
B. or
C. and
D. as
【解析】B。no....or....表示对两者否定。(C)4. A. short
B. warm
C. long
D. cold
【解析】C。由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长,几乎看不到太阳,也就是没有白天,这正是北极的气候特征。(A)5. A. see
B. watch
C. look
D. look at
【解析】A。see表示“看”的结果,watch和look都表示“看”的动作。(D)6. A. rises
B. goes up
C. drops
D. goes down
【解析】D。夏天白昼长,几乎没有夜晚,太阳从不下山,所以选 go down。(C)7. A. beautiful
B. metal
C. warm
D. cool
【解析】C。他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。(D)8. A. goods
B. drinks
C. medicine
D. shoes
【解析】D。这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。(A)9. A. cold
B. hot
C. dry
D. wet
【解析】A。北极很冷。(D)10. A. will
B. should
C. never
D. have to
【解析】D。表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。(A)11. A. go out
B. go over
C. keep on
D. get on
【解析】A。表示在外面遇到风暴时。(A)12. A. get back
B. got off
C. get on
D. get in
【解析】A。由于风暴而回不了家。 ()13. A. make
B. leave
C. stay
D. break
【解析】B。用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家,风暴过后自然要离开雪房子了。(A)14. A. over
B. coming
C. going
D. hard
【解析】A。be over表示结束。(C)15. A. easy
B. interesting
C. hard
D. lucky
【解析】C。这种恶劣的气候条件下,生活是很艰难困苦的,故选hard。
第15讲
七大实用解题技巧(二)
完形填空命题的基本形式是独立的语篇,它以自身的内容提供完整的语篇信息,但其中有时渗透着相关的如文化科学、历史地理、风俗民情等方面的知识。考生在做题时,若能积极地调动自己的文化背景和生活常识,巧妙地加以运用,特别是注意中西文化的差异,将会大大简化复杂的分析与判断过程,节省宝贵的时间,顺利地沿作者的思路阅读。
Ⅴ. 技巧五:背景常识
例:(2011·山东卷)
When they discovered that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought __38__ for performance.
38. A. flowers
B. drinks
C. clothes
D. tickets
主要是答题时通过分析词语习惯用法、固定短语等搭配关系和句子结构,进行有效地判断推理,从而选出正确选项。因此,同学们平时要有意识地记忆一些常用的词语习惯用法、固定短语搭配,学会分析句子结构。这类题目要求我们不仅能够记忆这些词和词组,还要学会灵活使用,准确判断。常见句型的掌握也很重要。有些句型在经过反复使用刺激后,会形成一定的思维定式,这对确定题目答案很有帮助。
Ⅵ. 技巧六:注意习惯用语,熟记常见句型
例:(2011·陕西卷)
The second rich man, seeing the worrying situation, stopped for a short time and gave the villagers all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little __34__ to them.
34. A. interest
B. concern
C. use
D. attraction
解答完形填空题需要考生进行认真的阅读、理解、推理和判断,需要对4个选项进行仔细的辨别、分析,从而去伪存真。有时我们会遇到这样的情况,对某个题目的正确选项的含义、用法不甚明白, 但发现其他选项有显而易见的谬误。这时,我们可以尝试着用排除法。所谓排除法就是将干扰项逐项检查、验证,发现错误的选项立即剔除。随着选择范围的缩小,选中正确选项的几率逐渐增大。排除法如果运用得好,可以大大节省时间和精力。
Ⅶ. 技巧七:巧用排除方法,缩小选择范围
例:(2011·四川卷)
Some days later, I was told that a guy who was working with us that day, “could probably have made a fortune __24__ the necklace he found.”
24. A. hiding
B. stealing
C. selling
D. wearing
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