专题三 完形填空解题四防范——解密
A
(2017·重庆卷)Cultural differences occur wherever you go.When visiting another country,you should be aware of those differences and __1__
them.Here are some
__2__
on how to fit in.
Every traveler to a foreign country feels __3__
at some point.What you do can make locals laugh.Your best defense is a sense of
__4__.If you can laugh off eating with the wrong hand in India,locals will warm to you as“that crazy foreigner.”
Wearing proper clothes is important too,__5__
locals will judge you by what you wear.In some Middle Eastern countries,exposing your flesh is
__6__,especially if you are a woman.So leave your torn jeans at home.
Also be cautious about expressing
__7__.Getting angry in Southeast Asia just makes you look silly.In some countries it is
__8__
to kiss in public.
【语篇导读】 这是一篇说明文。文化差异无处不在,当在别的国家时意识到这种差异是十分重要的,关于如何适应这种差异,本文为读者提供了三点实用的建议。 1.A.reject
B.recite
C.respect
D.remove
解析 根据下文提及的“入乡随俗”的建议,我们首先应该“尊重”这种文化差异,故选C。
答案 C
2.A.plans
B.tips
C.arguments
D.choices
解析 该文章第一段与下面三段是总分关系,该句是中心句。根据下文三条并列的建议可知此处填tips。
答案 B
3.A.unsafe
B.excited
C.satisfied
D.awkward
解析 根据语境,初到某处有文化差异定会令人感到尴尬笨拙,故选D。
答案 D
4.A.relief
B.belonging
C.humor
D.direction
解析 根据下文列举实例可知当遇到尴尬情况时,幽默感可以让你感觉舒服一些,故选C。
答案 C
5.A.but
B.for
C.so
D.or
解析 后文是解释提出前面建议的原因,故用for。
答案 B
6.A.forbidden
B.allowed
C.expected
D.tolerated
解析 根据该段最后一句“把你的破了洞的牛仔留在家里”,可知在中东国家露肉是被“禁止”的,故选A。
答案 A
7.A.emotions
B.concern
C.interest
D.views
解析 根据后一句“生气会让你看起来愚蠢”,可知一定要小心表达自己的“情感”,故选A。
答案 A
8.A.natural
B.advisable
C.unwise
D.unnecessary
解析 根据本段建议要小心表达个人情感,而亲吻是表达情感的方式,所以当众亲吻定是“不明智”的,故选C。
答案 C
B
(2017·广东卷)Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers.Then again,teenagers have
__1__
feelings about their parents,saying that it is not easy living with them.According to a recent research,the most common
__2__
between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks.On the one hand,parents go mad over
__3__
rooms,clothes thrown on the floor and their children's refusal to help with the
__4__.On the other hand,teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for
__5__
the towel in the bathroom,not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The research,conducted by St.George University,shows that different parents have different
__6__
to these problems.However,some approaches are more
__7__
than others.For example,those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness,but
__8__
clean the room for them,have fewer chances of changing their children's
__9__.On the contrary,those who let teenagers experience the
__10__
of their actions can do better.For example,when teenagers who don't help their parents with the shopping don't find their favorite drink in the refrigerator,they are forced to
__11__
their actions.
Psychologists say that
__12__
is the most important thing in parentchild relationships.Parents should
__13__
to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say.Parents may
__14__
their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space.Communication is a twoway process.It is only by listening to and
__15__
each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇说明文,指出父母与十几岁的孩子之间存在矛盾冲突及其原因,不同父母对此采取的不同方法,以及心理学家对解决冲突的建议。
1.A.natural
B.strong
C.guilty
D.similar
解析 由not easy living with them (their parents) (孩子觉得与父母生活在一起不易)与difficult to live with teenagers(父母觉得与十几岁的孩子生活在一起很难)可知,孩子与父母有“相似的”感受。
答案 D
2.A.interest
B.argument
C.link
D.knowledge
解析 由前两句,可知父母之间有“矛盾”,再根据regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks(关于不整洁和日常事情),对照各选项,只有argument(争吵)适合。
答案 B
3.A.noisy
B.crowded
C.messy
D.locked
解析 由前句的untidiness和后面的clothes thrown on the floor可知,房间是messy(凌乱不堪的)。
答案 C
4.A.homework
B.housework
C.problem
D.research
解析 由上文提到的收拾房间之类的事,应是housework(家务活)。
答案 B
5.A.washing
B.using
C.dropping
D.replacing
解析 由后面的not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping可知,这里应是dropping the towel in the bathroom,一起为blame them的原因。
答案 C
6.A.approaches
B.contributions
C.introductions
D.attitudes
解析 由下句的However,some approaches提示,可知这里是指“不同的父母对待这些问题有不同的‘方法’”,故选A项。
答案 A
7.A.complex
B.popular
C.scientific
D.successful
解析 从下面的例子可以看出,有的方法比别的方法更能“达到预期的目的(successful)”。下文中的do better也有提示作用。故选D项。
答案 D
8.A.later
B.deliberately
C.seldom
D.thoroughly
解析 yell at their children(对孩子大声叫喊)之后,意为“但是‘后来’又为他们清扫房间”。
答案 A
9.A.behavior
B.taste
C.future
D.nature
解析 根据上下文语境,应该是改变孩子不爱整洁的“行为(behavior)”。
答案 A
10.A.failures
B.changes
C.consequences
D.thrills
解析 据下文所举的例子“不帮父母去买东西”“在冰箱里就找不到自己最喜欢的饮料”可知,这是让孩子“感受到自己的行为产生的‘后果’”。故选C项。
答案 C
11.A.defend
B.delay
C.repeat
D.reconsider
解析 在有了上述经历之后,他们就会“重新考虑”他们的行动。
答案 D
12.A.communication
B.bond
C.friendship
D.trust
解析 由下文中的Communication is a twoway process可知,此处填communication。
答案 A
13.A.reply
B.attend
C.attach
D.talk
解析 由but可知,要选与lend an ear to(=listen to倾听)相对的talk,是转折关系,故选D项。
答案 D
14.A.hate
B.scold
C.frighten
D.stop
解析 由but可知,要选与understand (理解)相对的scold(责骂)。
答案 B
15.A.loving
B.observing
C.understanding
D.praising
解析 此句是强调句型,是对前两句的总结,一句是说要lend an ear to(=listen to倾听),一句是说要understand (理解),所以总结为“只有通过倾听和相互理解,父母与孩子之间的问题才可得到解决”。故选C项。
答案 C