题组层级快练(三十七)
Ⅰ.完形填空
“Where are you?” the urgent voice demanded on my mobile phone.
The woman on the other end of the phone had ___1___ news — news that would change my life forever. Apparently my ___2___ was on his way home at lunchtime ___3___ he suffered an unexpected heart attack. ___4___ a neighbor’s sharp eyes had spotted him. By now it was after 1 pm and Ueli was on his way to the nearest hospital. It turned out that, ___5___ a huge effort by a large team of medical staff, nine hours after the ___6___, Ueli, the father of two of his sons, died.
But Ueli’s story didn’t ___7___ there. Ever since I met him he had ___8___ that, should he die before me, I must ensure that if it were possible his ___9___ would be donated. So on that awful night I ___10___ the medical staff to help make his wishes come true. Once the ___11___ were made, I thought that I had honored Ueli’s final act of selflessness and would ___12___ no more of it.
Some time later, ___13___ I received a letter telling him that the corneas(角膜)had been successfully transplanted into the eyes of two young women who would benefit greatly from improved vision. What a ___14___ it was to know that this generous man抯 ___15_t__ would have such a positive impact on these women. But the best news was ___16___ to come. More than a year after Ueli died, a lovely card arrived in the mail from the organ donor organization, ___17___ me that a young man who may not have lived much longer had successfully ___18___ Ueli抯 heart valve(m心瓣膜).
What happiness I have! I know Ueli would have been extremely ___19___ to have had a part in ___20___ this young man’s life and ensuring that he would now pursue(追逐) his own dreams with much improved health. Now I can forever say, “Rest in peace, Ueli; you?ll be remembered — even by strangers.
1. A. strange
B. exciting
C. different
D. terrible
2. A. brother
B. father
C. husband
D. son
3. A. when
B. while
C. after
D. since
4. A. Interestingly
B. Luckily
C. Urgently
D. Nervously
5. A. instead of
B. due to
C. despite
D. except
6. A. donation
B. drive
C. attack
D. operation
7. A. work
B. change
C. happen
D. end
8. A. decided
B. predicted
C. realized
D. remembered
9. A. blood
B. clothes
C. money
D. organs
10. A. challenged
B. asked
C. advised
D. allowed
11. A. arrangements
B. experiments
C. preparations
D. decisions
12. A. keep
B. hear
C. require
D. need
13. A. therefore
B. besides
C. anyhow
D. however
14. A. surprise
B. wealth
C. delight
D. regret
15. A. wishes
B. plans
C. rules
D. tips
16. A. just
B. soon
C. already
D. yet
17. A. informing
B. teaching
C. suggesting
D. encouraging
18. A. protected
B. received
C. cared for
D. depended on
19. A. anxious
B. patient
C. proud
D. calm
20. A. saving
B. controlling
C. affecting
D. completing
答案与解析
【文章大意】
本文是记叙文。作者的丈夫虽然因为突发心脏病而离开了人世，然而他所捐献的器官给他人带去了福音。
1. 答案
D
解析
根据下文的he suffered an unexpected heart attack可知，电话那头传来的是噩耗。
2. 答案
C
解析
根据下文的Ueli, the father of two of my sons可知，作者在讲述丈夫的故事。
3. 答案
A
解析
在回家吃午饭的路上作者的丈夫突发心脏病。when在此意为“正在此时”。
4. 答案
B
解析
眼尖的邻居发现了突发心脏病的丈夫，这是值得庆幸的。
5. 答案
C
解析
a huge effort by a large team of medical staff与Ueli ... died之间为让步关系。尽管有一个强大的医疗团队极力想挽救丈夫的性命，然而他还是过世了。
6. 答案
C
解析
根据上文的an unexpected heart attack可知，C项正确。
7. 答案
D
解析
根据下文接着讲述丈夫捐献器官的故事可知，丈夫于利的故事并没有到此结束。
8. 答案
A
解析
捐献器官是作者的丈夫生前作出的决定。
9. 答案
D
解析
根据下文的corneas和heart valve可知，作者的丈夫生前就决定如果他先去世，让作者一定要捐献出他的器官。
10. 答案
B
解析
作者请求医生帮助她完成丈夫的遗愿。
11. 答案
A
解析
make arrangements“安排”。
12. 答案
B
解析
根据本句中的final act of selflessness可知，一切都安排妥当后，作者以为再也不会听到有关丈夫无私奉献的事了。
13. 答案
D
解析
然而，作者却收到了一封来信，告知有关丈夫角膜的捐献情况。
14. 答案
C
解析
根据下文的have such a positive impact on可知，作者认为知晓丈夫的遗愿对他人产生正面的影响是一件令人高兴的事。
15. 答案
A
解析
根据上文的help make his wishes come true可知，A项正确。
16. 答案
D
解析
根据转折连词But可知，作者认为接下来的事才是最好的。
17. 答案
A
解析
根据that后的内容可知，器官捐献机构寄来小卡片，告知作者她丈夫的心瓣膜被成功移植到一个年轻人身上。
18. 答案
B
解析
根据上文的a young man who may not have lived much longer可知，这个原本活不长久的年轻人成为了于利的心瓣膜的接受者。
19. 答案
C
解析
be proud to do“做某事很自豪”。
20. 答案
A
解析
于利一直希望死后能将自己有用的器官捐献出去，因此如果他地下有知，会为他的器官挽救了一个生命而感到自豪。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
All around the world, shoppers flock to Wal-Mart to buy everything. In Texas, they come for another reason: to see the wind turbine(涡轮机), which supplies 5% of the store’s electricity. It along with other facilities, such as exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint, makes this Wal-Mart a green giant.
The laws of economics suggest that Wal-Mart, with 5,200 stores worldwide, influences everything including the prices of all kinds of goods. It throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, and the impact could be amazing. “One little change in product packaging could save 1,500 trees, ” says Wal-Mart’s former CEO Lee Scott. “If everybody saves 1,500 trees or 50 barrels of oil, at the end of the day they have made a huge difference.”
Scott wants Wal-Mart to do its part too. He has promised to cut the existing greenhouse gas emissions(排放物) over the next few years and promised to construct new stores that are more efficient. He wants Wal-Mart’s fleet(车队) of more than 7,000 trucks to get twice as many miles per gallon by 2017. Factories that show Wal-Mart they’re cutting air pollution will get preferential treatment in the supply chain. Wal-Mart says it’s working with consumer-product manufacturers to reduce their packaging and will reward them if they do so.
Some people may doubt it is a bid to attract attention from Wal-Mart’s controversial labour and health insurance practices. But it’s not just window dressing, because Wal-Mart sees profits in going green. Scott says, “This is a business philosophy, not a social philosophy. We don’t go where we don’t think there’s great interest in change.”
Like Bill Gates, who started his charitable foundation, Scott happens to be promoting Wal-Mart抯 image at a time when his company抯 reputation is declining. He acknowledges that he launched the plan partly to shield( t保护) Wal-Mart from bad press about its contribution to global warming. “By doing what we’re doing today, we avoid the headline risks that are going to come for people who did not do anything, ” he says. “At some point businesses will be held responsible for the action they take.” Meanwhile, should Wal-Mart succeed at shrinking its environmental footprint and lowering prices for green products, both the planet and the company would profit.
1. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Lee Scott is Wal-Mart’s CEO
B. there are 5, 200 stores in the world
C. Wal-Mart has a great influence on the world market
D. Wal-Mart has more than 7, 000 trucks all over the world
2. What does the underlined sentence “This is a business philosophy, not a social philosophy.” mean in the fourth paragraph?
A. Wal-Mart predicts huge profits in its green activity.
B. Wal-Mart’s green activity is just window dressing.
C. Wal-Mart aims to solve its health insurance practices.
D. Wal-Mart doesn’t have any social responsibility at all.
3. What will Wal-Mart probably do in the future?
A. Reduce air pollution in its present stores.
B. Give favourable treatment to its consumers.
C. Ask the factories to reduce their packaging.
D. Demand the fleet of trucks to use more fuel than before.
4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Provide the background of the green plan.
B. Stress the purpose of Wal-Mart’s green plan.
C. Present the risks that Wal-Mart is facing nowadays.
D. Analyse the similarity between Bill Gates and Scott.
答案
【文章大意】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了沃尔玛采取的保护环境的措施以及采取这些措施后所带来的利益。
1-4 CAAB
A smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing abilities than a common phone. The first smartphones enabled the users to send and receive e-mails. Later models added the functions of portable media players, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units to form one multi-use device. Many modern smartphones also include touch screens and Web browsers that display Web pages.
A recent report says we spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day looking at a smartphone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but playing phone games and browsing the Web.
Nowadays we always find people checking e-mails in a restaurant, taking a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a message during a conversation instead of traditional communication. It’s no secret that our life is being affected by our smartphones obsession.
However, this phenomenon has never been presented so vividly as in the short YouTube film I Forgot My Phone. Despite only being online for a few days, it抯 already been viewed more than 10.5 million times. Whether it will be screened in the cinema remainms to be seen.
Ironically, YouTube’s data show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.
The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene deGuzman, shows groups of people in various social situations, the majority of whom are absorbed in their phones instead of the world around them. To a certain extent, we all do it.
1. People prefer a smartphone to a common one, because the latter only can help us ________.
A. check e-mails
B. send messages
C. find the destination
D. watch a video
2. The underlined word “obsession” in the third paragraph most probably means “________”.
A. devotion
B. contribution
C. addiction
D. emotion
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. People spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day using smartphones.
B. The film hasn’t been put on in the cinema.
C. The film is written by an actor named Charlene deGuzman.
D. The film has already been viewed more than 105 million times in the first few days.
4. When the writer mentions the number of people watching the film from mobile devices in the fifth paragraph, he mainly feels ________.
A. encouraged
B. depressed
C. proud
D. satisfied
答案
【文章大意】
智能手机的出现改变了人们的生活，通过智能手机人们可以收发电子邮件，可以听歌，看电影，可以上网浏览网页。智能手机有着如此多的功能以至于人们越来越多地对智能手机产生了依赖。作者对这种现象非常担忧。
1-4 BCBB
Ⅲ.语法填空
In almost every form of media, including television, newspaper and magazines, a great deal of attention ___1___ (pay) to the personal lives of celebrities. ___2___ seems that the public cannot get enough of this kind of news. For people ___3___ want to know the lives of the public figures, there are some forms of media devoted ___4___ the topic. They can satisfy ___5___ curiosity by buying fan magazines and ___6___(watch) TV shows about entertainment news. Therefore, the media can get a big profit from it. ___7___ some celebrities are willing to be chosen to be in the public eye, that doesn’t give the public the right ___8___(know) everything about them. Most of them have ___9___ negative attitude toward the media. They hope that the media would not disturb the ___10___(private) of every individual, including public figures.
答案与解析
【语篇解读】
本文讲述了媒体对公众人物个人生活的报道，作者对媒体这种做法持否定态度。
1. 答案
is paid
解析
考查时态和语态。根据文中语境可知此处考查pay attention to的被动形式；全篇时态为一般现在时态。
2. 答案
It
解析
考查固定句型。“It seems that+从句”为固定句型，it作形式主语，后面的that从句是真正的主语。
3. 答案
who/that
解析
考查定语从句的关系词。先行词是人，定语从句中缺少主语，故用who或that引导定语从句。
4. 答案
to
解析
考查固定搭配。be devoted to为固定搭配，意为“专心于”。此处是过去分词短语作后置定语。
5. 答案
their
解析
考查代词。设空处为主语they对应的形容词性物主代词，故填their。
6. 答案
watching
解析
考查句法结构。并列连词and前后为平行结构，根据句中buying可知，应填watching。
7. 答案
Although/Though
解析
考查上下文的逻辑关系。根据语境可知前后两个分句为让步关系，连词应意为“尽管”。
8. 答案
to know
解析
考查非谓语动词。此处动词不定式to know everything about them在句中作定语，修饰the right。the right to do为常用搭配。
9. 答案
a
解析
考查冠词。have a negative attitude toward ...为习惯用语，意为“对……持否定态度”。
10. 答案
privacy
解析
考查词性转换。定冠词the与介词of之间应为名词，故用privacy。