题组层级快练(三十三)
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2017·东北三校一模)It was Easter 1990, and my family was on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Solomon Islands for my sister’s wedding.
I was traveling with my husband, my four-year-old son and my daughter, who was nearly two. We’d been ___1___ it was very hot in the Solomons, so we’d ___2___ lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that ___3___ at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning ___4___ to Honlara. It was cold on the bus! My husband and I were snuggling(依偎) our children as best we could, trying to keep them ___5___. The bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didn’t take much ___ 6___. The little ones were ___7___, unable to sleep for the biting cold. Then at one stop, an old lady came forward from the back of the bus and paused by our seat. I sat forward to see what she wanted and she ___8___ out a small knee rug(毛毯). My little girl reached ___9___ for it and pulled it tight ___ 10___ her. The lady said she’d made the rug herself and, seeing that we were cold, she wanted us to use it. After she went back to her seat, our now-warm children ___11___ off, and they slept snugly all the way to the airport. Just a stop or two ___12___ we arrived, the old lady made her way to the door to get off. I tried to ___13___ the children to return her blanket, but she protested. “No,”she said, “___14___ it. I can always make another one!”
Over the years, that little blanket became a ___15___ to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers. I told the story to the children over and over and hung the rug on the end of my daughter’s bed so we would see it often. That rug was handmade with the colours carefully chosen, yet its maker ___16___ with it to keep my family warm for a night. If ever people were bad or ___17___, it served as a ___18___ that there is goodness in the world.
I am forever ___19___, not just for the warmth that night, but for the lifelong reminder of the ___20___ of people. That blanket has warmed my life.
1. A. confirmed
B. told
C. advised
D. persuaded
2. A. offered
B. piled
C. packed
D. discovered
3. A. left
B. went
C. pulled
D. drove
4. A. train
B. trip
C. ride
D. flight
5. A. comfortable
B. warm
C. calm
D. quiet
6. A. care
B. notice
C. action
D. attention
7. A. naughty
B. noisy
C. restless
D. energetic
8. A. showed
B. made
C. put
D. held
9. A. silently
B. eagerly
C. patiently
D. bravely
10. A. around
B. on
C. over
D. towards
11. A. slept
B. went
C. nodded
D. shook
12. A. after
B. until
C. as
D. before
13. A. unload
B. unwrap
C. unfold
D. unpack
14. A. keep
B. possess
C. return
D. bring
15. A. sign
B. mark
C. symbol
D. decoration
16. A. remained
B. parted
C. deserted
D. handed
17. A. cruel
B. sensitive
C. cautious
D. ugly
18. A. story
B. gift
C. reminder
D. reward
19. A. delighted
B. pitiful
C. excited
D. grateful
20. A. goodness
B. warmth
C. welcome
D. help
答案与解析
【语篇解读】
本文作者通过一次坐车经历，告诉我们人间自有真情在。一个毛毯温暖了作者一生，使作者心存感激，看到了人间的善良。
1. 答案
B
解析
“我们”被告知所罗门地区非常热。根据下文一家人所做的准备，得出B选项为答案。tell“告诉”；confirm“确认；证实”；advise“建议”；persuade“说服”。
2. 答案
C
解析
此处是出行前的打包收拾。pack“收拾(行李)”；offer“提供”；pile“堆放”；discover“发现”。
3. 答案
A
解析
汽车出发用leave。go“去”；pull“拖，拉”；drive“驾驶”。
4. 答案
D
解析
根据前面的airport可知选D项。
5. 答案
B
解析
因为公共汽车上很冷，所以他们相互依偎，为了暖和。warm“温暖的”；comfortable“舒服的”；calm“冷静的”；quiet“安静的”。
6. 答案
B
解析
take much notice“多加关注”。take care“小心”；take action“采取行动”；pay attention to“注意”。
7. 答案
C
解析
因为太冷了，所以小孩子们是睡不着的。restless“没有睡眠的，坐立不安的”；naughty“淘气的”；noisy“喧闹的”；energetic“精力充沛的”。
8. 答案
D
解析
hold out“递出东西”；make out“辨认清楚”；put out“熄灭”。
9. 答案
B
解析
因为太冷了，所以看到有人给毛毯，就很渴望地接过来。eagerly“渴望地”；silently“默默地”；patiently“耐心地”；bravely“勇敢地”。
10. 答案
A
解析
around“围绕，环绕”，此处指女孩用毯子把自己裹起来。
11. 答案
B
解析
因为暖和了，所以孩子们就睡着了。go off“入睡；睡着”。nod off“打盹；打瞌睡”；sleep off“以睡眠来消除……”；shake off“去除；摆脱”。
12. 答案
D
解析
在我们到达之前的一站或两站。
13. 答案
B
解析
因为想还毛毯，毛毯又裹在孩子身上，所以试图把毛毯从孩子身上解下来。unwrap“打开，解开”；unload“卸载”；unfold“打开”；unpack“打开(箱、包等)”。
14. 答案
A
解析
keep“留着”；possess“拥有”；return“返还”；bring“带来”。
15. 答案
C
解析
a symbol of “……的象征”。sign“符号，迹象”；mark“标志，符号”；decoration“装饰”。
16. 答案
B
解析
part with sth.“舍弃，与……分开”。
17. 答案
A
解析
bad or cruel“邪恶或残忍”，为同义词。
18. 答案
C
解析
story“故事”；gift“礼物”；reminder“提醒之物”；reward“报酬”。即使人们曾经邪恶或残忍，这个毛毯可以提醒我们人间自有善良存在。
19. 答案
D
解析
“我”永远心存感激，不仅是感激那一晚的温暖，也感 激对人类善良的一生的提醒。grateful“感激的”；delighted“高兴的”；pitiful“可怜的”；excited“兴奋的”。
20. 答案
A
解析
根据上文的goodness选出A项。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A new German study has uncovered evidence that there is a strong link between traffic jams and developing a heart attack. It has been found that individuals were three times more likely to develop a condition if they had recently got stuck in traffic, most probably because of the exposure(接触) of the car fumes(尾气) and other pollution they breathed.
The researchers analyzed data of heart attack cases between February. 2007 and December 2011. They interviewed nearly 1,500 patients to gather information and figure out what could be potential triggers of heart attack. The participants were asked standardized set of questions, such as what they were doing the day of the heart attack, where exactly they went, what means of transportation they used and how much time they spent in a traffic jam.
The experts found that driving a car turned out to be the most common source of traffic exposure, however, using public transportation or riding a bicycle were also other forms of traffic exposure. The researchers reported that 8% of all heart attack cases were specifically linked to having been in traffic. In general, time spent in any type of transportation in traffic was associated with more than 3 times higher risk for experiencing a heart attack within the first hour immediately following the exposure.
The team has also found that women, elderly men, patients who were unemployed, and those with a history of angina(心绞痛) appeared to be particularly sensitive and were affected the most by traffic. Female participants, in fact, were more likely to have a 5 times greater risk for a heart attack following such exposure, compared to men.
1. The best title for the passage is probably ________.
A. Traffic Jams — a Great Killer
B. Be Sure to Avoid Traffic Jams
C. Traffic Jams May Lead to Heart Attack
D. Get Your Heart away from Traffic Jams
2. The underlined word “triggers” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”.
A. directions
B. effects
C. tendencies
D. causes
3. The researchers came up with the conclusion mainly through ________.
A. observation
B. analysis
C. experiment
D. questionnaire
4. From the last two paragraphs, we can know that ________.
A. driving a car is the most dangerous thing in the world
B. taking public transportation will certainly avoid heart attack
C. men are more likely to be affected by traffic than women
D. unemployed women patients may be affected the most by traffic
答案与解析
【文章大意】
本文主要介绍了一项研究成果：交通拥堵可能会引发心脏病。
1. 答案
C
解析
主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是研究人员发现交通拥堵会引发心脏病。
2. 答案
D
解析
词义猜测题。根据第二段第二句They interviewed nearly 1, 500 patients to gather information and figure out what could be potential triggers of heart attack及后文信息可知，trigger意为“触发原因”。
3. 答案
B
解析
推理判断题。纵观全文可知本次研究主要是通过对相关数据的分析完成的。
4. 答案
D
解析
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的相关描述可知，失业的女性病人对交通拥堵的反应最敏感。
China’s funemployed graduates “gnaw(啃；咬) on the old”. They don’t want to work in factories or farms, but at the same time, the white-collar lifestyle remains far out of reach.
For the 7.27 million Chinese students who graduated from college last year — a number roughly 2.5 times the US figure — the job market can be serious: low salaries, long hours and the knowledge that there are millions of other people just waiting to replace you. Those realities look even harsher when you compare the bargain-basement salaries earned by the average Chinese young adult with the exorbitant(过高的) wealth of China’s well-connected.
Growth in decent (体面的) jobs has lagged (落后) far behind the non-stop bumper (丰盛的) crops of college graduates, and competition for scarce positions often comes down to family connections and cold hard cash. China is almost two years into one of its most intense corruption crackdowns in decades, but young Chinese job-seekers still report being extorted for huge sums of money that dwarf their would-be salaries.
According to a study by Tian Feng of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the unemployment rate among college graduates from urban families is about 12 percent, while for graduates from rural backgrounds it’s 30 percent. And the gap looks even wider when considering that recent graduates from urban backgrounds earn around 20 percent more than their rural peers.
The pay-to-play nature of China’s job market means that while wealthy urban youth can “gnaw” on their parents’ money and networks to get ahead, young men and women from the countryside are often left with nothing but middling diplomas.
1. The term “China’s funemployed graduates” probably refers to “________”.
A. the graduates who are employed
B. the graduates who are unemployed but happy
C. the employed graduates who have fun
D. the unemployed who are funny
2. It can be concluded from the passage that the employment rate is sure to be higher if graduates ________.
A. come from rural backgrounds
B. have well-connected family with much money
C. try to improve social conditions
D. come from the countryside with diplomas
3. Which of the following is NOT true for the reason of unemployment?
A. The number of youth graduated from college is too large.
B. Now decent jobs are scarce.
C. Graduates come from the countryside have no family connection and little money.
D. Graduates care too much about the well-paid jobs.
4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Hardships for China’s Youth
B. Hardships after Graduation
C. China’s Youth Depends on Their Parents
D. Hardships in Job-hunting
答案与解析
【文章大意】
本文从当今中国大学毕业生的就业状况这一角度分析了“啃老族”产生的原因。
1. 答案
B
解析
词义猜测题。根据第一段中They don’t want to work in factories or farms, but at the same time, the white-collar lifestyle remains far out of reach.可知，很多中国毕业生不愿去农村或工厂就业，而白领生活方式又遥不可及，因此宁愿失业啃老。
2. 答案
B
解析
推理判断题。根据第三段第一句... competition for scarce positions often comes down to family connections and cold hard cash.可知，大学毕业生的家庭人脉和富裕程度促进他们的就业。
3. 答案
D
解析
是非判断题。A，B，C三项都是失业的原因，D项在文章中没有谈到，故选D项。
4. 答案
C
解析
主旨大意题。根据文章的第一句China’s funem-ployed graduates “gnaw on the old”并结合全文可知选C项。
Ⅲ.语法填空
M: Carla, I’m going to a family meeting this evening and I can take a friend with me. Would you like to come?
W: Yes, I’d like to, but first I must know ___1___ the meeting is about.
M: It’s about nothing in ___2___, just a get-together, talking and socializing.
W: Will there be anyone of our age there?
M: Well, yes. There are many parents as well as some youngsters with ___3___ we can interact.
W: That would be cool. Let me guess. The adults talk about business and the youth talk about fashion and movie ___4___(star).
M: Perhaps, ___5___ not exactly. The youth here often talk about college life, ___6___ future careers, community service, hi-tech and development.
W: Oh, that’s heavy stuff.
M: Not really. Imagine, all of us ___7___(graduate) and join the workforce sooner or later. Then we need to be well ___8___(adjust) to know what is going on.
W: You are right. I guess I’m a bit naive (幼稚的).
M: You’re not naive — you just need to be more ___9___(focus) and clear about what you want to be and do in the future.
W: Right. I guess I must go to such good meetings and learn to be ___10___ adult.
答案与解析
1. 答案
what
解析
what引导宾语从句，在句子中充当about的宾语。
2. 答案
particular
解析
根据后面的语境just a get-together, talking and socializing可知此处指“没有什么特殊的”。
3. 答案
whom
解析
whom引导定语从句，在句子中充当介词with的宾语。
4. 答案
stars
解析
star为单数可数名词，根据前面的修饰语fashion and movie可判断该处应该为复数。
5. 答案
but
解析
前后为转折关系，所以用but。
6. 答案
their/the
解析
前面的主语是the youth,为第三人称，所以用their/the。
7. 答案
will graduate
解析
根据时间状语sooner or later判断，句子应该用一般将来时。
8. 答案
adjusted
解析
we与adjust之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词。
9. 答案
focused
解析
根据and clear可判断此处应填形容词，即focused。
10. 答案
an
解析
“一个成年人”，为泛称，所以用an。