题组层级快练(十五)
Ⅰ.完形填空
In an old city of Hungary, there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only __1__ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange __2__. When the boy went to see his reflection (影像) in it, he looked very __3__. He tried smiling, __4__ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
The boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. __5__, he came home as happy as he could be, but he __6__ looked sad in that mirror, "What a(n) __7__ mirror! It's the first time I've seen a mirror that didn't __8__ properly!"
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was __9__. The boy went over to see what had __10__ to her. The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents. Together the two children set off __11__ them. As the little girl wouldn't stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to __12__ her up. After much walking, they __13__ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said __14__ to the family. When seeing the time, he __15__ to head for home without toys and __16__ In his room, to his great surprise,he found a(n) __17__ face in the mirror. And so he understood the __18__ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the __19__ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having __20__ that little girl.
1. A. confident
B. interested
C. skilled
D. rich
2. A. mirror
B. book
C. sweet
D. toy
3. A. shy
B. excited
C. sad
D. beautiful
4. A. for
B. or
C. and
D. but
5. A. Proudly
B. Hungrily
C. Surprisingly
D. Gratefully
6. A. already
B. still
C. once
D. never
7. A. terrible
B. nice
C. big
D. expensive
8. A. work
B. move
C. change
D. appear
9. A. studying
B. playing
C. sleeping
D. crying
10. A. devoted
B. referred
C. happened
D. turned
11. A. in need of
B. in honor of
C. in search of
D. in charge of
12. A. put
B. cheer
C. dress
D. bring
13. A. found
B. recognized
C. left
D. accepted
14. A. goodbye
B. hello
C. sorry
D. no
15. A. refused
B. agreed
C. pretended
D. decided
16. A. effort
B. hope
C. money
D. doubt
17. A. red
B. dirty
C. angry
D. happy
18. A. meaning
B. wonder
C. game
D. reason
19. A. true
B. strange
C. general
D. good
20. A. introduced
B. helped
C. invited
D. saved
答案与解析
【文章大意】
一个男孩儿几乎可以拥有他想要的一切东西，可一面神奇的镜子告诉他，他并不快乐。有一天男孩儿帮助一位小女孩儿找到父母后，他在镜子里看到了快乐的自己。
3. 答案
C
解析
根据下文中的__4__ his reflection continued with its sad expression可知，此处表示当他照镜子时，里面的影像显示他很难过，故选C项。
4. 答案
D
解析
他尝试着笑，但是他的影像仍然是难过的表情。根据语境可知，前后表示转折关系，故用but。
5. 答案
C
解析
使人吃惊的是，他回家尽力地表现得很快乐，但是在那面镜子中，他仍然看上去很难过。surprisingly意为“惊人地；吃惊地”，符合语境。proudly意为“自豪地”；hungrily意为“饥饿地”；gratefully意为“感激地”。
6. 答案
B
解析
参见上题解析。根据语境可知，此处用still“仍然”，故选B项。
7. 答案
A
解析
多么可怕的镜子啊!terrible意为“可怕的”，符合语境。
8. 答案
A
解析
这是“我”第一次见不能正确起作用的镜子。此处用work意为“有效；起作用”。
9. 答案
D
解析
根据下文中的The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents可推断，此处表示小女孩儿在哭，故选D项。下文中的As the little girl wouldn't stop crying也是提示。
10. 答案
C
解析
男孩儿过去看小女孩儿发生了什么事。根据语境可知，选C项。
11. 答案
C
解析
两个小孩儿一起出发去找女孩的父母。in search of意为“寻找”，符合语境。in need of意为“需要”；in honor of意为“为向……表示敬意”；in charge of意为“负责；主管”。
12. 答案
B
解析
小女孩儿还在哭，男孩儿花了他所有的钱买糖让小女孩儿高兴。cheer sb. up“使某人高兴起来；使某人振作起来”，符合语境。
13. 答案
A
解析
走了很久后，他们发现小女孩儿的父母也正在焦急地找小女孩儿。根据语境可知，选A项。recognize意为“认出”；leave意为“离开”；accept意为“接受”。
14. 答案
A
解析
后来男孩儿和这家人告别了。say goodbye to sb.“和某人告别”，为固定短语，故选A项。
15. 答案
D
解析
看了一下时间，男孩儿决定回家。decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，符合语境。refuse意为“拒绝”；agree意为“同意”；pretend意为“假装”。
16. 答案
C
解析
根据上文中的“the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets可知，此处表示没有钱，故选C项。
17. 答案
D
解析
在房间里，令他惊讶的是，他在镜子里发现了一张快乐的脸。根据great surprise可知，选D项。
18. 答案
B
解析
他明白了那面镜子的神奇之处。wonder“奇妙之处”，符合语境。
19. 答案
A
解析
这面镜子只能反映它的主人的真实感觉。true意为“真实的”，符合语境。
20. 答案
B
解析
帮助那个小女孩儿让他感到真的很开心。help意为“帮助”，符合语境。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’ s spirits as a bright-eyed child movie star during the Great Depression and later became a US diplomat(外交官), died at the age of 85 at her home in Woodside, California, on Monday.
A family statement said, “We announce with great sadness that ambassador Shirley Temple Black, former Hollywood child star and forever America’s ‘little darling’ peacefully passed away at her Woodside, California, home from natural causes, at the age of 85, on February 10, 2017.”
?She was surrounded by her family and caregivers.”
?We respect her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and good wife for fifty-five years of the late and much-missed Charles AldenBlack.”
Temple抯 film career began in 1932 and she found international fame two years later aged just six in the film Bright Eyes, which was famous for the song On the Good Ship Lollipop. The youngster was seen with her hair in curls, and the unforgettable perform5ance made her one of the biggest box office(票房收入) draws of the era. She was awarded a Juvenile Academy Award in 1935 and starred in films such as Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel, helping the US cope with the depression of the 1930s. And she was credited with helping save the film company 20th Century Fox from being bankrupt.
But after retiring from the entertainment world in her early 20s ?with a special Oscar under her belt for the movie Stand up and Cheer when she was six ?she carved out a role as a distinguished diplomat, serving as the US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoorslovakia.
Temple was also a delegate to several international commissions and was involved with the United Nations. She was the first woman to serve as US chief of protocol(礼仪) in the Department of State.
Her public service saw her on the advisory council and board of directors for numerous organizations involved with anything from criminal justice to health charities or wildlife bodies. She also sat on the board of directors for the Bank of California and the Walt Disney Company.
1. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Shirley Temple Performed in a Lot of Films
B. Shirley Temple Became Famous as a Child
C. Shirley Temple, a Former Child Star, Died
D. Shirley Temple Acted as an Excellent Diplomat
2. The underlined word “remarkable” in Paragraph 4 has the same meaning with “________”.
A. outstanding.
B. strange.
C. extra.
D. limited.
3. For which movie did Shirley Temple win the Oscar?
A. The Littlest Rebel
B. Stand up and Cheer
C. On the Good Ship Lollipop
D. Bright Eyes
4. It can be learned from the fifth paragraph that ________.
A. Shirley saved the falling American government
B. most film companies had already gone bankrupt
C. Century Fox was the biggest company on earth
D. Shirley won great fame when she was still a child
答案与解析
1. 答案
C
解析
标题归纳题。文章开头作者点明了文章的主题，即美国著名童星秀兰·邓波儿在家中去世，享年85岁。故选C项。
2. 答案
A
解析
词义猜测题。根据划线词所在句中的respect可知，此处表示人们因为秀兰·邓波儿的杰出成就而对其敬佩，因此选A项。
3. 答案
B
解析
细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段中的with a special Oscar under her belt for the movie Stand up and Cheer when she was six可知，答案选B项。
4. 答案
D
解析
推理判断题。根据第五段内容可知，秀兰·邓波儿四岁进入演艺圈，六岁时她出演的电影就取得高票房，七岁时她就获得青少年奥斯卡金像奖。由此可知，答案选D项。
Most people can identify their top priority at work. Generally, it will be the part of the job that is most productive for their employer: for a merger banker, it could be landing a big deal for a client(顾客); for a lorry driver, the punctual delivery of important goods; for a hospital doctor or nurse, giving vital treatment to a patient.
But every job is connected with secondary tasks. If those are neglected, the overall success may be undermined. New research suggests tired workers in demanding jobs start giving up doing those small, but vital, tasks remarkably quickly.
Technology can, of course, take over some basic chores altogether. Automated solutions are not as reassuring as they seem, however. Humans are not redundant. But the workers who remain now have greater responsibility for more important tasks. If companies pile more work on to them, these weary employees could inadvertently plunge them into disaster.
It is a truism(不言而喻的道理) that a tired worker is less productive than a fresh one. But researchers at Wharton and Kenan-Flagler business schools have shown that compliance (遵从) with routine tasks can fall away if a person is under great pressure.
Their study’s focus was hand hygiene, health care’s powerful weapon against cross-infection. Such is the importance of sanitization — when done thoroughly, it can reduce infection by the MRSA “superbug” by 95 per cent — that hospitals have started to monitor compliance, using electronic tags in sanitizers and workers’ badges. Each time a member of staff avoids the sanitizer, the omission is recorded.
The extraordinarily rich information from such a system is a treasure for big data researchers such as Wharton’s Katherine Milkman. Analysing 13.8 million “unique hand hygiene opportunities” for more than 4,000 staff at 35 hospitals, she and her co-authors found that over a 12-hour shift the average compliance of staff members fell by 8.5 percentage points. Lax hand washing, they suggested, could cost
＄25 bn annually in treatment of unnecessary infection in the US and lead to 70,000 needless deaths.
I think the new research adds a further point: if technology makes some vital tasks that used to be central seem routine, workers may also start to neglect them as the day drags on — with potentially bad consequences.
1. Which one is the best title for this passage?
A. We Can’t Ignore “Little Things” of the Work
B. Managers Have the Workers Wash Their Hands
C. Workers Must Wash Their Hands Carefully
D. The Extraordinarily Rich Information
2. What does the underlined sentence “the overall success may be undermined” mean?
A. Fine things will happen.
B. Much success will come.
C. Success won’t be achieved at all.
D. Success won’t be affected.
3. According to Paragraph 4, ________.
A. a tired worker can do nothing
B. a fresh worker can do everything
C. a tired worker can’t do things very well D. a tired worker must be served better
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The hospital pays attention to employees’ health.
B. The hospital pays attention to employees’ hygiene.
C. The hospital pays attention to the research.
D. The hospital pays attention to others’ comments.
5. What did Katherine Milkman find in the research?
A. Many employees of the hospitals pay less attention to washing hands.
B. Many employees of the hospitals always pay attention to washing hands.
C. Many employees of the hospitals pay less attention to the research.
D. Many employees of the hospitals pay attention to the research.
答案与解析
【文章大意】
一项研究表明，在工作中不可忽视一些小事，否则会造成不好的结果。
1. 答案
A
解析
主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，本文旨在说明在工作中不可忽视小事，否则会造成不好的结果。故选A项。
2. 答案
C
解析
句意猜测题。据前后文可推知，此处表示每一项工作都涉及次要任务，如果忽视了它们，可能会破坏整体上的成功。故选C项。
3. 答案
C
解析
细节理解题。结合第四段可知，疲劳的员工的工作效率没有精力充沛的员工的工作效率高，这是不言而喻的道理。故C项正确。
4. 答案
B
解析
推理判断题。根据第五段中的Their study’s focus was hand hygiene, health care’s powerful weapon against cross-infection ... by 95 per cent可知，手卫生是一种对抗交叉感染的有力武器。消毒如此重要，以至于如果彻底洗手，就能将有“超级病菌”之称的MRSA的感染几率减少95％。故推知医院重视的是医生护士的卫生。故选B项。
5. 答案
A
解析
推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的Analysing 13.8 million “unique hand hygiene opportunities” for more than 4,000 staff at 35 hospitals, she and her co-authors found that over a 12-hour shift the average compliance of staff members fell by 8.5 percentage points可知，在分析了35家医院逾4 000名员工总共1 380万次“独一无二的手卫生机会”后，她和她的合著者发现在12小时的轮班期间，员工对手卫生程序的平均遵守度下降了8.5个百分点。故选A项。
Ⅲ.语法填空
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
MH370 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It ___1___(appear) on 8 March 2017. The aircraft was ___2___(carry)12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 15 nations.
A multinational search effort, which became the largest and ___3___(expensive)in history, began in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea and was soon extended to the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea. On 15 March, ___4___(base) on military radar data and transmissions between the aircraft and an Inmarsat satellite, investigators concluded that the aircraft had diverted from its ___5___(plan) course and headed west across the Malay Peninsula, then continued on a northern or southern track ___6___ around seven hours.
The focus of the ___7___(search)shifted to the southern part of the Indian Ocean, west of Australia. There has been no confirmation of any flight debris, and no crash site has been found, resulting in many ___8___(theory)about its disappearance. On 24 March, the Malaysian government, noted that the final location determined by the satellite ___9___(communicate) was far from any possible landing sites. Analysis of these by multiple agencies ___10___ guessed that the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
答案与解析
【文章大意】
本文是一篇记叙文。2017年3月8日，一架由吉隆坡飞往北京的客机失去联系，机上载有来自13个国家的239名乘客和机组人员，包括153名中国公民。
1. disappeared
考查动词。此处表示过去的动作，根据空格后面的时间状语可以得知，此处需要用一般过去时形式，故答案为disappeared。
2. carrying
考查动词时态。根据空格前面的was可以得知，此处描述过去某个时间正在进行的动作，故用现在分词形式carrying。
3. most expensive
考查形容词。根据空格前面的语境the largest可以得知，此处需要用expensive的最高级形式，故答案为most expensive。
4. based
考查非谓语动词。根据空格后面的语境on ...可以得知，此处考查过去分词短语based on ...表示“以……为根据，基于……”的用法。
5. planned
考查非谓语动词。根据空格后面的语境course可以得知，此处plan与course之间为动宾关系，即“原计划的航程”，故答案为planned。
6. for
考查介词。根据空格后面的语境around seven hours可以得知，此处表示“持续了大约七个小时的时间”，故答案为for。
7. search
考查名词。根据空格前面的语境the可以得知，此处答案为名词形式, search本身既可以用作动词也可以用作名词，故答案为search。
8. theories
考查名词。根据空格前面的语境many可以得知，此处需要用theory的复数形式theories即“很多理论”。
误解分析：此题考生易误填入theorys。解答此题的关键是要掌握以辅音字母加y结尾的名词变为复数时需要变y为i再加-es。
9. communication
考查名词。根据空格前面的语境satellite可以得知，此处需要用名词形式communication，即“卫星通信”。
10. has
考查动词。根据空格后面的语境guessed可以得知，此处考查现在完成时结构have/has done，因为主语为analysis，故此处答案为has。