2022高三英语二轮复习 完型填空练习题（含解析）
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2022高三英语完型填空练习题8套
Passage A
Paige Winter stood in waist-deep water when a shark suddenly appeared and pounced (猛扑) on her just three feet from her 1 , Charlie Winter, a firefighter and former Marine. The 17-year-old suffered severe injuries from the 2 earlier this month at North Carolina's Fort Macon State Park.
“I 3 where Paige was and there was no Paige," Charlie recalled in an interview by a local newspaper. “Paige was underwater, but there was pink on the water. I went straight to where the pink was and I 4 and I grabbed her. When I pulled her up, a shark 5 with her - it was a big one and I 6 started to hit it. I hit it with everything I could and 7 it let go." But Paige was the real 8
Both her hands were badly injured while trying to force open the shark's 9 and her left leg had to be amputated (截肢), thigh-high. Unprovoked (无端的) shark attacks like this are 10 .There were 66 of them worldwide last year, causing four deaths. But even more rare is Paige's 11 : no screaming, no crying and no self-pity.
“I'm still Paige," she said. “Just a little 12 . I want people to see I'm doing alright and I'm still going to do the stuff they can do. I think I can 13 this into something good for me, good for sharks and good for the environment too," she said.
Charlie told the reporter that he “couldn't be 14 ” He said, “The shark took my daughter's 15 . It did not take her spirit."
1. A. brother B. friend C. father D. coach
2. A. attack B. wave C. swim D. storm
3. A. pointed at B. escaped from C. headed for D. turned to
4. A. dived B. hid C. struggled D. fought
5. A. swam away B. got along C. came up D. lay down
6. A. unexpectedly B. immediately C. hesitantly D. cautiously
7. A. unconsciously B. undoubtedly C. curiously D. eventually
8. A. swimmer B. fighter C. patient D. victim
9. A. eyes B. jaws C. body D. head
10. A. scary B. serious C. uncommon D. informal
11. A. attitude B. decision C. injury D. experience
12. A. different B. lucky C. depressed D. confused
13. A. throw B. divide C. drive D. transform
14. A. sadder B. faster C. prouder D. better
15. A. holiday B. hobby C. life D. leg
Passage B
Many western cultures measure their days with the solar calendar. Therefore they ___1___ the coming of the New Year on January 1. Cultures in Asia and the Middle East use other calendars and celebrate the New Year at other times. Events and rituals ___2___ from country to country. But in each place, New Year celebrations are a big ___3___ .
Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries. The earliest New Year celebrations took place during spring or ___4___ time. With ___5___weather ahead, or plenty of food to eat in winter, people ___6___ felt like having a party! As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself, people also felt like they could have a new start. The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges. Such___7___ themes remain the same today.
Some cultures have ___8___ New Year traditions. Italians throw old things out of their windows at midnight, symbolizing the ___9___ of the old. Mexicans fire guns into the air to ward off ____10____. Danes jump off chairs exactly as the clock ____11____midnight, so they can “jump” into the New Year. Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace on New Year’s Day. They hope “Santa Claus” will come and fill the shoes with ____12____. In Vancouver, Canada, some people celebrate the New Year by jumping into the ocean. The weather is freezing cold! As you might expect, most people come to watch the swimmers ____13____ swim themselves.
London hosts an annual New Year’s Day parade that ____14____ nearly a million spectators. The largest parade in Europe, it features bands, floats and enormous balloons. These balloons are so huge that they ____15____ over nearby buildings!
1. A. observe B. notice C. expect D. decide
2. A. happen B. develop C. vary D. hold
3. A. burden B. reunion C. deal D. success
4. A. winter B. harvest C. labor D. leisure
5. A. colder B. changeable C. extreme D. better
6. A. eventually B. naturally C. occasionally D. exactly
7. A. unique B. challenging C. interesting D. universal
8. A. unusual B. shocking C. silly D. typical
9. A. coming B. departure C. failure D. dying
10. A. animals B. misfortune C. enemies D. poverty
11. A. reaches B. rings C. strikes D. shows
12. A. kisses B. love C. fortune D. gifts
13. A. as well as B. so as to C. other than D. rather than
14. A. draws B. requires C. amuses D. provides
15. A. watch B. exceed C. tower D. contain
Passage C
A few years ago, I was given a wallet. A beautiful elephant was woven into its front panel. The wallet was___1___ to me by a close friend on my birthday.
The wallet was not only beautiful; it had a personality: it loved to run away, as I told my parents over and over again, only to receive eye _____2_____ in return. “Frances, really, you’ve lost it again ” they would say every time I ___3___ it. Fortunately, I would eventually find it in my own house.
One day,___4___, as I was leaving a football stadium at a school, the wallet once again ___5___ from my pocket. I discovered the _____6_____ when I got home. I searched the house and I prayed, as usual. Nothing.
But then, around a week later, my parents received a ____7____ on their business voicemail. A complete stranger was calling with the___8___ of my wallet. “I’m calling for Frances,” a ___9___ came from the stranger. This man, to find whom the wallet belonged to, looked inside of it, and found a ____10____which my parents had written to me. It _____11_____ have their business phone number on it. Upon getting my wallet back, I wrote a brief letter to the man expressing my ____12____, and remarking on what an amazing act of kindness he had committed and that he was truly a ____13____ person. I would be forever grateful to him. I _____14_____and emailed it off to him.
I don’t know if I believe in chance or luck, but I do know I believe in ____15____and in the selfless acts of kindness.
1. A. handed B. lent C. gifted D. sold
2. A. rolls B. glances C. contacts D. shadows
3. A. needed B. abandoned C. misplaced D. missed
4. A. otherwise B. moreover C. therefore D. however
5. A. escaped B. jumped C. flew D. stole
6. A. event B. loss C. failure D. mistake
7. A. note B. message C. letter D. card
8. A. thought B. value C. excitement D. news
9. A. telephone B. greeting C. voice D. request
10. A. passage B. check C. book D. sign
11. A. seemed to B. used to C. happened to D. intended to
12. A. gratitude B. interest C. wishes D. concerns
13. A. generous B. remarkable C. responsible D. serious
14. A. closed B. folded C. attached D. concluded
15. A. theory B. truth C. principle D. humanity
Passage D
My family lived about a mile from the Bertram Woods Library. Throughout my childhood, my mother drove me there several times a week.
Our visits were never___1___enough for me. I loved wandering around the___2___ scanning the spines(书脊)of the books until something happened to___3___my eye.
I might have spent the rest of my life___4___libraries the way I viewed, say, the amusement park I went to as a kid. But then the___5___feeling came back into my life___6___. One day after we moved to Los Angeles in 2011, my son wanted to interview a___7___ for his school assignment. So we went to the___8___library.
As we drove over to meet the librarian, I________9________ a memory of this similar journey in my past—another parent and child on their way to the library. The_____10_____ didn't look anything like the Bertram Woods, but when we______11______ inside, a shock of recognition_______12_______ me. Decades had passed, but I really felt as if I had returned to that time and place, walking into the library with my mother.____13____ had changed. There was the same soft sound of pencil on paper, and the murmuring of people_____14_____ at the tables in the center of the room. The wooden checkout counters, the librarians' desks, the bulletin board, were all the same.
It wasn't that time_____15_____ in the library. It was as if it had been captured here, or collected. A library, for me, is a gathering pool of stories and of the people who come to find them.
1. A. long B. easy C. boring D. interesting
2. A. rooms B. streets C. shelves D. tables
3. A. fill B. catch C. open D. block
4. A. wandering around B. thinking about C. talking about D. looking for
5. A. familiar B. exciting C. funny D. warm
6 A. unexpectedly B. uncomfortably C. exactly D. finally
7. A. professor B. teacher C. bookseller D. librarian
8. A. newest B. closest C. prettiest D. quietest
9. A. lost B. shared C. enjoyed D. experienced
10. A. school B. building C. desks D. books
11. A. looked B. drove C. stepped D. read
12. A. struck B. disappointed C. defeated D. woke
13. A. Everybody B. Everything C. Nobody D. Nothing
14. A. working B. sitting C. playing D. eating
15. A. travelled B. flew C. stopped D. changed
Passage E
Bright star of the musical galaxy (银河系 )
Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.
“Music is very ___1___ and language doesn’t matter that much sometimes,” the 8-year-old
Chinese-Canadian singer-songwriter told Forbes magazine. “Even if you think of K-pop music(韩国流行音乐) people don’t understand what they’re saying but ___2___you like it, you like it.
His experience of ___3___ probably explains his attitude toward music. He rose to___4___ as a member of K-pop boy group, EXO. Born and ___5___ in China, Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family. In 2014, he started his solo(独唱的)___6___ . Since then, he’s been based in China.
As an international rapper(说唱歌手) , Kris has always wanted to be the “Jackie Chan of music”. “I’m an artist . I do urban music,” he told Nylon Radio. “At the same time. .. I’m trying to bridge the East and West with my music.”
Kris is well on his way toward ___7___ his goal. In June, he became the first Chinese artist to make the Billboard ___8___ 100 when his new single Like That reached No. 73. After___9___this milestone(里程碑) , the singer spoke about his Chinese heritage(华裔) on his Sina Weibo account.
“I’m very proud to be Chinese,” he wrote.” I want the whole ____10____ to hear Chinese music.”
And on Nov. 2, Kris ____11____ a new album Antares, which features both Mandarin (普通话的)and English songs. It dominated (占据榜首)Apple’s iTunes Store Chart for days.
“I spent more than two years ____12____ on the album,” Kris posted on Sina Weibo. “I chose fourteen songs for the album, which speak for me.”
In fact, the album’s title, Antares, is ____13____ his birthday. Antares is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy, and in the Western world, they call this star “the ____14____ of the scorpion (天蝎),” Kris told Forbes. “I was a November ____15____ , so I am a Scorpio.”
Kris is certainly one of the brightest stars in today’s musical firmament(苍穹).
1. A. universal B. complex C. positive D. practical
2. A. before B. until C. if D. though
3. A. dropping out B. growing up C. falling behind D. holding on
4. A. fame B. honesty C. generosity D. value
5. A. inspected B. reminded C. guarded D. raised
6. A. faith B. career C. advertisement D. research
7. A. providing B. designing C. stressing D. achieving
8. A. Hot B. Red C. Low D. Big
9. A. catching B. fixing C. hitting D. finding
10. A. street B. world C. company D. class
11. A. received B. resolved C. reserved D. released
12. A. calling B. turning C. working D. putting
13. A. related to B. famous for C. careful of D. patient With
14. A. proof B. region C. material D. heart
15. A. scholar B. baby C. rider D. loser
Passage F
Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart. So I want to ___1___ them all in. And actually I'm not ___2___. This kind woman could not help but have her heart ___3___ when she saw all of the ___4___ homeless cats.
So she went out as often as she could to ___5___ the homeless cats food. But she noticed that one of the ___6___, Dong Suk, would only take food if it was left in a_____7_____ . Try as she might, she could not get the cat to ___8___ food of any kind from a dish. So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.
After such a long time of ___9___ Dong take the bag of food and run, she decided to ___10___ her. So one day she came after Dong. It was then that she ___11___ that Dong had a baby who she was bringing the food for.
Dong had ___12___ had five babies but this one was her ___13___ kid left. When this kind woman ___14___ the sacrifice (牺牲)this loving mother cat was making she knew she had to ____15____ .So she caught this momma and her baby and gave them a home with their very own cat house.
1. A. call B. take C. shut D. put
2. A. alone B. grateful C. stubborn D. upset
3. A. shocked B. destroyed C. broken D. affected
4. A. attractive B. familiar C. fierce D. hungry
5. A. hand B. bring C. show D. award
6. A. cats B. neighbors C. dogs D. friends
7. A. bowl B. box C. bag D. dish
8. A. carry B. eat C. choose D. waste
9. A. making B. letting C. hearing D. watching
10. A. prevent B. follow C. change D. trap
11. A. thought B. reported C. hoped D. discovered
12. A. obviously B. finally C. actually D. honestly
13. A. best B. last C. first D. youngest
14. A. experienced B. faced C. realized D. doubted
15. A. help B. escape C. suffer D. ignore
Passage G
Diego is in front of a group of people. He’s blindfolded, but he can still show these people something___1___, which he calls “the art of___2___”. First, the audience randomly___3___ sixty numbers. After that, a helper reads the___4___ to Diego. Then, after hearing them just a single time, Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory. He does this first in the order he hears them, then again — backwards! The audience then cheer in disbelief.
Diego has a very special kind of memory. He _____6_____, “It’s a kind of memory that is ____7____ to what I experience. It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me. Normally, a person who doesn’t have this special ability and hasn’t trained their memory ____8____ to just forget things. Not me.” Diego says that with his special___9___, he can remember every ____10____ of every day of his life since he was less than one year old!
If there is a memory gene (基因) Diego probably has it, but his genes are only part of the____11____. Since the age of 11, he’s been training his brain to remember more and more. He practices _____12_____, thinking about memory and working on it all the time. He has even ____13____ a whole series of 50 historical books! Diego’s practice and____14____ work shows that a great memory can be made, and not just____15____!
1. A. funny B. creative C. amazing D. reasonable
2. A. life B. memory C. magic D. language
3. A. choose B. say C. hide D. record
4. A. rules B. marks C. numbers D. names
5. A. recognizes B. calculates C. collects D. repeats
6. A. adds B. explains C. inquires D. announces
7. A. connected B. introduced C. familiar D. opposite
8. A. happens B. attempts C. tends D. hates
9. A. dream B. gift C. chance D. plan
10. A. word B. feature C. principle D. detail
11. A. story B. game C. idea D. plot
12. A. cooperatively B. mechanically C. occasionally D. continuously
13. A. written B. memorized C. copied D. translated
14. A. hard B. ordinary C. academic D. original
15. A. imagined B. discovered C. born D. trained
Passage H
My journey to isolation (隔离) was somewhat accidental.
I saw an advertisement for a job as a leader for an expedition (探险) to Antarctica-and I have to____1____it was the penguin in the ad that____2____my attention. The ad noted that they were looking for someone to lead a____3____of expeditioners in one of the most____4____and isolated places on the planet. I took part in an____5____and then got a job that I knew I would regret if I didn’t____6____it. Leading 18 strangers for a full year-through months of darkness and with no____7____from the freezing cold -----I learned some____8____lessons.
After the journey, I wrote two best-selling books and became a motivational speaker. Being in isolation meant I had to do lots of self____9____.I kept a_____10_____, and every day I would think_____11_____of how I had operated as a leader. That discipline of_____12_____myself taught me how to tell right from wrong.
I often think back to_____13_____I saw the picture of the penguin that_____14_____me to look at the ad for the job. It’s a moment that_____15_____my life completely.
1. A. admit B. believe C. indicate D. realize
2. A. demanded B. deserved C. caught D. needed
3. A. flood B. couple C. team D. handful
4. A. awful B. remote C. promising D. disturbing
5. A. experiment B. interview C. election D. investigation
6. A. make for B. prepare for C. register for D. go for
7. A. escape B. departure C. protection D. defence
8. A. hard B. powerful C. private D. terrible
9. A. service B. repair C. study D. reflection
10. A. pet B. secret C. journal D. promise
11. A. clearly B. carefully C. highly D. badly
12. A. evaluating B. forgiving C. behaving D. enjoying
13. A. where B. why C. when D. how
14. A. enabled B. permitted C. allowed D. inspired
15. A. improved B. formed C. ended D. changed
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参考答案及解析
Passage A
文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。 文章主要讲述了Paige的父亲救起了被鲨鱼袭击的女儿Paige的过程。虽然Paige在未来仍要面临许多挑战，但是她对于自己的未来表现得非常积极和乐观。
1.根据下文中的“my daughter"及语境可知，是Paige的父亲把Paige救了出来。故选C。A兄弟，B朋友，D教练。
2.根据后文描述到鲨鱼袭击Paige,可知此处指这个17岁的女孩遭受了严重的伤，这些伤来自于鲨鱼的袭击，故答案为A。B海浪，C游泳，D风暴。
3.此处描写的是父亲在寻找Paige，“我转向 了Paige所在的地方，但没看见她”。可知答案为D转向。A指向, B逃跑，C动身前往。
4.“我直接向粉红色的地方去，我潜下水，抓住了Paige”。前文提到Page是在水下，可知答案为A潜水。B隐藏，C挣扎，D斗争。
5.当我把Daigo往.上拉的时候，一条太的鲨鱼出现了”，前文提到Paige是被鲨鱼袭击的，可知答案为C出现。A游走，B和.... .相处，D躺下。
6.当Paige看到鲨鱼出现，肯定是立刻开始击打鲨鱼，故答案为B立刻。A意料之外地，C犹豫不决地，D谨慎地。
7.“我用所有可用的东西来击打鲨鱼，最后它走了”。故答案为D最后。A无意识地，B毫无疑问地，C好奇地。
8.后文提到Paige手和腿严重受伤，但是她还是非常乐观，所以此处指Paige是真正的战斗者。故答案为B。A游泳者，C病人
9.鲨鱼咬住了Paige的手,那Paige是尽力掰开鲨鱼的嘴巴。故答案为B嘴。A眼睛，C身体，D头。
10.后文提到去年发生的66起鲨鱼袭击事件，而且后文提到“more rare所以像这样的无端的鲨鱼袭击是不寻常的。故答案为C。A害怕的、恐惧的，B严重的，D不正式的。
11.但是甚至更罕见的是Paige的态度:不尖叫，不哭，不自怜。故答案为A态度。B决定，C受伤，D经验。
12.“我仍然是Paige。我只是有一一些不同。 ”尽管Pajge收到这样的伤害，但是她非常乐观，这是不同的。故答案为A不同的，B幸运的，C沮丧的，D困惑的。
13.“我希望人们看到我做得很好，我仍然会做他们能做的事情。.解析我想我可以把它变成对我、鲨鱼和环境都有好处的东西。”根据transform.. .into..把.... .转变成.故答案为D。A扔，B分开开车。
14.对于- -个父亲来说，女儿遭受了这样的伤害，还那么乐观，父亲对女儿感到很骄傲。否定词+比较级=最高级。此处表示他再骄傲不过了。故答案为C更骄傲。A更难过，B更快，D更好。
15.前文提到Paige的左腿不得不截肢。“鲨鱼带走了我女儿的腿，没有带走她的精神。”故答案为D腿。A假期，B爱好，C生活。
Passage B
这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了，新年的庆祝活动，不同国家庆祝新年的风俗习惯。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，他们在1月1日庆祝新年的到来。A. observe庆祝；B. notice注意；C. expect期望；D. decide决定。由下文的“celebrate the New Year”和“New Year celebrations”可知，此处指1月1日庆祝新年的到来。故选A项。
2考查动词词义辨析。句意：不同国家的活动和仪式各不相同。A. happen发生；B. develop发展；C. vary变化；D. hold拿着。由上文的“西方1月1日庆祝新年，亚洲和中东在其他时间庆祝新年”和第三段的“不同国家不同寻常的新年传统”可知，不同国家庆祝新年的活动和仪式各不相同，vary from…to…(……不同于……)。故选C项。
3考查名词词义辨析。句意：但在每一个地方，新年庆祝都是一件大事。A. burden负担；B. reunion重聚；C. deal很多、交易；D. success成功。由下文的“Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries.”可知，大多数世界文化庆祝新年的传统已经有几个世纪了，说明新年是很重要的一件事，a big deal(一件大事)。故选C项。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：最早的新年庆祝活动发生在春天或收获季节。A. winter冬天；B. harvest收获；C. labor劳动；D. leisure闲暇。由常识可知，粮食收获的时候是个好日子，值得庆祝，可推断出最早的新年庆祝活动可能会在收获季节。故选B项。
5考查形容词词义辨析。句意：天气转好了，冬天吃的东西多了，人们自然就想开派对了！A. colder更冷的；B. changeable可变的；C. extreme极端的；D. better更好的。由下文的“As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself”可知，白天越来越长，大自然也在复苏，说明天气在变好。故选D项。
6考查副词词义辨析。句意：天气转好了，冬天吃的东西多了，人们自然就想开派对了！A. eventually最后；B. naturally自然地；C. occasionally偶尔地；D. exactly精确地。由上文语境可知，天气变好，粮食充裕，人自然就想开派对，开心放松一下。故选B项。
7考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这样的普遍主题今天仍然不变。A. unique独特的；B. challenging挑战性的；C. interesting有趣的；D. universal普遍的、广泛适用的。由上文的“The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges.”可知，新年意味着更多的财富，更多的机遇和新的挑战，这是全世界广泛适用的主题，从古至今都是这样，没有改变。故选D项。
8考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有些文化有不同寻常的新年传统。A. unusual不寻常的、与众不同的；B. shocking令人震惊的；C. silly愚蠢的；D. typical典型的。由下文语境可知，意大利人、墨西哥人、丹麦人、希腊人和加拿大人庆祝新年的方式很不同寻常、与众不同。故选A项。
9考查语境理解。句意：意大利人半夜把旧东西扔出窗外，象征着旧东西的离去。A. coming到来；B. departure离开；C. failure失败；D. dying消亡。由上文的“throw old things out of their windows”可知，把旧东西扔出窗外，表明旧东西从家里离开了。故选B项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：墨西哥人向空中鸣枪以躲避不幸。A. animals动物；B. misfortune不幸；C. enemies敌人；D. poverty贫穷。由上文的“fire guns into the air”和常识可知，向空中鸣枪一是一种保护自己的防御姿态(避免别人伤害自己，以免自己不幸)，二是为了向不幸的人/事默哀，可推断出墨西哥人向空中鸣枪是为了躲避不幸。故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：丹麦人在午夜钟声敲响时从椅子上跳下来，这样他们就可以“跳”入新年。A. reaches到达；B. rings发出铃声；C. strikes击打、撞击；D. shows显示。由本处的“the clock ___11___midnight”可知，此处指午夜钟声敲响，即到了新年那一天。故选C项。
12考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们希望“圣诞老人”会来给鞋子里装满礼物。A. kisses吻；B. love爱；C. fortune运气；D. gifts礼物。由上文的“Santa Claus”和常识可知，Santa Claus(圣诞老人)是给孩子送新年礼物的人。故选D项。
13考查介词短语辨析。句意：正如你所料，大多数人来观看游泳运动员而不是自己游泳。A. as well as也；B. so as to为了；C. other than除了；D. rather than而不是。由上文的“The weather is freezing cold!”，“most people come to watch the swimmers”和下文的“swim themselves”可知，天气冷得要命，所以大多数人是来观看游泳运动员的，而不是自己游泳，用rather than。故选D项。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：伦敦每年都会举办新年游行，吸引近百万观众。A. draws吸引；B. requires需要；C. amuses娱乐；D. provides提供。由下文的“nearly a million spectators. The largest parade in Europe, it features bands, floats and enormous balloons.”可知，伦敦举办的新年游行是欧洲最大的游行，有乐队、彩车和巨大的气球，无疑会吸引观众前来观看。故选A项。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些气球是如此巨大，以至于它们高耸在附近的建筑物之上！A. watch看；B. exceed超过(数量)；C. tower远远高于、高耸；D. contain包含。由常识可知，气球会飘向天空，而伦敦新年游行的气球太大了，以至于飘的位置高于附近的建筑物。故选C项。
Passage C
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了总是弄丢钱包的作者，某一次在学校足球场再次弄丢了钱包，怎么也找不到，直到一周后一个完全陌生的人打电话来告知作者钱包的消息。作者写了封信感谢他，也因为他的这一善行而相信人性和无私的善举。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个钱包是一个好朋友在我生日那天送给我的。A. handed递给；B. lent借给；C. gifted向……赠送，给予；D. sold出售。根据后文“to me by a close friend on my birthday”可知，这只钱包是作者的朋友作为生日礼物赠送给作者的。故选C。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：它有自己的个性：就像我一遍又一遍地告诉父母的那样，它喜欢逃跑，结果得到的只是白眼。A. rolls卷；B. glances一瞥；C. contacts联系人；D. shadows阴影。结合语境可知，明明是作者自己丢三落四，总是弄丢钱包，却说钱包爱逃跑，所以作者的父母对于这个回答“翻白眼”。eye rolls“翻白眼”。故选A。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：每次我丢了钱包，他们都会说：“弗朗西丝，真的吗，你又丢了？” A. needed需要；B. abandoned抛弃；C. misplaced暂时丢失，乱放；D. missed错过。结合上文“you’ve lost it again”可知，it指代钱包，所以是作者丢钱包的时候，他的父母都会说作者又丢了。故选C。
4考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，有一天，当我离开学校的足球场时，钱包又从我的口袋里跑了出来。A. otherwise否则；B. moreover而且；C. therefore因此；D. however然而。根据前后文语境可知，此处为转折关系，应用however。故选D。
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考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，有一天，当我离开学校的足球场时，钱包又从我的口袋里跑了出来。A. escaped逃走；B. jumped跳跃；C. flew飞；D. stole偷窃。根据第二段中“it loved to run away”可知，作者的钱包又逃跑了。故选A。
6考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回到家才发现丢失了东西。A. event事件；B. loss损失；C. failure失败；D. mistake错误。上文提到钱包是在作者在足球场时丢的，但是作者直到回到家才发现自己丢了钱包。故选B。
7考查名词词义辨析。句意：但大约一周后，我父母在他们的商务语音信箱里收到了一条信息。A. note笔记；B. message消息；C. letter信；D. card卡片。根据后文“on their business voicemail”可知，此处是商务语音信箱里收到了一条信息。故选B。
8考查名词词义辨析。句意：一个完全陌生的人打电话来告诉我钱包的消息。A. thought想法；B. value价值；C. excitement激动；D. news消息，新闻。根据后文“of my wallet”可知，这个陌生人打电话是为了告诉作者有关钱包的消息的。故选D。
9考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我找Frances，” 一个陌生人的声音说。A. telephone电话；B. greeting问候；C. voice声音；D. request要求。结合上文“I’m calling for Frances”可知，对方在电话里找作者，故是陌生人的声音。故选C。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个人要找到钱包的主人，他看了看里面，发现了一张我父母写给我的支票。A. passage文章；B. check支票；C. book书；D. sign签名。根据后文“have their business phone number on it”可推知，此处是写有作者父母电话的一张支票，其他选项不符合语境。故选B。
11考查动词短语辨析。句意：上面碰巧有他们的电话号码。A. seemed to似乎；B. used to过去常常；C. happened to碰巧；D. intended to打算。根据后文“have their business phone number on it”可知，支票上碰巧(happened to)有作者父母的电话号码。故选C。
12考查名词词义辨析。句意：在取回钱包后，我给那个人写了一封简短的信，表达了我的感激之情，并称赞他做了一个多么令人惊奇的善举，他真是一个好人。A. gratitude感激；B. interest兴趣；C. wishes希望；D. concerns关心。根据后文“I would be forever grateful to him”可知，作者写信表达感激之情。故选A。
13考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在取回钱包后，我给那个人写了一封简短的信，表达了我的感激之情，并称赞他做了一个多么令人惊奇的善举，他真是一个好人。A. generous慷慨的；B. remarkable卓越的；C. responsible负责任的；D. serious严肃的。结合上文“what an amazing act of kindness he had committed”可知，这个人归还了作者钱包，是一个好人应用remarkable。故选B。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：我写完后用电子邮件发给了他。A. closed关闭；B. folded折叠；C. attached附上；D. concluded结束，下结论。根据后文“and emailed it off to him.”可知，作者在信中表达完了感激之情后，用电子邮件发给了他。故选D。
15考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不知道我相信的是机遇还是运气，但我知道我相信人性和无私的善举。A. theory理论；B. truth真理；C. principle原则；D. humanity人性。结合后文“and in the selfless acts of kindness”以及文章内容可知，陌生人归还作者钱包的行为，让作者相信了人性和无私的善举。故选D。
Passage D
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，作者童年和妈妈一起去图书馆，长大后和自己孩子再去图书馆，心境和感觉不一样了。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们的访问对我来说总是不够长。A. long长的；B. easy简单的；C. boring无聊的；D. interesting有趣的。由上文的Throughout my childhood, my mother drove me there several times a week可知，喜欢去图书馆的作者每周只能去几次图书馆，他认为这样的访问对他来说，不够长。故选A项。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：我喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看看书脊(书脊上的书名)，直到有什么事情突然吸引了我的眼球。A. rooms房间；B. streets街道；C. shelves书架；D. tables桌子。由下文的scanning the spines(书脊)of the books可知，是在图书馆的书架旁到处转悠。故选C项。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：我喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看看书脊(书脊上的书名)，直到有什么事情突然吸引了我的眼球。A. fill填满；B. catch抓住、吸引；C. open打开；D. block阻碍。由上文的I loved wandering around the___2___ scanning the spines(书脊)of the books可知，此处指作者喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看书名，直到有让自己感兴趣的书吸引了他的眼球(注意力)。故选B项。
4考查动词短语辨析。句意：我可能会把余生都花在思考图书馆上，就像我小时候观察我要去的游乐园一样。A. wandering around四处游荡；B. thinking about思考；C. talking about谈论；D. looking for寻找。由下文的view可知，作者小时候会观察他要去的游乐园，所以他也会像小时候一样，把余生都花在观察(思考)图书馆上，thinking about的意义与view接近。故选B项。
5考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但后来那种熟悉的感觉意外地回到了我的生活中。A. familiar熟悉的；B. exciting令人兴奋的；C. funny有趣的；D. warm温暖的。由下文的Decades had passed, but I really felt as if I had returned to that time and place可知，几十年过去了，作者感觉好像回到了那个时间和地点，说明那种熟悉的感觉回到了他的生活中。故选A项。
6考查副词词义辨析。句意：但后来那种熟悉的感觉意外地回到了我的生活中。A. unexpectedly意外地；B. uncomfortably不舒服地；C. exactly精确地；D. finally最后地。由下文语境可知，作者得到那种熟悉的感觉，是因为儿子想采访一位图书管理员才去的图书馆，所以那种熟悉的感觉是意外得来的。故选A项。
7考查名词词义辨析。句意：2011年我们搬到洛杉矶后的一天，我儿子想采访一位图书管理员，因为他在学校的任务。A. professor教授；B. teacher教师；C. bookseller书商；D. librarian图书管理员。由下文的As we drove over to meet the librarian可知，作者儿子想采访一位图书管理员。故选D项。
8考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以我们去了最近的图书馆。A. newest最新的；B. closest最近的；C. prettiest最美的；D. quietest最安静的。由常识可知，人们都会去离家最近的图书馆。故选B项。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们开车去见图书管理员时，我经历过类似——另一个家长和孩子在去图书馆的路上——的旅途。A. lost失去；B. shared分享；C. enjoyed喜欢；D. experienced经历。由上文的my mother drove me there several times a week和下文的another parent and child on their way to the library可知，以前作者妈妈带作者去图书馆，现在作者带自己孩子去图书馆，他感觉自己在经历类似(一个家长和孩子在去图书馆的路上)的旅途。故选D项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到自己的身份。A. school学校；B. building建筑；C. desks书桌；D. books书本。由上文语境可知，作者带自己孩子去图书馆，他觉得这个图书馆的建筑与他小时候去的伯特伦·伍兹图书馆不一样。故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到自己的身份。A. looked看；B. drove开车；C. stepped行走；D. read阅读。由下文的inside可知，此处指作者和儿子走进图书馆。故选C项。
12考查动词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹图书馆，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到了自己是最熟悉的陌生人。A. struck击打；B. disappointed失望；C. defeated击败；D. woke醒来。sth. struck sb.(某人意识到某事)，由全文语境可知，作者带自己孩子去与伯特伦·伍兹图书馆不一样的图书馆，感觉好像回到了和妈妈一起去图书馆的那个时间和地点，这一切都让作者感到熟悉而陌生，让作者意识到了他是最熟悉的陌生人，a shock of recognition(最熟悉的陌生人)。故选A项。
13考查代词词义辨析。句意：一切都没有改变。A. Everybody每个人；B. Everything一切事；C. Nobody没有人；D. Nothing没有什么。由下文的There was the same soft sound of pencil on paper, and the murmuring of people____14____ at the tables in the center of the room和The wooden checkout counters, the librarians' desks, the bulletin board, were all the same可知，图书馆的一切都没有改变，与过去一样有人的低语声、木制的收银台、图书管理员的桌子和布告栏等东西。故选D项。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：这里有同样柔和的纸上铅笔的声音，还有坐在房间中央桌子旁的人们的低语声。A. working工作；B. sitting坐；C. playing玩；D. eating吃。由下文的at the tables in the center of the room可知，此处指坐在图书馆房间中央桌子旁的人们。故选B项。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：时间并未在图书馆停下来。A. travelled旅行；B. flew飞；C. stopped停下；D. changed改变。由下文的It was as if it had been captured here, or collected和常识可知，时间不会停下，它只是在图书馆被捕获/收集起来了。故选C项。
Passage E
这是一篇记叙文。文章由Kris(吴亦凡)D 最新专辑Antares入围公告牌百大热门单曲排行榜为切入点，介绍了他的音乐历程，对音乐的态度，目前的音乐成就和他的音乐梦想。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：8岁的Kris说音乐是通用的，有时语言并没有那么重要。A. universal通用的；B. complex复杂的；C. positive积极的；D. practical实际的。根据上文的“Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.”可知Kris想用音乐连接东西方，由此推测他认为音乐是全世界通用的，故选A项。
2考查连词词义辨析。句意：“即使你想到韩国流行音乐，人们也不明白他们在说什么，但是如果你喜欢它，你就喜欢它。” A. before在……之前；B. until直到；C. if如果；D. though尽管。结合句意可知，此处是一种假设的情况，意思是喜欢一种音乐是没有原因的，如果喜欢，就喜欢。故选C项。
3考查动词短语辨析。句意：他的成长经历或许解释了他对音乐的态度。A. dropping out放弃；B. growing up成长；C. falling behind落后；D. holding on坚持。根据下文的“Born and ___5___ in China, Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family. In 2014, he started his solo(独唱的)___6___ . Since then, he’s been based in China.”可知，Kris生于中国，10岁去了澳大利亚，2014年开始独唱生涯，后来一直居住在中国。这是他的成长经历，故选B项。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：他作为韩国流行音乐男孩组合EXO的一名成员而成名。A. fame名声；B. honesty诚实；C. generosity慷慨；D. value价值。根据常识和下文的“As an international rapper(说唱歌手)”可知，Kris非常出名。此处是固定短语rise to fame“成名”，故选A项。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：出生和在中国被抚养长大，Kris十岁时和他的家人搬迁到加拿大。A. inspected检查；B. reminded提醒；C. guarded警惕；D. raised抚养，筹集。根据下文的“Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family”可知，Kris10岁前都成长在中国，即被抚养。故选D项。
6考查名词词义辨析。句意：2014年，他开始了独奏生涯。A. faith信仰；B. career职业，生涯；C. advertisement广告；D. research研究。根据下文的“As an international rapper(说唱歌手)”可知Kris的职业是说唱歌手，故此处用“生涯”符合语境，故选B项。
7考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kris正顺利地在实现他目标的路上。A. providing提供；B. designing设计；C. stressing强调；D. achieving实现。根据上文的“Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.”可知，用音乐让自己成为东西方的桥梁是Kris的目标，故此处用“实现目标”符合语境，故选D项。
8考查名词词义辨析。句意：在六月份，他成为第一个在公告牌百大热门单曲排行榜入围的中国艺术家，他的单曲Like That排名73。A. Hot热门；B. Red红色；C. Low低端；D. Big大。根据常识可知，此处是指Billboard Hot 100“公告牌百强单曲榜”，故选A项。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：达到这个里程碑之后，这位歌手在新浪微博上谈论了他的华人血统。A. catching抓住；B. fixing固定；C. hitting到达，撞击；D. finding发现。根据下文的“this milestone”可知，此处用“到达”符合语境，故选C项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：我想让整个世界都听到中国歌曲。A. street街道；B. world世界；C. company公司；D. class课堂。根据下文的“And on Nov. 2, Kris ___11___ a new album Antares, which features both Mandarin (普通话的)and English songs.”可知他发行的一个新专辑以普通话和英语歌为特色，由此可知他想让全世界都听到中国歌曲，故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：在11月2日，克里斯发行了一个新专辑Antares，以普通话和英语歌为特色。A. received收到；B. resolved解决，决定；C. Reserved保留；D. released发行。根据下文的“It dominated (占据榜首)Apple’s iTunes Store Chart for days.”可知，该歌曲独占Apple’s iTunes Store Chart榜首很多天，由此可知，Kris发行了一个新专辑，故选D项。
12考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花费了超过两年的时间做这个专辑。A. calling打电话；B. turning转动；C. working工作；D. putting放置。Kris花费了超过两年的时间做这个专辑，此处是固定短语work on“致力于”，故选C项。
13考查形容词短语辨析。句意：事实上专辑的题目Antares，与他的生日有关。A. related to与……有关的；B. famous for因……而出名；C. careful of 对......细心； D. patient with对……有耐心。根据下文内容可知，Antares是银河系最亮的一颗星，在西方人们把这颗星叫做天蝎座的核心，而Kris的生日刚好是天蝎座。即Antares和Kris是生日有关，故选A项。
14考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们称这颗星是天蝎座的核心。A. proof证据；B. region区域；C. material材料；D. heart核心。根据上文的“Antares is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy”可知，这颗星是最亮的星之一，由此推测人们会把它看作天蝎座的核心，故选D项。
15考查名词词义辨析。句意：我是出生在11月的婴儿，因此我是天蝎座的。A. scholar学者；B. baby婴儿；C. rider骑行者；D. loser失败者。结合常识可知，出生在11月的人属于天蝎座，此处用“婴儿”表示出生，故选B项。
Passage F
本文是记叙文。一位女士一直为小区内流浪猫提供食物，但有一只猫只吃装在袋子里的食物。女士跟踪发现，这只猫是给自己的孩子带食物。她非常感动，于是把它们带回了家里饲养。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我想把它们都收养了。A. call打电话；B. take带走；C. shut关闭；D. put放置。根据前文的“Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart”可知, 看到无家可归动物的悲惨处境总是让作者心碎，因此他想把它们全部收养。此处take in的意思是“收留”。故选B。
2考查形容词词义辨析。句意：实际上，不止我一个人想收养它们。A. alone独自的；B. grateful感激的；C. stubborn固执的；D. upset沮丧的。根据后文作者讲述的女士的故事可知，想收留流浪猫的人不止作者一人。故选A。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士看到所有饥饿的、无家可归的猫时，她的心都碎了。A. shocked使震动；B. destroyed破坏；C. broken打破；D. affected影响。根据前文“This kind woman could not help but have her heart”再结合“Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart”可知，看到周围的流浪猫，女士和作者的情况一样，心都碎了。故选C。
4考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士看到所有饥饿的、无家可归的猫时，她的心都碎了。A. attractive吸引人的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. fierce凶猛的；D. hungry饥饿的。后文“the homeless cats food”提到，女士为流浪猫提供食物, 说明这些流浪猫是饥饿的。故选D。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以她尽可能多给无家可归的猫带去食物。A. hand递给；B. bring带来；C. show展示；D. award奖。根据后文“the homeless cats food”可知，女士经常出去给无家可归的猫带去食物。故选B。
6考查名词词义辨析 。句意：但她注意到其中一只叫Dong Suk的猫，只会吃袋子里剩下的东西。A. cats猫；B. neighbors邻居；C. dogs狗；D. friends朋友。根据前文“the homeless cats food”可知，女士注意到的是这些猫中的一只，它与众不同。故选A。
7考查名词词义辨析 。句意：但她注意到其中一只叫Dong Suk的猫，只会吃袋子里剩下的东西。A. bowl碗；B. box盒子；C. bag袋子；D. dis菜肴。根据下文“So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.”可知，小猫不吃女士放在盘子里的任何食物, 女士为此给小猫准备了一个特别的袋子。由此可推知，这只猫只吃装在袋子里的食物。故选C。
8考查动词词义辨析。句意：不管她怎么努力，都不能让猫吃盘子里的任何食物。A. carry搬运；B. eat吃；C. choose选择；D. waste浪费。根据下文“So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.”可推知,因为猫不吃盘子里的食物，所以女士给它带了一个特别袋子。故选B。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：在观察了Dong很长一段时间后，她决定跟着她。A. making制作；B. letting让；C. hearing听见；D. watching观察，看。根据上文提到这只猫的诡异行为，再结合“After such a long time of”可知，女士长时间观察Dong这只猫。故选D。
10考查动词词义辨析。句意：在观察了Dong很长一段时间后，她决定跟着她。A. prevent防止；B. follow跟踪，跟随；C. change改变；D. trap陷入困境。根据后文“So one day she came after Dong”可知, 女士决定跟踪这只猫。故选B。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在那时，她发现Dong有一个幼崽，她要给幼崽带食物。A. thought思考；B. reported报告；C. hoped希望；D. discovered发现。根据后文“Dong had a baby who she was bringing the food for”可知女士发现了Dong有一个幼崽。故选D。
12考查副词词义辨析。句意：Dong实际上本来有五个幼崽，但这是她最后一个孩子了。A. obviously明显地；B. finally终于；C. actually实际上；D. honestly诚实地。根据此处后文的“but this one was her…kid left”可知，Dong实际上生了5只幼崽，但最后只有一个活下来的孩子。故选C。
13考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Dong实际上本来有五个幼崽，但这是她最后一个孩子了。A. best最好的；B. last最后的；C. first最重要的；D. youngest最年轻的。根据上文“had five babies”以及后文“kid left”可知, 猫妈妈生了五只小猫，但这是她活下来的最后一个孩子。故选B。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士意识到这只可爱的猫妈妈所做的牺牲时，她知道她必须帮忙。A. experienced经历；B. faced面对；C. realized意识到；D. doubted怀疑。结合上文，猫妈妈宁愿自己不吃，也要给幼崽带食物回去，再根据后文“the sacrifice this loving mother cat was making”可知, 女士意识到了猫妈妈的牺牲精神。故选C。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士意识到这只可爱的猫妈妈所做的牺牲时，她知道她必须帮忙。A. help帮助；B. escape逃跑；C. suffer遭受；D. ignore忽视。根据后文“So she caught this momma and her baby and gave them a home with their very own cat house.”可知，女士被猫妈妈的牺牲精神所感动，决定帮助它们。故选A。
Passage G
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述一位在记忆方面天赋异禀的人Diego，他拥有超常的记忆能力。但他的记忆力除了有一部分是天赋，更重要的是他的刻苦训练。通过这个故事，作者告诉我们好的记忆是通过训练的来的，而不是天生的。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他被蒙住了眼睛，但他仍然能够向这些人展示一些令人震惊的东西，他称之为“记忆的艺术”。A. funny滑稽的；B. creative有创造性的；C. amazing令人震惊的；D. reasonable合理的。根据下文的“First, the audience randomly___3___ sixty numbers”和“Then, after hearing them just a single time, Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，Diego能在短时间内记住随机的60个数字，这是令人震惊的事情，故选C。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：他被蒙住了眼睛，但他仍然能够向这些人展示一些令人震惊的东西，他称之为“记忆的艺术”。A. life生活；B. memory记忆；C. magic魔法；D. language语言。根据下文的“Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，Diego展示给人们看的是与记忆力有关的东西，memory是原词复现，故选B。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：首先，观众们随机选择60个数字。A. choose选择；B. say说；C. hide隐藏；D. record记录。结合常识和本句中的“randomly”可知，此处是指观众随机选择数字，故选A。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那之后，一个助手把这些数字读给Diego听。A. rules规则；B. marks分数；C. numbers数字；D. names名字。根据下文的“Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，助手给Diego读的是数字，number是原词复现，故选C。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：只听了它们一次，Diego就可以凭记忆用正确的顺序重复这些数字。A. recognizes认出；B. calculates计算；C. collects收集；D. repeats重复。根据上文的“a helper reads the___4___ to Diego”可知，一个助手读了这些数字，现在Diego再读就是重复，故选D。
6考查动词词义辨析。句意：他解释说：“这是一种与我经历有关的记忆。” A. adds增加，补充；B. explains解释，说；C. inquires询问；D. announces宣布。根据“It’s a kind of memory that is 7 to what I experience”可知，Diego在解释自己记忆力超强的原因，故选B。
7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他解释说：“这是一种与我经历有关的记忆。” A. connected有关联的；B. introduced引进的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. opposite相反的。根据下文的“It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me.”可知，Diego的超强记忆力和他的日常生活有很大联系，故选A。
8考查动词词义辨析。句意：一般情况下，没有这种特殊能力以及没有训练过他们记忆力的人倾向于忘记东西。A. happens(to)碰巧做某事；B. attempts(to)企图做某事；C. tends(to)倾向于做某事；D. hates(to)讨厌做某事。结合常识可知，没有特殊记忆力和未经记忆力训练的人倾向于忘记事情，故选C。
9考查名词词义辨析。句意：Diego说因为这个特殊的天赋，自不到一岁起他就能够记住生活中每一天的细节。A. dream梦想；B. gift天赋；C. chance机会；D. plan计划。根据上文的“Diego has a very special kind of memory.”可知，Diego的记忆力超强，这是他的一个天赋，故选B。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：Diego说因为这个特殊的天赋，自不到一岁起他就能够记住生活中每一天的细节。A. word单词；B. feature特点；C. principle原则；D. detail细节。根据上文的“It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me.”可知，Diego经历过的事情都变成了他的一部分，由此推知他能够记住日常生活的细节，故选D。
11考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果真有一种Diego可能拥有的记忆基因，但这种基因只是故事的一部分。A. story故事；B. game游戏；C. idea主意；D. plot情节。结合上下文语境可知，此处用“故事”代指发生在Diego身上的神奇事情，故选A。
12考查副词词义辨析。句意：他不断地训练，思考记忆，并一直致力于记忆。A. cooperatively合作地；B. mechanically机械地；C. occasionally偶尔；D. continuously不断地。根据上文的“he’s been training his brain to remember more and more.”和下文的“working on it all the time”可推知，Diego不断地在训练自己的记忆能力，故选D。
13考查动词词义辨析。句意：他甚至记住了整整50本历史书。 A. written写；B. memorized记忆；C. copied照抄；D. translated翻译。本文主要讲述Diego记忆力超强的故事，故此处用“记住”符合语境，故选B。
14考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Diego的训练和努力表明好的记忆是可以创造的，并不是天生就有的。A. hard努力的；B. ordinary普通的；C. academic学术的；D. original原始的。根据上文的“He practices ____12____, thinking about memory and working on it all the time.”可知，Diego非常努力，故选A。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：Diego的训练和努力表明好的记忆是可以创造的，并不是天生就有的。A. imagined想象；B. discovered发现；C. born生(孩子)；D. trained训练。根据上文的“If there is a memory gene (基因) Diego probably has it, but his genes are only part of the___11___.”可知，作者想告诉我们好的记忆是通过训练的来的，而不是天生的。故选C。
Passage H
这是一篇记叙文，作者偶然看到一则招聘南极洲探险队领队的广告，就应聘了这个工作，然后带领着探险队员去南极探险，度过了数月的严寒和黑暗，以及探险归来后作者总结与感悟等等。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不得不承认广告中的企鹅才是我关注的对象。A. admit承认；B. believe相信；C. indicate暗示，表明；D. realize认识到。作者一开始就认为是招聘广告中的企鹅照片引起了他的注意，故选A项。
2考查动词短语辨析。句意：我不得不承认广告中的企鹅才是我关注的对象。A. demanded强烈要求；B. deserved值得；C. caught 抓住，引起；D. needed需要。动词短语catch one’s attention意为“引起某人的注意”，是固定搭配，故选C项。
3考查名词词义辨析。句意：这则广告指出，他们正在寻找一个人带领一支探险队，前往地球上最遥远和最偏远的地方之一。A. flood洪水；B. couple几个；C. team队，组；D. handful有害的。a team of 一队，固定名词短语，a team of expeditioners 意为一支探险队，故选C项。
4考查形容词的词义辨析。句意：这则广告指出，他们正在寻找一个人带领一队探险队，前往地球上最遥远和最偏远的地方之一。A. awful坏的，可怕的；B. remote遥远的；C. promising有希望的；D. disturbing烦恼的。根据文中开头提到作者看到一则招聘南极洲探险队领队的广告，南极是一个地球上最偏远的地方，故选B项。
5考查名词的词义辨析。句意：我参加了一个面试，然后得到了一份工作，我知道如果我不去的话，我会后悔的。A. experiment实验；B. interview面试；C. election选择；D. investigation调查。根据上文，作者被一则招聘探险队领队的招聘广告吸引，因此决定应聘，可知此处是参加了这个招聘的面试。故选B。
6考查动词短语辨析。句意：我参加了一个面试，然后得到了一份工作，我知道如果我不选择去的话，会后悔的。A. make for导致，造成；B. prepare for准备；C. register for注册；D. go for选择，倾心于。通过了面试得到工作后，接下来面临的是是否选择它，故选D。
7考查名词短语辨析。句意：我带领18个陌生人在黑暗中度过了数月的黑暗，无法摆脱寒冷的严寒。 A. escape 逃跑；B. departure出发；C. protection保护；D. defence保卫，保护。escape from逃脱，是固定搭配，no escape from意为无法逃脱。故选A。
8考查形容词的词义辨析。句意：我学到了一些强有力的教训。A. hard艰难的；B. powerful强大的，有效的；C. private 私有的；D. terrible可怕的。南极探险，历经严寒困苦，根据下文，探险归来后，作者成了一名励志演说家。故作者在探险过程中，学到了很多强大有效的教训。故选B。
9考查名词的词义辨析。句意：与世隔绝意味着我要做大量的自我反省。A. service服务；B. repair修补；C. study学习，研究；D. reflection映像，反映。作为南极探险队的领导者，必须独立面对很多问题，做好决策与反思。故选D。
10考查名词的词义辨析。句意：我写日记。A. pet宠物；B. secret秘密；C. journal刊物，日记；D. promise 诺言，许诺。keep a journal写日记，固定搭配，故选C。
11考查副词的词义辨析。句意：每天都会仔细思考自己作为一个领导者，是如何运作的。A. clearly清楚地；B. carefully仔细地；C. highly很高地；D. badly糟糕地。副词做状语修饰think。作为探险队的领队，做每一个决策都要仔细认真，故选B。
12考查动词的词义辨析。句意：自我评价的原则教会了我如何分辨是非。A. evaluating评价，评估；B. forgiving原谅，宽恕；C. behaving表现；D. enjoying享受。上文提到作者在探险中做大量的自我反思，以及写日记等。这些工作有利于作者自我评价，故选A。
13考查连词词义辨析。句意：我经常回想起当我看到那只企鹅的照片的时候，是那张照片激发了我去看这个招聘广告。A. where地方； B. why原因；C. when时候；D. how怎样。作者回忆的是当初看到招聘广告的那个时候，when作时间状语从句的连接词，故选C。
14考查动词的词义辨析。句意：我经常回想起当我看到那只企鹅的照片的时候，是那张照片激发了我去看这个招聘广告。A. enabled使能够；B. permitted允许；C. allowed允许；D. inspired激励，激发。广告上的企鹅图片激发了作者对招聘广告的兴趣，故选D。
15考查动词的词义辨析。句意：就是那一刻，彻底改变了我的生活。A. improved提高；B. formed形成；C. ended结束； D. changed改变。根据文章开头，作者去南极探险之旅，完全是源于偶然看到了那则招聘广告，然后才踏上探险之旅。故就在看到广告那一刻，他的生活彻底地改变了。故选D。
Passage A
Paige Winter stood in waist-deep water when a shark suddenly appeared and pounced (猛扑) on her just three feet from her 1 , Charlie Winter, a firefighter and former Marine. The 17-year-old suffered severe injuries from the 2 earlier this month at North Carolina's Fort Macon State Park.
“I 3 where Paige was and there was no Paige," Charlie recalled in an interview by a local newspaper. “Paige was underwater, but there was pink on the water. I went straight to where the pink was and I 4 and I grabbed her. When I pulled her up, a shark 5 with her - it was a big one and I 6 started to hit it. I hit it with everything I could and 7 it let go." But Paige was the real 8
Both her hands were badly injured while trying to force open the shark's 9 and her left leg had to be amputated (截肢), thigh-high. Unprovoked (无端的) shark attacks like this are 10 .There were 66 of them worldwide last year, causing four deaths. But even more rare is Paige's 11 : no screaming, no crying and no self-pity.
“I'm still Paige," she said. “Just a little 12 . I want people to see I'm doing alright and I'm still going to do the stuff they can do. I think I can 13 this into something good for me, good for sharks and good for the environment too," she said.
Charlie told the reporter that he “couldn't be 14 ” He said, “The shark took my daughter's 15 . It did not take her spirit."
1. A. brother B. friend C. father D. coach
2. A. attack B. wave C. swim D. storm
3. A. pointed at B. escaped from C. headed for D. turned to
4. A. dived B. hid C. struggled D. fought
5. A. swam away B. got along C. came up D. lay down
6. A. unexpectedly B. immediately C. hesitantly D. cautiously
7. A. unconsciously B. undoubtedly C. curiously D. eventually
8. A. swimmer B. fighter C. patient D. victim
9. A. eyes B. jaws C. body D. head
10. A. scary B. serious C. uncommon D. informal
11. A. attitude B. decision C. injury D. experience
12. A. different B. lucky C. depressed D. confused
13. A. throw B. divide C. drive D. transform
14. A. sadder B. faster C. prouder D. better
15. A. holiday B. hobby C. life D. leg
Passage B
Many western cultures measure their days with the solar calendar. Therefore they ___1___ the coming of the New Year on January 1. Cultures in Asia and the Middle East use other calendars and celebrate the New Year at other times. Events and rituals ___2___ from country to country. But in each place, New Year celebrations are a big ___3___ .
Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries. The earliest New Year celebrations took place during spring or ___4___ time. With ___5___weather ahead, or plenty of food to eat in winter, people ___6___ felt like having a party! As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself, people also felt like they could have a new start. The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges. Such___7___ themes remain the same today.
Some cultures have ___8___ New Year traditions. Italians throw old things out of their windows at midnight, symbolizing the ___9___ of the old. Mexicans fire guns into the air to ward off ____10____. Danes jump off chairs exactly as the clock ____11____midnight, so they can “jump” into the New Year. Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace on New Year’s Day. They hope “Santa Claus” will come and fill the shoes with ____12____. In Vancouver, Canada, some people celebrate the New Year by jumping into the ocean. The weather is freezing cold! As you might expect, most people come to watch the swimmers ____13____ swim themselves.
London hosts an annual New Year’s Day parade that ____14____ nearly a million spectators. The largest parade in Europe, it features bands, floats and enormous balloons. These balloons are so huge that they ____15____ over nearby buildings!
1. A. observe B. notice C. expect D. decide
2. A. happen B. develop C. vary D. hold
3. A. burden B. reunion C. deal D. success
4. A. winter B. harvest C. labor D. leisure
5. A. colder B. changeable C. extreme D. better
6. A. eventually B. naturally C. occasionally D. exactly
7. A. unique B. challenging C. interesting D. universal
8. A. unusual B. shocking C. silly D. typical
9. A. coming B. departure C. failure D. dying
10. A. animals B. misfortune C. enemies D. poverty
11. A. reaches B. rings C. strikes D. shows
12. A. kisses B. love C. fortune D. gifts
13. A. as well as B. so as to C. other than D. rather than
14. A. draws B. requires C. amuses D. provides
15. A. watch B. exceed C. tower D. contain
Passage C
A few years ago, I was given a wallet. A beautiful elephant was woven into its front panel. The wallet was___1___ to me by a close friend on my birthday.
The wallet was not only beautiful; it had a personality: it loved to run away, as I told my parents over and over again, only to receive eye _____2_____ in return. “Frances, really, you’ve lost it again ” they would say every time I ___3___ it. Fortunately, I would eventually find it in my own house.
One day,___4___, as I was leaving a football stadium at a school, the wallet once again ___5___ from my pocket. I discovered the _____6_____ when I got home. I searched the house and I prayed, as usual. Nothing.
But then, around a week later, my parents received a ____7____ on their business voicemail. A complete stranger was calling with the___8___ of my wallet. “I’m calling for Frances,” a ___9___ came from the stranger. This man, to find whom the wallet belonged to, looked inside of it, and found a ____10____which my parents had written to me. It _____11_____ have their business phone number on it. Upon getting my wallet back, I wrote a brief letter to the man expressing my ____12____, and remarking on what an amazing act of kindness he had committed and that he was truly a ____13____ person. I would be forever grateful to him. I _____14_____and emailed it off to him.
I don’t know if I believe in chance or luck, but I do know I believe in ____15____and in the selfless acts of kindness.
1. A. handed B. lent C. gifted D. sold
2. A. rolls B. glances C. contacts D. shadows
3. A. needed B. abandoned C. misplaced D. missed
4. A. otherwise B. moreover C. therefore D. however
5. A. escaped B. jumped C. flew D. stole
6. A. event B. loss C. failure D. mistake
7. A. note B. message C. letter D. card
8. A. thought B. value C. excitement D. news
9. A. telephone B. greeting C. voice D. request
10. A. passage B. check C. book D. sign
11. A. seemed to B. used to C. happened to D. intended to
12. A. gratitude B. interest C. wishes D. concerns
13. A. generous B. remarkable C. responsible D. serious
14. A. closed B. folded C. attached D. concluded
15. A. theory B. truth C. principle D. humanity
Passage D
My family lived about a mile from the Bertram Woods Library. Throughout my childhood, my mother drove me there several times a week.
Our visits were never___1___enough for me. I loved wandering around the___2___ scanning the spines(书脊)of the books until something happened to___3___my eye.
I might have spent the rest of my life___4___libraries the way I viewed, say, the amusement park I went to as a kid. But then the___5___feeling came back into my life___6___. One day after we moved to Los Angeles in 2011, my son wanted to interview a___7___ for his school assignment. So we went to the___8___library.
As we drove over to meet the librarian, I________9________ a memory of this similar journey in my past—another parent and child on their way to the library. The_____10_____ didn't look anything like the Bertram Woods, but when we______11______ inside, a shock of recognition_______12_______ me. Decades had passed, but I really felt as if I had returned to that time and place, walking into the library with my mother.____13____ had changed. There was the same soft sound of pencil on paper, and the murmuring of people_____14_____ at the tables in the center of the room. The wooden checkout counters, the librarians' desks, the bulletin board, were all the same.
It wasn't that time_____15_____ in the library. It was as if it had been captured here, or collected. A library, for me, is a gathering pool of stories and of the people who come to find them.
1. A. long B. easy C. boring D. interesting
2. A. rooms B. streets C. shelves D. tables
3. A. fill B. catch C. open D. block
4. A. wandering around B. thinking about C. talking about D. looking for
5. A. familiar B. exciting C. funny D. warm
6 A. unexpectedly B. uncomfortably C. exactly D. finally
7. A. professor B. teacher C. bookseller D. librarian
8. A. newest B. closest C. prettiest D. quietest
9. A. lost B. shared C. enjoyed D. experienced
10. A. school B. building C. desks D. books
11. A. looked B. drove C. stepped D. read
12. A. struck B. disappointed C. defeated D. woke
13. A. Everybody B. Everything C. Nobody D. Nothing
14. A. working B. sitting C. playing D. eating
15. A. travelled B. flew C. stopped D. changed
Passage E
Bright star of the musical galaxy (银河系 )
Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.
“Music is very ___1___ and language doesn’t matter that much sometimes,” the 8-year-old
Chinese-Canadian singer-songwriter told Forbes magazine. “Even if you think of K-pop music(韩国流行音乐) people don’t understand what they’re saying but ___2___you like it, you like it.
His experience of ___3___ probably explains his attitude toward music. He rose to___4___ as a member of K-pop boy group, EXO. Born and ___5___ in China, Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family. In 2014, he started his solo(独唱的)___6___ . Since then, he’s been based in China.
As an international rapper(说唱歌手) , Kris has always wanted to be the “Jackie Chan of music”. “I’m an artist . I do urban music,” he told Nylon Radio. “At the same time. .. I’m trying to bridge the East and West with my music.”
Kris is well on his way toward ___7___ his goal. In June, he became the first Chinese artist to make the Billboard ___8___ 100 when his new single Like That reached No. 73. After___9___this milestone(里程碑) , the singer spoke about his Chinese heritage(华裔) on his Sina Weibo account.
“I’m very proud to be Chinese,” he wrote.” I want the whole ____10____ to hear Chinese music.”
And on Nov. 2, Kris ____11____ a new album Antares, which features both Mandarin (普通话的)and English songs. It dominated (占据榜首)Apple’s iTunes Store Chart for days.
“I spent more than two years ____12____ on the album,” Kris posted on Sina Weibo. “I chose fourteen songs for the album, which speak for me.”
In fact, the album’s title, Antares, is ____13____ his birthday. Antares is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy, and in the Western world, they call this star “the ____14____ of the scorpion (天蝎),” Kris told Forbes. “I was a November ____15____ , so I am a Scorpio.”
Kris is certainly one of the brightest stars in today’s musical firmament(苍穹).
1. A. universal B. complex C. positive D. practical
2. A. before B. until C. if D. though
3. A. dropping out B. growing up C. falling behind D. holding on
4. A. fame B. honesty C. generosity D. value
5. A. inspected B. reminded C. guarded D. raised
6. A. faith B. career C. advertisement D. research
7. A. providing B. designing C. stressing D. achieving
8. A. Hot B. Red C. Low D. Big
9. A. catching B. fixing C. hitting D. finding
10. A. street B. world C. company D. class
11. A. received B. resolved C. reserved D. released
12. A. calling B. turning C. working D. putting
13. A. related to B. famous for C. careful of D. patient With
14. A. proof B. region C. material D. heart
15. A. scholar B. baby C. rider D. loser
Passage F
Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart. So I want to ___1___ them all in. And actually I'm not ___2___. This kind woman could not help but have her heart ___3___ when she saw all of the ___4___ homeless cats.
So she went out as often as she could to ___5___ the homeless cats food. But she noticed that one of the ___6___, Dong Suk, would only take food if it was left in a_____7_____ . Try as she might, she could not get the cat to ___8___ food of any kind from a dish. So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.
After such a long time of ___9___ Dong take the bag of food and run, she decided to ___10___ her. So one day she came after Dong. It was then that she ___11___ that Dong had a baby who she was bringing the food for.
Dong had ___12___ had five babies but this one was her ___13___ kid left. When this kind woman ___14___ the sacrifice (牺牲)this loving mother cat was making she knew she had to ____15____ .So she caught this momma and her baby and gave them a home with their very own cat house.
1. A. call B. take C. shut D. put
2. A. alone B. grateful C. stubborn D. upset
3. A. shocked B. destroyed C. broken D. affected
4. A. attractive B. familiar C. fierce D. hungry
5. A. hand B. bring C. show D. award
6. A. cats B. neighbors C. dogs D. friends
7. A. bowl B. box C. bag D. dish
8. A. carry B. eat C. choose D. waste
9. A. making B. letting C. hearing D. watching
10. A. prevent B. follow C. change D. trap
11. A. thought B. reported C. hoped D. discovered
12. A. obviously B. finally C. actually D. honestly
13. A. best B. last C. first D. youngest
14. A. experienced B. faced C. realized D. doubted
15. A. help B. escape C. suffer D. ignore
Passage G
Diego is in front of a group of people. He’s blindfolded, but he can still show these people something___1___, which he calls “the art of___2___”. First, the audience randomly___3___ sixty numbers. After that, a helper reads the___4___ to Diego. Then, after hearing them just a single time, Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory. He does this first in the order he hears them, then again — backwards! The audience then cheer in disbelief.
Diego has a very special kind of memory. He _____6_____, “It’s a kind of memory that is ____7____ to what I experience. It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me. Normally, a person who doesn’t have this special ability and hasn’t trained their memory ____8____ to just forget things. Not me.” Diego says that with his special___9___, he can remember every ____10____ of every day of his life since he was less than one year old!
If there is a memory gene (基因) Diego probably has it, but his genes are only part of the____11____. Since the age of 11, he’s been training his brain to remember more and more. He practices _____12_____, thinking about memory and working on it all the time. He has even ____13____ a whole series of 50 historical books! Diego’s practice and____14____ work shows that a great memory can be made, and not just____15____!
1. A. funny B. creative C. amazing D. reasonable
2. A. life B. memory C. magic D. language
3. A. choose B. say C. hide D. record
4. A. rules B. marks C. numbers D. names
5. A. recognizes B. calculates C. collects D. repeats
6. A. adds B. explains C. inquires D. announces
7. A. connected B. introduced C. familiar D. opposite
8. A. happens B. attempts C. tends D. hates
9. A. dream B. gift C. chance D. plan
10. A. word B. feature C. principle D. detail
11. A. story B. game C. idea D. plot
12. A. cooperatively B. mechanically C. occasionally D. continuously
13. A. written B. memorized C. copied D. translated
14. A. hard B. ordinary C. academic D. original
15. A. imagined B. discovered C. born D. trained
Passage H
My journey to isolation (隔离) was somewhat accidental.
I saw an advertisement for a job as a leader for an expedition (探险) to Antarctica-and I have to____1____it was the penguin in the ad that____2____my attention. The ad noted that they were looking for someone to lead a____3____of expeditioners in one of the most____4____and isolated places on the planet. I took part in an____5____and then got a job that I knew I would regret if I didn’t____6____it. Leading 18 strangers for a full year-through months of darkness and with no____7____from the freezing cold -----I learned some____8____lessons.
After the journey, I wrote two best-selling books and became a motivational speaker. Being in isolation meant I had to do lots of self____9____.I kept a_____10_____, and every day I would think_____11_____of how I had operated as a leader. That discipline of_____12_____myself taught me how to tell right from wrong.
I often think back to_____13_____I saw the picture of the penguin that_____14_____me to look at the ad for the job. It’s a moment that_____15_____my life completely.
1. A. admit B. believe C. indicate D. realize
2. A. demanded B. deserved C. caught D. needed
3. A. flood B. couple C. team D. handful
4. A. awful B. remote C. promising D. disturbing
5. A. experiment B. interview C. election D. investigation
6. A. make for B. prepare for C. register for D. go for
7. A. escape B. departure C. protection D. defence
8. A. hard B. powerful C. private D. terrible
9. A. service B. repair C. study D. reflection
10. A. pet B. secret C. journal D. promise
11. A. clearly B. carefully C. highly D. badly
12. A. evaluating B. forgiving C. behaving D. enjoying
13. A. where B. why C. when D. how
14. A. enabled B. permitted C. allowed D. inspired
15. A. improved B. formed C. ended D. changed
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Passage A
文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。 文章主要讲述了Paige的父亲救起了被鲨鱼袭击的女儿Paige的过程。虽然Paige在未来仍要面临许多挑战，但是她对于自己的未来表现得非常积极和乐观。
1.根据下文中的“my daughter"及语境可知，是Paige的父亲把Paige救了出来。故选C。A兄弟，B朋友，D教练。
2.根据后文描述到鲨鱼袭击Paige,可知此处指这个17岁的女孩遭受了严重的伤，这些伤来自于鲨鱼的袭击，故答案为A。B海浪，C游泳，D风暴。
3.此处描写的是父亲在寻找Paige，“我转向 了Paige所在的地方，但没看见她”。可知答案为D转向。A指向, B逃跑，C动身前往。
4.“我直接向粉红色的地方去，我潜下水，抓住了Paige”。前文提到Page是在水下，可知答案为A潜水。B隐藏，C挣扎，D斗争。
5.当我把Daigo往.上拉的时候，一条太的鲨鱼出现了”，前文提到Paige是被鲨鱼袭击的，可知答案为C出现。A游走，B和.... .相处，D躺下。
6.当Paige看到鲨鱼出现，肯定是立刻开始击打鲨鱼，故答案为B立刻。A意料之外地，C犹豫不决地，D谨慎地。
7.“我用所有可用的东西来击打鲨鱼，最后它走了”。故答案为D最后。A无意识地，B毫无疑问地，C好奇地。
8.后文提到Paige手和腿严重受伤，但是她还是非常乐观，所以此处指Paige是真正的战斗者。故答案为B。A游泳者，C病人
9.鲨鱼咬住了Paige的手,那Paige是尽力掰开鲨鱼的嘴巴。故答案为B嘴。A眼睛，C身体，D头。
10.后文提到去年发生的66起鲨鱼袭击事件，而且后文提到“more rare所以像这样的无端的鲨鱼袭击是不寻常的。故答案为C。A害怕的、恐惧的，B严重的，D不正式的。
11.但是甚至更罕见的是Paige的态度:不尖叫，不哭，不自怜。故答案为A态度。B决定，C受伤，D经验。
12.“我仍然是Paige。我只是有一一些不同。 ”尽管Pajge收到这样的伤害，但是她非常乐观，这是不同的。故答案为A不同的，B幸运的，C沮丧的，D困惑的。
13.“我希望人们看到我做得很好，我仍然会做他们能做的事情。.解析我想我可以把它变成对我、鲨鱼和环境都有好处的东西。”根据transform.. .into..把.... .转变成.故答案为D。A扔，B分开开车。
14.对于- -个父亲来说，女儿遭受了这样的伤害，还那么乐观，父亲对女儿感到很骄傲。否定词+比较级=最高级。此处表示他再骄傲不过了。故答案为C更骄傲。A更难过，B更快，D更好。
15.前文提到Paige的左腿不得不截肢。“鲨鱼带走了我女儿的腿，没有带走她的精神。”故答案为D腿。A假期，B爱好，C生活。
Passage B
这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了，新年的庆祝活动，不同国家庆祝新年的风俗习惯。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，他们在1月1日庆祝新年的到来。A. observe庆祝；B. notice注意；C. expect期望；D. decide决定。由下文的“celebrate the New Year”和“New Year celebrations”可知，此处指1月1日庆祝新年的到来。故选A项。
2考查动词词义辨析。句意：不同国家的活动和仪式各不相同。A. happen发生；B. develop发展；C. vary变化；D. hold拿着。由上文的“西方1月1日庆祝新年，亚洲和中东在其他时间庆祝新年”和第三段的“不同国家不同寻常的新年传统”可知，不同国家庆祝新年的活动和仪式各不相同，vary from…to…(……不同于……)。故选C项。
3考查名词词义辨析。句意：但在每一个地方，新年庆祝都是一件大事。A. burden负担；B. reunion重聚；C. deal很多、交易；D. success成功。由下文的“Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries.”可知，大多数世界文化庆祝新年的传统已经有几个世纪了，说明新年是很重要的一件事，a big deal(一件大事)。故选C项。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：最早的新年庆祝活动发生在春天或收获季节。A. winter冬天；B. harvest收获；C. labor劳动；D. leisure闲暇。由常识可知，粮食收获的时候是个好日子，值得庆祝，可推断出最早的新年庆祝活动可能会在收获季节。故选B项。
5考查形容词词义辨析。句意：天气转好了，冬天吃的东西多了，人们自然就想开派对了！A. colder更冷的；B. changeable可变的；C. extreme极端的；D. better更好的。由下文的“As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself”可知，白天越来越长，大自然也在复苏，说明天气在变好。故选D项。
6考查副词词义辨析。句意：天气转好了，冬天吃的东西多了，人们自然就想开派对了！A. eventually最后；B. naturally自然地；C. occasionally偶尔地；D. exactly精确地。由上文语境可知，天气变好，粮食充裕，人自然就想开派对，开心放松一下。故选B项。
7考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这样的普遍主题今天仍然不变。A. unique独特的；B. challenging挑战性的；C. interesting有趣的；D. universal普遍的、广泛适用的。由上文的“The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges.”可知，新年意味着更多的财富，更多的机遇和新的挑战，这是全世界广泛适用的主题，从古至今都是这样，没有改变。故选D项。
8考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有些文化有不同寻常的新年传统。A. unusual不寻常的、与众不同的；B. shocking令人震惊的；C. silly愚蠢的；D. typical典型的。由下文语境可知，意大利人、墨西哥人、丹麦人、希腊人和加拿大人庆祝新年的方式很不同寻常、与众不同。故选A项。
9考查语境理解。句意：意大利人半夜把旧东西扔出窗外，象征着旧东西的离去。A. coming到来；B. departure离开；C. failure失败；D. dying消亡。由上文的“throw old things out of their windows”可知，把旧东西扔出窗外，表明旧东西从家里离开了。故选B项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：墨西哥人向空中鸣枪以躲避不幸。A. animals动物；B. misfortune不幸；C. enemies敌人；D. poverty贫穷。由上文的“fire guns into the air”和常识可知，向空中鸣枪一是一种保护自己的防御姿态(避免别人伤害自己，以免自己不幸)，二是为了向不幸的人/事默哀，可推断出墨西哥人向空中鸣枪是为了躲避不幸。故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：丹麦人在午夜钟声敲响时从椅子上跳下来，这样他们就可以“跳”入新年。A. reaches到达；B. rings发出铃声；C. strikes击打、撞击；D. shows显示。由本处的“the clock ___11___midnight”可知，此处指午夜钟声敲响，即到了新年那一天。故选C项。
12考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们希望“圣诞老人”会来给鞋子里装满礼物。A. kisses吻；B. love爱；C. fortune运气；D. gifts礼物。由上文的“Santa Claus”和常识可知，Santa Claus(圣诞老人)是给孩子送新年礼物的人。故选D项。
13考查介词短语辨析。句意：正如你所料，大多数人来观看游泳运动员而不是自己游泳。A. as well as也；B. so as to为了；C. other than除了；D. rather than而不是。由上文的“The weather is freezing cold!”，“most people come to watch the swimmers”和下文的“swim themselves”可知，天气冷得要命，所以大多数人是来观看游泳运动员的，而不是自己游泳，用rather than。故选D项。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：伦敦每年都会举办新年游行，吸引近百万观众。A. draws吸引；B. requires需要；C. amuses娱乐；D. provides提供。由下文的“nearly a million spectators. The largest parade in Europe, it features bands, floats and enormous balloons.”可知，伦敦举办的新年游行是欧洲最大的游行，有乐队、彩车和巨大的气球，无疑会吸引观众前来观看。故选A项。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些气球是如此巨大，以至于它们高耸在附近的建筑物之上！A. watch看；B. exceed超过(数量)；C. tower远远高于、高耸；D. contain包含。由常识可知，气球会飘向天空，而伦敦新年游行的气球太大了，以至于飘的位置高于附近的建筑物。故选C项。
Passage C
这是一篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了总是弄丢钱包的作者，某一次在学校足球场再次弄丢了钱包，怎么也找不到，直到一周后一个完全陌生的人打电话来告知作者钱包的消息。作者写了封信感谢他，也因为他的这一善行而相信人性和无私的善举。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个钱包是一个好朋友在我生日那天送给我的。A. handed递给；B. lent借给；C. gifted向……赠送，给予；D. sold出售。根据后文“to me by a close friend on my birthday”可知，这只钱包是作者的朋友作为生日礼物赠送给作者的。故选C。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：它有自己的个性：就像我一遍又一遍地告诉父母的那样，它喜欢逃跑，结果得到的只是白眼。A. rolls卷；B. glances一瞥；C. contacts联系人；D. shadows阴影。结合语境可知，明明是作者自己丢三落四，总是弄丢钱包，却说钱包爱逃跑，所以作者的父母对于这个回答“翻白眼”。eye rolls“翻白眼”。故选A。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：每次我丢了钱包，他们都会说：“弗朗西丝，真的吗，你又丢了？” A. needed需要；B. abandoned抛弃；C. misplaced暂时丢失，乱放；D. missed错过。结合上文“you’ve lost it again”可知，it指代钱包，所以是作者丢钱包的时候，他的父母都会说作者又丢了。故选C。
4考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，有一天，当我离开学校的足球场时，钱包又从我的口袋里跑了出来。A. otherwise否则；B. moreover而且；C. therefore因此；D. however然而。根据前后文语境可知，此处为转折关系，应用however。故选D。
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考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，有一天，当我离开学校的足球场时，钱包又从我的口袋里跑了出来。A. escaped逃走；B. jumped跳跃；C. flew飞；D. stole偷窃。根据第二段中“it loved to run away”可知，作者的钱包又逃跑了。故选A。
6考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回到家才发现丢失了东西。A. event事件；B. loss损失；C. failure失败；D. mistake错误。上文提到钱包是在作者在足球场时丢的，但是作者直到回到家才发现自己丢了钱包。故选B。
7考查名词词义辨析。句意：但大约一周后，我父母在他们的商务语音信箱里收到了一条信息。A. note笔记；B. message消息；C. letter信；D. card卡片。根据后文“on their business voicemail”可知，此处是商务语音信箱里收到了一条信息。故选B。
8考查名词词义辨析。句意：一个完全陌生的人打电话来告诉我钱包的消息。A. thought想法；B. value价值；C. excitement激动；D. news消息，新闻。根据后文“of my wallet”可知，这个陌生人打电话是为了告诉作者有关钱包的消息的。故选D。
9考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我找Frances，” 一个陌生人的声音说。A. telephone电话；B. greeting问候；C. voice声音；D. request要求。结合上文“I’m calling for Frances”可知，对方在电话里找作者，故是陌生人的声音。故选C。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个人要找到钱包的主人，他看了看里面，发现了一张我父母写给我的支票。A. passage文章；B. check支票；C. book书；D. sign签名。根据后文“have their business phone number on it”可推知，此处是写有作者父母电话的一张支票，其他选项不符合语境。故选B。
11考查动词短语辨析。句意：上面碰巧有他们的电话号码。A. seemed to似乎；B. used to过去常常；C. happened to碰巧；D. intended to打算。根据后文“have their business phone number on it”可知，支票上碰巧(happened to)有作者父母的电话号码。故选C。
12考查名词词义辨析。句意：在取回钱包后，我给那个人写了一封简短的信，表达了我的感激之情，并称赞他做了一个多么令人惊奇的善举，他真是一个好人。A. gratitude感激；B. interest兴趣；C. wishes希望；D. concerns关心。根据后文“I would be forever grateful to him”可知，作者写信表达感激之情。故选A。
13考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在取回钱包后，我给那个人写了一封简短的信，表达了我的感激之情，并称赞他做了一个多么令人惊奇的善举，他真是一个好人。A. generous慷慨的；B. remarkable卓越的；C. responsible负责任的；D. serious严肃的。结合上文“what an amazing act of kindness he had committed”可知，这个人归还了作者钱包，是一个好人应用remarkable。故选B。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：我写完后用电子邮件发给了他。A. closed关闭；B. folded折叠；C. attached附上；D. concluded结束，下结论。根据后文“and emailed it off to him.”可知，作者在信中表达完了感激之情后，用电子邮件发给了他。故选D。
15考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不知道我相信的是机遇还是运气，但我知道我相信人性和无私的善举。A. theory理论；B. truth真理；C. principle原则；D. humanity人性。结合后文“and in the selfless acts of kindness”以及文章内容可知，陌生人归还作者钱包的行为，让作者相信了人性和无私的善举。故选D。
Passage D
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，作者童年和妈妈一起去图书馆，长大后和自己孩子再去图书馆，心境和感觉不一样了。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们的访问对我来说总是不够长。A. long长的；B. easy简单的；C. boring无聊的；D. interesting有趣的。由上文的Throughout my childhood, my mother drove me there several times a week可知，喜欢去图书馆的作者每周只能去几次图书馆，他认为这样的访问对他来说，不够长。故选A项。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：我喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看看书脊(书脊上的书名)，直到有什么事情突然吸引了我的眼球。A. rooms房间；B. streets街道；C. shelves书架；D. tables桌子。由下文的scanning the spines(书脊)of the books可知，是在图书馆的书架旁到处转悠。故选C项。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：我喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看看书脊(书脊上的书名)，直到有什么事情突然吸引了我的眼球。A. fill填满；B. catch抓住、吸引；C. open打开；D. block阻碍。由上文的I loved wandering around the___2___ scanning the spines(书脊)of the books可知，此处指作者喜欢在书架旁到处转悠，看书名，直到有让自己感兴趣的书吸引了他的眼球(注意力)。故选B项。
4考查动词短语辨析。句意：我可能会把余生都花在思考图书馆上，就像我小时候观察我要去的游乐园一样。A. wandering around四处游荡；B. thinking about思考；C. talking about谈论；D. looking for寻找。由下文的view可知，作者小时候会观察他要去的游乐园，所以他也会像小时候一样，把余生都花在观察(思考)图书馆上，thinking about的意义与view接近。故选B项。
5考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但后来那种熟悉的感觉意外地回到了我的生活中。A. familiar熟悉的；B. exciting令人兴奋的；C. funny有趣的；D. warm温暖的。由下文的Decades had passed, but I really felt as if I had returned to that time and place可知，几十年过去了，作者感觉好像回到了那个时间和地点，说明那种熟悉的感觉回到了他的生活中。故选A项。
6考查副词词义辨析。句意：但后来那种熟悉的感觉意外地回到了我的生活中。A. unexpectedly意外地；B. uncomfortably不舒服地；C. exactly精确地；D. finally最后地。由下文语境可知，作者得到那种熟悉的感觉，是因为儿子想采访一位图书管理员才去的图书馆，所以那种熟悉的感觉是意外得来的。故选A项。
7考查名词词义辨析。句意：2011年我们搬到洛杉矶后的一天，我儿子想采访一位图书管理员，因为他在学校的任务。A. professor教授；B. teacher教师；C. bookseller书商；D. librarian图书管理员。由下文的As we drove over to meet the librarian可知，作者儿子想采访一位图书管理员。故选D项。
8考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以我们去了最近的图书馆。A. newest最新的；B. closest最近的；C. prettiest最美的；D. quietest最安静的。由常识可知，人们都会去离家最近的图书馆。故选B项。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们开车去见图书管理员时，我经历过类似——另一个家长和孩子在去图书馆的路上——的旅途。A. lost失去；B. shared分享；C. enjoyed喜欢；D. experienced经历。由上文的my mother drove me there several times a week和下文的another parent and child on their way to the library可知，以前作者妈妈带作者去图书馆，现在作者带自己孩子去图书馆，他感觉自己在经历类似(一个家长和孩子在去图书馆的路上)的旅途。故选D项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到自己的身份。A. school学校；B. building建筑；C. desks书桌；D. books书本。由上文语境可知，作者带自己孩子去图书馆，他觉得这个图书馆的建筑与他小时候去的伯特伦·伍兹图书馆不一样。故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到自己的身份。A. looked看；B. drove开车；C. stepped行走；D. read阅读。由下文的inside可知，此处指作者和儿子走进图书馆。故选C项。
12考查动词词义辨析。句意：这座建筑看上去一点也不像伯特伦·伍兹图书馆，但当我们走进来时，我突然意识到了自己是最熟悉的陌生人。A. struck击打；B. disappointed失望；C. defeated击败；D. woke醒来。sth. struck sb.(某人意识到某事)，由全文语境可知，作者带自己孩子去与伯特伦·伍兹图书馆不一样的图书馆，感觉好像回到了和妈妈一起去图书馆的那个时间和地点，这一切都让作者感到熟悉而陌生，让作者意识到了他是最熟悉的陌生人，a shock of recognition(最熟悉的陌生人)。故选A项。
13考查代词词义辨析。句意：一切都没有改变。A. Everybody每个人；B. Everything一切事；C. Nobody没有人；D. Nothing没有什么。由下文的There was the same soft sound of pencil on paper, and the murmuring of people____14____ at the tables in the center of the room和The wooden checkout counters, the librarians' desks, the bulletin board, were all the same可知，图书馆的一切都没有改变，与过去一样有人的低语声、木制的收银台、图书管理员的桌子和布告栏等东西。故选D项。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：这里有同样柔和的纸上铅笔的声音，还有坐在房间中央桌子旁的人们的低语声。A. working工作；B. sitting坐；C. playing玩；D. eating吃。由下文的at the tables in the center of the room可知，此处指坐在图书馆房间中央桌子旁的人们。故选B项。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：时间并未在图书馆停下来。A. travelled旅行；B. flew飞；C. stopped停下；D. changed改变。由下文的It was as if it had been captured here, or collected和常识可知，时间不会停下，它只是在图书馆被捕获/收集起来了。故选C项。
Passage E
这是一篇记叙文。文章由Kris(吴亦凡)D 最新专辑Antares入围公告牌百大热门单曲排行榜为切入点，介绍了他的音乐历程，对音乐的态度，目前的音乐成就和他的音乐梦想。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：8岁的Kris说音乐是通用的，有时语言并没有那么重要。A. universal通用的；B. complex复杂的；C. positive积极的；D. practical实际的。根据上文的“Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.”可知Kris想用音乐连接东西方，由此推测他认为音乐是全世界通用的，故选A项。
2考查连词词义辨析。句意：“即使你想到韩国流行音乐，人们也不明白他们在说什么，但是如果你喜欢它，你就喜欢它。” A. before在……之前；B. until直到；C. if如果；D. though尽管。结合句意可知，此处是一种假设的情况，意思是喜欢一种音乐是没有原因的，如果喜欢，就喜欢。故选C项。
3考查动词短语辨析。句意：他的成长经历或许解释了他对音乐的态度。A. dropping out放弃；B. growing up成长；C. falling behind落后；D. holding on坚持。根据下文的“Born and ___5___ in China, Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family. In 2014, he started his solo(独唱的)___6___ . Since then, he’s been based in China.”可知，Kris生于中国，10岁去了澳大利亚，2014年开始独唱生涯，后来一直居住在中国。这是他的成长经历，故选B项。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：他作为韩国流行音乐男孩组合EXO的一名成员而成名。A. fame名声；B. honesty诚实；C. generosity慷慨；D. value价值。根据常识和下文的“As an international rapper(说唱歌手)”可知，Kris非常出名。此处是固定短语rise to fame“成名”，故选A项。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：出生和在中国被抚养长大，Kris十岁时和他的家人搬迁到加拿大。A. inspected检查；B. reminded提醒；C. guarded警惕；D. raised抚养，筹集。根据下文的“Kris moved to Canada at age 10 with his family”可知，Kris10岁前都成长在中国，即被抚养。故选D项。
6考查名词词义辨析。句意：2014年，他开始了独奏生涯。A. faith信仰；B. career职业，生涯；C. advertisement广告；D. research研究。根据下文的“As an international rapper(说唱歌手)”可知Kris的职业是说唱歌手，故此处用“生涯”符合语境，故选B项。
7考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kris正顺利地在实现他目标的路上。A. providing提供；B. designing设计；C. stressing强调；D. achieving实现。根据上文的“Kris has always wanted to be a bridge between the East and West.”可知，用音乐让自己成为东西方的桥梁是Kris的目标，故此处用“实现目标”符合语境，故选D项。
8考查名词词义辨析。句意：在六月份，他成为第一个在公告牌百大热门单曲排行榜入围的中国艺术家，他的单曲Like That排名73。A. Hot热门；B. Red红色；C. Low低端；D. Big大。根据常识可知，此处是指Billboard Hot 100“公告牌百强单曲榜”，故选A项。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：达到这个里程碑之后，这位歌手在新浪微博上谈论了他的华人血统。A. catching抓住；B. fixing固定；C. hitting到达，撞击；D. finding发现。根据下文的“this milestone”可知，此处用“到达”符合语境，故选C项。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：我想让整个世界都听到中国歌曲。A. street街道；B. world世界；C. company公司；D. class课堂。根据下文的“And on Nov. 2, Kris ___11___ a new album Antares, which features both Mandarin (普通话的)and English songs.”可知他发行的一个新专辑以普通话和英语歌为特色，由此可知他想让全世界都听到中国歌曲，故选B项。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：在11月2日，克里斯发行了一个新专辑Antares，以普通话和英语歌为特色。A. received收到；B. resolved解决，决定；C. Reserved保留；D. released发行。根据下文的“It dominated (占据榜首)Apple’s iTunes Store Chart for days.”可知，该歌曲独占Apple’s iTunes Store Chart榜首很多天，由此可知，Kris发行了一个新专辑，故选D项。
12考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花费了超过两年的时间做这个专辑。A. calling打电话；B. turning转动；C. working工作；D. putting放置。Kris花费了超过两年的时间做这个专辑，此处是固定短语work on“致力于”，故选C项。
13考查形容词短语辨析。句意：事实上专辑的题目Antares，与他的生日有关。A. related to与……有关的；B. famous for因……而出名；C. careful of 对......细心； D. patient with对……有耐心。根据下文内容可知，Antares是银河系最亮的一颗星，在西方人们把这颗星叫做天蝎座的核心，而Kris的生日刚好是天蝎座。即Antares和Kris是生日有关，故选A项。
14考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们称这颗星是天蝎座的核心。A. proof证据；B. region区域；C. material材料；D. heart核心。根据上文的“Antares is one of the brightest stars in the galaxy”可知，这颗星是最亮的星之一，由此推测人们会把它看作天蝎座的核心，故选D项。
15考查名词词义辨析。句意：我是出生在11月的婴儿，因此我是天蝎座的。A. scholar学者；B. baby婴儿；C. rider骑行者；D. loser失败者。结合常识可知，出生在11月的人属于天蝎座，此处用“婴儿”表示出生，故选B项。
Passage F
本文是记叙文。一位女士一直为小区内流浪猫提供食物，但有一只猫只吃装在袋子里的食物。女士跟踪发现，这只猫是给自己的孩子带食物。她非常感动，于是把它们带回了家里饲养。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我想把它们都收养了。A. call打电话；B. take带走；C. shut关闭；D. put放置。根据前文的“Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart”可知, 看到无家可归动物的悲惨处境总是让作者心碎，因此他想把它们全部收养。此处take in的意思是“收留”。故选B。
2考查形容词词义辨析。句意：实际上，不止我一个人想收养它们。A. alone独自的；B. grateful感激的；C. stubborn固执的；D. upset沮丧的。根据后文作者讲述的女士的故事可知，想收留流浪猫的人不止作者一人。故选A。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士看到所有饥饿的、无家可归的猫时，她的心都碎了。A. shocked使震动；B. destroyed破坏；C. broken打破；D. affected影响。根据前文“This kind woman could not help but have her heart”再结合“Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart”可知，看到周围的流浪猫，女士和作者的情况一样，心都碎了。故选C。
4考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士看到所有饥饿的、无家可归的猫时，她的心都碎了。A. attractive吸引人的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. fierce凶猛的；D. hungry饥饿的。后文“the homeless cats food”提到，女士为流浪猫提供食物, 说明这些流浪猫是饥饿的。故选D。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以她尽可能多给无家可归的猫带去食物。A. hand递给；B. bring带来；C. show展示；D. award奖。根据后文“the homeless cats food”可知，女士经常出去给无家可归的猫带去食物。故选B。
6考查名词词义辨析 。句意：但她注意到其中一只叫Dong Suk的猫，只会吃袋子里剩下的东西。A. cats猫；B. neighbors邻居；C. dogs狗；D. friends朋友。根据前文“the homeless cats food”可知，女士注意到的是这些猫中的一只，它与众不同。故选A。
7考查名词词义辨析 。句意：但她注意到其中一只叫Dong Suk的猫，只会吃袋子里剩下的东西。A. bowl碗；B. box盒子；C. bag袋子；D. dis菜肴。根据下文“So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.”可知，小猫不吃女士放在盘子里的任何食物, 女士为此给小猫准备了一个特别的袋子。由此可推知，这只猫只吃装在袋子里的食物。故选C。
8考查动词词义辨析。句意：不管她怎么努力，都不能让猫吃盘子里的任何食物。A. carry搬运；B. eat吃；C. choose选择；D. waste浪费。根据下文“So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.”可推知,因为猫不吃盘子里的食物，所以女士给它带了一个特别袋子。故选B。
9考查动词词义辨析。句意：在观察了Dong很长一段时间后，她决定跟着她。A. making制作；B. letting让；C. hearing听见；D. watching观察，看。根据上文提到这只猫的诡异行为，再结合“After such a long time of”可知，女士长时间观察Dong这只猫。故选D。
10考查动词词义辨析。句意：在观察了Dong很长一段时间后，她决定跟着她。A. prevent防止；B. follow跟踪，跟随；C. change改变；D. trap陷入困境。根据后文“So one day she came after Dong”可知, 女士决定跟踪这只猫。故选B。
11考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在那时，她发现Dong有一个幼崽，她要给幼崽带食物。A. thought思考；B. reported报告；C. hoped希望；D. discovered发现。根据后文“Dong had a baby who she was bringing the food for”可知女士发现了Dong有一个幼崽。故选D。
12考查副词词义辨析。句意：Dong实际上本来有五个幼崽，但这是她最后一个孩子了。A. obviously明显地；B. finally终于；C. actually实际上；D. honestly诚实地。根据此处后文的“but this one was her…kid left”可知，Dong实际上生了5只幼崽，但最后只有一个活下来的孩子。故选C。
13考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Dong实际上本来有五个幼崽，但这是她最后一个孩子了。A. best最好的；B. last最后的；C. first最重要的；D. youngest最年轻的。根据上文“had five babies”以及后文“kid left”可知, 猫妈妈生了五只小猫，但这是她活下来的最后一个孩子。故选B。
14考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士意识到这只可爱的猫妈妈所做的牺牲时，她知道她必须帮忙。A. experienced经历；B. faced面对；C. realized意识到；D. doubted怀疑。结合上文，猫妈妈宁愿自己不吃，也要给幼崽带食物回去，再根据后文“the sacrifice this loving mother cat was making”可知, 女士意识到了猫妈妈的牺牲精神。故选C。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这位善良的女士意识到这只可爱的猫妈妈所做的牺牲时，她知道她必须帮忙。A. help帮助；B. escape逃跑；C. suffer遭受；D. ignore忽视。根据后文“So she caught this momma and her baby and gave them a home with their very own cat house.”可知，女士被猫妈妈的牺牲精神所感动，决定帮助它们。故选A。
Passage G
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述一位在记忆方面天赋异禀的人Diego，他拥有超常的记忆能力。但他的记忆力除了有一部分是天赋，更重要的是他的刻苦训练。通过这个故事，作者告诉我们好的记忆是通过训练的来的，而不是天生的。
1考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他被蒙住了眼睛，但他仍然能够向这些人展示一些令人震惊的东西，他称之为“记忆的艺术”。A. funny滑稽的；B. creative有创造性的；C. amazing令人震惊的；D. reasonable合理的。根据下文的“First, the audience randomly___3___ sixty numbers”和“Then, after hearing them just a single time, Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，Diego能在短时间内记住随机的60个数字，这是令人震惊的事情，故选C。
2考查名词词义辨析。句意：他被蒙住了眼睛，但他仍然能够向这些人展示一些令人震惊的东西，他称之为“记忆的艺术”。A. life生活；B. memory记忆；C. magic魔法；D. language语言。根据下文的“Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，Diego展示给人们看的是与记忆力有关的东西，memory是原词复现，故选B。
3考查动词词义辨析。句意：首先，观众们随机选择60个数字。A. choose选择；B. say说；C. hide隐藏；D. record记录。结合常识和本句中的“randomly”可知，此处是指观众随机选择数字，故选A。
4考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那之后，一个助手把这些数字读给Diego听。A. rules规则；B. marks分数；C. numbers数字；D. names名字。根据下文的“Diego___5___ the numbers in the correct order from memory.”可知，助手给Diego读的是数字，number是原词复现，故选C。
5考查动词词义辨析。句意：只听了它们一次，Diego就可以凭记忆用正确的顺序重复这些数字。A. recognizes认出；B. calculates计算；C. collects收集；D. repeats重复。根据上文的“a helper reads the___4___ to Diego”可知，一个助手读了这些数字，现在Diego再读就是重复，故选D。
6考查动词词义辨析。句意：他解释说：“这是一种与我经历有关的记忆。” A. adds增加，补充；B. explains解释，说；C. inquires询问；D. announces宣布。根据“It’s a kind of memory that is 7 to what I experience”可知，Diego在解释自己记忆力超强的原因，故选B。
7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他解释说：“这是一种与我经历有关的记忆。” A. connected有关联的；B. introduced引进的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. opposite相反的。根据下文的“It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me.”可知，Diego的超强记忆力和他的日常生活有很大联系，故选A。
8考查动词词义辨析。句意：一般情况下，没有这种特殊能力以及没有训练过他们记忆力的人倾向于忘记东西。A. happens(to)碰巧做某事；B. attempts(to)企图做某事；C. tends(to)倾向于做某事；D. hates(to)讨厌做某事。结合常识可知，没有特殊记忆力和未经记忆力训练的人倾向于忘记事情，故选C。
9考查名词词义辨析。句意：Diego说因为这个特殊的天赋，自不到一岁起他就能够记住生活中每一天的细节。A. dream梦想；B. gift天赋；C. chance机会；D. plan计划。根据上文的“Diego has a very special kind of memory.”可知，Diego的记忆力超强，这是他的一个天赋，故选B。
10考查名词词义辨析。句意：Diego说因为这个特殊的天赋，自不到一岁起他就能够记住生活中每一天的细节。A. word单词；B. feature特点；C. principle原则；D. detail细节。根据上文的“It means that every idea I learn, everything I read, becomes a part of me.”可知，Diego经历过的事情都变成了他的一部分，由此推知他能够记住日常生活的细节，故选D。
11考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果真有一种Diego可能拥有的记忆基因，但这种基因只是故事的一部分。A. story故事；B. game游戏；C. idea主意；D. plot情节。结合上下文语境可知，此处用“故事”代指发生在Diego身上的神奇事情，故选A。
12考查副词词义辨析。句意：他不断地训练，思考记忆，并一直致力于记忆。A. cooperatively合作地；B. mechanically机械地；C. occasionally偶尔；D. continuously不断地。根据上文的“he’s been training his brain to remember more and more.”和下文的“working on it all the time”可推知，Diego不断地在训练自己的记忆能力，故选D。
13考查动词词义辨析。句意：他甚至记住了整整50本历史书。 A. written写；B. memorized记忆；C. copied照抄；D. translated翻译。本文主要讲述Diego记忆力超强的故事，故此处用“记住”符合语境，故选B。
14考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Diego的训练和努力表明好的记忆是可以创造的，并不是天生就有的。A. hard努力的；B. ordinary普通的；C. academic学术的；D. original原始的。根据上文的“He practices ____12____, thinking about memory and working on it all the time.”可知，Diego非常努力，故选A。
15考查动词词义辨析。句意：Diego的训练和努力表明好的记忆是可以创造的，并不是天生就有的。A. imagined想象；B. discovered发现；C. born生(孩子)；D. trained训练。根据上文的“If there is a memory gene (基因) Diego probably has it, but his genes are only part of the___11___.”可知，作者想告诉我们好的记忆是通过训练的来的，而不是天生的。故选C。
Passage H
这是一篇记叙文，作者偶然看到一则招聘南极洲探险队领队的广告，就应聘了这个工作，然后带领着探险队员去南极探险，度过了数月的严寒和黑暗，以及探险归来后作者总结与感悟等等。
1考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不得不承认广告中的企鹅才是我关注的对象。A. admit承认；B. believe相信；C. indicate暗示，表明；D. realize认识到。作者一开始就认为是招聘广告中的企鹅照片引起了他的注意，故选A项。
2考查动词短语辨析。句意：我不得不承认广告中的企鹅才是我关注的对象。A. demanded强烈要求；B. deserved值得；C. caught 抓住，引起；D. needed需要。动词短语catch one’s attention意为“引起某人的注意”，是固定搭配，故选C项。
3考查名词词义辨析。句意：这则广告指出，他们正在寻找一个人带领一支探险队，前往地球上最遥远和最偏远的地方之一。A. flood洪水；B. couple几个；C. team队，组；D. handful有害的。a team of 一队，固定名词短语，a team of expeditioners 意为一支探险队，故选C项。
4考查形容词的词义辨析。句意：这则广告指出，他们正在寻找一个人带领一队探险队，前往地球上最遥远和最偏远的地方之一。A. awful坏的，可怕的；B. remote遥远的；C. promising有希望的；D. disturbing烦恼的。根据文中开头提到作者看到一则招聘南极洲探险队领队的广告，南极是一个地球上最偏远的地方，故选B项。
5考查名词的词义辨析。句意：我参加了一个面试，然后得到了一份工作，我知道如果我不去的话，我会后悔的。A. experiment实验；B. interview面试；C. election选择；D. investigation调查。根据上文，作者被一则招聘探险队领队的招聘广告吸引，因此决定应聘，可知此处是参加了这个招聘的面试。故选B。
6考查动词短语辨析。句意：我参加了一个面试，然后得到了一份工作，我知道如果我不选择去的话，会后悔的。A. make for导致，造成；B. prepare for准备；C. register for注册；D. go for选择，倾心于。通过了面试得到工作后，接下来面临的是是否选择它，故选D。
7考查名词短语辨析。句意：我带领18个陌生人在黑暗中度过了数月的黑暗，无法摆脱寒冷的严寒。 A. escape 逃跑；B. departure出发；C. protection保护；D. defence保卫，保护。escape from逃脱，是固定搭配，no escape from意为无法逃脱。故选A。
8考查形容词的词义辨析。句意：我学到了一些强有力的教训。A. hard艰难的；B. powerful强大的，有效的；C. private 私有的；D. terrible可怕的。南极探险，历经严寒困苦，根据下文，探险归来后，作者成了一名励志演说家。故作者在探险过程中，学到了很多强大有效的教训。故选B。
9考查名词的词义辨析。句意：与世隔绝意味着我要做大量的自我反省。A. service服务；B. repair修补；C. study学习，研究；D. reflection映像，反映。作为南极探险队的领导者，必须独立面对很多问题，做好决策与反思。故选D。
10考查名词的词义辨析。句意：我写日记。A. pet宠物；B. secret秘密；C. journal刊物，日记；D. promise 诺言，许诺。keep a journal写日记，固定搭配，故选C。
11考查副词的词义辨析。句意：每天都会仔细思考自己作为一个领导者，是如何运作的。A. clearly清楚地；B. carefully仔细地；C. highly很高地；D. badly糟糕地。副词做状语修饰think。作为探险队的领队，做每一个决策都要仔细认真，故选B。
12考查动词的词义辨析。句意：自我评价的原则教会了我如何分辨是非。A. evaluating评价，评估；B. forgiving原谅，宽恕；C. behaving表现；D. enjoying享受。上文提到作者在探险中做大量的自我反思，以及写日记等。这些工作有利于作者自我评价，故选A。
13考查连词词义辨析。句意：我经常回想起当我看到那只企鹅的照片的时候，是那张照片激发了我去看这个招聘广告。A. where地方； B. why原因；C. when时候；D. how怎样。作者回忆的是当初看到招聘广告的那个时候，when作时间状语从句的连接词，故选C。
14考查动词的词义辨析。句意：我经常回想起当我看到那只企鹅的照片的时候，是那张照片激发了我去看这个招聘广告。A. enabled使能够；B. permitted允许；C. allowed允许；D. inspired激励，激发。广告上的企鹅图片激发了作者对招聘广告的兴趣，故选D。
15考查动词的词义辨析。句意：就是那一刻，彻底改变了我的生活。A. improved提高；B. formed形成；C. ended结束； D. changed改变。根据文章开头，作者去南极探险之旅，完全是源于偶然看到了那则招聘广告，然后才踏上探险之旅。故就在看到广告那一刻，他的生活彻底地改变了。故选D。