完形填空-2023年中考英语专题突破（湖南永州）（含解析）

完形填空-2023年中考英语专题突破（含答案解析）（湖南永州）
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、完形填空
阅读下面的内容，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I am Jos Andres. My meals will feed an astronaut, my friend Lope-Alegria, whom I met many years ago.
My love for ____1____ was something that happened very early in my life. Slowly but surely. I didn’t think I would work as a ____2____, but it happens that it has become my job.
My mother and my father were very ____3____ to my development as a cook. I have three brothers, and we would always help in the ____4____ setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher and helping my mom. We got to love cooking because cooking was a ____5____ moment of being together. I only have fun memories of those moments. So it was my parents that interested me in cooking.
Then, as I grew up, I began learning about cook doing very cool things. I was 15 or 16 when I began working in the summer in a seafood ____6____. For some reason. I found myself in charge of(负责) the kitchen. Not because I was prepared to be the cook, but because the other cooks left. And when there was nobody around, I could ____7____, but then a future cook would not appear.
I love science fiction, and I always had dreams of what it would be like cooking for a faraway planet. So I began talking to some ____8____. Lopez-Alegria is one of them, who gave me the ____9____ be a space cook.
Who would have said that a guy like me would be putting a dish into space This is a big lesson for all of us: It doesn’t matter how impossible your ____10____ is if you work hard, maybe the dream is not as impossible as you think.
1．A．driving B．cooking C．flying
2．A．cook B．driver C．pilot
3．A．silent B．important C．correct
4．A．yard B．garden C．kitchen
5．A．hard B．good C．dark
6．A．restaurant B．market C．store
7．A．take up B．give up C．put up
8．A．astronauts B．scientists C．writers
9．A．secret B．prize C．chance
10．A．difficulty B．problem C．dream
One day, Bob found his horse was gone. He looked for it everywhere but ____11____. He was so ____12____ that he sat down to rest at his door. A few neighbors came to join him.
“What a lazy horse!” said Bob, “If I see her again, I’ll sell her for one dollar!”
Just then, Bob heard the sound of his horse. He ____13____ and found his horse was back with a boy on her back.
“____14____ did you find her ” asked Bob.
“I saw her eating ____15____ with some sheep.” said the boy.
“I’ll buy your horse.” one of Bob’s neighbors passed him one dollar and said.
“I was joking!” said Bob.
“You are an important man and you must keep your ____16____.” said his neighbor.
Bob ____17____ what he said. Suddenly, he thought out a plan. “OK, I will sell my horse for one dollar.” said Bob. “Just one thing, though, my horse and my cat are very good friends. They can’t be apart. The one who buys my horse must buy my ____18____ too.”
“How much is your cat ” asked his neighbor.
“Oh, my cat is a very important animal.” said Bob. “The cat’s father caught a mouse for a King, ____19____ I want 100 dollars.”
The neighbor laughed and gave up the ____20____ of buying the horse.
11．A．affected B．failed C．succeeded
12．A．happy B．mad C．tired
13．A．looked up B．talked back C．dropped by
14．A．What B．How C．Where
15．A．grapes B．grass C．gloves
16．A．health B．speed C．word
17．A．expressed B．greeted C．regretted
18．A．cat B．horse C．mouse
19．A．because B．so C．but
20．A．advice B．idea C．secret
Animals are our friends. There are many zoos in the ___21___. It’s good to ___22___ animals in zoos. Zoos have many advantages, I think.
Firstly, zoos are places for people to see ___23___ kinds of animals. Without zoos, most people would ___24___ see a real bear or tiger.
___25___, zoos can take good care of animals. Zoos give ___26___ to animals and clean them on time every day. In the wild (在野外), it is not always easy for an animal to find food. So sometimes it goes ___27___. But animals in zoos never go hungry.
Thirdly, people protect the animals in zoos and offer them safe places to live ___28___. Animals are living in zoos safely and happily. In the wild, some kinds of animals are ___29___ and are endangered(濒危的). But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there would be ___30___ kinds of animals in the world. People should do more things to protect animals.
21．A．world B．city C．town
22．A．keep B．take C．make
23．A．big B．small C．different
24．A．always B．never C．sometimes
25．A．Finally B．Usually C．Secondly
26．A．food B．water C．fruit
27．A．hungry B．tired C．thirsty
28．A．on B．in C．at
29．A．helped B．changed C．killed
30．A．less B．fewer C．more
通读下面的短文，从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I have invented robots which improve the work of cars. My love of making things began ____31____ I was a kid. I really became excited about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.
One day in fourth grade, our ____32____ gave us a project in class. We had to write to a company and learn about the products. I thought and thought. ____33____ I chose the Thomas A．Edison Company. Soon after, the company sent me a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I enjoyed reading and re-reading about his ____34____ ! I like the recorded sound and the electric light most. The inventions were clearly printed on my brain.
My dad noticed my interest in inventing and ____35____ me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into plans and then into new things. Once, I surprised my dad ____36____ a model plane I made. Later, we found a ____37____ model plane in a store. I learned that different inventors often invent similar things. It is not unusual for this to happen. I also learned that not all great ideas ____38____ . Failure is a common part of the inventing.
As my father and I worked together, I began to realize that my dad was quite an inventor himself. He was always ____39____ a better way to do a simple job. His guiding hands, together with my ____40____ in inventing, led me to become an engineer and an inventor. Of course, I also thank Thomas Edison. He is my hero.
31．A．before B．after C．when
32．A．teacher B．inventor C．engineer
33．A．Easily B．Finally C．Safely
34．A．lights B．suggestions C．inventions
35．A．mistook B．refused C．encouraged
36．A．with B．about C．from
37．A．different B．similar C．large
38．A．work B．fail C．come
39．A．looking at B．looking for C．looking after
40．A．habit B．story C．interest
Jack’s love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago. He filled the feeder with seeds (种子), put it in his backyard and then ____41____ started coming. He got really ____42____ in birds as more came. Then he joined a local society. As he realized that more and more birds were dying very ____43____, he wanted to try his best to help them.
Besides what he has done, he has his own group called Protecting Out Birds. He does ____44____ about birds, run a website to teach people about birds and how to help them, and ____45____ boxes for birds. Not long ago, he found that the bluebirds were nesting(做窝)in the dead trees which were often cut down, ____46____ he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them. Now he wants to use these boxes to ____47____ the dead trees. He hangs these boxes up in trees and takes ____48____ down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them. He also writes articles, hoping that more people will ____49____ protecting natural ecosystems(生态系统). “Researching birds is _____50_____ to protecting birds,” Jack says, “In order to protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds.”
41．A．bees B．birds C．people
42．A．nervous B．weak C．interested
43．A．peacefully B．safely C．quickly
44．A．practice B．business C．research
45．A．builds B．breaks C．lifts
46．A．so B．but C．though
47．A．take good care of B．take the place of C．catch up with
48．A．it B．this C．them
49．A．wait for B．send for C．join in
50．A．simple B．crazy C．important
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～10 各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Last Sunday, Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of ___51___ had been set up for the homeless in the area.
My husband was not available to look after our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me. Many of the people we ___52___ had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their ___53___ ideas about how people lived in the world.
“Why don’t they buy food like us ” “Why don’t they have homes ” …
We talked about the ___54___ why people ended up in that type of situation. And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, “Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources(资源),” I ___55___.
I was worried that my boys would make too much noise. But to my ___56___, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have ___57___ children around.
After dinner, I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men. He was ___58___ them talk about sports. To be honest, I had never realized that he was such a good listener. As some people returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them, “Thanks so much for having dinner with us.” I could see that his simple words had ___59___ them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter (更紧的) because what he said had touched me too. It was a great reminder that treating people with ____60____ can lift all of us up.
51．A．houses B．shops C．tents
52．A．raised B．served C．admired
53．A．good B．different C．common
54．A．reasons B．wishes C．interests
55．A．explained B．agreed C．realized
56．A．sadness B．regret C．surprise
57．A．polite B．active C．hard-working
58．A．agreeing with B．depending on C．listening to
59．A．touched B．disappointed C．hurt
60．A．power B．encouragement C．respect
What will you think of when you hear the word hero Someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela may come into your mind. But there are also “everyday” heroes—they may not be known to the ____61____, but they do what they can to help improve people’s lives as well. Everyday heroes are normal people who are working to make the world a ____62____ place. Robert Lee is one of them.
Lee grew up in New York City. His family was not rich, ____63____ he learned from a young age the importance of not throwing food. When in college, he was part of a student group that gave out leftover food to homeless people. This experience made him realize how serious the problem of food wastage ____64____ was.
After he left university, Lee and a friend set up a (an) ____65____ called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC). Its purpose is to collect unsold food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters and food kitchens. Volunteers ____66____ the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need.
RLC operates simply. ____67____ an app developed by Lee’s team, restaurants report how much leftover food they have each day. Then volunteers are sent to fetch it. The distance is usually short, so volunteers can just do their deliveries by walking from the restaurants to the shelters. Lee believes this is a quick way of delivery.
So far, Lee and his team have ____68____ saved over 150,000 kilograms of food, serving almost 300,000 meals to people who need them. Lee has shown that a ____69____ action can help people around us greatly. It may have a greater influence than we imagine. When Lee is asked what his ____70____ plan is, he says there’s still a lot to do. “It’s just the beginning. With more restaurants, who knows how much more we can do.”
61．A．public B．class C．family
62．A．worse B．better C．more important
63．A．or B．but C．so
64．A．suddenly B．actually C．accidentally
65．A．application B．business C．organization
66．A．throw away B．pay for C．pick up
67．A．Using B．Completing C．Finishing
68．A．professionally B．normally C．successfully
69．A．small B．big C．good
70．A．first B．next C．third
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该编号字母涂黑。
An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale. Most of it was very cheap. The ____71____ thing was a basket of red fruit.
“How much per kilo ” the old man ____72____.
“Two rupees（卢比）,” the shopkeeper answered.
The rupees in India is almost nothing, ____73____ the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.
However, ____74____ he started eating, his mouth began burn, his eyes began to ____75____ and his whole face became as red as the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and down, screaming, “Ah! Ah! Ah!”
And yet he ____76____ to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their ____77____ and said, “You are crazy! Those are chili pepper（辣椒）! You can’t just eat them by the handful!”
The old man said to ____78____, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”
This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we much ____79____ All of us have spent money and time on something — maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job and sometimes, even if we know there is no hope that things will change, we still continue with it, what we can learn from the old man is this: if you’ve lost ____80____ that does not work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing to lose.
71．A．fewest B．cheapest C．most expensive
72．A．asked B．talked C．said
73．A．until B．so C．when
74．A．in fact B．after all C．as soon as
75．A．water B．open C．spread
76．A．continued B．turned C．avoided
77．A．hands B．heads C．legs
78．A．themselves B．himself C．itself
79．A．smarter B．happier C．better
80．A．anything B．something C．nothing
参考答案：
1．B 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．B 6．A 7．B 8．A 9．C 10．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍Jos Andres是如何实现自己的梦想的。
1．句意：我对烹饪的热爱发生在我很小的时候。
driving开车；cooking烹饪；flying飞行。根据“my development as a cook”可知，作者热爱烹饪，故选B。
2．句意：我没想过我会成为一名厨师，但它碰巧成为了我的工作。
cook厨师；driver司机；pilot飞行员。根据“my development as a cook”可知，作者是一位厨师，故选A。
3．句意：我的父母对我成为一名厨师非常重要。
silent寂静的；important重要的；correct正确的。根据“My mother and my father were very...to my development as a cook. I have three brothers, and we would always help in the...setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher and helping my mom.”可知，父母对我成为一名厨师非常重要，故选B。
4．句意：我有三个兄弟，我们总是在厨房帮忙摆桌子，把盘子放到洗碗机里，帮妈妈的忙。
yard院子；garden花园；kitchen厨房。根据“setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher”可知，是在厨房帮忙，故选C。
5．句意：我们爱上了烹饪，因为烹饪是我们在一起的美好时光。
hard难的；good好的；dark黑暗的。根据“We got to love cooking”可知，爱上了烹饪，是因为这是好时光，故选B。
6．句意：我15、16岁那年夏天开始在一家海鲜餐厅打工。
restaurant餐厅；market市场；store商店。根据“For some reason. I found myself in charge of(负责) the kitchen.”可知，是在海鲜餐厅打工，故选A。
7．句意：当周围没有人时，我可以放弃，但这样一来，未来的厨师就不会出现了。
take up开始从事；give up放弃；put up举起。根据“but then a future cook would not appear”可知，作者不会成为厨师的前提是那时放弃了，故选B。
8．句意：所以我开始和一些宇航员交谈。
astronauts宇航员；scientists科学家；writers作家。根据“My meals will feed an astronaut, my friend Lope-Alegria”可知，是宇航员，故选A。
9．句意：洛佩兹·阿莱格里亚就是其中之一，她让我有机会成为一名太空厨师。
secret秘密；prize奖品；chance机会。根据“Lopez-Alegria is one of them, who gave me the...be a space cook.”可知，Lopez-Alegria给了作者成为一名太空厨师的机会，故选C。
10．句意：如果你努力的话，你的梦想有多不可能都没有关系，也许梦想并没有你想的那么不可能。
difficulty困难；problem问题；dream梦想。根据“maybe the dream is not as impossible as you think”可知，此处提到的是梦想，故选C。
11．B 12．C 13．A 14．C 15．B 16．C 17．C 18．A 19．B 20．B
【导语】本文讲述了鲍勃发现他的马不见了。他到处找都找不到，于是就说要把马一美元卖了，刚好这话被邻居听到了，要买马，但是鲍勃是开玩笑说的话，所以想了个办法让邻居放弃买马。
11．句意：他到处找都找不到。
affected影响；failed失败；succeeded成功。根据“but ”可知此处是表示转折，说明未能找到，故选B。
12．句意：他太累了，在门口坐下来休息。
happy开心；mad疯狂的；tired累的。根据“rest ”可知因为累了，所以休息，故选C。
13．句意：他抬头一看，发现他的马回来了，背上骑着一个男孩。
looked up抬头看；talked back顶嘴；dropped by顺便拜访。根据“found his horse was back with a boy on her back.”可知马回来是他抬头看见的，故选A。
14．句意：“你在哪儿找到她的？”鲍勃问。
What什么；How如何；Where在哪里。结合上文鲍勃在到处找马可知，此处是问男孩在哪里找到马的，故选C。
15．句意：“我看到她和一些羊吃草。”男孩说。
grape葡萄；grass草；gloves手套。马和羊是吃草的，故选B。
16．句意：他的邻居说：“你是一个重要人物，你必须信守诺言。”
health健康；speed速度；word话语。固定短语keep one’s word“信守诺言”，故选C。
17．句意：鲍勃对他说的话感到后悔。
expressed表达；greeted打招呼；regretted后悔。根据“I was joking!”可知鲍勃后悔那样说了，故选C。
18．句意：谁买了我的马，就必须买我的猫。
cat猫；horse马；mouse老鼠。根据“How much is your cat”可知是指猫，cat是原词复现，故选A。
19．句意：猫的爸爸为一个国王抓了一只老鼠，所以我要100美元。
because因为；so所以；but但是。根据“The cat’s father caught a mouse for a King,..I want 100 dollars.”可知前后是因果关系，前因后果，故选B。
20．句意：邻居笑了，放弃了买马的念头。
advice建议；idea主意；secret秘密。邻居听了要花100美元再买猫，应该是放弃了买马的想法，故选B。
21．A 22．A 23．C 24．B 25．C 26．A 27．A 28．B 29．C 30．B
【导语】本文介绍了动物园存在的意义和作用。
21．句意：世界上有很多动物园。
world世界；city城市；town城镇。根据“There are many zoos”可知，有很多动物园应该是在世界范围内，故选A。
22．句意：把动物养在动物园里是好的。
keep饲养；take拿；make制作。根据“…animals in zoos”可知，应该是在动物园里饲养动物，故选A。
23．句意：首先，动物园是人们看到不同种类动物的地方。
big大的；small小的；different不同的。根据“zoos are places for people to see…kinds of animals”可知，人们在动物园应该是可以看到不同种类的动物，故选C。
24．句意：没有动物园，大多数人将永远不会看到真正的熊和老虎。
always总是；never从不；sometimes有时。根据“Without zoos”可知，真正的熊和老虎都是生存在野外的，大部分都不会在野外看到这些动物，故选B。
25．句意：其次，动物园可以照顾好动物们。
Finally最终；Usually通常；Secondly其次。根据上一段“Firstly”和下一段“Thirdly”可知，这里应该介绍的是动物园的第二点好处，故选C。
26．句意：动物园每天给动物喂食，并且按时给它们清洁。
food食物；water水；fruit水果。根据“it is not always easy for an animal to find food.”可知，这一段是把野生动物和动物园里的动物进行对比，说明动物园里的动物每天都会被喂食，故选A。
27．句意：所有，有时它会饥饿。
hungry饥饿的；tired疲劳的；thirsty口渴的。根据“it is not always easy for an animal to find food.”可知，因为找食物并不容易，所以野生动物会饥饿。故选A。
28．句意：第三，人们保护动物园里的动物，并为它们提供安全的生活场所。
on在……之上；in在……里面；at在。根据“safe places to live”可知，空处应该使用介词in，live in“住在……”，故选B。
29．句意：在野外，一些种类的动物被杀死，已经成为了濒危物种。
helped帮助；changed改变；killed杀。根据“are endangered”可知，这些动物成为濒危物种，是因为被杀死了，故选C。
30．句意：如果没有动物园，世界上的动物种类就会更少。
less更少的，修饰不可数名词；fewer更少的，修饰可数名词；more更多的。通读全文，根据“Without zoos”可知，没有动物园，动物的种类会更少，kinds“种类”，可数名词复数，需要用fewer来修饰，故选B。
31．C 32．A 33．B 34．C 35．C 36．A 37．B 38．A 39．B 40．C
【导语】本文讲述了作者从小到大就对发明创造感兴趣，后来在父亲的大力支持下，成为一个工程师和发明家的故事。
31．句意：当我还是一个小孩子的时候，我对制作东西的热爱就开始了。
before在……之前；after在……之后；when当……时候。根据“I was a kid”可知，此处指作者还是一个小孩子的时候。故选C。
32．句意：四年级的一天，老师在课堂上给了我们一个作业。
teacher老师；inventor发明家；engineer工程师。根据“in class”可推知，此处指老师。故选A。
33．句意：最后，我选择了托马斯·爱迪生公司。
Easily容易地；Finally最后；Safely安全地。根据“I thought and thought”可知，此处表示“最后”，故选B。
34．句意：我是多么喜欢阅读和重读他的发明啊!
lights灯光；suggestions建议；inventions发明。根据下文“The inventions were clearly printed on my brain.”可知，此处指爱迪生的发明，故选C。
35．句意：我父亲注意到我对发明的兴趣，并鼓励我。
mistook误解；refused拒绝；encouraged鼓励。根据下文“He showed me how to turn my ideas into plans and then into new things.”可知，作者的父亲是鼓励和支持作者的，故选C。
36．句意：我曾经用一个我制作的飞机模型让我父亲大吃一惊。
with用；about关于；from来自。根据“a model plane I made”可知，此处表示用自己做的模型飞机，应用with。故选A。
37．句意：后来，我们在一家商店发现了类似的飞机模型。
different不同的；similar相似的；large巨大的。根据下文“I learned that different inventors often invent similar things.”可知，此处指“相似的”，故选B。
38．句意：我也认识到并不是所有伟大的想法都能起作用。
work起作用；fail失败；come来。根据下文“Failure is a common part of the inventing.”可知，不是所有的想法都能起作用。故选A。
39．句意：他总是在寻找一种更好的方法来做一件简单的工作。
looking at看；looking for寻找；looking after照顾。根据“He was always ... a better way to do a simple job.”可知，此处指寻找更好的方法。故选B。
40．句意：父亲的指引和我对发明的兴趣，引领着我成为一个工程师和发明家。
habit习惯；story故事；interest兴趣。根据“my ... in inventing”和上下文可知，此处指作者对发明的兴趣，故选C。
41．B 42．C 43．C 44．C 45．A 46．A 47．B 48．C 49．C 50．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Jack爱护鸟类并且保护鸟类的行为。
41．句意：他把种子放进鸟食罐，并把它放到后院，然后鸟儿就来了。bees蜜蜂；birds鸟儿；people人类。根据“Jack’s love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago.”可知来的应该是鸟儿。故选B。
42．句意：随着更多鸟类的到来，他对此有了浓厚的兴趣。nervous紧张的；weak虚弱的；interested感兴趣的。根据“Jack’s love for birds ...”可知Jack是喜爱鸟类的，因此此处应该是更加感兴趣。故选C。
43．句意：当他意识到越来越多的鸟儿死得很快时，他想尽自己最大的努力来帮助它们。peacefully平和地；safely安全地；quickly快速地。根据“he wanted to try his best to help them”可推测应该是鸟儿快速地死亡让Jack想要帮助它们。故选C。
44．句意：他研究鸟类。practice练习；business生意；research研究。根据“... to teach people about birds and how to help them”可推测他应该是研究鸟类，运营网站来告诉人们鸟类的相关知识和保护方法。故选C。
45．句意：并建箱子给鸟儿（做窝）。builds建造；breaks打破；lifts举起。根据“boxes for birds”可推测应该是为鸟儿建造箱子（来居住）。故选A。
46．句意：所以他开始为鸟儿做蓝鸟箱，以此保护它们。so所以；but但是；though尽管。根据“he found that the bluebirds were nesting(做窝) in the dead trees which were often cut down”可知Jack因此想给鸟儿做蓝鸟箱，两者是因果关系。故选A。
47．句意：现在他想用这些箱子代替枯死的树木。take good care of好好照料；take the place of代替；catch up with赶上。根据“He hangs these boxes up in trees and ... see if the birds are nesting in them.”可知他把箱子放在树上是为了用箱子代替枯死的树木。故选B。
48．句意：他把这些箱子放在树上，每周拿下来看看是否有鸟儿在里面做窝。it它；this这个；them他们，它们。根据“He hangs these boxes up in trees”可知他把箱子放到树上，过后又将这些箱子拿下来，前文已经提到了箱子，第二次提到用代词来代替，因为是可数名词复数，所以用them。故选C。
49．句意：他也写文章，希望更多的人能加入到保护生态系统中去。wait for等待；send for召唤，申请；join in加入。结合语境可知，Jack写文章是为了让更多的人能加入保护生态环境的行列。故选C。
50．句意：研究鸟类对保护鸟类来说很重要。simple简单的；crazy疯狂的；important重要的。根据“In order to protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds”可知要保护鸟类，我们需要学习并了解鸟类，因此研究鸟类应该是重要的。故选C。
51．C 52．B 53．C 54．A 55．A 56．C 57．B 58．C 59．A 60．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过自己与儿子的一次志愿经历告诉读者这样一个道理：尊重他人就是提升了我们自己。
51．句意：Tent City组织为该地区的无家可归者搭建了许多帐篷。
houses房屋；shops商店；tents帐篷。根据上文“Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City”可知，Tent City组织为该地区的无家可归者搭建了许多帐篷。故选C。
52．句意：我们服务的很多人都缺牙了或穿着脏衣服。
raised养育；served服务；admired赞赏。根据上文“Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City”可知，作者是去为无家可归的人服务的。故选B。
53．句意：我的儿子们有很多问题，因为他们看到的东西挑战了他们关于人类如何生活在这个世界上的普遍想法。
good好的；different不同的；common普遍。根据下文“‘Why don’t they buy food like us ’ ‘Why don’t they have homes ’ …”可知，作者的孩子们对人类如何生活有自己的普遍认识，即人们都会去买食物吃、有房子住。故选C。
54．句意：我们讨论了人们最终陷入这种状况的原因。
reasons原因；wishes愿望；interests兴趣。根据下文“And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them”可知，此处指的是在找寻人们最终陷入无家可归这种状况的原因。故选A。
55．句意：“有时候，安全网是指其他人可以分享他们的一些时间和资源，”我解释道。
explained解释；agreed同意；realized意识到。根据上文“And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, ‘Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources(资源),’”可知，作者是在解释什么是安全网。故选A。
56．句意：但令我惊讶的是，我们服务的人非常感谢我带来了他们。
sadness悲伤；regret后悔；surprise惊讶。结合前后文“I was worried that my boys would make too much noise”和“the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them”可知，作者原本担心孩子会很吵，但是令作者惊讶的是，人们很喜欢这些孩子。故选C。
57．句意：许多人说有活跃的孩子在身边是多么有趣。
polite礼貌的；active活跃的；hard-working努力工作的。根据上文“I was worried that my boys would make too much noise”可知，孩子们精力旺盛，所以表现得很活跃。故选B。
58．句意：他在听他们谈论体育。
agreeing with同意；depending on依赖于；listening to听。根据下文“To be honest, I had never realized that he was such a good listener”可知，作者的儿子托尼在听老人们谈论体育。故选C。
59．句意：我可以看出，他简单的话语深深打动了他们。
touched打动；disappointed使……失望；hurt伤害。根据下文“I hugged him a little tighter (更紧的) because what he said had touched me too”可知，托尼简单的话语深深打动了作者他们服务的人。故选A。
60．句意：这是一个很好的提醒，尊重他人可以提升我们所有人。
power权力；encouragement鼓励；respect尊重。根据上文“Tony say to them, ‘Thanks so much for having dinner with us.’”可知，托尼对这些无家可归的人表现出了极大的尊重。故选C。
61．A 62．B 63．C 64．B 65．C 66．C 67．A 68．C 69．A 70．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了平民英雄Robert Lee和他的团队在节约粮食、避免食物浪费上做出的努力。
61．句意：但也有“平凡的”英雄，他们可能不为公众所知，可是他们也会做他们力所能及的事情来帮助改善人们的生活。
public公众；class班级；family家庭。根据“What will you think of when you hear the word hero Someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela may come into your mind. But there are also ‘everyday’ heroes—they may not be known to the...”可知，当听到英雄的时候，人们可能想到的是著名的英雄，如甘地或曼德拉，但是日常生活中也有英雄，只是他们不出名罢了，即不被公众所熟知。故选A。
62．句意：平民英雄都是为了让世界更美好而努力的普通人。
worse更糟糕的；better更好的；more important更重要的。根据上文“But there are also ‘everyday’ heroes...but they do what they can to help improve people’s lives as well.”和“Everyday heroes are normal people who are working to make the world a...place.”可知，平民英雄在尽自己所能去帮助人们改善他们的生活，他们也是努力去让世界变得更好的普通人。故选B。
63．句意：由于他家庭并不富裕，所以他从小就懂得了避免浪费食物的重要性。
or否则；but但是；so所以。根据“His family was not rich...he learned from a young age the importance of not throwing food.”可知，此处应表示的是因为他的家庭不富裕，所以他从小就懂得了避免浪费食物的重要性，此空应是so“所以”，表因果关系。故选C。
64．句意：这次经历让他意识到食物浪费这个问题实际上有多么严重。
suddenly突然地；actually实际上；accidentally意外地。根据“This experience made him realize how serious the problem of food wastage...was.”可知，此处表示的是这次经历让他意识到食物浪费这个问题真实的严重性，即食物浪费这个问题实际上是非常严重的。故选B。
65．句意：在他离开大学后，李和他的一个朋友创办了一个名为“拯救剩菜”（RLC）的组织。
application应用；business生意；organization组织。根据“Its purpose is to collect unsold food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters and food kitchens. Volunteers...the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need.”可知，它的目的就是把餐厅没卖出去的食物收集起来并免费把这些食物送到收容所和食品厨房，志愿者们从城市各处的餐馆获取食物，然后分发给那些需要的人，由此可知，“拯救剩菜”应是一个慈善性质的组织。故选C。
66．句意：志愿者们从城市各处的餐馆获取食物，然后分发给那些需要的人。
throw away扔掉；pay for支付；pick up捡起，获得。根据上文“Its purpose is to collect unsold food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters and food kitchens.”和“Volunteers...the food from restaurants around the city and hand it out to those in need.”可知，此处应是表示志愿者们从城市里的各餐馆获取了食物（指没卖出的食物或剩饭剩菜），再将其分发给那些需要的人，此处强调“获取，得到”。故选C。
67．句意：使用李的团队开发的一款应用程序，餐馆就可以报告他们每天的剩菜量。
Using使用；Completing完成；Finishing结束。根据“...an app developed by Lee’s team, restaurants report how much leftover food they have each day.”可知，使用了李的团队开发的一款应用程序，餐馆即可通过这个程序来报告每天的剩菜量。故选A。
68．句意：到目前为止，李和他的团队已成功节约了超过十五万公斤的食物，给需要的人提供了将近三十万顿饭。
professionally专业地；normally正常地；successfully成功地。根据“So far, Lee and his team have...saved over 150,000 kilograms of food, serving almost 300,000 meals to people who need them.”可知，李和他的团队成功地做了这件事——节约了超过15万公斤食物，给需要的人提供了将近30万顿饭。故选C。
69．句意：李已经证明了一个小小的行动可以极大地帮助到我们周围的人。
small小的；big大的；good好的。根据“Lee has shown that a...action can help people around us greatly.”可知，此处强调的是小小的行动可以极大地帮助到他人，所以此空应是small“小的”，符合语境。故选A。
70．句意：当李被问到他接下来的计划是什么时，他说到还有很有事情要去做。
first第一；next接下来的，下一个的；third第三。根据“When Lee is asked what his...plan is, he says there’s still a lot to do.”可知，李被问到自己接下来的计划，李的回答是还有很多要去做的事。故选B。
71．B 72．A 73．B 74．C 75．B 76．A 77．B 78．B 79．A 80．B
【导语】本文主要讲述了一位老人在印度买了一些红辣椒大吃起来，结果辣得他上蹿下跳，周围的人纷纷摇头。故事告诉我们：要懂得取舍，因为有舍才有得。
71．句意：最便宜的东西是一篮红色水果。
fewest最少的；cheapest最便宜的；most expensive最贵的。根据“Most of it was very cheap”可知，大部分水果都很便宜，但最便宜的是一篮红水果，此处指最便宜的。故选B。
72．句意：这位老人问“每公斤多少钱？”
asked问；talked谈论；said说。根据“How much per kilo”可知，老人在问水果多少钱。故选A。
73．句意：在印度卢比几乎不算什么，所以老人买了整整一公斤，开始吃起来。
until直到；so 因此；when当……时。“The rupees in India is almost nothing”与“the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it”是因果关系，此空应填so。故选B。
74．句意：然而，当他开始吃东西时，他的嘴开始燃烧，他的眼睛开始睁开，他的整个脸变得像水果一样红。
in fact事实上；after all毕竟；as soon as一……就……。根据“he started eating, his mouth began burn”可知，当他开始吃东西时，他的嘴开始燃烧。故选C。
75．句意：然而，当他开始吃东西时，他的嘴开始燃烧，他的眼睛开始睁开，他的整个脸变得像水果一样红。
water浇水；open打开；spread传播。根据“his eyes began to”可知，眼睛开始睁开。故选B。
76．句意：但他还是继续吃着水果。
continued继续；turned轮流；avoided避免。根据“I paid for them, so I must eat them”可知，老人还继续吃。故选A。
77．句意：有些人看着他摇摇头说。
hands手；heads头；legs腿。根据“shook their ”及“You can’t just eat them by the handful”可知，摇头表示不赞同老人的行为。故选B。
78．句意：这位老人自言自语说。
themselves他们自己；himself他自己；itself它自己。根据“I paid for them, so I must eat them”可知，这是老人对自己说的话，故选B。
79．句意：但我们更聪明吗？
smarter更聪明的；happier更开心的；better更好的。根据“This old man seemed pretty stupid”可知，此空应填入stupid的反义词，smarter符合。故选A。
80．句意：如果你失去了一些不合适的东西，那就放手，继续前进。
anything任何事；something某事；nothing没什么。根据“if you’ve lost … that does not work”可知，如果你失去了一些不合适的东西，应填something，故选B。