-2024届高三下学期英语二轮复习专项完形填空 --固定搭配和词汇复现 讲义
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Period 2 完形填空 ----固定搭配和词汇复现
课时安排 1课时
教学内容 完形填空
教学目标 使学生能够掌握完形填空微技能之利用固定搭配和词汇复现
教学重点、难点 教学重点； 完形填空微技能技巧点拨： 1.利用固定搭配，选出正确选项； 2.利用词汇复现，选出正确选项。 教学难点； 如何利用微技能解题技巧正确答题。
一、固定搭配 完形填空中经常会考查固定搭配，主要包括动词、名词、形容词与介词的搭配。解题时，通过分析句子结构，利用固定搭配，选出正确选项。在日常学习中，最好结合出现这些搭配的经典句子来掌握这些搭配。 典例 [2022·新高考Ⅱ卷·片段]They're part of a new form of the sharing economy:an online group of house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in strangers' homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner's 46. 46. ( D ) A. favor B. defense C. honor D. absence 思路点拨 考查名词。句意：在他们免费住在陌生人家里的过程中，他们会在房主不在的时候喂宠物、给植物浇水。in one's absence在某人不在的时候，符合语境，故选D项。in one's favor对某人有利；in one's defense 为某人辩护；in one's honor为向某人表示敬意。 真题体验 1. [2022·全国甲卷·片段]The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our 48, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing（求婚） I liked him too, but so soon 48. ( A ) A. breath B. balance C. attention D. imagination [解析]考查动词短语。句意：当我们停下来喘口气时，史蒂夫单膝跪下。根据语境可知，“我们”一起去遛狗，那天天气炎热，“我们”要停下来喘口气休息一下。catch one's breath喘口气。故选A项。 2. [2023·全国甲卷·片段]Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we stayed there, we heard the chug-chug-chug of a motorbike 42 its way down the hill toward us. It was a neighbor called Mario, coming to bring us a box containing some tomatoes and a bottle of wine. 42. ( A ) A. making B. searching C. squeezing D. feeling [解析]考查动词短语。此处表示“我们第一次住在那里的时候，听到了摩托车突突突下山朝我们驶来的声音”。make one's way是固定搭配，意为“前进，前往”，符合语境，故选A项。 二、词汇复现 在完形填空的设空中，有的空可以从上下文的词汇中找到与之对应的提示词。词汇复现主要有以下几种形式：原词复现、同义词/近义词复现、反义词复现和同根词复现。 1.原词复现 典例 [2022·全国甲卷·片段]When I first dated Steve, I learned he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was thrilled that he was an animal lover, I worried that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack 46, the cat. 46. ( A ) A. Flora B. Chance C. Molly D. Tilly 思路点拨 考查名词。此处表示“我”担心三条狗可能太多了，我的狗可能会攻击那只猫，弗洛拉。根据上文中的a cat, Flora可知，设空处就是Flora的原词复现。故选A项。 真题体验 3. [2023·全国甲卷·片段]What we discovered is that it's unwise to judge what you eat only by its appearance. Those tomatoes had a 53 that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes look perfect but taste of water. 53. ( D ) A. size B. shape C. color D. taste [解析]考查名词。句意：那些西红柿的味道让我想起了小时候我的叔叔常常种的那些西红柿。根据下文中的taste of water可知，此处就是taste的原词复现。故选D项。 4. （经典高考） I hate lying to the kids. One day they'll wake up and discover that everything they've always known about windows is a 48. I wonder if parents should always tell the truth no matter the consequences. I have a very strong fear that the lie we're telling is doing spiritual damage to our children. 48. ( B ) A. dream B. lie C. fantasy D. fact [解析]考查名词。句意：某天他们会醒来，发现他们所知道的关于窗户的一切都是谎言。根据下文的the lie可知，此处是lie的原词复现。故选B项。 2.同义词/近义词复现 典例 [2023·全国乙卷·片段]To become the Olympic champion in the individual（个人） all-around event, Gabby Douglas had to leave everything she knew best...So she 47 about 1,200 miles away from home, to train with a coach from China. 47. ( D ) A. dropped out B. moved on C. pulled over D. went off 思路点拨 考查动词短语。句意：于是她去了距家乡约1，200英里的地方，在一位华人教练指导下训练。前文提到“她不得不离开自己最了解的一切”，其中的leave与went off是同义词复现，都表示“离开”。故选D项。 真题体验 5. （经典高考） It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be exposed to the public because of Italy's privacy laws, 42 working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction（拍卖）” run by the Italian police where things found on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. 42. ( A ) A. finished B. delayed C. considered D. tried [解析]考查动词。根据后文的after work auction可知，主人公是在完成工作下班回家的路上去了拍卖会。finished working与after work表达相近的含义。故选A项。 3.反义词复现 典例 （经典高考） As a businesswoman, I care deeply about my customers. But like anyone for whom you feel affection, customers can also drive you mad...They'll have out half the goods in the shop, and want the only style you don't have left in a particular colour. I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep 47. 47. ( B ) A. fighting B. smiling C. waiting D. changing 思路点拨 考查动词。句意：我确实知道店员会变得有多生气，但是我努力劝他们保持微笑。前文出现upset，but表示转折，因此设空处应表达与upset相反的意思。故选B项。 真题体验 6. [2023·全国乙卷·片段]As it turned out, Douglas did exactly what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she defeated two Russians. The Chinese coach transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an 54 member of the national team to the top of the sport. 54. ( C ) A. amateur B. elected C. average D. enthusiastic [解析]考查形容词。句意：那位华人教练让Douglas成为世界上最好的体操运动员之一，帮助她从国家队的普通队员变为该运动的顶尖选手。 根据句子中的the top of可知，设空处应该与其意思相反，即从一名普通的运动员变成了一名顶尖选手。average与top是反义词复现。故选C项。 4.同根词复现 典例 [2022·新高考Ⅰ卷·片段]My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years. Some of our memories are funny, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we 42 along Chalk Creek...He was uncomfortable, and his crying let the whole campground know it. 42. ( A ) A. camped B. drove C. walked D. cycled 思路点拨 考查动词。句意：曾经，我们沿着Chalk Greek……露营。第一段第一句中有camping，空后句中有campground。设空处所填词与这两个词是同根词。故选A项。 真题体验 7. [2021·全国甲卷·片段]It's the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada. ... ...“I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls,” Burchill said in a recent letter of 51 to the 4-star hotel. “The seagulls immediately went wild...” ... ...“I come to you, hat in hand, to apologize for the damage I had indirectly caused...” 51. ( B ) A. application B. apology C. request D. invitation [解析]考查名词。句意：……Burchill在最近给这家四星级酒店的道歉信中说道。根据后文的to apologize for可知，此处应该是“道歉信”，属于同根词复现，故选B项。 8. [2021·全国乙卷·片段]Simply saying thank you doesn't seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a nurse just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different grades of gratitude（感谢）. ... She was 49 for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. 49. ( A ) A. grateful B. thoughtful C. sorrowful D. fearful [解析]考查形容词。句意：她很感激医疗和护理团队为她所做的一切。根据前文的different grades of gratitude可知，此处表达“对……表示感激”。设空处与gratitude属于同根词复现，故选A项。 对点精练[2023·新课标Ⅱ卷] 语篇类型：记叙文 主题语境： 人与社会 In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP （Pilots N Paws） website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 1B. They could not afford to pay for 2D for their dog, Tiffy, and 3A wanted to take her with them. It just 4C that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 5B to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 6D Tiffy. When I met Tiffy's owners, they seemed very 7B. George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was 8A for him, having to leave his dog to a 9C and trust that everything would 10B. After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me 11D Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and 12A them as soon as we got to Kansas City. The flight was 13D, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she 14C with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so 15A and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again. 1. ( B ) A. turn B. budget C. schedule D. connection [解析]根据下文的“They could not afford to pay for 2 for their dog, Tiffy”可知，他们支付不起费用，即他们的预算（budget）很紧张。 2. ( D ) A. food B. shelter C. medicine D. transportation [解析]根据上文的“...a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 1.”可知，在托皮卡的这家人必须搬到弗吉尼亚州，但预算很紧张。由此可推测出他们支付不起狗的运输（transportation）费。 3. ( A ) A. desperately B. temporarily C. secretly D. originally [解析]根据第一段中的“In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP （Pilots N Paws） website from a family in Topeka.”可知，托皮卡的这家人把自己的状况发到了网上。又根据第二段中的“...another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知，飞行员卡伦带蒂菲从堪萨斯城到弗吉尼亚州。由此可推断出这家人非常（desperately）想带着这条狗一起走。temporarily暂时地；secretly 秘密地；originally 起初，原来。 4. ( C ) A. appeared B. proved C. happened D. showed [解析]第一段提及作者在PNP网站上看到一个帖子。第二段的“I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”表明作者正计划与另一名飞行员卡伦进行另外一次PNP飞行。由此可知，这仅仅是碰巧（happened）的事情。 5. ( B ) A. waited B. offered C. hurried D. failed [解析]根据上文的“I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen...”以及下文的“What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 6 Tiffy.”可知，作者要做的事情是飞到托皮卡去接蒂菲。由此推测出另一名飞行员卡伦主动提出（offered）将蒂菲从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚州。 6. ( D ) A. see off B. look for C. hand over D. pick up [解析]上文提及另一名飞行员卡伦主动提出将蒂菲从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚州，而蒂菲在托皮卡。由此可知，作者要做的事情是飞到托皮卡接（pick up）蒂菲。see off送别；look for寻找；hand over移交，交出。 7. ( B ) A. confused B. nervous C. annoyed D. curious [解析]根据下文的“George, the husband, was trying to be calm”可知，乔治努力保持冷静。这表明当作者见到蒂菲的主人们时，他们好像非常紧张（nervous）。 8. ( A ) A. hard B. fine C. common D. lucky [解析]此处表示“我”能判断出对他而言努力保持冷静是困难的（hard）。 9. ( C ) A. coworker B. passenger C. stranger D. neighbor [解析]上文提及作者与另一名飞行员欲将乔治家的狗带到弗吉尼亚州，而作者与乔治一家并不相识。所以，此处是指将狗交给一个陌生人（stranger）。 10. ( B ) A. speed up B. work out C. come back D. take off [解析]此处表示对于乔治而言，必须把他的狗交给一个陌生人，而且相信一切都能进展顺利（work out），这很难。speed up加速；come back回来；take off起飞。 11. ( D ) A. feed B. follow C. change D. load [解析]此处表示作者让乔治和他的妻子帮忙把蒂菲装（load）入飞机。feed喂；follow跟随；change改变。 12. ( A ) A. call B. join C. leave D. serve [解析]第三段提及乔治一家人很不放心将狗交给陌生人。根据空前的“I promised to take care of Tiffy”和空后的“as soon as we got to Kansas City”可知，作者承诺一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话（call）。 13. ( D ) A. unnecessary B. unexpected C. unavoidable D. uneventful [解析]根据下文的“Tiffy was a great passenger”可知，蒂菲是一位好乘客，这表明飞行很平静（uneventful）。unnecessary 不必要的；unexpected出乎意料的；unavoidable不可避免的。 14. ( C ) A. returned B. fought C. flew D. agreed [解析]根据第二段中的“...with another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知，卡伦是一名飞行员，由此可推断出蒂菲与卡伦一起飞行（flew）并在几天内回到了乔治身边。 15. ( A ) A. thankful B. generous C. proud D. sympathetic [解析]根据下文的“and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.”可知，作者帮助乔治一家和狗团聚，乔治非常感激（thankful）。generous慷慨的；proud骄傲的；sympathetic同情的。A. upset B. awake C. social D. busy [解析]句意：在此期间，我一直很忙（busy），买了一些书来提高我的摄影技能，并把我知道的关于园艺和狗的一切教给我的孙女们。此处表达“我”一直忙碌着做这些事情，也忘了种子的事情。故选D项。 13. ( D ) A. expected B. attempted C. failed D. happened [解析]这段时期“我”一直忙着别的事情，忘记了种子的事情，六周后我在院子里意外发现了种子发芽。happen to do sth.表示“碰巧做某事”。故选D项。 14. ( A ) A. shown up B. fallen off C. taken off D. dried up [解析]show up出现；fall off跌落；take off起飞，突然成功；dry up干涸。此处表达：经过一段时间，种子发芽了，绿叶出现了。故选A项。 15. ( B ) A. compete B. grow C. survive D. relax [解析]根据前文的“I wonder if they'll still grow.”可知，此处是原词复现，表示为了它们的目标而生长。故选B项。
课时安排 1课时
教学内容 完形填空
教学目标 使学生能够掌握完形填空微技能之利用固定搭配和词汇复现
教学重点、难点 教学重点； 完形填空微技能技巧点拨： 1.利用固定搭配，选出正确选项； 2.利用词汇复现，选出正确选项。 教学难点； 如何利用微技能解题技巧正确答题。
一、固定搭配 完形填空中经常会考查固定搭配，主要包括动词、名词、形容词与介词的搭配。解题时，通过分析句子结构，利用固定搭配，选出正确选项。在日常学习中，最好结合出现这些搭配的经典句子来掌握这些搭配。 典例 [2022·新高考Ⅱ卷·片段]They're part of a new form of the sharing economy:an online group of house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in strangers' homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner's 46. 46. ( D ) A. favor B. defense C. honor D. absence 思路点拨 考查名词。句意：在他们免费住在陌生人家里的过程中，他们会在房主不在的时候喂宠物、给植物浇水。in one's absence在某人不在的时候，符合语境，故选D项。in one's favor对某人有利；in one's defense 为某人辩护；in one's honor为向某人表示敬意。 真题体验 1. [2022·全国甲卷·片段]The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our 48, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing（求婚） I liked him too, but so soon 48. ( A ) A. breath B. balance C. attention D. imagination [解析]考查动词短语。句意：当我们停下来喘口气时，史蒂夫单膝跪下。根据语境可知，“我们”一起去遛狗，那天天气炎热，“我们”要停下来喘口气休息一下。catch one's breath喘口气。故选A项。 2. [2023·全国甲卷·片段]Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we stayed there, we heard the chug-chug-chug of a motorbike 42 its way down the hill toward us. It was a neighbor called Mario, coming to bring us a box containing some tomatoes and a bottle of wine. 42. ( A ) A. making B. searching C. squeezing D. feeling [解析]考查动词短语。此处表示“我们第一次住在那里的时候，听到了摩托车突突突下山朝我们驶来的声音”。make one's way是固定搭配，意为“前进，前往”，符合语境，故选A项。 二、词汇复现 在完形填空的设空中，有的空可以从上下文的词汇中找到与之对应的提示词。词汇复现主要有以下几种形式：原词复现、同义词/近义词复现、反义词复现和同根词复现。 1.原词复现 典例 [2022·全国甲卷·片段]When I first dated Steve, I learned he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was thrilled that he was an animal lover, I worried that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack 46, the cat. 46. ( A ) A. Flora B. Chance C. Molly D. Tilly 思路点拨 考查名词。此处表示“我”担心三条狗可能太多了，我的狗可能会攻击那只猫，弗洛拉。根据上文中的a cat, Flora可知，设空处就是Flora的原词复现。故选A项。 真题体验 3. [2023·全国甲卷·片段]What we discovered is that it's unwise to judge what you eat only by its appearance. Those tomatoes had a 53 that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes look perfect but taste of water. 53. ( D ) A. size B. shape C. color D. taste [解析]考查名词。句意：那些西红柿的味道让我想起了小时候我的叔叔常常种的那些西红柿。根据下文中的taste of water可知，此处就是taste的原词复现。故选D项。 4. （经典高考） I hate lying to the kids. One day they'll wake up and discover that everything they've always known about windows is a 48. I wonder if parents should always tell the truth no matter the consequences. I have a very strong fear that the lie we're telling is doing spiritual damage to our children. 48. ( B ) A. dream B. lie C. fantasy D. fact [解析]考查名词。句意：某天他们会醒来，发现他们所知道的关于窗户的一切都是谎言。根据下文的the lie可知，此处是lie的原词复现。故选B项。 2.同义词/近义词复现 典例 [2023·全国乙卷·片段]To become the Olympic champion in the individual（个人） all-around event, Gabby Douglas had to leave everything she knew best...So she 47 about 1,200 miles away from home, to train with a coach from China. 47. ( D ) A. dropped out B. moved on C. pulled over D. went off 思路点拨 考查动词短语。句意：于是她去了距家乡约1，200英里的地方，在一位华人教练指导下训练。前文提到“她不得不离开自己最了解的一切”，其中的leave与went off是同义词复现，都表示“离开”。故选D项。 真题体验 5. （经典高考） It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be exposed to the public because of Italy's privacy laws, 42 working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction（拍卖）” run by the Italian police where things found on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. 42. ( A ) A. finished B. delayed C. considered D. tried [解析]考查动词。根据后文的after work auction可知，主人公是在完成工作下班回家的路上去了拍卖会。finished working与after work表达相近的含义。故选A项。 3.反义词复现 典例 （经典高考） As a businesswoman, I care deeply about my customers. But like anyone for whom you feel affection, customers can also drive you mad...They'll have out half the goods in the shop, and want the only style you don't have left in a particular colour. I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep 47. 47. ( B ) A. fighting B. smiling C. waiting D. changing 思路点拨 考查动词。句意：我确实知道店员会变得有多生气，但是我努力劝他们保持微笑。前文出现upset，but表示转折，因此设空处应表达与upset相反的意思。故选B项。 真题体验 6. [2023·全国乙卷·片段]As it turned out, Douglas did exactly what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she defeated two Russians. The Chinese coach transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an 54 member of the national team to the top of the sport. 54. ( C ) A. amateur B. elected C. average D. enthusiastic [解析]考查形容词。句意：那位华人教练让Douglas成为世界上最好的体操运动员之一，帮助她从国家队的普通队员变为该运动的顶尖选手。 根据句子中的the top of可知，设空处应该与其意思相反，即从一名普通的运动员变成了一名顶尖选手。average与top是反义词复现。故选C项。 4.同根词复现 典例 [2022·新高考Ⅰ卷·片段]My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years. Some of our memories are funny, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we 42 along Chalk Creek...He was uncomfortable, and his crying let the whole campground know it. 42. ( A ) A. camped B. drove C. walked D. cycled 思路点拨 考查动词。句意：曾经，我们沿着Chalk Greek……露营。第一段第一句中有camping，空后句中有campground。设空处所填词与这两个词是同根词。故选A项。 真题体验 7. [2021·全国甲卷·片段]It's the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada. ... ...“I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls,” Burchill said in a recent letter of 51 to the 4-star hotel. “The seagulls immediately went wild...” ... ...“I come to you, hat in hand, to apologize for the damage I had indirectly caused...” 51. ( B ) A. application B. apology C. request D. invitation [解析]考查名词。句意：……Burchill在最近给这家四星级酒店的道歉信中说道。根据后文的to apologize for可知，此处应该是“道歉信”，属于同根词复现，故选B项。 8. [2021·全国乙卷·片段]Simply saying thank you doesn't seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a nurse just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different grades of gratitude（感谢）. ... She was 49 for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. 49. ( A ) A. grateful B. thoughtful C. sorrowful D. fearful [解析]考查形容词。句意：她很感激医疗和护理团队为她所做的一切。根据前文的different grades of gratitude可知，此处表达“对……表示感激”。设空处与gratitude属于同根词复现，故选A项。 对点精练[2023·新课标Ⅱ卷] 语篇类型：记叙文 主题语境： 人与社会 In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP （Pilots N Paws） website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 1B. They could not afford to pay for 2D for their dog, Tiffy, and 3A wanted to take her with them. It just 4C that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 5B to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 6D Tiffy. When I met Tiffy's owners, they seemed very 7B. George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was 8A for him, having to leave his dog to a 9C and trust that everything would 10B. After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me 11D Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and 12A them as soon as we got to Kansas City. The flight was 13D, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she 14C with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so 15A and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again. 1. ( B ) A. turn B. budget C. schedule D. connection [解析]根据下文的“They could not afford to pay for 2 for their dog, Tiffy”可知，他们支付不起费用，即他们的预算（budget）很紧张。 2. ( D ) A. food B. shelter C. medicine D. transportation [解析]根据上文的“...a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight 1.”可知，在托皮卡的这家人必须搬到弗吉尼亚州，但预算很紧张。由此可推测出他们支付不起狗的运输（transportation）费。 3. ( A ) A. desperately B. temporarily C. secretly D. originally [解析]根据第一段中的“In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP （Pilots N Paws） website from a family in Topeka.”可知，托皮卡的这家人把自己的状况发到了网上。又根据第二段中的“...another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知，飞行员卡伦带蒂菲从堪萨斯城到弗吉尼亚州。由此可推断出这家人非常（desperately）想带着这条狗一起走。temporarily暂时地；secretly 秘密地；originally 起初，原来。 4. ( C ) A. appeared B. proved C. happened D. showed [解析]第一段提及作者在PNP网站上看到一个帖子。第二段的“I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”表明作者正计划与另一名飞行员卡伦进行另外一次PNP飞行。由此可知，这仅仅是碰巧（happened）的事情。 5. ( B ) A. waited B. offered C. hurried D. failed [解析]根据上文的“I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen...”以及下文的“What I was to do was fly to Topeka to 6 Tiffy.”可知，作者要做的事情是飞到托皮卡去接蒂菲。由此推测出另一名飞行员卡伦主动提出（offered）将蒂菲从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚州。 6. ( D ) A. see off B. look for C. hand over D. pick up [解析]上文提及另一名飞行员卡伦主动提出将蒂菲从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚州，而蒂菲在托皮卡。由此可知，作者要做的事情是飞到托皮卡接（pick up）蒂菲。see off送别；look for寻找；hand over移交，交出。 7. ( B ) A. confused B. nervous C. annoyed D. curious [解析]根据下文的“George, the husband, was trying to be calm”可知，乔治努力保持冷静。这表明当作者见到蒂菲的主人们时，他们好像非常紧张（nervous）。 8. ( A ) A. hard B. fine C. common D. lucky [解析]此处表示“我”能判断出对他而言努力保持冷静是困难的（hard）。 9. ( C ) A. coworker B. passenger C. stranger D. neighbor [解析]上文提及作者与另一名飞行员欲将乔治家的狗带到弗吉尼亚州，而作者与乔治一家并不相识。所以，此处是指将狗交给一个陌生人（stranger）。 10. ( B ) A. speed up B. work out C. come back D. take off [解析]此处表示对于乔治而言，必须把他的狗交给一个陌生人，而且相信一切都能进展顺利（work out），这很难。speed up加速；come back回来；take off起飞。 11. ( D ) A. feed B. follow C. change D. load [解析]此处表示作者让乔治和他的妻子帮忙把蒂菲装（load）入飞机。feed喂；follow跟随；change改变。 12. ( A ) A. call B. join C. leave D. serve [解析]第三段提及乔治一家人很不放心将狗交给陌生人。根据空前的“I promised to take care of Tiffy”和空后的“as soon as we got to Kansas City”可知，作者承诺一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话（call）。 13. ( D ) A. unnecessary B. unexpected C. unavoidable D. uneventful [解析]根据下文的“Tiffy was a great passenger”可知，蒂菲是一位好乘客，这表明飞行很平静（uneventful）。unnecessary 不必要的；unexpected出乎意料的；unavoidable不可避免的。 14. ( C ) A. returned B. fought C. flew D. agreed [解析]根据第二段中的“...with another pilot, Karen, who 5 to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知，卡伦是一名飞行员，由此可推断出蒂菲与卡伦一起飞行（flew）并在几天内回到了乔治身边。 15. ( A ) A. thankful B. generous C. proud D. sympathetic [解析]根据下文的“and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.”可知，作者帮助乔治一家和狗团聚，乔治非常感激（thankful）。generous慷慨的；proud骄傲的；sympathetic同情的。A. upset B. awake C. social D. busy [解析]句意：在此期间，我一直很忙（busy），买了一些书来提高我的摄影技能，并把我知道的关于园艺和狗的一切教给我的孙女们。此处表达“我”一直忙碌着做这些事情，也忘了种子的事情。故选D项。 13. ( D ) A. expected B. attempted C. failed D. happened [解析]这段时期“我”一直忙着别的事情，忘记了种子的事情，六周后我在院子里意外发现了种子发芽。happen to do sth.表示“碰巧做某事”。故选D项。 14. ( A ) A. shown up B. fallen off C. taken off D. dried up [解析]show up出现；fall off跌落；take off起飞，突然成功；dry up干涸。此处表达：经过一段时间，种子发芽了，绿叶出现了。故选A项。 15. ( B ) A. compete B. grow C. survive D. relax [解析]根据前文的“I wonder if they'll still grow.”可知，此处是原词复现，表示为了它们的目标而生长。故选B项。