Module 1
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2015·重庆，A)
At thirteen，I was diag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder.It made school difficult for me.When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks，I could not.
In my first lit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )erature class，Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it，all within 45 minutes.I raised my hand right away and said，“Mrs.Smith，you see，the doctor said I have attention problems.I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) through her glasses，“You are no different from your classmates，young man.”
I tried，but I ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) didn't finish the reading when the bell rang.I had to take it home.
In the quietn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ess of my bedroom，the story suddenly all became clear to me.It was about a blind person，Louis Braille.He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education.But Louis didn't give up.Instead，he invented a reading system of raised dots (点)，which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn't I the “blin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d” in my class，being made to learn like the “sighted”students？My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance.I completed the task within 40 minutes.Indeed，I was no different from others；I just needed a quieter place.If Louis could find his way out of his problems，why should I ever give up
I didn't expect anyt ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hing when I handed in my paper to Mrs.Smith，so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an “A” on it.At the bottom of the paper were these words：“See what you can do when you keep trying？”
语篇解读：本文讲述了作者上学时的个 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )人经历。作者有注意力不集中的问题，但在老师的鼓励下，受到盲人故事的激励，作者最终克服了自己的问题。由此告诉我们一个人可以通过努力克服自己的缺陷。
1．The author didn't finish the reading in class because ______.
A．he was new to the class
B．he was tired of literature
C．he had an attention disorder
D．he wanted to take the task home
答案：C 细节理解题。此题为直接信 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )息题，带着题干回到原文搜寻信息，定位第一段“At thirteen，I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder.It made school difficult for me.When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks，I could not.”可知作者不能完成老师布置的任务是因为患有一种注意力障碍症。C项中had an attention disorder与文中信息一致，故选C项。
2．What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage
A．He had good sight.
B．He made a great invention.
C．He gave up reading.
D．He learned a lot from school.
答案：B 细节理解题。根据文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )章第五段最后两句“But Louis didn't give up.Instead，he invented a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.”可知他发明了一个阅读系统，给盲人打开了一个全新的知识的世界。故选B项。
3．What was Mrs.S ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mith's attitude to the author at the end of the story
A．Angry. B．Impatient.
C．Sympathetic. D．Encouraging.
答案：D 推理判断题。此题考查对观点 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )态度的推理。史密斯老师给作者打了“A”，并且写了批语。最后一句话“See what you can do when you keep trying？”形式上为问句，实则是对作者鼓励的话语，她是在鼓励作者只要不懈努力就一定能战胜困难取得成功。因此选择D项。
4．What is the main idea of the passage
A．The disabled should be treated with respect.
B．A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C．One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D．Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
答案：C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述作 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )者是一个有注意力障碍症的学生，在老师的激励下，克服困难的故事。说明只要不懈努力就一定能战胜困难取得成功。文章强调的是不懈努力的重要性而不是对残疾人的尊重、老师对学生的作用或困难中的帮助，故选C项。
B
(2015·黑龙江哈三中一模)
I prefer Lynne T ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )russ's phraseology: I am a grammar “sticker”. And, like Truss—author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves—I have a “zero tolerance” approach to grammar mistakes that make people look stupid.
Now, Truss and I ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )disagree on what it means to have “zero tolerance”. She thinks that people who mix up basic grammar “deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked (砍) up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave”， while I just think they deserve to be passed over for a job—even if they are otherwise qualified for the position.
Everyone who app ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lies for a position at either of my companies, iFixit or Dozuki, takes a compulsory grammar test. If job hopefuls can't distinguish between “to” and “too”， their applications go into the bin.
Of course, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )we write for a living. is the world's largest online repair manual (指南), and Dozuki helps companies write their own technical documentation, like paperless work instructions and step by step user manuals. So, it makes sense that we've made a strong strike against grammar errors.
But grammar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is relevant for all companies. Yes, language is constantly changing, but that doesn't make grammar unimportant. Good grammar is credibility, especially on the Internet. And, for better or worse, people judge you if you can't tell the difference between “their” “there” and “they're”．
Good grammar ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )kes good business sense—and not just when it comes to hiring writers. Writing isn't in the official job description of most people in our office. Still, we give our grammar test to everybody, including our salespeople, our operations staff, and our programmers.
Grammar signifie ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s more than just a person's ability to remember high school English. I've found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing—like stocking shelves or labeling parts. It is the same with programmers. Applicants who don't think writing is important are likely to think lots of other things also aren't important.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。作者认为 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )掌握语法不仅仅意味着一个人中学阶段的学习能力，在工作中也同样重要。一个认为写作不重要的员工很可能也会认为很多其他事情不重要。这种人不是他们公司所需要的。
5．The author agrees with Lynne Truss in that ________.
A．grammar mistakes can't be tolerated
B．books on grammar make people stupid
C．people need to learn basic grammar
D．grammar mistakes are absolutely unavoidable
答案：A 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，作者在不容忍语法错误方面和林恩·特拉斯观点相同。故选A项。
6．What's the auth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or's “zero tolerance” approach to these job seekers who mix up basic grammar
A．They should be left out for a job.
B．They have to correct their mistakes.
C．They aren't qualified for their jobs.
D．They must be severely punished.
答案：A 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“...while I just think they deserve to be passed over for a job—even if they are otherwise qualified for the position.”可知，作者认为对那些混淆基础语法的求职者应该不予考虑。故选A项。
7．Which of the following is TRUE of iFixit and Dozuki
A．Only one of them has a compulsory grammar test.
B．They are companies where one learns grammar.
C．Grammar is quite important for the two companies.
D．They depend on grammar correction for a living.
答案：C 细节理解题。根据第三段 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )内容可知，iFixit和Dozuki两家公司会把连基础语法都无法分清的求职者的申请表扔到垃圾箱里。由此可见其对语法的重视。故选C项。
8．What can we learn from the text
A．Companies giving grammar tests may have no good business sense.
B．Grammar becomes unimportant as language is constantly changing.
C．A “zero to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lerance” approach to grammar errors might seem a little unfair.
D．People who pay att ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ention to writing may pay attention to other things.
答案：D 推理判断题。根据文章最 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )后一句“Applicants who don't think writing is important are likely to think lots of other things also aren't important.”可知，认为写作不重要的员工可能认为其他事情也不重要。由此可以推断，重视写作的人也可能会重视其他的事情。故选D项。
Ⅱ.七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
My daughter Chlo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e is starting out in college in the fall. With her newfound independence will come the newfound responsibilities of dealing with money. __1__ Now I have a few lessons I'd like to share with Chloe, and with anyone else starting out in college.
__2__ OK, th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is is almost the only lesson you need. The biggest reason you get into money problems is that you spend money you don't really have. Then you end up in the hole, and it's hard to get out of the hole. You work too many hours to keep up with your spending. And you end up with a life that's about nothing but trying to pay for all the spending on something you don't really need. __3__
Make a very sim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ple budget. It's a terrible thing for people who've never done a budget, but it will become very simple and easy if you know how to do it. __4__ If the bills add up to more than the income, remove some bills. Pay bills right away. If you have the money, pay the bill as soon as it comes in. You can usually do this online, but if not, it's just a matter of writing a check, putting it in an envelope, and writing out an address—two minutes. __5__ If you let the bill paying get pushed back, it becomes a terrible thing.
That's all you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )need to know. If you save when you're in college, avoid debt, and pay bills on time, you're golden.
A．Why not enjoy your life in college
B．Spend less than you earn.
C．So spend less, work less, worry less, be happier.
D．Like many young people, she hates thinking about money.
E．First, list your income, and then list your bills.
E．Find ways to get things done you need to get done.
G．Do this two min ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ute action at once, so you don't have to worry about it later.
语篇导读：本文是一位母亲给即将上大学的孩 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )子关于如何管理钱的几点建议，文中提到了花钱不要超出支付能力，要学会制定预算而且要做到有钱立即付账，不拖延。
1．D 考查上下文的理解及推理判 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )断能力。空前“With her newfound independence will come the newfound responsibilities of dealing with money.”提到和新的独立一起到来的是处理钱的责任，所以下文1空就是关于钱的问题，所以答案为D选项。像很多年轻人一样，她讨厌考虑钱的问题。
2．B 考查总结归纳主题句的能力。从文 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )章第二段第二句中“...you spend money you don't really have. Then you end up in the hole. 和 you end up with a life that's about nothing but trying to pay for all the spending on something you don't really need.”都是指花的钱超出了支付能力，结果就是努力去偿付那些没必要花的钱。所以B选项正确，意思是花的钱不要超出你所挣的钱。
3．C 考查对语境的理解及推理判断能力。 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二段整段都是说花钱不要超出自己的支付能力，否则就会过上为了还钱而努力挣钱的生活，而且从空前“You work too many hours to keep up with your spending.”判断下面应该是进一步强调少花钱的重要性，故C选项正确，意思是少花钱，少工作，少担心，更快乐。
4．E 考查上下文的理解及推 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )理判断能力。这段的建议是制定预算，而且从空后句中“If the bills add up to more than the income, remove some bills.”出现的提示词 bill 和 income 判断E选项正确，意思是首先列出你的收入，然后列出你的账单。
5．G 考查上下文的理解 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )及推理判断能力。前面是说有了钱马上付账，付账仅仅是需要两分钟的事情，所以从空前的 two minutes 判断G为正确选项，立即做这个两分钟的活动，这样过后你就不会担心它了。
Ⅳ.语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
(2015·东北三省三校一模)
The “selfie” is used ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to describe the self taken photo, often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up __1__(post)one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the __2__(good). In that picture, he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him __3__(remove), because that smile is what gives him the __4__(determine) to love himself.
I read __5__ poem ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )recently and the young man said, “If I ask you __6__ you love，the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom，your daughter，or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say ‘I love __7__(I)’？”
That statement hit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life. I still do. And in __8__ way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway __9__ confidence. __10__， the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______
语篇解读：很多人会把自己满意的自拍照发到网上去，他们认为这样可以使自己增强爱自己的决心。
1．posting 考查非谓语动词作宾语。end up doing sth.为固定用法，意为：以……而结束，最终做了某事。
2．best 考查形容词最高级形式。由语境可知此处表示从众多自拍照中选一张自己认为最好的，由此判断此处应用good的最高级。
3．is removed 考查时 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )态和语态。由语境可知应用一般现在时，又因remove与everything为被动关系，故用一般现在时的被动语态。
4．determinati ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on 考查名词。give sb.sth.“给某人某物”。又根据设空处前的the也可判断设空处应为名词。determination为不可数名词，后面常用不定式作定语。
5．a 考查冠词。设空处的poem为可数名词，在本句中表泛指，故与不定冠词连用。
6．what 考查宾语从句。根据下文的内容可推知此处应为what。
7．myself 考查代词。由空前的I及语境可知设空处用反身代词。
8．no 考查倒装句式。根据本句中 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“am I saying”的倒装语序，可推知设空处应为否定词。表示否定意义的介词短语放在句首时，后面的主谓部分常用部分倒装形式。in no way“绝不”。
9．to 考查介词。a gateway to...为固定搭配，意为：通向……之路。
10．However 考查副词。前后句之间是转折关系，并由后面的逗号可知应填副词。
Ⅳ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today we had a chem ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )istry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher's office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the tests. We were warned not to cheat again so she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn't cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me
答案：
Today we had a chemis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )try test. I found the test ， but I tried to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, me to let her to copy my answers. After for some time, I let her copy my answers. But after the test, of us were called to the teacher's office. The teacher was angry because we had same answers in the . We were warned not to cheat again she would need to see our parents. I was very upset. I didn't cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why she punish me Module 1 British and American English
I. 单项填空
1．—You don't know wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at great difficulty I had________to get the two tickets.
—Is the film really worth________twice？
A．managing；seeing B．managed；seeing
C．managing；being seen D．managed；being seen
答案 A [句意：“你不知道我买这两张票费 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )了多少劲。”“这部电影真的值得看两遍吗？”what great difficulty在句子中作先行词，在后面的定语从句中作宾语，have difficulty (in) doing sth“做某事而有困难”；而be worth之后加v. ing的形式的主动形式表被动意义。]
2．The policeman's_______traffic directions made all the drivers quite ______．
A．confused；confused B．confusing；confusing
C．confused；confusing D．confusing；confused
答案 D [句意：警察那令 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )人迷惑的交通指挥使得所有的司机都感到很迷惑。confusing用来修饰物，意为“令人迷惑不解的”；confused修饰人，意为“(人)感到迷惑不解的”。]
3．You like surfing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and chatting all night, too？Don't you think we have so much________？
A．in common B．of common
C．on common D．with common
答案 A [句意：你也喜欢冲浪和整夜聊天？难道你不认为我们有很多共同之处吗？have much in common“有许多共同之处”。]
4．Don't worry about it.After all, you have________to make it.
A．succeeded B．attempted
C．managed D．failed
答案 B [succeed in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )doing sth“成功地做了某事”；attempt to do sth“试图做某事”；manage to do sth“设法成功地做了某事”；fail to do sth“没有做成某事”。该题从安慰的角度考虑，应选B项。]
5．As far as I kno ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w, it was the car accident due to drunk driving that led to________．
A．him to be killed B．kill him
C．him having killed D．his being killed
答案 D [lead to意为“导致”，其中 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to是介词，后接动词 ing形式；his与being killed一起构成动词 ing形式的复合结构作介词to的宾语。句意：据我所知，是那次酒后驾驶引发的车祸致使他死亡。]
6．It makes no________to me what you say.I won't care.
A．choice B．effort
C．difference D．decision
答案 C [choice“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )选择”；effort“努力”；difference“不同”；decision“决定”。根据句意应选C项构成make no difference表示“没有关系”。]
7．—How about your trip to Italy
—Oh，________the fine weather，we enjoyed ourselves indeed.
A．but for B．thanks to
C．in spite of D．because for
答案 B [but fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r意为“要不是由于”，一般用于虚拟语气；thanks to意为“多亏，由于”；in spite of意为“尽管，虽然”；D项本身错误。根据句意应选B项。]
8．We're going to________the hutongs of Beijing.Would you like to join us
A．get round B．get along
C．get in D．get over
答案 A [根据句意，此处应指四处走动、参观胡同，故选A。B指相处；进展，C指插嘴，D指克服，翻越。]
9．Most of the repre ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sentatives attending the conference are not________the project, for it costs too much.
A．in spite of B．in case of
C．in honour of D．in favour of
答案 D [考查短语辨析。句意：参 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )加会议的大部分代表都不赞成这项计划，因为花费太大。in favour of“支持，同意”，符合题意。in spite of“尽管”；in case of“万一”；in honour of“为了纪念”，均不符合题意。]
10．________with his ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sister, Jerry is even more sensitive, and more easily troubled by emotional and relationship problems.
A．Comparing B．Compared
C．Compare D．To compare
答案 B [句意：和姐姐相比，杰瑞更 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )敏感，更易受情感和交往方面问题的困扰。Jerry与compare之间为被动关系，故应选表被动的过去分词。compared with为固定搭配，意为“与……相比”，在句中作状语。]
11．She________her views to the committee very clearly.
A．preserved B．presented
C．provided D．supplied
答案 B [考查动词辨析。preser ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ve“保护，保存”；present“提出”；provide“提供，供应”；supply“提供，供应”。根据句意判断答案为B。]
12．Mary's dress ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is very similar________mine but they differ________quality.
A．to；in B．in；in
C．to；from D．in；from
答案 A [考查介词搭配。be sim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ilar to意为“与……相似”，be similar in表示“在……方面相似”。differ from意为“与……不同”；differ in意为“在……方面不同”。句意：玛丽的裙子与我的很相似，但是质量不同。]
13．A terrible air cra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sh happened over the Atlantic Ocean，________150 passengers.
A．having killed B．killing
C．killed D．to kill
答案 B [句意：一场可怕的 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )航空事故发生在大西洋上空，造成了150人死亡。a terrible air crash与kill是逻辑上的主谓关系，故空白处应填现在分词killing，表示飞机事故带来的自然而然的结果。]
14．Having dinner to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gether on New Year’s Eve has always been________big deal for my family and it gives us________pleasure.
A．the；/ B．a；the
C．a；a D．a；/
答案 D [句意为：除夕一起吃年夜饭一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )直是我家的一件大事，它带给了我们快乐。第二空后的pleasure在本句中作“快乐”讲，为不可数名词，在本句中表示泛指，故用零冠词，故排除B、C两项；a big deal为习惯搭配，意为“一件大事”。]
15．When we finally__ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )_____to get home after the tring long journey，we could hardly move a step further.
A．tried B．succeeded
C．attempted D．managed
答案 D [句意为：当我们经过疲惫的长途旅行 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )最终回到家时几乎一步也走不了了。try to do sth.努力/试图做某事；succeed in doing sth.成功做某事；attempt to do sth.试图做某事；manage to do sth.成功做某事。结合句意可知应选D项。]
II. 完形填空
All my life people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) have told me that I was bright and that I had a lot of potential.I usually did really __1__in school and I even got a scholarship to a really good __2__．The only thing that I wasn't good at was __3__friends.I was so shy that I had a hard time talking to people.I just didn't __4__anywhere.
Then it all changed ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ).I started __5__classes, getting into trouble and then I was__6__out of college.I started__7__with the other kids I grew up with that didn't have the same__8__I had.We lived in poor neighborhoods and we had no idea how much our __9__could affect our future.We weren't kids anymore and the only thing we __10__was the streets.I was looking up to the __11__people and I couldn't even recognize myself__12__．To make a long story short, I went to prison.Twice.I __13__thought I would make it to see my family again, __14__I did.
Now I'm with my __15 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )__．I never cried through any of it, not even when I was in the hospital or in__16__．I suddenly felt so__17__to be home.My heart finally opened up and that __18__of being abandoned was gone.All I want to do now is give to other people the __19__way I know now.Just decide who you want to be __20__someone else decides for you.
Netes：
potential n．潜力
1．A.well B．bad C．normal D．slowly
2．A.score B．degree C．college D．grade
3．A.helping B．recognizing
C．valuing D．making
4．A.move out B．fit in
C．keep up D．get along
5．A.attending B．teaching
C．missing D．visiting
6．A.warned B．scolded
C．reminded D．kicked
7．A.hanging out B．staying up
C．falling down D．moving out
8．A.age B．chances C．interests D．knowledge
9．A.environment B．illness
C．behavior D．view
10．A.wandered about B．lived by
C．suffered from D．cared about
11．A.wrong B．tall
C．brave D．kind
12．A.somehow B．clearly
C．anymore D．further
13．A.once B．occasionally
C．never D．always
14．A.and B．so C．or D．but
15．A.family B．friends C．wife D．children
16．A.danger B．prison C．rags D．school
17．A.sorry B．grateful
C．disappointed D．lucky
18．A.idea B．opinion
C．expectation D．fear
19．A.only B．proper
C．best D．right
20．A.after B．before C．while D．since
【语篇解读】 本文是夹叙夹议的文章 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )。“我”曾经因为聪明、具有潜力，在中学表现优秀而考上了好大学。然而上了大学后，“我”开始疏于学业，被学校开除。然后“我”自暴自弃，与社会上的闲散人员在一起，走上了犯罪的道路。家人的关怀使“我”回到了正轨，在回想自己过去时，别有一番滋味在心头。
1．A [联系空后的“and I e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ven got a scholarship to a really good __2__ (college)”我们知道，因为成绩优异，“我”考上了好大学。]
2．C [前面说了自己在中学的表现，再 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )联系空前的“got a scholarship”，我们知道，“我”得了奖学金，上了一所好大学。其他选项中，score指“分数”，degree指“程度”，grade指“年级”。]
3．D [联系下文的“I w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as so shy that I had a hard time talking to people.”我们知道，“我”性格内向，不善交际，不善于交朋友。]
4．B [联系前文“我”不 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )善于交朋友，性格内向，我们知道，“我”不适应环境。fit in的意思是“适应好”。其他选项中，move out意为“迁出”，keep up意为“保持”，get along意为“相处；进展”。]
5．C [联系空后的“getting into trouble”以及被赶出学校，我们知道，“我”开始逃课。]
6．D [联系下文“We lived in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) poor neighborhoods and we had no idea how much our__9__(environment)could affect our future.”我们知道，因为逃课，陷入麻烦，学校把“我”开除了。]
7．A [联系下文“We weren't k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ids anymore and the only thing we __10__(cared about)was the streets.”我们知道，“我”与其他闲散青年一起在街上闲荡。]
8．B [联系前后文我们知道，“我”上了大学，而这些人是闲散人员。现在“我”与这些跟“我”机遇不同的人逛荡。]
9．A [联系前文的“We lived in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) poor neighborhoods”我们知道，作者在这里讲述环境对自己的影响。从后文的“I was looking up to the__11__(wrong)people”我们也可以得出答案提示。]
10．D [联系空前的“th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e only thing”我们可以推断出，“我”所在乎的是大街上的人们。其他选项中，wander about意为“游荡”，live by意为“住在旁边”，suffer from意为“受……之苦”。]
11．A [联系下文自己两次进监狱我们知道，“我”在大街上只是找那些与自己臭味相投的人，因此是wrong people。]
12．C [联系空前的“couldn't even recognize myself”我们知道，“我”自己再也不认识自己了。]
13．C [联系“I went to prison.Twice.”我们知道，两次入狱，“我”从没有想到能见到家人。]
14．D [空前后为转折关系。]
15．A [联系下文的“I su ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ddenly felt so __17__ (grateful) to be home.”我们知道，现在与家人在一起。C和D均有一定的干扰性，文中没有提到作者的妻子或者孩子，因此可以排除。]
16．B [联系空前的“in the ho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )spital”我们知道，作者在讲述自己遭遇最困难时期的时候，因此这里讲述自己住院和进监狱都没有哭过。]
17．B [联系“to be home ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )”以及“My heart finally opened up and that __18__ (fear) of being abandoned was gone.”我们知道，家人接纳了自己，自己很感激。]
18．D [空前有“My hear ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t finally opened up”，空后有“of being abandoned was gone”，因此这里指对别人放弃自己的担心。]
19．C [文章最后一句就是作者给出的建议，他觉得这是自己认识到的最好的建议了。]
20．B [显然，在别人为你决定前，你首先要决定自己成为什么样的人。]
III. 阅读理解
Despite the popu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )larity of school spelling competitions, adults in the US performed poorly in a survey comparing how English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic deal with commonly misspelt words.
Sixty two percent o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f Americans got“embarrassed”wrong, against 54 percent of Britons who struggled with the word in a survey last year. Adults in the US performed less well on most of the ten words tested, including millennium (52 percent wrong, against 43 percent in the UK), liaison (61 percent to 54 percent)and “accommodation”(42 percent to 36 percent)．Only “definitely”and “friend”were spelt correctly by more Americans.
Jack Bovill of th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Spelling Society, which sponsored(发起)the research, said the high inaccuracy rates in both countries showed the need for the English spelling system to be modernized.“When asked, only a quarter of adults thought they had a problem with spelling.The answers in the test prove that this_is_far_from_the_case，”he said.“What is holding the UK and the USA back is the irregular spelling system.”
Professor Edward B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aranowski, one academic consultant for the project, said, “We have different spellings for the same sound, and a system which reflects how English was spoken in the 13th to 15th centuries, not how it is spoken today.So many sound changes have occurred in the language, which is not reflected in modern spelling, that we are left with a ‘fossilized(僵化的)’system.”
The study found tha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t 40 percent of the respondents would support updating words that caused problems while 16 percent opposed the idea.And 31 percent said it didn't matter.
The US surve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y involving a sample of 1，000 adults was carried out online by Ipsos MORI last month, with the method based on a survey of 1，000 Britons in April last year.
1．The second paragraph is developed________．
A．by space B．by explanation
C．by time D．by comparison
2．The underlined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )word“inaccuracy”in Paragraph 3 can best be replaced by________．
A．success B．error
C．correctness D．growth
3．The underl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ined part “this is far from the case” in Paragraph 3 implies that________．
A．most of the Americans can spell correctly
B．there are more people having spelling problems
C．adults perform worse in spelling than kids
D．it is difficult to create a new spelling system
4．Professor Baranowski seems to agree that________．
A．spelling should represent the sound of words
B．we should learn how English was spoken centuries ago
C．different countries should have different spellings
D．sound changes have nothing to do with spelling
5．What would be the most suitable title for the passage
A．Who is responsible for our spelling
B．The English language to be blamed
C．Americans embarrassed by their spellings
D．Words needed to be modernized
【语篇解读】 一项调查发现，美国人在单词拼写方面不如英国人。
1．D [论述手法题。第二段对美国和英国成年人单词拼写情况进行了对比，故选D。]
2．B [词义猜测题。根据本句的“ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )showed the need for the English spelling system to be modernized”，联系第二段英美成年人较高的拼写错误率，可知inaccuracy可用error来代替，都是“错误”的意思。]
3．B [推理判断题。联系上一句 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“When asked, only a quarter of adults thought they had a problem with spelling”可知，Bovill是想说，这项研究表明，实际上很多人都存在拼写问题。]
4．A [推理判断题。根据第四段B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aranowski所说的话可知，他认为拼写应该表现单词的发音。represent意为“表现”，reflect意为“反映”，此处两者含义一致。]
5．C [标题归纳题。C项标题一语双关，embarrassed一词既表明了美国人拼写的尴尬现状，又涉及了拼写调查的部分内容。]
