2018年5月13日
Ⅰ. 完形填空
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I wasn’t prepared for the way I felt when my 18-year-old son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break.
I was? 1 the moment he first told my husband Michael and me that he wanted to use some of his? 2 to go around China. We were excited about his exploring the world. We told him that? 3 was one of the best ways to spend his money and that the? 4 would last a lifetime.
On the morning of Dylan’s departure, he? 5 a few more things into his bag. Before he and Michael? 6 to the airport, I yelled, "Be safe, and? 7 when you arrive."
That night,? 8 he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, it hit me that Dylan was really on his? 9 . I woke hourly, each time? 10 the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning.? 11 my decision to let him go alone, I prayed and thought about all the things that could go? 12 . Then I heard from him. The first text said he’d arrived. The second said his luggage didn’t? 13 it.
Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to? 14 his luggage. And I persuaded him to go back to the? 15 and go to the airline’s office. My efforts? 16 . All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right.
After that, there was no more talk about the lost luggage,? 17 I knew he’d figure it out, and that the life lesson would be? 18 .
Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from Hong Kong. "I thought I could? 19 study abroad anywhere but Europe. However, I could definitely do it here," his note read. And I was? 20 .
1. A. thrilled B. worried C. eager D. upset
2. A. experiences B. savings C. relations D. friends
3. A. traveling B. learning C. driving D. purchasing
4. A. costs B. virtues C. items D. memories
5. A. squeezed B. changed C. poured D. knocked
6. A. pulled in B. saw off C. pulled away D. moved on
7. A. write B. call C. text D. email
8. A. since B. though C. after D. while
9. A. behalf B. feet C. mind D. own
10. A. touching B. checking C. finding D. rocking
11. A. Convincing B. Doubting C. Admitting D. Denying
12. A. wrong B. wild C. grey D. bad
13. A. arrive B. make C. manage D. deserve
14. A. bring down B. turn down C. settle down D. track down
15. A. homeland B. airport C. supermarket D. car
16. A. failed B. functioned C. ended D. continued
17. A. or B. so C. and D. but
18. A. awful B. unbearable C. deep D. worthless
19. A. still B. never C. just D. already
20. A. in disbelief B. for fun C. at peace D. in reality
II.阅读理解
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured(捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized(使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each others’ spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?
A. Her camera stopped working.
B. A woman blocked her view.
C. Someone asked her to leave.
D. A friend approached from behind.
2. According to the author, the woman was probably___________.
A. enjoying herself
B. losing her patience
C. waiting for the sunset
D. thinking about her past
3. In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?
A. The rich color of the landscape.
B. The perfect positioning of the camera.
C. The woman’s existence in the photo.
D. The soft sunlight that summer day.
4. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ____________.
A. the need to be close to nature
B. the importance of private space
C. the joy of the vacation in Italy
D. the shared passion for beauty
III.语法填空
Success or failure in almost anything starts from within. Once you start believing in yourself, you will create? 1 nice effect of positive outcomes. Here? 2 (be) things that happen when you start to believe in yourself:
You become less judgmental. Judgment and negative energy is a reflection of the giver, not the receiver. People who spend a lot of time? 3 (judge) others generally spend very little time working on themselves. When you put your energy into your own life and? 4 (choose), you will stop focusing on everyone else. The road? 5 truly believing in yourself is paved by knowing and accepting? 6 (you).
You inspire others to believe in you. Confident people are? 7 (inspire). When you truly believe in yourself, you hold the power of influence. Others will want to aid your efforts. This is? 8 (especial) important if you are growing a business or starting any business that requires support.
You increase your power of keeping going. Everyone faces tough times.? 9 falling down is universal, the ability to get up and keep going is individual. Believing in yourself doesn’t mean believing you are all-powerful or perfect. It means trusting your ability? 10 (figure)things out and keep going.
Ⅰ. 完形填空
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。儿行千里母担忧, 本文讲述了作者18岁的儿子到中国旅游时,作者的心情从兴奋到担忧,再到平静的过程。
7. C 【解析】text在此是动词,意为"发信息"。下文中的"The first text"以及"Dylan was texting me"均是提示。
8. D 【解析】当他飞越太平洋的某个地方时,作者突然想到Dylan真的是独立了。while"当……时"符合语境。
15.B 【解析】(为了找到丢失的行李,)作者劝儿子回到机场(airport)。下文的"go to the airline’s office"是提示。
16. A 【解析】根据下文的"All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right""After that, there was no more talk about the lost luggage""the life lesson"可知,作者帮助儿子寻找行李的努力失败(failed)了。fun_ction"起作用";continue"继续"。
17.D 【解析】之后作者和儿子就不再谈论丢失的行李了,但是作者知道,儿子心里会明白的,而且这个人生教训会很深刻。前后句之间是转折关系,故用but。
18.C 【解析】参见上题解析。awful"可怕的";unbearable"难以承受的";deep"深刻的";worthless"无价值的"。
19. B 【解析】上文说到作者的儿子去中国旅行,到了香港后,发了一张照片,下文提到"However, I could definitely do it here",句中的here指的就是Hong Kong,故此处表示"以前我以为自己永远不会到欧洲以外的任何地方留学。然而,在这儿我肯定能够做到",故选never。
20. C 【解析】听到儿子在国外适应得很好,作者原本担忧焦虑的心情平静(at peace)下来了。in disbelief"怀疑地";for fun"开玩笑地,闹着玩儿地"; in reality"在现实中"。
II.阅读理解
【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了作者一次旅行的特殊经历带给作者的深思和感悟。
1.B 【解析】考查推理判断。根据第二段第一句Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view可知选B。
2.A 【解析】考查细节理解。根据第三段的句子She seemed so content in her observation.可知选A。
3.C 【解析】考查细节理解。根据第四段的句子And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.可知选C。
4.D 【解析】考查推理判断。根据第五段的句子This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom.可知选D。
III.语法填空
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。成功与失败都是来自内心,如果相信自己,凡事就能有好的结果。文章说明了自信心带来的好处:不再苛刻评判、让别人相信自己以及增强进取心。
1.a
【解析】考查冠词。结合语境可知此处表示泛指,泛指一个好的影响,故填a。
2.are
【解析】考查时态和主谓一致。该篇文章是说明文,用的都是一般现在时。Here在句首引起倒装句,主语是后面的things,故谓语动词用复数形式。全部倒装结构为"表示地点或方位的副词+不及物动词+名词"。常见的副词有here, there, up ,down, out, away等。
3.judging
【解析】考查非谓语动词。此处存在句型spend time (in)doing sth."花时间做某事"。
4.choices
8.especially