.完形填空 体裁:说明文 话题:友谊 时间:14分钟__1__to understand real friendship while adults tend to relate it to fame and wealth.
Things are__2__with high school best friends.We share each other's__3__.We discuss news from all walks of life and begin to__4__our values.We__5__each other on the journey to the biggest challenge in our lives.We also share success and failure.The__6__of friendship become deeply rooted.
Many of us don't realize this until we enter__7__.One of my friends__8__the bond with high school friends can be.“It was my high school friend who helped me get through the darkest days in my life,” Cora said.
In 2001 Cora__9__her job in New York.Cora's best friend was staying in a college dormitory and took her in.Each night the two girls squeezed(挤) into a__10__single beding and crying.“I'll never forget her care and encouragement,which supported me out of the__11__,” said Cora.
I still remember my__12__days in Senior 3.At the time,I__13__a 20-page message with my best friend keep the friendship going forever.
But we didn't realize we were__14__deep in each other's heart.During the past 10 years,whenever I've needed help or wanted to pour out my__15__,she has always been there at the other end of a telephone line.
【语篇导读】 作者通过孩子与成人的比较说明友谊在不同年龄段的认知特点。解析 此处指孩子年龄还太小(young)不懂得真正的友谊。答案 BB.familiar
C.simple D.comfortable解析 上文讲了孩提时期还不懂得真正的友谊成年人则常把友谊同名声、财富联系在一起。根据第二段及下文所描述的情况可知高中时期最要好的朋友之间的友谊则与上述两种情形不一样故用different。答案 A解析 A、B、C三项在下文中都做了描述故可排除否则重复。答案 D解析 此处指讨论生活中方方面面的事情并开始“形成”自己的价值观。答案 At
解析 根据该空后的“...to the biggest challenge...”及本段中的“We also share success and failure.”可知本句句意为:在通向我们人生最大挑战的旅途中我们彼此“支持”。答案 D解析 本句用了比喻。四个选项中能与句中的rooted搭配的只D项。此处指在相互讨论、彼此支持、分享成败的过程中友谊的“种子”深深地扎根于我们之间。答案 D解析 根据下文讲的Cora的例子可知她是在出了学校进入社会后才体会到高中时期友谊的珍贵而作者在下文中讲的自己的经历也是如此。因此本句句意为:我们许多人直到进入“社会”后才认识到这一点。答案 C解析 Cora在进入社会后体会到与高中的好朋友之间的关系是多么紧密。strong在此意为“紧密的牢固的”。答案 A解析 根据下文讲的Cora和她的好朋友挤在一张单人the darkest days可知失去”了工作。答案 C解析 根据该空前的squeezed(挤) into及该空后的single bed可知床应该很“窄”。答案 Bs D.loneliness解析 根据上文中的the darkest days可知把失业那一段时间称为人生中最黑暗的日子故此处指她的好朋友的关心和鼓励帮助她走出了黑暗”。答案 C解析 两人交换着信息希望能长久保持相互之间的友谊由此情景可判断出应是在高三“最后的”日子里。答案 D解析 作者和好朋友交换(exchange)了长达二十页的信息希望友谊能够长存。答案 D解析 根据本文讲述的重点“高中时期的友谊答案 A解析 此处应指在作者想倾吐内心的“不快”时也会给她最好的朋友打电话。答案 C语法填空re detailed;others are unclear.Some have a beginning;__1__ wander without a clear conclusion.Yet all those things do not really matter.__2__ matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard—without __3__ (interrupt)__4__(little) than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and analysis.
I often thought of what a woman once taught me,and I reminded __5__ of the importance of stopping,sitting down and __6__(true) listening.
I am a doctor.And,not long after,in __7__ unexpected twist(扭伤)(细胞壁硬化) at age 31.Nowir.For as long as I could,I continued to see patients from my chair,__8__ I had to quit when my hands __9__ (affect).I still teach medical students and other health care professionals__10__ the viewpoint of a physician and patient,I tell them I believe in the power of listening and tell them I know that vast healing takes place within me when someone stops,sits down and listens to my story.
答案 1.others 2.What 3.interruption 4.less 6.truly 7.an 8.but 9.were affected阅读理解A
体裁:说明文 话题:西方文化 时间:6分钟y day.Unfortunately,most things that people don't understand can become fearful.
The biggest misunderstanding about Halloween is that it is a day for devil worshipping.Halloween is now celebrated on October 31 as a costume and candy holiday,but those traditions have actual meaning in history.
October 31st was celebrated as a holiday with great festivals because it marks the end of the harvest year.It also marks the end of the lighter half of the year and the beginning of the darker half of the year,because the light of day gets shorter and the dark of night gets longer.In ancient cultures,this was a really meaningful event.
Also it is believed that on this day,the veil between the worlds(dead and alive) is at its thinnest point and that the spirits can most easily pass through it.It is a very special day to honor spirit.Many people in ancient times believing that the dead would walk among us became fearful and designed strange costumes to fool the dead,which is where the tradition of Halloween costumes comes from.Besides,because Halloween marks the beginning of the darker half of the year,many people saw that as evil and became frightened and therefore had such negative associations with this time of year.
Halloween,for me,is a deeply personal holiday.It is a time to reflect on the spiritual nature of myself.It is a day to reconnect to the magical things in life,such as how the love that I feel for my grandmother,who passed away over ten years ago,is still as strong now when I think of her as it ever was when I could be with her in person.My husband and I exchanged our wedding vows(誓言) on Halloween because I couldn't think of a more meaningful or romantic day to pledge our love and life to each other.【语篇导读】 本文介绍了万圣节为什么让人们产生负面的联想。 ancient cultures,people celebrated October 31st because________.wer
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句和最后一句可知在古代文化习俗中人们庆祝10月31日是因为这一天是一年收获结束的标志故选B项。答案 Bbring them bad luck.
C.They think the dead will trouble them on this day.
D.They regard it as a day to worship the dead.
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“The biggest misunderstanding about Halloween is that it is a day for devil worshipping.”可知人们误解万圣节是因为人们认为这一天是来敬奉死者的。答案 D解析 细节理解题。根据第四段第三句可知人们穿上怪异的服装是为了欺骗死人的灵魂。答案 C______.解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二、三句可推知作者认为万圣节是回忆人生美好时光的时候故选C项。答案 C解析 主旨大意题。本文介绍了人们对万圣节存在误解的缘由即介绍了万圣节为什么让人们产生负面的联想因此D项正确。答案 DB
体裁:说明文 话题:现代科技 时间:8分钟s of the 20th century.However,it may soon be replaced.The new development—liquid wood—can replace plastics in all branches of modern industries.
Plastic as a material enjoys the biggest demand in the modern world,but it does have a number of drawbacks.First and foremost,plastic isn't recyclable.Secondly,it contains toxins (毒物) helping develop cancerous diseases.Finallyrials for many years ahead.Norbert Eisenfreich,a senior researcher at the Faunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Germany,said that arboform,the new material,is made of lignin (木质素) with several other materials,it turns into solid and non-toxic alternative for plastics.-Kauffmann said the wood-working industry separates wood into three basic componentsfor the production of paper.Specialists of ICT mixed lignin with several natural materials and thus invented the material which could be melted and molded (铸型).sed for the production of any items.Arboform is already used for the production of car parts which require extra strength.In addition,liquid wood can be recycled repeatedly.The material preserved all of its qualities even if it's reprocessed ten times.
However,the new invention doesn't enjoy an extensive use due to the high content of sulphur (硫) in it.German researchers are sure to reduce the amount of sulphur by 90 percent very soon to make arboform usable for home needs.【语篇导读】 塑料制品是20世纪最重要的发明之一但因为其缺点与不足将被另外一种全新的材料所取代。________.reduce the use of petrol
解析 细节理解题。由文章第一段第一句和常识可知塑料是现代社会中不可或缺的原材料。答案 A________.l materials
D.soft tissues of wood
解析 词义猜测题。由上文的条件状语从句可知和其他几种材料混合以后就变成了不含毒的固体成为塑料的alternative也就是说alternative指的就是arboform和几种材料的混合物。答案 CIt is easily made from natural oil.
B.It is more widely used in household.
C.It is recyclable and friendly to the environment.
D.It contains no poisonous materials.
解析 细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段可知是可以被重复循环利用答案 C________.解析 推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知之所以还没有得到广泛应用是因为它的硫含量太高故德国的研究者会首先把研究重点置于降低硫含量上。答案 B________.which will replace plastic
C.advertise new products made of arboform
D.show readers how to produce arboform
解析 推理判断题。文章通过拿arboform和塑料作比较一是为了介绍arboform这种新材料同时也为了说明arboform即将取代塑料这一趋势。答案 B