藍(lán)裕勤 Neil 周楊 李治中 陳芷琦 覃朝姣
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
(一)
I’m on Facebook, and find it useful to keep up with my friends. But no number of texts, tweets(推文)or Facebook posts will ever____1____to having a real conversation. A person can be flooded with____2____communication and still feel alone. People have a need to be treated like they____3____.
One restaurant chain understands this. New____4____are required to watch a short training video of one of their restaurants. When the camera____5____an actor playing a customer or staff member, a caption gives a brief____6____of one aspect of that person’s life before moving on to the next person.
The information ranges from____7____to heartbreaking. One caption for an older male customer reads‘After years of battling cancer, he is finally____8____of the disease. Another for a(n)____9____lady sitting by herself reads:‘Husband died one month ago. This would have been their 50th anniversary.
It doesn’t____10____much to brighten the day of a____11____. To smile. To____12____a friendly greeting. To engage in a brief conversation. And it makes me feel so good!
So don’t be____13____if one day a white-haired man____14 ? ?you smiling and says‘Hello, there!And how are you____15____?’It might just be me!
(二)
I knew I had it easier than most single mothers. I was fortunate enough to have the____1____covered for my daughters and me, but it was the unexpected costs that kept me____2____at night. If something broke in our home, it was probably going to____3____broken.
I thought I was doing a good job____4____my worries from my children, but I wasn’t. Children are very____5____to their parents’moods(心情), and they are often listening when we are not____6____. A neighbour had been____7____me to share the cost of a new fence, and I was talking about it with my sister on the phone,____8____how I would cover the cost. After I got off the phone, my six-year old daughter____9____me and said ‘Mom, please don’t worry!We may not have everything we want, but we do have everything we____10____.’
This statement, made by an innocent but____11____child, changed my perspective(觀點(diǎn)). Whenever I found myself overcome by____12____about finances, I would remember her words. I would focus on being____13____for food on our table and____14____over our heads. I’m thankful to my little girl for reminding me that we often____15____wants with needs. Listen closely to children; it is from their hearts that we may learn great wisdom.
(廣東省佛山市南海區(qū)石門(mén)中學(xué) 藍(lán)裕勤 Neil)
(三)
Accidental injuries are the fourth leading cause of death in the USA. Nearly 200,000 people____1____every year from fires, falls, car crashes... Their stories are____2____, but what we don’t often hear about are the stories from people who cause those____3____— and survive. One of those people is John Vargas.
In 2017, John was____4____for work when?he hit a?pedestrian?in Chicago. He wasn’t____5____with a crime; it was just a terrible accident. And after that, he couldn’t find anyone to____6____who knew what he was going through —____7____he found a Facebook support group for?people who have accidentally____8____other people.“It was like magic,”he told me.“I’m not____9____.”I also spoke with Theresa Ruf, who is in charge of the group, about why she decided to____10____it in the?years after she hit and killed a motorcyclist. Unlike John, Theresa’s case did enter the____11____system — and in that time, aimless and full of____12____, Theresa wanted to do something to help other people who were in the kind of____13____she was.“Maybe this is something I could do to feel a little____14____about myself by helping other people,”she told me.“It____15____me, too.”
(廣東省湛江市第二中學(xué) 李治中 廣東省湛江市二中海東中學(xué) 陳芷琦)
(四)
A man got annoyed with life. Despite all his efforts,____1____was what he learnt.?Feeling____2____by life, he wandered aimlessly and accidentally met a hermit(隱士). The____3____man shared his failure. Then, the hermit pointed towards two plants,“Do you see that fern(蕨類)and bamboo there? ”
“Yes”, the man nodded.
“When I planted the seeds, I took very good____4____of them. Soon the fern quickly grew from the____5____. But though the bamboo seed was____6____and fertilized(使肥沃) for years, it didn’t grow even an inch. In fact, nothing____7____in the first year. But, I did not____8____it and continued to water and nurture it. By the fifth year, a tiny shoot appeared and then it grew a hundred feet tall.”
“Did the bamboo lie sleeping for four years only to grow____9____in the fifth?”the hermit asked.?____10____by the question, the man kept quiet.?
The hermit explained,“It was developing a root system to____11____its growth in the fifth year and beyond. Without the____12____, it would not have sustained its life later.”
“The time you had been____13____, you were growing strong roots.”____14____the hermit.
That day, the man learnt the value of____15____and hard work, and felt confident to continue his dreams.
(廣東省深圳市高級(jí)中學(xué) 周 楊)
(五)
A hockey(曲棍球)fan helped the assistant equipment manager identify a cancerous mole(痣)on his neck in the middle of a game.
Last October, 22-year-old Nadia Popovici was____ 1____ the Seattle Kraken game against the Vancouver Canucks in Seattle. She was sitting behind the Canucks bench that day when she____2____an irregularly shaped mole on the back of staffer Hamilton’s neck.
Popovici, who is going to medical school next year, said the mole____3____ her eye as Hamilton walked across the____ 4____ between periods.
“I____5____some of the classic signs, you know,____ 6____borders, a little bit of discoloration and a pretty large shape,” Popovici told CBC News.“I thought, you know, it can’t____ 7____just to say something.”
Hamilton was in the middle of moving____8____in between periods when he noticed Popovici____9____him to look at her phone. The____10____on her phone was written in a large font(字體)and expressed her____11____about the mole.
Though Hamilton says he____ ?12____ ?ignored the note, he later had the team____ 13____ check it out and discovered that it could have had life-threatening consequences if it was left____14____.
“She saved my life,”he said during a news conference. “She didn’t take me out of a burning car, but she took me out of a____15____fire.”
(廣西柳州地區(qū)民族高級(jí)中學(xué) 覃朝姣)
(一)本文主要講述盡管現(xiàn)在有臉書(shū)和推特等電子交流,但也無(wú)法等同真實(shí)交流的重要性。接著用一家連鎖餐廳培訓(xùn)新員工的事例,說(shuō)明真實(shí)交流的重要。
1. D 由空前“無(wú)論發(fā)多少條短信、發(fā)多少推文、發(fā)多少臉書(shū)帖子”可知,此處應(yīng)為“也不能等同于(amount to)真實(shí)的交談“。
2. D 由空前句可知,指通過(guò)Facebook或tweets等電子(electronic)交流。
3. A 根據(jù)常識(shí),人們需要被認(rèn)可自己的價(jià)值或重要(count=be valuable or important)。
4. B 空前句提到一家連鎖餐廳,根據(jù)常識(shí)可知,“被要求觀看他們其中一家餐廳的短培訓(xùn)視頻”的應(yīng)當(dāng)是新的員工(employees)。
5. A 鏡頭應(yīng)當(dāng)是“聚焦在(focuses on)”扮演顧客或工作人員的演員身上。
6. B 根據(jù)常識(shí),影視錄像中的文字說(shuō)明應(yīng)是“簡(jiǎn)要地描述(description)那個(gè)人生活的一個(gè)方面”。
7. A 由空格前后ranges from...to...來(lái)看,是指從一種狀況到另一狀況的變化范圍,所填詞應(yīng)與heartbreaking(令人心碎的)相對(duì),即“令人開(kāi)心的(joyful)”。
8. C 由前文“在與癌癥抗?fàn)幎嗄曛蟆笨芍?,終于“擺脫(be clear of)”了這種疾病。
9. D 由空后句中的“50年結(jié)婚紀(jì)念”可推知,是“年老的(elderly)”女士。
10. C 這是It takes sb some time to do sth句型。
11. C 由上下文舉的例子可推斷出這里指的是stranger(陌生人)。
12. C 舉例說(shuō)明怎么點(diǎn)亮陌生人的一天,由微笑到主動(dòng)友好問(wèn)候他人,應(yīng)是offer(主動(dòng)提供)。
13. B 前段“使一個(gè)陌生人快樂(lè)起來(lái)并不花費(fèi)我們什么時(shí)間。只需微笑、問(wèn)候、交談。這些會(huì)使我感覺(jué)良好?!笔亲髡邔?duì)生活中的真實(shí)交流的總結(jié)和自己的感受。既然感受如此良好,所以作者也會(huì)身體力行,問(wèn)候他人,故“當(dāng)一個(gè)白發(fā)蒼蒼的老人向你走來(lái)問(wèn)候時(shí),你不要感到驚訝(surprised)”。
14. D 由后文中的smiling and says(微笑并跟你說(shuō)話)可知,此空是指“向你走過(guò)來(lái)(approaches you)”。
15. A 由前面的Hello可知,是問(wèn)候語(yǔ),“How are you doing(你好嗎)?”。
(二)作者是一位單身媽媽,雖然衣食無(wú)憂,但有時(shí)候也要為意想不到的費(fèi)用憂慮。小女兒的一席話,讓她豁然開(kāi)朗,感恩生活。
1. C 由前文easier, fortunate enough可知,作者和女兒有“基本的生活保障(basics)”。
2. B 由but可知,意外的花費(fèi)會(huì)讓作者“夜不能寐(kept me up at night)”。其中,up=not in bed不睡覺(jué)。
3. B 由前句可知,“如果我們家里有什么東西壞了,它可能會(huì)一直壞下去(remain broken)?!?/p>
4. D 由前文I was doing a good job(我做得很好)可知,作者“不讓孩子知道自己的憂愁(keeping my worries from my children)”。詞組keep sth from sb意為“把某事瞞著某人”。
5. A 由前句中的but I wasn’t可知,作者沒(méi)有瞞住她的孩子;結(jié)合后文的they are often listening可知,孩子們對(duì)父母的心情是很“敏感的(sensitive)”。
6. D 前文中已說(shuō)作者是瞞著孩子的,所以孩子們傾聽(tīng)?wèi)?yīng)是在父母“無(wú)意識(shí)的或不知道的(not aware)”時(shí)候。
7. A 由上文作者的憂愁可知,這里應(yīng)是指一位鄰居一直在迫使(pressuring)作者分擔(dān)修新柵欄的費(fèi)用。
8. C 依然圍繞作者的憂愁去思考,這里應(yīng)是“不知道(wondering)”該怎么支付這筆費(fèi)用。
9. B 根據(jù)常識(shí),應(yīng)是孩子走向(approached)作者來(lái)安慰作者。
10. D 由but可知,是與want相對(duì)的詞語(yǔ);又由下段,特別是其中的wants with needs可知,應(yīng)是need或其近義詞,故選require。本句句意:我們可能沒(méi)有我們想要的一切,但是我們的確擁有我們所需要的一切。
11. C 從這番話“改變了我的觀點(diǎn)”及下文可知,孩子是“有智慧的(wise)”。文尾句“仔細(xì)傾聽(tīng)孩子說(shuō)話;從他們的內(nèi)心,我們可以學(xué)到偉大的智慧(wisdom)?!币裁黠@提示,孩子是有智慧的。
12. A 本文一直是在講費(fèi)用方面的憂愁,因此,此處應(yīng)是“財(cái)務(wù)上的焦慮(anxieties)”。
13. B 孩子的那句話“我們的確擁有需要的一切”提醒作者知足常樂(lè),此處應(yīng)是對(duì)所擁有的一切表示“感激(grateful)”。
14. B 空前的food on our table說(shuō)明“有吃”,與之相對(duì)的應(yīng)是“有住”,即shelter over our heads。即“感恩我們桌上的食物和頭頂上的庇護(hù)”。
15. D 由上文可知,我們常常把想要的與所需的混淆(confuse)了。
(三)本文主要介紹了造成意外事故并幸存下來(lái)的人的故事。
1. A 由前句中的cause of deaths可知,本句是指每年有近20萬(wàn)人死于(die)火災(zāi)、跌倒、車(chē)禍等。故選A。
2. C 由but的“不經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到”可知,與之相反的是,常聽(tīng)到,即熟悉的(familiar)故事。
3. A 造成傷亡的應(yīng)該是事故(accidents),本段首句中的Accidental injuries是明顯提示。
4. D 由上段末句可知,本段講造成事故的人John Vargas;又由空后hit a pedestrian和a terrible accident可知,約翰應(yīng)是開(kāi)車(chē)上班(driving)。
5. C 他沒(méi)有被指控犯罪。短語(yǔ)be charged with意為“被指控”。
6. D 他找不到任何了解他經(jīng)歷的人傾訴(talk to)。
7. D 約翰在之前找不到交談的對(duì)象,直到(until)在Facebook上找到一個(gè)支持組織。
8. A從本文首句可知,整篇文章都是描寫(xiě)意外致死事件,因此,這里指意外導(dǎo)致他人死亡(killed)的人。
9. B 由上文約翰在Facebook上找到了組織可知,他不孤單(alone)。
10. C 句中it指代組織,意思是組建(form)該組織。
11. A 本段第二句可知“約翰沒(méi)有被指控犯罪”;又由與約翰不同可知,此處意為,特蕾莎的案件確實(shí)進(jìn)入了法律(legal)體系。
12. C 造成他人死亡,應(yīng)當(dāng)是內(nèi)心充滿了內(nèi)疚(guilt)。
13. B 特蕾莎想幫助處于她那種痛苦中(pain)的人們。
14. D 由上文可知,她想通過(guò)幫助別人來(lái)讓自己心里好受點(diǎn)(feel a little better)。
15. B 由前文“特蕾莎成立該組織,希望通過(guò)幫助他人讓自己好受些”可知,該組織也幫助了(help)她自己。
(四)對(duì)生活感到無(wú)望的年輕人,和一位隱士分享自己一切努力都無(wú)回報(bào)的苦楚,隱士通過(guò)蕨類植物和竹子的對(duì)比,讓年輕人知道了努力和堅(jiān)持到價(jià)值。
1. A 由Despite all his efforts(盡管做出了努力)可知,前后是轉(zhuǎn)折,應(yīng)當(dāng)是依然“失?。╢alure)”。下文的shared his failure也是明顯的提示。
2. C 由前文中的got annoyed和falure可知,男子感到被生活“打敗了(defeated)”。
3. A 由前文可知,這是這位對(duì)生活失望的男子。順便提提,annoyed, falure, wandered aimlessly與disappointed構(gòu)成同一語(yǔ)義場(chǎng)。
4. B 由后文的Soon the fern quickly grew 可知,他對(duì)這些種子照料(take good care of)的很好。
5. C 由常識(shí)可知,蕨類很快從“泥土(earth)”中長(zhǎng)出來(lái)。
6. B 由常識(shí)可知,播種后要“澆水(water)施肥”。后文中的continued to water and nurture也有明顯提示。
7. D 由前文的it didn’t grow even an inch可知,事實(shí)上,第一年什么也沒(méi)有發(fā)生(happened)。
8. A 由空后的and continued to water and nurture it.可知,雖然沒(méi)有任何事情發(fā)生,但是“我”卻沒(méi)有對(duì)這些植物感到失望(give up on),仍然繼續(xù)照顧。
9. D 前后對(duì)比,前四年處在休眠狀態(tài),第五年開(kāi)始迅猛(rapidly)生長(zhǎng)。
10. C 由the man kept quiet可知,這個(gè)男子感到被隱士的問(wèn)題給難住了,感到疑惑不解(Puzzled)。
11. B 竹子發(fā)展根系,足夠強(qiáng)大才能支撐(support)第五年及之后的成長(zhǎng)。
12. C 對(duì)發(fā)展強(qiáng)大的根系進(jìn)行同義轉(zhuǎn)換表達(dá),把根系看成竹子成長(zhǎng)的基礎(chǔ)(foundation)。
13. B 由下段中的the value of...hard work可知,“在你苦苦掙扎的時(shí)候,你正在茁壯成長(zhǎng)?!?/p>
14. A 本句話是隱士對(duì)男子的評(píng)說(shuō)(remarked)。
15. D 竹子前五年生長(zhǎng)緩慢,卻一直鍥而不舍,由此推知,這里是指那個(gè)男子學(xué)到“耐心(patience)”和努力的價(jià)值。
(五)曲棍球粉絲Popovici在觀看比賽過(guò)程中,辨認(rèn)出設(shè)備經(jīng)理助手Hamilton脖子上一個(gè)癌痣并提醒了他。多虧了Popovici,Hamilton得到了及時(shí)的救治。
1. B 根據(jù)本句及后句 She was sitting behind the Canucks bench that day可知, Popovici當(dāng)時(shí)正在觀看曲棍球比賽, 故選attending。
2. A 那天Popovici在觀看比賽過(guò)程中,突然在Hamilton的脖子后面發(fā)現(xiàn)(noticed)了一個(gè)不規(guī)則形狀的痣。
3. D 指Hamilton脖子上那顆痣吸引(caught)了她的注意力。
4. B 指Hamilton在比賽間歇時(shí)走過(guò)球場(chǎng)(field)。
5. D 由下文的“不規(guī)則的邊緣和形狀以及褪色”的情況可知,Popovici發(fā)現(xiàn)了(spotted)一些癌痣的典型癥狀。
6. A由第二段第二句話的irregularly以及本句語(yǔ)境可知,這顆痣的邊緣不規(guī)則(irregular)。
7. D 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,Popovici覺(jué)得提醒一下也沒(méi)有什么壞處(hurt)。
8. B 由本文第一句 the assistant equipment manager可知Hamilton是一名設(shè)備經(jīng)理,在比賽間歇時(shí)間應(yīng)該是在搬運(yùn)設(shè)備(equipment)。
9. A 指Hamilton在搬運(yùn)設(shè)備的時(shí)突然發(fā)現(xiàn)Popovici在示意(signal)他看她手機(jī)上的信息。
10. C 空前說(shuō)示意Hamilton看她的手機(jī),根據(jù)常識(shí),一定是看她手機(jī)上的信息(message)。
11. C 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境和常識(shí),在她手機(jī)信息上表達(dá)了她對(duì)這顆痣的擔(dān)憂(concern)。
12. A 由though可知,應(yīng)選與later(后來(lái))相對(duì)的initially(開(kāi)始),意思是Hamilton起初(initially)不以為然。
13. D 由check及常識(shí)可知,應(yīng)是請(qǐng)醫(yī)生(doctor)檢查。
14. B 后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)如果不進(jìn)行治療(untreated),極可能會(huì)有危及生命的后果。
15. C ?由上文可知Popovici給Hamilton指出問(wèn)題所在時(shí)是來(lái)得及治療的,因此Hamilton在新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說(shuō),“她沒(méi)有把我從‘燃燒的汽車(chē)’中救出來(lái),但她把我從‘一場(chǎng)慢火’中救了出來(lái)?!?/p>
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