满了失望的人们,他们对安顿毫无兴趣,当他们听说阿拉斯加有新的金矿发现时,他们很快就离开了道森城.可知,人们离开Dawson的主要原因是听说在Alaska发现了黄金,也就是他们要去别的地方寻找发财的机会.结合选项,故选B.
(4)A.主旨大意题.根据文章内容,第一段简要介绍城市发展的原因,引出Dawson这一城市的兴起,第二段介绍了该城市兴起的原因,第三段介绍人们选择离开该城市的原因及现在的状况,所以全文围绕Dawson这个城市的发展起伏而展开的.结合选项,故选A.
三、 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 1 when you are not busy finding fault with it. Several years ago I 2 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class faultfinder, almost always 3 by things.
People were always doing things that annoyed her, and ___4__ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 4 person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 5 Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 6 to deal
with was that the day before the 7 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 8 of boyfriends, the way she
was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 9 It wasn't until her friend was badly hurt
that Kerry became 10 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 11 everything so harshly ( 刻薄) . She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 12 as well.
Perhaps most of us aren't as extreme at faultfinding, 13 when we're honest, we can be sharply 14 of the world. I'm not suggesting you 15 problems, or that you pretend things are 16 than theyare, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— 17 most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big 18 . Train yourself to \ 19 , you'll get really good at letting thingsgo. And when you do, you'll get back you enthusiasm and love for life. 1. A. lonely
B. great
C. quiet
D. uneasy D. rejected D. spoiled D. nothing D. surprising D. explanation D. impossible D. adventure D. choice D. admit
2. A. received B. answered C. expected 3. A. threatened B. interrupted C. bothered 4. A. anything B. everything C. something 5. A. caring 6. A. attitude 7. A. urgent
B. boring B. plan
C. interesting C. measure
B. unnecessary C. certain
C. accident C. evidence
8. A. occasion B. event 9. A. memory B. notice 10. A. hear
B. contribute C. express
11. A. aware of B. afraid of 12. A. discuss B. realize 13. A. family B. life 14. A. so 15. A. proud 16. A. face 17. A. rarer
B. or B. sure B. create B. better
C. curious about D. confused about C. judge C. career C. but C. hopeful C. solve C. stranger C. by far C. result C. rest
D. settle[ D. education D. for D. critical D. ignore D. worse D. so far D. duty D. pity
18. A. at least B. at last 19. A. task
B. deal
20. A. practice B. speech
【答案】 (1)B;(2)A;(3)C;(4)D;(5)B;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)D;(10)C;(11)A;(12)C;(13)B;(14)C;(15)D;(16)D;(17)B;(18)A;(19)B;(20)A;
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文,通过毒舌的女孩kerry的经历让我们意识到学着放手,才能让自己的世界变得美好.
1. B考查形容词辨析.A.lonely孤独的;B.great伟大的; Cquiet安静的:D.uneasy不舒服的,直接上最简单的事情就是成为一个挑错者,然而人可以变得很伟大当你不忙忙于找错误,故选B.
2. A考查动词辨析.received接受;B.answered回答;C.expected排斥,几年以前,我收到一个来自17岁女孩kerry的信,故选A.
3. C考查动词辨析.A.threatened威力;B. interrupted打扰; C.bothered麻
烦;D.spoiled娇惯.这个叫做kerry的女孩说自己是一个世界级的找错者,她总是被各种事情困扰着,故选C.
4.D考查不定代词辨析.A.anything任何事;B.everything每一件事;C.something某事;D.nothing没有事,人们总是做着那些惹她恼怒的事情,没有一件事是好的,故选D.
5.B考查形容词辨析.A.caring关心的;B. boring糟糕的; C.interesting有趣的;D.surprising令人惊讶的, 具有高度的自我批评精神,她也会对自己的朋友挑毛病,她成为了一个非常糟糕的人,故选B.
6.A考查名词辨析.A.attitude态度;B.plan来计划;C.measure措施;D.explanation解释,不幸的,一场恐怖的事故发生改变了她的态度,故选A,
7.D考查形容词辨.A.urgent经济的;B.unnecessary不必要的;C.certain确定的;D.impossible不可能的,她最好的朋友在一场车祸中受伤很严重,让事情处理起来变得不可能的事情是,发生事故的前一天kerry拜访了她的朋友。故选D. 8.C考查名词辨析.A.occasion场合;B.event事项;C.accident事故;D.adventure冒险,她最好的朋友在场车祸中受伤很严重,让事情处理起来变得不可能的事情是,发生事故的前一天,kerry拜访了她的朋友,在这期间全程批评了她选择期友的眼光.故选C.
9.D考查名词辨析.A.memory记忆';B.notice注意 ; C.evidence证据;D .choice选择,发生事故的前一天,kerry拜访了她的朋友,在这期间全程批评了她选择
男朋友的眼光、她生活的方式、她与母亲联络时候的方 式,还有各种其他她认为她需要表达的。故选D.
10.C考查动词辨析.A.hear听;B.contribute贡献;C.express表达;D.admit承认、许可.发生事故的前一天,kerry拜访了她的朋友,在这期间全程批评了她选择男朋友的眼光、她生活的方式、她与母亲联络时候的方式,还有各种其他她认为她需要表达的,故选C.
11. A考查短语辨析.A.aware of注意;B.afraid of担心;C.curious about对……好奇;D.confused about对……迷惑,直到他的朋友受了重伤,kerry才注意到她挑毛病的习惯,故选A.
12.C考查动词辨析.A.discuss讨论;B.realize意识到;C.judgee评价;D.settle解决.非常快的,她学会了珍惜生命而不是对每件事都很刻薄.
13.B考查名词辨析.A.family家庭;B.life生命;C.career事业;D.education教育.她能够将她的新智慧用在她生活的其他方面,故选B.
14. C.考查介词辨析.A.so于是;B.or或者;C.but但是;D.for对于,可能我们中的大多数人都不会极端的的寻找错误,但是当我们诚实的面对的时候,我们可以尖锐的批判世界,故选C.
15.D考查形容词辨析.A.proud骄傲的;B.sure确定的;C.hopeful有希望的;D.critical批判的.可能我们中的大多数都不会极端的的寻找错误,但是当我们诚实的面对的时候,我们可以尖锐的批判这个世界,故选D.
16.D考查动词辨析.A.face1面对;B.create创造; C.solve解决;D.ignore忽略.我并不是在建议你无视问题。故选D.
17.B考查形容词比较级辨析.A.rarer更稀罕的;B.better更好的;C.strange更奇怪的;D.worse更坏的.我也不是在建议你假装事物比它们自身更好.故选B. 18.A考查短语辨析.A.at least至少;B.at last最后;C.by far到现在为止;D.so far迄今为止.至少在大多数时间里,你学着容忍事物的原态. 故选A.
19.B考查名词辨析.A.task任务;B.deal处理、交易;C.result计划;D.duty责任. 尤其是当这不是一个特别大的事情. 故选B.
20.A考查名词辨析.A.practice实践;B.speech演讲;C.rest休息;D.pity遗憾. 训练你自己忍着不说那些刻薄的话,小小的实践一下,你会变得很擅长放手. 故选A.
四、作文提升
假定你是李华,你的英国笔友Tom得知你校正在开展武术、太极等中国传统体育活动,特来信询问。请你写一封回信,内容包括: 1)传统体育活动的开展情况介绍; 2)开展传统体育活动的意义; 3)邀请他来校体验。 注意:
1)词数80左右,信的开头与结尾已经给出,不计入总词数; 2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 参考词汇:Tai Chi 太极;martial arts 武术 Dear Tom,
I'm glad to hear from you. ……
Looking forward to the day when you will visit our school. Yours, Li Hua
【答案】 Dear Tom,
I'm glad to hear from you. In your letter you asked about China traditional sports in our school. Here I'll tell you more about them.
We have our own Tai Chi and martial arts associations which hold various activities annually, for example, sports festivals. We enjoy ourselves on those occasions. China traditional sports play an important role in the world sports culture. Practising them will help enhance our cultural confidence, so it's up to us to carry them forward. I sincerely invite you to our school to get a taste of them. Looking forward to the day when you will visit our school. Yours, Li Hua