第一部分 必修1 Unit 5
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2015江苏)
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on.The stories of his unconventional __1__ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so __2__ to me and had such a big __3__ on how I saw life from then on.Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr.Bernie and his CDs again to __4__ my own cancer experience?
I'm an ambitious __5__, and when I started going through chemo (化疗), even though I'm a very __6__ person, I lost my drive to write.I was just too tired and not in the __7__.One day, while waiting to go in for __8__, I had one of Dr.Bernie's books in my hand.Another patient __9__ what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me __10__ he had one of his books with him as well.It __11__ that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer.He was __12__ a published author, and he was currently __13__ on a new book. We would see each other at various times and __14__ friends.Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) __15__ of Dr.Bernie.He really put a __16__ on my face.He unfortunately __17__ last year due to his cancer, __18__ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __19__ to pick up my pen again.I __20__ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
( )1.A.tastes C.notes ( )2.A.amazing C.amusing ( )3.A.strike C.challenge ( )4.A.learn from C.get through ( )5.A.reader C.editor ( )6.A.positive C.humorous ( )7.A.mood
B.ideas D.memories B.shocking D.strange B.push D.impact B.go over D.refer to B.writer D.doctor B.agreeable D.honest B.position
C.state ( )8.A.advice C.protection ( )9.A.viewed C.noticed ( )10.A.while C.although ( )11.A.came out C.proved out ( )12.A.naturally C.hopefully ( )13.A.deciding C.working ( )14.A.became C.missed ( )15.A.patient C.fan ( )16.A.sign C.mark ( )17.A.showed up C.fell down ( )18.A.since C.so ( )19.A.guidance C.opportunity ( )20.A.promised C.thought
D.way B.reference D.treatment B.knew D.wondered B.because D.providing B.worked out D.turned out B.merely D.actually B.investing D.relying B.helped D.visited B.operator D.publisher B.smile D.mask B.set off D.passed away B.but D.for B.trust D.inspiration B.swore D.replied
【主旨大意】本文讲述的是“我”在大学时期读了伯尼·西格尔的书,他的积极人生观影响了“我”。然而,“我”不幸身患癌症,病痛的折磨使“我”放弃了写作。但是治疗期间结识了一位已经80岁,却仍然积极面对人生坚持写作的病友。他的行为鼓舞了“我”,让“我”再次明白,生命的意义就是要积极面对。
1.【答案】B
【解析】taste意为“味道;品味”;idea意为“观念;想法;思想”;note意为“注释;
说明”;memory意为“记忆”。根据第一段第一句中的“was hooked on his positivity”可知“我”被他的积极思想所吸引,故选B项。
2.【答案】A
【解析】amazing意为“令人惊讶的”;shocking意为“令人震惊的;骇人听闻的”;amusing意为“有趣的;使人发笑的”;strange意为“奇怪的”。根据第一段第一句可知,作者在大学时代就对伯尼·西格尔的书着迷了,再结合空前的程度副词so和空后的such可推断此处表示令“我”惊讶,故选A项。
3.【答案】D
【解析】根据语境可知,此处表示“从此对我如何看待生活产生了巨大的影响”,have a big impact on…意为“对……产生很大的影响”,故选D项。
4.【答案】C
【解析】learn from意为“向……学习”;go over意为“复习;重新检查”;get through意为“接通电话;度过;熬过(困难时期等)”;refer to意为“参考”。根据第二段第三句末“…I had one of Dr.Bernie's books in my hand.”可知,此处表示这么多年后,“我”会重新读他的书和CD来帮助“我”度过患癌症的困难时期,故选C项。
5.【答案】B
【解析】根据此句“…I lost my drive to write.”中的write可知,此处表示“我”是一位作家,故选B项。
6.【答案】A
【解析】positive意为“积极的;乐观的”;agreeable意为“欣然同意的;令人愉快的; 一致的;符合的”;humorous意为“幽默的”;honest意为“诚实的”。根据此空前even though引导让步状语从句可知,此处表示“尽管我是一个非常乐观的人,我仍然失去了写作的动力”,故选A项。
7.【答案】A
【解析】根据空前的信息提示“…just too tired…”可推断,此处表示“我”没有“兴致”,in the mood意为“兴致勃勃”,是固定短语,故选A项。
8.【答案】D
【解析】advice意为“建议”;reference意为“参考;涉及”;protection意为“保护;防卫”;treatment意为“治疗;对待”。根据此段第一句中的信息提示“…and when I started going through chemo”可推断此处选D项。
9.【答案】C
【解析】句意为:另一个病人注意到了我读的书,和我聊了起来,因为他也有一本伯尼·西格尔的书。view意为“看待;考虑”;know意为“知道”;notice意为“注意到;留心”;
wonder意为“想知道”。根据此空后的“what I was reading…”可推断,他“注意到”“我”读的书,故选C项。
10.【答案】B
【解析】根据此空前的“struck up a conversation with me”和本句末的“as well”可推断此处是因果关系,故用because引导原因状语从句,故选B项。
11.【答案】D
【解析】句意为:原来除了别的之外,他还是一位80岁的作家。come out意为“出版,发行;(事实)暴露,显露”;work out意为“计算出;锻炼”;prove意为“证明是;结果是”,无prove out结构;turn out意为“原来是;最后是;结果是”。根据语境可知D项正确。
12.【答案】D
【解析】句意为:事实上,他是一位已经发表过作品的作家,而且目前他正着手写一本新书。naturally意为“自然地”;merely意为“仅仅;只不过”;hopefully意为“有希望地;有前途地”;actually意为“实际上;事实上”。根据此空后的“a published author”和 “on a new book”可推断,选D项。
13.【答案】C
【解析】decide on意为“决定;选定”;invest意为“投资”,没有invest on结构;work on意为“从事于”;rely on意为“依靠,依赖”。根据语境和搭配可知,此处表示他目前正着手写一本新书,故选C项。
14.【答案】A
【解析】句意为:我们常常在不同的时间相见,并成为了朋友。根据前半句“We would see each other at various times…”可推断两人慢慢成了朋友,故此处选A项。
15.【答案】C
【解析】patient意为“病人”;operator意为“操作员”;fan意为“迷;爱好者”;publisher意为“出版者;出版商”。上文中提到这位老人因为看到“我”拿着伯尼·西格尔的书而开始与“我”交谈,并且老人自己也有伯尼·西格尔的书,由此可知老人很喜欢伯尼·西格尔,故选C项。
16.【答案】B
【解析】根据上文可知,他80岁仍然在创作,也喜欢伯尼·西格尔的作品,肯定对生活也是乐观积极的,故此处可推断他给“我”带来了很多的“笑容”。故选B项。
17.【答案】D
【解析】show up意为“(使)变得明显;(使)显现出来”;set off意为“动身;引爆(炸弹);触发,激起”;fall down意为“有不足;失败”;pass away意为“去世;逝世”。根据此空前的“unfortunately”和空后的“due to his cancer”可知,他不幸“去世了”。故选D项。
18.【答案】B
【解析】根据空后的“he left a deep impression on me and gave me the…”可知前后两个分句间是转折关系,即虽然他因为癌症不幸去世,但是却给我留下了很深的印象,故选B项。
19.【答案】D
【解析】guidance意为“指引;引导”;trust意为“信任;信赖”;opportunity意为“机会”;inspiration意为“鼓舞;灵感”。根据此空后的“pick up my pen again”可推断,此处表示“他激励我重新拿起纸笔写作”,故选D项。
20.【答案】C
【解析】根据此空后的“ If he can do it, then so can I.”可推断,此处表示我内心的想法,think to oneself意为“盘算;心里想”,为固定结构,符合语境。故选C项。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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