be sure to必定,后接动词原形。空格后接的是句子,要用make sure,故选C。
【点评】考查完形填空。做题时,应先通读全文,了解大意,理清文章的内容和逻辑关系。然后逐 一做题,注意上下文的提示和空前后的搭配;最后再读短文,印证答案。
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One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, \1 the girl answered, \answer. Thinking he had not made 3 understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, \
But the girl 4 kept saying, \didn't know 5 to say.
What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't 6 a compliment(恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer \you\instead of \She 7 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and 8 when they are praised. So if someone says the dishes you have 9 are very delicious, you should say, \
In our country we think being modest is a virtue(美德) and being 10 is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not 11 being proud. So sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest.
If you are modest and say, \country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say \be looked down upon by 14 . When asking for a job, if one says something like \certainly do it' instead of \you should be brave to show your self-confidence. 1. A. But 2. A. excited 3. A. itself 4. A. already 5. A. when 6. A. receive 7. A. hardly 8. A. dutiful 9. A. bought 10. A. proud 11. A. think 13. A. can't 15. A. fail to
B. Though C. Or B. surprised C. relaxed B. herself C. himself B. yet B. which B. accept B. really B. taken B. say
C. ever C. what C. refuse C. rarely C. washed C. ask
D. So D. frightened D. themselves D. still D. how D. disagree D. badly D. cooked D. patient D. mean
B. modest C. shameful D. confident B. impolite C. active
12. A. as soon as B. as well as C. instead of D. in spite of
B. needn't C. shouldn't D. mustn't B. expect to C. succeed in D. believe in
14. A. another B. the other C. the others D. others
【答案】 (1)A;(2)B;(3)C;(4)D;(5)C;(6)B;(7)B;(8)D;(9)
D;(10)A;(11)D;(12)C;(13)A;(14)D;(15)C;
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了中西方文化的差异,并表明我们有时候应该展示自信而不是谦虚。
(1)句意:但是这个女孩回答,不不,我的英语非常不好。根据上文You speak very good English,你英语说得非常好,可知这两句话之间是转折关系,but但是,表转折,故选A。 (2)句意:这个外国人对于这个回答相当的惊讶。A、excited兴奋的, B、surprised惊讶的,C、relaxed放松的,D、frightened害怕的,根据中西方文化背景的不同,外国人听到她说自己英语不好时应是感到惊讶,surprised惊讶的,故选B。
(3)句意:想着他自己没有被理解或者这个女孩没有听清。make sb understood,使某人被理解,因主语是he他,应是他没有让他自己被这个女孩理解,himself,他自己,故选C。
(4)句意:但是这个女孩仍然坚持说不。根据but但是,可知下文女孩仍然在说不,A、already已经,B。yet还,C、ever曾经,D、still仍然,故选D。
(5)句意:最后这个美国男孩不明白并且不知道说什么了。A、when什么时候,B、which哪一个,C、what什么,D、how怎么,what to say,说什么,故选C。
(6)句意:她不是和美国人一样接受恭维。A、receive收到,接收,B、accept接受,C、refuse拒绝,D、disagree反对,此处应是从主观感受上的接受恭维,accept接受,故选B。
(7)句意:她真的理解了这个美国男孩的话,但是她认为应该要谦虚。A、hardly几乎不,B、really真地,C、rarely很少,D、badly严重地,根据but she thought she should be modest,但是她认为应该要谦虚,可知她真的理解那个男孩的话,really真地,故选B。 (8)句意:在西方,在人们被表扬的时候会感到骄傲和自信。根据proud骄傲的,and表示并列关系,与proud骄傲的构成并列关系的是confident自信的,故选D。
(9)句意:如果某人说你做的菜很美味,你应该说谢谢。根据the dishes这些菜,可知应搭配动词烹饪,cook,做饭,烹饪,故选D。
(10)句意:在我国我们认为谦虚是一种美德并且骄傲是一件不好的事情。根据上文being modest is a virtue,谦虚是一种美德,可知下文是相反的骄傲是不好的事情,proud,骄傲的,故选A。
(11)句意:但是在我看来,自信不意味着骄傲。该句是作者认为自信不意味着骄傲,A、think认为,想, B、say说, C、ask问, D、mean意味着,意思是,故选D。 (12)句意:所以有时候你应该自信而不是谦虚。根据上文being confident does not mean being proud,自信并不意味着骄傲,可知此处是要自信而不是骄傲,instead of,而不是,故选C。
(13)句意:当你谦虚的说,不,我恐怕我做不好,在西方国家工作时,别人可能认为你真的不能做。根据下文the others may think that you really cannot do it,别人可能认为你真的不能做,可知上文是can't不能,故选A。
(14)句意:如果你经常说不,你将一定会被别人看不起。A、another三者及以上中的另一个,B、the other两者中另一个,C、the others一定范围内的其他人或物,D、others泛指别的人或物,此处是被别人看不起,泛指,用others,故选D。
(15)句意:当在找工作时,如果一个人说像如是的,我一定可以做到,而不是让我试一下的话,他或她将会成功得到工作。根据下文So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence,所以在西方,你应该勇敢的展示自信,可知上文如果那样说的话会成功得到工作,succeed in doing sth,成功做某事,固定搭配,故选C。 【点评】考查完形填空,注意通读全文,根据上下文来选择符合题意的选项。
5.阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Most parents send Care packages(包裹)and gifts to their Children when they're away at university. Terri Cox, from Leonardtown, Maryland, isn't one of those 1 .
A few weeks ago, Terri sent her son 18-year-old Connor, who's now 2 at Westminster College in Pennsylvania, a package. 3 Connor first got the package, he thought it was a usual gift filled with necessities(必需品).
\you're in College,\quite different from what he had 7 It wasn't a gift or a Care package. It was something he'd 8 while at home for the Christmas Break- his rubbish.
The box was filled with trash(垃圾)-everything he was too 9 to take out when his mother had asked him to over Christmas.
In fact, Connor didn't do all of his 10 at home at all. So Mom Terri got the idea to post his rubbish to him to 11 him. Connor didn't understand 12 his mom did this to him until he gave her a Call.\ 13 isn't usually strict, and I didn't see this as a Big punishment(惩罚). It was more of a(n) 14 reminder(提醒)that I have duties(职责). And we have a good laugh on the phone,\
Connor later said that the rubbish he had 15 in the Box was only a part of what he was asked to take out. Where was the rest? They were hidden in his Bedroom drawers(抽屉). Thinking what happens to rubbish if left for a long time, let's hope Terri find the rest fast. 1. A. Children 2. A. working 3. A. When 4. A. excited 5. A. Class 6. A. Bought 7. A. refused 9. A. lazy 11. A. teach 12. A. where 13. A. It
B. parents B. If B. Careful B. opened B. decided B. afraid
C. students C. So C. angry C. Chose C. imagined C. shy
D. friends D. Checking D. Though D. sad D. shops D. Brought D. avoided D. Brave D. research D. offer D. when D. We
B. teaching C. studying
B. neighbors C. family
8. A. looked into B. put down C. searched for D. left Behind 10. A. homework B. housework C. practice
B. encourage C. surprise B. why B. He
C. how C. She
14. A. fun 15. A. left
B. strict B. took
C. hard C. received
D. silly D. threw
【答案】 (1)B;(2)C;(3)A;(4)A;(5)C;(6)B;(7)C;(8)D;(9)A;(10)B;(11)A;(12)B;(13)C;(14)A;(15)C;
【解析】【分析】本文讲述Terri的儿子在过圣诞节时留下了一些垃圾,Terri把垃圾寄给他,告诉他不要太懒惰。
(1)句意: 马里兰州莱昂纳尔敦的特里·考克斯不是这些父母中之一。 A孩子们,B父母,C学生们,D朋友们,根据 Most parents send 可知是父母,故选B。
(2)句意: 几周前,泰瑞给她18岁的儿子康纳寄了一个包裹,康纳现在在宾夕法尼亚州威斯敏斯特学院学习。 A工作,B教书,C学习,D检查,根据 at Westminster College 和18岁的线索,可知是在学校学习,故选C。
(3)句意: 当康纳第一次收到包裹时,他认为这是一份通常的礼物,里面装满了必需品。 A当......的时候,B如果,C所以,D尽管,根据 first got the package,可知表示时间,故用when,故选A。
(4)句意: 我当时很激动,因为这就像从5岁开始收到圣诞节礼物一样,尤其是在大学的时候。 A激动的,B仔细的,C生气的,D难过的,根据 because it's like Christmas when you get gifts,可知是感到激动,故选A。
(5)句意:我当时很激动,因为这就像从5岁开始收到圣诞节礼物一样,尤其是在大学的时候。 A班级,B邻居,C家人,D商店,根据 get gifts from 可知圣诞节期间礼物是从家人那收到的,故选C。
(6)句意:但是当康纳打开包裹时。A买,B打开,C关闭,D带来,根据 he found the things inside were quite different from 可知打开了才发现的结果,故选B。
(7)句意:他发现里面的东西和他想象的完全不同。A拒绝,B决定,C想象,D避免,根据 he thought it was a usual gift filled with necessities可知是他认为,想象是什么东西,故选C。
(8)句意: 这是他在家里过圣诞节时留下的东西——他的垃圾。 A调查,B放下,C搜索,D留下,根据下午 Thinking what happens to rubbish if left for a long time 可知是left behind,故选D。
(9)句意:箱子里满是垃圾,是在圣诞期间,当他妈妈让他拿出来,但他太懒了而没有拿走的东西。A懒惰的,B害怕的,C害羞的,D勇敢的,根据 his mother had asked him to over Christmas 可知妈妈让他做,而没做是因为懒惰,故选A。
(10)句意: 事实上,康纳在家根本不做家务。 A作业,B家务,C练习,D研究,根据上文说Connor很懒惰,可知是不做家务,故选B。
(11)句意: 所以妈妈想出了一个主意,把他的垃圾寄给他,因此来教育他。 A教,B鼓励,C使惊讶,D给与,根据 Big punishment 可知是妈妈教他学会什么,故选A。 (12)句意: 康纳不明白他妈妈为什么这么做,直到他给她打电话。 A哪里,B为什么,C怎么,D什么时候,根据上文妈妈把垃圾寄给他,这是一个奇怪的举动,因此康纳不明白,表示原因,用why,故选B。
(13)句意: 她通常并不严格,我不认为这是一个很大的惩罚。A它,B他,C她,D我
们,此处指代妈妈,故用she,故选C。
(14)句意:更有趣的是它提醒我我有责任。A有趣的,B严格的,C困难的,D愚蠢的,根据 we have a good laugh on the phone 可知这种方式很有趣,故选A。
(15)句意:康纳后来说,他在箱子里收到的垃圾只是被要求带走的一部分。A离开,B带走,C收到,D扔掉,根据 post his rubbish to him 可知Connor是收到的东西,故选C。 【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力,答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意,然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答,注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
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Several train passengers have made people across the country angry in recent weeks. A video posted online showed Zhou took a window seat on a train from Yongzhou, Hunan to Shenzhen, Guangdong, on Wednesday. She was supposed to sit by the aisle (走道).
Zhou 1 to move when the window seat passenger later got on the train and found her 2 already taken. Zhou remained in the window seat 3 she left the train at Guangzhou station. Videos of Zhou screaming at the officer quickly went hot on Weibo. On Thursday, Zhou was fined 200 yuan and banned (禁止)from taking trains in China for 180 4 . Zhou was the second person in a month to be punished for her 5 . On Aug.21, a video posted online showed a man named Sun He sitting in the 6 seat on a train from Jinan to Beijing. When a train attendant asked him to move, he said he could not 7 and needed a wheelchair (轮椅).The China Railway Jinan Group later banned Sun from train travel for 180 days and he was also fined 200 yuan.
A similar incident involving(涉及)a foreigner also 8 on Sept.23. A foreign woman took 9 person's seat on a train and would not leave. When passengers began taking videos of her with their phones, she shouted and threw water at them. The woman was then taken away. Later, she said sorry to the passengers she had attacked.
They show that we need to behave in a more 10 way. If people don't follow laws and rules, they should be punished appropriately, the Paper noted. 1. A. accepted B. refused 2. A. seat 3. A. after 4. A. days 5. A. ability 6. A. right 7. A. stand
B. bag B. until B. months B. behavior B. sit
C. promised C. money C. when C. weeks C. habit C. speak C. others C. proper
B. comfortable C. wrong
8. A. took place B. took away C. took off 9. A. the other B. another 10. A. patient B. careful B;(10)C;
【答案】 (1)B;(2)A;(3)B;(4)A;(5)B;(6)C;(7)A;(8)A;(9)