Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
练(一) 语言运用组块专练——练准度
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Ⅰ.完形填空
I learned my first lesson at a meeting. As we sat around the table I heard Meg, who was __1__ a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for __2__ my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” Judith said, “It was nothing.”
Knowing how __3__ Judith's schedule was, I found her driving Meg's children to lessons unbelievably __4__. I was about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, entered the room __5__. She apologized for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who were over seventy.“That is so nice of you,” I said, __6__ how busy she was, how she didn't like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she said, waving her hand, “it was nothing.” __7__, I could still tell the __8__ in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.
Seeing their __9__ to help others selflessly, I started thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this peaceful and generous way of living — had it really been nothing or were they simply saying that? It __10__ to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend __11__ a speech. I __12__ her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more __13__. After the fifth try, she finally __14__ it. She hugged me with __15__, saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.
Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn't __16__ mean sacrifice and hard work. The __17__ is finding something we love to do and finding someone who __18__ that something. Our generosity can benefit others __19__ ourselves. Once you have a good __20__ of it, it's nothing. And it's really something.
语篇解读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文,主要讲述了作者如何从“没什么”这句话中悟到人生中重要的真理:予人玫瑰,手有余香。一个善意的举动使人获益良多。 1.A.adapting to C.going through
B.recovering from D.rejoicing in
解析:选B 结合句中“a recent operation”可知,Meg正处于手术后恢复期。recover from ...意为“从……中恢复”,符合题意。
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2.A.guiding C.driving
B.fetching D.dragging
解析:选C 根据第二段中的“her driving Meg's children to lessons”可知,Judith应是开车送Meg的女儿去上课。故选C。
3.A.tight C.strange
B.common D.practical
解析:选A 由关键词“schedule”和下文中的“I found her driving Meg's children to lessons unbelievably __4__”可知,此处应表示Judith的日程安排很紧。tight意为“(时间)不宽裕的,(日程安排)紧的”,符合题意。
4.A.ridiculous C.tiresome
B.energetic D.generous
解析:选D Judith在自己的日程安排很紧的情况下,还挤出时间帮助他人。此处作者是想说Judith慷慨助人的精神。generous意为“大方的,慷慨给予的”,符合语境。
5.A.disappointedly C.hurriedly
B.angrily D.unexpectedly
解析:选C 根据下文Donna为自己迟到而道歉可知,空格处应表示“匆忙地”。hurriedly意为“匆忙地,仓促地”,符合题意。
6.A.ignoring C.knowing
B.forgetting D.predicting
解析:选C 句意:我知道她有多忙,多么不喜欢做饭、打扫,于是说:“你人真好。”know意为“知道,了解”,符合语境。
7.A.Moreover C.Otherwise
B.Therefore D.Somehow
解析:选D 此处指不知为什么,作者从Donna的声音里听出了一丝愉悦。故选D。 8.A.regret C.surprise
B.sadness D.pleasure
解析:选D 结合下句中“gain a sense of satisfaction”可知,此处应指她的声音里带着一丝愉悦。pleasure意为“高兴,快乐,愉快”,符合题意。
9.A.willingness C.promise
B.ambition D.progress
解析:选A 由关键词“selflessly”可知,此处表示“看到她们都这么乐意去无私地帮助他人”。willingness意为“乐意,愿意”,符合语境。
10.A.referred C.appeared
B.occurred D.seemed
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解析:选B 此处表示“这让作者突然想到自己曾在下班后花了一下午的时间帮助一个朋友”。occur表示“发生,出现”,其常用句型为“It occurs to sb. that ...”意为“某人突然想起”,符合语境。
11.A.put up C.give away
B.prepare for D.deal with
解析:选B 由下文中的“rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture”和“After the fifth try”可知,此处表示作者帮助朋友准备演讲。prepare for意为“为……做准备”,符合题意。
12.A.begged C.recommended
B.invited D.sponsored
解析:选C 作者是在帮助朋友准备演讲,那么应该是给朋友提建议。recommend意为“建议,劝告”,符合题意。
13.A.sensible C.sensitive
B.confusing D.typical
解析:选A 重新安排故事的顺序是为了使故事更合理。sensible意为“合理的,符合实际的”,符合题意。
14.A.got C.caught
B.meant D.made
解析:选D 此处表示“经过五次尝试,她终于做到了”。make it意为“成功,做到”,符合题意。
15.A.gratitude C.concern
B.worry D.apology
解析:选A 由关键词“hugged”和空格后的“saying thanks to me”可知,朋友很感激作者。gratitude意为“感激,感谢”,符合语境。
16.A.normally C.possibly
B.accidentally D.necessarily
解析:选D 此处表示“真心的付出不一定意味着牺牲,也不一定要费多少事儿”。not necessarily意为“未必,不一定”,符合题意。
17.A.treat C.plot
B.trick D.plan
解析:选B 此处表示“诀窍是找到我们喜欢做的事和……”trick意为“窍门,技巧”,符合题意。
18.A.needs C.loves
B.admires D.defends
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