18.阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Jessica was born without arms and she had learned to live her life with her feet. There were many questions about whether Jessica would be able to live a(n) 1 life. However, Jessica's father had full confidence in 2 . With the support of her family, Jessica became 3 in herself and continued to explore(探索) the world with her 4 .
As a child, Jessica studied 5 in her hometown. When the first performance arrived, she asked herself to be put in the back 6 . Her dance teacher told her there was no back row. She appeared on the stage with other students and performed 7 . When she finished, the applause(喝彩) from the audience gave her encouragement and confidence to 8 dancing for 14 years.
After graduating from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona where she 9 bachelor's degree. 10 talking about her degree, she explained that the way people think has a 11 influence on their lives than a physical limitation.
Jessica's most famous achievement was learning how to 12 . She received the Guinness World Records 13 being the first person certified(被认证的) to fly an airplane with only her feet.
Jessica now works as a motivational(激发性的) 14 . She travels the world sharing her 15 and encouraging people to be creative and confident. She often says, \outside the shoes.\
1. A. important B. normal C. popular D. painful 2. A. them 4. A. feet 6. A. row 8. A. stop 9. A. found
B. us B. arms B. line
C. him C. legs C. yard
D. her D. mouths D. room D. badly D. teach
3. A. confident B. amazed C. pleasant D. interested 5. A. drawing B. singing C. writing D. dancing 7. A. terribly B. simply C. well
B. continue C. start B. got
C. enjoyed D. caught C. When D. Until C. ride C. in
D. fly D. with D. mood
10. A. Before B. After 12. A. drive 13. A. for
B. act B. to
11. A. greater B. smaller C. worse D. less
14. A. speaker B. artist C. singer D. dancer
15. A. mistake B. sadness C. story
【答案】 (1)B;(2)D;(3)A;(4)A;(5)D;(6)A;(7)C;(8)B;(9)B;(10)C;(11)A;(12)D;(13)A;(14)A;(15)C;
【解析】【分析】文章大意:杰西卡生下来就没有胳膊,在家人的鼓励下,杰西卡顽强的奋斗,最后走进了大学,他也通过分享她的故事鼓励人们要有信心,要有创造性。 (1)句意:有很多关于杰西卡是否能过正常人生活的问题。A.重要的;B.正常的;C.受欢迎的;D.痛苦的。根据 Jessica was born without arms and she had learned to live her life
with her feet. 可知杰西卡生下来就没有胳膊,能不能过正常人的生活是许多人心头的问
题,故答案是B。
(2)句意:然而杰西卡的父亲对他充满了信心。A.他们;B.我们;C.他;D.她。根据 she had learned to live her life with her feet. 可知杰西卡是个女孩,空缺处需要宾格人称代词
最宾语,故答案是D。
(3)句意:在家人的支持下,杰西卡变得有信心了继续用她的脚探索世界。A.有信心的;B.令人震惊的;C.令人愉快的;D.感兴趣的。根据前文的把描述,她父亲对她充满了信
心,所以在家人的帮助下,她也变得有信心了,故答案是A。
(4)句意:在家人的支持下,杰西卡变得有信心了继续用她的脚探索世界。A.脚;B.胳膊;C.腿;D.嘴。根据前文的描述可知杰西卡生下来就没有手,说以她只能用脚探索世
界,故答案是A。
(5)句意:还是个孩子的时候,在他的家乡学习了舞蹈。A.画画;B.唱;C.写;D.跳舞。根据 Her dance teacher told her there was no back row 可知她学习的是舞蹈,故答案是
D。
(6)句意:他要求把自己放在后排。A.排;B.线;C.院子;D.房间。根据 Her dance
teacher told her there was no back row. 可知他要求在后排,故答案是A。 (7)句意:她和其他学生出现在了舞台,表演的很好。A.非常地;B.简单地;C.好;D.坏
的。根据 When she finished, the applause(喝彩) from the audience gave her
encouragement and confidence 可知,她表演的好,故答案是C。
(8)句意:当她结束的时候,观众的喝彩声给了他鼓励和信心继续跳了14年。A.停止;B.继续;C.开始;D.教。根据,后面的for 14 years可知是继续跳舞跳了14年。故答案是
B。
(9)句意:高中毕业之后,她进入了亚利桑那大学,在那里获得了学学士学位。A.发现;B.到达,得到;C.喜欢;D.抓住。根据 the University of Arizona the University of
Arizona 可推知他在这所大学获得了学士学位,故答案是B。
(10)句意:在谈论他的学位的时候,她解释道相对于身体限制,人们的思考方式最大的影响了他们的生活。A.在……之前;B.在……之后;C.当……时候;D.直到。根据句子意思可知,这是一个时间状语从句,两个句子的动作是同时进行的,因此使用when,故答案是
C。
(11)句意:她解释道相对于身体限制,人们的思考方式最大的影响了他们的生活。A.更伟大;B.更小;C.更差;D.更少。结合选项意思和题干内容可知,greater最合适,故答案
是A。
(12)句意:杰西卡最著名的成就是不是学习如何开飞机。A.驾驶;B.表演;C.骑;D.飞。
根据 She received the Guinness World Records 13
being the first person certified(被认证的) to fly an airplane with only her feet. 可知,他
正在学习开飞机,故答案是D。
(13)句意:因为是第一个只用脚驾驶飞机被认证的人,他获得了吉尼斯世界纪录。A.因为;B.到……;C.在……里面;D.用。根据 being the first person certified(被认证的) to fly an airplane with only her feet. 可知这句是获得吉尼斯纪录的原因,应使用for,故答案是
A。
(14)句意:杰西卡现在是一个励志的演讲者。A.演讲者;B.美术家;C.歌唱家;D.舞蹈
家。根据 She travels the world sharing her 15
and encouraging people to be creative and confident. 可知她是个演讲家,故答案是A。 (15)句意:她周游世界,分享她的故事鼓励人们要具有创造性而且要有信心。A.错误;B.伤心;C.故事;D.情绪,心情。根据 encouraging people to be creative and confident. 可知分享的是故事,故答案是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。
19.通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。
Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by 1 . He liked sitting 2 a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane and looked for a window seat. He 3 all of them taken except one. There was a young man 4 beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.
When he 5 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written 6 large letters, 7 \such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying 8 particularly heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found 9 empty seat, not beside the window 10 .
Two or three other people 11 to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly 12 a very beautiful girl 13 into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, 14 took the notice 15 the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip. 1. A. air 2. A. on 3. A. wanted 4. A. seating 5. A. arrived 7. A. said
B. water B. found
C. train
D. bus D. far from D. sat D. in
B. nearly C. beside B. seated C. seat
C. with
C. thought D. hoped
B. sat on C. reached D. left B. saying C. spoken D. speaking
C. the other D. the only C. managed D. refused
6. A. through B. by
8. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 9. A. another B. other 10. A. to sit 11. A. stuck
B. tried
B. to be sat C. to sit on D. to be sat in
12. A. empty B. full C. up C. slowly C. off
D. down D. soon D. up
13. A. reached B. stepped C. arrived D. left 14. A. quickly B. quick 15. A. onto
B. in
【答案】 (1)A;(2)C;(3)B;(4)B;(5)C;(6)D;(7)B;(8)A;(9)A;(10)A;(11)B;(12)B;(13)C;(14)A;(15)C;
【解析】【分析】本文通过Mr.Robinson一次乘坐飞机所经历的一件事,讲述一位士兵成功的与美女坐在一起的故事。
(1)句意:由于时间仓促,他决定乘飞机去。A空气,B谁,C火车,D公共汽车,根据 he was flying可知是坐飞机 , 故选A。
(2)句意:他飞行时喜欢坐在窗边。A在……上,B几乎,C在……旁边,D远离,根据 looked for a window seat可知找靠窗户的座位是因为喜欢坐在窗边 , 故选C。
(3)句意:他发现除了一个座位外,所有的座位都已经被占了。A想要,B发现,C思考,D希望,根据 all of them taken except one可知所有的座位都已经被占了是结果,故用发现,故选B。
(4)句意:有一个士兵坐在这个座位旁边。句子有谓语,故用分词做补语,seated表示落座的,故选B。
(5)句意:然而,当他到达座位时,他看到上面有一张告示。it是宾语,故此处是及物动词,arrive是不及物动词,看到告示表明接触到座位,还没有坐上去,sat on,坐在上面,left,离开,故此处是reached,故选C。
(6)句意:上面用墨水写着:这个座位是为了保持适当的负载平衡,谢谢。A通i过,B靠着,C用,宾语是工具,D用,宾语是语言,letter相当于语言,故选D。
(7)句意:上面用墨水写着:这个座位是为了保持适当的负载平衡,谢谢。句子有谓语,故用分词,此处表示自然状态,故用现在分词,say强调内容,speak强调语言,此处是指具体内容故用saying,故选B。
(8)句意:罗宾逊先生以前从未在飞机上看到过这样不寻常的告示,但他认为飞机上一定带着特别重的东西。A某物,B任何东西,C没有,D每件事,这是个肯定句,肯定句用something表示某物,故选A。
(9)句意:所以他继续走,又发现了一张空的座位,座位不是靠窗的。A另一个,修饰单数名词,B其他的,修饰名词复数,C另一,表示两者,D仅仅,根据seat是名词单数,故选A。
(10)句意:所以他继续走,又发现了一张空的座位,座位不是靠窗的。sit后没有宾语,故排除C和D,此处用不定式的主动形式表示功能,故选A。
(11)句意:有两三个人想坐在士兵旁边的靠窗座位上。A卡住,B尝试,C设法,强调结果,D拒绝,根据 but they also read the notice and went on其他人都走过去了可知,都是尝试坐这里,但最终没有做 , 故选B。
(12)句意:当飞机快满的时候,一个非常漂亮的女孩急匆匆地进了飞机。A空的,B满的,C向上,D向下,根据nearly可知人们陆陆续续进了座位快做满了,故选B。 (13)句意:当飞机快满的时候,一个非常漂亮的女孩急匆匆地进了飞机。A到达,及物
动词,B迈一步,C到来,不及物动词,D离开,乘客都是进入机舱,此处into是介词,故缺少不及物动词,故是arrive,故选C。
(14)句意:士兵正看着乘客们进来,他很快把布告从自己旁边的座位上拿下来,这样就成功地在整个旅行中得到了女孩的陪伴。副词修饰动词take,A副词,迅速地,B形容词,迅速的,C副词,慢慢地,D不久,此处强调士兵的动作之快,故选A。
(15)句意:士兵正看着乘客们进来,他很快把布告从自己旁边的座位上拿下来,这样就成功地在整个旅行中得到了女孩的陪伴。A到......上,B在......里面,C分开,D向上,只有拿走布告女孩才不会发现实情,take off,拿走,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。
20.完型填空
I was born with the ability to run very fast. As a result, I was the best runner in my school. I 1 get the first place in every race. But that was before a terrible traffic accident, which changed my life completely.
After I woke up in a hospital, I found that I lost all feeling in my legs. I 2 sitting in my wheelchair. Sometimes when I thought about it, I got really sad inside. When I was 3 in my room, I even cry. However, thanks to my father, I am not going to cry about it any longer, and I'm not sick or helpless.
Not long ago, Dad talked with me in person. And this conversation helped me to change. He told me to be brave. \said my father, with a 5 expression on his face. 6 I started playing chess. Before I never thought of playing something like chess, but now I'm getting pretty good at it. I 7 Dad last night. Dad said I could enter their chess competitions.
Before my accident I used to be good at a lot of things and I never really thought about it. But with chess I really have to think about it a lot and practice and try. 8 , now I have to practice lots of things, and when I'm able to do a thing without 9 , I have the feeling of winning though it isn't a/an 10 . 1. A. went along to B. used to 2. A. found out 3. A. patient 4. A. everything 5. A. serious 6. A. But 7. A. won 8. A. In fact 9. A. request 10. A. success
B. alone B. wise B. So
C. couldn't help D. paid attention to
D. ended up D. bored D. special D. Since D. trick D. For example D. help D. event
C. active C. correct C. Because
B. gave out C. gave up
B. anything C. something D. nothing
B. punished C. beat B. As a result C. At last B. ability B. secret
C. brain C. race
【答案】 (1)B;(2)D;(3)B;(4)C;(5)A;(6)B;(7)C;(8)A;(9)