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专题限时检测(十二) 完形填空之夹叙夹议文体(一)
(共2篇,每篇限时18分钟)
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(2019·扬州模拟)I enjoy feeding birds in my garden. About three years ago, a baby chipmunk (花栗鼠) which I named Chip came to this festive display. Over that summer, I watched it __1__. The next summer, the chipmunk was back, and I wondered whether it would __2__ me to feed it by hand or let me pet it. Before Chip would approach, I'd __3__ its favorite food, bend down and keep very __4__. I'd leave my open hand __5__, unmoving, so the animal would know I wouldn't __6__ it. I continued doing this for a few weeks.
__7__, late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust. One day as I __8__ a seed with my fingertips, it approached and __9__ took the seed into its mouth. It never bit my fingers. I was happy that Chip and I had made a(n) __10__ of trust. After about two months of this __11__, I went further. With my index finger, I __12__ its back once gently. I'm not even sure Chip felt it, but it didn't __13__. I then moved my two fingers slowly and gently over it. __14__, Chip stayed calm, eating seeds, before running quickly back into the bush.
Today, the chipmunk comes out of hiding when I call its name, and lets me __15__ its soft, silky body.
A friend once mentioned that after she __16__ a dog, she noticed that her high blood pressure had approached __17__ without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better. I think I, too, feel __18__ from my interactions with Chip. I've also developed a greater __19__ for nature and its creatures and the opportunity to observe, protect and save wildlife. Most of all, I am amazed by the __20__ of a tiny chipmunk to meet me halfway in trust.
语篇解读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。“我”家院子里有一只小花栗鼠,整个夏天“我”都观察它慢慢成长,“我”给它喂食,慢慢地取得了它的信任,如今只要一叫它的名字,它就跑出来让“我”抚摸。“我”更加尊重大自然和它的生物,并发展机会观察、保护和拯救野生动物。
1.A.eat
C.play
B.grow D.jump
解析:选B 根据上文的“a baby chipmunk”可知,作者描写的是一只幼年花栗鼠;结合该句中的“Over that summer, I watched it”可推知,整个夏天,作者都在观察它成长。B项意为“长大,成长”,故B项正确。
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2.A.praise
C.inspire
B.beg D.trust
解析:选D 根据该句的内容并结合第二段第一句中的“trust”可推知,第二年夏天,花栗鼠回来了,作者不知道它是否会信任自己,让作者亲手喂它或抚摸它。D项意为“信任”,故D项正确。A项意为“赞扬”;B项意为“乞求”;C项意为“鼓舞”。
3.A.put off
C.put down
B.put up D.hang up
解析:选C 根据该句语境,并结合常识可知,在这只花栗鼠靠近作者之前,作者先放下它喜欢的食物。C项意为“放下”,故C项正确。A项意为“取消”;B项意为“提出”;D项意为“挂断电话”。
4.A.anxious
C.still
B.excited D.curious
解析:选C 根据该句的内容,并结合下文中的“unmoving”可推知,在这只花栗鼠靠近作者之前,作者先放下它喜欢的食物,然后弯下腰,保持静止不动的状态,以防吓走花栗鼠。C项意为“静止的”,故C项正确。A项意为“焦虑的”;B项意为“兴奋的”;D项意为“好奇的”。
5.A.in public
C.in return
B.in place D.in turn
解析:选B 根据语境以及该句中的“unmoving”可知,作者将张开的双手保持在适当的位置上,一动不动,这样这只花栗鼠就知道作者不会去抓(grab)它。B项意为“在正确位置”,故B项正确。A项意为“公开地”;C项意为“作为回报”;D项意为“依次”。
6.A.grab
C.bite
B.remove D.throw
解析:选A 参见上题解析。A项意为“抓住”,故A项正确。B项意为“移开”;C项意为“咬”;D项意为“扔”。
7.A.Initially
C.Obviously
B.Unusually D.Finally
解析:选D 根据上文“I continued doing this for a few weeks”,并结合该句“late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust”可知,最后,这只花栗鼠更加信任作者了。D项意为“最
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后,终于”,故D项正确。A项意为“最初”;B项意为“不平常地”;C项意为“显然”。 8.A.found
C.offered
B.planted D.produced
解析:选C 一天,作者用指尖提供给它一粒种子时,它向作者靠近了。C项意为“提供”,故C项正确。A项意为“发现”;B项意为“种植”;D项意为“生产”。
9.A.cautiously
C.comfortably
B.aggressively D.confidently
解析:选A 根据语境以及下文“It never bit my fingers.”可知,花栗鼠谨慎地把种子放进嘴里。A项意为“谨慎地”,故A项正确。B项意为“挑衅地”;C项意为“舒服地”;D项意为“自信地”。
10.A.promise
C.introduction
B.breakthrough D.experience
解析:选B 根据上文可知,花栗鼠开始从作者的手中取食,而且没有咬作者;结合该句可推知,作者和花栗鼠之间的信任取得了突破。 B项意为“突破”,故B项正确。A项意为“承诺”;C项意为“介绍”;D项意为“经历,体验”。
11.A.education
C.routine
B.discovery D.resolution
解析:选C 根据上文可知,花栗鼠开始从作者的手中取食,作者和花栗鼠之间的信任取得了突破;结合该句可推知,这种日常的行为进行了两个月之后,作者能更进一步(接近它)了。C项意为“常规”,符合语境。A项意为“教育”;B项意为“发现”;D项意为“决议”。
12.A.knocked
C.rocked
B.brushed D.touched
解析:选D 根据该句语境可知,作者用食指轻轻地触摸它的后背。D项意为“触摸”,故D项正确。A项意为“敲,击”;B项意为“刷”;C项意为“摇摆”。
13.A.run away
C.give away
B.rush out D.turn up
解析:选A 根据上文可知,花栗鼠开始信任作者了;结合该句语境可推知,作者用食指触摸它时,它没有跑开。A项意为“逃跑”,故A项正确。B项意为“赶制”;C项意为
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“泄露”;D项意为“偶然出现”。 14.A.However
C.So
B.Again D.Therefore
解析:选B 根据上文可知,作者触摸花栗鼠的后背时,它并没有逃跑,接着作者用两个手指慢慢地轻抚它;结合该句中的“Chip stayed calm, eating seeds”可知,花栗鼠再次保持镇静。B项意为“再一次”,故B项正确。
15.A.admire
C.pet
B.support D.lift
解析:选C 根据上文可知,作者和花栗鼠之间建立了信任;结合该句可知,如今,作者一叫它的名字,这只花栗鼠就从躲藏的地方跑出来,让作者抚摸它柔软丝滑的身体。上文第2空后的“let me pet it” 也是提示。C项意为“抚摸”,故C项正确。A项意为“赞赏”;B项意为“支持”;D项意为“举起”。
16.A.walked
C.abandoned
B.adopted D.lost
解析:选B 根据语境可知,一位朋友曾经说过,在她收养了一只狗之后,她的血压趋于正常(normal)了。B项意为“收养”,故B项正确。
17.A.safety
C.logic
B.original D.normal
解析:选D 参见上题解析。D项意为“正常”,故D项正确。A项意为“安全”;B项意为“原件”;C项意为“逻辑”。
18.A.calmer
C.quieter
B.faster D.easier
解析:选A 根据上文中的“calmer”,并结合该句语境及“too”可推知,在同这只花栗鼠的交流过程中,作者也感到更加平静了。
19.A.sympathy
C.mercy
B.motivation D.respect
解析:选D 作者也更加尊重自然和它的生物,并发展机会观察、保护和拯救野生动物。D项意为“尊重”,故D项正确。A项意为“同情”;B项意为“动机”;C项意为“怜悯”。
20.A.capacity
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C.memory D.comfort
解析:选A 根据上文可知,作者通过给花栗鼠喂食取得了它的信任;结合该句可知,最重要的是,作者惊讶于花栗鼠对自己信任的能力。A项意为“能力”,故A项正确。B项意为“贡献”;C项意为“记忆”;D项意为“慰藉”。
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(2019·镇江模拟) My seven-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book. She even
continued __1__ in the car on the long drive to summer camp, where she lost the book. This is the first lost __2__ book in my life. In my childhood, my parents had always expected me to be __3__, but we were poor, and I didn't __4__ books. I had to borrow books. My library books lived on a __5__ shelf while they were mine, and it __6__ me when I had to return them to the library on the due day.
However, my daughter has __7__ books now than I owned during my whole childhood. So it's probably my __8__ that she didn't cherish the books. “Sorry, I can't find it,” my daughter said with a shrug, “We just pay $20 for the book. What's the big __9__?” The missing library book just met with a cold __10__ from her, but it met with nail-biting __11__ from me. I walked into the library in a deep __12__ as if I had lost the book. Feeling the need to make her feel __13__ for the book, I asked her to do the household chores. She agreed to clean up all the pets' houses __14__ my paying the library book. I'd meant the chores to be __15__!
Surprisingly, she was enjoying herself. I took a picture of her lovely back. So, did I win or lose at __16__? Did I teach her the __17__ of keeping a library book if the picture I took shows she is working __18__?
To my __19__, my little girl knew what __20__ in her life. She could devote herself to the chores as much as to the books.
语篇解读:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文,主要讲述的是“我”教育女儿的经历:“我”在童年时期因为家庭经济状况不好没有钱买书,所以对从图书馆借来的书很珍惜;“我”的女儿现在拥有很多书,但却对弄丢从图书馆借的书毫不在乎,这让“我”意识到有必要让她接受惩罚…… 1.A.driving
C.reading
B.thinking D.viewing
解析:选C 根据文章第一句“My seven-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book.”可推知,“我”的女儿甚至在去夏令营的途中在车里继续看(reading)书。
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