专题限时检测(十三) 完形填空之夹叙夹议文体(二)
(共3篇，每篇限时18分钟)
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(2017·无锡高三一模)When I was in middle school, a poisonous spider bit my right hand. I ran to my mom for __1__， but instead of taking me to a doctor, my mom set my hand __2__.
After wrapping my hand with several layers of cotton, then soaking it in wine, she put a chopstick into my mouth, and lit the cotton. Heat quickly went through the cotton and began to roast my __3__. The sharp pain made me want to scream, but the chopstick __4__ it. All I could do was watch my hand burn — one minute, then two minutes — __5__ Mom put out the fire.
At that time there was no doctor available my mother could bring me to see about my spider bite.
For those who study biology, you may have grasped the science __6__ my mom's cure: heat deactivates (使不活跃) proteins, and a spider's venom (毒液) is __7__ a form of protein. It's __8__ how that folk remedy actually includes basic biochemistry, isn't it? But I am a PhD student in biochemistry at Harvard. I now know that better, less __9__ and less risky treatments existed. So I can't help but ask myself why I didn't __10__ one at that time.
Now I am happy to report that my hand is fine. But this question remains, and I continue to be troubled by the unequal __11__ of scientific knowledge throughout the world. Despite the knowledge we have accumulated, we haven't been so __12__ in deploying (配置) it to where it's needed most. We constantly see these problems of poverty, illness, and __13__ of resources preventing the flow of scientific information. Lifesaving knowledge we take for granted in the modern world is often __14__ in underdeveloped regions.
While studying at Harvard, I saw __15__ scientific knowledge can help others in simple, yet profound ways. The bird flu in the 2000s looked to my village like a spell cast by devils. When I realized that simple hygiene (卫生) practices like __16__ different animal species could contain the spread of the disease, and that I could help make this knowledge available to my village, that was my first “Aha” moment as a budding scientist.
Harvard dares us to dream big, to aspire (立志) to change the world. Here on this Commencement Day, we are __17__ thinking of grand destinations and big
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adventures that await us. As for me, I am also thinking of the farmers in my village. My experience here __18__ me how important it's for researchers to communicate our knowledge to those __19__. Because by using the science we already have, we can probably bring my village and thousands like it into the world you and I take __20__ every day. And that's an impact every one of us can make!
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者用他被蜘蛛咬伤而被母亲救治好的亲身经历说明了知识传播和科学知识的均衡分布的重要性。
1．A medicine B．help C．advice
D．decision
解析：选B 结合上下文语境可知，在“我”上中学的时候，一只有毒的蜘蛛咬伤了“我”的右手，“我”跑去找母亲帮忙(help)。
2．A.in water C．in trouble
B．on fire D．on strike
解析：选B 根据下文的“... lit the cotton” “put out the fire”可知，母亲没有带“我”去看医生，而是用火烧“我”的手。set sth. on fire“用火焚烧某物”，符合语境。in trouble“在困难中”；on strike“在罢工”。
3．A.leg C．hand
B．chest D．face
解析：选C 根据上文的“a poisonous spider bit my right hand” “wrapping my hand with several layers of cotton ... ”可知，这里指的是烘烤“我”的手(hand)。
4．A.preserved C．cancelled
B．forbade D．prevented
解析：选D 剧烈的疼痛使“我”想叫出声来，但嘴里的筷子阻止(prevented)“我”这样做。preserve“保存，保护”；forbid“禁止”；cancel“取消”。
5．A.before C．when
B．until D．while
解析：选B 根据语境可知，此处指直到(until)“我”母亲把“我”手上的火扑灭。 6．A.beside C．after
B．behind D．within
解析：选B 对于那些学生物学的人来说，你也许已经明白了“我”母亲的治疗方法背后的科学(原理)。表示“在??背后”要用介词behind。
7．A.accurately C．constantly
B．simply D．continuously
解析：选B 蜘蛛的毒液仅仅(simply)是一种蛋白质。accurately“准确地”；
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constantly“不断地，时常地”；continuously“连续不断地”。
8．A.cool C．absurd
B．right D．puzzling
解析：选A 根据语境可知，此处指这个偏方事实上包含着基本的生物化学知识，这是很好的(cool)。
9．A.powerful C．painful
B．stressful D．regretful
解析：选C “我”现在知道了不那么痛(painful)，不那么危险的治疗方法的存在。powerful“强有力的”；stressful“有压力的”；regretful“遗憾的”。
10．A.accept C．adopt
B．receive D．adapt
解析：选B “我”忍不住问“我”自己，为什么那个时候“我”不能接纳(receive)这样的治疗呢？accept“承认，接受”；adopt“采取，收养”；adapt“使适应，改编”。
11．A.distribution C．allocation
B．donation D．distraction
解析：选A 此处表示科学知识在全球的分布(distribution)不均衡问题。donation“捐献”；allocation“分配，配置”；distraction“注意力分散，消遣”。
12．A.involved C．successful
B．absorbed D．careful
解析：选C 虽然我们已经积累了很多知识，但是我们还不能成功(successful)地将其应用到最需要它的地方。
13．A.separation C．absence
B．plenty D．lack
解析：选D 根据上文中的“these problems of poverty，illness”及下文中的“preventing the flow of scientific information”可知，此处应是指资源的匮乏(lack)。
14．A.unavailable C．unexpected
B．unwanted D．unnecessary
解析：选A 救生知识在现代化的世界被我们认为是理所当然的，但通常在不发达地区却是难以获得的。unavailable“难以获得的，无法得到的”，符合语境。
15．A.when C．how
B．where D．why
解析：选C “我”知道了科学知识是如何(how)用简单又深刻的方式帮助其他人的。 16．A.dividing C．splitting
B．separating D．breaking
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解析：选B 当“我”意识到简单的卫生治疗方法，例如将不同种类的动物隔离(separating)开可以防止这种疾病的蔓延。divide“分开”；split“分裂”；break“破坏”。
17．A.skilfully C．preferably
B．probably D．relatively
解析：选B 我们大概(probably)在想象等待我们的远大目标和大冒险。skilfully“有技术地”；preferably“最好是”；relatively“相当地，相对地”。
18．A.informs C．reminds
B．recalls D．refers
解析：选C “我”的经历提醒(reminds)“我”，对于研究者来说将知识传递给处于困境中(in need)的那些人是多么重要。
19．A.in danger C．in order
B．in need D．in shape
解析：选B 参见上题解析。in danger“在危险中”；in order“整齐，秩序井然，按顺序”；in shape“在外形上，处于良好状态”。
20．A.for granted C．into consideration
B．for example D．into practice
解析：选A 此处表示我们每天都视为理所当然的世界。take sth.for granted意为“认为某事理所当然，视某事为理所当然”，符合句意。take sth.for example“以??为例”；take sth. into consideration“顾及，考虑到”。
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(2017·苏州高三调研试题) Dear Strangers，
I remember you. Eighteen months ago, when my cellphone rang, you were walking into Whole Foods __1__ to do your grocery shopping, just as I had been only minutes before you. But I had already __2__ my cart full of groceries in the entryway, for my brother was on the other end of the __3__ telling me my father had __4__ his own life early that morning.
I started to cry and scream as my whole body __5__. I fell to the floor under the __6__ of what I had just learned. You could have kept on walking, __7__ my cries, but you didn't. You could have simply stopped and stared at my __8__ of pain, but you didn't. Instead, you surrounded me as I yelled __9__ my sobs, “My father killed himself. He's dead.”
I remember one of you asked for my phone. You needed my husband's name as you
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searched through my __10__. I remember that I could hear your __11__ as you tried to reach my husband for me, leaving an __12__ message for him to call me. I recall hearing you discuss among yourselves who would drive me home in my car and who would __13__ that person back to the store. You didn't even know one another, and you came around me with the common __14__ — to help.
In my __15__， I told you that I had a friend who worked at Whole Foods, and one of you brought her to me. And I even recall as I sat with her, one of you __16__ a gift card for meals to Whole Foods. That gift card helped to __17__ my family when the idea of cooking was so far __18__ my emotional reach.
I never saw you after that. But I know this to be true: Because you __19__ out to help, you offered a ray of light in the most __20__ moment I've ever experienced. I will never, ever forget you.
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，是写给陌生人的一封感谢信。当作者处于失去父亲的悲痛中时，是一些陌生人给了她安慰和帮助。信的字里行间流露出满满的正能量和感动。
1．A.bound C．prepared
B．willing D．determined
解析：选C 十八个月以前，当“我”的电话响起时，你们正步入Whole Foods准备(prepared)买一些食品杂货。
2．A.abandoned C．pushed
B．recovered D．filled
解析：选A 根据下文的“for my brother was on the other end ...early that morning”和“My father killed himself.He's dead.”可知，作者的父亲那天早上自杀了，所以此处指作者把装满食品杂货的手推车丢弃(abandoned)在入口通道处，从而表现出作者的悲痛心情。
3．A.shop C．queue
B．line D．lane
解析：选B 根据上文的“my cellphone rang”可知，此处指的是电话的另一端，故选line“电话线”。
4．A.cost C．saved
B．given D．taken
解析：选D take one's own life意为“自杀”。下文的“My father killed himself.”是对此空的暗示，表示作者的父亲那天一大早自杀了。
5．A.hurt C．trembled
B．twisted D．fell
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