1、 .完形填空I used to live selfishly. I should admit.But one moment changed me.I was on my lunch break and had 1 the office to get something to eat.On the way, I 2 a busker (街头艺人),with a hat in front of him.I had some 3 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 4 use the
2、money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol.He 5 like that type young and ragged. 6 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 7 I had no right to place myself above 8 just because he was busking. I 9 and dropped all the coins into his 10
3、, and he smiled at me. I watched for a while.As 11 as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that momenta feeling of 12 or satisfaction, for example.But nothing happened. 13 , I walked off.“It proved to be a waste of 14 ,”I thought. On my way home at the end of the 15 , I saw the busker a
4、gain and he was 16 .I watched him pick up the hat and walk 17 a cafe counter.There he poured the 18 contents into a tin collecting 19 an earthquake fund-raising (募捐) event.He was busking for charity (慈善)! Now I donate any 20 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving. 【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍
5、了发生在作者身上的一件真实的事情。正是这件事情改变了作者,使他认识到“给予” 本身就是一种快乐。1.A.left B.cleaned C.prepared D.searched【答案与解析】A 根据前文的信息“午休时间” 和后面的目的状语“要弄些吃的东西” 可推断出,作者是离开了办公室。2.A.led B.chose C.saw D.fooled【答案与解析】C 在路上,作者看到一个街头艺人 ,他前面放着一顶帽子。3.A.chocolates B.coins C.tins D.drugs【答案与解析】B 由下文的信息 “use the money to feed his addiction t
6、o drugs or alcohol”可知此空的词表示的是钱,第 3 段的第 1 句也提示出了此处应填 coin,意为“ 硬币”。4.A.almost B.only C.rather D.still【答案与解析】B 从前面的 “可我不愿意把这些硬币给他”可知 ,作者当时心里想着那个街头艺人只会把弄到的钱用在吸毒或酗酒上。only“仅仅;只不过” 。5.A.acted B.looked C.sounded D.smelt【答案与解析】B 从后面的解释词 “年轻”和“ 衣衫褴褛”可知此空指看到的现象,故用 look“看起来”。6.A.Though B.ForC.Therefore D.But【答案
7、与解析】D 此处表转折,“可我会用这些零钱来干什么呢?”but 表转折意为“可是;但是”。7.A.declared B.realized C.expected D.guessed【答案与解析】B 句意为“接着我意识到,我没有权利只因为他在街上卖艺就把自己凌驾于他之上” 。realize“意识到;认识到”。8.A.itB.all C.him D.them【答案与解析】C 此处指的是上文提到的那个街头卖艺的年轻人,用人称代词 him。9.A.waited B.followed C.stopped D.arrived【答案与解析】C 第 2 段描写作者看到街头艺人时的心理活动,此处表示经过了思想斗争
8、后,作者拿定主意要把自己口袋里的硬币给那个艺人,所以应该是停下来把所有硬币放在那人的帽子里。10.A.rag B.hat C.pocket D.counter【答案与解析】B 第 2 段第 2 句中的信息“with a hat in front of him”暗示了此题的答案是 hat“帽子”。11.A.selfish B.awkwardC.innocent D.special【答案与解析】A 那人已经用微笑答谢作者,但当时作者还感到不满足,还想得到更大的快乐或满足感,这体现出了作者当时的自私,应该用 selfish,意为“自私的” ,文章首句也暗示了此题的答案。12.A.happiness
9、B.sadnessC.love D.hate【答案与解析】A 此空的词与后面的 satisfaction 应该意思相近,都表示别人的感谢给自己带来的感受,所以用 happiness“愉快”最为恰当。13.A.Disappointedly B.UnfortunatelyC.Coincidentally D.Comfortably【答案与解析】A 想得到那个艺人更进一步的感谢,从中得到更大的快乐或满足感,但那个艺人却没有任何其他表示,所以作者感到失望,离开了那儿。disappointedly“感到失望地”。14.A.wordsB.effort C.space D.money【答案与解析】D 把自己
10、的硬币投到了那个艺人的帽子里,却没有得到作者期望的那种快乐或满足感,所以作者认为他是在浪费钱。15.A.moment B.day C.break D.event【答案与解析】B 从前面的信息 “在回家路上”可以看出,此处表示在一天的工作结束后 ,应该用 day。16.A.walking around B.passing byC.packing up D.running off【答案与解析】C 因为已是收工的时间了 ,所以那个艺人应该是在收拾东西,准备结束自己一天的活动。pack up“包装;打包;收拾东西” 。17.A.around B.in C.behind D.to【答案与解析】D 句意:
11、我看到他捡起帽子,走到一家咖啡店的柜台跟前。18.A.chief B.basic C.actual D.total【答案与解析】D 句意:在那儿,他把帽子里募捐到的所有钱都倒进了为地震灾区募捐活动所设的盒子里。total“ 总的;所有的;全部的”。19.A.by B.for C.on D.with【答案与解析】B 此处应该用表目的的介词 for,意为“ 为;为了”。20.A.work B.time C.energy D.change【答案与解析】D 往募捐盒里放的当然是“零钱” 了。.单项填空1.If you want to see our manager, you had better ma
12、ke an with his secretary in advance. A.admission B.agreementC.appointment D.assumption【答案与解析】C 考查名词。 admission“进入;入场;承认” ;agreement“协议;同意”;appointment“ 预约;约会”,常与动词 make 连用 ;assumption“假定;设想” 。此处应用 appointment 表示“ 首先和秘书预约”之意。2.The girl first wrote for fun but later she was by her father to take her w
13、riting seriously. A.enabled B.encouragedC.engaged D.enjoyed【答案与解析】B 考查动词。 enable“使能够” ;encourage“鼓励 ”;engage“使忙碌;使从事于”,一般不接 sb to do sth 的形式;enjoy“喜欢”。此处表示这个女孩受到爸爸的鼓励开始认真对待写作。3.All the people think of the boy who did his best to save a drowning girl. A.high B.higher C.highly D.highest【答案与解析】C 考查固定短语
14、。 high 和 highly 都可以作副词,但 high 侧重具体的高度,而 highly“高度地”表示抽象意义。think highly of“高度评价”。4.Having made a long journey,the old man looks . A.wear out B.wearing outC.wore out D.worn out【答案与解析】D 考查非谓语动词。worn out 为形容词短语,意思是“疲惫不堪的;精疲力竭的”。5.Everyone is ready to work with the young man who is always polite to other
15、s. A.respecting B.respectfulC.respected D.respectable【答案与解析】B 考查形容词。 respecting“关于;至于” ;respectful“有礼貌的”;respected“受人尊敬的”;respectable“值得尊敬的” 。根据句中的“他总是对人有礼貌” 可推测选 respectful。6.The angry man asked to see the manager but was told she was busy, so he walked up and down in the hall and looked . A.impoli
16、te B.impossibleC.impatient D.effective【答案与解析】C 考查形容词。 impatient“不耐烦的”。句意:这位怒气冲冲的男子要求见经理,却被告知她很忙,因此他在大厅里来回走动,看起来很不耐烦。7.He found a lot of were . A.passers-by; grown-upsB.passer-bys; grown-upC.passer-bys; grown-upsD.passers-by; grown-up【答案与解析】A 考查构词法。passer-by 的复数是在中心词 passer 后加 s;grown-up 的复数形式是在 up后加
17、 s。8.She is the only one among the writers who stories for children. A.woman; writes B.women; writeC.women; writes D.woman; write【答案与解析】C 考查名词用法及主谓一致。 woman 作定语修饰名词,变复数时 woman 和其后的名词都需要变化;又因主句中有 only,所以从句修饰 she,谓语动词用单数形式。9.Her cooking is good but it lacks . A.variety B.vary C.various D.varied【答案与解析】
18、A 考查构词法。variety“多样性” ,是名词,作谓语 lacks 的宾语。10.It took us quite a long time to get here.It was journey. A.three-hour B.a three hourC.a three-hour D.three hours【答案与解析】C 考查数词。数词和量词一起作前置定语时,其结构是“数词+ 连字符+单数量词 ( +连字符+形容词)”。当数词和量词一起作后置定语时,则无连字符,并且量词要用复数。.阅读理解Today it seems perfectly natural for us to shake ha
19、nds when we greet someone or say goodbye. But like so many things that we do without thinking, such actions at one time probably symbolized something. For example, in primitive (原始的) life the hand was probably a symbol of power and strength. The hand was used to fight enemies, kill animals, and make
20、 spears and tools. So when the hand was extended to someone, it could have represented good will, since it showed that the person was not armed or ready to fight. We know that the hand was an important symbol in early religions, probably as a mark of power. The Greeks prayed to their gods with raise
21、d hands.Presenting the hands palm to palm was at one time the way an inferior (地位低的) person paid respect to a superior (地位高的) one. Among the Arabs, it was customary at one time to kiss the hand of a superior. Later on, polite Arabs began to resist the efforts of people to kiss their hands, and somet
22、imes they would end up shaking hands as each tried to prevent the other from showing this mark of inferiority? The early Greeks held out the right hand when they wished to indicate friendship to a stranger. So we can see that the hand, and what was done with it, was full of meaning to people down th
23、rough the ages. And while we shake hands without thinking, we are really carrying on a custom that has been handed down to us from ancient times.【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了握手的起源及其所表达的含义。1.What would be the best title for the passage?A.What Does Handshake Stand for? B.How Did Handshake Originate?C.Why Do People Sh
24、ake Hands? D.When Do People Shake Hands?【答案与解析】B 主旨题。通读全文可知 ,文章主要讲述的是握手的起源。2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly deal with?A.Uses of hands in primitive times.B.Ways to show strength in ancient time.C.Reasons to raise hands before gods.D.Kindness shown with open hands.【答案与解析】A 推断题。根据“The hand was used to fi
25、ght enemies, kill animals, and make spears and tools”可知,该部分主要讲的是早期手的用途。3.How did people in primitive times make a living?A.By farming. B.By fishing. C.By robbing. D.By hunting.【答案与解析】D 细节题。根据 killing animals 可知,早期的人类靠打猎谋生。4.What does the underlined “it” most probably refer to?A.Friendship. B.The hand. C.The Greek. D.The custom.【答案与解析】B 词义推断题。根据上文的 “So we can see that the hand”可知,这里的“it”指的是 the hand。
