1、单元加餐练.完形填空I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _1_ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _2_nobod
2、y could.I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _3_ . She practiced dribbling (运球) and _ 4_over and over.One day I asked Sally why she _5_so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _6_ . Im going to play c
3、ollege basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _7_ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts dont _8_ .”I _9_her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to _10_ . One day in her senior
4、year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head _11_ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I _12_and sat down beside her. “Whats wrong？” I asked. “Oh, nothing， ” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The_13_told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top teamstill less she would be_14_
5、a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college.I felt she was extremely _15_ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were _16_ . They didnt understand the_17_of a dream.The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach
6、 after a big game. She was _18_offered a scholarship and _19_to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had _20_ and worked toward for all those years.Its true: if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲叙了一位身材矮小的女生通过自己的不懈努力实现篮球梦和大学梦的故事，告诉我们梦想的力量有
7、多强大。1A.silent Bsmall C strong Dhuge答案：B 根据空后的 but 可知，此处表示转 折关系，她身材显得如此矮小(small)，但是球能从他们的头顶越过进篮。故选 B 项。2A.but Band C so Dfor答案：A 根据“nobody could”可知， “没人能阻止她”与“男生们总是试图阻止她”之间是转折关系。故选 A 项。3A.still Bagain C well Dalone答案：D 根据下文的“She practiced dribbling (运球) and _4_ over and over.”可知，萨莉一遍又一遍练习运球和投篮，并没有比赛。
8、因此，此处 指她总是独自(alone)打球。故选 D 项。4A.passing Brunning C shooting Dstruggling答案：C 根据常识可知，运球动作的下一步应是投篮(shooting)。第 1 空后的句子也有提示。故选 C 项。5A.studied Bpracticed C expected Dimproved答案：B 根据上文中的“She practiced . over and over.”可知，此处指作者询问萨莉为什么要如此努力地练习(practiced)。故选 B 项。6A.title Bprize C scholarship Dreward答案：C 根据第四
9、段最后一句中的 scholarship 可知，此处指萨莉上大学的唯一途径是获得奖学金(scholarship)。故选 C 项。7A.good Bbrave C careful Dactive答案：A 根据空前的“I want to be the best one”及空后的 get one(指前文的 scholarship)可知，此处指她相信如果她足够优秀(good) ，就能得到奖学金。故选 A 项。8A.lack Btalk C appear Dcount答案：D 根据文章最后一段中的“if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count”可知，父亲
10、告诉萨莉，如果梦想足够大，事实就不算什么(count)。故 选 D 项 。9A.encouraged Brespected C watched Dhelped答案：C 根据语境可知，作者一直在关注萨莉，故此处指作者关注着(watched)她从初中升到高中的这些年。故选 C 项。10A.victory Bconfidence C responsibility Dprofession答案：A 萨莉一直在刻苦练习，为了自己的梦想而努力。由此可推测，此 处指她带领球队取得胜利(victory)，故 A 项符合语境。11A.dropped Bburied C covered Dsunk答案：B 根据下文
11、及本段最后一句中的“so she should stop dreaming about college”可知，教 练告诉萨莉她太矮了，无法进入顶尖球队，此时萨 莉非常失落，因此应是将头埋在(buried)臂弯里。故选 B项。12A.walked off Bwalked out C walked around Dwalked up答案：D 根据空后的“sat down beside her”可知，此处指作者看到萨莉后，向她走去(walked up)，轻轻地坐到她旁边。故选 D 项。13A.coach Bteacher C captain Dleader答案：A 根据第 16 空前的“those
12、coaches”可知，此处指篮球教练(coach)告 诉她，以她的身高，几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的，更不用说获得奖学金了。故选 A 项。14A.suggested Bsent C promised Doffered答案：D 根据第 18 空后的“offered a scholarship”可知答案为offered。offer 本意为“ (主动)提供” ，此处用 be offered 表达获得学校提供的奖学金，故选 D 项。15A.worried Bexcited C disappointed Dsurprised答案：C 萨莉一直在为上大学的梦想而努力，如今被告知可能得不到奖学金，只能
13、放弃上大学的梦想，萨莉应该是极度失望的(disappointed)。故选 C 项。16A.great Bwrong C strict Dcruel答案：B 根据下文“They didnt understand the _17_ of a dream.”可知， 萨莉的父 亲认为教练不懂梦想的力量，因此在否认教练说的话，认为 那些教练是错误的(wrong)。故 选 B 项。17A.pressure Bvalue C cause Dpower答案：D 根据上文可知，萨莉的父亲说如果梦想足够大，现实中的困难也算不上什么，强调了梦想的力量(power)。故选 D 项。18A.exactly Bnatur
14、ally C really Dnormally答案：C 根据下文的“She was going to get the college education”可知，萨莉真的(really) 获得了一份奖学金。故 选 C 项。19A.taken Badmitted C introduced Dappointed答案：B 根据上文中的“Sally was seen by a college basketball coach”及“offered a scholarship”可知，此 处指她 进入了大学球队。故选B 项 。20A.dreamed of Bpicked up C benefited from
15、 Dcarried out答案：A 根据设空后的“worked toward for all those years”可知，为之努力多年的应是自己的大学梦。故选 A 项。.阅读理解AThe Olympic flameThe Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a flame burned at the altar (祭坛) of Zeus (宙斯) throughout competition. It was finally reintroduced at the 1924 Amster
16、dam (阿姆斯特丹 ) Games, and again burned in 1932.Carl Diem, chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Berlin Games, proposed that the flame be lit in Greece and transported to Berlin via a torch relay. The idea was adopted (采纳) and continued at every Olympic Games since 1952.The flame is lit at
17、the ancient site of Olympia by the natural rays of the sun reflected (反射 ) off a carved (雕刻) mirror.Olympic motto“Citius, altius, fortius” is a Latin phrase meaning “swifter, higher, stronger”， which Baron de Coubertin borrowed from Father Henri Dideon of Paris. Dideon was the headmaster of Arcueil
18、College, and used the phrase to describe the athletic achievements of students at the school. He had previously been at the Albert Le Grand School, where the Latin words were carved in the stone above the main entrance.Olympic oath“In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in
19、 these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding (遵守) by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory (荣誉) of sport and the honor of our teams.”Written by Baron de Coubertin, the oath is taken by an athlete from the host nation while holding a corner of the Olympic flag
20、. The athletes oath was first taken by Belgian fencer Victor Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games. A judge from the host country also speaks the oath, with slightly different wording.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。全文主要介绍了奥林匹克圣火、格言及奥运会的誓言。1The Olympic flame was first burned at _ in modern times.Athe 1920 Games Bthe 1924 Ga
21、mesC the 1932 Games Dthe 1936 Games答案：B 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知，奥运圣火于1924 年阿姆斯特丹奥运会上被重新引入，首次在现代奥运会上点燃，因此选 B 项 。2The underlined word in Paragraph 2 means “_ ”Aagreed BorderedC decided Dsuggested答案：D 词义猜测题。由“proposed”所在句的下一句可知 Carl Diem 的想法被采 纳，由此推出该词应是“提议，建议”的含义，D 项符合此意，因此选 D 项。3From the passage we can lear
22、n that _ .Athe first torch relay was held at the 1936 Berlin GamesB before 1936, no flames were burned at the Olympic GamesC Carl Diem suggested that flames should be burnt at the Olympic GamesDthe Olympic torch has been burned since 1924答案：A 推理判断题。由第二段可知，1936 年 Carl Diem 提出传递圣火的建议被采纳，由此推出第一次火炬接力是在
23、1936 年柏林奥运会上进行的。4The Olympic motto was _ .Awritten by Baron de CoubertinB from GreekC from the ancient Olympic GamesDborrowed from Father Henri Dideon of Paris答案：D 细节理解题。由文章第二部分“Olympic motto”的第一句话可知，奥林匹克格言是从 Father Henri Dideon of Paris 那儿借鉴来的。BIf you think that running marathons will help you live
24、 a long and healthy life, new research may come as a shock. According to a recent scientific study, people who do a very strenuous workout are as likely to die as people who do no exercise at all.Scientists in Denmark have been studying over 1,000 joggers and nonjoggers for 12 years. The death rates
25、 from the sample group indicate that people who jog at a moderate pace two or three times a week for less than two and a half hours in total are least likely to die. The best speed to jog at was found to be about 5 miles per hour. The research suggests that people who jog more than three times a wee
26、k or at higher speeds of over 7 mph die at the same rate as nonjoggers. The scientists think that this is because strenuous exercise causes structural changes to the heart and arteries (动脉 ). Over time, this can cause serious injuries.Peter Schnohr, a researcher in Copenhagen, said, “If your goal is
27、 to decrease risk of death and improve life expectancy, jogging a few times a week at a moderate pace is a good strategy. Anything more is just unnecessary, and it may be harmful.”The implications of this are that moderate forms of exercise such as tai chi, yoga and brisk walking may be better for u
28、s than “iron man” events, triathlons and longdistance running and cycling. According to Jacob Louis Marott, another researcher involved in the study, “You dont actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health. And perhaps you shouldnt actually do too much.”篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。最新的一项科学研究显示
29、：从事剧烈运动的人与根本不锻炼的人死亡几率是一样的，而适度的锻炼会有益于健康。5The underlined word “strenuous” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “_ ”Ahard BregularC practical Dflexible答案：A 词义猜测题。strenuous 所在句与第二段第四句中的“people who jog more than three times a week or at higher speeds of over 7 mph die at the same rate as nonjoggers”相对
30、应，所以 strenuous应与 hard 意思相近，表示 “艰苦的，费力的” 。6The author presents some figures in Paragraph 2 to _ .Asuggest giving up joggingB show risks of doing sportsC provide supportive evidenceDintroduce the research process答案：C 推理判断题。作者在第二段中采用了列数字的方法，是为了提供支持的证据，能更有力地说明第一段的研究结论。7According to the scientists, why i
31、s too much exercise harmful?AIt may injure the heart and arteries.B It can make the body tired out.C It will bring much pressure.DIt consumes too much energy.答案：A 细节理解题。根据第二段的最后两句可知，过度运动会导致心脏和动脉发生结构性变化，从而有损健康。8What can be inferred from the text?AJogging is the best exercise.B More exercise means a h
32、ealthier life.C Marathons runners are least likely to die.DProper exercise contributes to good health.答案：D 推理判断题。根据科学家的研究结果和最后两段中研究人员的建议可知，过度锻炼不仅没有必要，而且还可能有害，适当的锻炼有助于健康。.短文改错In order to encourage people to take outdoor exercises, all residents who interested in farming are invited to involve in an a
33、ctivity. The Committee of our community has organized it proper. Weather permitting, and well ride bicycles to do some farming this Saturday on a farm, where is about 5 kilometers away from our community. We can grow much vegetables, plant some flowers, and raising fish in the lake nearby. You will
34、be trained and guided while farm. Not only will you enjoy the pleasure of labor or relaxation, but you can also taste fresh produce pick by your own hand if you are willing to.答案：In order to encourage people to take outdoor ， all exercises exerciseresidents / interested in farming are invited to inv
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37、re 考查动词短语。interested “感兴趣的” ，可作后置定语修饰 residents; be interested in .“对感兴趣” ，由先行 词 residents 和文章的整体时态可知， who 后也可加 are。3proper properly 考查副词。此处应用副词 properly 修饰动词 organized。4去掉 and 考查连词 。and 用来连接并列结构，但前面是独立主格，故此处 and 多余。5wherewhich 考查定语从句的引导词。分析句子结构可知，此处为非限制性定语从句，先行词为 farm，关系词在定语从句中作主语，故用 which 引导。6much
38、 many 考查 形容词。 much 用来修饰不可数名词，根据 vegetables 可知， 应 用 many 修饰。7raising raise 考查情态动词的用法。and 连接并列成分，情态动词 can 后应接动词 原形，故用 raise，与 grow 和 plant 并列。8farmfarming 考查状语从句的省略。此处为状语从句的省略，补充完整 为 while you are farming，故用 现在分词形式。9orand 考查连词。labor 和 relaxation 为并列关系，故用and。10pick picked 考 查非谓语动词。produce 与 pick 之间为被动关系，故用过去分词 picked。
