【正文】 and physicians did not acknowledge this fundamental aspect of human nature. The idea that children needed parental love and care to live a full and meaningful life was not only considered medically dangerous, it was dismissed as immoral and disgusting. As behavioral psychology came into fashion and academic psychologists turned their attention to childraising, this view shifted and they began to examine and affirm the vital importance of attachment in early life. They discovered that people, whatever their age, needed more than food and shelter to live full and healthy lives. But, sadly, many of us lack close ties. At a time when we are more connected digitally than ever before, rates of social isolation (孤立 ) are rising. The results of an Age UK poll published recently suggest that half a million people over the age of 60 usually spend each day alone, and it’s not unusual for another half a million people to go five or six days without seeing or speaking to someone. All these figures reveal more than a rise in loneliness—they reveal a lack of meaning in people’s lives. In surveys, we list our close relationships as our most important sources of meaning. Research shows that people who are lonely and isolated feel their lives are less meaningful. While close relationships are critical for living a meaningful life, they are not the only important social bonds we need to cultivate (培養(yǎng) ). Psychologists have also discovered the value of small moments of intimacy (親昵行為 ). “Highquality connections,” as one researcher calls them, are positive, shortterm interactions between two people when a couple holds hands on a walk or when two strangers have an empathetic (移情作用的 ) conversation on a plane. Highquality connections have the potential to unlock meaning in our interactions with acquaintances, colleagues and strangers. We can’t control whether someone will make a highquality connection with us, but we can all choose to start one. We can say hello to a stranger on the street rather than look away. We can choose to value people rather than devalue them. We can invite people to belong. Passage outline Supporting details The need to belong ?Everyone hopes to develop a (39) ▲ of belonging in a group. ? People’s selfrespect is (40) ▲ by other people’s opinion. The changing (41) ▲ to belonging ?Many famous experts in the first decades of the 20th century (42) ▲ that people had the need to belong. ?Experts later came to realize that people, regardless of their age, needed (43) ▲ to enjoy full and healthy lives. Consequences of (44) ▲ close ties ?Many people are cut off from the world and feel (45) ▲ . ?People who do not have enough close relationships find their life has less (46) ▲ . Another way to meet the need ?Highquality connections make a (47) ▲ in helping satisfy our need to belong. ?We should (48) ▲ to make a highquality connection. 五、書面表達(dá) 請閱讀下面短文，并按照要求用英 語寫一篇 150詞左右的文章。 附： 一 、試題來源 《鹽城市 2017年高考沖刺英語學(xué)科試題選編（一）》主要由原創(chuàng)題，改編題和各大市或名校 優(yōu)秀考題匯編而組成。 1. 單項(xiàng)填空原文出處： ⑴ 來自于挪威著名畫家 Edvard Munch的名言“ Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” ⑵ 改編于 Berlin Biennale 的名言“ It is art39。 ⑸ 來自于 Reader’s Digest中一篇題為 Polite Ways to Eat Tricky Foods Like Sushi 的文章。 ⑼ 自編題。 3. 閱讀理解原文出處： ⑴ A篇改編自 National Geographic中的一篇題為 What Makes a Genius?的前半部分。命題同時(shí)兼顧了部分相近詞的辨析，鍛煉學(xué)生用所學(xué)知識在新語境下解決問題的能力。議論文則重點(diǎn)把握論點(diǎn)和論據(jù)，對于作者主觀或者客觀的態(tài)度也一定要明確。 三、使用建議 1. 本《試題選編》最好 讓學(xué)生課內(nèi)限時(shí)完成。書面表達(dá)強(qiáng)調(diào)首先要寫正確的句子，其次才考慮高級詞匯和復(fù)雜句型，不可弄巧成拙， 內(nèi)容（學(xué)生的思想和表達(dá)的方式）和 書 寫并重 ！ 四、答案及解析 （一）單項(xiàng)填空 110 BDACD ABCDC 解析： 1. B形容詞詞意辨析；句子意思為“藝術(shù)家大部分人深信，自然不僅是人們眼前的所見，更包含了對靈魂的內(nèi)在描繪。同時(shí)干擾項(xiàng) controversy和關(guān)鍵詞 absorb之間不能形成搭配關(guān)系。 解題技巧：需要學(xué)生明確的是在解題時(shí)，句中可能會存在多個(gè)動作，一定要按照所填動作發(fā)生的時(shí)間進(jìn)行判斷，部分學(xué)生往往在多個(gè)動作的時(shí)間把握上出現(xiàn)紕漏。考察點(diǎn)為熱點(diǎn) while引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。 6. A 動詞辨析。 7. B 名詞性從句。 might 在本句中 表示“ 不肯定的猜測 ”， 或者在部分語法資料中，把 might的本句用法歸類為“委婉的建議”。 （二）完形填空 1130 CBABC DBDAB ADACD BCACD 解析： 文章講述的第一個(gè)在參加波士頓馬拉松賽的女性在 50 年之后再次參賽； 其在 50 年前為女性權(quán)利而奔走，現(xiàn)在仍然在為女性權(quán)利做出自己的貢獻(xiàn)，希望自己的舉動能為更多的女性帶來積極的影響。和文章 24空有前后關(guān)聯(lián)， official 表示“公開的，正式的 ” 14. 考察動詞。 A表示“提供”， B表示“發(fā)現(xiàn)未知事物”， C表示“展示”，D表示 “隱瞞 ” 16. 考察連詞。 take off 表示“起飛，脫衣服，快速成名等”； drop off表示“打瞌睡；讓某人下車；下降”； break off表示“掙脫，終止關(guān)系，突然不說話”； chase off表示“追趕，趕走” 19. 考察介詞。 run out表示“用光，耗盡”； give out“表示分發(fā)；精疲力竭”； check out表示“檢查，檢驗(yàn)；退房”； leave out在這里表示波士頓馬拉松賽將封存主人公的“ 261”號參賽號碼 23. 考察名詞，實(shí)為考察固定詞組。 beyond表示“超越，超出”，句意為“ Switzer 的運(yùn)動不僅僅局限于讓女子參加體育賽事” 27. 考察副詞。意思為“沒有能夠獲得教育（沒有文憑）的女性” 30. 考察名詞。 D選項(xiàng)作為干擾選項(xiàng)，無論是本句話或者是第一段文中都沒有直接或者暗示說明來參觀的人數(shù)巨多。文章最后一段重點(diǎn)談?wù)摰氖恰疤觳拧毙枰邆淠男┧刭|(zhì)，切入點(diǎn)則在“ Instead we can try to understand it by cracking the plex and mixed qualities… ”這句話，尤其是本句中 crack一詞進(jìn)行重點(diǎn)理解。 解析：閱讀文章第一段之后對 multitask有基本的了解，同時(shí)對原文和 D 選項(xiàng)中 sequential 進(jìn)行猜測詞義。注意干擾選項(xiàng)中，將第二段提及到的各個(gè)語素進(jìn)行重組，考生切莫看到選項(xiàng)中有原文熟詞就進(jìn)行選擇。 解析：代詞是閱讀的重難點(diǎn)，學(xué)生閱讀的低效往往始于代詞；本句目的在于使實(shí)驗(yàn)更加嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，有極少數(shù)女性展現(xiàn)出“多 任務(wù)” +“高效率”，但是大部分人依然與生俱來地應(yīng)該專注于一項(xiàng)任務(wù)進(jìn)行完成。文章第二段中“ When other people think you matter and treat you as if you matter, you believe you matter, too.”，他人對你的評價(jià)對你自我認(rèn)識的重要性。 42. 信息轉(zhuǎn)換提。 44. 信息提取題。 46. 信息提取題。將 have the potential to 轉(zhuǎn)換成 make a difference。s mind, it bees extremely challenging for one to make any positive changes to the circumstances. Ridiculous as it may sound, it is not unmon for us to see some vivid examples around. For instance, some of us invariably blame our failure in exams on our poor genes inherited from our parents, thus never adopting any effec