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are not arguing about this astonishing condition. It ________ (believe) that people have readily embraced technology, seeking only the benefits but ________ (ignore) its drawbacks. It does not matter whether your home is in a ________ (noise) downtown or in the remote countryside. If you have a screen ________ it can pick up a signal, your mind is still in the same placeless place. This place is the zone ________ your mind will go when you stare at a screen, and it feels like your mind stops thinking. Recent developments in technology also led to a decline in normal social behaviors. In past ages, you could walk around town for a whole day without seeing all the people you know. Now, everyone you know is ________ arm39。s reach, taking that certain psychological feeling out of seeing people. You can see them every second of every day, and hear nearly every single thought of theirs just as they hear ________ (you). In ________ (conclude), modern technology can be a doubleedged sword. They do have their advantages, but they can change our lives ________ (plete).【答案】 to chat;is believed;ignoring;noisy;and;where;within;yours;conclusion;pletely 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文,論述了現(xiàn)代技術(shù)是一把雙刃劍。它們確實有自己的優(yōu)勢,但它們可以徹底改變我們的生活。 (1)考查非謂語動詞。句意:我們在網(wǎng)上購物、工作、娛樂、搜索信息和聊天。語seek to do ,“試圖做,設(shè)法做某事”,故填to chat。 (2)考查時態(tài)語態(tài)。句意:人們相信,人們已經(jīng)欣然接受了技術(shù),只追求它 的 好處而忽略了它的缺點。It is believed that…固定句式,“人們相信……”,故填is believed。 (3)考查非謂語動詞。句意:人們相信,人們已經(jīng)欣然接受了技術(shù),只追求它 的 好處而忽略了它的缺點。本空與上文”seeking only the benefits“構(gòu)成并列非謂語結(jié)構(gòu),故填ignoring。 (4)考查形容詞。句意:不管你的家是在鬧市還是在偏遠的農(nóng)村。downtown為名詞需要形容詞修飾,故填noisy。 (5)考查連詞。句意:如果你有一個屏幕,它可以接收到一個信號,你的思想仍然在同一個地方。結(jié)合上下文語境可知為承接關(guān)系,故填and。 (6)考查定語從句。句意:當你盯著屏幕的時候,你的大腦會進入這個區(qū)域,你會覺得大腦停止思考了。本句為定語從句修飾先行詞place,且先行詞在從句中做地點狀語,故填where。 (7)考查介詞。句意:現(xiàn)在,你認識的每個人都在你的觸手可及的范圍內(nèi),把那種特定的心理感受帶離與人交往。within arm39。s reach固定短語,“伸手可及的范圍內(nèi)”,故填within。 (8)考查代詞。句意:你每時每刻都能看到他們,幾乎能聽到他們的每一個想法,就像他們聽到你的一樣。此處做hear的賓語需要用名詞性物主代詞,故填yours。 (9)考查名詞。句意:總之,現(xiàn)代技術(shù)是一把雙刃劍。in conclusion固定短語,“總之”,故填conclusion。 (10)考查副詞。句意:它們確實有自己的優(yōu)勢,但它們可以徹底改變我們的生活。修飾動詞change應(yīng)用副詞形式,故填pletely。 【點評】本題考點涉及非謂語動詞,時態(tài)語態(tài),連詞,定語從句,介詞,代詞,名詞以及副詞等多個知識點的考查,是一篇科技類閱讀,要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,并結(jié)合相關(guān)語法知識,進行分析推理,從而寫出正確的單詞形式。7.語法填空 In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back as far as 7000 years. As early as the Shang Dynasty, bamboo was being used in ancient peopled dally lives. It was used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, ________ (music) instruments and even weapons. The ________ (apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan,________ (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, the first irrigation network in the world, in which bamboo played ________ important role. The world39。s oldest water piper was also ________ (make) of bamboo. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan ________ (success) sank a 1600metredeep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe ________ the 19th century, and it was by using the technology ________ the Americans drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859. In Chinese culture, bamboo is wellknown as ________ of the four gentlemen in plants. To many distinguished men, bamboo is a symbol of goodness and honesty. It is always closely related to people of positive spirits. Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging People to hold on when ________ (face) tough situations.【答案】 musical;application;led;an;made;successfully;until;that;one;facing 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了竹子在人類歷史上所起的重要作用。 (1)考查形容詞??蘸笫敲~instruments,應(yīng)該使用形容詞作定語修飾該名詞,故填musical。 (2)考查名詞。前有定冠詞the修飾,且該短語在句中作主語,所以使用名詞,填application。 (3)考查時態(tài)。本句介紹歷史上李冰在四川帶領(lǐng)當?shù)厝诵藿ǘ冀叩墓适拢允褂靡话氵^去時,句中的謂語動詞應(yīng)該使用過去式,填led。 (4)考查冠詞。play a role in....固定短語,“在……中起作用”。形容詞important作為動詞修飾role,因為該詞以元音音素開頭,所以使用an,故填an。 (5)考查非謂語動詞。be made of固定短語,“由……制成”。世界上最古老的水管也是由竹子制成的,故填made。 (6)考查副詞。在英語中副詞通常作狀語修飾形容詞、副詞、動詞或整個句子。本句中副詞successfully修飾謂語動詞,在句中作狀語,故填successfully。 (7)考查連詞。not...until...固定短語,“直到……才……”,該連詞短語在句中引導時間狀語從句。竹子直到19世紀才傳到歐洲。故填until。 (8)考查強調(diào)句型。強調(diào)句型的基本結(jié)構(gòu)是:It is/was+被強調(diào)成分+that/who+其他成分;本句中強調(diào)句型強調(diào)的是方式狀語by using the technology,故填that。 (9)考查數(shù)詞。句意:在中國文化中,竹子作為四君子之一而出名。one of + 名詞復數(shù)表示“……之一”。故填one。 (10)考查非謂語動詞。句意:竹子文化有助于鼓勵人們在面對困難處境時堅持下去。本句連詞when的后面省略了people are,故用現(xiàn)在分詞,填facing。 【點評】本題考點涉及形容詞,名詞,時態(tài),冠詞,非謂語動詞,副詞,連詞,強調(diào)句型以及數(shù)詞等多個知識點的考查,是一篇科普類閱讀,要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,并結(jié)合相關(guān)語法知識,進行分析推理,從而寫出正確的單詞形式。8.閱讀下面材料,在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 Ever wondered how many calories are in the human body? Or ever wondered why old people have ________(big) ears than they used to? The winners of Ig Nobel Prizes (搞笑諾貝爾獎) have got the answers. He Ig Nobel Prizes, founded in 1991, are to honor achievements ________first make people laugh, and then make them think, The ceremony ________(take) place at Harvard University every year. Winners39。 acceptance ________(speech) are limited to 60 seconds, ________(strict) policed by an eightyearold girl. The honored research might seem ridiculous ________first sight, but that doesn39。t mean it lacks scientific value. For example, the research in 2006 on why dry spaghetti tends to break into more than two pieces was important ________(discover) failure in bridge spans (跨度) or human bones And a followup paper ________(publish) by MIT physicists several years later. But people are more likely to read about ________(break) spaghetti than to read an academic paper. Even when there is no immediate usefulness, ________is still good to encourage people to observe and think.【答案】 bigger;that/ which;takes;speeches;strictly;at;to discover;was published;breaking;it 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,搞笑諾貝爾獎聽起來似乎很搞笑,但是這并不意味著它缺乏科學價值。 (1)考查形容詞。句意:或者想知道為什么老年人的耳朵比以前大? 根據(jù)句意和than可知這里要用形容詞的比較級,故填bigger。 (2)考查定語從句。分析可知空格處引導限定性定語從句,先行詞為achievements,指物??崭裉幵诰渲凶鲋髡Z所以要用that或者which引導這個定語從句,故填that/which。 (3)考查主謂一致和時態(tài)。分析可知take在句中做謂語。這里介紹的是一般事實,要用一般現(xiàn)在時。主語the ceremony為單數(shù),謂語動詞也要用單數(shù),故填takes。 (4)考查名詞。speech為可數(shù)名詞,根據(jù)后面的are判斷這里要用其復數(shù)形式,故填speeches。 (5)考查副詞??崭裉幮揎梽?