【文章內容簡介】 根據during the last two weeks. 過去的過去，可知本句時態(tài)用過去完成時had+過去分詞。故選C。（3）句意：在她到達會堂之前，她把演講的每一個詞都記得很好。在到達大廳開始比賽之前一定是記熟了演講詞的。故選D。（4）句意：她甚至自己在家熬夜一整晚練習演講?，F在分詞短語作伴隨狀語，伴隨謂語動詞stay up同時進行。故選A。（5）句意：她變得非常緊張。根據 However可知，原本Jasmine準備非常充分，但是上臺之前變得很緊張。故選B。（6）句意：她意識到她忘記帶卡片了。固定搭配forget to 。故選C。（7）句意：她看起來很擔心。A擔心，B興奮，C感興趣，D驚訝。根據上文可知她忘了帶筆記卡，她感到擔心。故選A。（8）句意：她不知道她是否能把演講做好。根據上文原以為準備很充分，但是卻突發(fā)變故，所以是否可以做好，是否用if。故選C。（9）句意：所幸她準備的很好，根本沒用到卡片。固定搭配so...……以至于。故選A。（10）句意：最后她贏得了比賽的一等獎。固定搭配end up 。win的現在分詞是winning，故選B。【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。5．閱讀下面短文，掌握大意,然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 Many books have been written about the art of giving. And we also know that it39。s hard to give people a gift, 1 a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 2 . As is often the case, some little kids think they don39。t get enough gifts 3 some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 4 . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very 5 . Gift giving is different in different 6 . Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 7 , because many people have enough things and don39。t want 8 gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a 9 . In the US, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don39。t need to 10 too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough. To make things 11 , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, 12 money can make people unfortable. When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they39。re being lazy, says John Wilson. In England, we have a saying: It39。s the thought that 13 . When someone gives me money, I feel they didn39。t think at all. I prefer to receive a gift 14 has some thought behind it. Different people have very different thoughts 15 this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?1. A. speciallyB. especiallyC. monlyD. usually2. A. displaysB. disadvantagesC. disagreementsD. dislikes3. A. whileB. whenC. asD. if4. A. sameB. similarC. smallD. huge5. A. lonelyB. happyC. sadD. angry6. A. citiesB. townsC. provincesD. countries7. A. elseB. otherC. anotherD. else39。 s8. A. too muchB. much tooC. too manyD. many too9. A. childB. personC. guideD. chef10. A. spendB. takeC. costD. make11. A. more difficultB. easyC. difficultD. easier12. A. usingB. givingC. receivingD. fetching13. A. countsB. discoversC. findsD. invents14. A. whoB. whatC. whereD. that15. A. toB. onC. upD. in【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）B；（10）A；（11）D；（12）C；（13）A；（14）D；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】本文介紹如何給別人送禮物更讓人喜歡，更有意義。 （1）句意： 我們也知道給人們一份禮物很難，尤其是一份私人禮物。A專門地，B尤其，C普通地，D通常，此處表示強調整體中的某部分故用尤其，故選B。 （2）句意： 如果我們想讓它變得更好，我們應該了解你會把禮物送給誰以及他們喜歡什么討厭什么。A陳列品，B劣勢，C分歧，D討厭，根據 likes和 Different people like different kinds of gifts 可知此處是喜歡的對應詞，才符合不同的人喜歡不同的禮物的語境，喜歡的對應詞是討厭，故選D。 （3）句意： 通常情況下，一些小孩認為他們沒有得到足夠的禮物而一些老人認為他們得到了太多的禮物。根據 don39。t get enough gifts和get too many gifts可知此處是對比，故用while，故選A。 （4）句意： 有些禮物永遠不會太小。A相同的，B相似的，C小的，D巨大的，根據 gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree可知給媽媽樹葉是很小的禮物，故選C。 （5）句意： 這足以讓她非常。A孤獨的，B高興的，C悲傷的，D生氣的，根據有些禮物永遠不會太小，可知媽媽收到孩子的任何禮物當然是開心的，故選B。 （6）句意： 送禮物在不同的國家是不同的。A城市，B小鎮(zhèn)，C省，D國家，根據下文提到日本，加拿大等國家可知此處是國家，故選D。 （7）句意：稍后，同樣的禮物可能會送給別人，因為很多人有足夠的東西，自己也不想要太多的禮物。根據someone是不定代詞，修飾不定代詞的是else做后置定語，someone else做賓語，else39。s做定語，故選A。 （8）句意：稍后，同樣的禮物可能會送給別人，因為很多人有足夠的東西，自己也不想要太多的禮物。A太多，修飾不可數名詞，B太，修飾形容詞或副詞，C太多，修飾名詞復數，根據有足夠的東西可知禮物太多了，gifts是名詞復數，故用too many修飾，故選C。 （9）句意： 在加拿大，樹有助于記住某人。A孩子，B人，C導游，D廚師，此處泛指人，包括了孩子，導游和廚師，故選B。 （10）句意： 人們不需要花太多的錢 。A花費，人做主語，B花費，it后物做主語，C花費，物做主語，D制作，根據主語是people，是人，故選A。 （11）句意：為了讓事情更容易，有些人寧愿給錢。A，B，C，D，根據 would rather just give money 可知給錢是很簡單的行為，easy，簡單的，此處和上文的制作禮物等相對比，故是比較級故是easier，故選D。 （12）句意：然而，在某些文化中，收錢會讓人不舒服。A使用，B給，C收到，D去取，上文說給錢，此處故是收到錢，故選C。 （13）句意：在英國，我們有句諺語：思想才是最重要的。A有價值，B發(fā)現，C找到，D發(fā)明，根據thought可知思想與價值的語境相符，故選A。 （14）句意：我更愿意收到一份背后有一些想法的禮物。定語從句中缺少主語指代gift是物，故用that，故選D。 （15）句意：不同的人對這個問題有不同的看法！根據thoughts可知此處是關于……的想法，on，……關于 ， 故選B。 【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。二、閱讀理解6．根據短文理解選擇正確答案。C If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a clever person. A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease after operations. They found those volunteers who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi39。s The Four Seasons did much better on language ability tests than without music. It is also used in medical fields for patients who have had head hurts because of its moderate tempo （舒緩的節(jié)拍）. “Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nerve （神經） system and these changes may improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added. The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after exercising with or without music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health and education. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourage relaxation or sleep, wake up the body and improve memory and thoughts. Scientists have been studying the results of exercise to music on learning and understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart39。s violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an IQ test. With important exams drawing n