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dedC. appreciatedD. refused10. A. butB. becauseC. soD. if11. A. indicatedB. stoodC. followedD. transformed12. A. cheerfulB. meaningfulC. regretfulD. worthwhile13. A. looked forB. came acrossC. looked throughD. put up14. A. remindedB. warnedC. requestedD. persuaded15. A. appointmentB. opportunityC. approvalD. exchange16. A. unacceptableB. unbearableC. inspirableD. valuable17. A. noteB. scheduleC. positionD. text18. A. strugglingB. seekingC. desiringD. hesitating19. A. greetingsB. thanksC. sympathyD. respect20. A. writesB. tellsC. saysD. teaches【答案】 (1)D;(2)B;(3)D;(4)C;(5)A;(6)C;(7)D;(8)B;(9)C;(10)B;(11)A;(12)C;(13)A;(14)A;(15)B;(16)D;(17)A;(18)D;(19)B;(20)C; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文,作者所居住的地方要分類放垃圾,且每周類別不同,但作者就是記不住哪周放哪類垃圾,幸好有個(gè)人專門寫了提示牌,且每隔一周一換。作者想要對(duì)那個(gè)人表示感謝,但由于自己不夠果斷而沒(méi)能做。對(duì)給你以幫助的人,現(xiàn)在就要說(shuō)“謝謝”。 (1)考查名詞。句意:路旁有一塊牌子(標(biāo)記),上面寫著這是瓶子周或這是紙周。A. ban“禁令”;B. remark“注釋”;C. graph“圖形”;D. sign“標(biāo)記,符號(hào)”。根據(jù)下文“l(fā)ook for the sign”可知,選D。 (2)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:但我從來(lái)記不住哪周放哪類。A. glance“掃視”;B. remember“記得”;C. analyse“分析”;D. consider“考慮,認(rèn)為”。根據(jù)上文“The schedule is simply changed every other week. ”回收類別每隔一周改變一次??芍厥疹悇e經(jīng)常變,所以要記住才能放對(duì),but表轉(zhuǎn)折,說(shuō)明作者記不住,故選 B。 (3)考查名詞。句意:每周我都努力尋找這個(gè)牌子。A. purpose“目的”;B. decision“決定”;C. ambition“野心,抱負(fù)”;D. effort“努力”。上文作者記不住,所以要通過(guò)牌子來(lái)知道該回收哪種垃圾,要努力去找牌子來(lái)確認(rèn)。make?an?effort?to?do?,“努力做某事”,故選D。 (4)考查形容詞。句意:我有一種“復(fù)雜的”情緒。 A. strong“強(qiáng)壯的”;B. strange“奇怪的”;C. mixed“混合的”;D. simple“簡(jiǎn)單的”。根據(jù)下文“I was confused,angry and concerned.”可知,作者有三種情緒,所以是混合,故選C。 (5)考查形容詞。句意:惱火,因?yàn)樵緫?yīng)該有人換掉它!A. Annoyed“ 惱怒的”;B. Surprised“吃驚的”;C. Puzzled“困惑的”;D. Excited“興奮的”。根據(jù)上文“I was confused,angry and because I didn39。t know what to do. ”;以及下文“Concerned because,…”,可知,作者三種情緒混雜,設(shè)空詞前面一句已經(jīng)有了Confused,設(shè)空詞后是Concerned,所以設(shè)空詞應(yīng)該是angry憤怒,故選A。 (6)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意:關(guān)心,是因?yàn)橐蕾嚒澳莻€(gè)人”換指示牌接近20年了。A. searching for“尋找”;B. checking in“簽入”;C. relying on“依靠”;D. figuring out“算出”。上文作者記不住垃圾回收的類別,所以全靠指示牌提示,故選C。 (7)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我擔(dān)心也許“那個(gè)人”會(huì)出什么事。A. understood“明白”;B. plained“抱怨”;C. wondered“想知道”;D. worried“擔(dān)心”。根據(jù)上文“There was a period a few months ago when no one changed the sign. ”幾個(gè)月前,有一段時(shí)間沒(méi)有人換這個(gè)指示牌了。作者受其恩惠20,一段時(shí)間不見(jiàn),所以作者是擔(dān)心,故選D。 (8)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:昨天,我終于見(jiàn)到那個(gè)換指示牌的人了。A. made“制作,使”;B. replaced“替換”;C. covered“覆蓋”;D. removed“除去”。根據(jù)上文“There was a period a few months ago when no one changed the sign.”中的changed,提示設(shè)空詞為“換”,選項(xiàng)B切題,故選B。 (9)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我放慢了車速,想告訴他我是多么感激他所做的一切。A. praised“表?yè)P(yáng)”;B. awarded“獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)”;C. appreciated“感激”;D. refused“拒絕”。根據(jù)下文“I should have stopped alongside the road and just said ‘thank you’.”可知作者是想感謝這個(gè)人,故選C。 (10)考查連詞。句意:我沒(méi)有及時(shí)停車,因?yàn)榭吹搅私煌?biāo)志上寫著“距離下一個(gè)出口2千米”。A. but“但是”;B. because“因?yàn)椤保籆. so“那么”;D. if“如果”。主句是結(jié)果,從句是原因,故選 B。 (11)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我遵照交通標(biāo)志的指引開(kāi)過(guò)去了。A. indicated“ 指示”;B. stood“站”;C. followed“跟隨”;D. transformed“改變”。根據(jù)上文“the traffic sign said‘The Next Exit Is 2km’”可知,作者是看到了交通指示牌,所以交通指示牌是指引,選項(xiàng)A切題,故選A。 (12)考查形容詞。句意:我感到很遺憾。A. cheerful“歡呼的”;B. meaningful“意味深長(zhǎng)的”;C. regretful“后悔的,遺憾”;D. worthwhile“值得的”。 根據(jù)下文“I should have stopped alongside the road and just said ‘thank you’.”我本該停在路邊對(duì)他說(shuō)一聲“謝謝”。在根據(jù)上文“I didn39。t stop in time”我沒(méi)有停下來(lái)。因?yàn)樽髡邲](méi)能做到,所以感到的是遺憾,故選C。 (13)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意:我把車停在指示牌前,想起人生中很多次我都在尋找一個(gè)指示牌指引自己下一步需要做什么。A. looked for“尋找”;B. came across“遇到”;C. looked through“瀏覽”;D. put up“張貼,搭建”。根據(jù)下文“because I was looking for a sign.”可知,作者是尋找,故選A。 (14)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:我被提醒,時(shí)常地由于尋找指示牌我失去了太多這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。A. reminded“使想起,提醒”;B. warned“警告”;C. requested“要求”;D. persuaded“說(shuō)明”。根據(jù)上文的thought about“想起”,作者想起以前的事,那些事提醒了作者,故選A。 (15)考查名詞。句意:我被提醒,時(shí)常地由于尋找指示牌我失去了太多這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。A. appointment“約會(huì)”;B. opportunity“機(jī)會(huì)”;C. approval“批準(zhǔn),贊成”;D. exchange“交換”。根據(jù)下文“missed the opportunity”失去機(jī)會(huì),可知,作者失去的是機(jī)會(huì),故選B。 (16)考查形容詞。句意:今天我想要對(duì)那個(gè)人說(shuō)他的努力是多么有價(jià)值,但是錯(cuò)過(guò)機(jī)會(huì)。A. unacceptable“不能接受的”;B. unbearable“無(wú)法承受的”;C. inspirable“可激發(fā)的”;D. valuable“有價(jià)值的”。根據(jù)上文“I should have stopped alongside the road and just said ‘thank you’.”作者要感謝那個(gè)人,說(shuō)明那個(gè)人所做的事幫助到了作者,所以應(yīng)該是有價(jià)值的,故選D。 (17)考查名詞。句意:所以,我寫了一張便條,放在指示牌旁邊。A. note“便條,筆記”;B. schedule“日程表”;C. position“作文”;D. text“課文”。根據(jù)下文的“The note”說(shuō)明作者寫的是便條,故選A。 (18)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:如果你還在猶豫著而無(wú)法向夢(mèng)想邁進(jìn),向?qū)δ闵斐鰩椭值娜苏f(shuō)謝謝。A. struggling“努力”;B. seeking“尋找”;C. desiring“渴望”;D. hesitating“猶豫”。根據(jù)下文的“This is do it now week.” 這是“現(xiàn)在就做”周??芍?,作者希望還在猶豫的人不要猶豫,現(xiàn)在就做,故選D。 (19)考查名詞。句意:如果你還在猶豫著而無(wú)法向夢(mèng)想邁進(jìn),向?qū)δ闵斐鰩椭值娜苏f(shuō)謝謝。A. greetings“問(wèn)候”;B. thanks“感謝”;C. sympathy“同情”;D. respect“尊敬”。根據(jù)上文的“I should have stopped alongside the road and just said ‘thank you’.”可知,作者是希望對(duì)幫助過(guò)你的人說(shuō)的是謝謝,故選B。 (20)考查動(dòng)詞。句意:便條上寫道:這是“現(xiàn)在就做”周。A. writes“寫”;B. tells“告訴”;C. says“說(shuō)”;D. teaches“教”。表示”……上面寫”要用say或read ,故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞,名詞,形容詞,連詞,固定短語(yǔ)等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查,是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。6.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 During my lifetime, I39。ve learnt something important: it39。s goodto learn new skills outside of your fort zone. About seven years ago, I startedlearning how to paint as a 1 . I was pretty terrible. Everything looked 2 , and my colors were totally off. My friendsand colleagues suggested that I stop 3 mytime on something I wasn39。t good at. 4 onyour day job, they said. I kept at it — practicing, taking classes, finding the right 5 whocould guide and challenge me. I am now 6 good.Today, the same friends say I was born with this 7 . The same thing 8 whenI started piano and singing lessons a couple of years ago. Comments shifted from,Stop wasting your time and focus on what you know, to You39。ve gota musical gene. These 9 originatefrom longheld beliefs that growth is usually not possible for adults. Even whenthere is evidence of learning, it can be 10 toinborn talent. Most scientific studies on adulthood focus on cognitive (認(rèn)知) decline, rather than 11 , suggesting that even scientists may thinkthat development is limited in adulthood. A few recent studies suggest that 12 newskills, such as photography, for even three months may enhance the functioning ofthe brain in adults. I would take these studies one step further to argue that