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his people happy? Napoleon knew that years before, a German scientist had 3 that all plants have sugar. And he had even found one almost as 4 as sugarcane (甘蔗)—the white beet (甜菜)! Napoleon ordered his science team to 5 how to get the sugar out of the beets. They soon did. This 6 everything! Sugar beets could 7 in the cold north, instead of on tropical (熱帶的) islands. And because beets (unlike sugarcane) could be stored for a long time, they could be shipped far away. So sugar factories didn39。t have to be near the 8 . Soon, sugar beet farms spread all over Europe and Russia, and later in the United States. Even Napoleon39。s enemies 9 cheap beet sugar. During WW Ⅱ, farmers in both America and Germany were asked to grow sugar beets so that their countries would have 10 sugar. Today, about half the table sugar in the world es from beets, and half from sugarcane.1. A. lostB. foundC. forgotten2. A. waterB. sugarC. guns3. A. jokedB. inventedC. discovered4. A. heavyB. sweetC. fresh5. A. give upB. find outC. prepare for6. A. stoppedB. destroyedC. changed7. A. mixB. growC. fall8. A. farmsB. schoolsC. islands9. A. lovedB. hatedC. refused10. A. realB. specialC. enough【答案】 (1)A;(2)B;(3)C;(4)B;(5)B;(6)C;(7)B;(8)A;(9)A;(10)C; 【解析】【分析】 文章大意:本文講述了利用白甜菜提取糖的由來(lái)。 (1)句意:他在加勒比海失去了種植糖的島嶼。A丟失;B發(fā)現(xiàn);C忘記。根據(jù)后文語(yǔ)句 So where was he going to get sugar to keep his people happy? 可知丟失最符合題意,故選A。 (2)句意:他不能從敵人那里買(mǎi)糖。A水;B糖;C槍。根據(jù)文中的語(yǔ)句So where was he going to get sugar to keep his people happy? 可知,選項(xiàng)B最符合題意,故選B。 (3)句意:拿破侖知道多年前,一位德國(guó)科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的植物都有糖。A開(kāi)玩笑;B發(fā)明;C發(fā)現(xiàn)。所有植物都含有糖分,這是存在的事實(shí),不是創(chuàng)造的,故用discover而不能用invent,故選C。 (4)句意:他甚至發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種幾乎和甘蔗一樣甜的白甜菜。A重;B甜;C新鮮。通讀全文可知此文主要講的是尋找糖,甜是糖的主要特征,故選B。 (5)句意:拿破侖命令他的科學(xué)小組研究如何從甜菜中提取糖。A放棄;B找到,發(fā)現(xiàn);C準(zhǔn)備。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,拿破侖是想從甜菜中提取糖分,他要尋找提取糖分的方法,故選B。 (6)句意:這改變了一切!A停止;B破壞;C改變。拿破侖的團(tuán)隊(duì)研究出怎樣從甜菜中提取糖分的方法,這改變了只能從甘蔗中提取糖分的局面,選項(xiàng)C最符合題意,故選C。 (7)句意:甜菜可以生長(zhǎng)在寒冷的北方,而不是熱帶的島嶼上。A混合;B生長(zhǎng);C跌倒。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境及選項(xiàng)的提示可知選項(xiàng)B符合題意,故選B。 (8)句意:所以糖廠不必在農(nóng)場(chǎng)附近。A農(nóng)場(chǎng);B學(xué)校;C島嶼。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,甜菜能長(zhǎng)途運(yùn)輸,所以造糖廠可以遠(yuǎn)離甜菜生產(chǎn)地,故選A。 (9)句意:甚至拿破侖的敵人也喜歡廉價(jià)的甜菜糖。A喜歡;B討厭;C拒絕。根據(jù)上文的語(yǔ)句可知,甜菜在世界各地都受到了喜愛(ài),描述的是甜菜受到喜歡的程度,甚至敵人也喜歡,故選A。 (10)句意:在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間,美國(guó)和德國(guó)的農(nóng)民都被要求種植甜菜,以使他們的國(guó)家有足夠的糖。A真的;B特殊的;C足夠的。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知選項(xiàng)C最符合語(yǔ)境,故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完型填空。答題時(shí)首先要跳過(guò)空格通讀文章掌握其大意,然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答,注意考慮句型、語(yǔ)法、搭配、語(yǔ)境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。10.完形填空,閱讀下列短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C和D中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 I was once a volunteer in an English village. It was quite different 1 my home in Sweden. Jane, one of the volunteers from Tanzania, had a friend who was very 2 . She 3 all her pocket money to help her friend . It meant that she didn39。t have much 4 to eat, and she had no money to go anywhere outside the village or buy more clothes. I was 5 moved that I felt I had to do 6 too. So when I bought food one day, I 7 to buy her some rice. I started 8 to the woman in the shop (named Gloria who was also a volunteer)about my friend Jane. The woman looked at me, being surprised, “Does she eat noodles?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately started 9 a bag with noodles, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was 10 . “Give her this for me.” I couldn39。t believe 11 but cried with happiness. Imagine Jane39。s look when I gave her the 12 ! I had never 13 her so happy! A few weeks later she found Gloria in the shop and 14 her in person. The two wonderful women really showed me 15 true kindness is. And the impression(印象) will stay with me for the rest of my life.1. A. at B. onC. inD. from2. A. poor B. busyC. lazyD. rich3. A. took B. broughtC. carriedD. gave4. A. money B. foodC. clothesD. books5. A. such B. soC. veryD. a little6. A. anythingB. nothing C. somethingD. everything7. A. decidedB. hatedC. servedD. enjoyed8. A. laughing B. answeringC. tellingD. talking9. A. fillingB. takingC. buyingD. selling10. A. full B. fillC. bigD. small11. A. them B. it C. herD. him12. A. money B. shopC. homeD. food13. A. saw B. seenC. watchedD. watch14. A. greeted B. askedC. thankedD. helped15. A. whatB. when C. howD. where【答案】 (1)D;(2)A;(3)D;(4)B;(5)B;(6)C;(7)A;(8)D;(9)A;(10)A;(11)B;(12)D;(13)B;(14)C;(15)A; 【解析】【分析】短文大意:我曾經(jīng)做過(guò)一年的志愿服務(wù)。這是在一個(gè)與我在瑞典的家完全不同的農(nóng)村。我的一個(gè)同事志愿者,一個(gè)來(lái)自坦桑尼亞的女孩,似乎有點(diǎn)不高興,她告訴我她有個(gè)朋友家里經(jīng)濟(jì)困難,所以我的這個(gè)朋友把她所有的錢(qián)拿來(lái)幫助她的朋友!這意味著她沒(méi)有太多的食物吃,沒(méi)有錢(qián)去村外。我很感動(dòng),我覺(jué)得我必須做些什么。所以,一天我買(mǎi)食物時(shí)也給她買(mǎi)了一些米飯。(1)D考查介詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:和我在瑞典的家完全不同。at 在;on在……上;in在……里;from從。be different from與……不同,所以選D。(2)A考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:來(lái)自坦桑尼亞的志愿者簡(jiǎn)有一個(gè)朋友,他很窮。poor貧窮的;busy繁忙的;lazy懶惰的; rich富裕的。根據(jù)第二段She 38 all her pocket money to help her friend. It meant that she didn39。t have much 39 to eat, and she had no money to go anywhere outside the village or buy more 。(3)D考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:為了幫助她的朋友她把零花錢(qián)都給了她。 took帶走; brought帶來(lái);carried扛,搬;gave給。根據(jù)句意結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知該選D。(4)B考查名詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:這意味著她沒(méi)有太多的食物可吃。money錢(qián);food食物;clothes衣服;books書(shū)籍。根據(jù)后置定語(yǔ)to eat可推知該選B。(5)B考查副詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:我很感動(dòng),我覺(jué)得我也必須做些什么。such如此;so如此;very 非常;a little一點(diǎn)。so +形容詞 + that,如此……以致,是一個(gè)固定句型,所以選B。(6)C查不定代詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:我很感動(dòng),我覺(jué)得我也必須做些什么。anything 任何事; nothing 沒(méi)有事;something某事;everything每件事。根據(jù)too可知此為肯定句,所以該用something,故選 C。(7).A考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:我決定給她買(mǎi)一些大米。decided決定;hated憎恨;served服務(wù);enjoyed欣賞。根據(jù)句意結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知該選A。(8)D考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:我開(kāi)始和商店里的那個(gè)女人交談。laughing 笑;answering 回答;telling告訴;talking談話。talk to sb和某人交談,所以選D。(9)A考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:她立即裝了滿(mǎn)滿(mǎn)一袋方便面……filling 裝滿(mǎn);taking 帶走,拿走;buying買(mǎi);selling出售。Fill…with用…裝滿(mǎn),所以選A。(10)A考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境理解。句意:直到袋子滿(mǎn)了。full形容詞,滿(mǎn)的;fill動(dòng)詞,裝滿(mǎn); big形容詞,大的;small形容詞,小的。根據(jù)主句She immediately started 44 a bag with noodles, cookies, sweets an