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I have a close childhood friend. He spent the last eight years attending night 1 to get his bachelor39。s degree (學(xué)士學(xué)位) while also doing a fulltime job. Last month, after years of late nights and weekends of studying, he 2 graduated. He 3 in our hometown after high school, 4 most of his friends, myself included, left long ago for other states for university and jobs. Over time, work, families, and other 5 have made it difficult for us all to be 6 in our hometown at the same time. I put forward a wonderful idea: plan a weekend that we39。d all be 7 to fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his 8 . It was so much fun 9 the affair. The bait (誘餌): his mom told him that he was going to have 10 with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the family dinner would 11 a 20person affair with friends from all around the states. I got to 12 a cake so that everyone 13 could enjoy it. When the guest of honour arrived to dinner with the 14 , he was greatly surprised and told us it made him feel special. The white lie dinner plan was a great 15 for me.1. A. clubB. partyC. cafeD. school2. A. finallyB. quicklyC. suddenlyD. luckily3. A. taughtB. stayedC. arrivedD. married4. A. butB. soC. orD. for5. A. adventuresB. requestsC. experiencesD. arrangements6. A. insideB. apartC. backD. out7. A. safeB. eagerC. freeD. anxious8. A. birthdayB. achievementC. examinationD. wisdom9. A. debatingB. studyingC. planningD. controlling10. A. lunchB. dinnerC. timeD. fun11. A. turn intoB. give upC. relate toD. focus on12. A. sellB. deliverC. cutD. order13. A. attendingB. leavingC. receivingD. tasting14. A. teachersB. grandparentsC. classmatesD. friends15. A. surpriseB. worryC. successD. stress【答案】 (1)D;(2)A;(3)B;(4)A;(5)D;(6)C;(7)C;(8)B;(9)C;(10)B;(11)A;(12)D;(13)A;(14)B;(15)C; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者兒時朋友在家鄉(xiāng)花了八年時間讀夜校,終于拿到了學(xué)士學(xué)位。他的大多數(shù)朋友,包括作者自己都離開家鄉(xiāng)外出求學(xué)和工作,很少回家鄉(xiāng)與他相聚。這次為了慶祝他通過千辛萬苦獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位,作者和其他朋友為他專門舉辦了一個驚喜畢業(yè)宴會。 (1)考查名詞。句意:他上夜校八年最后獲得了學(xué)士學(xué)位,與此同時他還有一份全職工作。A. club“俱樂部”;B. party“聚會”;C. caf233。 “餐館”;D. school“學(xué)?!薄8鶕?jù)下一句中的“graduated”可知,朋友畢業(yè)獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位,這是需要通過上學(xué)獲得的。attend night school固定短語,“上夜?!?,合乎語境。故選D。 (2)考查副詞。句意:上個月,經(jīng)過多年的夜晚和周末的學(xué)習(xí),他終于畢業(yè)了。A. finally“最后”;B. quickly“迅速地”;C. suddenly“突然地”;D. luckily“幸運地”。結(jié)合前面談到的信息,朋友在全職工作的情況下讀了八年的夜校,經(jīng)歷了千辛萬苦,他終于畢業(yè)了。故選A。 (3)考查動詞。句意:高中畢業(yè)后,他留在了我們的家鄉(xiāng)。A. teach“教育”;B. stay“留下”;C. arrive“到達(dá)”;D. marry “結(jié)婚”。根據(jù)下文“most of his friends, myself included, left long ago for other states for university and jobs.”他的大多數(shù)朋友離開了家鄉(xiāng)去讀書和工作;及下文“fly back to our hometown to surprise him.”朋友們乘飛機回到家鄉(xiāng)給他送去驚喜,可知,他在高中畢業(yè)后留在了家鄉(xiāng)。故選B。 (4)考查連詞。句意:但他的大多數(shù)朋友,包括我在內(nèi),早就離開家鄉(xiāng)去其他州讀書和工作。A. but“但是”;B. so“所以”;C. or“或者”;D. for“因為”。上文提到高中畢業(yè)后他留在了家鄉(xiāng),下文講他的大多數(shù)朋友離開了家鄉(xiāng)去讀書和工作。因此空前后的兩個句子在語意上是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選A。 (5)考查名詞。句意:隨著時間的推移,工作、家庭和其他安排使我們很難同時回到家鄉(xiāng)。A. adventure“冒險”;B. request“要求”;C. experience“經(jīng)歷”;D. arrangement “安排”。本句講的是作者及其他朋友為什么很難同時回到家鄉(xiāng),原因包括工作、家庭。此處填入“冒險、要求、經(jīng)歷”與work和families并列是不合適的,而other arrangements表示“除了工作、家庭之外的安排”,即包含了很多因素,合乎語境。故選D。 (6)考查副詞。句意:隨著時間的推移,工作、家庭和其他安排使我們很難同時回到家鄉(xiāng)。A. inside“ 在內(nèi)部”;B. apart“分開”;C. back “向后”;D. out“在外面”。根據(jù)下文“fly back to our hometown”中的“back”一詞可知,朋友們要乘飛機回到家鄉(xiāng)。故選C。 (7)考查形容詞。句意:我提出了一個絕妙的主意:計劃選擇一個周末,我們都能有空閑飛回家鄉(xiāng),給他一個驚喜,慶祝他的畢業(yè)成就。A. safe“安全的”;B. eager“渴望的”;C. free “空閑的,自由的”;D. anxious “焦慮的”。根據(jù)上文可知工作、家庭和其他安排讓他們很少同時回到家鄉(xiāng),因此安排出一個周末以便大家“有空閑”都回去。故選C。 (8)考查名詞。句意:我提出了一個絕妙的主意:計劃選擇一個周末,我們都能有空閑飛回家鄉(xiāng),給他一個驚喜,慶祝他的畢業(yè)成就。A. birthday“生日”;B. achievement “成就”;C. examination“考試”;D. wisdom “智慧”。朋友在全職工作的情況下讀了八年的夜校終于畢業(yè)了。畢業(yè)是他經(jīng)歷千辛萬苦取得的成就。因此朋友們包括作者本人從外地飛回家鄉(xiāng)慶祝他的畢業(yè)。故選B。 (9)考查動詞。句意:策劃這件事真是太有趣了。A. debate“辯論”;B. study “學(xué)習(xí)”;C. plan “計劃”;D. control“ 控制”。根據(jù)下文“The ‘white lie’ dinner plan was a great ___15___ for me.”可知,這次聚餐計劃是個善意的謊言,作者及朋友們決定由他的母親出面,告訴他是去與自己的祖父母吃飯,到時他卻發(fā)現(xiàn)變成了有20人參加的同學(xué)聚會,他一定會很驚訝,因此這是在他不知情的情況下策劃的一件事情,plan是提示詞。故選C。 (10)考查名詞。句意:他媽媽告訴他,他要和祖父母一起吃晚飯慶祝他的畢業(yè)。A. lunch“午餐”;B. dinner“晚餐”;C. time“時間”;D. fun “樂趣”。根據(jù)下文“When the guest of honour arrived to dinner with the ___14___”可知,媽媽告訴他回來與祖父母一起吃晚飯。故選B。 (11)考查動詞短語。句意:他不知道這頓家庭晚餐會變成一場20人的聚餐,他的美國各地的朋友們也參加到這場聚會。A. turn into“變成”;B. give up“放棄”;C. relate to “與……有關(guān)”;D. focus on “關(guān)注”。朋友們回來是為慶祝他畢業(yè)的,但他并不知道。媽媽告訴他和祖父母吃飯。最后他發(fā)現(xiàn)這頓飯“轉(zhuǎn)變”為一個有20人參加的聚會。故選A。 (12)考查動詞。句意:我去訂購了一個蛋糕,讓所有參加的人都能享用。A. sell“賣出”;B. deliver “寄 送,交付”;C. cut“削減”;D. order “訂購”。根據(jù)本句后面部分可知,為了每個人能吃到蛋糕因此作者去訂購一個大蛋糕。故選D。 (13)考查動詞。句意:我去訂購了一個蛋糕,讓所有參加 的人都能享用。A. attend“出席,參加”;B. leave“離開”;C. receive“接收”;D. taste“ 品嘗”。此處用attending作后置定語修飾everyone表示到場參加聚餐的每一個人,合乎語境。故選A。 (14)考查名詞。句意:當(dāng)他回來與祖父母共進(jìn)晚餐時,他非常驚訝并告訴我們這讓他感到很特別。A. teacher“教師”;B. grandparents“祖父母”;C. classmate“ 同學(xué)”;D. friend“朋友”。根據(jù)上文“his mom told him that he was going to have ___10___ with just his grandparents to celebrate”可知,上文談到朋友的母親告訴他要和祖父母一起吃晚飯。故選B。 (15)考查名詞。句意:在“善意的謊言”下,這個晚餐計劃對我來說是一個巨大的成功。A. surprise“驚喜”;B. worry“擔(dān)心”;C. success“ 成功”;D. stress “壓力”。根據(jù)上文“he was greatly surprised and told us it made him feel special”可知,朋友很感動,因此這個聚會是成功的。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及動詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,連詞,固定短語等多個知識點的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,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.完形填空 The Youth Commission meeting only just started。 I didn39。t even want to think about the piles of homework sitting on my desk at home. I didn39。t wanted to 1 the youth involvement in the annual holiday parade in the meeting, much less 2 the speech of Ray D. Ray D. came to every meeting of the Youth Commission. The local papers 3 him as a thorn in public official39。s sideopen, honest and overactive. He gave himself the 4 of Citizen Ray and even wore a baseball cap with this name printed on the front. He came to the meetings and 5 unsafe bike lanes and noise plaints, 6 they had nothing to do with our 7 and we could