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man who had 11 around America. I figured that I could 12 cycling with research for a book on American agriculture while I worked out my next career step. So I did it. During the cycling 13 , I found the clearness I needed to 14 my next career move. Talking with farmers I met along the way, I learned that their biggest 15 was selling their produce. I decided to broaden my 16 from land management to improving farmers39。 access to markets. My 17 interest led to working for a nongovernmental organization and I did eventually 18 a book on. American agriculture. The 19 is to find your source of inspiration and make good use of it. For me, I always get nourishment (營養(yǎng)) from being 20 in the outdoors.1. A. pressureB. dangerC. shameD. embarrassment2. A. forestB. parkC. hospitalD. mountain3. A. calmedB. wanderedC. developedD. appeared4. A. meetingB. changeC. workD. time5. A. replyB. returnC. relaxationD. recovery6. A. successfullyB. casuallyC. anxiouslyD. constantly7. A. strangeB. importantC. difficultD. interesting8. A. continuingB. choosingC. studyingD. supporting9. A. tourB. bookC. careerD. major10. A. unlessB. ifC. thoughD. since11. A. runB. cycledC. drivenD. flown12. A. bineB. pareC. replaceD. practise13. A. petitionB. historyC. performanceD. trip14. A. insist onB. put downC. figure outD. learn from15. A. challengeB. progressC. adventureD. sacrifice16. A. experienceB. focusC. discussionD. search17. A. deepB. particularC. personalD. new18. A. buyB. borrowC. publishD. notice19. A. reasonB. problemC. resultD. key20. A. activeB. aloneC. confidentD. brave【答案】 (1)A;(2)D;(3)A;(4)C;(5)B;(6)A;(7)B;(8)C;(9)C;(10)D;(11)B;(12)A;(13)D;(14)C;(15)A;(16)B;(17)D;(18)C;(19)D;(20)A; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,戶外運(yùn)動為作者提供動力和能量供給,幫助作者成功應(yīng)對各種難題。 (1)考查名詞。A. pressure“壓力”;B. danger“危險(xiǎn)”;C. shame“羞愧”;D. embarrassment“尷尬”。根據(jù)下文“an extraordinarily busy time of year amp。a long meeting” 可推測,緊忙的工作給作者帶來了壓力。故選A。 (2)考查名詞。A. forest“森林”;B. park“公園”;C. hospital“醫(yī)院”;D. mountain“山脈”。根據(jù)下句中的the top可推測,作者去了附近的一座山徒步。故選D。 (3)考查動詞。A. calmed“冷靜”;B. wandered“漫步”;C. developed“發(fā)展”;D. appeared“出現(xiàn)”。根據(jù)下句中的Reenergized 可知,登高望遠(yuǎn)后,作者冷靜了下來。故選A。 (4)考查名詞。A. meeting“會議”;B. change“改變”;C. work“工作”;D. time“時(shí)間”。下句中的finished my work提示了本題答案。故選C。 (5)考查名詞。A. reply“回答”;B. return“返回”;C. relaxation“放松”;D. recovery“恢復(fù)”。根據(jù)下文中“arrived back in the office”可知,這里指作者回辦公室以后。故選B。 (6)考查副詞。A. successfully“成功地”;B. casually“隨便地”;C. anxiously“不安地”;D. constantly“不斷地”。根據(jù)本空前的“full of energy”可推測,作者能量滿滿,成功地完成了工作。故選A。 (7)考查形容詞。A. strange“奇怪的”;B. important“重要的”;C. difficult“困難的”;D. interesting“有趣的”。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容不難看出,戶外運(yùn)動為作者提供動力和能量供給,幫助作者成功應(yīng)對各種難題,因此擠出時(shí)間親近大自然對作者很重要。故選B。 (8)考查動詞。A. continuing“繼續(xù)”;B. choosing“選擇”;C. studying“學(xué)習(xí)”;D. supporting“支持”。根據(jù)下文“...soil and water conservation in Honduras”是在解釋說明作者的博士研究方向,故選C。 (9)考查名詞。A. tour“旅游”;B. book“書籍”;C. career“事業(yè),職業(yè)”;D. major“主修”。根據(jù)下文“worked out my next career step”可知,作者取得博士學(xué)位后,并不確定將來從事什么職業(yè)。故選C。 (10)考查連詞。A. unless“除非”;B. if“如果”;C. though“盡管”;D. since“自從,既然”。作者心里多年的夢想是在媽媽給作者看了一篇雜志上的文章以后滋生的,故選D。 (11)考查動詞。A. run“跑”;B. cycled“循環(huán)”;C. driven“駕駛”;D. flown“飛行”。下句中的cycling提示了本題答案。故選B。 (12)考查動詞。A. bine“結(jié)合”;B. pare“比較”;C. replace“替代”;D. practise“練習(xí)”。由于作者當(dāng)時(shí)并不清楚自己將來想做什么,所以他想將騎車旅行于自己專業(yè)相關(guān)的研究結(jié)合起來,故bine(結(jié)合,聯(lián)合)符合此處語境。故選A。 (13)考查名詞。A. petition“競爭”;B. history“歷史”;C. performance“表現(xiàn)”;D. trip“旅行”。根據(jù)上段內(nèi)容可知,作者在騎車旅行。故選D。 (14)考查動詞短語。A. insist on“堅(jiān)持”;B. put down“記下”;C. figure out“想清楚”;D. learn from“向……學(xué)習(xí)”。根據(jù)上文中的“worked out my next career step”可知,作者在旅行中想清楚了自己下一步做什么。故選C。 (15)考查名詞。A. challenge“挑戰(zhàn),難題”;B. progress“進(jìn)步”;C. adventure“冒險(xiǎn)”;D. sacrifice“犧牲”。根據(jù)本段中的 improving farmers39。 access to markets 可推測,農(nóng)民最大的難題是賣農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。故選A。 (16)考查名詞。A. experience“經(jīng)歷”;B. focus“集中,關(guān)注點(diǎn)”;C. discussion“討論”;D. search“搜索”。根據(jù)上文了解了農(nóng)民的難題之后,作者決定除了原有的研究領(lǐng)域外,擴(kuò)大自己的關(guān)注點(diǎn),幫助農(nóng)民開拓市場。故選B。 (17)考查形容詞。A. deep“深的”;B. particular“特別”;C. personal“私人的”;D. new“新的”。上句中improving farmers39。 access to markets是作者的新興趣。故選D。 (18)考查動詞。A. buy“購買”;B. borrow“借”;C. publish“出版”;D. notice“注意到”。根據(jù)上文中的“research for a book on American agriculture”可知,作者最終如愿以償,成功出版了圖書。故選C。 (19)考查名詞。A. reason“理由”;B. problem“問題”;C. result“結(jié)果”;D. key“關(guān)鍵”。作者通過白身的經(jīng)歷告訴大家,找到動力來源并好好利用很關(guān)鍵。故選D。 (20)考查形容詞。A. active“活躍的”;B. alone“獨(dú)自的”;C. confident“自信的”;D. brave“勇敢的”。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知,作者積極投身戶外,獲得源源不斷的動力和能量供給。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,連詞,固定短語等多個(gè)知識點(diǎn)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.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)。 In my whole life I39。ve been interested in martial arts. But it was only when I 1 in another city New York where there was a kung fu club that I really enjoyed it and fully 2 why they call it an art. It is fighting and 3 yourself,but it39。s also understanding your body more,making it 4 and healthier. Kung fu is a big 5 of Chinese culture. I have always watched kung fu movies(who doesn39。t know Bruce Lee,Jackie Chan or Jet Li?), because I loved their 6 .When I started to practice kung fu, I realized how 7 it was and a simple kick demanded months of practice. But I loved it!A whole new world was opening to me. After I 8 four years of kung fu in New York,I wanted to go to the 9 where this martial art originated from. I went to China with a travel organization. It was a trip that 10 some kung fu and tai chi lessons. It was a(n) 11 group,so there were people from all over the world. We went from Hong Kong to Guilin, Yangshuo, Xi39。an, Luoyang and Shaolin and 12 Beijing. We did two kung fu lessons in Yangshuo with the brothers Gao, who had a family style which was 13 Bu Di Zhen. We did one tai chi lesson in Xi39。 an and two 14 kung fu lessons