【正文】 s brains are evolving fast, they are abusing (濫用) the word 15 . Our children39。 The authors speak with 14 s take those fish that are evolving to reproduce smaller and younger for example. This 13 re changing the planet, the claim that we39。 Yet while there39。ve replaced natural selection with what they call 10 selection. Overfishing, for example, has reduced the average size of many fish species, for taking the biggest fishes is 11 evolution — not just in our own species but virtually in all species: For better or worse, we are increasingly in charge. We are the primary drivers of 8 . We will directly and indirectly determine what lives, what dies, where, and when. We are in a different phase of evolution: the future of life is now 9 . The authors of Evolving Ourselves 6 . Not only, they claim, are we evolving faster than ever, but we39。adaptations that allowed them to develop well in their highaltitude, lowoxygen home. But these welldocumented changes are limited to particular populations, so the 5 ve seen some evolution in our species over the past few millennia, but it was detected by reconstructing history from DNA sequences. For example, we know that during the past 10,000 years, several populations of humans — those keeping sheep, cows or goats for milk— gained the ability to digest dairy products. This quality was 3 or how fast.re almost certainly evolving, but we don39。5．For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. 結(jié)合語境，這里作者完成了跑步比賽，走出了舒適區(qū)，因此她的舒適區(qū)也擴(kuò)大了，故選B。A. developed“發(fā)展”；B. expanded“擴(kuò)大”；C. changed“改變”；D. progressed“進(jìn)行”。 （20）考查動詞。make it固定短語，成功做某事符合語境。A. done“做”；B. made“使得”；C. taken“拿”；D. caught“捕捉”。 （19）考查動詞。句意：你做的好極了！我為你驕傲！A. ashamed“羞愧的”；B. guilty“內(nèi)疚的”；C. sure “確信的”；D. proud“感到驕傲的”。故選C。A. ring”戒指“；B. necklace”項鏈“；C. medal”獎牌“；D. scarf”圍巾“。 （17）考查名詞。A. by”被，依據(jù)，在……之前“；B. over ”越過，在......之上，遍于......之上“； C. at”在；以（某種價格、速度等）“；D. through ”穿過，通過“。 （16）考查介詞。根據(jù)上文”I rounded a corner and saw both sides of the street thick with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on“可知作者轉(zhuǎn)過街角，看到街道兩旁擠滿了觀看比賽的人，都在為選手加油。句意：我用意志力使我的腿繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。作者覺得用miserable”痛苦的“都無法描述她的感受，所以作者覺得有太多痛苦了，故選C。句意：有太多的痛苦了。根據(jù)語境，這里要表達(dá)的是我感覺怎么樣，故選A。句意：痛苦甚至無法描述我的感受是怎么樣。根據(jù)上文”Charles signed us both up for a fivekilometer race.“可知作者參加了一個五公里的比賽，根據(jù)常識，這種比賽都會有標(biāo)記提醒參賽者跑了幾公里，故選D。句意：又過了一分鐘我看見了三公里的標(biāo)記。s see how you feel.可知作者的丈夫?qū)ψ髡哒f作者堅持到房子那兒再看看感覺得如何，結(jié)合語境可知他的目的是勸說作者堅持下去，故選B。A. advise”建議“；B. persuade”說服，勸說“；C. order” 命令“；D. force”強(qiáng)迫“。 （11）考查動詞。A. barely”僅僅，勉強(qiáng)，幾乎不“；B. nearly”差不多“；C. merely”只不過“； D. roughly”粗糙地“。 （10）考查副詞。根據(jù)上文可知作者呼吸沉重，感覺不舒服，所以這里作者的丈夫讓她不要專注于她的不適。句意：他試圖鼓勵我，讓我專注于其他事情而不是我的不適。根據(jù)下文”He was trying to encourage me“可知作者的丈夫在鼓勵她，所以這里應(yīng)該是對她說她做的很好，故選C。句意：不，你做的很好，查爾斯說。根據(jù)語境，可知是其他的跑步者超過了作者，故選C。句意：我已經(jīng)喘著粗氣，并且痛苦地意識到有一群跑步者從我身邊咚咚地跑過。所以這一公里對作者來說是艱難的，故選D。t think I39。A. long“長的”；B. short“短的”；C. easy“容易的”；D. tough“艱難的”。 （6）考查形容詞。根據(jù)“Thousands of runners pushed forward.”可知成千上萬的跑步者向前沖去，應(yīng)該是發(fā)令槍響了。句意：槍聲一響，成千上萬的跑步者向前沖去。根據(jù)上文“Charles signed us both up for a fivekilometer race”可知作者的丈夫給她報名了一個比賽，所以這里是race day“比賽日”，故選A。句意：但在比賽日，我去了（比賽）。根據(jù)下文的“It was too soon.”可知作者認(rèn)為自己參加比賽為時過早，所以這里她是猶豫的，故選C。句意：我對做這件事猶豫不決。t you?’可知結(jié)婚之后，作者的丈夫一直在說他多想念跑步，作者對他說所以現(xiàn)在重新開始跑步，為什么不這樣呢？從作者的反應(yīng)來看，她應(yīng)該是厭煩了丈夫不停地說，故選B。根據(jù)上文的“After our marriage, he wouldn39。句意：我厭倦了聽到這個。故選A。 A. runner“跑步者”；B. traveler“旅行者”；C. racer“比賽者”；D. cheerleader“拉拉隊長”。 （1）考查名詞。 My lungs and my fort zone both 20 .1. A. runnerB. travelerC. racerD. cheerleader2. A. afraidB. tiredC. awareD. confident3. A. thoughtB. dreamedC. hesitatedD. cared4. A. raceB. sportC. showD. task5. A. onB. offC. upD. down6. A. longB. shortC. easyD. tough7. A. brushingB. walkingC. poundingD. sliding8. A. wrongB. rightC. greatD. bad9. A. disabilityB. dishonorC. disgraceD. disfort10. A. barelyB. nearlyC. merelyD. roughly11. A. adviseB. persuadeC. orderD. force12. A. signalB. symbolC. pointD. mark13. A. howB. whatC. whenD. why14. A. sweatB. angerC. painD. pleasure15. A. willedB. draggedC. pulledD. supported16. A. byB. overC. atD. through17. A. ringB. necklaceC. medalD. scarf18. A. ashamedB. guiltyC. sureD. proud19. A. doneB. madeC. takenD. caught20. A. developedB. expandedC. changedD. progressed【答案】 （1）A；（2）B；（3）C；（4）A；（5）B；（6）D；（7）C；（8）C；（9）D；（10）A；（11）B；（12）D；（13）A；（14）C；（15）A；（16）D；（17）C；（18）D；（19）B；（20）B； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一開始討厭跑步的作者，與丈夫一起參加了一起五公里跑步比賽，在途中因為各種不適想要放棄。it.of you! Charles was thrilled that I39。 You did great! I39。 I had my arms held higher when I passed 16 the finish line. A volunteer put a 17 my legs to keep going.ve got less than a kilometer to go. You39。 13 Miserable doesn39。 After another minute I saw the threekilometerme. Just make it to that house and let39。audibly (聽得見地). I can39。re doing 8 , said Charles. He was trying to encourage me, to get me focused on something other than mypast me.m going to make it. I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners I don39。 5 . Thousands of runners pushed forward.day, there I was. So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track (跑道). Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a fivekilometer race. I 3 about doing it. It was too soon.t you? I was getting 2 t stop talking about how much he missed it.t have bee a 1 if it weren39。 I used to hate running. It seemed too hard and pushing outside my fort zone was not something I was raised to do.4．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。根據(jù)上文可知，嬉鬧聲對“我”來說是一種音樂，在“我