【正文】 second Inaugural Address used soaring language to stress America39。We are true to our belief that a little girl born into 1 .the myth that America is a land of opportunity. A way of looking at equality of opportunity is to as to what extent the life chances of a child are 4 they recently surpassed (超越)men in the number of advanced degrees they obtain. Discrimination, however, is only a small part of the 6 . Probably the most important reason for 7 higher education to Americans across the country. But then we changed, in several ways. While racial segregation（種族隔離）decreased, economic segregation increased. After 1980, the poor grew poorer, the middle stagnated（停滯不前）, and the top did better and better. A result was a widening gap in educational performance – the 9 Now Americans are ing to realize that without extensive policy changes, their long cherished belief is only a myth. It is unreasonable that a rich country like the United States has made 11 ways of providing chances for more to receive higher education, from Australia39。ve long been 13 t today. Yet we haven39。our system to contemporary realities.ve outlined are not just affordable but necessary. Even more important, though, is that we cannot afford to let our country drift farther from 15 s vision of a poor girl39。 （1）句意：我們堅(jiān)信，一個(gè)出生在貧困家庭的小女孩知道她和其他人一樣有成功的機(jī)會(huì)。 貧困；D. minority少數(shù)。 （2）句意：理想與現(xiàn)實(shí)之間的差距簡(jiǎn)直無法縮小。根據(jù)本空后的“Today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country.”可知，今天，美國(guó)的機(jī)會(huì)平等程度幾乎低于任何其他發(fā)達(dá)工業(yè)國(guó)家，這說明理想與現(xiàn)實(shí)之間的差距沒有縮小，故答案為A。A. conducted實(shí)施；B. concluded排除；D. exposed揭露、使顯露。 （4）句意：看待機(jī)會(huì)平等的一種方法是看一個(gè)孩子的生活在多大程度上依賴于他父母的教育和收入。根據(jù)本空后介紹的父母的教育和收入對(duì)孩子的生活的影響可知，要看一個(gè)孩子的生活在多大程度上依賴于他父母的教育和收入，故答案為D。A. even though即使、雖然；B. as though好像；C. only if只有；D. as if好像。 （6）句意：然而，歧視只是這種情況的一小部分原因。此處指前面提到的女性的薪酬低于男性這一情況，故答案為D。A. lack缺乏；B. leak泄露；C. explosion爆炸； D. extinction滅絕。 （8）句意：第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，我們做出重大努力，把高等教育推廣到全國(guó)各地。 展覽；B. explore探索；C. extend擴(kuò)大、推廣；D. exploit開采。 （9）句意：其結(jié)果是教育成績(jī)的差距越來越大——2001年出生的富裕家庭和貧困家庭的孩子之間的成就差距比25年前出生的孩子要大30%到40%。結(jié)果是教育成績(jī)的差距越來越大，所以孩子取得的成就差距也越來越大，故答案為C。A. at play 起作用；B. under control 在控制之下；C. in use在使用中；D. on show展出。 （11）句意：像美國(guó)這樣的富裕國(guó)家讓底層和中層的人很難接受高等教育，這是不合理的。上文說美國(guó)的教育存在機(jī)會(huì)不平等現(xiàn)象，底層和中層的人很難接受高等教育，have（12）句意：有許多其他的途徑為更多的人提供接受高等教育的機(jī)會(huì)。根據(jù)本空后的“from Australia39。 （13）句意：這些好處就是為什么我們一直致力于1到12年級(jí)的免費(fèi)公共教育。根據(jù)本空后的“to free public education through 12th （14）句意：然而，我們還沒有做出調(diào)整使我們的制度適應(yīng)當(dāng)前實(shí)際。空前說1到12年級(jí)的免費(fèi)公共教育如今已經(jīng)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠了，但我們還沒有做出調(diào)整使我們的制度適應(yīng)當(dāng)前實(shí)際，故答案為B。A. memories回憶；B. glory 光榮；C. reality現(xiàn)實(shí)；D. ideals理想。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完形填空。最后帶入文章核對(duì)答案。 Every other week in my neighborhood we place either recycled bottles or paper out with our garbage. There is a 1 which week is which. Every week, I make a(n) 3 There was a period a few months ago when no one changed the sign. emotions. I was confused, angry and concerned. Confused because I didn39。because someone should have changed it！Concerned because, after 6 that perhaps something had happened to that someone. the sign. I slowed down and wanted to tell him how much I 9 t stop in time 10 . a sign to tell me what to do. I was 14 because I was looking for a sign. Today I wanted to tell someone how 16 So, I wrote a 17 If you have been 18 to someone who lends you a hand. This may be the sign you39。The note 20 , This is do it now week.1. A. banB. remarkC. graphD. sign2. A. glanceB. rememberC. analyseD. consider3. A. purposeB. decisionC. ambitionD. effort4. A. strongB. strangeC. mixedD. simple5. A. AnnoyedB. SurprisedC. PuzzledD. Excited6. A. searching forB. checking inC. relying onD. figuring out7. A. understoodB. plainedC. wonderedD. worried8. A. madeB. replacedC. coveredD. removed9. A. praisedB. awardedC. 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。對(duì)給你以幫助的人，現(xiàn)在就要說“謝謝”。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。根據(jù)下文“l(fā)ook for the sign”可知，選D。句意：但我從來記不住哪周放哪類。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。 （3）考查名詞。A. purpose“目的”；B. decision“決定”；C. ambition“野心，抱負(fù)”；D. effort“努力”。make?an?effort?to?do?，“努力做某事”，故選D。句意：我有一種“復(fù)雜的”情緒。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。句意：惱火，因?yàn)樵緫?yīng)該有人換掉它！A. Annoyed根據(jù)上文“I was confused，angry and because I didn39。 （6）考查動(dòng)詞短語。A. searching for“尋找”；B. checking in“簽入”；C. relying on“依靠”；D. figuring out“算出”。 （7）考查動(dòng)詞。A. understood“明白”；B. plained“抱怨”；C. wondered“想知道”；D. worried“擔(dān)心”。作者受其恩惠20，一段時(shí)間不見，所以作者是擔(dān)心，故選D。句意：昨天，我終于見到那個(gè)換指示牌的人了。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。句意：我放慢了車速，想告訴他我是多么感激他所做的一切。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。句意：我沒有及時(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”。主句是結(jié)果，從句是原因，故選 B。句意：我遵照交通標(biāo)志的指引開過去了。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。句意：我感到很遺憾。 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)他說一聲“謝謝”。t stop in t