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(二十二)完形填空+阅读理解(限时35分钟)This was my grandmothersfirst Christmaswithout grandfather,and beforehe passedaway wehad promisedgrandfatherthat wewould make this herbest Christmasever.When myparents and I]at herhouse,wefound shehad waitedup allnight forus.The housedid seema little2without grandfather.Grandfather had always saidthat theChristmas3was themost importantdecoration of all.So weimmediatelyset towork on the beautifulartificial treethat wasstored ingrandfather scloset(壁橱).Through ourefforts,we finallystepped backto4our handiwork.It lookedbeautiful.5somethingwas missing.“Where syour star”I asked.The starwasmy grandmother sfavorite partof the tree.“Why,it6be heresomewhere,“she said,starting tosort throughthe boxesagain.Your grandfatheralways7everything socarefully whenhe tookthetreedown.”As weemptied the boxes and8no star,mygrandmothers eyesfilled withtears.Grandfather hadgivenit tograndmother somefifty yearsago ontheir first Christmas together.It broughtthem greathappiness.Now,on herfirstChristmaswithout him,the starwas9,too.“Don tworry,Grandmother,“I10her.We11find itfor you.”My motherand Iformed a search
11.Let sstart inonthecloset wherethe ornaments(装饰品)were,Mother said.Maybe thestar justfell outof thebox.”That sounded12,so Ibegan tosearch thecloset.I thoughtI triedevery13,but nostar.I couldseegrandmother was14,although shetried notto showit.What sin thiswrapped box”Mother suddenlycalled out.It wasat thebottom ofgrandfathers closet.”Grandmother tooktheboxin15and openedit.Her face16when sheunfolded thepaper andpulled outagolden star.There wasa(n)17attached.Don,t beangry withme,dear.I brokeyour starwhile packingthe decorations,andIcouldn t18to tellyou.Though itwas timefor a new one.I hopeit bringsyou asmuch19as thefirst one.MerryChristmas!Love,BryantSo grandmother,s tree hada star after all,a.star that expressed their everlasting love for oneanother.And we were gladwewereable tomakethisChristmas20for her.
1.A.arrived B.looked C.stayed D.worked
2.A.noisy B.empty C.safe D.clean
3.A.flower B.bell C.stocking D.tree
4.A.admire B.repair C.paint D.design
6.A.might B.must C.need D.will
7.A.packed B.decided C.covered D.searched
8.A.made B.left C.found D.felt
9.A.gone B.hidden C.broken D.forgotten
10.A.warned B.persuaded C.reminded D.comforted
5.A.Or B.So C.But D.And
11.A.game B.class C.company D.party
12.A.challenging B.reasonable C.pleasant D.difficult
13.A.suggestion B.direction C.possibility D.method
14.A.ashamed B.shocked C.disappointed D.frightened
15.A.fear B.relief C.anger D.surprise
16.A.cleared B.brightened C.darkened D.tightened
17.A.article B.note C.receipt D.poem
18.A.bear B.afford C.wait D.agree
19.A.peace B.change C.luck D.joyn
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8888.B2015郑州高三第一次模拟【社会文化类】“A photographthat onehas takenof oneself,typically witha smartphone orwebcam anduploadedto asocial mediawebsite”is thedefinition of“selfie”in theOxford EnglishDictionary.In fact,it wasn,t evenin thedictionary untilAugust oflast year.It earnedits placethere becausepeople arenowso obsessedwith对痴迷selfies——we takethem whenwetry onanewhat,play with our petsor whenwe meeta friendwhom we haven,t seenin awhile.But isthere anyscientific explanationfor thisobsessionWell,you shouldprobably askJames Kilner,a neuroscientist神经系统科学家at UniversityCollege London.Through ourlifetime webecome expertat recognizingand interpreting other people s faces and facialexpressions.In contrast,according toKilner,we havea very poor understanding of ourown faces sincewe havelittle experienceof looking at them一we justfeel themmost ofthe time.This hasbeen provedin previousstudies,according tothe BBC.Kilner foundthat mostpeople chosethe more attractive picture.This suggeststhat wetend tothinkof ourselves as better-looking thanwe actually are.To furthertest howwe actuallyperceive our ownfaces,Kilner carriedout anotherstudy.He showedpeople differentversions oftheir ownportrait一the original,one thathad beenedited tolook lessattractive andone thatwas mademore attractive一and askedthem topick theversion whichthey thoughtlooked mostlike them.They chosethe moreattractiveversion.But whatdoes itsay aboutselfiesWell,isn tthat obviousSelfies give us the power to create aphotograph一by takingit fromvarious angles,with differentposes,using filters滤色镜and soon一that bettermatches ourexpectations withour actual faces.“You suddenlyhave controlin a way thatyou dont havein non—virtual非虚拟的interactions,“Kilner toldthe Canada-based CTVNews.Selfies allowyou tokeep takingpictures untilyou managetotake oneyou rehappy with,“he explained.
5.What isthe passagemainly aboutA.The definitionand funof taking selfies.B.A studyof whypeople lovetaking selfies.C.How takingselfies influencespeople sdaily lives.D.How tointerpret peoples facial expressions intheir selfies.
6.The underlinedword“perceive”in Paragraph5can bereplaced by”.A.interpret B.beautify C.choose D.explain
7.What didKilner discoverfrom hisresearches A.People interpretothers facial expressions worsethan theirown.
8.People tend to spendmore timelookingattheir facesthan atothers’.C.People tendto believethey lookmoreattractivethan theyactually are.D.People wholike takingselfies knowmore about their facialexpressions.
9.According toKilner,people liketakingselfiesprobably becausethey thinkA.it isa goodchance tolearn moreabouttheiractual facesB.it isawayto respondto othersfacialexpressionscorrectlyC.it enablesthem tointeract withtheir friendsin socialmediaD.it allowsthem tosatisfy theirexpectations withtheir appearances活页综合提升练
(二十二)I.完形填空语篇解读:外祖父去世后的第一个圣诞节,我们去陪外祖母在装饰圣诞树时,我们发现外祖父送给外祖母的星状装饰品不见了
1.A当我们到达外祖母家时,我们发现她整个晚上都在等我们根据句意可知,答案为A项
2.B没有了外祖父,房子的确感觉有些空荡荡的根据语境可知,答案为B项
3.D根据下句中的the beautifulartificial tree可知,这里是指圣诞树,所以答案为D项
4.A根据语境可知,这里是指欣赏我们的手工,所以答案为A项
5.C圣诞树很漂亮,但是少了东西根据句意可知,前后两个句子之间为转折关系,所以答案为C项
6.B它肯定在这儿的某个地方根据句意可知,此处表示肯定的推测,所以答案为B项
7.A……你外祖父总是很小心地把所有东西装在箱子里根据句意可知,答案为A项
8.C我们把箱子倒空了,也没有找到星星(星状装饰物),外祖母的眼里涌上了泪水
9.A gone意思是“不见了;hidden意思是“隐藏的;broken意思是“损坏的;forgotten意思是“忘了的”根据句意可知,答案为A项
10.D这里指“我”安慰外祖母,所以答案为D项
11.D game意思是游戏;class意思是“班级;company意思是“公司;party意思是“群,组,团,队”asearchparty意思是“搜索组”根据句意可知,答案为D项
12.B challenging意思是“有挑战性的;reasonable意思是“合理的;pleasant意思是“令人愉快的;difficult意思是“困难的”根据句意可知,答案为B项
13.C“我”尝试了各种可能性根据句意可知,答案为C项
14.C“我”看得出,外祖母感到失望,尽管她尽量不表现出来ashamed意思是“惭愧的;shocked意思是“震惊的;disappointed意思是“失望的;frightened意思是“受惊的”根据句意可知,答案为C项
15.D fear意思是“害怕”;relief意思是“宽慰”;anger意思是“愤怒”;surprise意思是惊奇根据句意可知,答案为D项
16.B clear意思是“舒展;brighten意思是“变愉快”;darken意思是“变黑;tighten意思是“变紧”Her facebrightened意思是她脸上有了喜色
17.B根据下文可知,此处表示“上面附了一张便条所以答案为B项
18.A我不忍心告诉你根据句意可知,答案为A项
19.D我希望它带给你和第一个一样多的快乐根据句意可知,答案为D项
20.A根据句意可知,对外祖母来说,这是一个特别的圣诞节,所以答案为A项【疑难词汇解读】
1.empty v.倒空;倾空He emptiedhis pockets,他把衣袋掏空了This dreadfulfilm soonemptied thecinema ofpeople.这部电影很没意思,电影院里的人很快就都走光了
2.pack v.将……装箱(盒等)(尤指装入衣箱)Have youpacked(your suitcase)yet你装好(衣箱)了吗?Don tforget topack yourtoothbrush!别忘了把你的牙刷放到箱子里去!All thesebooks needto bepacked(into boxes).这些书都要打点(装箱)【长难句子分析】So grandmotherstreehada starafterall,a starthatexpressedtheireverlastingloveforone another.本句是一个主从复合句主句为“主谓宾”结构,后面的a star是前面的宾语a star的同位语,起进一步解释说明的作用,其中包含一个关系代词that引导的定语从句,修饰后面的astar,that在定语从句中作主语于是,外祖母的圣诞树终究有了星星,一颗表示他们永久相爱的星星n.阅读理解A语篇解读:本文介绍的是免费办理纽约市图书馆的图书卡的操作指南
1.B细节理解题根据第一段可知,要想在纽约市图书馆免费申请到图书卡,必须是在此生活、工作、学习或者缴纳财产税的人而到那儿旅游的人是没有资格申请的所以答案为B项
2.B细节理解题根据文中^Applications forchildren aged11and undermustbecompleted inperson,and requirethe signatureofaparent.可知,11岁及11岁以卜的儿童必须亲自办理,并且要有父亲或母亲的签字所以答案为B项
3.C细节理解题文中提到了图书卡更新延期的方法:可以亲自去,也可以发邮件,还可以使用传真所以答案为C项
4.A推理判断题根据ForgotYourPIN部分倒数第二句You mustselecta4-digit numericsecretcode,with norepeating orobvious numberse.g.1234or
2222.”可知,密码中包含的数字不可重复或连贯,也不要太明显,所以答案为A项B语篇解读:本文就很多人喜欢“自拍”的原因进行了研究分析
5.B主旨大意题由全文内容可知,本文主要讲述了关于人们自拍原因的研究,故选B项
6.A词义猜测题由第三段第二句话的we havea verypoor understandingof ourownfaces以及画线单词所在的句子可知,perceive意为“理解”,故选A项
7.C细节理解题由第五段的第二句话This suggeststhat wetendtothink ofourselvesasbetter-lookingthan weactuallyare可知C项正确由第三段的第一句话Through ourlifetime webecome expertat recognizingandinterpretingotherpeoplesfacesandfacialexpressions可排除A项;由第三段第二句话的we haveaverypoorunderstandingofourownfaces sincewehavelittle experienceof lookingat them可排除B、D两项
8.D推理判断题由文章最后两段的Selfiesgiveusthepowertocreateaphotograph...that bettermatchesour expectationswithouractualfaces和Selfies allowyou tokeep takingpictures untilyou managetotake oneyourehappy with可知D项正确。