1、一、语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August.Brooke Astor was one hundred five years old.The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life _1_ (help) the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsm
2、outh，New Hampshire.She was the only child of a high level military officer.After two earlier_2_，she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.He came from a family_3_had been rich for least on hundred years.Among other things，he owed many buildings in New York City.Brooke Astor became one of the _4_ (rich
3、) women in the world when Vincent Astor died.She also became head of a huge charity organization_5_(found) by her husband.He reportedly had told her she would have fun giving _6_his money.And apparently she did.Missus Astor gave tens of millions of dollars _7_ (main) to places and people in New York
4、 City.She said it was the sensible choice because that was _8_the money had been made.She gave financial support to the citys cultural centers，its poor and disabled as_9_ as to many other smaller charities.When she died，the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today_10_her support
5、.二、完形填空解题技巧(2)利用上下文确定答案 技巧点拨完形填空同一小题的四个选项都是同一词类，单独看空格所在的一两个句子，可能四个选项都貌似正确，因此必须把全文看完再确定选项。有时，最前面的小题的最佳答案会出现在篇末，有时最后一个小题的答案会出现在文章开头。所以，解题时必须耐心、仔细，综合上下文信息确定答案。 活学活用阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new cl
6、assmate.I _1_to look around when a gentle hand _2_my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled，little _3_lady looking up at me with a smile.She said，“Hi.My name is Rose.Im eightyseven years old.Can I give you a hug？” I laughed and enthusiastically responded，“Of course you may！” and she gave me a g
7、iant(巨大的) squeeze.“Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age？”I asked.“I always _4_having a college education and now Im getting _5_！” she told me.Later，we became close friends.Over the _6_of the year，Rose became a campus icon and she _7_made friends wherever she went.At the _8_of the seme
8、ster(学期)we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会)Ill _9_forget what she taught us.She said，“We do not stop playing because we are old；we _10_old because we stop playing.There are only two secrets to staying _11_，being happy，and achieving success.You have to _12_ and find humor every day.Y
9、ouve got to have a dream.When you _13_your dreams，you die.”One week after graduation Rose died _14_in her sleep.Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to(悼念)the wonderful woman who taught _15_ example that its never too late to be all you can possibly be.1A.lay downBstood upCfell off
10、Dwent out 2A.touched BfeltCwounded Dclapped 3A.beautiful ByoungCold Dkindhearted4A.talked about Btried outClooked forward Ddreamed of 5A.those BoneCthat Dthey6A.course BpathCdistance Droad7A.easily BrarelyCunwillingly Dstrangely8A.middle BbeginningCend Dtop9A.ever BneverCstill Dalready10A.grow Bprov
11、eClook Dstay11A.rich BhealthyCcheerful Dyoung12A.eat BcryClaugh Dshout13A.have BloseCget Dkeep14A.bitterly BfortunatelyCpeacefully Dhopefully 15A.to BforCin Dby三、阅读理解专题训练(三)理解作者的意图、观点和态度 (1) 方法点拨1阅读目标：深层理解，领会文章寓意。2阅读技巧：略读，推断。3具体做法：根据作者使用的语言，叙述的事实，引用的例证，人物的对话和动作，心理活动的描写等来推断作者写这篇文章的意图是什么，他想要说明什么样的观点，以
12、及持什么样的态度。4设题方式常有：(1)The writer believes that_.(2)The writer suggests that_.(3)The writers purpose in writing this passage is _.(4)Whats the writers attitude to.?(5)According to the author _. 活学活用阅读下列短文，按要求完成读写任务The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled，pain free life equals happiness actual
13、ly reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness.But in fact，the opposite is true：more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are th
14、e source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious commitment(预担的义务)，self improvement.Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest he
15、 will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.For commitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun，adventure，excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a
16、threeday vacation.I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun i
17、s one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.It liberates money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it liberates us from e
18、nvy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.以约30词概括文章大意_.根据短文内容选择最佳答案1According to the author，a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _.Ahe is reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesBhe believes that life will be more cheerful if h
19、e remains singleChe finds more fun in dating than in marriageDhe fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement2Raising children，in the authors opinion is _.Aa moral dutyBa thankless jobCa rewarding taskDa source of inevitable pain3From the last paragraph，we learn that envy sometim
20、es comes from _.AhatredBmisunderstandingCprejudiceDignorance4To understand what true happiness is one must _.Ahave as much fun as possible during ones lifetimeBmake every effort to liberate oneself from painCput up with pain under all circumstancesDbe able to distinguish happiness from fun5What is t
21、he author trying to tell us?AHappiness often goes hand in hand with pain.BOne must know how to attain happiness.CIt is important to make commitments.DIt is pain that leads to happiness.参考答案一、1解析：sb.spend time (in) doing sth.某人花(时间/精力)做某事。答案：helping2解析：从下文she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.得知，她经
22、历了两次婚姻。答案：marriages3解析：had been rich前缺主语。这是定语从句只能用that/which。答案：that/which4解析：根据句意得知是最富有的。答案：richest5解析：found创办，成立；建立。做非谓语，表被动。答案：founded6解析：give away赠送；赠予；颁发。答案：away7解析：adv.大部分地；主要地。答案：mainly8解析：句子 the money had been made主谓齐全。根据句意是因为这些钱应该用于人们和社会。答案：where9解析：as well as也，又，和。答案：well10解析：句意是没有她的支持，就成就
23、不了现在的纽约。答案：without二、1解析：根据文意和下文的looked up at me可知，听说来了新同学，我想看清是谁，应该是站起，故选B项stood up。答案：B2解析：根据下文和常识可知，新来的同学很友好，在我肩膀上touch以示友好，故选A项。答案：A3解析：从wrinkled和 Im eightyseven years old可知这位新同学是位老人，所以选C项old。答案：C4解析：从下文倒数第2段dream可知，Rose一直想接受大学教育，所以选择dream of合适。答案：D5解析：one指代上文的a college education。答案：B6解析：从下文的the
24、year可知，A项正确，course此处意为“的过程、进程”。答案：A7解析：从上下文可知，Rose在学校很受欢迎，有很多朋友，所以A项easily正确。答案：A8解析：根据上下文可知，Rose已经在校学习了大约一学期，那么大家邀请她应是学期快要结束的时候，因此end正确。答案：C9解析：根据下文可知Rose已经去世，但作者对她的话语仍然记忆犹新，所以never forget是符合文意的。答案：B10解析：根据文意，Rose在告诉我们不要因为老了就stop playing，我们老了是因为我们stop playing。 答案：A11解析：根据上文的old可知，我们没有了梦想，就会变老，所以保持年
25、轻(young)的方法之一是拥有梦想，故选D项。答案：D12解析：根据上文being happy和下文的humor可知C项laugh正确。答案：C13解析：根据文意，have a dream是保持年轻、快乐和取得成功的秘诀之一，那么失去了梦想就意味着变老了，所以lose最合适。答案：B14解析：根据文意可知，Rose性格开朗，人缘很好，而且自己的梦想也实现了，由此可推测她在睡梦中安静的去世，故选C项 peacefully最符合文意。答案：C15解析：由上下文可知，Rose虽然年老，仍保持着一颗年轻、快乐、上进的心，所以她从自身做起，成为大家学习的榜样。所以此处用介词by最合适，构成搭配teac
26、h by example，意为“以身作则”。答案：D三、From the text we know that happiness often goes hand in hand with pain and if we want to live happily，we must distinguish fun from happiness.(27 words)1解析：第二段的he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment告诉我们年轻人不想结婚是不愿意承诺，承诺意味着责任， 所以选A。答案：A 2.解析：从But couples w
27、ho decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild得知答案。答案：C3解析：最后一段的And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all说明人们之所以妒嫉别人， 是因为他们有误解。答案：B 4.解析：把幸福与好玩区别开来是懂得什么是真正的幸福的关键。答案：D 5.解析：第一段的things that lead to happiness involve some pain告诉我们幸福和痛苦往往结伴而行。答案：A
