1、.阅读理解AOn Aug 29, 1988, the University of WisconsinMadison juniors Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson published the firstever issue of The Onion. The two founders claimed it was the “finest news source” in the US. 25 years later, it has become one of the most established media presences in the US. But
2、dont expect accuracy and timeliness from it, for The Onion only publishes fake news or news satire(讽刺). Its aim is to make readers laugh and perhaps make them see things from a different angle.Will Tracy, The Onions editorinchief, says that their stories are presented in a sort of news voice which i
3、mproves them to a certain level of importance that isnt actually understandable. It has an ability to elegantly locate a problem with an economy of words.Traditional media outlets are cautious when reporting on sensitive topics such as religion and race. Tracy says nothing is off limits for The Onio
4、n. In her words, that is “no matter how uncomfortable they may make some readers”. But the editors at The Onion do take a firm line, as Tracy explains, “What you have to be really careful about is what the target of the joke is. If the target of the joke is wrong, then it doesnt feel right and it al
5、so doesnt feel funny.” The Onion generated public _outrage_ when earlier this year, it tried to make fun of a 9yearold Oscarnominated(奥斯卡提名的) actress by using highly impolite language. It later apologized.语篇导读本文为说明文，介绍了洋葱这样一家新闻组织的创建背景与报道新闻的原则和宗旨。1What can we know about The Onion according to Paragra
6、ph 1?AIts news materials are all real and timely.BIt often makes fun of the public based on the wrong news.CIts aim is to make readers feel relaxed and see problems from different angles.DIts first article written by Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson was published on Aug 29, 1988.解析 C细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可
7、知，该报旨在使读者感到轻松并从不同角度看待问题，故选C项。2What is the meaning of the underlined word “outrage” in Paragraph 3?AAnger. BSadness.CDisappointment. DGrief.解析 A词义猜测题。根据第三段最后两句中的highly impolite language, apologized可知，他们的报道让公众很气愤，故选A项。3Compared with the traditional media, the feature of The Onion is that _.Aits target
8、s of the joke are often childrenBit often makes readers feel uncomfortableCit also has the same limits on sensitive topicsDit also reports news about religion and race解析 D细节理解题。根据第三段前两句可知，他们不像传统媒体那样对诸如宗教和种族等敏感问题小心谨慎，他们会报道敏感话题，故选D项。4Which section of the newspaper could the text be taken from?AEducati
9、on. BMedicine.CScience. DCulture.解析 D推理判断题。本文主要介绍了洋葱这样一家新闻组织报道新闻的原则和宗旨，属于文化专区，故选D项。BHow Smart People Deal with People They Dont LikeIn a perfect world, each person we interact with would be nice, kind, considerate, mindful(留心的), generous and more. However, we dont live in a perfect world.5_ Then, ho
10、w does a smart person do to deal with people he or she doesnt like?6_7_ Sometimes we think that we are going to like everyone we interact with, even when thats not going to happen. Its inevitable that you will encounter difficult people who oppose what you think. Smart people know that conflicts or
11、disagreements are a result of differences in values.They check their own expectations. Its common for people to have unrealistic expectations about others. We may expect others to act exactly as we would.8_ Smart people do adjust your expectations appropriately. This way theyre not always surprised
12、by a dislikable persons behavior.They allow space between them. If all else fails, smart people will allow space between themselves and those they dont like.9_ With a bit of distance and empathy(同情), you may be able to interact both with those people you like and you dont like.AHere are some tips on
13、 it.BYou are not perfect either.CHowever, thats not realistic.DSome people often drive us crazy.EThey accept that they are not going to like everyone.FThat may even result in getting along better by agreeing to disagree.GIf at work, smart people will move to another room or sit at the other end of t
14、he conference table.语篇导读本文为说明文，主要介绍了聪明的人是如何对待他们不喜欢的人和事的。5解析 D诠释关系。空前讲到：然而我们并不是生活在一个完美的世界里，D项(有些人常常使我们发疯)紧承上文，符合语境，故选D项。6解析 A顺承关系。空前提出问题：那么一个聪明人如何应对那些他或她不喜欢的人呢？空后列举了聪明人应对不喜欢的人的做法，因此A项(这儿有一些建议)作为过渡句承上启下，故选A项。7解析 E总分关系。空后讲到：有时我们认为我们会喜欢任何我们所接触的人，即使这根本不可能发生。E项(聪明人接受自己不可能喜欢所有人的事实)正是本段作者所表述的聪明人的做法，故选E项。8解析
15、 C转折关系。空前讲到：我们也许期待他人的做法会和自己一样，C项(然而，这是不现实的)符合语境，故选C项。9解析 G例证关系。本段主要讲了聪明人与自己不喜欢的人保持距离。G项(在工作时，聪明人会搬到另一个房间或坐在会议桌的另一侧)正是聪明人对待不喜欢的人的做法，故选G项。.完形填空Attitude with action is everything. Thats what Ive _1_ from a simple person at our office gym.Last month our city conducted a fitness center“FitnessOne”. And w
16、e had a trainer there, who had a bad _2_ to his work and us. He used to come down to our office every evening but he was least _3_ about who was coming in and what people were doing inside. He only talked about the money he earned by _4_ people individually in another fitness center where he _5_ in
17、the mornings. He never guided us. _6_,_he would not even _7_ properly when any of us asked about the way of doing exercise. _8_,_at the end of last month he was _9_ and we got a new trainer.The gentleman was Bala. He would quietly come in and do _10_ for the first few days except looking at the regi
18、ster, _11_ who came regularly to the gym. Slowly, he became _12_ with the users and started to correct their mistakes while exercising. And people built up _13_ in him. Yesterday, he called me to watch some specific exercises. _14_ his interim(暂时的) period of one month was coming to a(n) _15_,_he wan
19、ted me to learn them properly before he left us. Weve _16_ FitnessOne to appoint Bala as a _17_ trainer and now we are waiting for their reply.Bala could have taken his role as a trainer like our _18_ guy since he stayed here only for a month. But he _19_ to take it seriously and sincerely. His posi
20、tive attitude along with his _20_ gained our trust and support. I think this is his great achievement.语篇导读本文为夹叙夹议文。在健身房，教练巴拉身体力行地给“我”上了一堂课，他让“我”明白：态度与行动决定一切。1Aheard Bsuffered Ccollected Dlearnt解析 D句意：态度与行动决定一切，这就是我从健身房里一个质朴的人那里所学到(learn)的东西，故选D项。2A.reply BattentionCattitude Ddevotion解析 C句意：那里有一名教练，不
21、管是对待我们还是对待工作，态度(attitude)都不好，故选C项。3A.bothered BdelightedCmoved Ddisappointed解析 A句意：他过去常常每晚来健身房，但是丝毫不关心谁进来了，谁在做什么。be bothered about在此处意为“对关心”，故选A项。4A.praising BinspiringCtraining Dcomforting解析 C根据上文可知，他是一名教练，所以他挣钱的方式最可能是当私人教练，故选C项。5A.worked BstudiedCstruggled Dcompleted解析 A句意：他只谈论早上在另一家健身房上班当私人教练挣得的钱
22、。此处指他在健身房上班，故选A项。6A.However BMoreoverCTherefore DOtherwise解析 B上文讲到：他从来没有指导过我们。下文又讲：当我们有人询问锻炼方式时，他甚至心不在焉。这与上文形成语意上的递进，故此处连接词用moreover，意为“另外”，故选B项。7A.promise Breact Cthink Danswer解析 D“我们”问问题，是教练解答(answer)问题，故选D项。8A.Surprisingly BHopefullyCFortunately DSadly解析 C根据下文可知，该教练后来被解雇了，而作为一名不合格的教练，他被解雇之后，“我们”应
23、该感到很幸运。 surprisingly令人惊讶地；hopefully有希望地；fortunately幸运地；sadly令人悲伤地，故选C项。9A.scolded BfiredCattacked Drecognized解析 B根据“我们”最后得到了一名新教练可推测出：该教练被解雇(fire)了，故选B项。10A.something BnothingCanything Deverything解析 B句意：在前几天，他会静静地进来，除了看登记表之外，什么也不(nothing)做，故选B项。11A.turning out Bcoming outCfiguring out Dlooking out解析
24、 C句意：他会看登记表，弄清楚谁经常来健身房。turn out结果是；come out出来；figure out弄清楚；look out小心，故选C项。12A.popular BpatientCsimilar Dfamiliar解析 D他通过看登记表来弄清楚谁经常来健身房，这是他了解用户的第一个步骤。因此本句说，慢慢地，他开始熟悉用户，并在他们锻炼时纠正其错误。be familiar with对熟悉，故选D项。13A.fame BtrustCcourage Dstrength解析 B人们对他建立起了信任(trust)，故选B项。14A.As BIf COnce DUnless解析 A句意：随着
25、一个月临时教练的工作即将结束，他希望在离开之前我能采用正确的方式进行锻炼。as随着；if如果；once一旦；unless除非，故选A项。15A.turn Bdelay Cend Dchange解析 C根据before he left us可知，他就要走了，come to an end结束，故选C项。16A.allowed BtaughtCwarned Drequested解析 D根据下文的“现在我们正在等待他们的答复”可推测，上文讲的是“我们”向健身房提出请求，故选D项。17A.permanent BprivateCskillful Dtemporary解析 A上文讲到，巴拉是临时教练，马上就
26、要走了，因此“我们”请求健身房将他任命为长期教练，希望他能留下来。permanent永久的，固定的；private私人的；skillful熟练的；temporary临时的，故选A项。18A.latter Bformer Cfuture Dpresent解析 Bformer从前的，此处用former guy来指代之前的那位教练，故选B项。19A.refused BchoseCtended Dcontinued解析 B与前任教练相反，巴拉选择严肃认真地对待这个职位。用choose最能表达这种信念与决心。refuse拒绝；choose选择；tend倾向；continue继续，故选B项。20A.dre
27、am BstandardCaction Dpolicy解析 C开头讲到：Attitude with action is everything，此处呼应开头，意为：他积极的态度与行动赢得了我们的信任与支持，故选C项。.语法填空There is a tradition in my school that when the College Entrance Examination is less than a month away, students in the 1lower (low) grades, from Senior 1 to Senior 2, all gather together
28、on the ground in front of the teaching building and cheer on the Senior 3 students who are standing upstairs. It wasnt until I 2personally (person) took part in the activity that I understood the real 3meaning (mean) of it.I was in Senior 2 at the time. 4On that special night, all the Senior 3 stude
29、nts stood in the corridors(走廊) and looked down at the younger students below. 5Various (vary) cheers started to resound throughout the school, wave after wave. “Believe in yourself! You deserve to win！” 6Seeing (see) everyones smiling faces around me, I thought of 7a famous quote from the American p
30、hilosopher Henry David Thoreau: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.Soon it will be my turn to 8be blessed (bless) in this way, 9which also means I will have to say goodbye to my school. Sad as it will be, being cheered on by so many st
31、udents will still be one of the brightest 10times (time) of my life.语篇导读本文为记叙文。作者讲述了自己学校为即将参加高考的高三学生加油鼓励的独特方式。曾经为别人加油的自己如今成了被别人祝福的高三学生，面临毕业作者虽然伤感，但是还是很高兴有这样的时刻。1lower解析 考查比较等级。句意：在我的学校有一个传统，那就是当距离高考不到一个月时，高一和高二的低年级学生都会聚集在教学楼前的空地上，为站在楼上的高三学生加油。对于高三的学生来说，高一和高二的学生就是较低年级的学生，所以要用比较级。2personally解析 考查词性转换。
32、句意：直到我亲自参加这项活动时，我才明白它的真正意义。副词作状语修饰动词短语took part in。3meaning解析 考查词性转换。空处作understood的宾语，应用名词。4On解析 考查介词。句意：在那个特别的晚上，所有的高三学生站在走廊上，看着下面更年轻的学生。在具体的某一天晚上用介词on，句首单词注意首字母大写。5Various解析 考查词性转换。形容词作定语修饰名词cheers，various各种各样的。6Seeing解析 考查非谓语动词。句意：看到我周围每个人的笑脸，我想到了引自美国哲学家亨利戴维梭罗的一句名言。分析句子结构可知，此处应用非谓语动词，动词see和其逻辑主语I
33、之间是主谓关系，故用现在分词作状语。7a解析 考查冠词。quote引语；引文，为可数名词，此处表示泛指概念，其前用不定冠词a。8be blessed解析 考查语态。句意：很快就轮到我得到这种方式的祝福，这也意味着我将不得不和学校说再见。it is ones turn to do sth轮到某人去做某事，为固定句式。根据句意可知，此句中I和bless之间是动宾关系，故用被动语态。9which解析 考查连词。两个句子之间没有连词，该空指代前面一句话的内容，而且在从句中作主语，故用which引导该非限制性定语从句。10times解析 考查名词的数。“one ofthe形容词最高级可数名词复数”意为“最的之一”。
