1、典题精讲经典例题完形填空(2005高考全国) As I drove my blue Buick into the garage,I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was 1 too close to my space.I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 2 space.That left _3_ enough room to open the door.Then one day I arrived home 4,and just as I turned off the engine,the yel
2、low Oldsmobile entered its spacetoo close to my car,5.At last I had a chance to meet the driver.My patience had 6 and I shouted at her,“Cant you see youre not _7 me enough space?Park farther over.” Banging (猛推)open her door into 8,the driver shouted back,“Make me!”9 this she stepped out of the garag
3、e.Still,each time she got home first,she parked too close to my 10.Then one day,I thought,“What can I do?” I soon found 11.The next day the woman 12 a note on her windshield (挡风玻璃):Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,Im sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day.Shes been sorry about it.I know it beca
4、use she doesnt sing any more while 13.It wasnt like her to scream 14.Fact is,shed just got bad news and was taking it out on you two.I 15 you and your mistress will 16 her.Your neighbor,Blue BuickWhen I went to the 17 the next morning,the Oldsmobile was gone,but there was a note on my windshield.Dea
5、r Blue Buick,My mistress is sorry,too.She parked so 18 because she just learned to drive.We will park much farther over after this.Im glad we can be 19 now.Your neighbor,Yellow OldsmobileAfter that,whenever Blue Buick 20 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road,their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.1.A.dri
6、venB.parkedC.stoppedD.stayed思路解析:本题考查动词的用法。车的停放应使用动词park。答案:B黑色陷阱:本题易选C项。原因是受汉语思维的影响。2.A.completeB.closeC.narrowD.fixed 思路解析:本题考查形容词的用法。由上文的“.a yellow Oldsmobile was parked too close to my space”可知 blue Buick 的车位相对较窄。答案:C黑色陷阱:本题易选B项。受上文的影响。绿色通道:仔细理解具体的语境,不要受上下文的误导。3.A.quiteB.nearlyC.seldomD.hardly思路
7、解析:由上文可知,我费了好大的劲才把车停在了狭窄的空间,虽然车停好了但造成的结果是几乎没有开车门的足够空间。答案:D黑色陷阱:本题易选B项。原因是没有理解nearly和hardly的区别。绿色通道:要记住常用副词的细微差别。4.A.hurriedlyB.firstC.finallyD.timely思路解析:由下文可知,我先到家刚关掉发动机,yellow Oldsmobile的主人就停好了车。答案:B黑色陷阱:本题易选D项。timely “及时的”,我们平时都会按时上下班。绿色通道:如难以从语境中找答案,可利用下文的相关说明。5.A.as usualB.as plannedC.as wellD.
8、as yet思路解析:由空前的too close to my car可知,yellow Oldsmobile的主人把车停得太近已不是一次了。答案:A黑色陷阱:本题易选 C项。as well“也”。6.A.run intoB.run aboutC.run outD.run off思路解析:因已不是一次出现该情况,我失去了耐心。答案:C黑色陷阱:本题易误选其他几项。原因是没有弄清楚这几个动词词组的区别。绿色通道:run into“偶遇;相撞”; run about “到处跑”;run out“完了,用光”; run off “潜逃”。7.A.keepingB.savingC.offeringD.l
9、eaving思路解析:根据上文的“That left hardly enough room to open the door”可知。答案:D8.A.mineB.hersC.itselfD.ours 思路解析:因yellow Oldsmobile的主人把车停得太近,所以开门时撞了我的Buick车的车门。答案:A9.A.ForB.WithC.FromD.Upon思路解析:根据上下文可知,yellow Oldsmobile的主人是说着Make me!走出车库的。答案:B黑色陷阱:本题易误选A、D两项。绿色通道:With短语常作伴随状语。10.A.roomB.areaC.frontD.side思路解析
10、:由第一段可明确得知,yellow Oldsmobile的主人总是把车放得离我的车很近。答案:D黑色陷阱:本题易误选B项绿色通道:注意常用的表达方式。area“地区;区域”。停车的车位用lot。11.A.an instructionB.a resultC.an answerD.a chance思路解析:由下文可知,我想出一个办法试图去解决前面提到的问题。答案:C黑色陷阱:本题易误选B、D项。绿色通道:answer此处指“解决问题的办法”。12.A.putB.wroteC.sentD.discovered 思路解析:从下文得知,别克车的车主以车的身份写了一张纸条,向yellow Oldsmobi
11、le的主人道歉,并把纸条放在了该车的挡风玻璃上,因此第二天yellow Oldsmobile的主人看到了纸条。答案:D黑色陷阱:本题易误选其他三项。原因是把the woman当成了别克车的车主。13.A.workingB.drivingC.returningD.cooking思路解析:由while可知后面的动词应为延续性动词,因此淘汰C项。而其他三项虽然是延续性动词,但只有driving符合文章中的两个人的身份(drivers)。答案:B黑色陷阱:本题易误选A或D项。该纸条是以车的口吻写的,应从此入手考虑答案。14.A.on endB.so longC.like thatD.any more思
12、路解析:此句说明别克车的主人平时的表现并不像那天一样;下文解释了原因。答案:C绿色通道:on end“竖着,立着”; so long表示时间; any more与not连用表示“不再”。以上三项都不符合文意。15.A.hopeB.knowC.supposeD.suggest 思路解析:因为是道歉的语气,用hope表示委婉。答案:A16.A.comfortB.helpC.forgiveD.please 思路解析:本句是请求原谅,因此用forgive。答案:C绿色通道:comfort “安慰”;please“使高兴”。要把握住该纸条是用来道歉的这个特点,就不会选错。17.A.officeB.fla
13、tC.placeD.garage思路解析:由下文“the Oldsmobile was gone,but there was a note on my windshield”可以推测出我去车库开车上班。答案:D18.A.crazilyB.eagerlyC.noisilyD.early思路解析:由上文可知,yellow Oldsmobile的主人把车停得太近已不止一次,说明她停车不规范,下文because she just learned to drive解释了原因。答案:A黑色陷阱:本题难度较大,各项放在空格中似乎都不合理。绿色通道:crazily本意是“疯狂地;着迷地”,此处表示“不规则地,
14、不规范地”。19.A.neighborsB.friendsC.driversD.writers思路解析:根据纸条的内容可知两人互相道歉。此题是在推测两人的关系。A、C两项文中已明确。D项与文章毫无关系。答案:B20.A.followedB.passedC.foundD.greeted 思路解析:本句意为:从那以后,无论什么时间两车在路上相互从旁边经过,两位司机都会笑着打招呼。答案:B黑色陷阱:本题易误选C项。原因是没有弄清本句的主语是车而非人。绿色通道:理清句子的基本语意关系是关键。志鸿原创题Health and climate scientists have mapped how clima
15、te change affects different parts of the world in different ways.The scientists point to evidence that changes in the past thirty years may already be affecting human health.Possible effects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold,from storms and from dry periods that lead to crop failures.Tem
16、perature changes may also influence the spread of disease.For example,warmer weather speeds the growth of organisms that cause diseases like malaria and dengue fever.The work by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the World Health Organization appeared in the journal Nature.The W
17、.H.O.recently estimated that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred fifty thousand deaths each year.Cases of sickness are estimated at five million.And the W.H.O.says the numbers could rise sharply by two thousand thirty.Jonathan Patz of the Gaylord Nelson Institute f
18、or Environmental Studies at Wisconsin led the study.Professor Patz notes that climate scientists linked global warming to the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August of 2003.But he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most at risk from the health effects of higher tempera
19、tures.Professor Patz says areas at greatest risk include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans.Also,large cities experience what scientists call a “heat island” effect that can intensify conditions.Professor Patz says average temperatures worldwide have incre
20、ased about one-third of a degree Celsius in the last thirty years.But he tells us even that can make a difference with a disease like malaria.The report says average temperatures could increase as much as six degrees Celsius by the end of the century.1.According to Professor Patz,_ will face more se
21、rious health problems caused by the higher temperatures.A.European countriesB.poor countriesC.the Pacific coastal countriesD.people living in large cities解析:文中说到欧洲国家遭到气候异常而导致的灾害,但随即说到“But he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most at risk from the health effects of higher temp
22、eratures.”最为无辜的穷国却面临全球气温变暖而带来的最大危险。答案:B2.As a result of _,thousands of people lost their lives in Europe in 2003.A.cold weatherB.storm and floodsC.high temperatureD.crop failure解析:第三段中提到Patz教授把导致数百人死亡的欧洲高温与全球气温变暖联系起来。答案:C 3.Professor Patz holds it that temperatures have increased worldwide in the pa
23、st 30 years,thus causing _.A.diseases like malaria to increase tooB.diseases like malaria to be differentC.such diseases as malariaD.different diseases from what they were解析:文中关于气温变暖而导致的make a difference with a disease like malaria的含 义:导致疟疾发生变化。在文章的第二段明确提到是气温变暖导致有机物的活跃,从而促进了疟疾和登革热的增长。答案:A4.The under
24、lined word “estimated” in Paragraph 3 might be closest in meaning to _.A.guessed and calculatedB.guessed and imaginedC.counted and decidedD.surveyed and discovered解析:从后面所给的十五万余人致死,五百万人得病两组数字,可以排除进行精确统计或调查的结果来。应该能够得出是估算与计算相结合得出来的数字。答案:A5.The best title for this passage should be:_.A.Global Warming An
25、d DisastersB.Pollution Causes Health ProblemsC.W.H.O.Deals With Health ProblemsD.Climate Changes and Health Problems解析:排除A项,因文中提到的diseases与disasters还不是一个概念。文中反复提到的是卫生专家及世界卫生组织等对气温升高的忧虑和所做的工作。答案:D志鸿巧学法园地快速阅读技能的培养1.要养成良好的阅读习惯阅读时要集中注意力,一方面从主观上要能克服注意力容易分散的毛病,要求自己全神贯注;另一方面要克服各种无意中形成或由来已久的坏习惯,如摇头晃脑,抖动双腿,玩
26、弄纸笔,念念有词等。这些“小动作”也会分散注意力,影响思考,降低阅读速度。2.要争取做到“一目十行”阅读要做到“一目十行”,一是视幅要宽,意思是每一眼看到的词要尽量的多。我们阅读,表面是眼睛看,实际是用脑子读,眼睛只是起了照相机镜头的作用。我们就要努力使自己的眼睛变成“广角镜”,把尽可能多的词“尽收眼底”。二是视时要短,意思是第一眼和第二眼之间停顿的间隙要尽量短。三是意群要长,意思是在每个视幅中不是让你把很多个别的单词都收进脑子,而是要善于从中摄取有意义的词组。这个“有意义”的词组就是意群。快速阅读技能的掌握,需要一个循序渐进的过程,必须按照快速阅读的要求进行大量的训练,只要持之以恒,快速阅读能力必将提高。