1、单元素能自测.完形填空I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company.Among the _1_ we discuss in our classes is the_2_of quality employees(雇员)“What has caused you to stay_3_enough to become a manager？” I asked.After a while a new manager took the_4_and said slowly，“It was a baseball glove
2、.”Cynthia said she used to_5_a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)one while she looked for something_6_.On her second day behind the counter, she received a(n)_7_from her nineyearold son，Jesse.He_8_a baseball glove for the little League.She_9_that as a single mother, money was_10_and her first che
3、ck would have to go for paying_11_.When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box.“I overheard you_12_to your son yesterday，” she said, “and I know that it is _13_to explain things to kids.This is a baseball glo
4、ve for Jesse.I know you have to pay bills_14_you can buy a glove.You know we cant_15_good staff like you as _16_as we would like to，but we do_17_and I want you to know how_18_you are to us.”Cynthias story shows vividly that people _19_more how much a(n)_20_cares than how much he pays.本文以经理给Cynthia的儿
5、子买棒球手套为切入点来谈论一个公司要留住好员工，就要关心员工，关心他们的生活，而不是给他们多少钱。1A.topics Bproblems Cdifficulties Dlessons答案：A解析：在“我们”的管理培训课上所讨论的应该是“话题，论题”，此题容易错选B项，因为汉语中常说“讨论问题”，但英语中为“解决”问题，而非“讨论”问题。2A.employing Bpraising Ckeeping Dimproving答案：C解析：此题要从全文的整体上去把握。通过阅读全文我们得知，商店经理的所作所为的目的是“留下”高素质的雇员，因此答案是keeping。错选A项employing或其他选项都是
6、对文章的主旨把握有误，或没有细读下文就匆忙选择了。3A.soon Blong Cstrong Dcalm答案：B解析：考查词组。stay long enough“待的时间足够长”。4A.position Bdecision Cquestion Dadvice答案：C解析：此处是对“我”提出问题的回答，即过了一会儿后Cynthia就以自己的切身体会回答了这个问题。take the question的字面意思为“接受了这个问题”，也就是“回答了这个问题”。5A.take Bchange Close Dconsider答案：A解析：考查词组。take a job“做一项工作”。6A.lighter
7、Beasier Cbetter Dhigher答案：C解析：表示她想找更好的工作。7A.letter Bcall Canswer Demail答案：B解析：receive a call“接到一个电话”，文章中提到“behind the counter”，说明她在上班；下文的情景又提到了她向儿子解释和经理听到了此事，所以从情景和一般的常识上理解，她收到的不可能是letter或email。8A.bought Bkept Cneeded Doffered答案：C解析：考查动词。表示他需要一个棒球手套。9A.complained Bexplained Cunderstood Dadmitted答案：B
8、解析：母亲在解释不能买棒球手套的原因。complain“抱怨”；understand“明白”；admit“承认”。A、C、D三项意思都不符合文意。下文的“explain things to kids”也有提示。10A.short Benough Cspare Dtight答案：D解析：考查形容词。作为单亲母亲，经济是拮据的，钱是“紧张的”。此题错选A项，是因为知道short有“紧缺”的意思，但是short的搭配应该是sb.is short of money。11A.food Beducation Cclothes Dbills答案：D解析：考查词组。pay bills “付账”。12A.tal
9、king Bcrying Carguing Dscolding答案：A解析：上文提到与儿子通电话，经理无意中听到母子之间的“谈话”(talking)，错选crying，arguing或scolding是因为加入了自己的主观臆断，文章中根本没有任何这方面的明示或暗示。13A.easy Bhard Csimple Dnice答案：B解析：她苦口婆心地向儿子解释家中的困难，同时由Cynthia向儿子说的这些话知道儿子当时非常想要手套，由此可推断此处用hard为好，即“向儿子解释这些很困难”。14A.after Buntil Cwhen Dbefore答案：D解析：考查连词。表示在买手套前要付账单。
10、15.A.value Bremain Cpay Dfire答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。value“评价”；remain“保持”；pay“给报酬”；fire“开除”。根据文章最后一词提示可知答案为C项。 16.A.much Bmany Cpleasant Dpossible答案：A解析：考查词组。as much as“和一样多(的钱)”。句意：你知道像你这样好的员工，我们不能想给你多少就给多少。 17.A.regret Bagree Cworry Dcare答案：D解析：表示我们确实很关心(在乎)。 18.A.excellent Bimportant Cthankful Dthoughtful答
11、案：B解析：从上下文知，钱不是最重要的，而关心、同情和爱心才是最重要的。此处经理的意思是想让她明白“好员工对他们来说是多么的重要”，这才符合逻辑。 19.A.remember Brefuse Cthank Drealise答案：A解析：对店员的体贴、爱、同情会让人“铭记”，经理的关心胜过工资。此题易错选C项thank，是因为受中文表达的影响，而且对thank一词的搭配也不清楚，应为thank sb.for sth.。 20.A.mother Bclerk Cofficial Dmanager答案：D解析：全文谈论如何做好一个经理，Partircia所做的一切说明商店的经理应该做什么。其他选项均
12、与此文的主旨不符。.阅读理解Mayor Bill de Blasio designated(指定) the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City in June, 2015.The move came after de Blasio in March, 2015 declared school holidays on the mostobserved holidays in Islam, Eid alFitr and Eid alAdha.De Blasio, making_good_on a pro
13、mise made during his 2013 mayoral campaign, said students would also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8, 2016.“About 15% of the citys school system is of Asian descent(血统), and many students have been taking the day off as a sick day，” s
14、aid State Senator Daniel Squadron.“Its a big deal，” he said, whose district includes Manhattans Chinatown.“Families have had to choose between their most important cultural celebration and missing a day of school.”The citys Department of Education had been working on the practical arrangements for a
15、dding another holiday while maintaining the legal 180 school days.The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total.After San Francisco, New York is the second major urban school district
16、to add the Lunar New Year to the official school calendar.“This holiday is not about kids just getting a day off from school，” said Assemblyman Ron Kim.“Its about the City of New York telling hundreds of AsianAmerican societies that America is a cultural melting pot.” Kim said recognizing the holida
17、y is one way of pushing back against feelings of isolation and marginalization(边缘化) felt by the AsianAmerican community.本文是一篇新闻报道。纽约市长宣布公立学校春节放假一天，亚裔存在感进一步增强。1What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?AMake use of. BStand by. CKeep up with. DGo against.答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“said students wo
18、uld also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, and not long ago the Asian holiday took place on February 8, 2016”可知，de Blasio说学生也将在春节放假一天，而不久前，这个亚洲节日就在2016年2月8日到来了。由此可推知，此处指de Blasio兑现了他在2013年的市长选举中许下的诺言。stand by sth.意为“仍然遵守诺言(或协议等)”，与画线部分意思相近。2How does New York make the Lunar New Year an official p
19、ublic school holiday?ABy cancelling a legal 1day holiday.BBy copying the way of San Francisco.CBy adding a new full day to the school calendar.DBy changing the legal 180 school days.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The problem was solved by combining two half days that previously did not count towards the total
20、 to form a single full day that can be counted towards the total”可知，解决这个问题的方法是把原本不算进法定的180天教学日的两个半天合并为一天，并算进教学日的总天数中，故选C。3What do we know from Ron Kims words?AHes opposed to the new school holiday.BAsian culture is valued most in New York.CAsian culture is part of the American society.DThe holiday w
21、ipes out Asian Americans isolation.答案：C解析：推理判断题。由最后一段中的“Its about the City of New York telling hundreds of AsianAmerican societies that America is a cultural melting pot.”可知，学校春节放假一天是纽约市在告诉数以百计的亚裔美国群体，美国是一个文化熔炉。言外之意就是美国接受外国的文化，外国文化同样是美国社会的一部分。故选C。4Whats the best title for this passage?AA new public
22、school holiday in New YorkBA promise made by the mayor of New YorkCCultural differences between America and AsiaDA revolution of the Lunar New Year in New York答案：A解析：主旨要义题。本文主要介绍了纽约的公立学校增加了一个新的节假日春节，这反映出亚洲文化已经成为美国文化的一部分。故A项最能概括文章大意。.读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。It was late one August night. I a
23、nswered a call from a small brick building in a quiet part of town. I supposed I was being sent to pick up some partygoers, or a worker heading to an early shift at some factory for the industrial part of town. When I arrived at 2：30 am, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground fl
24、oor window.I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute，” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened.A small woman in her 80s stood before me. She was neatly dressed. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years.“Wou
25、ld you carry my bag out to the car？” she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, and then returned to help the woman walk slowly to the cab. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “Its nothing，” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers as I would treat my mother.”When we got in the cab, she gave
26、me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown? Im in no hurry. Im on my way to a hospice.”Her eyes were glistening.“I dont have any family left，” she went on talking.“The doctor says I dont have very long time.” Hearing this, I quietly shut off the meter.For the next two hours, we
27、 drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked to make a life as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom whe
28、re she had gone dancing as a girl. As the first ray of sun was rising above the horizon, she said, “Im tired. Lets go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home(疗养院). Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They
29、were concerned and attentive, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.“How much do I owe you？” she asked, reaching into her purse.“Nothing，” I said.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2至少使用5个短
30、文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1：Without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy，” she said，“Thank you.” As I walked into the dim morning light, a door shut behind me.It was the sound of the clo
31、sing of a life.Paragraph 2：I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away? On a quick review，I dont think that I have done anything more important in my life.Were conditioned to think that lives revolve around great moments.But great moments often catch us unawaresbeautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.