1、Cloze 1体裁：夹叙夹议话题：励志人生时间：16分钟There is a story about an elm tree.It was planted in the first half of the 20th century on a farm.It grew to be a _1_ tree.The family that owned the farm kept a bull _2_ to the elm.The bull paced around the tree，dragging a heavy iron chain with it，which _3_ a trench in th
2、e bark about three feet off ground.The trench _4_ over the years，though for whatever reason，which did not kill the tree.After some years，the family sold the _5_ and took their bull.They cut the chain，leaving the loop around the tree and one link hanging down.Over the years，the _6_ slowly covered the
3、 rusting chain.Then one year later，an agricultural disaster struck Michigan in the form of a _7_.It left a path of death across vast areas.All of the elms _8_ the road became infected and died.Everyone _9_ that the old elm would be the next.The present owner of the farm considered doing the _10_ thi
4、ng: cutting it down and chopping it up into firewood before it _11_.But he simply could not bring himself to do it.It was as if the old tree had become a family friend.So he decided to let _12_ take its course._13_，the tree did not die.Year after year it _14_.Nobody could understand why it was that
5、the only elm was still standing in the county!Scientists came to _15_ the tree.They observed the scar left by the iron chain，which was almost completely _16_ by the bark and badly rusted now.They decided that it was the chain that _17_ the elms life.They reasoned that the tree must have _18_ so much
6、 iron from the rusting chain that it became _19_ to the fungus.Look at the wound made by the chain.Our _20_ can give us resources we need to survive.They can truly make us strong.【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章讲述了农场上的一棵榆树，树皮上被磨出了一道很深的印痕，后来路两旁的树都因为一种病而死去，而这棵榆树却幸存下来的故事。作者意在告诉我们：我们自己所受的伤会使我们获得生存所需的东西，会使我们更加坚强。1
7、A.hollow BleaflessCyoung Dmagnificent解析考查上下文暗示。结合前面的“It was planted in the first half of the 20th century on a farm.”和下文内容可知这棵树很早以前就被种下了，所以应该已经长成了一棵很大的树。hollow“空心的”；leafless“无叶的”；young“幼小的”。答案D2A.chained Bfixed Cattached Djoined解析考查语境中动词的辨析。从后面的“dragging a heavy iron chain with it”可知，此处是指用一条链子把牛拴在了树
8、上。fix“固定”，指把某物固定在某个地方，使其不能移动。attach“把固定”，指把局部连接在整体上，小的接在大的上面，活动的接在固定的上面。join侧重把原来不相连的物体连接在一起，但仍可再分开，也指把分散的人或几个部分的人联合起来或加入到某团体中。chain是指用锁链拴住，与语境相符。故选A。答案A3A.scratched BfilledCscraped Ddug解析考查语境中动词的辨析。链子在树皮上刮出了一条沟。scratch“抓，搔”；fill“填上”；dig“挖”；scrape“刮掉，擦坏”。由此可知答案为C。答案C4A.deepened BdisappearedClengthen
9、ed Dshortened解析考查上下文暗示。结合后面的“over the years，though for whatever reason，which did not kill the tree”可知，随着时间的推移，铁链把树皮上的沟磨得越来越深。disappear“消失”；lengthen“变长”；shorten“变短”。答案A5A.house Bbull Celm Dfarm解析考查上下文照应。从第二段的“The family that owned the farm.”以及下文内容可知此处是指这家人卖了农场，所以选D。答案D6A.branch Bbark Croot Dstem解析考查上
10、下文暗示。经过很多年，树皮把生锈的铁链给遮掩住了。branch“树枝”；root“树根”；stem“(树木的)干”。答案B7A.pollution Bdisease Cflood Ddraught解析考查上下文暗示。从后面的“It left a path of death across vast areas.All of the elms _8_ the road became infected and died.”可知此处应是指一种疾病，因为很多榆树都患了这种病，继而死了。答案B8A.lining BsurroundingCenclosing Dbordering解析考查语境中动词的辨析。所
11、有伫立在路两旁的树都受到了疾病的侵袭而死亡了，所以选A。surround“环绕”；enclose“把围起来”；border“与接壤，毗邻，”多指国与国之间或两地区的分界。答案A9A.prayed Bhoped Cwished Dfigured解析考查语境中动词的辨析。由于其他的树都死了，所以人们都认为下一个死亡的很可能是那棵大榆树。pray“祈祷”；hope“希望”；wish“希望”；figure“认为，认定”。故选D。答案D10A.important Bfunny Csafe Dgreat解析考查语境中形容词的辨析。从后面的“cutting it down and chopping it u
12、p into firewood before it _11_ ”可知，农场现在的主人想把这棵树砍掉，不让其染上疾病，这是在做一件保险的事情。important“重要的”；funny“可笑的”；great“伟大的”。答案C11A.dried Bdied Cbent Dleaned解析考查上下文暗示。因为人们都认为这棵树可能会受到疾病的侵袭而死去，所以这个主人打算在它死前把它砍倒。dry“干燥”，bend“弯曲”，lean“倾斜”。答案B12A.death Bfate Cfortune Dnature解析考查上下文暗示。根据前面的“It was as if the old tree had bec
13、ome a family friend.”可知，由于这棵树和这个主人一家在一起生活的时间长了，几乎成为朋友了。所以他不忍心砍倒它，而是任其发展。let nature take its course表示“顺其自然”。答案D13A.Amazingly BUnfortunatelyCEvidently DStubbornly解析考查语境中副词的辨析。从后面的“the tree did not die”可知这棵树没有死，与原来人们的猜想相反，因此人们很惊讶。unfortunately“不幸地”；evidently“明显地”；stubbornly“固执地”。答案A14A.rotted Bcracked
14、Cthrived Dlay解析考查上下文暗示。上下文内容暗示出这棵树不但没有死，而且长得很茂盛。答案C15A.cut Bobserve Cclimb Duproot解析考查上下文暗示。结合后面的“They observed the scar left by the iron chain”可知科学家们来观察这棵树，想找出它没有死反而很茁壮的原因。答案B16A.exposed Bcombined Csheltered Dcovered解析考查上下文暗示。从前面的“the 6(bark) slowly covered the rusting chain”可知树皮把生锈的铁链遮住了，所以选D。答案D1
15、7A.saved Bdestroyed Cchanged Dclaimed解析考查语境逻辑。科学家们认为是铁链救了这棵树的命。destroy“摧毁”；change“改变”；claim“夺走，夺去(生命)”。save“挽救”符合语境。答案A18A.contained Bsmelted Cabsorbed Dproduced解析考查语境中动词的辨析。科学家们推断这棵树吸收了很多的铁元素。contain“包含”；smelt“熔炼”；produce“生产”，均不符合语境。答案C19A.sensitive Bflexible Cimmune Dinnocent解析考查语境中形容词的辨析。由于树吸收了很多
16、的铁元素，所以它获得了免疫能力，能够抵御真菌的袭击。sensitive“敏感的”；flexible“灵活的”；innocent“无辜的”。答案C20A.wounds Bregrets Csorrows Dfailures解析考查上下文暗示。从前面的“Look at the wound made by the chain.”可知此处是指伤口。regret“后悔”；sorrow“悲伤”；failure“失败”，均不符合语境。答案ACloze 2体裁：夹叙夹议话题：人生经历时间：16分钟Whenever people ask me why I like ice creams in summer so
17、 much，I always respond that when I am eating ice creams I feel a child again.I _1_ my first ice cream in Argentina when I was four years old.Since then I have always _2_ eating ice creams.My favorite flavors were caramel and banana splits._3_ of them were popular then，and they are _4_ the most popul
18、ar flavors in Argentina today.When the ice cream truck came to our town，all my _5_ and I ran to be the first to _6_ an ice cream cone because the first one always got the largest _7_.To be the first and get the biggest ice cream was a pleasant _8_.I _9_ several funny things about that ice cream truc
19、k.First，the music from the ice cream truck was like the music from a cartoon show._10_，the man selling ice creams yelled “Ice creams! If you buy one，you are going to be happy forever！” So，I _11_ said to my mom，“I want an ice cream _12_ I would like to be happy forever，forever.” Now whenever we buy i
20、ce creams，my mom always _13_ me of this.The last _14_ thing I remember is that if you found M & M candies inside when you licked an ice cream，you would _15_ a free ice cream! All of my friends and I enjoyed this “M & M hunt” and always wondered who was going to be the _16_ person!When I was playing，
21、it was hard for my _17_ to find out where I was.Whenever she found me，she always asked，“Where were you？” I always _18_ her，“In the magic ice cream place！” _19_，for me the best thing about eating ice creams is that it reminds me of those happy _20_ days of my childhood.【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者小时候十分喜欢吃冰激凌，
22、也喜欢卖冰激凌的卡车所播放的卡通音乐以及卖冰激凌的人所送出的美好祝福。作者现在仍然不能忘怀小时候拿到最大的冰激凌时的那种喜悦，作者在吃冰激凌时就会想起快乐的童年时光。1A.invented Btasted Csmelled Dcooked解析考查动词。根据下文中的“Since then.eating ice creams”可知，作者在四岁的时候第一次品尝(tasted)了冰激凌。答案B2A.finished BappreciatedCsuggested Denjoyed解析考查动词。由下文中的“My favorite flavors were caramel and banana splits
23、.”可知，自从那个时候，作者总是喜欢(enjoyed)吃冰激凌。答案D3A.Both BAll CSome DNeither解析考查代词。根据上文提到的“caramel and banana splits”可知，这里是指两种(Both)都很受欢迎。答案A4A.already Bhardly Cstill Dsimply解析考查副词。这两种口味那时就受欢迎，今天它们仍然(still)是最受欢迎的口味。答案C5A.friends Bassistants Ccolleagues Drelatives解析考查名词。根据“When the ice cream truck came to our town
24、”及第三段中的“All of my friends and I”可知，此处指作者和朋友们(friends)。答案A6A.reach Bsell Cdeliver Dbuy解析考查生活常识。卖冰激凌的卡车来到我们镇上，我们跑过去是要买(buy)冰激凌。答案D7A.this Bone Cthat Danother解析考查名词。根据下一句“To be the first and get the biggest ice cream was a pleasant.”可推断出此处应选B。答案B8A.practice BphenomenonCexperience Dcelebration解析考查名词。根据上
25、文中的“.to be the first to 6(buy) an ice cream cone because the first one always got the largest 7(one) ”可知，第一个到达并且得到最大的冰激凌是一次令人愉快的经历(experience)。答案C9A.remember BforgetCcollect Drealize解析考查动词辨析。根据下文的“First，the music from the ice cream truck was like the music from a cartoon show.”可知，作者记得(remember)几件有关卖
26、冰激凌的卡车的有趣的事情。答案A10A.Then BBesides CHowever DSecond解析考查上下文的逻辑关系。根据上文中的“First”可知，这里表示第二或其次(Second)。答案D11A.never Balways Cseldom Dincidentally解析考查副词辨析。根据语境及下文中的“I want an ice cream _12_ I would like to be happy forever，forever.”可知，此处表示作者总是(always)这样跟妈妈说，其他选项不符合语境。答案B12A.so Bbut Cbecause Dtill解析考查上下文的逻辑
27、关系。因为(because)作者想要永远幸福，所以想吃冰激凌。答案C13A.reminds Binforms Cwarns Daccuses解析考查动词辨析。妈妈总是向作者提到这件事情。remind“提醒，使想起”，符合语境。答案A14A.difficult Bstrange Cinstructive Dlovely解析考查形容词辨析。根据下文中的“All of my friends and I enjoyed this M & M hunt and always wondered who was going to be the _16_ person！”可知，作者所能够记得的最后一件令人愉快
28、的(lovely)事情是在吃冰激凌的时候发现里面有糖。答案D15A.lose Bwin Cseize Dcatch解析考查动词辨析。如果发现冰激凌里面有M & M candies，就可以获得(win)一个免费的冰激凌。答案B16A.wealthy Bintelligent Clucky Dmean解析考查形容词辨析。作者和朋友都想得到含有M & M candies的冰激凌，想知道谁是一个很幸运的(lucky)人。答案C17A.mom Bdad Cniece Dnephew解析考查上下文一致。根据上文中的“my mom always 13(reminds) me of this”，再结合下文语境
29、可知，此处指妈妈(mom)。答案A18A.blamed BencouragedCfollowed Danswered解析考查动词用法辨析。此处是作者对上文中母亲提出的问题的回答，故此处应用answered。答案D19A.After all BAll in allCAbove all DAt all解析考查插入成分的用法。根据下文语境可知，这里是最后作者的总结，所以应用All in all“总之”。答案B20A.spring Bwinter Csummer Dautumn解析考查名词辨析。联系文章第一句中的“in summer”可知，这里指夏天的(summer)日子。答案CCloze 3体裁：夹
30、叙夹议话题：学会倾听时间：15分钟I had just picked up my new car，a beautiful automobile if youre into cars.A few months later，I was involved in an _1_.That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.It was clearly not my _2_.The other guy was so busy on his cellphone that he went right through a(n) _3_ light and slam
31、med into the passenger side of my car.It was even scarier because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father，my brother，was in the front passenger seat.He was not _4_，to say the least.The police arrived and began taking _5_.I explained that my _6_ had been up to at about 55 kmph.“So you wer
32、e going about 50 kmph.”he said.“No，I said I was doing about 55 kmph，” I said.“Right，so you were doing about 50 kmph.” Again he _7_.In a slightly _8_ tone because I felt I wasnt being heard，I said：“No! I was doing about 55 kmph！”“OK，if thats the way you want it，” this time the officer simply replied.
33、I didnt _9_ it at the time，and was shooting myself in the foot.My insurance company paid me for the _10_ to my car.However，I totally missed the boat on the other drivers insurance company.The city speed limit is 50 kmph.I _11_ getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guys insurance c
34、ompany _12_ I had insisted I was doing 55 kmph.It suddenly _13_ to me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out.He hadnt minded about the 5 kmph；he had known _14_ about the insurance that I had not.I thought about what had _15_ over and over again.I might have carried on insisting th
35、at I told the _16_，but I could at least have said “Thank you”to him _17_ acting so rudely.After all，he had been trying to _18_ me out.Sometimes the _19_ thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen.Never forgetto hear，you have to be able to _20_.【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。通过讲述亲身
36、经历，作者想要告诉我们，倾听是最难的事情，但我们必须学会倾听，这样我们才能听到一些东西。1A.event Baccident Cincident Dencounter解析根据后文信息，尤其是“That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.”可知，作者遇到了一场事故，故选B。答案B2A.effort Battempt Cfault Dintention解析根据后文所述可知，这次事故的责任不在作者，不是作者的错。答案C3A.red Bgreen Cyellow Dobvious解析 结合前后文及常识推断，那位司机因打手机而闯了红灯，最终导致事故的发生。
37、答案A4A.joyous Bfrightened Cnervous Dworried解析根据“It was even scarier because my niece was asleep on the back seat”可知，尽管有惊无险，但作者的哥哥很不“高兴”。答案A5A.statements BdescriptionsCexplanations Dintroductions解析根据后文可知，警察来录口供。take a statement“正式记录(某人的)陈述”，故A项正确。答案A6A.distance Bspeed Crecord Dprice解析作者说自己的车速大致在55千米/时
38、。答案B7A.reminded Breplied Cresisted Drepeated解析作者再一次说自己的车速大概是55千米/时，警察却再一次强调他的车速是50千米/时左右，故此处为repeated。答案D8A.contented Bsurprised Cpuzzled Dannoyed解析根据后文“because I felt I wasnt being heard”以及倒数第二段中的“acting so rudely”可知，当时作者有点“气恼”。答案D9A.believe Brealize Cimagine Dnotice解析根据后文中“It suddenly _13_ to me.h
39、elp me out.”可知，作者当时没有意识到警察是在帮他。答案B10A.value Bdamage Crisk Dloss解析根据第一段“That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.”可知，作者的车在事故中受到了损坏，保险公司对此进行了赔偿。答案B11A.ended up Bgave upCtook up Dmade up解析该城市的限速标准为50千米/时，因为作者一直坚持自己的车速为55千米/时，所以他少获得50%的赔偿。end up“最终成为，最后处于”，符合语境。答案A12A.unless Bthough Cif Dbecause解析参
40、见上题解析。前后句子之间为因果关系。答案D13A.occurred Bappeared Cstruck Dhit解析作者忽然想到，当时那个交警一直想要帮他。“it occurs to sbthat从句”表示“被想到，出现在头脑中”。答案A14A.anything Bnothing Ceverything Dsomething解析根据前文信息及常识可知，这个交警知道一些作者不知道的有关保险的事情。答案D15A.remained Bhappened Cpassed Dended解析作者一遍又一遍回顾所发生的事情。答案B16A.reality Btruth Ccourse Dstory解析作者在想如
41、果回到那时，他很可能会继续坚持说出事实，但是他至少会向那位交警说声“谢谢”而不是如此粗鲁。答案B17A.instead of Bmore thanCregardless of Dother than解析参见上题解析。答案A18A.help Bcall Cpick Dtake解析根据前文“It suddenly _13_ to.help me out.”可知答案。答案A19A.best Beasiest Chardest Dworst解析根据作者的经历可知，作者认为，别人说话时自己闭上嘴倾听有时是最难的事情。答案C20A.think Bpause Cspeak Dlisten解析千万不要忘记，为
42、了听到一些话，你就必须要能够倾听。答案DCloze 4体裁：夹叙夹议话题：克服恐惧时间：16分钟In 57 years of life on this sick planet，I have never had a flu shot(注射)There are a number of _1_ explanations for this.For example，my _2_ indicated that if we come down with the flu we should work from home and not _3_ bringing the virus(病毒) to office.
43、Then those who really like working from home were walking around the streets，trying to get sick people to _4_ on them._5_ the potential for working at home，there is also the _6_ that your flu shot will have the side effect of “flulike symptoms”Isnt the whole _7_ of having a flu shot avoiding “flulik
44、e symptoms”？ So why take a shot that may give you the very thing youre trying to _8_？ I mean，would you take an aspirin if you get a headache? That just doesnt _9_ to me.But the main reason Ive never had a flu shot is that I just _10_ getting shots.More specifically，I hate needlesespecially the thoug
45、ht of them _11_ painfully through my skin.Im more _12_ of the shot than the flu.This years flu season looks _13_.People are dying of the flu，and public health officials are calling it a public health _14_.One doctor said，“We have a good，proven vaccine(疫苗)The vaccine doesnt guarantee you wont get the
46、 flu，_15_ it reduces the risk considerably.Theres just no reason for people not to get a shot.”Fear can do _16_ things to us.Ive seen big，brave men run _17_ at the sight of a spider no bigger than a quarter.Fear makes the strong _18_.“Fear，”according to a German proverb，“makes the wolf bigger than h
47、e is.”So I guess its time to _19_ that wolf back to its normal size.I have my annual doctors _20_ next week，so Ill ask for a flu shot.【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自己从害怕打针到决定注射流感疫苗的经历明白这样一个道理：恐惧可以让事情看起来比实际可怕，因此我们要克服内心的恐惧。1A.absurd Breasonable Cspecial Dobvious解析由语境可知，作者从未注射过流感疫苗，对此有很多合理的解释。下面列举了原因。reasonab
48、le“合理的”，符合语境。答案B2A.colleague Bsecretary Cwife Dboss解析老板表示如果员工患流感的话，那么应该在家里工作。由语境可知此处应是老板的指示。答案D3A.suggest Badmit Crisk Dconsider解析不能冒险把病毒带到办公室。risk doing sth意为“冒险做某事”。答案C4A.talk Bcall Cexperiment Dbreathe解析因此那些想在家工作的人便在街上到处走，想让有病的人对他们呼吸(他们想得病，以便于回家工作)。答案D5A.Apart from BFar fromCRather than DRegardle
49、ss of解析除了有可能在家工作外，还有一种可能性就是流感疫苗会产生“类流感症状”的副作用。apart from表示“除外”。答案A6A.necessity BpossibilityCarrangement Dassumption解析参见上题解析。possibility表示“可能性”，符合语境。答案B7A.advantage BshortcomingCpoint Dopinion解析难道注射流感疫苗的全部目的不是避免“类流感症状”吗？point“目的，意图”，符合语境。答案C8A.avoid Bachieve Cabandon Daccomplish解析为什么注射流感疫苗呢？它可能给你带来正想
50、要避免的东西。答案A9A.make way Bmake senseCwork out Dlive up解析本段讲述的作者不注射流感疫苗的另一个原因，此处表示作者认为这没有道理，make sense意为“有道理，解释得通”，符合语境。答案B10A.miss Bmind Chate Dappreciate解析由下一句中的“hate needles”可知，作者讨厌打针，因此选hate。答案C11A.pushing BpullingCwithdrawing Dcircling解析此处指针头推过皮肤。push“推”，符合语境。答案A12A.confident Bfond Caware Dafraid解析
51、作者对打针的恐惧胜过流感，因此选afraid。答案D13A.apparent Bpotential Cterrible Doptimistic解析由后面的“People are dying of the flu”可知，今年的流感季看起来很严重。terrible“厉害的，非常严重的”，符合语境。答案C14A.welfare Bemergency Csituation Dwarning解析由上文可知，一些人因为流感而死，所以公共卫生官员称之为“公共健康的危急时刻”，因此选emergency。答案B15A.but Bif Cthough Donce解析空处前后两句话是转折关系，因此用并列连词but。
52、答案A16A.strange Bbeneficial Cgreat Dharmful解析恐惧让人做一些奇怪的事情。由下文举的例子可知，strange“奇怪的”符合语境。答案A17A.laughing BsighingCscreaming Dwhispering解析有些大块头、有胆量的人看到不是很大的蜘蛛都会尖叫着跑开。他们害怕蜘蛛，因此此处应是“尖叫”。答案C18A.powerful BgentleCweak Dsuitable解析恐惧让强者变得脆弱。因此选weak。答案C19A.shrink BstrengthenCdecorate Dexpand解析上段的最后作者提到的一句德国谚语：恐惧让狼变大。针对这句谚语，作者认为，现在是时候让狼缩小到本来的大小。动词shrink意为“使缩小”，符合语境。答案A20A.accommodation BcelebrationCcommitment Dappointment解析此处指作者最终克服了内心的恐惧，决定下周见医生时注射流感疫苗，故填appointment，意为“(和医生的)约定”。答案D