1、第8练完形填空阅读理解.完形填空I believe different people have experienced different adolescence.I must admit I was still an angry _1_ in my first years of college.My _2_ was that my parents didnt please me at all.Our finances were _3_， so I chose to go to a _4_ college and take a bus to classes every day.One day
2、I had a _5_ fight with my father.We both exploded in shouts.I _6_ out of the house and missed my bus to school.I rushed all the way to school.As I _7_ across the campus toward my class, I suddenly realized I didnt have the _8_ that was due：a thought card.My professor asked us to _9_ an index card wi
3、th our names and the date every Tuesday._10_ what was on the rest of the card, we could write a thought, a question or something else.Now, outside the door, ten minutes later, I took an index card._11_ to write something on it, I could only think about the _12_ Id just had with my dad.I wrote “I am
4、the son of an idiot！”， then _13_into the room, and handed it to our professor.Next day, our professor _14_ the thought cards and I _15_ he wrote, “What does the son of an idiot do with the rest of his life？” The Professors innocentseeming question _16_ me to the issue：Whose problem is it？_17_， my th
5、inking began to shift.I realized that I had created a life _18_ I was not a central figure!The _19_ of growth wasnt easy or fast._20_ later, from a struggling student, I became a successful student and then a successful teacher.1A.child Badult Cadolescent Dstudent答案Cks5u由本段中心句“I believe different pe
6、ople have experienced different adolescence.”可知，我上大学一年级时仍然是一个爱生气的青少年。故答案选C。2A.temper Banger Cmood Dpain答案Bks5u承接上文，由上一句中的angry可知答案为anger。3A.limited Bspecial Cpractical Dfantastic答案Aks5u由后半句中“take a bus to classes every day”这一信息可知，作者经济能力有限。因此答案为A。4A.ordinary Bprivate Clocal Dstate答案Cks5u作者每天都坐公交车去上学，
7、这说明学校离家不远。由此可推断这是一所当地的学校。5A.serious BcontroversialCunfriendly Danxious答案Aks5u作者与父亲均大发脾气(explode in shouts)，所以这场争执是很严重的。controversial有争议的；unfriendly不友好的；anxious焦虑的。6A.stormed Bwandered Cslipped Dstepped答案Aks5uwander漫步，闲荡；slip遛进；step迈步，踏步；storm怒气冲冲地朝某方向行走。由语境显然可知答案为A。7A.leaped Bwalked Cran Dheaded答案Ck
8、s5u由上一句的谓语动词rush可知此处用ran更能表达出“我”迟到之后的焦急心情。8A.duty BassignmentCcommitment Dmaterial答案Bks5u根据上文所述，可知作者因为和父亲发生冲突而忘记完成老师布置的任务(assignment)。9A.take up Bput down Chand out Dbring in答案Dks5utake up从事；put down放下；hand out分发；bring in带来，赚入。由语境可知老师让学生交上自己制作的卡片。10A.Due to BRegardless ofCAs for DIn terms of答案Cks5u至
9、于卡片上写什么，我们可以写某个想法，一个问题或其它内容。due to由于；regardless of不顾；as for至于；in terms of就而言。11A.Concerned BDesperateCDepressed DActive答案Bks5u由语境可知，迟到十分钟的“我”站在教室外面，极需要填写卡片上的内容。concerned挂念的；desperate极需要(做某事)，不顾一切的；depressed沮丧的；active积极的。根据句意可知B项最符合语境。12A.argument BconversationCdispute Dfight答案Dks5u前面第9空之后已有暗示。13A.po
10、ured Bentered Cdashed Dapproached答案Cks5u联系前文所述，可知“我”猛地冲进教室。pour涌入；enter进入；dash猛冲；approach走近。14A.gave back Bchecked outCput away Dpassed on答案Aks5u第二天，教授将学生的卡片分发下去。give back归还；check out办理退房手续；put away收好；pass on传递。15A.explored Brecognized Cdiscovered Dignored答案Cks5u“我”发现了(discover)教授在我交上去的卡片上写的批语。16A.a
11、woke Bforced Cscared Dadjusted答案Aks5u教授这一似乎天真的问题引发了作者的深思。awake使意识到；force迫使；scare吓唬；adjust调整。由句意可知正确答案为A。17A.Slowly BRapidly CGenerally DSwiftly答案Aks5u“这到底是谁的问题？”经过一番思考，“我”渐渐明白了自己的鲁莽。18A.what Bin which Cwhich Dthat答案Bks5u根据从句的结构可以判断此处应填作状语的关系副词或“介词关系代词”。由此可知答案为B。19A.process Bprogress Cperiod Dchallen
12、ge答案Aks5u综合全文意思可知，一个人的成长过程(process)并非是一帆风顺的。progress进步；period时期；challenge挑战。20A.Weeks BTerms CMonths DYears答案Dks5u依据常识可知，应当是在数年之后，作者从一个叛逆的学生成长为一位成功的教师。因此答案为D。.阅读理解ANEW YORK(AP)The investigation into the disappearance of 6yearold Etan Patz has gone through decades and countries，from basements to roof
13、tops and seemingly everywhere in between.No one has ever been charged criminallyand the little boy with sandy brown hair and a toothy grin was declared dead in 2001.This week，the sixyearold boy who went missing from the Soho area of New York City in 1979 is back in the news.Police and the FBI are in
14、vestigating a possible lead into the 33yearold case of Etan Patz，the first missing child to appear on the side of a milk box.The child disappeared on the way to school on the morning of May 25，1979.It was the first time he was allowed to walk the two blocks to the bus stop alone.A tip seemed to have
15、 led officials to the basement of a building on the corner of Prince and Wooster streets，about a block and a half from where Etan had lived with his family.The name Etan Patz has become a hot topic on Twitter as people weigh_in_on_the_caseShirley Brady noted：“As mom of a 6yearold in Soho，its still h
16、eld out by locals as a cautionary tale (警示故事)” Another wrote，“Boy who disappeared on his way to school in 1979 has been REOPENED！Crazy.” One wondered，“Why is FBI and NYPD searching for a kid that disappeared in 1979？”Good question.This is a case that Stuart Gra Bois，as an assistant US.lawyer under R
17、udolph Giuliani，followed for years.It became the most famous missingperson case in New York City，turned a nationwide spotlight on missing children，and created headlines around the globe.No one was ever stated guilty of the crime.The case led to the creation of National Missing Childrens Day，marked o
18、n May 25，the day the blondhaired，blueeyed child went missing.The case has even pointed to a suspect，charged with child molester(猥亵者)Julio Antonio Ramos，who is currently in prison.Patzs babysitter had been dating the man，and Ramos did know the kid，but has denied taking him away.New evidence in the ca
19、se suggests another suspect who lived in the apartment at the time：a local handyman named Othniel Miller，who gave Etan $1 for helping him the night before the disappearance.The mans name had come up in an earlier investigation，but he was a friend of the Patz family，and the NYPD did not follow the le
20、ad.Investigators plan to be at the site，127 B Prince Street，which is now a Lucky Brand jeans store，for the next two to three days to search for human remains.The Associated press reports that the excavation(挖掘) has been the result of a recently ordered review of the case by Manhattans police.21We ca
21、n learn from the first three paragraphs that _Athe 6yearold missing boy was found by the side of a milk boxBpolice and the FBI have not been following the case of Etan Patz for 33 yearsCthe investigation into the disappearance of a boy has worked fruitlessly for decadesDEtan Patz went missing from t
22、he Soho area of New York City in 1979 and died in 2001答案Cks5u推理判断题。根据第三段可知男孩失踪于1979年，又根据第二段“No one has ever been charged criminallyand the little boy with sandy brown hair and a toothy grin was declared dead in 2001.”可知这个调查多年都没有结果。故C项正确。22What does the underlined phrase “weigh in on the case” mean?A
23、Ignore the case.BFeel stressed on the case.CReopen the case.DBegin to discuss the case.答案Dks5u词义猜测题。根据前文“The name Etan Patz has become a hot topic on Twitter”及下文“Shirley Brady noted.，Another wrote.，One wondered.”说明人们开始在Twitter里讨论这个话题，故D项正确。23What was a possible cause of reopening the case of Etan Pa
24、tz?ALocal lawyers strongly demanded the reopening of the case.BThe Associated Press reported the result of the review of the case.CNew evidence appeared which led officials to the basement of a building.DLocal people realized the importance of the case without criminal being charged.答案Cks5u细节理解题。根据第
25、十段“New evidence in the case suggests another suspect who.”说明有了新的证据，故C项正确。24Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?AThe National Missing Childrens Day was created on May 25，1979.BThe search for human remains will be carried out at 127 B Prince Street.CThe NYPD didnt follow th
26、e lead of Julio Antonio for he had been dating Patzs babysitter.DOthniel Miller，a local handyman assisted Etan and gave him $1 before the disappearance.答案Bks5u根据最后一段第一句话可知B项正确。BGone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell，first published in 1936.It was popular with American readers fro
27、m the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937 on the row.As of 2014，a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers，just behind the Bible.More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide.The sales of Margaret Mitchel
28、ls novel in the summer of 1936，at the virtually unprecedented price of three dollars，reached about one million by the end of December.Because it was released in the era of the Great Depression and Mitchell worried the high $3.00 price would ruin its chance for success.Actually the book was a bestsel
29、ler by the time reviews began to appear in national magazines.Herschel Brickell，a critic for the New York Evening Post，praised Mitchell for the way she tosses out the window all the thousands of technical tricks our novelists have been playing with for the past twenty years.One criticism by literary
30、 scholar Patricia Yaeger，leveled at Gone with the Wind，is for its portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South.Former_field_hands during the early days of Reconstruction are described behaving “as creatures of small intelligence might naturally be expected to do.”Like monkeys or small ch
31、ildren turned loose among treasured objects whose value is beyond their comprehension，they ran wildeither from wrong pleasure in destruction or simply because of their ignorance.In Gone with the Wind Mitchell is blind to racial oppression and“the inseparability of race and gender”that defines the so
32、uthern belle character of Scarlett，according to Patricia Yaeger.Yet there are complexities in the way that Mitchell dealt with racial issues.Scarlett was asked by a Yankee woman for advice on who to appoint as a nurse for her children; Scarlett suggested a“darky”，much to the disgust of the Yankee wo
33、man who was seeking an Irish maid，a“Bridget”African Americans and Irish Americans are treated “in precisely the same way” in Gone with the Wind，writes David OConnell in his 1996 book，The Irish Roots of Margaret Mitchells Gone with the Wind.Ethnic slurs (种族蔑称) on the Irish and Irish stereotypes sprea
34、d in every part of the novel，OConnell claims，and Scarlett is not an exception to the insults.And apparently in the novel，the Irish American OHaras were slaveholders whereas African Americans were held as slaves.Speaking on the subject of whether Gone with the Wind should be taught in schools，James L
35、oewen，author of Lies My Teacher Told Me：Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong，says the novel should be taught in schools.Students should be told that Gone with the Wind presents the wrong view of slavery，Loewen states.Besides，the main complaint was that the racial slur“nigger”appears r
36、epeatedly in the novel.In the same complaint were several other books：The Nigger of the Narcissus，Uncle Toms Cabin，and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Another criticism of the novel is that it promotes plantation values.Mitchell biographer Marianne Walker，author of Margaret Mitchell & John Marsh：
37、The Love Story Behind Gone with the Wind，is of the opinion that those who believe Gone with the Wind promotes plantation values have not read the book.Walker states it is the popular 1939 film that“promotes a false notion of the Old South”She goes on to add that Mitchell had no involvement in the pr
38、oduction of the film.Perhaps the most enduring legacy(遗产) of Gone with the Wind is that people worldwide would incorrectly think it was the true story of the Old South and how it was changed by the American Civil War and Reconstruction.The film version of the novel “amplified this effect”Scholars of
39、 the period have written in recent years about the negative effects the novel has had on race relations.【语篇解读】本文介绍了玛格丽特米切尔创作的小说飘的相关信息以及赫歇尔布里克尔、帕特丽夏雅格、大卫奥康奈尔和玛丽安沃克对该书的评价。25When Gone with the Wind was published，_Ait became the top bestseller all of the timeBreading was more popular than anything else
40、thenCthe price of the book was too high for people thenDAmerican people were suffering financial problems答案Dks5u细节理解题。根据文章可知，飘在大萧条时期出版的，当时美国人民正在遭受金融问题之苦。故选项D正确。26In Paragraph 3，the underlined part“Former_field_hands”refers to_Apeasants in the early timeBAfricanAmerican peopleCcreatures of small inte
41、lligenceDpeople in Reconstruction答案Bks5u推理判断题。画线部分指的是上文的African Americans in the 19th century South，即十九世纪南方的非洲裔美国人。故选项B正确。在文中Former field hands意为“原先的农奴，即在美国南方种植园里劳动的黑奴”。27David OConnells view is different from Patricia Yaegers in _AMitchells Ethnic slurs in the novelBMitchells description of slave l
42、aborersCMitchells attitude towards the Irish peopleDMitchells ways of dealing with racial problems答案Dks5u细节理解题。帕特丽夏雅格认为，在飘中，米切尔对种族压迫视而不见。但是大卫奥康奈尔却认为米切尔在处理种族问题的方式上存在着复杂性，非洲裔美国人和爱尔兰裔美国人在飘中的待遇是一模一样的。由此可知，在米切尔处理种族问题的方式上大卫奥康奈尔与帕特丽夏雅格的观点是不同的。故选项D符合题意。28According to Paragraph 5，which of the following state
43、ments is True?AJames Loewen sings high praise for American history textbooks.BUncle Toms Cabin also shows some racial discrimination.CThe repeated appearance of the racial slur“nigger”is only a trick.DGone with the Wind should be taught because it shows slavery is wrong.答案Bks5u细节理解题。汤姆叔叔的小屋中使用了“黑鬼”这
44、个带有种族侮辱的词语，这说明其中带有种族歧视。故选项B正确。29What can we infer as to the film Gone with the Wind?AIt has nothing to do with the novel.BIt promotes a false concept of plantation.CIt reflects the true story of the Old South.DIt is not so faithful to the novel.答案Dks5u推理判断题。人们批评飘宣传了种植园价值观，但是米切尔的传记作者玛丽安沃克认为1939年的电影宣传了旧南方的种植园价值观的错误观念。这说明电影乱世佳人没有忠实于原著小说飘。故选项D符合题意。30Among the four persons，who doesnt give positive comments on Gone with the Wind?AHerschel Brickell. BDavid OConnell.CPatricia Yaeger. DMarianne Walker.答案Cks5u细节理解题。帕特丽夏雅格对飘持批评的态度，没有对飘做出积极的评价。故选项C符合题意。版权所有：高考资源网()