1、单元素能自测.完形填空There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause.Usually，the 1 the idea is，the more it gets noticed.And thats precisely why one 2 Frenchman has caught our attention.Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe，surviving 3 on discarded(丢弃的)food.The threemonth,1,900mile journey from Pari
2、s to Warsaw is Dubanchets 4 of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.As you can 5，the trip is no piece of cake.While restaurants 6 tons of food each year，much of it remains inaccessible because of 7 garbage containers，health regulations，or business policies.Only about on
3、e in ten places 8 him food that would otherwise be discarded.For legal 9，most restaurants have a policy against 10 food waste.“Some people have even 11 their jobs by giving me food，” Dubanchet said.Whats 12 interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchets cause.Berlin has been the 1
4、3 while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen.There，he had to 14 at some 50 different stores or restaurants before finding food.The 15 is all the more serious when you consider the 16 exercise required to bike from France to Poland.“I have to get food 17 because after all the biking I am t
5、ired and I need the 18，”Dubanchet explained.“Is my 19 full or empty？That is the most important thing，not what I am eating.”He aims to 20 his journey by midJuly.With any luck，hell turn a few more heads in the process.本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了为提高人们节约食物的意识，法国人Dubanchet 骑行穿越欧洲，途中靠人们丢弃的食物为生，并介绍了不同城市对食物垃圾的不同态度。1A.cl
6、evererBolderCstrangerDsimpler答案：C解析：下文语境题。引起人们对一项事业的关注有很多种方式。通常来说，想法越奇怪(stranger)，得到的关注也越多。根据下文所述，骑行过程中以垃圾为食是一种奇怪行为。clever聪明的；old年纪大的；simple简单的。2A.garbageeating BsportslovingCfoodwasting Dlawbreaking答案：A解析：下文语境题。根据第二段的surviving.on discarded(丢弃的)food可知，这个法国人靠丢弃的食物为食。这就是一个吃垃圾的(garbageeating)法国人引起我们注意的
7、原因。sportsloving 热爱运动的；foodwasting 浪费食物的；lawbreaking 违法的。3A.secretly Bfinally Centirely Dprobably答案：C解析：上下文语境题。根据上下文可知，Baptiste Dubanchet 骑行穿越欧洲，途中完全(entirely)靠吃人们丢弃的食物为生。secretly 秘密地；finally 最后；probably 很可能。4A.purpose Bway Copinion Ddream答案：B解析：上文语境题。由第一段第一句“There are lots of ways to raise awareness
8、 for a cause.(引起人们对一项事业的关注有很多种方式)”可知，从巴黎到华沙，历时三个月，骑行1 900英里，这就是Dubanchet引起欧洲和世界对食物浪费这一现象的关注的方式(way)。purpose 目的；opinion观点；dream 梦想。5A.observe Bimagine Csuggest Dremember答案：B解析：上下文语境题。正如你能想象(imagine)的，这趟骑行之旅并不容易。observe观察；suggest建议；remember记起。6A.store Bcook Cshop for Dthrow away答案：D解析：上下文语境题。根据上下文可知，饭
9、店每年都要丢掉(throw away)大量的食物。store 存储；cook 做饭；shop for 购买。7A.locked Bdamaged Cconnected Dabandoned答案：A解析：上下文语境题。虽然饭店每年都会丢掉大量的食物，但由于垃圾箱被锁(locked)、健康法规或商业政策的限制，大部分被丢弃的食物是不容易获得的。 damage损坏；connect连接；abandon抛弃。8A.bought Boffered Cordered Dsold答案：B解析：上下文语境题。只有大约十分之一的地方为他提供了(offered)会丢弃的食物。buy买； order预订；sell 卖
10、。9A.reasons Brights Cfees Daids答案：A解析：下文语境题。根据下文可知，送给别人被丢弃的食物是法律不允许的，因此此处指“出于法律原因(reasons)”。right权利；fee费用；aid 援助。10A.begging for Bgiving away Chiding Dcausing答案：B解析：上下文语境题。大多数饭店都有政策禁止送给(give away)别人被丢弃的食物。beg for乞求；hide 隐藏； cause 导致，造成。11A.did Bkept Caccepted Drisked答案：D解析：上下文语境题。有些人因为给“我”食物而冒着丢掉工作的
11、风险(risk)。do做；keep 保持；accept接受。12A.hardly Busually Cparticularly Dmerely答案：C解析：上下文语境题。特别(particularly)有趣的是，各个城市对Dubanchet事业的态度。hardly几乎不；usually通常；merely仅仅。13A.easiest Bnearest Cbiggest Drichest答案：A解析：下文语境题。根据后面的while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen可知，前面应该是与最困难的对比，因此柏林是最容易(easiest)得到食
12、物的城市。near距离近的；big大的；rich富裕的。14A.work Bshout Cask Djump答案：C解析：上下文语境题。在最难获得食物的镇上，他要询问(ask)大约50家不同的商店或餐馆，才能找到食物。 work工作；shout 大喊；jump 跳跃。15A.competition Bconversation Cconflict Dchallenge答案：D解析：上下文语境题。大约50家商店或餐馆一家家询问有没有食物，对骑行者来说是一个挑战(challenge)。competition竞争；conversation对话；conflict矛盾。16A.adequate Brewa
13、rding Cdemanding Dsuitable答案：C解析：下文语境题。从法国到波兰，对人来讲应该是费力的(demanding)锻炼。adequate 充足的；rewarding有益的，值得做的；suitable 合适的。17A.again Balone Clater Dfast答案：D解析：上下文语境题。“我”不得不很快(fast)获得食物，因为骑行之后，“我”很累，需要能量。again再一次，又一次；alone 单独；later后来。18A.spirit Benergy Ctime Deffort答案：B解析：上文语境题。骑行之后很累，需要补充能量(energy)。spirit精神；
14、time时间；effort 努力。19A.stomach Bhand Cpocket Dbasket答案：A解析：上下文语境题。“我的肚子(stomach)是不是饱了？”这是最重要的，而不是“我”在吃什么。hand手；pocket口袋；basket篮子。20A.arrange Brestart Creport Dfinish答案：D解析：上下文语境题。他打算在7月中旬完成(finish)他的旅行。arrange安排；restart 重新开始；report 报道。.阅读理解Unlike most of the other special holidays, the history of Apri
15、l Fools Day, sometimes called All Fools Day, is not totally clear.There really wasnt a “first April Fools Day” that could be pinpointed on the calendar.Some believe it sort of celebrations involving the first day of spring.The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tra
16、dition was in 1582, in France.It had been lasting until that year that the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25.The celebration ended on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles ，the Gregorian Calendar was introduced，and New Years Day was moved to January 1.Howe
17、ver，communications being what they were in the days when news traveled by foot, many people did not receive the news for several years.Others，the more stubborn crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1.These backward folk were labeled as “fools” by
18、the ordinary people.They were subject to some ridicule，and were often made fun of.This harassment (困扰) developed over time into a tradition of jokeplaying on the first day of April.The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century.It was later introduced to the Americ
19、an colonies of both the English and French.April Fools Day thus developed into an international fun feast，so to speak，with different nationalities specializing in their own brand of humor at the expense of their friends and families.In Scotland，for instance，April Fools Day is actually celebrated for
20、 two days.The second day is devoted to tricks involving the back part of the body.The origin of the “kick me” sign can be traced to this custom.Mexicos April Fools Day is actually observed on December 28.It eventually evolved into a lighter memorial involving jokes and trickery.Pranksplayful but foo
21、lish tricks, performed on April Fools Day range from the simple, (such as saying，Your shoes untied！)，to the elaborate.Setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common trick.Whatever the prank，the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, “April Fool！”April Fools Day is a “forfunonl
22、y” observance.Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their family members out to eat in a fancy restaurant.Nobody gets off work or school.Its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever careful, for he may be the next April Fool!本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了愚人节的来历及各地的一些相关风俗。1Fro
23、m the passage, we can learn that _.Athe exact time when “April Fools Day” got its name was in 1582BApril Fools Day was the first day of spring in the pastCCharles reformed and introduced the Gregorian CalendarDbefore 1582, the new year was celebrated for eight days in France答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句“T
24、he closest point in time.was in 1582, in France. It had been lasting until that year that the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25.”可知，在1582年之前，法国人从3月25日起开始庆祝新年，这种庆祝一直持续8天。D项正确。故选D。2Why did some people refuse to accept the new calendar?ABecause they didnt receive the news in
25、 time.BBecause they were labeled as “fools” by others.CBecause they didnt want to change their living custom.DBecause they lacked communications with others.答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“Others, the more stubborn crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1.”可
26、知，有些固执的人不愿接受新历法，他们依旧在4月1日那天庆祝新年。由此结合选项意思可知，C项与之最接近。故选C。3The last four paragraphs are developed mainly by _.Agiving examplesBgiving instructionsCfollowing the time orderDpresenting research findings答案：A解析：写作手法题。最后四段列举了苏格兰和墨西哥的愚人节风俗和愚人节那天的活动，由此可知，文章最后四段是通过举例子的手法展开的。故选A。4The underlined word “elaborate”
27、 in Paragraph 7 can best be replaced by “_”Apatiently prepared Bcarefully organizedCslowly prepared Dquietly organized答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句子中的“range from the simple.to.”可推知，“elaborate”应是“simple”的反义词。故选B，意为“精心策划的”。.读后续写It was somewhere between spring and summer, and my mom and I were driving through
28、the countryside.Back then, I was 13 years old, and always felt unhappy with mom.But little did I know that this trip was going to be a special one.A pot of flowers sat in the back seat, whose heavenly scent filled the car.Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, my mom pulled over.“What are you doing？” I
29、 cried, fearing that the car had broken down and wed be stuck there, so far from home.But that wasnt the case.My mom hopped out of the car, grabbing the flowers from the back seat.“Itll just be a minute，” she called back through the open windows.My eyes impatiently skimmed the edge of the road befor
30、e settling on a little sign showing that it was a nursing home.I looked back to the building, somewhat annoyed, as my mom reappeared, emptyhanded.Before she started the car, curiosity drove me to ask, “Do you know someone there？” She shook her head.“Then what did you do with the flowers？” She smiled
31、 slightly, “I gave them to the receptionist.” “What？” She laughed at my confusion.“I told the receptionist to give the flowers to whoever needed them, especially who hasnt gotten any in a while.”I kept silent for a moment.Not long after we continued our driving, I spoke again, “Did you leave your na
32、me？” To this she answered instantly，“No.Leaving flowers there for someone who will appreciate them makes me feel good，which is enough of a thankyou for me.”Suddenly, still thinking about Moms deeds, I heard something burst loudly.It was our car that broke down! Nothing could be worse, because neithe
33、r my mom nor I understood how to repair it, and we didnt know where the garage was.It also seemed impossible to wait for any passerby, since we had seen so few along the way.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。Paragraph 1：We were worrying about what could be done. But_after_waiting_in_vain_for
34、_a_considerable_time,_mom_and_I_decided_to_walk_back_the_road_to_the_nursing_home_and_seek_help.God_knows_how_far_we_had_driven!_When_we_arrived,_the_receptionist_was_surprised,_but_warmly_helped_us_contact_the_garage.There,_the_old_men_who_had_received_the_flowers_were_excited_to_meet_us,_talking_a
35、bout_how_great_that_day_was.It_amazed_me_what_random_actions_of_kindness_could_mean_to_the_people_who_received_it.While_we_were_laughing_and_talking_merrily,_the_garage_got_our_car_repaired.Paragraph 2：As we drove along，a flower shop came into sight on the road. I_paced_quickly_into_the_flower_shop,
36、_where_a_bunch_of_flowers_glowing_red_in_full_bloom_caught_my_eye.Having_witnessed_the_effect_of_kindness,_I_decided_to_send_mom_the_sweet_flowers.Soon,_the_heavenly_scent_filled_the_car_again.Mom_tried_to_conceal_her_excitement,_but_the_glittering_tears_failed_her.Through_this_trip,_I_discovered_that,_despite_my_occasional_anger_towards_her,_I_actually_felt_proud_of_her.This_was_the_trip_of_my_life.
