1、阅读七选五模拟检测(四)记叙文/议论文题组(共5篇，限时50分钟)A(2017浙江慈溪中学月考)High school can be a really hard time for anyone, but I especially struggled during my junior year.While taking classes at my high school, I also took 10 credits at the college in my town and worked parttime, too. _1_ However, any time I started to fee
2、l like I couldnt do it all, I would turn to one of the best teachers Ive ever known.Mr.Boggs was my chemistry teacher at high school, but he was so much more than that to me._2_ He made us feel like we could get through everything we were struggling with, and he made sure we knew we could go to him
3、for help.Before every test, Mr.Boggs would help us with our studies after school, sometimes until 8：00 pm., even though he lived far away from school._3_ He made sure that his students were more important than others.He helped us to succeed and to believe we could succeed.Im not sure I would be in s
4、chool right now, studying to be a teacher myself, if not for Mr.Boggs._4_ He was more than willing to talk with each and every one of us to help us figure this out.I realized that I wanted to influence lives like Mr.Boggs had influenced mine._5_ This is the most rewarding part of being a teacher.AIt
5、 was really a lot to handle.BSometimes we were having trouble at home.CHis classroom would be full of students needing help.DI like working with Elementary and Special Education students.EHe made an effort to get to know all of his students on a personal level.FHe encouraged me and others to figure
6、out what it was we wanted to do.GIm going to be a teacher, and I will try my best to influence lives like he did.1选A根据上一句内容可知，作者既要完成高中课程，还要获得大学学分，并且兼职工作，由此不难看出，作者要“处理的事情实在太多了”。2选E本段的主题句是第一句，语意重心是“he was so much more than that to me”。下文举例支持该主题句，故E项“他努力了解每一个学生”符合此处语境，表明Boggs老师不仅仅是一名教化学的老师。3选C根据上一句中的“M
7、r.Boggs would help us with our studies after school”可知，Boggs老师放学后还辅导学生功课，“他的教室里挤满了需要帮助的学生”。4选FF项中的“figure out”与下一句中的“figure this out”相呼应。另外，本段谈论作者立志成为一名教师，故F项中的“what it was we wanted to do”符合此处语境。5选G上句中的“influence lives”提示了本题答案，而且G项中的“Im going to be a teacher”也与本段中的“studying to be a teacher myself”相
8、呼应。另外，下句中的This指的就是“对别人的人生产生影响”，这就是作为老师最大的奖赏。BA generous stranger bought a plane ticket for a homeless mother to watch her three daughters compete at the AAU Junior Olympic Games._ _1_Sisters Tai Sheppard, 11, Rainn Sheppard, 10, and Brooke Sheppard, 8 who began training in track and field in January
9、 of 2015 all made it into the Junior Olympics to compete in various races.Brooke also competed in the high jump, an event which involves equipment that her training team doesnt even have._2_The girls, who live in a homeless shelter with their mother, Tonia Handy, 46, were able to attend the games th
10、anks to support from the girls training team and a successful GoFundMe campaign.Handy, however, could not afford a plane ticket of her own to watch them compete in person.That was until Ken Smaltz Jr., a complete stranger, read about the family._3_“It just feels nice to help someone，” Smaltz said, w
11、ho also didnt intend for the gesture to be made public.On August 1, Handy surprised Rainn by showing up to the track right before she was about to run the 3,000m race.Rainn was extremely excited.The mother and daughter hugged six times before they took each others hands and walked to the track toget
12、her._4_Although the familys athletic accomplishments are grand, their needs are simple.“Do you have money to eat？” Rainn whispered into her moms ear after her race._5_ “For me to be out here is an impressive achievement on its own.”AHe gave all three girls business cards after the meet.BHe reached o
13、ut to Handy and offered to buy her a ticket.C“She knew I didnt have money，” Handy later explained.DThey belong to Jeuness Track Club in Brooklyn, New York.EIt is an annual event where kids in the US.compete in sports.FThat meant all of her jumps were practiced during competitions.GShortly after thei
14、r sweet reunion, Rainn won the gold medal in the race.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。一位陌生人为一位居无定所的母亲买了机票，使她能够观看女儿们的田径比赛。1选E结合本空前的“AAU Junior Olympic Games”及常识我们可以推测，这应该是“美国青少年参加的运动会”。2选F根据本空上一句内容可知，布鲁克所在的训练队并没有供她练习的跳高设备，“这意味着她所有的跳高练习都是在比赛中完成的”。3选B根据上下文内容可知，一位陌生人为汉迪买了机票，使她能够观看女儿们的田径比赛；再根据下段中的“help someone”可知，是斯莫尔茨“向汉
15、迪伸出援助之手，为她买了机票”。4选G根据上文内容可知，瑞恩和母亲“甜蜜相聚”；根据下段中的“the familys athletic accomplishments are grand”可知，瑞恩姐妹们都取得了不错的成绩，“瑞恩赢得跑步比赛的金牌”就是证明。5选C瑞恩问妈妈有没有钱吃饭是因为“她知道妈妈没有钱”。CI was attending a party one night.During the dinner, the man sitting next to me told a humorous story and he spoke of a quotation.The storyte
16、ller mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible.He was wrong.I knew that.I knew it for sure._1_ And so, to get a feeling of importance and display my superiority, I tried to correct him.He stuck to his guns.What? From Shakespeare? Impossible! Absurd! It was from the Bible.And he knew it.The sto
17、ryteller was sitting on my right; and Frank Gammond, an old friend of mine, was seated on my left.Mr.Gammond had devoted years to the study of Shakespeare, so we asked him.He listened, kicked me under the table, and then said: “Dale, you are wrong.The gentleman is right._2_”On our way home that nigh
18、t, I said to Mr.Gammond: “Frank, you knew that quotation was from Shakespeare.”“Yes, of course，” he replied, “Hamlet, Act Five, Scene Two._3_ Why prove to a man that he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save his face? Why argue with him？”_4_ I not only had made the storyt
19、eller uncomfortable, but had put my friend in an embarrassing situation.How much better it would have been had I not started the argument.Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each side more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right._5_ You cant because if you lose it, you lose i
20、t; and if you win it, you lose it.AYou cant win the argument.BThat quotation was from the Bible.CBut we were guests at a festive occasion.DThere couldnt be the slightest doubt about it.ENobody could decide who was right in the end.FBut it was impossible for me to change his mind.GThe man who said th
21、at taught me a lesson Ill never forget.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过自己的一次亲身经历告诉我们一条有关人际交往的忠告不要不分场合和他人争论。1选D根据本空上一句“I knew it for sure.”可知，作者对自己的观点“坚信不疑”。2选B根据本空前的“Dale, you are wrong.The gentleman is right.”可知，Gammond先生同意那位讲故事者的说法，也就是说他认为“这句引语来自圣经”。3选C根据上下文语境可知，Gammond先生明知作者的说法是对的，但他认为“在宴会场合”不应该指出他人的错误。4选G本文最后
22、两段内容是作者从这次经历中获得的“终生难忘的教训”。5选A根据本空下一句可知，无论争论的结果是输还是赢，你都输了，因此说“你赢不了争论”。DWhen you are hungry, what will you respond? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? _1_ But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your need
23、s and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next？”， or “Why cant I think？”_2_ Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right
24、 from childhood. Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading.When you read a book, of course you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. _3_ Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many t
25、imes, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!This is nothing but creativity. _4_ Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.So, fri
26、ends, do give food to your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. _5_ Go and get a book!AThe interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.BWhy not do some reading while you are hungry?CJust like your stomach, your mind is also hungry.DNow what are you waiting for?EHunger of
27、the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.FReading can help you make more friends, too.GAlso this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。身体饥饿时，一顿美餐就能解决问题；心灵饥饿时，阅读才是最好的精神食粮。因此，一起来阅读吧让大脑遨游在知识的海洋里，汲取丰富的营养。1选C当你饥饿时，你会有什么反应？美美地吃一顿然后静静地待着？根据下文“But it never lets you kn
28、ow, because you keep it busy thinking about .”可知，此处“it”指大脑，即因为大脑忙于思考，所以不会让你感到饥饿。 C项意为“和你的胃一样，大脑也会饥饿”与上文语义衔接连贯，符合语境。故C项正确。2选E通读本段可知，本段主要讲述了阅读的好处；由此可推知，E项“心灵的饥饿可以通过广泛的阅读来解决”与下文联系密切，符合语境。故E项正确。3选A根据下文可知，你可以不知不觉地利用这颗种子来萌生新的想法；由此可推知，当你阅读时，书本中有趣的内容会像种子一样储存到你的脑海中。且A项中的“a seed”和下文中的“this seed”相互照应，衔接自然。故A项正
29、确。4选G联系上文可知，这颗种子被多次使用的话会对你有很多帮助，因为它能够提升你的创造力。那么空格处应和前文构成并列关系，即这颗种子的使用也有助于扩充词汇量。同时，G项中的“vocabulary”与下文中的“words”相互照应。故G项正确。5选D联系语境可知，通过阅读给大脑补充营养，因此赶快去看书吧。D项“你在等待什么”，符合语境。故D项正确。EAlone But Not LonelyIn todays fastpaced society, weve become uncomfortable with silence. We try to find different types of ac
30、tivities that can help us escape feelings of laziness or boredom. _1_ Solitude (独处) does not have to be uncomfortable or lonely. In fact, solitude and loneliness are very different things.The death of a loved one or the inability to find people who understand you can leave you feeling lonely. Even i
31、f you are surrounded by other people, its natural to experience an emptiness while longing for love or acceptance. _2_Geoffrey F. Fisher once said, “In cities, no one is quiet but many are lonely. _3_”We often fill loneliness with all types of unsatisfying activities. Young people would rather spend
32、 a Friday night out with strangers, than spend the night alone. Theyre looking for a way to kill time while they await true friendship. Then there are young adults in gangs where they dont really like their companions. _4_ Why does being alone scare us?Do not be afraid of silence. _5_ It teaches you
33、 how to truly listen. It teaches you to pay attention to whats going on inside of you. Only when we are alone can we have the space and peace we need to think without being outwardly influenced. It therefore becomes easier to make important decisions as well as to reflect on how we are feeling.ALone
34、liness is therefore a feeling that can be experienced whether or not one is physically alone.BThey would rather feel accepted on a shallow level than risk feeling alone.CThe problem of loneliness can be easily solved in a modern world.DBut, when doing so, the main thing we are trying to avoid is lon
35、eliness.EIn the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.FIt can provide you with amazing benefits.GIt guides you through hardships.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。在当今快节奏的社会中，我们无法在安静中做到平静。但是，独处并不意味着孤独。独处自有它的魅力。1选D根据上文可知，在当今快节奏的社会，我们设法参加各种活动以摆脱懒散和无聊。根据下文可知，独处不一定就是不舒服抑或孤独，事实上它和孤独是两回事。D项“但当这样去做时，我们试图避免的主要问题就是孤独”与上下文
36、紧密联系，说的是上述各种摆脱懒散和无聊的活动其实是为了逃脱孤独。故D项正确。2选A根据上文可知，在你渴望爱与接受时，即使你周围有很多人，你也会感到空虚。A项“因此孤独是一种感觉，无论一个人生理上是否孤独都能体会到这种感觉”是对上文孤独含义的阐述。故A项正确。3选E根据Geoffrey FFisher所说的话可知，此处是把城市和乡村里人们对孤独的感受进行对比。E项“在农村，人们很安静，但是没几个人感觉孤独”符合语境。故E项正确。4选B根据上文可知，年轻人宁愿和陌生人一起也不愿独自待一个晚上。他们寻找消磨时间的方式，同时也渴望真正的友谊。因此年轻人在一起拉帮结派，但并不喜欢自己的伙伴。根据下文可知，为什么独处让我们这样害怕呢？由此可知，B项“他们宁愿从表面上被人接受也不愿冒感觉孤独的风险”与上下文紧密联系。故B项正确。5选F根据上文可知，不要害怕沉默，下文讲到沉默的种种好处。由此可知，F项“它能给你带来令人惊叹的好处”能引起下文，符合语境。故F项正确。
