1、Cloze 1The summer before I went off to college，Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板)and said，“Pay attention.Im going to teach you to iron.”Mom clearly explained her 1 for this lesson.I was going to be 2 and needed to learn this vital skill.Also，I would be meeting new people，a
2、nd properly ironed clothes would help me make a good 3 .“Learn to iron a shirt，”Mom said，“and you can iron anything.”But ironing shirts was not 4 work.It didnt make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasnt a 5 operation like iceskating.Ironing was like driving a car on a street t
3、hat has a stop sign every 10 feet.Moreover，an iron produced steam and it carried an element of 6 .If you touched the wrong part of it，youd get burnt.If you forgot to turn it off when you 7 ，you might burn down the house.As for technique，Mom 8 me to begin with the flat spaces outward，always pushing t
4、he iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皱的)parts.Collars had to be done right.Mom said they were close to your face，where everyone would 9 them.Over the years，Ive learned to iron shirts skillfully，which gives me a sense of 10 .Whatever failures I suffer in my life，an ironed shirt tells me I am good at some
5、thing. 11 ，through ironing Ive learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems.“ 12 wrinkles one at a time，”as Mom might have said，“and before long everything will get ironed out.”【语篇解读】作者上大学前母亲教他熨烫衣服的方法，并以此为例向作者教授人生哲理。作者不仅学会了一项生活技能，而且领悟到处事方法，获益颇多。1. Areasons Brules CemotionsDmetho
6、ds解析考查对上下文的理解。根据空后介词for，推断所填词词义是“原因”。故选A。答案A2A.helpful BconfidentCpowerfulDindependent解析考查词义辨析及对上下文的理解。A.有帮助的；B.自信的；C.强有力的；D.独立的。根据语境：“我将要独立，所以必须学会这些重要技能。”选D。答案D3A.conclusion BsuggestionCimpression Dobservation解析考查词义搭配及上下文理解。根据上句meeting new people可推断所填词汇与make构成固定搭配make a good impression，“给一个好印象”。答案C
7、4A.usefulBeasy CspecialDsuitable解析根据后文语境可知“但熨烫衣服不是一件容易的活”。故选B。答案B5A.directBsingle CsmoothDstrange解析根据后文“like iceskating”可知此处operation的定语是“平坦的，顺利的”，故选C。答案C6A.doubtBpressure CsurpriseDdanger解析根据后文内容：“如果操作不当，你会烫伤；如果忘了关电源，会烧着房子”，可推断它有一些“危险”因素存在，故选D。答案D7A.went awayBfell downCjumped offDlooked up解析考查短语辨析及
8、语境理解。A.离开；B.倒塌，掉落；C.跳下，开始行动；D.抬头。根据语境：如果你走开时忘了关电源，你可能会烧着整个房子，故选A。答案A8A.taughtBchose CforcedDsent解析与第一自然段“Im going to teach you to iron.”相呼应，选A。答案A9A.touchBdesign CseeDadmire解析根据语境：“领子是靠近脸的，每个人都能看到它们”，可知选C。答案C10A.honestyBfreedom CjusticeDpride解析根据上文“我已学会了熟练地熨烫”这件事让我产生的应是“自豪感”，故选D。答案D11A.InsteadBBesid
9、es COtherwiseDHowever解析根据上文提及的熨烫好的衬衫告诉“我”我有擅长的东西，下文提到通过熨烫“我”学会了解决更棘手的问题，可知前后都是“我”通过学习熨烫所获得的益处，故上下文是递近关系，后一句对前一句进一步说明，故选择“此外，还有”，B项。答案B12A.Make upBDeal withCAsk forDRely on解析考查短语辨析。A.“弥补，编造，组成”；B.“处理，对付”；C.“要求，请求”；D.“依靠，依赖”；根据下文所跟宾语“wrinkles”，及句意：“一次处理一个褶皱。”可知选B。答案BCloze 2One day I was mailing a pack
10、age in the office when I saw a woman approach the postal clerk.“I found this lying on the floor by my box，”she said，“and Id like to hand it in.”The postal clerk laughed and said，“Ive 1 had anyone hand in money before，but Ill put it in an envelope.Please write your name and telephone number on the fr
11、ont.If no one 2 the money，well call you.”The lady explained，“Ive lost money before and it was never turned in.I remember how I 3 .I dont want to make someone else feel that way.”The postal clerk responded with her own 4 of having dropped some money while shopping and not knowing it 5 she was prepari
12、ng to pay for her purchases.I admit that Id slowed down on my preparations as I was busy listening to their 6 .The lady who handed in the money left the post office.At almost the same time a very young woman 7 .She approached the postal clerk and asked，“Has anyone turned in any money recently？”She t
13、old the clerk the 8 ，and the clerk laughed again.“As a matter of fact，yes！”she responded.“It was turned in just several 9 ago.”Then a young man ran in and said，“Its not on the ground！”She turned to him and said，“Someone turned the money in！”The look of 10 on both of these young peoples faces is a me
14、mory Ill have for a long time.The young lady told how she thought the money was 11 in her coat pocket when she walked in to check her mailbox.Only when she arrived home did she 12 that it was no longer there.Yes，I finally finished preparing the package to be mailed，but I was the one who had a very s
15、pecial surprise in the post office.1A.often Balways Cnever Doccasionally解析根据句中的“but”可推断邮政职工在上班的时候从来没有收到过他人上交的所拾到的钱，故选C。答案C2A.claims Brequires Caccepts Dseeks解析此处指失主认领钱，故选A。claim在此处意为“认领”，符合语境。答案A3A.behaved Bfelt Creacted Dimagined解析根据下文“I dont want to make someone else feel that way.”中“feel that way
16、”的提示可判断选B。答案B4A.way Bintention Cmemory Drisk解析此处指邮政职工回忆过去，讲述自己丢失钱的事例，故选C。memory意为“回忆”，符合语境。答案C5A.until Bwhen Cafter Dthough解析直到购物该付钱的时候才发现钱已经丢了，故选A。not.until.意为“直到才”，符合语境。答案A6A.debate Bquarrel Clecture Dconversation解析根据上文的对话可推断此处指“我”忙于听她们两人之间的对话，故选D。答案D7A.drove in Brushed in Ccut inDbroke in解析丢了钱心里自
17、然着急，故找钱时的步伐是迅速的，故选B。rush in意为“冲进”，符合语境。答案B8A.event Btime Cstory Damount解析根据生活常识可知，认领钱时自然需说出钱的数量，以便确认认领者是否是真正的失主，由此判断选D。答案D9A.minutes Bhours Cdays Dweeks解析根据上文“At almost the same time a very young woman.”可推断事情发生的间隔时间不长，应该就是几分钟之前，故选A。答案A10A.surprise Brelief Cdepression Dexcitement解析所丢失的钱失而复得，心里自然是感到欣慰
18、的，故选B。答案B11A.generally Bmerely Cbadly Dsecurely解析以为钱安全地在口袋里。答案D12A.believe Bdoubt Crealize Dprove解析回到家时才发现钱不在口袋里，故选C。答案CCloze 3Last Halloween my 5yearold son entered a pumpkindecorating (南瓜装饰)contest at his school.He was so proud of his entrya wild combination(结合) of carvings，paint and feathers he h
19、ad constructed all by himself，with his own kindergartners sense of art.He lugged(拉) it 1 to the school cafeteria and we placed it among the other entries，a very creative bunch of witch pumpkins，snowman pumpkins，scary pumpkins，even a bubblegum blowing pumpkin 2 a baseball cap.“Wow，”I thought to mysel
20、f，“the judges are going to have a(n) 3 time choosing a winner.”I guess the judges must have thought 4 because they didnt choose one.When we returned to 5 for the annual fall dinner that evening，we saw that all the pumpkins had been 6 the same black and gold ribbon(丝绸绶带，代表荣誉之物)My son， 7 searching to
21、see if hed won， 8 asking me，“Which pumpkin won? Wheres the winner？”What could I say? “Well，it looks like everyone won.Look: you got a ribbon，honey！”Kids are smart.That didnt 9 him.“Yeah，but who won？”he asked.I could sense his disappointment and my own disappointment as well.Whats the point of having
22、 a 10 if youre not going to pick a winner?I understand what the school was trying to do.The judges 11 to send the message that all the children had done a great job and deserved to be recognized.I worry that a different message was sent，one that said losing is a hardship that no one should have to 1
23、2 . 【语篇导读】文章通过作者孩子参加南瓜装饰比赛的结果，引出一个人生哲理。1A.seriously Bnervously Csecretly Dproudly解析根据上一句中的proud可知：他把自己的作品拉到学校的食堂时，一定感到非常自豪。proudly“自豪地”符合题意。seriously“严肃地”；nervously“紧张地”；secretly“秘密地”。答案D2.A.dressing Bwearing Cdressed Dbuying解析戴帽子、眼镜等习惯用“wear”，“dress”表示“穿”。与pumpkin是主动关系，“wearing”符合题意。选项A表示动作，意为“给穿衣”
24、，宾语是人，D项放入句中句意不正确，dress常要和介词in搭配使用；buying“买”。答案B3.A.happy Btough Cinteresting Deasy解析从前文可知送去的南瓜各式各样，都很优秀，所以裁判肯定很难抉择。所以tough“艰难的”符合题意。happy“快乐”；interesting“有趣的”；easy“简单的”。答案B 4A.a funny thing Ba bad thingCthe same thing Ddifferently解析后文提到没有做出选择，说明裁判跟作者想的一样，“the same thing”符合题意。a funny thing“一件有趣的事情”；
25、 a bad thing“一件坏事”；differently“不同地”。答案C5A.the school cafeteriaBthe judges CkindergartenDour home解析前文提到把南瓜送到“the school cafeteria”，所以the school cafeteria“学校餐厅”符合题意。the judges“裁判”；kindergarten“幼儿园”；our home“我们的家”。答案A6.A.awarded Brewarded Cdrawn Dprized解析award“授予”；reward“奖励”；draw“绘制，拖”；prize“奖项”。答案A7.A
26、.directly Bhappily Clikely Deagerly解析eagerly“急切地”寻找着想知道他是否获胜了。directly“直接地”；happily“快乐地”；likely“可能的”。答案D8A.went on Binsisted on Ckept Drepeated解析keep on doing“不断地做”，符合题意。insist on doing“坚持做”；go on doing“继续做”；repeat sth“重复做某事”。答案C9A.praise Bsurprise Cdisappoint Dsatisfy解析句意：孩子很聪明，我说的话并不能使他满意。satisfy“
27、满足”符合题意。praise“表扬，赞美”；surprise“惊喜”；disappoint“令人失望”。答案D10A.contest Bdinner Cjudge D pumpkin解析句意：如果你不打算选出获胜者，那么你举行这样的比赛有什么意义呢？contest“比赛”符合题意。a dinner“一顿饭”；a judge“一个裁判”；a pumpkin“一个南瓜”。答案A11A.had Bmeant Cpromised Dagreed解析句意：裁判打算传达一种讯息，那就是每个孩子都很棒，都应该被认可。mean to do sth“打算做某事”。have to“必须”；promise“承诺”；agree“同意”。答案B12A.go through Bfind outCthink about Dsearch for解析句意：我担心传递了一个不同的信息：失败是一件并不是每个人非要经历的苦事。go through“经历”； find out“弄清真相”； think about“考虑”； search for“寻找”。答案A