1、完形填空模拟检测(六)议论文(共3篇,限时50分钟)AA teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary School, Andrew Klicka writes rap music to help students learn and remember concepts.“I started writing raps _1_ the social studies tests were so hard,” Klicka said.“Kids had a(n)_2_ time remembering all of the information that we had to
2、_3_.”This piece of news has _4_ that music can help kids do better in school.The best way to _5_ facts might be to set them to music.Medical students, for example, have long used rhymes and songs to help them _6_ vast quantities of information.A doctor by the name of Tupas Mukherjee _7_ that at the
3、hospital he worked at no one _8_ the procedures for managing asthma (哮喘)So he created a video and recorded himself _9_ the guidelines on asthma procedures.It has spread quickly, and now all _10_ use it and are able to remember the guidelines.Thus Tupas Mukherjee has _11_ lots of people because witho
4、ut him these people could have been treated _12_.Music also makes the school day more fun.It makes school more _13_.Many students come to school with electives (选修课程) like Spanish.No gym or music.If they had a music hour or program, they could reduce _14_ and relax their brain in a way.Music _15_ pr
5、ovides better selfconfidence.Performing in public more than once helps kids build up _16_, have good posture (姿态), learn to deal with unexpected events, etc.These _17_ are useful for educational presentations.Therefore, I _18_ with some people who think that music is worth sacrificing for other _19_
6、 such as upgraded websites.We shouldnt _20_ music programs.语篇解读:本文是一篇议论文。作者认为音乐对学习很有帮助,因此音乐课不应该被其他课程取代。1A.becauseBthoughCuntilDunless解析:选AKlicka创作说唱音乐帮助学生记忆概念是“因为(because)”考试太难了,学生们记忆这些信息的时候很“艰难(difficult)”。2A.difficultBlongCunforgettableDboring解析:选A参见上题解析。3A.writeBteachCcollectDstore解析:选B根据本段开头的“A
7、teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary School, Andrew Klicka”可知,Klicka是一位老师,因此他是在“教授(teach)”知识。4A.repeatedBcomplainedCannouncedDproved解析:选D根据第一段内容不难看出,这条新闻“证明(proved)”了音乐对学习有帮助。5A.faceBexplainCrememberDknow解析:选C根据第一段中的“writes rap music to help students learn and remember concepts”可知,“记忆(remember)”事实最好的方法
8、可能就是为它们谱曲。6A.checkBseekCprovideDmaster解析:选D根据本句中的“for example”可知,此处以医学院学生用韵律和歌曲帮助他们“掌握(master)”海量信息为例说明音乐对记忆的帮助。7A.realizedBpredictedCsupposedDunderstood解析:选A根据下句中的“So he created a video .”可知,Tupas Mukherjee医生“发现(realized)”了他所工作的医院在治疗哮喘时有一些操作上的问题,所以才录视频解决该问题。8A.acceptedBfollowedCcreatedDappreciated解
9、析:选B根据下文中的“now .able to remember the guidelines”可推测,之前没有人“遵照(followed)”应有的程序治疗哮喘。9A.developingBpresentingCrecitingDsinging解析:选D根据本段中的“set them to music” “used rhymes and songs”可推测,Tupas Mukherjee医生应该是把治疗哮喘的准则“唱(singing)”了出来。10A.studentsBprofessorsCdoctorsDreporters解析:选C根据上文Tupas Mukherjee在医院工作,是一位医生
10、可知,Tupas Mukherjee医生录制的视频传播得很快,现在所有的“医生(doctors)”都能记住治疗哮喘的准则。11A.benefitedBencouragedCexaminedDeducated解析:选A根据本段中的“no one _8_ the procedures for managing asthma (哮喘)”可知,Tupas Mukherjee医生使很多人“获益(benefited)”,因为如果没有他的话,医生不遵照应有的程序治疗哮喘,很多人都会被“误(incorrectly)”诊。12A.badlyBincorrectlyCunfairlyDillegally解析:选B
11、参见上题解析。13A.practicalBimportantCinterestingDunusual解析:选C根据上句内容可知,音乐让学校变得更加“有趣(interesting)”。14A.confidenceBpressureCfriendshipDconflict解析:选B根据常识及本空后的“relax their brain”可知,音乐可以减“压(pressure)”。15A.againBalreadyCalwaysDalso解析:选D第二、三段分别介绍了音乐可以帮助记忆、让学校生活更加有趣,因此这里是说音乐“还(also)”可以增加自信。16A.reputationBpowerCcou
12、rageDsatisfaction解析:选C根据上句中的“better selfconfidence”可知,音乐可以帮助孩子们增强“勇气(courage)”,使他们更自信。17A.mattersBlessonsCresultsDskills解析:选D上一句中的增强勇气、拥有优美的姿态、处理突发事件都是当众陈述时需要的“技能(skills)”。18A.talkBdisagreeCcompareDcompete解析:选B上文谈论的都是音乐的好处,故作者“不同意(disagree)”舍弃音乐课。19A.methodsBabilitiesCprogramsDreasons解析:选C根据本空后的“suc
13、h as upgraded websites”可知,这里指网站升级等“课程(programs)”。20A.look forward toBtake advantage ofCadd up toDget rid of解析:选D通读全文可知,作者认为音乐对学习很有帮助,因此我们不应该“放弃(get rid of)”音乐课。BA person may have a number of abilities and talents, but he could fail._1_the person is aware of his abilities and has the determination to
14、 _2_them, he is going to be a failure.Great people _3_their abilities, made the best use of at least one of their talents and finally succeeded.Great men dont wait for the right opportunity (机会) to turn up on their doorstep; _4_, they create the opportunity in order to _5_ on their way to achievemen
15、ts.These are the people who make things _6_.Michael Dell said, “Dont spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, or you may _7_ the right opportunity.” There is no better time than right now to _8_doing what you have been thinking about doing.The _9_is to listen to your heart and le
16、t it carry you in the direction of your _10_.Just open your mind to different possibilities, different ways of _11_a challenge, and it can provide you with many fresh _12_.Another key point is to act upon the seized opportunity.Many of us get the right opportunity but _13_ to make use of it.This is
17、because our _14_ are tied up with things that will give _15_ happiness.The basic tendency of human minds is to look for quick results _16_ rather than longterm satisfaction at a later stage.We should _17_ focus our efforts on vital and precious activities that will take us forward in our path of _18
18、_.With the ability to recognize the right opportunity, determination to _19_ work on it and sincerity to make the best use of it, making _20_ things happen is an absolute possibility.语篇解读:本文是一篇议论文。有才能的人也需要创造机遇,并充分利用它,这样才能取得成功。1A.UnlessBBecauseCWhenDIf解析:选A根据本空后的“aware”和“failure”可知,除非他能意识到自己的能力,并决心利用
19、它,否则他仍将失败。2A.achieveBuseCvalueDconsider解析:选B参见上题解析。3A.developedBadmiredCknewDacquired解析:选C根据上句中的“aware of”可知,伟人都很清楚自己的能力并善于充分利用至少其中之一。4A.besidesBthereforeCotherwiseDinstead解析:选D根据上一句可知,他们不会等着机会上门,而是会主动创造机遇。5A.fight backBsettle downCmove aheadDcheer up解析:选C根据本空后的“way”可知,他们主动创造机遇,以便能在成功的道路上继续前进。6A.hap
20、penBmatterCimproveDstop解析:选A根据上句中的“create”可知,他们是主动让事情发生的一类人,且与“making _20_ things happen”呼应。故选A。7A.expectBmissCdislikeDrefuse解析:选B根据本空前“spend so much time”可知,不能耗费时光去等待机遇,那样你就会错失机遇。8A.startBadmitCenjoyDpractise解析:选A现在就是开始做你长久以来一直想做的事的最佳时机。9A.challengeBkeyCintentionDgoal解析:选B根据第四段第一句中的“Another key poi
21、nt”可知,关键是要听从你的内心,并且让它带你前行。10A.adventuresBmemoriesCdreamsDstudies解析:选C根据上句中的“what you have been thinking about doing”可知,它能带你去追逐梦想。11A.creatingBdiscoveringCacceptingDexamining解析:选D根据本空前的“Just open your mind to different possibilities”可知,要从不同方面审视挑战。12A.wishesBtastesCideasDexcuses解析:选C根据“open your mind”
22、及两个“different”可知,这样它就能给你提供许多新想法。13A.pretendBtryCforgetDfail解析:选D根据本空前的“Many of us get the right opportunity”和“but”可知,很多人没有利用这个机会。14A.mindsBcharactersCnaturesDlives解析:选A根据下一句中的“The basic tendency of human minds”可知,那是因为我们的思想被追求立竿见影的幸福的欲望所束缚。15A.lastingBtrueCfutureDquick解析:选D根据下一句中的“look for quick resu
23、lts”可知,我们的思想被追求立竿见影的幸福的欲望所束缚。16A.at presentBby chanceCin personDin common解析:选A根据该空后的“rather than longterm satisfaction at a later stage”可知,思维的定势就是要追求现在立竿见影的效果。17A.immediatelyBconstantlyCeventuallyDnormally解析:选B根据本空后的“take us forward”可知,我们应该持续不断地把注意力放在那些重要的活动上。18A.explorationBrevolutionCfreedomDsucce
24、ss解析:选D根据第5题空后的“achievements”可知,坚持努力,就能成功。19A.quietlyBfreelyChonestlyDopenly解析:选C根据本空前后的“ability to recognize the right opportunity”和“sincerity to make the best use of it”可知,要有踏实工作的决心。20A.realBgreatCreasonableDlucky解析:选B根据本题空前的努力可知,有了这些,你就一定能干一番大事业。CDr. Michael Schmoker is an educational author and
25、former teacher. He shares in his book, Results Now, a _1_ that found of 1,500 classrooms _2_, 85 percent of them had _3_ less than 50 percent of the students. _4_, only 15 percent of the _5_ kept more than half of the class paying attention to the lesson.He believes that the _6_ of teachers can tell
26、 if a student is not _7_. Most teachers act on what they see and _8_ their instruction to try to attract all of their students. _9_, no matter how hard teachers work at making it interesting, a lecture is _10_ a lecture, and having students simply listen is still a _11_ action. The solution is simpl
27、e: If a teacher wants to _12_ student engagement (参与), then the teacher needs to increase student _13_ ask the students to do something with the knowledge and skills they have learned. _14_ the lecture with learning tasks. Let them practice. Have them moving. Get them _15_. Make it so appealing that
28、 it will be _16_ for students not to participate.The vital _17_ to increase engagement is to put the learner in charge of learning. Create a _18_ learning environment and a motivation to learn, and the students _19_ do all the hard work of learning, while the teacher merely offers help and support.
29、That sounds _20_.语篇解读:本文是一篇议论文。Michael Schmoker博士在他的研究中讲述了在课堂上观察到的现象,引出了一个教育问题并给出了建议:教师在课堂上应该怎样来提高学生的参与度,营造学习氛围,激发学习动机,让学生主动去学习。1A.concernBlessonCstudyDtreasure解析:选C根据语境可知,Michael Schmoker博士是一位教育作者,以前也是一位老师。他在他的书中分享了自己的研究。study意为“研究”。故C项正确。2A.visitedBdecoratedCusedDnoticed解析:选A根据上文中的“former teacher”
30、和下文可知,该研究是在视察了1 500个教室后所写。visit意为“视察,参观”。故A项正确。3A.taughtBadmittedCtouchedDabsorbed解析:选D根据语境可知,85%的教室只能使不到50%的学生全神贯注。absorb意为“吸收,使全神贯注”。故D项正确。4A.In a wordBAbove allCIn other wordsDTo be honest解析:选C根据上文中的“85 percent of them”和下文中的“only 15 percent”可知,85%的教室能够使不到一半的学生集中精力,也就是说,还有15%的教室能使超过半数的学生集中精力上课。A项意
31、为“总之”;B项意为“首要的是”;C项意为“换句话说”;D项意为“说实话”。故C项正确。5A.teachersBclassroomsCschoolsDtextbooks解析:选B根据上文可知,只有15%的教室能让一半以上的学生集中注意力听讲。此处指的是上文提到的1 500个教室中的15%,classrooms符合语境。故B项正确。6A.majorityBminorityCrestDnumber解析:选A根据下文“Most teachers act on what they see”可知,他认为大多数教师都能够判断出一个学生是否对课堂不感兴趣。majority意为“大多数”。故A项正确。7A.h
32、ardworkingBbrilliantCsatisfiedDinterested解析:选D根据下文中的“making it interesting”可知,此处是指学生对老师的课是否不感兴趣。A项意为“工作努力的”;B项意为“杰出的,有才气的”;C项意为“满意的”;D项意为“感兴趣的”。故D项正确。8A.organizeBreceiveCadjustDcontinue解析:选C句意为:大多数教师能根据课堂反应来调整自己的上课方式以吸引所有学生的注意力。A项意为“组织”;B项意为“收到”;C项意为“调整”;D项意为“继续”。故C项正确。9A.MoreoverBHoweverCThereforeD
33、Otherwise解析:选B根据上下文可知,尽管教师尽力调整,然而,无论教师多么努力,课堂依旧是课堂。前后句构成转折关系,故用转折连词however连接。故B项正确。10A.alwaysBevenCjustDstill解析:选D根据语境可知,无论教师多么努力调整上课方式,课堂依旧是课堂。still意为“依然,依旧”,符合语境。故D项正确。11A.dullBpassiveCwrongDpractical解析:选B根据上文可知,无论教师如何努力调整上课方式,让学生听课始终是一个被动的行为。A项意为“无趣的”;B项意为“被动的”;C项意为“错误的”;D项意为“实际的”。故B项正确。12A.value
34、BignoreCdecreaseDpromote解析:选D根据语境可知,改变这一被动行为的方法是提升学生们的参与度。A项意为“珍惜”;B项意为“忽视”;C项意为“减少”;D项意为“促进,提升”。故D项正确。13A.interestBchoiceCactivityDachievement解析:选C根据下文中的“ask the students to do something with the knowledge and skills . ”可知,教师需要增加学生的活动才能让他们参与进来。A项意为“兴趣”;B项意为“选择”;C项意为“活动”;D项意为“成就”。故C项正确。14A.Break upB
35、Comment onCAttendDDeliver解析:选A根据语境可知,用学习任务分解课堂知识以让他们去练习。A项意为“分解”;B项意为“评价”;C项意为“参加”;D项意为“发表”。故A项正确。15A.playingBtalkingClaughingDsinging解析:选B根据语境可知,让学生去练习,让他们动起来,说出来,这样才能调动学生的积极性。故B项正确。16A.difficultBpossibleCnecessaryDunimportant解析:选A根据语境可知,老师调动了学生积极性,让整个课堂非常吸引人,这样学生不愿意参与都很难。A项意为“困难的”;B项意为“可能的”;C项意为“必
36、要的”;D项意为“不重要的”。故A项正确。17A.standardBdecisionCreasonDmeasure解析:选D根据上文内容并结合语境可知,提高学生参与度最关键的办法就是让学习者自主学习。此处应用与上文中的“solution”相对应的measure。A项意为“标准”;B项意为“决定”;C项意为“理由”;D项意为“措施”。故D项正确。18A.richBnewCsafeDmodern解析:选A根据上文中的“Make it so appealing”并联系以往的教学环境可知,此处指营造一个丰富多彩的学习氛围和学习动机。rich意为“丰富的”,符合语境。故A项正确。19A.casuallyBwillinglyCnervouslyDbusily解析:选B根据上文可知,学生有了学习的环境和动机,就会乐意去下功夫苦读。A项意为“随意地”;B项意为“欣然地,愿意地”;C项意为“紧张不安地”;D项意为“忙碌地”。故B项正确。20A.friendlyBridiculousCeasyDfunny解析:选C根据语境可知,学生愿意下功夫苦读,而老师只是提供一些帮助和支持。这听起来还是很容易的。A项意为“友好的”;B项意为“滑稽可笑的”;C项意为“容易的”;D项意为“可笑的”。故C项正确。