1、限时规范训练(十六)语言知识运用板块练准度(满分45分，限时35分钟).完形填空(30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Growing up in the 1960s, I was taught from an early age to send a handwritten thankyou note expressing _1_ for kindness. My mother used to buy me a box of paper and _2_ me in the art and value of saying “thank y
2、ou”. She _3_ to be right.A study showed that it took less than 5 minutes to write the thankyou notes. Just 5 minutes to make _4_ person feel overjoyed! _5_， in our “instant” world, the idea of getting an actual pen and writing an actual note seems to never come to mind. We tend to do what is _6_ for
3、 usa quick text or an email.Its easy to use the _7_ of being busy, but even very busy and _8_ businessmen find time to _9_ thankyou notes. For example, when Douglas Conant became CEO of Campbells, the company had _10_ half of its market value and morale (士气) was at an alltime low. He _11_ fixing tha
4、t by doing some simple things that are probably not _12_ in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every _13_. He gained their confidence and _14_， turned the company _15_. In his ten years as CEO, Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees. Its _16_ not to ask how he did it. _17_， he had ma
5、ny other things to do _18_ writing a thankyou note. Conant made time for _19_ because he knew the impact (影响) each one would have. An expression of _20_ in this crazy world still makes a difference.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。小时候，妈妈教“我”用手写的感谢便条来表达对善良的感激，并教“我”表达感谢的艺术和价值；研究表明，不到五分钟就能用手写好的感谢便条让他人感到快乐。1A.concernBsympa
6、thyCaffection Dappreciation解析：根据本句中的“.a handwritten thankyou note expressing _1_ for kindness.”可知，此处指用手写的感谢便条表达对善良的感激(appreciation)，故D项正确。A项意为“担心，关心”；B项意为“同情”；C项意为“喜爱”。答案：D2A.consult BinstructCanswer Dimpress解析：根据本句“My mother used to buy me a box of paper.and value of saying thank you”可知，“我”的妈妈过去常常给
7、“我”买一箱纸，并教授(instruct)“我”表达感谢的艺术和价值，故B项正确。A项意为“咨询”；C项意为“回答”；D项意为“使留下深刻印象”。答案：B3A.remained BprovedCappeared Dclaimed解析：根据语境尤其是下文的内容可推知，此处表示她证明(proved)(这样做)是正确的，故B项正确。A项意为“保持”；C项意为“显得”；D项意为“声称”。答案：B4A.one BanyCeach Danother解析：根据空前一句可知，写感谢便条需要不到五分钟的时间；并结合该句和常识可推知，此处表示仅花费五分钟就可以让另一个(another)人感到非常高兴，故D项正确。
8、答案：D5A.Yet BThereforeCSo DOtherwise解析：根据本句中的“.seems to never come to mind.”并结合上文内容可知，尽管仅花费五分钟就能用手写好的感谢便条让他人感到快乐，但是(Yet)，在我们这个“快捷的”世界里，人们似乎不愿意用这种方式表达谢意；据此可推知，此处前后表示转折关系，故A项正确。答案：A6A.special BnecessaryCconvenient Dimportant解析：根据本句中的“.a quick text or an email.”可推知，该处表示我们趋向于使用对我们来说方便的(convenient)方式快速发送的
9、短信或电子邮件，故C项正确。答案：C7A.case BexcuseCexample Dsituation解析：根据语境以及本句中的“.of being busy.”并结合常识可知，人们很容易以忙为借口(excuse)，故B项正确。A项意为“事例”；C项意为“例子”；D项意为“情况”。答案：B8A.humorous BoptimisticCsuccessful Dexperienced解析：根据语境可知，人们很容易以忙为借口，但即使是再忙碌，成功的(successful) 商人也能找出时间写(pen)感谢便条。答案：C9A.pen BreceiveCdesign Ddeliver解析：参见上题解
10、析。答案：A10A.lost BgainedCdeveloped Ddamaged解析：根据本句中的“.morale was at an alltime low.”可知，士气空前低落；据此可推知，这家公司已经损失(lost)了一半的市值，故A项正确。答案：A11A.gave up Bkept upCset about Dworried about解析：根据本句中的“He _11_ fixing that by doing some simple things.”并结合语境可推知，他开始做 (set about) 一些简单的事情来解决这一问题，故C项正确。A项意为“放弃”；B项意为“跟上”；D项
11、意为“担心”。答案：C12A.permitted BtaughtCchecked Dtested解析：根据语境可推知，他所做的简单的事情很可能没有在任何MBA课堂上被教 (taught)过，故B项正确。A项意为“允许”；C项意为“检查”；D项意为“测试”。答案：B13A.market BbusinessmanCcompany Demployee解析：根据下文中的“He gained their confidence.”和“.Conant wrote over 30,000 notes to employees.”可推知，Conant给每个员工(employee)写了便条，得到了他们的信任，故D
12、项正确。答案：D14A.personally BfranklyCnaturally Doccasionally解析：根据语境可推知，Conant得到了员工们的信任，顺理成章地(naturally)使公司好转起来，故C项正确。A项意为“亲自”；B项意为“坦率地”；D项意为“偶然”。答案：C15A.up BdownCaway Daround解析：参见上题解析。turn around意为“好转，扭转”，故D项正确。turn up 意为“出现，发生”；turn down意为“调低，拒绝”；turn away意为“走开，转过脸”。答案：D16A.hard BgreatCamazing Ddisappoi
13、nting解析：根据前一句可知，在担任CEO的十年间，Conant给他的员工们写了三万多个便条；结合语境和常识可推知，这令人很难(hard)不去问他是如何做到的，故A项正确。答案：A17A.As usual BIn shortCBy the way DAfter all解析：根据语境可推知，此处表示毕竟(After all)，除了(besides)写感谢便条，他有许多其他事情要做。A项意为“像往常一样”，B项意为“简言之”，C项意为“顺便提一下”，都与文意不符。答案：D18A.by BinCbesides Dwithout解析：参见上题解析。答案：C19A.me BitChim Dthem解析
14、：根据语境可知，空处指代空前一句中的“.writing a thankyou note.”，故B项正确。 答案：B20A.kindness BjoyCvalue Dconfidence解析：根据本文第一句中的“.expressing _1_ for kindness.”并结合全文内容可推知，在这个疯狂的世界中，善良(kindness)的表达仍然会有作用，故A项正确。答案：A.语法填空(15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。People used to think that dinosaurs were always involved 21._ fights w
15、ith each other.But scientists have discovered that dinosaurs were less “dinosaurlike” than we thought.In fact, 22._ is widely acknowledged that dinosaurs behaved much like us humans.Here 23._ (be) some ways that dinosaurs were like people.When baby dinosaurs were born, the mother and many times even
16、 the father dinosaurs would stay with the babies in the nest，protecting them from predators (掠食者). The same could be said for 24._ (feed) the baby dinosaurs. Many parents 25._ (bring) food back to the nest, instead of taking the baby dinosaurs out on the hunt.Scientists also now think that dinosaurs
17、 formed communities, or extended families. Dinosaurs that had 26._ (difficult) protecting themselves from predators traveled in large groups. A hungry meateating dinosaur would be less likely 27._ (attack) a group of 30 planteating dinosaurs. This community idea works on the other side of the food c
18、hain, too. Predators formed groups, thus making the kill much 28._ (easy). One predator against a family of 7 planteaters didnt have much of a chance. But four 29._ five predators against that same family of 7 planteaters had a very good chance of getting all the food 30._ (need) for survival.语篇解读本文
19、是一篇说明文。科学家发现越来越多的证据表明恐龙并不像我们料想的那样残暴。实际上，恐龙和我们人类的表现极为相似。21解析：be involved in是固定搭配，意思是“参与到之中”。答案：in22解析：it在句中作形式主语，真正的主语是后面that引导的主语从句。答案：it23解析：本句使用了完全倒装，主语是后面的some ways，故谓语动词用复数；这里说的是现在的情况，用一般现在时。答案：are24解析：介词for后面要用动名词，故用feeding。答案：feeding25解析：恐龙已灭绝多年，这里说的是过去的事，用一般过去时。答案：brought26解析：空格中所填单词在句中作had的宾语，需用difficult的名词形式。答案：difficulty27解析：be likely to do sth.意为“很可能会做某事”。答案：to attack28解析：much修饰比较级，表示程度，意思是“得多”。答案：easier29解析：four or five表示“四五个”。答案：or30解析：needed for survival是过去分词短语作定语，修饰food，need与逻辑主语food之间是动宾关系。 答案：needed
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