1、30分语言运用练(四)语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。2020威海市高考模拟Weve all been there before: Youre driving down the road when suddenly a pothole (凹坑) seems to appear out of nowhere and sends the _1_ jumping. Most people think potholes are _2_， but artist Jim Bachor
2、 sees them as a canvas (画布) for his artwork.Bachor uses the _3_ art form of mosaic (马赛克) to create eyecatching, colorful images of famous artists like Aretha Franklin or simple everyday _4_ like food. He even makes lessappealing visuals of insects.Bachor was a graphic designer for 20 years before he
3、 began his _5_ in mosaic. He regards an incidental trip to Europe as his motivation to change careers. While _6_ in Italy, Bachor fell in love with Pompeii, a preserved ancient Roman city. A tour guide pointed out a mosaic, made of mainly glass and marble, and told Bachor, “Glass and marble dont _7_
4、. So, this looks essentially the way the artist intended.” Bachor says, “That kind of staying power just _8_ me so much.”A year later Bachor returned to attend a mosaic class in Ravenna, Italy, to learn the proper way to _9_ the ancient technique. Years after that, he mastered the technique. He _10_
5、 that mosaics can be just as significant today as the art form over 1,000 years ago. “I just saw that there was a(n) _11_ to bring it into the new age as a contemporary subject，” he says.So, Bachor decided to make a special piece of _12_ for that pothole. He has _13_ mosaic pothole art around Chicag
6、o, Detroit, New York City and even in Finland.While he may not be getting _14_ from drivers or passengers, Bachors art is _15_ a pleasant surprise to discover.,1A. body Brock Ccar Dsand2A. challenging Binteresting Cdiscouraging Dannoying3A .modern Bancient Celegant Dmysterious4A. objects Bideas Crou
7、tines Dprojects5A. duty Bcareer Cbelief Dinstruction6A. traveling Bliving Cworking Dstudying7A. last Bconnect Cfade Dresolve8A .reminded Bconfused Ctroubled Dimpressed9A. introduce Bperform Cpromote Ddescribe10A. argued Bimagined Cremembered Drealized11A. link Btime Copportunity Dvoice12A. artwork B
8、machinerywork Ccode Dliterature13A. discovered Bcreated Cimproved Dtaught14A. help Binvitation Cmoney Dpraise15A. nearly Bmerely Ccertainly Dpersonally第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。2020烟台市、菏泽市水平诊断The giant panda, also 1._ (know) as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear nati
9、ve 2._ south central China. In the past many years, the giant panda 3._ (drive) out of the lowland areas where it once lived as a result of farming, deforestation and other 4._ (develop). Wild population estimates vary: one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals 5._ (live) in the wild
10、, while a 2006 study estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000. Some reports also show that 6._ number of giant pandas in the wild is on the rise.The West first learned of the giant panda on March 11, 1869, 7._ the French missionary (传教士) Armand David received a panda skin from a
11、 hunter. In 1936, Ruth Harkness became the first Westerner 8._ (bring) a live giant panda named Su Lin to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. To protect the pandas, in 2012, Earthwatch Institute, a global nonprofit that teams volunteers with scientists to conduct important 9._ (science) research, launche
12、d a program called “On the Trail of Giant Panda”. This program, based in the Wolong National Nature Reserve, allows volunteers to work up close with pandas cared for in captivity (圈养), and help them 10._ (gradual) adapt to life in the wild.30分语言运用练(四)语言运用第一节文章大意本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了艺术家Jim Bachor对马赛克艺术的热爱和他
13、在马路凹坑上的马赛克艺术创作。1答案与解析：C根据空前的“Youre driving down the road when suddenly. appear”可知，驾驶时路上突然出现凹坑，车(car)会发生颠簸，故选C。2答案与解析：D根据空后的转折词but可知，前后存在情感上的对比关系，大多数人觉得(这些让汽车颠簸的)凹坑让人烦恼，但艺术家Jim Bachor认为凹坑是画布。annoying意为“令人生气的，使烦恼的”。3答案与解析：B根据第四段的“the ancient technique”“that mosaics can be. over 1,000 years ago”可知，马赛克是
14、一种古老的艺术形式。modern“现代的，当代的”；ancient“古老的，很老的”；elegant“优美的，文雅的”；mysterious“神秘的，奇怪的，不易解释的”。4答案与解析：A根据空后的“like food”可知，Bachor的创作涉及简单的日常物品，object意为“物体，物品”。故选A。5答案与解析：B根据空后的“He regards an incidental trip to Europe as his motivation to change careers.”可知，Bachor本是平面设计师，一次欧洲之旅让他改变了职业(career)，开始马赛克艺术创作。6答案与解析：A
15、根据上文的“an incidental trip to Europe”可知，他是在旅行(traveling)。7答案与解析：C根据本段最后一句话中的“That kind of staying power”可知，玻璃和大理石有能长期保存的特性，不会褪色。fade“褪色；逐渐消逝”。8答案与解析：D根据上文内容和第四段的“A year later Bachor returned to attend a mosaic class”可知，马赛克艺术创作给他留下了深刻的印象(impressed)，所以他才改变职业，参加相关课程。9答案与解析：B根据设空句句意和下文的“he mastered the te
16、chnique”可知，他参加课程学习如何进行马赛克艺术创作。perform在此处意为“做；执行；履行”。10答案与解析：D根据空前的“he mastered the technique”和空后的“I just saw that”可知，他意识到马赛克在今天可以像在一千多年以前一样重要。realize“意识到”。11答案与解析：C根据倒数第二段的内容可知，他看到了一个把马赛克艺术带入新时代的机会(opportunity)。故选C。12答案与解析：A根据第一段提到的Bachor把凹坑当作艺术创作的画布以及下文的“mosaic pothole art”可知，他决定为路上的凹坑创作特殊的艺术作品(art
17、work)。13答案与解析：B根据上文的“make a special piece of”可知，他创作了(created)马赛克凹坑艺术。14答案与解析：D根据句首的“While”并分析句子结构可知，前后句之间存在让步关系。此处表示尽管Bachor可能没有得到司机或者行人的赞扬(praise)，但对他们来说Bachor的作品一定会是个令人惊喜的发现。15答案与解析：C参见上题解析。第二段的“Bachor uses. create eyecatching, colorful images”亦是提示。certainly“无疑；确定”。第二节语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与自然珍稀动物介绍了大熊猫现状
18、及保护项目。文章大意文章介绍了大熊猫的现状，以及西方人对大熊猫的了解和对大熊猫的保护项目。1答案与解析：known考查非谓语动词。本句的谓语是is，此处应用非谓语；此处应用过去分词作定语修饰“The giant panda”，因为The giant panda和know之间是被动关系。故填known。2答案与解析：to考查介词。be native to是固定短语，意为“原产于”。故填to。 3答案与解析：has been driven考查动词的时态和语态。根据时间状语“in the past many years”可知，此处应用现在完成时；drive在此处意为“驱逐，赶走”，panda和dri
19、ve之间是被动关系，应用被动语态。故填has been driven。4答案与解析：development考查名词。形容词other修饰名词。development在此处意为“开发”，是不可数名词。故填development。5答案与解析：living考查非谓语动词。本句的谓语是are，空处应用现在分词living作后置定语修饰individuals，因为individuals和live之间是主动关系。故填living。6答案与解析：the考查冠词。此处指野生大熊猫的数量在增加。the number of是固定短语，意为“的数量”。故填the。7答案与解析：when考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导定语从句，先行词是“March 11,1869”，指时间，关系词在从句中作时间状语，应用when引导该从句。故填when。8答案与解析：to bring考查非谓语动词。名词Westerner被序数词first修饰，后面用不定式作后置定语。故填to bring。9答案与解析：scientific考查形容词。应用形容词修饰名词research。scientific意为“科学的”。故填scientific。10答案与解析：gradually考查副词。应用副词修饰动词短语adapt to。故填gradually。
