1、Unit 15 Learning课时练2知识运用板块练 完形填空(2018太原高三模拟)I was a shy kid. Nothing seemed harder than talking to people. I didnt even like to answer the phone for fear that Id have to talk to somebody I didnt know._1_，at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My _2_was studying. It was something
2、I could do _3_and by myself. I spent a lot of time studying and was _4_with good grades.Eventually I went to college. I came to realize that some people were rather fun to _5_with. Yet my childhood _6_carried over and I found myself tonguetied and _7_whenever I found myself in a conversation.One day
3、 while on campus, I _8_an advertisement for a position on the local classical music _9_station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I loved it.In order to get the job, applicants needed to be interviewed. I had absolutely no background in radio, and the idea of talking to thousands of l
4、isteners _10_me. I didnt really want the job. I just wanted to prove that I could talk to a(n) _11_Two weeks _12_，I was even more terrified to discover that I had actually landed the job.It was a _13_job, but I grew to enjoy it. I announced music to thousands of _14_in the city, sometimes answering
5、their calls and _15_to their requests. I began to feel comfortable talking to these people, these strangers who I couldnt even _16_Although I now spend much time talking with people, Im still basically a _17_person. My former shyness is a gift, as I can _18_people who feel discomfort when they talk
6、to strangers. I still enjoy moments of being _19_. But Im also glad I decided to make a _20_in my life that had opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.【解题导语】该文主要讲述了害羞的作者通过应聘电台工作而实现自我突破的故事。1A.HoweverBThereforeCOtherwise DBesidesA解析：根据上下文可知，此处表示逻辑上的转折关系。然而，作者在学校里不得不和同学们相处。2A.adv
7、ice BpracticeCtask DescapeD解析：根据上文的“I was a shy kid.”可推知，害羞的作者在学校用学习来逃避与人交流。3A.obviously BsimplyCquietly DpoorlyC解析：与语境“by myself”呼应可推知，作者一个人安安静静地做功课。4A.filled BrewardedCdecorated DfacedB解析：与语境“with good grades”呼应可推知，作者在学习上的付出得到了丰厚的回报，成绩突出。5A.help out Bcatch upCput up Dhang outD解析：由“Eventually”的提示可推
8、知，作者最终意识到了和朋友相处是有趣的。hang out“常去某处”。6A.happiness BshynessCkindness DgoodnessB解析：根据上文的“I was a shy kid.”并结合“I found myself tonguetied”可推知，作者童年时代的害羞个性还存在。7A.excited BastonishedCembarrassed DinterestedC解析：根据“I found myself tonguetied”可推知，和他人交流时沟通不顺畅是令人尴尬的。8A.noticed BpostedCrealized DbelievedA解析：根据语境可知，
9、作者在校园里注意到了一则让他感兴趣的广告。9A.fire BgasCTV DradioD解析：根据下文的“I had absolutely no background in radio”可推知，这是一则电台的招募广告。10A.terrified BpleasedCsatisfied DamazedA解析：根据“I had absolutely no background in radio”并结合下文的“I didnt really want the job.”可推知，作者因自己没有广播方面的背景而打退堂鼓，与下文的“I was even more terrified to discover t
10、hat I had actually landed the job”呼应。11A.child BsingerCinterviewer DapplicantC解析：作者害怕与成千上万的听众交流，只想证明自己能够和面试官交谈。12A.ago BlaterCbefore DsinceB解析：根据语境可推知，时间已经过去了两周。13A.wellpaid BpuzzlingCcomfortable DchallengingD解析：根据上文可知，这项工作需要与成千上万的听众交流，这对作者来说有一定的挑战性，且与语境“but I grew to enjoy it”形成呼应。14A.listeners Bfo
11、llowersCviewers DdancersA解析：与上文的“and the idea of talking to thousands of listeners_me”呼应可推知，此处表示作者给听众播放音乐。15A.referring BrespondingCoffering DcomparingB解析：与语境“answering their calls”呼应可推知，作者回应听众的要求。16A.feel BmoveChear DseeD解析：根据上文可知，作者应聘的是电台工作，和听众们基本上是不见面的。17A.busy BwarmCquiet DsmartC解析：根据“still”的提示并
12、结合上文的“I was a shy kid.”可推知，作者尽管现在花费很多时间和人们交流，但是本质上还是一个不多说话的人，与下文的“My former shyness is a gift”呼应。18A.look into Brelate toCcombine with Dworry withB解析：结合“My former shyness is a gift”可推知，作者能够理解那些和他相同的人。relate to “理解，认同”。19A.alone BaliveCactive DawakeA解析：根据上文的“My former shyness is a gift”可推知，作者仍旧喜欢独处。2
13、0A.plan BmistakeCchange DdreamC解析：根据语境可推知，作者通过做电台工作有了重大改变，从而人生有了更多的可能性。 语法填空(2018银川检测)World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March.It 1._ (start) by the LitWorld.org in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. The aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to
14、enjoy the benefits of a book.Its website asks everyone 2._ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud.It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 3._ (belong) to all people.The website asks 4._ (visit) to join in the movement to
15、reduce 5._number of illiterate (不识字的) people in the world.It is 6._(absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read.The website says, “Its time to start by reading aloud to 7._might like it.Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patien
16、tly 8._someone elses story as they share with you.”The United Nations says，“Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, 9._ to participate fully in society.” In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a 10._ (different)【解题
17、导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了World Read Aloud Day(世界朗读日)。1was started解析：考查动词的时态和语态。World Read Aloud Day在2010年由LitWorld.org发起。根据语境可知，此处需要用start的被动形式，又因时间状语是“in 2010”，故用一般过去时。2to celebrate解析：考查动词不定式。ask sb.to do sth.“要求某人做某事”，网站要求每个人通过拿本书、找到一位听众、大声阅读的方式来庆祝这个节日。3belongs解析：考查主谓一致。这正是采取行动向世界表明阅读和写作的权利属于所有的人。根据句子成分可知
18、，从句的主语为 the right，故填belongs。4visitors解析：考查名词复数。根据语境可知，网站让游客来参加活动，游客不止一个，且空前没有冠词修饰，故填visitors。5the解析：考查冠词。the number of.是固定搭配，表示“的数量”。6absolutely解析：考查副词。帮助那些不能阅读的人是完全有必要的。7whoever解析：考查宾语从句。是开始为任何可能喜欢的人大声朗读的时候了。whoever引导宾语从句且在从句中作主语。8to 解析：考查介词。当他们与你分享时，你要耐心地倾听某人的故事。listen to是固定搭配。9and 解析：考查连词。根据语境和句子成分可知，前后表示并列关系。10difference解析：考查名词。make a difference“有作用”，根据空前的冠词可知，此处应用所给词的名词形式。
