1、对点集训素养提升(2018衡水三模)As a child, I was always told to “eat my greens”. These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. Peas, and green beans, all looked and tasted1. Lets face it, when there were so many other delicious treats to2, why eat boring vegetables? Since then my taste
2、buds have3 and Im also fully aware of the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables. But we still need4 of the amazing goodness these green super foods give us. In the UK, a campaign has been5 for several years to encourage us to eat our “5 A Day”five portions of fruit and vegetables. Thats6 eviden
3、ce has shown there are significant health7 to getting at least five 80g portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. But I struggle trying to fit these five portions into my daily8, partly because I have a sweet9 and vegetables are, well, tasteless. Researchers have been10 how to make ea
4、ting vegetables more11. They analysed the psychology behind our food12 and found that most of us are13 by taste. Brad Turnwald from Stanford University says that “studies show that people14to think of healthier options as less tasty for some reason. ”In Europe, a project called VeggieEAT has also be
5、en trying to find ways to get people to15 more vegetables. Project leader, Professor Heather Hartwell believes in16 encouraging people into eating the right things. One idea has been to put a17 of a tasty looking fruit on a supermarket trolley as a18 about buying something from the fruit store after
6、 looking at the picture. She says, “Choice is a really19 thing. But making vegetables look attractive will increase their sales. ”Certainly, eating “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” does sound tempting, even if it just20 like a carrot, but if it makes us eat more vegetables then that can only be a goo
7、d thing for our health. 【文章大意】蔬菜对健康有益这是一个众人皆知的道理。然而, 我们有时候会因为偏爱其他食物的口味而对吃青菜感到很不情愿。本文探讨一项旨在提倡人们多吃青菜的研究, 并介绍一些商家用来吸引顾客购买蔬菜的销售技巧。1. A. disgusting B. delicious C. ripen D. sweet【解析】选A。根据上一句“These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. ”, 说那些讨厌的蔬菜总是散落在我的盘子边上。可知是说这些蔬菜不好吃, 令人厌恶的。
8、句意: 长相恶心的豌豆、西兰花和青豆吃起来也很恶心(disgusting)。2. A. buy B. prepare C. offer D. enjoy【解析】选D。根据“there were so many other delicious treats”可知是美味在前, 是享受(enjoy)。故选D项。句意: 有那么多好吃的食物, 为什么还吃那些难吃的蔬菜呢? 3. A. appeared B. developed C. existed D. shrank【解析】选B。句意: 从那以后, 我的味蕾就发展(即改变)了, 我还充分意识到了吃新鲜蔬菜对健康的益处。4. A. reminding B
9、. informing C. warning D. talking【解析】选A。句意: remind提醒; inform通知; warn警告; talk谈论。根据上一句“benefits of eating fresh vegetables”蔬菜的好处, 可知是时刻提醒记得(remind)这些绿色“超级食品”给我们的身体带来的惊人益处。5. A. planning B. aiming C. running D. intending【解析】选C。在英国, 世界卫生组织为鼓励人们“每天吃5份果蔬”而发起的宣传活动已经进行(run)了好多年的时间。分析句意可知, 是这种宣传活动进行了好多年。只有ru
10、n才有“运转, 或进行”之意。6. A. why B. how C. when D. because【解析】选D。根据上文可知宣传活动持续了好多年是结果, 原因就是因为(because)有证据表明, 人们每天至少食用5份80g的水果和蔬菜会对健康有很大益处。7. A. needs B. benefits C. issues D. risks【解析】选B。根据上题的内容可知, 是说“人们每天至少食用5份80g的水果和蔬菜会对健康有很大益处(benefits)”。8. A. diet B. education C. work D. exercise【解析】选A。根据上文每天至少5份水果和蔬菜, 可
11、知是日常生活中, 即“我仍在努力把这5份果蔬纳入到我的日常饮食(diet)中”。9. A. tendency B. preference C. tooth D. appetite【解析】选C。句意: 部分原因是我爱吃甜食, 而且觉得蔬菜很无味。have a sweet tooth, 为固定搭配, “喜欢甜食”。10. A. showing B. discovering C. reporting D. studying【解析】选D。句意: 研究人员一直在研究(study)如何让蔬菜更具吸引力。11. A. appropriate B. attractive C. beneficial D. in
12、dependent【解析】选B。根据上句“vegetables are, well, tasteless”因为蔬菜无味, 人们不喜欢吃, 因此研究人员一直在研究如何让蔬菜更具吸引力(attractive)。12. A. choices B. values C. wastes D. judgments【解析】选A。他们分析了我们选择食物时的心理。根据下一句可知, 是我们对食物的选择(choice)。13. A. confused B. disturbed C. motivated D. challenged【解析】选C。句意: 他们分析了我们选择食物时的心理, 发现大部分人都是受味道的驱使。14
13、. A. manage B. decide C. agree D. tend【解析】选D。研究表明, 人们会因为某种原因而倾向于认为更健康的食物更难吃。15. A. grow B. eat C. store D. harvest【解析】选B。在欧洲, 名为VeggieEAT的项目一直在尝试找出能让人们多吃(eat)蔬菜的方式。后面“encouraging people into eating the right things” 是提示。16. A. slowly B. suddenly C. firmly D. seriously【解析】选A。慢慢地(slowly)鼓励人们进食恰当的食物。根据
14、常识可知, 想让人们接受某种东西, 要慢慢地进行。17. A. variety B. lot C. picture D. number【解析】选C。其中一个想法是, 把看起来很美味的水果图片(picture)放在超市的购物车上, 以此来暗示消费者去水果区域购买东西。根据下文的内容可知是图片贴在购物车上。18. A. sign B. concern C. clue D. hint【解析】选D。根据上题的内容可知, 把水果的图片贴在购物车上给消费者一种暗示(hint)。19. A. easy B. complex C. quick D. casual【解析】选B。句意: 选择是一件非常复杂的事情。
15、根据上文意思可知让人们多吃蔬菜, 选择健康的蔬菜水果是很复杂的(complex)。20. A. looks B. smells C. tastes D. feels【解析】选C。当然了, “橘汁胡萝卜”这菜名听起来确实很诱人, 虽然尝起来(taste)像是胡萝卜。分析句意可知, 胡萝卜虽然名字不同, 但尝起来还是胡萝卜的味道。世纪金榜导学号Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for granted nowadays1 we rarely think twice when we switch on
16、the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and2 to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the3 of every modern city. In the home, many4 devices are powered by electricity. 5 when we turn off the bedside lamp and are6 asleep, electric
17、ity is working for us, 7 our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, buses and subways take us to and from work. We rarely8 to consider why or how they run9 something goes wrong. In the summer of 1959, something did10 wrong with the power-plant that
18、 provided New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a11. Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, 12to do anything; lifts stopped working, so that13 you were lucky enough not to be14between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way
19、 down15 of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in a(n)16 became as gloomy and uninviting17 the most remote back streets. People were afraid to leave their houses, 18 although the police had been ordered to19 in case of emergency, they were just as confused and20 as anybody else. 【文
20、章大意】电是日常生活的一部分, 如今, 我们已经习以为常, 以至于开灯或开电视时很少仔细考虑电的问题。本文介绍关于电的使用问题。1. A. that B. thus C. as D. so【解析】选A。句意: 电是日常生活的一部分, 如今, 我们已经习以为常, 以至于开灯或开电视时很少仔细考虑电的问题。 so. . . that. . . 是固定搭配, 意思是“如此以至于”。 2. A. car B. truck C. traffic D. pedestrians【解析】选C。句意: 晚上灯光照亮的马路使人们自由通行, 使交通畅通无阻。pedestrian 意为 “行人”, 与空格前的 peo
21、ple 词义重复; car 和 truck 都指具体的车辆类型, 含义过于狭窄。综合考虑, 此处应填 入 traffic。3. A. appearance B. character C. distinction D. surface【解析】选B。句意: 广告中使用的霓虹灯已经成为了每个现代化城市的一大特色。4. A. money-saving B. time-saving C. energy-saving D. labor-saving【解析】选D。句意: 在家里, 很多节省劳动力的设备都是由电带动的。四个选项都是复合形容词, 根据句意, 此处填入 labor-saving 最合适。5. A.
22、 Only B. Rarely C. Even D. Frequently【解析】选C。句意: 即使当我们关上床头灯, 睡得很熟时, 电仍然在为我们工作。根据句意, 此处应填入 even。 6. A. fast B. quite C. closely D. quickly【解析】选A。fast asleep 为固定搭配, 意为“睡得很熟的”。7. A. moving B. starting C. repairing D. driving【解析】选D。此处 的动词与 our refrigerators 连用, 填入 driving 最合适, 意为“使电冰箱正常运行”。8. A. trouble
23、B. bother C. hesitate D. remember【解析】选B。此处是说, 我们很少费心思考它们为什么或如何运行。 9. A. when B. if C. until D. after【解析】选C。句意: 直到这些交通工具出问题时, 我们才会费心思考它们为什么或如何运行。前半句出现了 rarely, 含否 定意义, 与 until 搭配使用, 意为“直到才”。10. A. go B. mean C. pass D. find【解析】选A。句意: 1959 年的夏天, 负责给纽约供电的发电厂真的出了问题。go wrong固定短语, 出错。11. A. pause B. termi
24、nal C. breakdown D. standstill【解析】选D。句意: 许多小时过去了, 生活几乎停滞不前。 come to a standstill 是固定搭配, 意为 “停住, 停滞不前” 。12. A. incompetent B. powerless C. hesitant D. helpless【解析】选B。句意: 火车无法开动, 车厢里的人坐在黑暗中无能为力, 什么事也做不了。此处指人处于停电的环境中无能为力, 什么事也做不了。13. A. although B. when C. as D. even if【解析】选D。 句意: 电梯也停止工作, 即使你足够幸运, 没被困
25、在两层楼之间, 也得自己不愉快地步行下楼梯。通过分析上下文, 此处填入 even if 最合适。 14. A. trapped B. placed C. positioned D. locked【解析】选A。be trapped被困。15. A. steps B. levels C. flights D. floors【解析】选C。a flight of stairs 是固定搭配, 表示“(两个楼梯平台间的)一段楼梯”, 本题中考查的是复数形式。16. A. time B. instant C. point D. minute【解析】选B。in an instant 是固定搭配, 意为“瞬间,
26、 马上”, 意思相当于 immediately, 故答案为B。in a minute 意为“很快, 马上”, 一般用于将来时, 不符合句意, 故排除。 17. A. like B. than C. for D. as【解析】选D。as. . . as. . . 为固定搭配, 表示“像一样”。 18. A. for B. and C. but D. or【解析】选A。句意: 人们害怕离开自己的房子, 因为虽然警察被要求随时待命, 以防突发事件, 但他们也像其他人一样疑惑和无助。结合上下文, 此处填入 for 最合适。 19. A. stand aside B. stand down C. stand by D. stand in【解析】选C。stand by准备行动, 附近等待。20. A. aimless B. helpless C. unfocused D. undecided【解析】选B。helpless无助的。关闭Word文档返回原板块
