1、专题能力提升练 二十五并列结构和三大从句限时30分钟1Elephant families, or herds, consist of a few to over 100 individuals, some biologically related and some not. The herd is led by the oldest female, 1. _(call) a matriarch(女家长). Males typically leave the herd between the 2. _(age) of 1215 at which time they may join a larg
2、er bachelor herd with other males or live a life alone. 3. _(Africa)elephants are very intelligent and have shown advanced memory capabilities. This memory is 4. _ helps the matriarch in locating food and water each season, 5. _(especial) during the dry seasons. The herd may need to 6. _(lead)for lo
3、nger distances to find abundant resources. With the additional conservation challenges of habitat loss and destruction, illegal hunting, and climate change, water and food are 7. _(hard) to find than before. It requires memories 8. _(find)watering holes for the herd. When matriarchs are illegally ki
4、lled by people, it becomes the responsibility of 9. _ next oldest to lead the group, and these younger females may not possess memories old enough to find important resources for group survival. In addition 10. _ the cognitive(认知的) capacity for extensive memory, elephants also exhibit behaviors of g
5、rief or mourning, anger, and play. 【文章大意】大象的记忆能力可以帮助象群在干旱季节找到记忆中的水源。1. 【解析】called。考查过去分词。过去分词作后置定语, 修饰the oldest female。2. 【解析】ages。考查名词复数。根据后面的1215可知, 此处指多个年龄。3. 【解析】African。考查词性转换。这里用形容词作定语, 修饰elephants。意为“非洲的大象”。4. 【解析】what。考查名词性从句。what引导表语从句, 并在从句中作主语。5. 【解析】especially。考查词性转换。副词作状语, 修饰介词短语during
6、 the dry seasons。6. 【解析】be led。考查被动语态。herd 与lead之间为被动关系。7. 【解析】harder。考查形容词比较级。根据后面的than可知, 此处为比较结构。8. 【解析】to find。考查不定式。不定式作主语, it 为形式主语。9. 【解析】the。考查冠词。最高级前面要用定冠词。10. 【解析】to。考查介词。in addition to 为固定搭配。2I want you, my dear readers, to live a life like a dog. Am I crazy? No. What I tell you is really
7、 useful. Be yourself. When we adopted Rocky, I almost forgot to ask his name. The clerk said, “Its Rocky, but IM change it to Pierre, if I 1. _ (be) you. ” We soon learned this black boy was anything but a Pierre. Hes athletic, funny, 2. _ (society), and free. The name Rocky suits him well. No matte
8、r 3. _ others think you should be like, its always best to be your true self. Master the basics. Eat, sleep, exercise, and connect with your family. Rocky is never too busy to eat, too distracted to sleep, or too tired for a walk, 4. _ does he ever turn down an opportunity to connect. His wagging-ta
9、il greetings, kisses, and ability 5. _ (land) directly in the middle of the sitting room 6. _ (be) all powerful statements of just how basic the need to connect really is. And yet, in todays world, 7. _ is often easy to forget that family and friends are 8. _ (actual) basics. Explore, explore, explo
10、re. Curious and smart, Rocky always seems ready to explore new territory. Hell happily learn a new “trick”, climb new hills, or try new toys. In life, the 9. _ (choose) is yours: play it safe and keep staying, 10. _ face the unknown and continue to grow. 【文章大意】本文讲述了作者收养了一条狗, 从狗身上悟出了一些道理。1. 【解析】were。
11、考查虚拟语气。if I were you是固定的虚拟句式。2. 【解析】social。考查词性转换。这里要用形容词与athletic, funny及free并列, 作表语。3. 【解析】what。考查状语从句。No matter what引导的状语从句, what 在从句中作like的宾语。4. 【解析】nor/neither。考查倒装句。本句中never. . . nor/ neither连用, 为否定词开头的倒装句。5. 【解析】to land。考查不定式。不定式作后置定语, 修饰ability。6. 【解析】are。考查主谓一致。此处谓语动词有三个并列主语: greetings, kis
12、ses, and ability。7. 【解析】it。考查代词。此处代词充当形式主语, 真正的主语是后面的不定式短语。8. 【解析】actually。考查词性转换。此处为副词作状语修饰系动词are。9. 【解析】choice。考查词性转换。根据空前的the可知此处应该用名词。10. 【解析】or。考查连词。此处上下文为选择关系。3 My friend, Geoff, who worked in New York City in the early 1980s had 1. _ false arm. He had lost his own during war service as a pilo
13、t. The false one was attached to his upper arm and it 2. _(equip) with a plastic hand. He used 3. _(carry) a small document case in this hand by holding it through the case handle. One evening we rode home together on the Subway, and he kept his case 4. _(rest) on the floor next to his seat 5. _ his
14、 false hand still “holding” the handle. As he got up from the seat, his arm became detached(脱落) from his shoulder and fell to the floor with a loud noise. The woman sitting opposite him heard the noise and looked up from her magazine. She got 6. _(frighten) when seeing the arm lying on the floor and
15、 7. _(start) to scream. Geoff, always the gentleman, picked up his arm and went up to the lady. “Im sorry, madam, ” he said, “I didnt mean to shock you. Please stay calm. Its 8. _(real) OK. ”The woman still screamed. “I say, ”said Geoff, “Er, look, can I give you a hand? ”Hearing 9. _ he said, I, in
16、cluding the other 10. _(ride), even the lady, couldnt help letting out a loud laugh. 【文章大意】本文讲述了作者的朋友Geoff的趣事。Geoff在战争期间, 不幸失去了一只手臂, 于是就安了一个假肢。他平时就用假肢提公文包, 但在一次坐地铁时, 假肢脱落, 吓到了一个女乘客, 但Geoff很智慧地化解了尴尬。1. 【解析】a。考查不定冠词。表示Geoff有“一只”假手臂。2. 【解析】was equipped。考查被动语态。这里指假手臂被安上了塑料手。3. 【解析】to carry。考查非谓语动词。used
17、to do sth. 表示过去常常做。句意: Geoff平时就用他的假肢提公文包。4. 【解析】resting。考查非谓语动词。keep +宾语+doing sth. 表示让处于某种状态中。这里指Geoff把公文包放在地铁地面上, 紧挨着他的座位。5. 【解析】with。考查介词。本句属于with的独立主格结构, 即with+宾语(his false hand)+宾语补足语( still “holding” the handle)。句意: Geoff把公文包放在地铁地面上, 但他的假手还“握住”公文包的手柄。6. 【解析】frightened。考查形容词。指那位女士看到手臂掉到了地上, 受到了
18、惊吓。7. 【解析】started。考查时态。本句省略了主语she, 因此, start是谓语动词, 根据上下文, 这里应用一般过去时。8. 【解析】really。考查副词。这儿用副词修饰形容词OK。9. 【解析】what。考查名词性从句的引导词。said后少宾语, 所以应填what。指听了Geoff所说的话后(Geoff用give sb. a hand一语双关化解了尴尬), 大家都笑了。10. 【解析】riders。考查名词。第二段谈到了作者和Geoff一起坐地铁回家(rode home), 那么这里应用riders, 表示乘车的人, 而且应用复数。【教师备选】An elephants tr
19、unk contains thousands of muscles, many of 1. _ attach to the skin of the trunk. A series of long muscles run along the length of the trunk 2. _ (raise), lower, or move it from side to side. Other shorter muscles are wrapped like a barber pole along the length of the trunk, 3. _ (produce)the trunks
20、unique twisting abilities. Thanks to this system of muscles, an elephants trunk is not only 4. _ (extreme)powerful, but is also delicate enough to turn and pick up very small 5. _(object). Elephants can detect sounds over great distances, detecting these sounds 6. _ their front feet. They have large
21、 fat pads inside the bottoms of their front feet, placing their feet in solid contact with the soil. At any 7. _(give) time, an elephant may be sensing low-frequency sounds 8. _ the sounds they make also include very low frequencies. Like whales communicating in the ocean, they can communicate acros
22、s miles. An elephants tusks are actually two 9. _(it) upper middle teeth. Young elephants have temporary tusks, much like human baby teeth, which fall out at around 3 years of age and 10. _ (replace)by the adult tusks. The tusks grow throughout the elephants adult life. 【文章大意】本文介绍了大象的鼻子、听觉和象牙。1. 【解析
23、】which。考查定语从句。这里是“介词+which”引导的定语从句。2. 【解析】to raise。考查不定式。不定式作目的状语。3. 【解析】producing。考查现在分词。现在分词作伴随状语。4. 【解析】extremely。考查词性转换。副词作状语修饰形容词powerful。5. 【解析】objects。考查名词复数。此处用名词复数泛指各种小的物体。6. 【解析】with。考查介词。介词短语作方式状语, with表示“用”。7. 【解析】given。考查过去分词。过去分词作前置定语, 修饰time。意为“指定的时间”。8. 【解析】and。考查连词。此处前后为并列关系。9. 【解析】its。考查形容词性物主代词, 修饰后面teeth。10. 【解析】are replaced。考查被动语态。定语从句引导词which代替temporary tusks, 为复数, 与replace之间为被动关系。空格后的by 也是判断依据。关闭Word文档返回原板块
