1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 19Language.完形填空Most parents，I suppose，have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have _1_ how difficult it is to write a _2_ childrens book.Either the author has aimed too _3_，so that children fail to follow what is in his(or her)story，_4_
2、 the story seems to be talking to readers.The best childrens books are _5_ too difficult nor too simple，and satisfy both the _6_ who hears the story and the adult who reads it.Unfortunately，there are in fact _7_ books like this，so the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _8_ to solve.It
3、 may be true that many books regarded as _9_ of childrens literature are in fact written for _10_.Alices Adventure in Wonderland is perhaps the most _11_ of this.Children often _12_ the least possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in a bookshop or _13_ and he will _14_ willingly choose t
4、he books written in an imaginative way，or have a look _15_ childrens comics，full of stories and jokes，which teachers and many parents _16_ to.Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash children into _17_ our taste in literature.After all，children and adults are so_18_ that we parents should
5、not expect that children will enjoy the _19_ books.So I _20_ well just have to compromise on the bedtime story.【语篇解读】 本文主要探讨了什么样的书才是孩子真正需要的。作者认为父母不能把自己的思想强加给孩子，要尊重孩子的选择。1A.hoped Brealized Ctold Dsaid答案B考查动词。根据下文的内容可知，此处表示家长们一定意识到写出一本好的儿童读物是多么的难。realize意为“意识到”。2A.short Blong Cgood Dbad答案C考查形容词。解析见上题。
6、3A.easily Bshortly Chigh Ddifficultly答案C考查形容词。根据“so that children fail to follow what is in his(or her)story”可知，孩子们难以理解故事内容，由此可以推断出，有的作者写作的目标定得太“高”了。4A.and Bbut Cso Dor答案D考查语境与固定搭配。根据上文中的either可知，应用or。either.or.是固定搭配，表示“或者或者”。5A.both Bneither Ceither Dall答案B考查固定搭配。此处表示最好的儿童读物既不太难也不太简单。根据下文中的nor可知应用n
7、either，构成neither.nor.的固定搭配，意为“既不也不”。6A.child Bfather Cmother Dteacher答案A考查名词。根据语境和常识可知，听故事的应该是孩子，故用child，与后文的adult相对应。7A.few Bmany Clittle Dmuch答案A考查形容词。不幸的是，事实上能达到这样的标准的书很少。根据“Unfortunately”一词可知，此处应该用含否定意义的形容词few来修饰books。8A.hard Beasy Cenough Dfast答案B考查形容词。根据上文可知，好的儿童读物很少，因此找到合适的睡前故事书不“容易”，所以答案为B。9
8、A.passages Bessays Carts Dworks答案D考查名词。根据下文所举的例子可知，这里指的是儿童“文学作品”。works“作品”。10A.adults Bgirls Cboys Dchildren答案A考查名词。根据上文的内容可判断出，很多儿童读物孩子们看不懂，实际上却是给“成年人”看的。11A.positive Bhidden Cobvious Dsimple答案C考查形容词。根据上下文意思可知，此处表示爱丽丝梦游仙境就是典型代表。obvious意为“明显的”。12A.are Bshow Cfind Dadd答案B考查动词。根据常识可知，孩子们对文学并不是很感兴趣。sho
9、w interest in意为“对感兴趣”。13A.school Bhome Coffice Dlibrary答案D考查名词。此处表示把孩子们留在一个书店或图书馆。or连接的词语应该意思相近，由bookshop可知答案为library。14A.more Bless Cmuch Dbe答案A考查上下文语境。孩子们更愿意选择那些富有想象力的作品。此处应用比较级，与上文中的literature形成对比。15A.over Bfor Cat Dacross答案C考查固定短语。孩子的另一个选择是看儿童连环画。have a look at意为“看一看”。16A.love Binterest Cobject
10、Dread答案C考查名词。这些书都是老师和很多父母反对孩子们看的书。object意为“反对”。17A.receiving Baccepting Chaving Drefusing答案B考查动词。我们家长应该停止给孩子们洗脑使他们“接受”；自己的文学爱好。accept指主观“接受”，receive指客观“收到”。18A.same Bfriendly Cdifferent Dcommon答案C考查形容词。根据上文和常识可知，大人和孩子的趣味是不一样的，所以用different。19A.common Baverage Cspecial Dsame答案D考查形容词。此处表示父母不应该期望孩子们和他们喜
11、欢“一样的”书。20A.find Brecognize Csuppose Dknow答案C考查动词。下文表达的是作者的观点：我们家长应该在睡前故事上让步，即尊重孩子自己的选择。suppose意为“认为”。.阅读理解AThere was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers, he used two buckers.One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one. Which h
12、ad seen many years of service, but was now past its best.Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spill
13、ed (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say，“See how capable I am ! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day ! I dont know why he still bothers
14、with you. What a waste of space you are！”And all that the old bucket could say was，“I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best .I am happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me，at least.”One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation .After watering the flowers a
15、s usual，he said ，“You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look carefully along the path.”Then the two buckets did so.All along the path，they noticed，on the side where the new bucket was carried.there was just bare(光秃秃的)earth；one the other side where the
16、old bucket was carried.there was a joyous row of wild flowers，leading all the way to the garden.【语篇解读】 新桶能圆满地完成浇水任务，漏水的旧桶却无意中恩泽了一路野花。每个事物都有自己的用处，正所谓“天生我材必有用”。21What does the underlined word“dilapidated”probably mean?ADirty. BDark.CWornout. DPlainlooking.答案C词义猜测题。画线词的后面提到这只桶已经使用很多年了，现在已经风光不再，由此可推知它已经
17、“破旧”了。第二段的最后一句也是答案提示。22What was the old bucket ashamed of?AHis past. BHis aging.CHis manner. DHis leaking.答案D细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句的内容可知这只旧桶因为自己漏水而感到羞愧。23The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to_Alaugh at the old oneBtake pity on the old oneCshow off its beautiful looksDpraise the garde
18、ners kindness答案A推理判断题。从第三段新桶说的话可知它在极力炫耀自己的能力，贬低对方的无能，其主要目的显然是嘲笑旧桶。24Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?ABecause it was used to keep a balance.BBecause it stayed in its best condition.CBecause it was taken as a treasure.DBecause it had its own function.答案D推理判断题。文章最后一段讲到在旧桶途经的地方开满了野花，由此
19、可知它依然有自己的用处。另外，第四段后半部分中的内容也是线索提示。B“One City One Book” is a generic name (通称) for a community reading program that attempts to get everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book.Popular book picks have been Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird，Ernest Gainess A Lesson Before Dying，and Ray Bradburys
20、 Fahrenheit 451.“One City One Book” programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city.The first such program was “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” in 1998，started by Nancy Pearl at Seattle Public Librarys Washington Center for the Book.The book chose
21、n for the program was The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks，written in 1991.Other cities copied the idea，and the Library of Congress listed 404 programs occurring in 2007.Each citys program has its own goals；these typically include building a sense of community and promoting literacy.Nancy Pearl warn
22、s against expecting too much from a program：“Keep in mind that this is a library program，its not an exercise in civics，and that its not intended to have literature cure the racial divide.This is about a work of literature.” Programs typically involve more than having everyone read the same book.Some
23、 other activities that have been included are：book discussion sessions，scholarly lectures on the book or related topics，a visit by the author，exhibits，related arts programming (especially showing a movie of the book if there is one)，and integration into school curricula.In Boston the “One City One S
24、tory” program used shorter stories and distributed tens of thousands of free copies of the story over the course of a month.American Library Association puts out a detailed stepbystep guide on how to organize a local program，including the critical step of picking the one book.The Center for the Book
25、 at the Library of Congress tracks all known programs and the books they have used.【语篇解读】本文是说明文，介绍了美国开展的“一个城市，一本书”的读书活动。25“One City One Book” programs_.Aask everyone in a city to donate one bookBcan rid a city of racial divide through readingCchoose short stories for people to readDencourage everyon
26、e in a city to read and discuss the same book答案D细节理解题。从文章第一段第一句可知，这个活动旨在让同一个城市的人们读同一本书并共同评论这本书。26We know from the second paragraph that “One City One Book” programs_.Abecame popular very quicklyBhave been held more than 400 times in SeattleCwere sponsored by the Library of CongressDreached its peak
27、in 2007答案A推理判断题。从文章第二段可知，当西雅图在1998年首先推出这个活动以后，其他城市也纷纷效仿，到2007年这个活动已经在400多个城市推出，可见这个活动流行得非常迅速。27We can infer from the third paragraph that Nancy Pearl_.Aexpects much from the programs Bdidnt expect that the programs would run so wellChas a practical attitude towards the programsDbelieves the programs
28、 will push forward community building答案C推理判断题。从文章第三段中Nancy Pearl的话可知，她警告人们不要对这个活动期望太多，说明她对这个活动持有十分务实的态度。28What kind of role does American Library Association play in the programs?AIt picks out the city which runs the programs well.BIt gives free books to the host city.CIt gives a practical guide to the programs.DIt keeps a record of all known programs.答案C细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知，美国图书馆协会负责具体指导活动的开展。- 6 - 版权所有高考资源网