1、专项技能保分练(十四)完形填空Test 12019武昌区调研Very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school. I made an effort to keep up the little bit of French that I learned in school, but eventually realized that this was _1_. I was well aware that new languages are best learned when _2_， and t
2、hat our abilities in that regard decline with age. _3_， just before my 50th birthday, I _4_ for French classes.After I was _5_ to see which group I belonged in, I was _6_ at almost the introductory level. I found that it really was true that certain linguistic (语言的) abilities _7_ with age. While Id
3、always thought of myself as a(n) _8_ learner, that was no longer the case. I absorbed new vocabulary very _9_. What I learned one week ago seemed to _10_ as soon as I learned the next skill.Now, a couple of years later, I can listen to the news in French and _11_ 90 percent of it on the first try an
4、d read a novel if its not too difficult.Who knows what I might still _12_？Ive learned so much _13_ grammar and vocabulary. Ive met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the _14_ to make fools of themselves in order to _15_ something new. Ive been taught by patient and inspirati
5、onal teachers from many _16_ of the world, including France, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.Listening to the news as it is _17_ to the people of France, I have a renewed _18_ of how something can look completely different from another _19_. Ive learned that a language is not just a set of
6、words, but a way of _20_. But most of all, Ive learned that it really is never too late to learn something new.体裁：记叙文题材：语言学习主题：学习法语的感悟【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。本文通过作者学习法语的经历告诉我们要活到老，学到老。【高频词回顾】fluent adj.流利的slip away消失1A.unbelievable BpointlessCunbearable Dvalueless答案与解析：B根据该句“I made an effort to keep up the l
7、ittle bit of French that I learned in school, but eventually realized that this was _1_.”以及下文内容可知，“我”想努力保留在学校学的那一点法语，但最终意识到是无意义的(pointless)，故选B。2A.energetic BcuriousCyoung Dold答案与解析：C根据后半句中的“our abilities in that regard decline with age”并结合常识可知，年轻的时候学习新语言的效果是最好的，故选C。3A.However BThereforeCBesides DMe
8、anwhile答案与解析：A根据语境可知，在50岁生日之前，“我”注册(registered)了法语课，并结合上文提到的“年轻的时候学习新语言的效果是最好的”可知，此处表示转折关系，故选A。4A.sought BregisteredCfought Dprepared答案与解析：B参见上题解析。5A.interviewed BchallengedCasked Dtested答案与解析：D根据空后的“to see which group I belonged in”并结合语境可知，经过测试来看“我”属于哪一个团体之后，“我”被归(placed)为几乎是初级水平，故选D。6A.restricted
9、BwithdrawnCappointed Dplaced答案与解析：D参见上题解析。7A.fade BremainCdisappear Dimprove答案与解析：A根据第一段中的“our abilities in that regard decline with age”并结合常识可推知，某些语言的能力会随着年龄的增加而逐渐消失(fade)，故选A。8A.autonomous BaverageCquick Ddull答案与解析：C根据语境可推知，作者一直认为自己是一个敏锐的(quick)学习者，但却不再是这样了，故选C。9A.easily BslowlyCsteadily Drapidly答
10、案与解析：B结合语境及上题解析可推知，作者掌握新词汇的速度很慢，故选B。10A.crowd in Bmake senseCslip away Dbuild up答案与解析：C根据语境可知，“我”一学习下一个技能，一个星期前学的就消失(slip away)了，故选C。crowd in“涌上(心头)”；make sense“有意义”；build up“(使)扩大”。11A.catch BreciteCshare Drepeat答案与解析：A根据语境可推知，“我”第一遍听法语新闻时能够理解(catch) 90%的内容。catch“理解”，故选A。12A.complete BoverlookCperf
11、orm Daccomplish答案与解析：D根据语境可知，谁知道“我”仍可能实现(accomplish)什么呢？故选D。13A.except BbeyondCthrough Dincluding答案与解析：B根据下文的内容可知，作者认为自己学到的不仅仅是法语的语法和词汇，故选B。beyond意为“除之外”。14A.confidence BabilityCpatience Dcourage答案与解析：D根据空后的“make fools of themselves in order to _15_ something new”可知，此处表示作者遇到了来自世界各行各业的人，他们有勇气(courage
12、)使自己(看起来)愚蠢以学(learn)一些新的东西，故选D。15A.learn BexperienceCexplore Dpossess答案与解析：A参见上题解析。16A.organizations BcornersCclasses Draces答案与解析：B根据下文的“including France，Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Africa”可知，这些老师来自世界的许多地区(corners)。17A.updated BspreadCpresented Dconveyed答案与解析：C根据语境可知，听着播放给法国人的新闻，“我”有了一个全新的理解，故
13、选C。present“上演，播出”。18A.understanding BattitudeCknowledge Djudgment答案与解析：A根据语境可知，“我”对一些东西是如何从不同角度(angle)看起来完全不同有了全新的理解(understanding)，故选A。19A.manner BaspectCangle Ddirection答案与解析：C参见上题解析。20A.studying BworkingCliving Dthinking答案与解析：D根据语境并结合常识可知，一门语言不仅仅是一组单词，也是一种思维(thinking)方式。Test 22019黑龙江六校一模It is Mol
14、ly Pollaks secondfloor apartment. Her spare bedroom is filled with decades of classroom _1_. “Those are all my high school yearbooks，” Pollak says, _2_ to a shelf with books. “Those are middle school yearbooks.” Even more shelves are _3_ with old lesson plans. “I really need to throw them away，” she
15、 _4_.But after 40 years teaching, theres one book Pollak is _5_ to throw away. She received it a few months ago, just before her _6_ a bittersweet moment in the life of any teacher. As news of her leaving spread, Ora Bayewitz, one of Pollaks _7_ students, reached other ones and _8_ them to write in.
16、 They did _9_. It was surprising that in the end Pollak got 75 _10_， many being pages long.“There are a handful of people that _11_ who I am and you are one of them，” writes Chris Ryan, one of her students in the 1980s. “Its not a(n) _12_ to say that you changed my life.” Others _13_ a trying moment
17、, or an academic _14_ in middle school. Pollak scans through them. “Its _15_，” she whispers.When Pollak first read this book, she noticed something: The _16_ from Pollaks first year of teaching, and the ones from 40 years later, are very _17_. It seemed that where she was teaching didnt _18_， becaus
18、e she saw the same theme _19_. The theme is like Jackson Krule wrote: “Molly treated us like adults, and _20_ us to rise to the occasion.”【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Molly Pollak作为一名退休老师的感慨和对学生的思念。【重点词语链接】1.shape v决定的形成；塑造Bill Gates told of how his summer internships shaped his career.比尔盖茨讲述了他的暑期实习是怎么影响他的职业的。
19、2rise to能够处理，有能力处理He was determined to rise to the challenge.他决心克服困难迎接挑战。1A.experiences BachievementsCpictures Dmemories答案与解析：D依据下文的“Those are all my high school yearbooks”“Those are middle school yearbooks. old lesson plans”可知，此处表示她的一间空卧室装满了数十年的教学回忆(memories)。2A.pointing BdashingCreferring Dturning
20、答案与解析：A依据下文的“Those are middle school yearbooks”可知，Pollak一边指着那些书一边说。point to“指着”符合语境。dash to“向冲去”；refer to“涉及，谈到”；turn to“转向”。3A.backed BpackedCdotted Dlinked答案与解析：B依据本句中的“Even more shelves”和下文的“I really need to throw them away”可知，甚至更多书架上堆满了旧教案。be packed with表示“有大量的”，符合语境。be backed with“用在背后加固”；be do
21、tted with“遍布”；be linked with“与有关”。4A.argues BinsistsCadmits Dcomplains答案与解析：C上文提到许多书架上堆满了年刊与旧教案，此处表示“她承认她确实需要把它们扔掉”，因此选admits“承认”。argue“争辩，争论”；insist“坚持认为”；complain“抱怨”。5A.ready BregretfulCunfit Dunwilling答案与解析：D根据下文可知，这本册子非常有意义，因此，此处表示“经历了40年的教学生涯后，有一本册子Pollak不愿意扔掉”，故选unwilling。be ready to do sth.“
22、准备好做某事”；be unfit to do sth.“(因病等)不能做某事”。6A.retirement BunemploymentCimmigration Dresignation答案与解析：A依据下文的“a bittersweet moment in the life of any teacher. As news of her leaving spread”可知，此处应用retirement“退休”。7A.excellent BnaughtyCformer Dfavorite答案与解析：CPollak从教师的岗位上退休了，所以此处指她以前的(former)学生之一。下文的“one of
23、 her students in the 1980s”也是暗示。8A.motivated BrecommendedCconvinced Dinvited答案与解析：D依据句中的“them to write in”可知，这名学生邀请(invited)其他学生一起给老师写信。motivate“激发，推动甘愿苦干”，recommend“推荐”，convince“使相信，劝说”，用在这里感情色彩均不恰当。9A.patiently BeagerlyCprecisely Dproudly答案与解析：B依据后一句“It was surprising that in the end Pollak got 75
24、 _10_， many being pages long”可知，他们热切地完成了，故选eagerly。patiently“耐心地”；precisely“准确地，细心地”；proudly“自豪地”。10A.gifts BbooksCletters Dreplies答案与解析：C依据上文内容和下文的“many being pages long”可知，Pollak收到了75封信(letters)，而不是礼物、书或者回复。11A.decided BshapedCdistinguished Devaluated答案与解析：B有少数几个人塑造了我，而你就是其中之一。shape在这里作及物动词，表示“塑造”
25、。decide“决定”；distinguish“分清，区分”；evaluate“评估”。12A.reality BmercyCoverstatement Dnonsense答案与解析：C毫不夸张地说你改变了我的生活。overstatement表示“夸大其辞”，符合语境。reality“事实，现实”；mercy“幸运”；nonsense“胡言乱语，谬论”。13A.tell of Bshow offCstick to Dconsist of答案与解析：A其他信件描述了中学时代的一个艰难时刻或者学业上的进步。tell of表示“描述，叙述”，符合语境。show off“炫耀”：stick to“坚持
26、”；consist of“由组成”。14A.mistake BbreakthroughCreputation Dscore答案与解析：B参考上题解析。breakthrough表示“突破，重大进展”。15A.bitter BnobleCcharacteristic Dawesome答案与解析：DPollak翻阅着信件，低声说道：“这一切棒极了。”故用awesome。bitter“令人不快的，味苦的”；noble“崇高的，高贵的，壮丽的”；characteristic“典型的”。16A.results BcommentsCimpressions Ddescriptions答案与解析：B依据上下文可
27、知，这本册子是学生对老师的评价，因此选comments。17A.familiar BsensitiveCsimilar Dtouching答案与解析：C依据下文的“because she saw the same theme”可知，学生对老师的评价很相似(similar)。18A.matter BdifferCmean Dwork答案与解析：A此处表示她在哪里教书不重要，她多次(repeatedly)看到同样的主题。matter“要紧，有重大影响”。19A.repeatedly BeventuallyCregularly Doccasionally答案与解析：A参见上题解析。20A.drove
28、 BwarnedCbegged Dchallenged答案与解析：D前面的“Molly treated us like adults”和后面的“rise to the occasion(成功应付困难局面)”表明，“challenge向(某人)挑战，(尤指在对方不情愿时)强烈建议(某人做某事)”符合语境。Test 32019昆明质量检测My least favorite part was participating in sport meets, for I loved running by myself. When faced with running against fellow athle
29、tes, I was _1_. I had butterflies in my stomach and the sudden urge to go to the nearest _2_. This year, _3_， I was encouraged to join in a running competition by my coach.The 800meter event was approaching, meaning that I would _4_ soon. I breathed deeply and tried to _5_ my worries. I walked over
30、to some of the _6_ who would run with me and started to _7_ with them. We were all loosening up and getting ready to run as _8_ as possible.I stepped up to the line for the event. The starter raised his starting gun and _9_. About twentyfive runners _10_. With these runners around me, I _11_ my coac
31、hs words, “You may be small, but you have _12_ power.” So, I kept up with athletes twice my _13_. I picked up the runner in seventh place and based my steps on him, making it a little bit faster. One by one, I _14_ to make it to the top four, bursting around the lap.It was the last lap before the fi
32、nal straightaway. I _15_ I had the possibility to win. So I widened my steps, speeding up my _16_. I caught up with the runner in first place and we ran side by side down the last 100 meters I _17_ him by a hair at the finishing line.My coach gave me a _18_ hug as I headed back to see him. He was _1
33、9_ because I had shortened my original _20_ by twelve seconds at least.体裁：记叙文题材：个人经历主题：参加跑步比赛【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。作者以前喜欢一个人跑步，最不爱参加运动会，但今年作者努力尝试，参加了跑步比赛。【高频词回顾】meet n运动会worry n令人担忧的事straightaway n直道original adj.原来的，最初的1A.shocked BnervousCcomfortable Dbrave答案与解析：B根据上文中的“for I loved running by myself”以及空后的“
34、I had butterflies in my stomach”可知，当作者与运动员同伴赛跑时，作者很紧张。2A.stadium BhospitalCbathroom Dstation答案与解析：C根据该句中的“I had butterflies in my stomach”并结合选项和常识可推知，作者和其他人一起跑步很紧张，会突然急切地想去最近的洗手间。3A.however BinsteadCotherwise Dmoreover答案与解析：A空处所在句表示今年教练鼓励作者去参加跑步比赛，与上文内容形成转折，所以用however“然而”。4A.delay BfailCescape Dcomp
35、ete答案与解析：D根据空前的“The 800meter event was approaching”可知，作者很快将参加比赛。5A.ignore BincreaseCform Dimagine答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者深呼吸并试图忽略自己的担忧。6A.reporters BjudgesCrunners Dcoaches答案与解析：C根据语境和空后的“who would run with me”可知，作者走向一些将和他一起跑步的跑步者，开始和他们一起热身(warm up)。7A.watch out Bturn backCget away Dwarm up答案与解析：D参见上题解析。8A.
36、smoothly BrapidlyCcalmly Dpatiently答案与解析：B根据空前的“We were all. to run”并结合常识可知，我们都准备好尽可能快地奔跑。9A.returned BwithdrewCscreamed Dfired答案与解析：D根据语境可知，发令员举起发令枪，开枪(示意起跑)。10A.took off Bset downClooked on Dwent about答案与解析：A根据上文可知，发令员开枪示意起跑，大约25名赛跑者出发。11A.challenged BrecalledCforgot Dadapted答案与解析：B根据语境可知，被这些赛跑者包围
37、，作者想起了教练的话。12A.exact BgreatCpractical Dsuitable答案与解析：B根据空前的“You may be small”“but”并结合语境可知，此处表示你或许弱小，但你拥有巨大的力量。13A.pressure BsalaryCsize Dage答案与解析：C根据语境并结合选项可知，作者与两倍于自己体格的运动员齐头并进。14A.offered BpretendedCregretted Dmanaged答案与解析：D根据空后的“make it to the top four”可知，作者设法跑进了前四。15A.claimed BheardCsupposed Dre
38、membered答案与解析：C根据上文中的“the last lap”可知，作者认为自己有获胜的可能。16A.speech BmindCfight Dpace答案与解析：D根据空前的“So I widened my steps”可知，作者跨大步子，加快了速度。17A.beat BpushedCdragged Dfollowed答案与解析：A根据语境可知，作者追上了第一名，并和他肩并肩跑完了最后的100米，在终点线以微弱的优势赢了他。18A.soft BcautiousCfirm Dslight答案与解析：C根据上文内容可知，作者在赛跑中取得了第一名，当他回头看教练时，教练给了作者一个坚实的拥抱。19A.excited BdisappointedCrelaxed Ddepressed答案与解析：A根据语境可知，教练很兴奋，因为作者比自己原先的(跑步)时间(time)至少缩短了12秒。20A.distance BtimeClap Dstep答案与解析：B参见上题解析。
