1、Unit 6 Nurturing nature.完形填空“Growth requires discomfort. If you stick with what is comfortable, youre 1 any hope of surprising yourself, of finding greatness, of having the best experiences human life has to 2 .”Thomas OppongMany people agree that the magic starts to 3 the instant we step outside of
2、 our comfort zones. The second you decide to go 4 what is safe, you will have planted a seed 5 ，if watered daily, will bloom into something that you would have 6 expected to come to fruition.For me，what we should remember is that, by no means, can 7 and comfort coexist.Five years ago, I decided to m
3、ove overseas. All throughout high school, I wanted to live in a Latin American 8 and become fluent in Spanish through 9 cultural immersion(沉浸). Obviously the chances of this happening in the US were 10 . So, halfway through my undergraduate, I switched over to the online version of my degree and bou
4、ght a oneway ticket to Argentina, 11 I finished the last two years of my degree.I currently still live here，and I can personally say that 12 what I wanted years ago and taking the necessary steps to make it a 13 was one of the most important things I could have done for myself. Using my second langu
5、age and learning to live life 14 from the way in the US has 15 an extremely enriching (丰富的) experience.本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。通过作者在国外求学的经历，告诉人们：成长需要不适，成长和舒适不共存。1A.giving inBbringing outCgiving upDputting off答案：C解析：考查短语动词。句意：成长需要不适。如果你坚持舒适，那么你正在放弃使你自己惊讶的、发现伟大的、拥有人类生活馈赠我们的最好经历的希望。A.giving in屈服，投降；B.bringing out
6、说出；出版；C.giving up放弃；D.putting off推迟。此处指如果你坚持舒适，那么你就会放弃一些希望。故选C。2A.face Boffer Csolve Dvalue答案：B解析：考查动词。句意：成长需要不适。如果你坚持舒适，那么你正在放弃使你自己惊讶的、发现伟大的、拥有人类生活馈赠我们的最好经历的希望。A.face面对；B.offer提供；C.solve解决；D.value评估，估价。这里指人类生活提供的最好经历。故选B。3A.happen Bdisappear Cchange Dcontinue答案：A解析：考查动词。句意：许多人认为，我们一走出我们的舒适区，神奇的事情就开
7、始发生。A.happen发生；B.disappear消失；C.change改变；D.continue继续。这里指一些神奇的事情会发生。故选A。4A.into Bthrough Cbeyond Dafter答案：C解析：考查介词。句意：你一决定走出安全的地方，如果你每天浇水，你将会种下一颗长出你从来不会期盼过的果实的种子。A.into进入；B.through穿过；C.beyond超过；在之上；D.after在之后。go beyond“超出；胜过”。故选C。5A.where Bwhat Cthat Dwho答案：C解析：考查定语从句引导词。句意：你一决定走出安全的地方，如果你每天浇水，你将会种下一
8、颗长出你从来不会期盼过的果实的种子。此处seed是先行词，指物，在后面的定语从句中作主语，故选C。6A.ever Bnever Calways Dalready答案：B解析：考查副词。句意：你一决定走出安全的地方，如果你每天浇水，你将会种下一颗长出你从来不会期盼过的果实的种子。A.ever曾经；B.never从来没有；C.always总是；D.already已经。此处指 “从来没有期盼过”。故选B。7A.failure Bdifficulty Cpleasure Dgrowth答案：D解析：考查名词。句意：对我来说，我们应该牢记的最重要的事情是绝不可以让成长和舒适共存。A.failure失败；
9、B.difficulty困难；C.pleasure快乐；D.growth增长，生长。根据第一段第一句Growth requires discomfort.可知，成长和舒适不能共存。故选D。8.A.museum Bforest Ccountry Dworkshop答案：C解析：考查名词。句意：在高中，我想生活在一个拉美国家，通过完全的文化熏陶使西班牙语变得流利。A.museum博物馆；B.forest森林；C.country国家；D.workshop车间。只有在一个国家里才能练习语言。故选C。9A.easy Bsevere Csimple Dfull答案：D解析：考查形容词。句意：在高中，我想生
10、活在一个拉美国家，通过完全的文化熏陶使西班牙语变得流利。A.easy容易的；B.severe严厉的；C.simple简单的；D.full完整的；满的。让语言变得流利，需要通过文化熏陶。故选D。10A.slim Bbig Cpure Dfair答案：A解析：考查形容词。句意：显然在美国这种情况发生的概率是微小的。A.slim微小的；苗条的；B.big大的；C.pure纯的；D.fair公平的。故选A。11A.when Bhow Cwhich Dwhere答案：D解析：考查定语从句引导词。句意：大学本科中途，我转换到在线学位，买了去阿根廷的单程票，在那里用了两年完成我的学位。此处Argentina
11、是先行词，在定语从句中作地点状语，故选D。12A.recognizing Bdesigning Cignoring Dcommenting答案：A解析：考查动名词。句意：我目前仍住在这里，就我而言，知道自己几年前想要的东西并采取了行动，最终变成现实是我为自己做过的最重要的事。A.recognizing认识到；承认；B.designing设计；C.ignoring忽视；D.commenting评论。根据I currently still live here，and I can personally say可知这里是指意识到自己想要什么。故选A。13A.reality Bhabit Cdesire
12、 Droutine答案：A解析：考查名词。句意：我目前仍住在这里，就我而言，知道自己几年前想要的东西并采取了行动，最终变成现实是我为自己做过的最重要的事情。A.reality现实；B.habit习惯；C.desire欲望，要求；D.routine常规，惯例。采取措施就是要把想要的变成现实。故选A。14A.freely Bdifferently Cabsently Dsafely答案：B解析：考查副词。句意：使用第二语言后自己的生活与在美国的生活完全不一样。A.freely自由地，免费地；B.differently不同地；C.absently心不在焉地；D.safely安全地。故选B。15A.t
13、urned over Bturned up Cturned out Dturned down答案：C解析：考查短语动词。句意：使用第二语言后自己的生活与在美国的生活完全不一样，这是一种极其丰富多彩的经历。A.turned over翻转；B.turned up出现；音量调大；C.turned out结果是；D.turned down拒绝；音量调小。此处指产生的结果，故选C。.语法填空A small town in New Zealand has announced a(n) 1 (usual) plan to ban domestic cats in order to protect nativ
14、e wildlife.Those 2 currently own cats will not be forced to give them away, according to the plan. However, after their cats pass away, they will not be allowed 3 (get) another one. The cats will need to have microchips (芯片) 4 (put) just below the surface of 5 skins so that they can be found at any
15、time.Village officials say the plan 6 (need) because domestic cats 7 (attack) wild animals in the area. Because of this, the areas native wildlife is 8 (rapid) disappearing.New Zealand has listed 150 animal species as being seriously endangered and in need of 9 (protect). These animals include a kin
16、d of ant that only lives under one kind of rock, and a kind of lizard (蜥蜴) that only lives 10 a certain area.这是一篇说明文。新西兰一个小镇宣布了一项不寻常的计划，禁止养猫，以保护当地的野生动物。因为家猫一直在攻击该地区的野生动物，造成该地区的野生动物正在迅速消失。1unusual 解析：考查形容词。句意：新西兰一个小镇宣布了一项不寻常的计划，禁止养猫，以保护当地的野生动物。根据后文内容可知，是“一项不寻常的计划”，故填unusual。2who 解析：考查定语从句引导词。句意：根据该计划
17、，目前拥有猫的人不会被迫将猫送人。本句为定语从句修饰先行词those，且引导词在从句中作主语，指人，故填关系代词who。3to get 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：然而，他们的猫死后，他们将不被允许再养一只。短语be allowed to do sth.“被允许做某事”后跟不定式，故填to get。4put 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：需要将微芯片放在猫咪的皮肤表层以下，以便随时被发现。固定结构have sth. done“做某事”，故填过去分词put。5the/their 解析：考查冠词或物主代词。skins为名词，此处可填冠词the，或填形容词性物主代词their指代“猫咪们的”。6is
18、needed 解析：考查动词时态语态。句意：村里的官员说，这个计划是必要的，因为家猫一直在攻击该地区的野生动物。本句中主语plan与need构成被动关系，且时态为一般现在时，故填is needed。7have been attacking/are attacking 解析：考查动词时态语态。表示过去一直做某事并可能持续到以后用现在完成进行时，结构为have/has been doing.，主语是复数名词，助动词用复数have；或者用现在进行时表示目前的情况，故填have been attacking/are attacking。8rapidly 解析：考查副词。句意：正因为如此，该地区的野生动物正在迅速消失。disappear为动词，需要副词修饰，故填rapidly。9protection 解析：考查名词。句意：新西兰已将150种动物列为严重濒危物种，需要保护。of为介词，后跟名词作宾语，故填protection。10in 解析：考查介词。句意：这些动物包括一种只生活在一种岩石下的蚂蚁和一种只生活在某一地区的蜥蜴。固定短语live in“居住在”，故填in。