1、WELCOME UNIT.完形填空I was a single parent of four small children, working at a lowpaid job.Money was always tight, but I _1_to make ends meet (收支平衡), and if not a lot, _2_we had enough.Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was _3_.Ive always been glad about that.It was Christmas time, and al
2、though there wasnt _4_for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party.But the big _5_ for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping.They planned weeks ahead of time, asking _6_what they wanted for Christmas._7_， I had saved $120 for gifts to be shared by all five of us.The big day _
3、8_.I gave each kid a twentydollar bill and advised them to look for _9_ of about four dollars each.Then everyone went away excitedly.We had two hours to shop and _10_ back at the “Santas Workshop”Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, _11_ my youngest daughter, Ginger, who was unusual
4、ly quiet.She had only one small, flat bag with a few candiesfiftycent candies! I was very doubtful but I didnt say anything _12_ we got home.I called her into my bedroom and closed the door.This is what she told me：“I was looking around thinking of what to buy when I _13_ to read the little cards on
5、 the Giving TreesOne was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll.So I took the card off the tree and _14_ the doll for her.We have so much and she doesnt have anything.”I never felt so _15_ as I did that day.本文主要讲述了“我”独自抚养四个孩子，在圣诞节那天用省下来的钱让孩子们去买礼物，最后除了小女儿之外所有的孩
6、子都买到了自己想要的，后来我知道小女儿用她的钱给一位贫困的小女孩买了娃娃，自己只买了一点糖果，我为自己有这么善良的孩子感到高兴。1A.failedBmanagedCmeantDwished答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。failed失败；managed设法做到；meant意味着；打算；wished希望，但愿。前文说我是一个单亲母亲，收入不高，钱总是很紧张。但我却能设法做到收支平衡。因此根据语境可知B项符合题意，故选B项。2A.at least Bat most Cat first Dat last答案：A解析：考查短语辨析。at least至少；at most 至多；at first开始；at l
7、ast最后。根据语境可知，我们的钱不多，但至少够用了，故选A项。3A.busy Bserious Cstrict Dkind答案：C解析：考查形容词辨析。busy忙碌的；serious严肃的，严重的；strict严格的；kind温和的。本句的意思是“孩子们不知道我们家很穷，只是认为是我要求严格”。故选C。4A.reason Broom Ctime Dmoney答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。reason理由，原因；room 房间；time时间；money钱。从第一段可知作者的经济很紧张，所以没有钱买许多礼物。故选D。5A.question Bproblem Cpleasure Dtreasure答
8、案：C解析：考查名词辨析。question问题，疑问；problem难题；pleasure愉快，乐事；treasure珍宝。根据语境和常识，圣诞节到了，孩子们最兴奋的是去购物。故选C。6A.every other Beach other Cone by one Dthe other答案：B解析：考查词组辨析。every other每隔一个；each other彼此，互相；one by one一个接一个；the other表示(两个中的)另一个， 或其余的人或物，通常后面会加one，确指另一个。根据语境可知，他们几周前就开始提前准备，互相询问想要什么礼物。故选B。7A.Strangely BLu
9、ckily CHardly DSadly答案：B解析：考查副词辨析。Strangely奇怪地；Luckily幸运地；Hardly几乎不；Sadly悲伤地。上文可知作者的经济很紧张，所以能节省120美元来买礼物已是很幸运了，故选B。8A.went Bleft Creached Darrived答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。went去；left离开；reached到达；arrived到达。本句是说圣诞节这个伟大的日子终于到了。reach和arrive都有“到达”的意思，但reach为及物动词，后面跟名词作宾语，而arrive为不及物动词。本句的主语是the big day，要用不及物的，所以用arr
10、ived。故选D项。9.A.toys Bclothes Cpresents Dbargains答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。toys玩具；clothes衣服；presents 礼物；bargains减价品。根据语境可知是买礼物，故选C。10A.returned Bmet Csat Dmoved答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。returned返回，回来；met 遇见，碰面；sat坐下；moved移动，搬家。本句是说“然后每个人都兴奋地离开了。我们花了两个小时购物，买完后在圣诞老人工作室集合(碰面)”。因此选B。11A.except Bbesides Cincluding Dconcerning答案：A
11、解析：考查介词辨析。 except除之外，(不包括)；besides除之外，还；including包括；concerning关于。根据下文可知，小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃，所以说除了她之外，其他的人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中。因此选A。12A.since Bafter Cuntil Dwhile答案：C解析：考查连词。since自从； after在之后，到为止；until直到；while当的时候。本句是指“我很疑惑，但是到家之前什么也没说”。由此可知，本题考查的是not.until.“直到才”，因此要用until，故选C。13A.forgot Bremembered Ch
12、appened Doffered答案：C解析：考查固定搭配。forgot忘记；remembered记得；happened发生；offered提供。根据语境可知，这里是指小女孩正在四处转转，思考买什么， 这个时候碰巧看见了Giving Trees，就停下来去读上边的卡片。happen to do.，为固定搭配，意为“碰巧做某事”，因此选C项。14A.searched Bfound Cbrought Dbought答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。searched搜索；found发现；brought 带来；bought买。根据上下文可知，我女儿把卡片拿下来，并把洋娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩，因此D项符合题
13、意，故选D。15A.calm Brich Cwell Dangry答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。calm冷静的；rich富有的；well健康的；angry生气的。与第一段的Money was always tight 相呼应。作者认为虽然拮据，但从没有像那天那样感觉自己很富有(因为有这么一个善良的小女儿)。故选B。.语法填空A young man wanted to find a job after _1_ (finish)school.One day he came to a big company for it.There were six young people that day _2
14、_ the company only wanted one.The interview was very easy.It was only a few _3_ (minute) short talk.Then the six young people all went home. _4_ the morning of the third day，the young man got a text message.It _5_ (say), “We are sorry to tell you that you cannot work in our company.”The young man fe
15、lt very sad，but he answered _6_ (polite)，“Thank you all the same.” _7_ (late)that afternoon，the young man got another text message saying, “We are glad _8_ (tell)you that you can be one of us！”The young man didnt know why.People in the company told him, “Thats because of _9_ same message in the morn
16、ing.Only you said Thank youThat was the real test，and only you gave the right answer.”When you feel _10_ (disappoint)，do not forget to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you.本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个毕业找工作的年轻人因为礼貌的举止被公司录用。1finishing解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：一个年轻人想在毕业后找一份工作。介词after后接动名词作宾语，故填finishing。2but解析：考查连词。句意
17、：来面试的有六个人，但那家公司只要一个人。前后是转折关系，故填but。3minutes解析：考查名词所有格。句意：面试只有几分钟的简短谈话。few后接可数名词minute的所有格，作定语修饰short talk，故用minutes。4On解析：考查介词。句意：在第三天上午，这个年轻人收到了一条短信。在具体某一天的上午或下午用介词on，故填On。5said解析：考查时态。句意：短信上说：“很遗憾通知你，你没有通过面试。”事情发生在过去，应该用一般过去时，故填said。6politely解析：考查副词。句意：那个年轻人很难过，但他还是礼貌地回复“仍然谢谢您”。修饰动词answered用副词，故填politely。7Later解析：考查副词。句意：那天下午晚些时候，他又收到了一条短信，上面说“很高兴通知你，你已经被我公司录用了！”此处表示“那天下午晚些时候”，故填Later。8to_tell解析：考查不定式。句意参考上题解析。be形容词不定式表示“做某事是的”，故填to tell。9the解析：考查定冠词。句意：那是因为早上的同一条短信。只有你说了“谢谢”。same常和the连用，表示“相同的”，故填the。10disappointed解析：考查形容词。句意：当你感到失望时，不要忘了对让你失望的人说声“谢谢”。表示人的感受用ed结尾的形容词，故填disappointed。