1、Unit 1.完形填空I was once a dropout. I know how powerfully a _1_ can influence the life of a person who does not _2_ herself. I quit school at sixteen to work. Years later, I had a(n) _3_ and couldnt work for months. I felt depressed. With an unemployable father and a mentally ill mother to support, I c
2、ouldnt _4_ to give up.Searching the ads, I found a notice that our local community college offered free work _5_. One requirement was a highschool diploma or GED certificate. Years ago, I got my GED certificate, but with _6_ scores. I felt certain that I had little to _7_ other than a willingness to
3、 _8_. After my physical injury healed, I went to meet Ruby Martin, the advisor who would _9_ me.I sat _10_ waiting while Mrs Martin looked over my score sheet. I was _11_ to hear her blame me for wasting her valuable time. She looked at me for a long moment _12_ she spoke. “Why did you apply for thi
4、s _13_?” she asked. “Why arent you applying to college?”With my face burning with _14_, I could only whispered, “Because I am stupid.”She explained how the GED scores are based on, and that my numbers were very high indeed. I would make an excellent candidate for the training program. I regained my
5、_15_. Later, I got a bachelors degree and became a teacher just like her.本文是一篇记叙文,作者在读高中时就辍学了。后来作者在一位素不相识的老师的帮助下重新点燃了自信,并且最终成为一名老师。1A.clerkBteacherCinterpreterDtailor答案:B解析:考查名词。A.clerk店员,职员; Bteacher教师; Cinterpreter口译员;D.tailor裁缝。根据下文“Later, I got a bachelors degree and became a teacher just like h
6、er. ”可知作者是在一位老师的鼓励下改变了人生道路,故选B。2A.hear from Breflect on Cbelieve in Ddry out答案:C解析:考查短语动词。A.hear from 收到的来信;B.reflect on反映;C.believe in 信任;D.dry out干涸。根据下文作者认为自己的GED分数低,自己笨,所以没有自信申请大学,因此她不相信自己的能力,故选C。3A.accident Bpatient Ctrunk Dgiant答案:A解析:考查名词。A.accident事故; Bpatient 病人;C.trunk 树干,躯干;D.giant巨人。根据下文
7、中的“After my physical injury healed”可知作者因意外而受伤不能工作,故选A。4A.contradict Bparticipate Cdeclare Dafford答案:D解析:考查动词。A.contradict反驳,驳斥,否认;B.participate参与; Cdeclare宣布; Dafford承担得起,买得起。根据上文可知,作者要挣钱赡养父母,所以她不能放弃。故选D。5A.preparation Bcertificate Ctraining Dqualification答案:C解析:考查名词。A.preparation准备;B.certificate证书;
8、 Ctraining训练;D.qualification资格。根据下文“.an excellent candidate for the training program”可知,作者是申请参加免费的工作培训项目,故选C。6A.numb Blow Cparallel Dsteep答案:B解析:考查形容词。A.numb 麻木的; Blow 低的; Cparallel 平行的;D.steep 陡峭的。根据but的转折以及下文的stupid可知,作者认为自己考的分数低,故选B。7.A.distribute Bapologize Crecommend Doffer答案:D解析:考查动词。A.distrib
9、ute分配,分布; Bapologize道歉; Crecommend 推荐;D.offer提供。根据上文和句意可知,作者认为对于申请这个培训项目,自己没有什么优势可以提供,故选D。8A.operate Bgrill Cclick Dtry答案:D解析:考查动词。A.operate操作,做手术;B.grill拷问,烤;C.click点击;D.try努力,尝试。根据上文可以判断作者要养家,所以她不能放弃工作,于是想试一试。故选D。9A.employ Bassess Cdrill Dcomfort答案:B解析:考查动词。A.employ雇用,使用; Bassess评估,估价; Cdrill训练;D.
10、comfort安慰。根据下文可知,Ruby Martin查看我的成绩册,是评估作者是否可以参加这个项目,故选B。10A.comfortably Bcuriously Coptionally Dnervously答案:D解析:考查副词。A.comfortably安逸地;B.curiously好奇地;C.optionally可选择地;D.nervously紧张地。根据语境可知,作者因为认为自己分数低,不知道能不能被录取,所以很紧张,故选D。11A.desperate Babsurd Cprepared Dautonomous答案:C解析:考查形容词。A.desperate绝望的;B.absurd荒
11、唐的; Cprepared有准备的;D.autonomous自治的。根据上文可知,作者只是抱着试一试的想法来参加面试,已经做好了不被接收的准备,故选C。12A.before Buntil Csince Dafter答案:A解析:考查状语从句连接词。根据句意可知,老师看了她半天才说话。before用于肯定句中,表示“过了多久才”,故选A。13A.occupation Benterprise Cprogram Ddegree答案:C解析:考查名词。A.occupation职业;B.enterprise企业;C.program项目;D.degree程度,学位。根据下文“for the trainin
12、g program.”可知老师问作者为什么要参加这个培训项目,故选C。14A.anger Bshame Cenvy Daffection答案:B解析:考查名词。A.anger怒气;B.shame羞愧,耻辱;C.envy羡慕,嫉妒;D.affection感情。根据上文内容可知,作者认为自己分数低,所以感觉羞愧。故选B。15A.dignity Bconfidence Cprivilege Dprofit答案:B解析:考查名词。A.dignity尊严;B.confidence信心;C.privilege特权;D.profit利润。作者以前认为自己笨,没有自信,后来得到学位而且成了老师。由此说明她恢复
13、了自信。故选B。.语法填空A Shanghai policeman took on the role of son to help comfort an elderly couple, _1_ had lost their own son in a deadly accident.In 2003, Liang Qiaoying and her son _2_ (expose) to poison gas during an accident. The woman survived, but her young son was _3_ (lucky). And Liang was left me
14、ntallydisabled. Her husband, Xia Zhanhai, couldnt bear to tell her the _4_ (true) about their son. Instead, whenever his wife asked to see the son, he kept _5_ (say) that their son had gone to work in another city.In 2010, while watching a television show, Xia Zhanhai was amazed to see an officer th
15、at looked _6_ (exact) like his son. He immediately knew that the young man was the answer to making his wife smile again.With _7_ help of the television station and the police station, the couple were able to meet the very policeman on a TV show.The young policeman was touched by _8_ (they) loss and
16、 sadness, and said that he was more than willing _9_ (act) as the son. Although he still hesitated to call another woman “mum”, his mother was happy to support his action.Their “reunion” lasted just a few minutes on the show, but it had a lasting influence _10_ the sick “mother”本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是上海一名警察
17、扮演儿子的角色,帮助安慰一对老夫妇的故事。1who 解析:考查定语从句。此处couple是先行词,指人,在后面的定语从句中作主语,故答案为who。2were_exposed 解析:考查固定搭配。句意:2003年,梁巧英和她的儿子在一次事故中吸了毒气。固定搭配:be exposed to暴露于。根据2003年,可知此处陈述的是过去发生的事情,应用一般过去时,且主语Liang Qiaoying and her son和谓语动词expose之间是被动关系,应用被动语态;且句子主语Liang Qiaoying and her son是复数形式,故答案为were exposed。3unlucky 解析:
18、考查形容词。句意:这位妇女幸免于难,但她年幼的儿子却很不幸。but表示前后是一种转折关系,be动词后面用形容词,故答案为unlucky。4truth 解析:考查名词。句意:她的丈夫夏湛海无法忍受告诉她关于他们儿子的真相。根据the可知后面用名词形式,故答案为truth。5saying 解析:考查固定搭配。keep doing sth.“一直做某事”,故答案为saying。6exactly 解析:考查副词。此处looked是动词look的过去式,用副词修饰,故答案为exactly。7the 解析:考查固定词组。with the help of“在的帮助下”,故答案为the。8their 解析:考查形容词性物主代词。此处loss 和 sadness是名词,用形容词性物主代词修饰,故答案为their。 9to_act 解析:考查固定搭配。固定搭配:be willing to do sth.“愿意做某事”,故答案为to act。10on/upon 解析:考查固定词组。固定词组:have an influence on/upon“对有影响”,故答案为on/upon。