1、完形填空。Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, 1 give your money back? Of course, it 2 happens quite like that. The only language 3 to learn is the mother language. And think 4 practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreig
2、n language 5 the literature(文学) of the country. Now most people want to 6 a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning 7 . How do they do it? Some people try at home 8 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a
3、week, learning it will 10 a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or 11 hours a day. Its much easier to learn the language in the country where it 12 . But most people are 13 to do this, and many people dont have to do so. Machines a
4、nd good books will be very 14 , but they can not do the students work. 15 the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work. 名师点评本文主要想告诉读者,学英语是一个长期而艰苦的劳动,没有任何捷径可走。无论你用什么方法学习用书、机器或在学校,不多实践就无法达到预期的目的。(B)1. A. soB. orC. andD. but【解析】B。这里的or是“否则”的意思。(C)2. A. cant B. impossibleC. neverD. often【解
5、析】C。根据作者的观点,这种事绝对不可能发生。impossible是一个形容词,不符语法,cant后不可能跟happens,often意思与作者的意图相反。(D)3. A. easily B. difficultC. able D. easy【解析】D。唯一容易学的语言是母语。这里需要一个形容词充当后置定语。(A)4. A. how muchB. how longC. how fastD. how many【解析】A。用来修饰不可数名词,只有用how much,全句意为“母语好学,还需要那么多的练习。” 何况外语呢?。(B)5. A. studiedB. to study C. studyin
6、gD. study【解析】B。动词不定式充当目的状语。意为“学习外语来研究文学”。(C)6. A. talkB. tellC. speakD. say【解析】C。说某种语言用speak,speak English,speak Chinese。(D)7. A. themB. this C. thatD. it【解析】D。用it代指上文所说的a foreign language。(B)8. A. withoutB. withC. in D. by【解析】B。这里的with是“用”的意思。(A)9. A. If B. WhenC. Since D. Until【解析】A。作者在这里提出一种假设。如果
7、他们一星期只有一两次使用外语。(C)10. A. spendB. useC. take D. cost【解析】C。固定短语,意为“做某事花费某人多长时间”。(B)11. A. some B. more C. other D. less【解析】B。后面省略了than 6 hours。意为6个小时或更多的时间。(D)12. A. speaks B. is speaking C. spoke D. is spoken【解析】D。it 代指上文所指的foreign language,故用被动被态。(C)13. A. able B. possibleC. unable D. not possible【解
8、析】C。许多人不可能做到这一点。这里不可以用not possible,因为它的主语不可以用人。(D)14. A. careful B. forgetfulC. wonderful D. helpful【解析】D。机器和书对于学习英语来说是很有帮助的。(B)15. A. either B. whether C. what D. how【解析】B。whether or固定短语。完形填空 (2014南昌市高三第三次模拟测试)Mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is.Through the years I wou
9、ld _1_a guess at what I thought was the correct_2_.When I was younger,I thought sound was very important to us as humans,_3_I said,“My ears,Mommy.” She said,“No,many people are _4_.”Since making my first attempt,I had considered the correct answer carefully.So several_5_later,I told her,“Mommy,_6_is
10、 very important to everybody,so it must be our_7_.”She looked at me and told me,“You are learning fast,but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”Over the years,Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was_8_.Then last year,my grandpa died.Everybody w
11、as_9_.When it was our turn to say our final_10_to Grandpa,my Mom asked me,“Have you found the answer to my usual questionwhat is the most important body part_11_,my son?”I was_12_when she asked me this now.I always thought this was a game between her and me.She saw the_13_on my face and told me,“Thi
12、s question is very important.It shows that you have really lived your life.For every part you gave me_14_,I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example_15_.But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.” She looked down at me as only a mother can.I saw her eyes well up wi
13、th tears.She said,“Son,the most important body part is your_16_.” I asked,“Is it because it holds up my head?”She replied,“No,it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry.Everybody needs a shoulder to_17_on sometime in life,my son.I only hope that you have enough love
14、and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you _18_ it.”Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish oneit is sympathetic to the_19_of others.People will forget what you said.People will forget what you did.But people will_20_forget how you made them feel.
15、1.Amake Breply CthinkDcontribute2A.guess Banswer CpartDchoice3A.anyhow Botherwise CthereforeDhowever4A.deaf Bblind Cdumb Ddisabled5A.days BminutesCmonths Dyears6A. hearing Btouching Csight Dtaste7A.eyes Bears Chands Dlegs8A.rightBwrong Cthe same Ddifferent9A.injured Bhurt Cwounded Ddamaged10A.sorry
16、Bhello Cgoodbye Dyes11A.already Bstill Cthough Dyet12A.pleased Bshocked Cdisappointed Dsatisfied13A.confusion Bsmile Cquestion Dexcitement14A.in the future Bat present Cin the past Dfor the moment15A.how Bwhy Cwhat Dwhere16A.back Bhead Cneck Dshoulder17A.cry Brest Cput Dcarry18A.accept Bget Cneed Dh
17、ave19A.embarrassment Bpain Canger Dawareness20A.never Bever Ccompletely Dforever语篇解读本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过作者母亲提出的问题告诉我们:人身体最重要的部分是肩膀。因为肩膀可以让别人趴在上面哭泣并且能给他人痛苦带去安慰与同情。1解析:考查动词辨析。句意为:这么多年来,我猜我当时想的是正确答案。make a guess at.对猜测,是固定搭配,符合文意。故答案A符合文意。答案:A 2解析:考查名词辨析。句意为:这么多年来,我猜我所想的是正确答案(answer)。与第二段第一句“Since making my
18、 first attempt,I had considered the correct answer carefully.”相呼应,故答案B符合文意。答案:B3解析:考查连词辨析。句意为:在我小的时候,我认为声音对人类很重要,因此(therefore)我说:“我的耳朵,妈妈。”空格前后是因果关系。故答案C符合文意。答案:C4解析:考查形容词辨析。句意为“不,很多人是聋子(deaf)”。与上文中的sound和ears相呼应,可推知答案A符合文意。答案:A5解析:考查名词辨析。根据第三段中的“Over the years.”和语境可知,答案D符合文意。 答案:D6解析:考查名词辨析。句意为:多年以
19、后,我告诉妈妈说,“妈妈,视力(sight)对每个人都很重要,因此我们的眼睛应该是最重要的了。”与下文中的“there are many people who are blind”相呼应,故答案C符合文意。答案:C7解析:考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“there are many people who are blind”可推知,答案A符合文意。答案:A8解析:考查形容词辨析。句意为:多年来,妈妈又问过我几次,而她的回答总是一样的(the same)。根据第一次和第二次妈妈的否定回答,和本句中的“always”可知,答案C符合文意答案:C9解析:考查动词辨析。句意为:去年,爷爷去世了,每个人都很
20、伤心(hurt指心灵上的创伤)。故答案B符合文意。injure在意外事故中受伤;wound一般指外伤;damage破坏,均不符合语境,故排除。 答案:B10解析: 考查名词辨析。句意为:当轮到我们和爷爷最后告别(goodbye)的时候,妈妈问我:“你有没有找到我经常问你的那个问题的答案什么是我们身体最重要的部分,我的孩子?”根据常识可知,爷爷去世了,应该是来和他告别的,故答案C符合文意。 答案:C11解析:考查副词辨析。句意为:当轮到我们和爷爷最后告别的时候,妈妈问我,“你有没有想出我经常问你的那个问题的答案什么是我们身体最重要的部分,我的孩子?yet已经,常用于否定句或疑问句,表示到目前为止
21、,符合文意。故答案D符合文意。already和still常用于肯定句;though然而,常用于句末,均不符合语境,故排除。答案:D12解析: 考查形容词辨析。句意为:她这个时候问我这个问题让我很吃惊(shock)。由语境可知,母亲在作者向爷爷最后告别时提这个问题,作者感觉有些意外。答案:B13解析:考查名词辨析。句意为:她看出了我脸上的困惑(confusion),然后告诉我由语境和句意可知,作者对母亲在这个时候问这个问题感到吃惊和困惑,故答案A符合文意。答案:A14解析:考查介词短语辨析。根据下文“But today”和上文语境可知,答案C符合文意。答案:C15解析:考查特殊疑问词辨析。句意为
22、:对于过去你每次给出的答案,我都说你错了,而且我当时都给你举了例子说明为什么(why)。根据下文中的“Is it because it holds up my head?”可知,答案B符合文意。答案:B16解析:考查名词辨析。句意为:儿子,身体最重要的部分是你的肩膀(shoulder)。与下文中的“Everybody needs a shoulder to.”相呼应,故答案D符合文意。答案:D17解析:考查动词辨析。句意为:在一生中,有时候每个人都会需要一个肩膀可以趴在上面哭泣。根据本段中多次出现的cry一词可推知,答案A符合文意。答案:A18解析:考查动词辨析。 句意为:我只希望你有足够的爱
23、和足够多的朋友,在你需要(need)的时候,可以有个肩膀让你去哭泣。与上文中的“Everybody needs a shoulder to.”相呼应,故答案C符合文意。答案:C19解析:考查名词辨析。句意为:就在那时,那个地方,我意识到身体最重要的部分不是一种自我的东西,而是一种对他人痛苦(pain)的同情。根据空格前的“sympathetic”和选项可知,答案B符合文意。答案:B20解析:考查副词辨析。句意为:但是人们绝不会(never)忘记你给他们的安慰。根据此句中的“But”可知,此处与上文提到的两种情况形成对比。答案:A。完型填空。阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从以下题所给的A、B、C
24、、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。Living in a new country means experiencing a different way of life. This is very exciting and interesting,1._ it can also be a little challenging at times,because the cultures of all countries are unique.Culture is like 2._ iceberg. You can see some parts of an icebergjust like you ca
25、n see some parts of a countrys culture 3._ you visit it. For example,you can see different ways 4._ greeting people,hear different languages and observe different festivals and customs. However,a much bigger part of every iceberg is hidden under water.5._ though this part of the iceberg is hard to s
26、ee,it is very important6._ it,the iceberg would not exist. The same is true of culture. There are many aspects of it 7._ you cannot see when you visit a different country,for example,the nature of friendship and the importance of time.8._ will take a long time to understand those values and beliefs.
27、(三)1. but考查连词。这非常激动人心也非常有趣,但是有时候还是具有一定挑战性的。根据前后的转折关系可判断填but。2. an考查冠词。iceberg为单数可数名词,且表泛指,以元音音素开头,故填an。3. when考查时间状语从句的引导词。当你参观一个国家的时候你能看到它文化的一部分。4. of考查介词。way of doing sth做某事的方法。5. Even考查固定搭配。even though“尽管,即使”,引导让步状语从句。6. without考查介词。它非常重要,没有它,整个冰山就不会存在。7. which考查定语从句的引导词。该空引导定语从句修饰aspects,且在从句中作s
28、ee的宾语,故填which。8. It考查it的用法。此处为固定句型“it takes some time to do sth”意为“做某事花多长时间”。完形填空。Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. Its beautiful but its hot in _1_. So I usually returned to my hometown when my _2_ began. It is not big, but its cool and quiet. I could _
29、3_ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.One day I had some _4_ to solve. But I didnt take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my _5_, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didnt see each other after I _6_ middle school. At first he didnt recognize me. He _
30、7_ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! Its you, Fred!”Of course we were _8_ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and _9_. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasnt big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I _10_ were in the
31、m too. At last I said, “_11_ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”“Im sorry I dont lend any books to _12_,” said the young man.“Are you afraid Ill _13_ them?”“No, Im not. Im afraid you wont _14_ them to me. Look! All the books are not _15_, but borrowed!”名师点评这篇短文主要讲了Charlie家里有许多藏书,却没有一本是自己买的,所以
32、他从不借书给别人,因为他怕别人都和他一样。本题的不少答案只从缺空所在句子的语意和语法是无法确定的,解题是要联系上下文及一般常识进行推理。(B)1. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter【解析】B。hot应该指的是夏天的天气情况。(D)2. A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday【解析】D。大学生暑假回家度假。(A)3. A. studyB. play C. restD. run【解析】A。学生暑假应该不忘学习。(C)4. A. words B. sentences C. problemsD. stori
33、es【解析】C。solve problems意为“解决问题”。(D)5. A. brothers B. sisters C. auntsD. classmates【解析】D。根据下文可得知。(A)6. A. finished B. heard C. sawD. met【解析】A。finish middle school表示“中学毕业”。(C)7. A. liftedB. carried C. lookedD. pulled【解析】C。look sb. up and down表示“上下打量某人”,这时look用作及物动词。(B)8. A. angryB. happy C. worriedD. s
34、ad【解析】B。老同学相见自然是高兴。(B)9. A. doctorsB. teachers C. workersD. drivers【解析】B。同学之间谈论的主要对象一般应该是同学和老师。(A)10. A. looked forB. read C. wroteD. looked at【解析】A。根据上下文得知“我”正在寻找一本字典。(D)11. A. NeedB. MustC. MayD. Can【解析】D。这里指征求别人的意见,故用can。(C)12. A. otherB. the otherC. othersD. another【解析】C。泛指其他人,故用复数。(A)13. A. loseB. sellC. throwD. know【解析】A。“我”以为他怕我把书弄丢,所以不借。(B)14. A. payB. returnC. useD. look after【解析】B。根据下文得知他的书都是借的,所以他不愿借给我,怕我也象他一样借书不还。(D)15. A. made B. pickedC. wonD. bought【解析】D。这些书都不是买的,而是借的。