1、30分语言知识运用练 三 限时25分钟.完形填空I took a job as a receptionist for a veterinarian(兽医)almost five decades ago.As an enthusiastic animal lover,I couldnt bear to see any creature in pain.At the end of my first week,we are closing the office for the day 1 a young man ran up to us holding a severely injured Dobe
2、rman puppy in his arms and 2 us to save his life.The doctor and I ran back into the 3 room.The vet worked 4 for what seemed like hours,stitching(缝合)him back together again.That was the easy 5.The puppy had broken multiple 6,including his spine(脊柱).Even if he survived the next few days,we were quite
3、sure he would never 7 again.That day forever changed my life.The veterinarian guided me,and I became his assistant in all things 8.One of my first jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical care.I remember 9 his tiny legs to try to keep his muscles from becoming 10.Weeks later,to my relief,
4、he could use his legs again.Fast-forward about a year.I walked into the clinics waiting room and called the name of the next client.Suddenly,a huge Doberman who had been standing 11 with his owner on the opposite side of the room broke loose and 12 toward me.I found myself pinned 13 the wall with th
5、is magnificent dog standing on his legs,his front paws on my shoulders,14 my face with joyful and abundant kisses!I still tear up in amazement at the display of love and 15 the dog had for me that day all those years ago.【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者和一位心怀感激的特殊病人之间的故事五十年前作者在一家兽医所工作。有一天接待了一个被车撞得很严重的小杜宾犬,后来
6、经过作者的细心照料后它痊愈了。一年后长大了的它回来感谢作者,作者对此感到既惊奇又感动。1.A.when B.becauseC.ifD.while【解析】选A。考查连词词义辨析。句意:在我第一周上班结束时,我们正要关门,一个年轻人抱着一只受伤严重的杜宾幼犬,跑过来求我们救救它。be doing.when.正在做突然。作者正要关门下班的时候,突然一个年轻人抱着受伤的小狗求救。故选A。2.A.leadingB.sendingC.forcingD.begging【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意:在我第一周上班结束时,我们正要关门,一个年轻人抱着一只受伤严重的杜宾幼犬,跑过来恳求我们救救它。lead
7、ing带领;sending派遣;forcing强迫;begging恳求。根据 save his life可知,这位年轻人抱着受伤的小狗来兽医所,并恳求我们救治它。beg sb.to do sth.恳求某人做某事。故选D。3.A.largeB.operatingC.waitingD.empty【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:医生和我跑回手术室。根据The vet worked_for what seemed like hours,stitching him back together again.”可知,他们回到手术室给小狗做手术。故选B。4.A.peacefullyB.tireless
8、lyC.crazilyD.immediately【解析】选B。考查副词词义辨析。句意:兽医不知疲倦地工作了好几个小时,才把它缝合好。peacefully 和平地;tirelessly不知疲倦地;crazily疯狂地;immediately立即。根据“what seemed like hours”可知,几个小时的手术,说明他们不知疲倦地给小狗做手术。故选B。5.A.partB.factorC.medicineD.accident【解析】选A。考查名词词义辨析。句意:这是简单的部分。根据“The puppy had broken multiple_,including his spine.”可知,
9、与断了骨头相比,缝合工作是相对简单的部分。故选A。6.A.positionsB.teethC.bonesD.legs【解析】选C。考查名词词义辨析。句意:这只小狗折断了好几根骨头,包括脊柱。根据“including his spine.”可知,小狗包括脊柱在内的几处骨头断了。故选C。7.A.moveB.walkC.barkD.eat【解析】选B。考查动词词义辨析。句意:即使它能活过几天,我们也很肯定它再也不能走路了。根据“Even if he survived the next few days,”可知,小狗受伤严重,即使能活下来,也不能走路。故选B。8.A.difficultB.medica
10、lC.deadlyD.meaningful【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:兽医指导我,我成了他所有医疗方面的助手。difficult困难的;medical医疗的;deadly致命的;meaningful有意义的。根据“One of my first jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical care.”可知,作者做了兽医的医疗方面的助手。故选B。9.A.movingB.squeezingC.feelingD.twisting【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。句意:我记得我挪动着它的腿,试图不让它的肌肉萎缩。moving 移动;
11、squeezing挤压;feeling感觉;twisting扭曲。根据“Weeks later,to my relief,he could use his legs again.”可知,作者不断地挪动小狗的腿,以防它肌肉萎缩。故选A。10.A.fatterB.drierC.harderD.weaker【解析】选D。考查形容词比较级词义辨析。句意:我记得我挪动着他的腿,试图不让他的肌肉萎缩。根据常识可知,移动它的腿是防止肌肉萎缩。故选D。11.A.nervouslyB.painfullyC.quietlyD.seriously【解析】选C。考查副词词义辨析。句意:突然,一直和主人静静地站在房间对
12、面的一只巨大的杜宾犬突然挣脱出来,向我冲来。nervously紧张地;painfully痛苦地;quietly安静地;seriously严重地。刚开始,狗与主人一直静静地站在房间对面。故选C。12.A.rushedB.slippedC.foughtD.sat【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。句意:突然,一直和主人静静地站在房间对面的一只巨大的杜宾犬突然挣脱出来,向我冲来。根据“broke loose”可知,这只狗突然向我冲过来。故选A。13.A.intoB.forC.againstD.by【解析】选C。考查介词词义辨析。句意:我发现自己被按在墙上,这只健壮的狗双腿站立,前爪搭在我的肩膀上,欢快地
13、舔吻着我的脸!pin sb.against the wall 把某人按在墙上。作者被狗按在墙上。故选C。14.A.touchingB.hittingC.lighteningD.washing【解析】选D。考查动词词义辨析。句意:我发现自己被按在墙上,这只健壮的狗双腿站立,前爪搭在我的肩膀上,欢快地舔吻着我的脸!根据“with joyful and abundant kisses!”可知,这里指狗用舌头舔作者的脸。故选D。15.A.reliefB.comfortC.easeD.gratitude【解析】选D。考查名词词义辨析。句意:当我想起多年前的那一天这只狗对我表现出的爱和感激之情时,我仍然会
14、惊讶得流下眼泪。relief欣慰;comfort安慰;ease减轻;gratitude感激。根据“_my face with joyful and abundant kisses!”可知,这只狗对作者除了表达爱意之外还表达了感激之情。故选D。.语法填空 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Vertical gardening isnt new,but an example from India shows how this inventive technique is 1._(true)changing lives.The Mehra family from Amr
15、itsar were locally hot news last June when they showed off the vertical garden 2._ they had created at their home.The family used over 175,000 plastic bottles to create 3._ garden,fixing the bottles to the exterior walls(外墙)of their home and filling them with 4._(variety)plants.The plants are irriga
16、ted by 5._(use)a simple drip system(滴灌系统)and amazingly,this has lowered the temperature of their home by nearly five degrees Celsius.The idea caught on quickly.Many local schools now have green vertical gardens on their walls,6._ so does Punjab Agriculture University,and even Ludhiana railway statio
17、n,the first station in India 7._(adopt)this idea.The railway authorities note that the plants not only cool the station,but also help to absorb the noise,and 8._(seem)to have a calming and anti-littering effect on travellers.Moreover,every vertical garden 9._(create)in this way is recycling plastic
18、which would otherwise be a pollutant,actively reducing local 10._(pollute).【文章大意】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了垂直花园这一想法的起源,以及垂直花园如今在学校、火车站等场所都有应用。垂直花园不仅能使车站凉爽,还有助于吸收噪音,似乎还能让旅客平静下来,防止乱丢垃圾。此外,以这种方式建造的每一个垂直花园都是回收塑料建成的,否则这些塑料会成为污染物,垂直花园积极减少了当地的污染。1.【解析】truly。考查副词。修饰动词change,应用副词truly,表示“真正地”,作状语。故填truly。2.【解析】that/whi
19、ch。考查定语从句。此处为定语从句,修饰先行词the vertical garden,且先行词在从句中作宾语,指物,故应用关系代词that或which。故填that/which。3.【解析】the。考查冠词。此处garden为特指上文提到the vertical garden,应用定冠词the。故填the。4.【解析】various。考查形容词。修饰后文名词plants,应用形容词various,表示“各种各样的”,作定语。故填various。5.【解析】using。考查非谓语动词。上文by为介词,后跟动名词作宾语。故填using。6.【解析】and。考查连词。句意:现在,许多当地学校的墙上都
20、有绿色的垂直花园,Punjab农业大学也有,甚至Ludhiana火车站也有,它是印度第一个采用这一举措的火车站。结合上下文语境,可知前后为并列关系,应用连词and。故填and。7.【解析】to adopt。考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知adopt在句中应用非谓语动词形式,此处名词station由序数词the first修饰,后跟不定式作后置定语。故填to adopt。8.【解析】seem。考查主谓一致。此处seem的主语为the plants,且结合上文,可知为一般现在时,主语为复数名词,谓语动词用动词原形。故填seem。9.【解析】created。考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构,可知create在句中应用非谓语动词形式,且与逻辑主语vertical garden构成被动关系,故应用过去分词作定语。故填created。10.【解析】pollution。考查名词。上文local为形容词,修饰名词pollution,该空作reducing的宾语,表示“污染”。故填pollution。
