1、第13练阅读完形语法填空.阅读理解A体裁：说明文话题：儿童入学词数：312时间：5“Redshirting” is a term that comes from the world of college sports，describing athletes who are kept off the field until they develop certain skills.They often sit out a year or more.Many parents with children ready to start school have adopted(接受) the same l
2、ine of thinking.They are waiting until their children are 6 years old before sending them to kindergarten.Nationally，there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.Only 9 percent of children were being redshirted back in the mid1990s.By 2014，16.4 percent of children entering kin
3、dergarten were 6 or older，according to the National Center for Education Statistics.The jump likely has to do with schools increasing emphasis on academic achievement and parents growing attention to their kids emotional needs.Lisa DeLuna wonders whether her son，Jacob，might have benefited from being
4、 held back.He started kindergarten only weeks after turning 5，and he struggled to keep up socially and academically.“He seemed ready for kindergarten at the time，but it wasnt until 3rd grade that things really began to get better for him，” she says.On the contrary，Anna Sandler has few worries about
5、daughter Molly，who is also a 3rd grader and the youngest in her class.Molly also has a sister who just started kindergarten and she，too，is the youngest in her class.“I didnt hold either of my girls back.They both have good language skills and are actually quite tall for their ages.When Molly was in
6、2nd grade，her handwriting was worse than others.Now，a year later，her handwriting shows no difference，”Sandler says.The above childrens experiences agree neatly with data collected by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)“Our research shows that even if there is a benef
7、it from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight，” says Kyle Snow，director of the Center for Applied Research at the NAEYC.【语篇解读】本文讨论了是否应该让适龄儿童延迟入学的问题。1The author gives the figures in Paragraph 2 to show _
8、Athe origins of redshirtingBthe increase in redshirtingCthe importance of kids emotional needsDschools emphasis on academic achievement答案B细节理解题。根据第二段“.there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were held back.”可知，延迟入学的孩子的百分比提高了很多。2How does Lisa DeLuna seem to feel about the fact that her s
9、on started kindergarten at 5?ASatisfied. BEmbarrassed.CRegretful. DWorried.答案C推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，Lisa DeLuna不确定自己的孩子是否会因为延迟入学而受益。她的孩子在刚入学的时候学得很吃力，直到三年级才有所好转。由此可推知，她对让自己孩子五岁入学感到后悔了。3What do we learn about Molly?AShe started kindergarten on time.BShe was short for her age as a 2nd grader.CShe studies wit
10、h her sister in the same class.DHer handwriting was good in 2nd grade.答案A细节理解题。根据第四段“I didnt hold either of my girls back.”可知，Molly按时入学了。4Kyle Snow will probably agree that _Achildren benefit a lot from redshirtingBredshirted children perform better at schoolCredshirting has negative effects on stud
11、entsDredshirting is unnecessary in the long term答案D推理判断题。根据最后一段“Our research shows that even if there is a benefit from redshirting to a child in the first year or years，by 3rd grade any differences between children held back and those not are very slight.”可知，Kyle Snow的研究表明让孩子延迟入学在短期内是有好处的，但是在三年级之后这
12、些差别会变得很小。由此可推知，Kyle Snow认为从长远来看延迟入学是没有必要的。B体裁：影评话题：电影故事词数：370时间：8Few of us havent read Cinderella，the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams.Some might not want to admit it，but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognitio
13、n or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻)Mary Santiago has that secret dream，too.Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story，a film set in a US.high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance.Compared with other girls，she is invisible.However，her world changes completely when a famous teenager
14、 pop singer，Joey Parker，appears.Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind，handsome and desirable.Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball.They meet and fall in love with each other.But when Mary has to rush back home，she leaves behind her MP3 player，which becomes the only clue Joe
15、y has to find the girl of his dreams.Of course，there is a wicked stepmother，who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies.Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school.Her two daughters ar
16、e equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary，even if that means embarrassing her.The story，though it mostly follows Cinderella，does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale.Refreshingly，the film，unlike many high school films，does not focus on looks，although the actors are all beau
17、tiful.There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumpingoff point，” writes the movie critic Amber Wilkinson.“Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.” 【语篇解读】本文是一篇影评。讲述的是一部以灰姑娘的童话故事为蓝本的新电影灰姑娘之舞
18、动奇迹。5In the movie，Mary Santiago is the main character who _Ais brave in expressing her loveBis badly treated by the stepmotherChas a dream of meeting a princeDis embarrassed by the pop singer答案B细节理解题。根据第四段第五句中的.there is a wicked stepmother.可知答案为B项。6What can we infer from the passage?AJoey is just li
19、ke other boys in Marys class.BThe MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.CNot many people have a dream to be realized.DMarys mother influences her a lot in singing.答案B推理判断题。根据文章第四段第四句中的.MP3 player，which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl.可知答案。由第四段第一句可排除A项；由第一段可排除C项；由第四段第五句可排除D项。7What doe
20、s the movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?AThe movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairy tale.BThe movie is as good as the story Cinderella.CThe movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.DThe movie is based on the story Cinderella w
21、hile a little different from it.答案D细节理解题。在安伯威尔金森所说的话：The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumpingoff point.Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.中，jumpingoff point意为“出发点”。说明了这部电影源于灰姑娘的故事，都以追逐梦想为主题，但这部新电影又略有不同。8The passage is mainly about _Aan introduction to Mary SantiagoBa rev
22、iew about a filmCan essay about dreamsDan advertisement of Cinderella答案B主旨大意题。通读全文可知这是一篇影评。.完形填空体裁：记叙文话题：爱心传递词数：290时间：15A year ago，my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding.After the reception(招待会)，we were _9_ for a public bus to go back home.It was already nine oclock at night.And a
23、lthough there were many buses passing by，_10_ of them stopped.We waited and waited there.An hour later，we were getting _11_We wouldnt be able to stay there for the night，because it was a(n) _12_ and we both needed to work the next day.How _13_ we were!It was almost 10 pm when a familywho had attende
24、d the same _14_passed by in their car._15_ sensing that we were waiting for some means of transport，they stopped and offered to give us a _16_I was so happy by their kindness，and I expressed my _17_ to them in time.When we _18_ my hometown，the family dropped us at the _19_ point from where we could
25、catch a public rickshaw(三轮车) to get straight to our home.On the way，a laborer(工人)_20_ the rickshaw.The driver saw his clothes and asked him _21_ he had money to pay the fare.The man _22_ his head and said，“No”On hearing this，the driver _23_ to take him.Just at that time，I remembered my own _24_ a fe
26、w minutes earlier.So I told the driver to _25_ him to sit with us，as I would pay his fare.What an immediate chance to _26_ the act of kindness！That night，I felt lightness in my heart.I went to sleep happily，filled with _27_ about what I had done.I wish this chain(一系列) of kindness could _28_！【语篇解读】一年
27、前，“我”和朋友去参加婚礼。回家的时候太晚了而等不到车，正在我们焦急之时，一个陌生人主动要求载“我们”一程。后来，“我”又帮助另一个陌生人付车费。就这样，爱心一个一个地传递下去。9A.applying BwaitingCheading Dmaking答案B根据下文“We waited and waited there.”可知，当时“我”和朋友正在等公共汽车回家。10A.none Bsome Ceach Dany答案A根据上下句“And although there were many buses passing by，.We waited and waited there.”可知，虽然有很多车
28、经过，但是没有一个愿意停下来载“我们”。11A.curious BactiveChopeless Dcareful答案C根据上文内容可知，等了1个小时已经是晚上10点了，都没有等到车，“我”和朋友感觉没有希望了。12A.festival BholidayCappointment Dweekday答案D根据下文“we both needed to work the next day”可知，那天是个工作日，第二天还要上班。13A.relaxed BworriedCbored Dexcited答案B根据上文内容可知，等不到车又不能在这里过夜，所以“我”和朋友非常着急。14A.bus Bmeeting
29、Cwedding Dclass答案C根据第一段“A year ago，my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding.”可知，“我们”是去参加同一个婚礼的。15A.Generally BStrangelyCProbably DFinally答案C他们可能感觉到“我们”在等公共汽车，所以停下来让“我们”搭便车。16A.lift Bcar Cletter Dchance答案A根据上文“sensing that we were waiting for some means of transport，they stopped”可知，他
30、们可能感觉到“我们”在等公共汽车，所以停下来让“我们”搭便车。17A.concern BthankfulnessCsurprise Ddisappointment答案B他们善良地让“我们”搭便车，所以“我”上车后及时表达谢意。18A.missed Bbuilt Cleft Dreached答案D根据下文“the family dropped us”可知，车到“我”和朋友的家乡时，好心人才让“我们”下车。19A.nearest BfurthestChighest Dlowest答案A根据下文“where we could catch a public rickshaw to get straig
31、ht to our home”可知，好心人把“我们”送到离站点最近的地方，在那里可以乘坐人力车直接回家。20A.parked BclimbedCstopped Dmoved答案C根据下文内容可知，那个工人也想搭车，所以他叫停了这辆人力车。21A.if Bwhich Cwhen Dhow答案A拉人力车的司机问那个工人是否有钱付车费。22A.nodded BtouchedCwashed Dshook答案D根据下文“said，No”可知，工人摇头说没有钱付车费。23A.agreed BrefusedCpretended Ddecided答案B根据上文可知，工人没有钱付车费，所以拉人力车的人拒绝载他。
32、24A.mystery BsecretCtrouble Dwealth答案C根据上文内容及下文“a few minutes earlier”可知，“我”想起了刚刚在等公共汽车的困境。25A.allow BhelpCadvise Dencourage答案A根据下文“as I would pay his fare.”可知“我”让司机允许那个工人同我们一起坐车，因为“我”会替那个工人付车费。26.A.believe in Bgo throughCstand for Dpass on答案D根据上文内容可知，别人帮助了“我”和朋友，“我”又去帮助了其他人，可见这是爱心的传递。27A.relief Bho
33、pe Cpuzzle Djoy答案D根据上文“I went to sleep happily”可知，当晚“我”为“我”做的事感到高兴，心满意足地睡着了。28A.increase BcontinueCchange Dsucceed答案B“我”希望这种爱心的传递能继续下去。.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。In my memory，playing the shuttlecock(毽子) game was one of my favorite activities during my childhood.My hometown is in northeast
34、China _29_ the winter lasts almost five to six months，so playing the shuttlecock outside was the main game in winter and it became my friend.In fact，it was the shuttlecock _30_ accompanied me in the long winter.At that time，I always made shuttlecocks by myself.In fact，it was easy _31_(make) them by
35、hand.I used some chicken feathers to make the shuttlecock.For the small metal base，I _32_(usual) chose two or three ancient Chinese coins with _33_ hole in the middle.Then I put the chicken feathers into the hole and tied them together with thread.Thus，a simple shuttlecock was ready.Actually，the gam
36、e was very simple.It _34_(play) by a person who kicked the shuttlecock with his or her foot and kept _35_ from dropping down on the ground as long _36_ possible.Sometimes，there were so many people wanting to play it that we had to have a match._37_(divide) into two teams，we began to play.And the team that could keep playing much _38_(long) would win.答案29.where30.that31.to make32.usually 33a34.was played35.it36.as37.Having been divided38.longer