1、核心素养提能练核心素养提能练 “阅读理解完形填空”组合练 . 阅读理解 Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, the aged, and children who have lost their parents, but also friends, workmates, rela
2、tives and neighbours whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed. Over 60 years ago, when a Cleveland man noticed that some people, such as children who lost their parents and patients who lay in bed, too often felt forgotten and neglected, he developed in his mind the idea of showing them that t
3、hey were remembered. He did this by giving them small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbours, he gave those people small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in the celebration, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”Over ti
4、me, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the poor, the sick and children who had lost their parents was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. Soon the idea spread to other cities all over the USA. Sweetest Day is not base
5、d on any single groups religious beliefs or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a positi
6、ve way. 语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了美国甜蜜日的由来及意义。在这一天, 一份小小 的礼物就能帮助我们传达对病人、 老年人和失去父母的孩子的关爱以及对朋友、 亲人等无私 关爱的感激。 1Which of the following has little relationship to Sweetest Day? AVisiting sick people in the hospital. BVisiting children who have lost their parents. CGiving friends small gifts. DGiving flowers to s
7、weethearts. 答案D 解析细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知, 此节日没提到送情人鲜花, 故选 D 项。 2What do most people usually do to show their care to others according to the passage? AThey give money.BThey give gifts. CThey send regards.DThey offer help. 答案B 解析细节理解题。由文章第二段中的信息“. . . and became an occasion for remembering others with a kin
8、d act or a small gift. ”可知 B 项正确。 3The underlined word “neglected” in the second paragraph means “” Aremembered Bhated Cpaid little or no attention to Ddisappointed 答案C 解析词义猜测题。由该词前面的“too often felt forgotten”可知, neglected 意为“被忽视 的”, 故 C 项正确。 . 完形填空 The year I went to college was a very difficult tr
9、ansition(过渡期) for me. As is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and1thought about going home. Although the2time for many students is getting3from home, my mailbox was frequently4. One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard5out at me. I sat down to read it,6a note from
10、someone back home. But I became increasingly puzzled as no postcards were like this. It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and7about it. Several days later I8another postcard, this one9news about Maybelline, Mabels cousin. Soon afte
11、r, another card arrived and then another, each full of news of different people. I began to10look forward to the next one,11to see what this author would come up with next. I was never12. Finally, the cards13coming, right about the time I had begun to feel14about college life. They had been such a h
12、appy distraction(调剂) that I have15all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift(较好的心情) 语篇解读作者刚上大学时非常想家，邮箱里出现的明信片帮助作者度过了那段特殊的时期。 1A. oftenBcarefully CseldomDmerely 答案A 解析根据上文“a very difficult transition”和“I got quite homesick”可知, 上大学后“我 经常想回家”。 2A. hardBlast CbusiestDhappi
13、est 答案D 解析根据后文“gettingfrom home”, 以及 mailbox 可知, 收到家里的来信是最幸 福的时刻。 3A. visitorsBletters CcallsDdirections 答案B 解析根据后面“my mailbox. . . ”可知此处为收到信。 4A. emptyBfull CclosedDopen 答案A 解析根据前句中的 although 可知, 然而我的信箱却常常是空的。 5A. pouringBreaching CstaringDrolling 答案C 解析pour 涌流, 倾倒；reach 到达；stare 凝视；roll 滚动。一天, 当“我
14、”去查看邮箱的时 候, 有一张明信片吸引了我。 6A. describingBconsidering CenjoyingDexpecting 答案D 解析根据上文可知, 同学们把收到家里的信作为最快乐的事情, 因此“我”盼望家里来 信。 7A. jokedBtalked CforgotDcared 答案C 解析根据后文“I began tolook forward to the next one”可知, 只是在连续收到几 张明信片后, “我”才对这些明信片感兴趣, 所以对于第一张“我”应该是忘记了。 8A. mailedBaccepted CwroteDreceived 答案D 解析accep
15、t 和 receive 都有“接受”的意思, 前者指主观上自愿主动去接受、接纳, 后者指 客观上接受、接收这种行为和动作, 并不涉及主观意愿。根据语境知, 此处用 receive。 9A. deliveringBdemanding CdiscoveringDdeveloping 答案A 解析deliver 的意思是“传递”。这一张卡片传递的是 Maybelline 的消息。 10A. nearlyBpossibly CusuallyDreally 答案D 解析收到的第一张“我”很快就忘记了, 在明信片接二连三地到来时, “我”开始真正地 盼望下一张。 11A. promisingBsurpri
16、sed CinterestedDpretending 答案C 解析联系前文的“look forward to the next one”可知, “我”对作者下一步的讲述感兴趣。 12A. frightenedBdisappointed CexcitedDpleased 答案B 解析联系全文可知, 这些明信片填补了“我”生活的空白, 让“我”对它们感兴趣, 因此 每次来的内容都不会令“我”失望, 其他选项不符合上下文情境。 13A. continuedBstopped CstartedDavoided 答案B 解析联系后文“right about the time. . . college li
17、fe”可知, 在“我”适应了大学生活后, 这 些明信片再也不来了。 14A. easyBsafe CtiredDanxious 答案A 解析feel easy 感觉轻松, 感到舒心。此处指作者适应了大学生活。 15A. lostBcollected CtornDsaved 答案D 解析B 项有较大干扰性, collect 意思是“收集”, 多指从别人手中拿来, 而 save 在此意为 “保存”的意思。 主观题规范练 . 语法填空 Many Americans put away their white clothes on Labor Day 1.do not wear them again u
18、ntil the following May. One reason for the clothing custom relates to the season. In the United States, the 2. (month) between June and September are summer. The weather is usually hot in northeastern cities. Many people there historically wore light-colored clothing in the summertime 3.(keep) cool.
19、 Judith Martin is an expert on manners,4.spoke to Time Magazine about the history of wearing white in summer. She said Americans in the 1800s and early 1900s wore formal clothes all year long. Wearing white clothes in the summertime may make people more 5. (comfort) Then, in about the 1930s, wearing
20、 white clothes in the summertime became fashionable. That is because some wealthy Americans went on vacation 6.weeks or months in the summer. The white clothes then became connected with ease, 7.(beautiful) and money. But at the end of summer, they put those white clothes away and 8.(return) to thei
21、r lives in the city,9.(wear) darker and heavier clothes. 10.(eventual), not wearing white clothes after Labor Day became a bit of a fashion rule. 语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。介绍了为什么美国人在该国劳动节后不穿白色衣服的原因。 1答案and 解析考查连词。句意为：很多美国人会在该国劳动节收起他们的白色衣服, 并且直到下一 年的五月才穿, 前后是并列关系。故填 and。 2答案months 解析考查名词单复数。六月到九月之间有很多月份, 用名词复数。故填
22、 months。 3答案to keep 解析考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知, 此处用动词不定式表示目的。故填 to keep。 4答案who 解析考查定语从句的关系词。expert 是先行词, 指人, 在非限制性定语从句中作主语。故 填 who。 5答案comfortable 解析考查形容词。分析句子可知, 此处是“make宾语宾补”, 形容词作宾补。故填 comfortable。 6答案for 解析考查介词。句意为： 那是因为一些富有的美国人在夏天去度假几个星期或几个月。for 时间段, 表示一段时间。故填 for。 7答案beauty 解析考查名词。句意为：于是, 白色的衣服与舒适、美丽和金
23、钱联系在一起。三个名词是 并列关系。故填 beauty。 8答案returned 解析考查动词时态。根据上文“The white clothes then became connected with ease. . . ”可 知这里是一般过去时。故填 returned。 9答案wearing 解析考查非谓语动词。句子中有谓语动词 put 和 returned, 所以这里 wear 是一个非谓语动 词, 与主语 they 是主动关系, 用现在分词。故填 wearing。 10答案Eventually 解析考查副词。此处副词修饰整个句子, 位于句首。故填 Eventually。 . 读后续写 阅读
24、下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The worst tourist in the world may be Nicholas Scottie of San Francisco. Once he flew from the US to his hometown in Italy. He had some troubles on his journey. The night before, he stayed up late to deal with some emails, so when he boarded on the plane he deci
25、ded to have a sleep. Hours later, he was woken up by some noise and he found the plane had landed. As he thought he had arrived home, Mr Scottie got off the plane. He thought he was in Rome. However, the truth was that the plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at Kennedy Airport of New York. Mr Scot
26、tie waited at the airport for some while, but nobody was there to meet him, he thought maybe they were held up by heavy traffic which was very common in Rome. He decided to give his family a phone call. Unfortunately, he found he had left his cellphone at the hotel in San Francisco. Therefore, he de
27、cided to go home by himself. While he was walking in the city, Mr Scottie found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many old buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spoke English instead of Italian and that many street signs were written in English. What made h
28、im most surprised was that drivers awareness of traffic safety was improved and he hardly found any driver speeding on the road. All cars were driving in line. The condition was widely different from that in the past. He was feeling proud. Mr Scottie knew very little English, so he asked a policeman
29、 (in Italian) the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered him in the same language. Mr Scottie thanked him, left, quickly found the bus station and got on a bus. He looked outside of the bus window. 注意：续写词数应为 150 左右。 After twelve hours travelli
30、ng round on a bus, Mr. Scottie thought to himself that Rome had changed so much that he even failed to find his home. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car with sirens(警报) on. 一、故事梗概 二、情节推断 根据已给出的续写部分每段的开头语并展开合理想象可推断： 1第一段应主要讲述 Mr Scottie 在坐车寻找家的过程中发
31、生的事情。 2第二段应该根据首句提示进一步描述 Mr Scottie 在被送往机场的路上发生的故事。 可根据自己的想象构建故事情节。续写两段的四要素见下表： Paragraph 1Paragraph 2 时间：after twelve hours 地点：on a bus 人物：Mr Scottie, the bus driver, a policeman 事件：didnt find his home, was handed over to a policeman, not in Rome 时间：when he was sent to the airport 地点：in a police car
32、 人物：Mr Scottie, a driver, a policeman 事件：how the driver drove on the road, still thought he was in Rome 三、要素串联 将已确定的四要素串联, 并增加细节描写, 完成读后续写。 参考范文 After twelve hours travelling round on a bus, Mr Scottie thought to himself that Rome had changed so much that he even failed to find his home. The bus dri
33、ver had to leave work and go home, so he handed Mr Scottie over to another policeman. Mr Scottie asked the policeman, “Sir, could you tell me why the police employ so many people speaking English instead of Italian as policemen？” The policeman smiled and said, “Im sorry to tell you that you are in N
34、ew York, but not Rome now. ” However, Mr Scottie did not believe he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car with sirens(警报) on. The driver was speeding on the road and didnt stop even when the red light shone. Seeing how the driver drove on the road, Mr Scottie was certain that he was in Rome because people in Rome usually drove in that way. “Look, ” said Mr Scottie to the policeman sitting beside him, “Im sure that Im in Rome. Thats the way in which people drive. ”
