1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 6 单元检测 B完形填空精准练失分题型强化练 完形填空精准练 I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _1_, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The
2、 boys always tried to stop her _2_ nobody could. I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _3_. She practiced dribbling (运球 ) and _4_ over and over. One day I asked Sally why she _5_ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I
3、can go is to get a _6_. Im going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _7_ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts dont _8_.” I _9_ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she le
4、d her team to _10_. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head _11_ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I _12_ and sat down beside her. “ Whats wrong? ” I asked. “ Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The _13_ told her that at 165 cm she would probably neve
5、r play for a top team still less she would be _14_ a scholarship so she should stop dreaming about college. I felt she was extremely _15_. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were _16_. They didnt understand the _17_ of a dream. The n
6、ext year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was _18_ offered a scholarship and _19_ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had _20_ and worked toward for all those years. Its true: if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count. 语篇
7、解读: 本文记叙了萨莉,一位身材矮小的女生通过自己的不懈努力实现篮球之梦和大学之梦的故事,告诉我们梦想的力量之大。 1 A.silent B small C strong D huge 解析: 选 B 根据空后的 but 可知,此处为转折关系,她身材显得如此矮小 (small),但是球能越过他们的头顶进篮。故选 B 项。根据第四段中的 “at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team”也可知答案。 2 A.but B and C so D for 解析: 选 A 根据 “nobody could”可知, “ 没人能阻止她 ” 与 “
8、 男生们总是试图阻止她 ”【 精品教育资源文库 】 之间是转折关系。故选 A 项。 3 A.still B again C well D alone 解析: 选 D 根据下文的 “ She practiced dribbling (运球 ) and _ over and over.”可知,萨莉一遍又一遍练习运球和投篮,并没有比赛,因此,此处指她总是独自 (alone)打球。故选 D 项。 4 A.passing B running C shooting D struggling 解析: 选 C 根据常识可知,运球动作的下一步应是投篮 (shooting)。故选 C 项。 5 A.studie
9、d B practiced C expected D improved 解析: 选 B 根据上文的 “She practiced . over and over.”可知,此处指作者询问萨莉为什么要如此努力练习 (practiced)。故选 B 项。 6 A.title B prize C scholarship D reward 解析: 选 C 根据第四段最后一句中的 “scholarship”可知,此处指萨莉想上大学的唯一途径是获得奖学金 (scholarship)。故选 C 项。 7 A.good B brave C careful D active 解析: 选 A 根据设空前的 “I w
10、ant to be the best one”及空后的 “get one” (指前文的scholarship)可知,此处指她相信如果她足够好 (good),就能得到奖学金。故选 A 项。 8 A.lack B talk C appear D count 解析: 选 D 根据最后一段中的 “if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count”可知,父亲告诉萨莉,如果梦想足够大,事实就不算什么 (count)。故选 D 项。 9 A.encouraged B respected C watched D helped 解析: 选 C 根据语境可知,作者一
11、直在关注萨莉,故此处指作者看着 (watched)她这些年从初中升到高中。故选 C 项。 encourage 意为 “ 鼓励 ” ; respect 意为 “ 尊重 ” ; help 意为“ 帮助 ” 。 10 A.victory B confidence C responsibility D profession 解析: 选 A 萨莉一直在刻苦练习,为了自己的梦想而努力。由此可推测,此处指她带领球队取得胜利 (victory),故 A 项符合语境。 confidence 意为 “ 信心 ” ; responsibility 意为 “ 责【 精品教育资源文库 】 任 ” ; professi
12、on 意为 “ 职业 ” 。 11 A.dropped B buried C covered D sunk 解析: 选 B 根据本段最后一句中的 “so she should stop dreaming about college”可知,教练告诉萨莉她太矮了,无法进入顶尖球队,此时萨莉非常失落,因此应是将头埋在 (buried)臂弯里。故选 B 项。 drop 意为 “ 掉落 ” ; cover 意为 “ 覆盖 ” ; sink 意为 “ 下沉 ” 。 12 A.walked off B walked out C walked around D walked up 解析: 选 D 根据空后的
13、“sat down beside her”可知,此处指作者看到萨莉后,向她走去(walked up),轻轻地坐到她旁边。故选 D 项。 walk off 意为 “ 离开 ” ; walk out 意为 “ 突然离开;退席 ” ; walk around 意为 “ 四处走动;闲逛 ” 。 13 A.coach B teacher C captain D leader 解析: 选 A 根据第 16 空前的 “those coaches”可知,此处指篮球教练 (coach)告诉她,以她的身高,几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的,更不用说获得奖学金了。故选 A 项。 14 A.suggested B
14、sent C promised D offered 解析: 选 D still less 意为 “ 更不用说 ” ,根据空后的 “she should stop dreaming about college”可知,她可能得不到奖学金。 offer 本意为 “ (主动 )提供 ” ,此处用 be offered 表达获得学校提供的奖学金,故选 D 项。 suggest 意为 “ 表明;建议 ” ; send 意为 “ 发送 ” ; promise意为 “ 允诺 ” 。根据第 18 空后的 “offered a scholarship”也可知答案。 15 A.worried B excited C
15、 disappointed D surprised 解析: 选 C 萨莉一 直在为上大学的梦想而努力,如今被告知可能得不到奖学金,只能放弃上大学的梦想,萨莉应该是极度失望的 (disappointed)。故选 C 项。 16 A.great B wrong C strict D cruel 解析: 选 B 根据下文 “They didnt understand the _ of a dream.”可知,萨莉的父亲认为教练不懂梦想的力量,因此在否认教练说的话,认为那些教练是错误的 (wrong)。故选 B项。 great 意为 “ 很棒的;伟大的 ” ; strict 意为 “ 严格的 ” ;
16、cruel 意 为 “ 残忍的 ” 。 17 A.pressure B value C cause D power 解析: 选 D 根据上文可知,萨莉的父亲说如果梦想足够大,现实中的困难也算不上什么,强调了梦想的力量 (power)。故选 D 项。 pressure 意为 “ 压力 ” ; value 意为 “ 价值 ” ;【 精品教育资源文库 】 cause 意为 “ 原因;理由 ” 。 18 A.exactly B naturally C really D normally 解析: 选 C 根据下文的 “She was going to get the college education
17、”可知 ,萨莉真的 (really)获得了一份奖学金。故选 C 项。 exactly 意为 “ 精确地 ” ; naturally 意为 “ 自然地 ” ; normally意为 “ 正常地 ” 。 19 A.taken B admitted C introduced D appointed 解析: 选 B 根据上文的 “Sally was seen by a college basketball coach ”及 “offered a scholarship”可知,此处指她进入了大学球队。 take 意为 “ 拿;取;花费 ” ; admit 意为 “ 承认;准许进入 ” ; introdu
18、ce 意为 “ 引进;介绍 ” ; appoint 意为 “ 任命;委派 ” 。故选 B 项。 20 A.dreamed of B picked up C benefited from D carried out 解析: 选 A 根据设空后的 “worked toward for all those years”可知,为之努力多年的应是自己的大学梦。 dream of 意为 “ 梦想 ” ; pick up 意为 “ 捡起;用车接 ” ; benefit from 意为 “ 从 ? 中受益 ” ; carry out 意为 “ 执行;实施 ” 。故选 A 项。 失分题型强化练 .语法填空 Ne
19、w research suggests there is a simple and easy way that helps people to stop over eating.They say that using smaller plates, knives, forks and glasses can reduce the amount of food we eat.Many of us tend _1_ (use) the size of the plate as a measure of how much we can eat.If we use a large plate, we
20、will fill the plate with food, _2_ often means we eat too much.Research from Cambridge University in the U K. suggests that smaller plates can _3_ (low) the amount of food we eat.British people could reduce their calorie intake by up to 16 percent, _4_ Americans could see a reduction of up to 29 percent in calorie. The research team looked at the data from 6,711 people who took part in the eating trials.Dr.Gareth Hollands, one of the _5_ (lead) of the research, sa