1、组合练(三)阅读理解完形填空语法填空.阅读理解AFreelance Writers WantedAssociated Content (AC) is an online publishing platform that enables anyone to earn money by writing articles on the Web. Writing for AC is a great work opportunity for students, stayathome parents and freelance writersyou can work in your own time an
2、d submit papers, reviews, essays, etc.on any topic that you have interest in.This is a job you can do anywhereall you need is access to the Internet.Heres how you get started：1Go to .2.Follow the instructions to register. 3Fill in your profile (简介), writing down your previous experiences (if any)4.S
3、tart submitting articles.Youll begin earning money as soon as your articles are published and the amount is based on the pageviews your articles receive.In addition to our own libraries of content, we have hundreds of partners (content team partners)As such, there are lots of opportunities for our m
4、ost talented and productive writers to accept partner assignments on an asneeded basis.If youre interested in higherpaying partner assignments，send us a link of your AC profile once you have submitted at least five articles.We will review all submissions and pass them on to our content team partners
5、.If selected, you will start receiving special paid assignments from us on a regular basis, which you are free to accept or ignore.NOTE: We pay our writers salaries via PayPal daily.Any questions? Email us: supportcrunchbase. com.语篇解读本文为在线出版平台AC招聘自由作者的广告，内容包括网上申请程序、工作内容、报酬等。1You can write for AC on
6、condition that you _.Ahave rich experience in writingBhave access to the InternetCregisterDare free at home解析：细节理解题。根据第二段尾句“This is a job you can do anywhereall you need is access to the Internet.”可知，申请成为自由作者的必备条件是能上网，故B项正确。答案：B2How much you can earn for your published article depends on _.Athe spac
7、e it coversBthe subject it deals withCthe opinion you voice in the articleDthe pageviews it receives解析：细节理解题。根据文中的“Youll begin earning money as soon as your articles are published and the amount is based on the pageviews your articles receive.”可知，稿费的多少取决于文章的访问量，故D项正确。答案：D3Content team partners are m
8、entioned in the passage to _.Aencourage people to write more articles for ACBlay stress on the importance of cooperationCwin more support of other business partnersDshow off its abundant libraries of content解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第三段最后两句“We will review all submissions.which you are free to accept or ignore.”可
9、知，作者的稿件将被转交给内容团队合作伙伴，如果被选中，作者可以收到有偿任务；据此可推知，文中提及“内容团队合作伙伴”旨在鼓励作者多为AC写作，故A项正确。答案：ABWhen Lauren Schandevel arrived at the University of Michigan for her freshman year, she was struck by how wealthy all her classmates appeared to be.“Just wealthy in ways that I couldnt even imagine，” Schandevel recalls
10、.Students had fashionable clothes and wellconnected and powerful parents.Schandevel had grown up in the north of Detroit.Her family was working class and she had gotten scholarships and a few loans to make attending the famous state school a reality.When she got to campus, she didnt think much about
11、 her status as a lowincome student.Then, during Schandevels junior year, the universitys student government put out a campus affordability guide, written with the average student in mindbut its worth noting that the average student at the school has a family income of about D|S150,000 per year.The a
12、dvice didnt go over well with lowincome students on campus.“A lot of the advice was like: fire your maid or sell your car.I was frustrated (受挫的) by this guide, and I was seeing others frustrated by it，” says Schandevel.She decided to make her own affordability guide, and she drafted a Google documen
13、t and titled it “Being NotRich at UM: A Guide”She added her own ideasthe things that helped her survive and budget.But there was so much she didnt know, so she left the sharing settings open for other students to jump in and edit the online document.It took off.Hundreds of students started adding th
14、eir tips about how to navigate college when you are paying your way through college.Today, Schandevels crowdsourced guide stretches more than 100 pages.It includes advice about jobs, housing, teachers and financial aid.Through social media, the Michigan Google document started to make the rounds at
15、other colleges.Students at schools across the country made their own “NotRich” guides based on Michigans version.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。Lauren Schandevel来自贫困家庭，她的一份“校园生存指南”受到了大学生的广泛欢迎。4How did Schandevel probably feel in her first year of college?AVery excited.BA little curious.CVery confident. DA little upse
16、t.解析：推理判断题。根据前三段可知，Schandevel来自贫困家庭，她发现周围同学大都看起来很富有，她受到了一些冲击，由此可知答案。答案：D5Whats the campus affordability guide mainly about?AWays to live a happy life.BTips on how to become rich.CAdvice on how to save money.DIdeas about how to become creative.解析：推理判断题。根据第四、五段可知，这份由密歇根大学发布的生存指南给大学生提供了一些建议，比如解雇佣人、卖掉汽车
17、等。这些建议的主要目的是省钱。答案：C6What were the universitys suggestions like in Schandevels eyes?AThey were quite practical.BThey were very unrealistic.CThey were quite reasonable.DThey were very constructive.解析：推理判断题。Schandevel来自贫困家庭，而密歇根大学发布的生存指南所提出的建议大多是针对有钱人的。由此可知，这些建议在Schandevel看来是很不切实际的。答案：B7What do we know
18、 about Schandevels affordability guide?AIt gained great popularity.BIt didnt make any difference.CIt was adopted by her university.DIt offered financial aid to lowincome students.解析：推理判断题。根据最后两段可知，Schandevel所发布的建议被补充到100多页，其他大学也争相仿效。由此可知，她所发布的建议很受欢迎。答案：A.完形填空After getting “payingitforward” several t
19、imes, I always wish I could buy a coffee for a stranger too.That particular morning, I _1_ in my rearview mirror (后视镜) when I got to the drivethrough window to pay.A _2_ woman was driving a sports car behind. I could see her gold jewelry shining in the sunshine.“No way does she need me to buy her co
20、ffee！” I was quite _3_， but then that _4_ shouted in my heart, “Pay for her coffee.”Are you kidding me? I was _5_ on cash myself, and I was already feeling guilty for _6_ cash on my own coffee._7_， I told the cashier, “Please put the sports cars _8_ on my bill.” As soon as I said it, I felt _9_.I kn
21、ew I had followed my heart. I paid the cashier and drove to the parking lot._10_， the sports car followed.The lady _11_ and said，“I dont know why I am telling you this but I need you to know how much I _12_ that coffee.” She started to _13_， “Our business partner _14_ us and left us in the cold.This
22、 could not have come at a worse time _15_ we lost our son to cancer last month. I thought nobody _16_ about us, and then you appeared.Thank you ever so much.”Then I was the one who was _17_ tears.We chatted and she _18_ me that I gave her much more than a cup of coffee that morning.Next time I am in
23、 the drivethrough and feel the _19_ to pay it forward, there will be no _20_.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在免下窗口为一位穿着考究的女士付钱买咖啡，没想到一杯小小的咖啡竟然给遭遇不幸的她带来莫大的感动。1A.noticed Bwatched Crecognized Dglanced解析：根据空后的in my rearview mirror可知，作者在免下车窗口付款时，瞥了一眼后视镜。glance意为“瞥一眼，匆匆一看”，故选D。答案：D2A.crazy Bwelldressed Cpalelooking Dca
24、utious解析：根据下文中的a sports car以及gold jewelry可推知，一位穿着讲究的(welldressed)女士开着一辆跑车在作者后边。答案：B3.A.positive Bpassive Cuncertain Dashamed解析：根据上文对那位女士的描述可知，作者确信那位女士不需要作者给她买咖啡。positive意为“确信的，肯定的”，故选A。答案：A4.A.opinion Bidea Cvoice Dwish解析：根据空后的shouted可知，作者心里面的一个声音在喊“给她买咖啡”，故选C。答案：C5.A.loose Beasy Csoft Dlow解析：根据空后的“
25、I was already feeling guilty.coffee”可知，作者的钱也不多，花钱给自己买咖啡，作者都觉得内疚，be low on cash表示“钱不多的”，故选D。答案：D6A.wasting Bspending Cgiving Dlosing解析：参见上题解析。答案：B7.A.However BInstead CBesides DTherefore解析：根据下文的“Please put the sports cars _8_ on my bill.”可知，虽然作者给自己买咖啡都觉得内疚，但还是告诉收银员把开跑车那位女士的订单(order)算在自己的账上。此处表示转折，故选A
26、。答案：A8.A.price Bdebt Corder Dbudget解析：参见上题解析。答案：C9.A.amused Bregretful Cencouraged Drelieved解析：根据空后一句“I knew I had followed my heart.”可知，作者说完松了一口气，故选D。答案：D10A.Unfortunately BImmediately CUnexpectedly DObviously解析：根据语境可推知，那位女士跟着作者是作者没有想到的，故选C。unexpectedly“想不到地，意外地”。答案：C11A.came up Bturned up Cvisited
27、 Dmoved解析：根据下文那位女士说的话可知，此处表示那位女士走上前对作者说，“我不知道我为什么跟你说这个，但是我需要你知道我是多么感谢(appreciate)那杯咖啡”，故选A。答案：A12A.appreciate Bexpect Cmiss Ddislike解析：参见上题解析。答案：A13.A.argue Bsmile Ccomplain Dcry解析：根据下文中的tears并结合语境可知，那位女士开始哭起来，故选D。答案：D14.A.helped Bcheated Ctreated Ddefeated解析：根据空后的left us in the cold可知，那位女士说他们的生意伙伴欺
28、骗了他们，故选B。答案：B15.A.once Bbefore Cas Dthough解析：根据语境可知，此处表示这是他们最糟糕的时候，因为上个月他们的儿子患癌症去世了，故选C。答案：C16.A.talked Bheard Ccared Dworried解析：根据上文内容可知，那位女士以为没有人在意他们，然后作者就出现了，故选C。答案：C17.A.sending back Bfighting back Ctaking back Dgetting back解析：根据语境可知，听完那位女士的悲惨遭遇，作者强忍住眼泪。fight sth.back意为“忍住，抑制住(尤指情感)”，故选B。答案：B18.
29、A.advised Bconvinced Castonished Dreminded解析：根据语境可知，作者和那位女士聊着天，她让作者相信那天早晨作者给她的远远超过一杯咖啡。convince意为“使确信，使相信”，故选B。答案：B19.A.command Brequest Cduty Durge解析：下一次当作者再出现在免下车窗户，感觉到一种强烈的欲望要去把爱心传递出去的时候，作者会毫不犹豫。urge意为“强烈的欲望”，故选D。答案：D20.A.hesitation Bdebate Cdelay Dtremble解析：参见上题解析。答案：A.语法填空What makes the sea tur
30、n red and causes thousands of fish to die? As far back as anyone could remember, the blame was placed on the “red tides”In 1947, scientists finally connected the red tides with a microscopic sea organism (有机体) 1._ (call) the dinoflagellate (沟鞭毛藻)The dinoflagellate is so tiny 2._ many of these organi
31、sms may be contained in 3._ single drop of water.It stands on the borderline between plants and animals in its classification.It produces its own food, as plants do. But it moves 4._ (free) and eats other organisms, as animals do.Dinoflagellates are normally only one of the many kinds of organisms f
32、ound in plankton.Plankton is the name given to all very small 5._ (form) of sea life.However, when the air and water 6._ (be) calm and warm, dinoflagellates multiply at 7._ (amaze) speed.The surface of the water appears 8._ (cover) with a red carpet.The dinoflagellates give off a poison.Many fish di
33、e.Their bodies are washed up on the beach.Beaches are not fit 9._ any use. Fish that are not killed may become 10._ (poison) to animals or people who eat them.Commercial fishing comes to a stop.As dinoflagellates consume all the food and oxygen in an area, they die.After a time, the sea returns to n
34、ormal.But when conditions are right, the red tide comes again.语篇解读沟鞭毛藻是一种极其微小的生物，它们释放毒气，导致大量的鱼类中毒死亡，繁盛时会造成海水变红，形成“赤潮”。1解析：考查非谓语动词。此处表示该有机体被称作沟鞭毛藻，为过去分词短语作定语，故应用过去分词called。答案：called2解析：考查固定用法。此处考查“so.that.”引导结果状语从句，表示“如此以至于”。答案：that3解析：考查冠词。drop为可数名词，此处初次提到且表示泛指，且single的发音以辅音音素开头，故要用不定冠词a。答案：a4解析：考查词
35、性转换。修饰动词moves要用副词，故填freely。答案：freely5解析：考查名词的单复数。form在此意为“种类”，为可数名词；根据空前的all可知，此处要用名词复数形式。答案：forms6解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。从句的主语为the air and water，表示两种物质，故从句的谓语动词要用复数形式；且此处陈述的为客观情况，故用一般现在时，故填are。答案：are7解析：考查词性转换。此处应用形容词amazing修饰名词speed，表示“令人惊讶的速度”。答案：amazing8解析：考查非谓语动词。appear to do sth.“似乎要做某事”，且由语境可知，此处表示水面似乎被“红毯”覆盖，故要用动词不定式的被动形式。答案：to be covered9解析：考查介词。be fit for意为“适合”，为固定搭配。答案：for10解析：考查词性转换。become为连系动词，后应接形容词作表语，故填poisonous。答案：poisonous
