语言知识运用练(七)
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语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There are many reasons why students don't do well in school. Sometimes it's related to, for example, learning challenges, an___1___ to connect with an instructor, or simply being bored.
These reasons are relevant to me as a former at-risk student. In the 10th grade, I failed 6 of 7 classes because I didn't___2___ with the teacher's teaching method, and ___3___ with students who didn't care about school. As a result, I___4___ 10th grade and was assigned to Ms. Felder's office.
Ms. Felder made it clear that my ___5___ behavior wouldn't be allowed. She also provided a(n)___6___ direction that I didn't want, but really needed at that time. Our ongoing conversations didn't ___7___ change my behavior, although it was the first time an educator showed any ___8___ for me.
The previous school year I didn't receive any offer of___9___ from my teachers. The___10___ during my second attempt at 10th grade was Ms. Felder - who was everywhere I didn't want her to be. She was always in my ___11___: checking-in, providing guidance, and supporting my growth. I didn't want her___12___, but it's one of the best things that happened in my life. This seemingly ___13___ year with Ms. Felder made a change in my thinking and behavior,___14___ unfortunately it would take many years before my performance and expectations for myself would slowly change.
My___15___ journey was very difficult. Part of the reason that I___16___ pushing forward was that I ___17___ that Ms. Felder told me to do better and have higher expectations for myself. After many years of academic ___18___, I graduated with my undergraduate degree from a famous university; "Ms. Felder: Thank you for being there, supporting this once___19___ youth. Please know that the lessons you taught me are now___20___ with at-risk students through my work to help them to be and do better, too."
1. A. inabilityB. interest C. indication D. inspiration
2. A. agreeB. deal C. connect D. meet
3. A. exchangedB. associated C. argued D. competed
4. A. fearedB. hatedC. stayedD. repeated
5. A. violentB. awesomeC. strangeD. bad
6. A. unfairB. improperC. toughD. easy
7. A. regularlyB. luckilyC. clearly D. immediately
8. A. doubtB. commentC. concernD. duty
9. A. assistanceB. examinationC. scold D. explanation
10. A. opportunityB. problemC. challenge D. difference
11. A. planB. businessC. systemD. career
12. A. introductionB. influenceC. involvement D. information
13. A. unbearableB. usefulC. universalD. unique
14. A. soB. ifC. butD. because
15. A. spiritualB. educationalC. professional D. technical
16. A. suggestedB. avoidedC. consideredD. kept
17. A. rememberedB. recordedC. noted D. determined
18. A. applicationsB. strugglesC. performances D. researches
19. A. absent-mindedB. at-riskC. kind-hearted D. hard-working
20. A. sharedB. comparedC. agreed D. combined
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
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。
Once, there were four candles. They burnt slowly. The surroundings were so soft 21 you could hear them speak.
The first candle said, "I am Peace, but nobody 22 (want) to keep me lit."
Then, Peace's flame slowly decreased and went out completely.
The 23 (two) candle said, "My name is Faith, but these days, I am no longer indispensable (不可缺少的)."
Not long later, Faith's flame slowly decreased and went out completely as well.
Sadly, the third candle said, "People call me Love and I think I don't have the 24 (strong) to stay lit any longer. People neglect me and put me aside, not knowing my importance. They even forget 25 (love) those who are the 26 (near) to them.
27 (wait) no longer, Love went out completely.
Suddenly, 28 child entered the room and saw the three candles on longer burning. The child began to cry, "Why aren't you burning?"
Just at that moment, the fourth candle spoke 29 (gentle) to him, "Don't be afraid. My name is Hope. As long as I am burning, we can relight the other candles.
30 hope and delight, the child took the candle of Hope and lit the other candles.
语言知识运用练(七)
语言知识运用
第一节
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C 7.D 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. A
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲的是作者曾是一位学习很困难的学生,后来在费尔德老师的教育下作者有了很大的转变,在学业上取得了巨大成功。
【1题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:学生在学校表现不好有很多原因,有时它与学习挑战、无法与导师沟通有关。A. inability 无能力;B. interest 兴趣;C. indication指示; D. inspiration 启发。由" learning challenges, simply being bored."可知它与学习挑战、无法与导师沟通有关。由此可知答案选A。
【2题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:在十年级的时候。我7节课中有6节课不及格,因为我没能与老师的教法产生共鸣,而是与那些不在乎学业的孩子联系在一起。A. agree同意; B. deal交易; C. connect 联系;D. meet 遇见。根据前文to connect with an instructor可知,十年级时,我七节课中有六节不及格,因为作者没能与老师的教法产生共鸣(不了解老师的教学方法),故答案为C。
【3题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:在十年级的时候。我7节课中有6节课不及格,因为我没能与老师的教法产生共鸣,而是与那些不在乎学业的孩子交往在一起。A. exchanged交换,交流; B. associated联系; C. argued 争论;D. competed竞赛。作者与那些不关心学校的学生交往,associate with意为"与…联系,与…交往",由此可知答案选B。
【4题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:结果,我重读十年级。A. feared 害怕;B. hated恨; C. stayed 待在;D. repeated 重复。下文The___10___ during my second attempt at 10th grade was Ms. Felder - who was everywhere I didn't want her to be.提示此作者重读十年级。因此答案选 D。
【5题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:费尔德老师明确表示我令人惊叹的行为是不允许的。A.violent 疯狂的,B.bad 坏的;C.strange 奇怪的,陌生的; D.awesome令人惊叹的。结合下文She was always in my ___11___: checking-in, providing guidance, and supporting my growth.可知Ms. Felder对作者总是充满了期待,指导和支持,所以在这里Ms. Felder用了褒义词awesome,而没有用其他三个选项。故答案选D。
【6题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她也提供了我不想要,但当时确实需要的强硬管理。A. unfair不公平的;B. improper 不恰当的; C. tough强硬的,艰难的;D. easy容易的。由" I didn't want, but really needed at that time"可知Ms. Felder对作者管理很严格,因此答案选C。
【7题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:我们之间的谈话没有立即改变我的行为,尽管这是第一次有老师对我表示出关心。A. regularly 定期地;B. luckily 幸运地; C. clearly 清楚地;D. immediately 立即。根据下句unfortunately it would take many years before my performance and expectations for myself would slowly change.可知此处表示我们的谈话没有立即改变作者的行为,因此答案选D。
【8题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我们之间的谈话没有立即改变我的行为,尽管这是第一次有老师对我表示出关心。A. doubt 怀疑;B. comment 评论;C. concern 关心,担忧;D. duty 职责。由上下文可知Ms. Felder很关心我,因此答案选C。
【9题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:上一学年我没有得到老师的任何帮助。A. assistance 协助; B. examination 考试;C. scold责骂;D. explanation 解释。由上文可知作者学业很失败,一个原因就是没有得到老师的任何帮助,因此答案选A。
【10题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:在我10年级的第二次尝试中,不同之处在于费尔德老师---她总是在我不想让她出现的任何地方出现。A. opportunity机会;B. problem问题;C. challenge挑战;D. difference不同点。由"Ms. Felder - who was everywhere I didn't want her to be"可知费尔德老师的出现让情况发生了变化,由此可知答案选D。
【11题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她总是参与我
事:办理入住手续,提供指导,支持我的成长。A. plan计划;B. business事务;C. system 系统; D. career生涯,职业。由"checking-in, providing guidance, and supporting my growth"可知此费尔德老师总是参与作者的事。由此可知答案选B。
【12题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我不想让她插手自己的事,但是这确是我的人生中所经历的最美好的事情。A. introduction 介绍;B. influence 影响;C. involvement参与,插手;D. information information 消息。根据常识可以判断出,,每个人都不希望别人插手自己的事情。所以作者不想让老师插手自己的事。因此选C。
【13题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:与费尔德老师在一起的这一年似乎让我难以忍受,但这改变了我的思想和行为。A. unbearable难以容忍的;B. useful有用的;C. universal普遍的; D. unique独特的,结合上文Ms. Felder - who was everywhere I didn't want her to be. She was always in my ___11___: checking-in, providing guidance, and supporting my growth. I didn't want her___12___, but it's one of the best things that happened in my life.可知作者对于费尔德女士的一些关心难以忍受,由此可知答案选A。
【14题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。句意:但不幸的是,我的表现和对自己的期望需要很多年才能慢慢改变。A. so因此;B. if 如果;C. but但是;D. because因为。结合上文Our ongoing conversations didn't ___7___ change my behavior,可知,费尔德女士关心并没有立即见效,因此这里表示转折,故答案选C。
【15题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我的教育之旅很艰难。A. spiritual 精神的;B. educational 教育的;C. professional 职业的; D.technical 技术上的。可知本文主要讲述作者在学校接受教育的事情,所以作者说教育之旅很难。因此答案选B。
【16题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我不断向前推进的部分原因是,我记得费尔德老师告诉过我要做得更好,对自己有更高的期望。A. suggested建议;B. avoided避免;C. consider 考虑,认为;D. kept 保持。keep doing sth.意为"不断做某事",符合句意。因此答案选D。
【17题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我不断向前推进的部分原因是,我记得费尔德老师告诉我要做得更好,对自己有更高的期望。A. remembered记住; B. recorded录音;C. noted做笔记;D. determined决定,结合上文语境可知作者刚开始复读的时候费尔德女士就给作者提出了高要求。所以作者还记得老师的教诲。故答案选A。
【18题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:经过多年的奋斗,我从一所著名的美国大学本科毕业。A. applications申请书;B. struggles挣扎;C. performances表演;D. researches研究。由下文" I graduated with my undergraduate degree from a famous university"可知作者学业上的成功是经过很长时间的努力奋斗才获得的,因此答案选B。
【19题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:费尔德老师:谢谢你出现在我的人生里,帮助这个曾经处于危险中的年轻人。A. absent-minded心不在焉的;B. at-risk处于危险中的;C. kind-hearted好心的; D. hard-working努力的。上文These reasons are relevant to me as a former at-risk student.费尔德帮助过这个曾经处于危险中的年轻人,也就是作者。因此答案选B。
【20题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:请知道,你教给我的,我在工作中把它们也分享给了这些处于危险中的孩子们,以此帮助他们做得更好。A.shared 分享;B. compared 比较;C.agreed 同意;D.combined 结合。作者把老师所教的分享给了这些处于危险中的孩子们。因此答案选A。
第二节
本文讲述的是四根蜡烛的故事。"和平"、"信念"和"爱"这三根蜡烛都在人们的冷落下熄灭了,只剩下"希望"。但只要"希望"之烛仍在,就能重燃其它几根蜡烛。
21. that 引导结果状语从句,由本句前面的so可知填that。
22. wants 从前面的分句可知本句用一般现在时,主语是nobody,故用第三人称单数。
23. second 由上下文意和空前的定冠词the可知是用序数词。
24. strength 作宾语用名词形式。句意:我再也没有让我保持燃烧的力量了。
25. to love 因forger to do sth.意为"忘记做某事"。
26. nearest 由空格前的定冠词the可知本空应填形容词最高级。
27. waiting 作为非谓语动词,wait与逻辑主语love是主动关系,故用waiting。
28. a 因child在原文第一次出现,而且是可数名词,故填不定冠词a。
29. gently 修饰动词spoke必须用副词形式。
30. With 句意:怀着希望和喜悦,小孩拿起"希望"之烛点燃了其它的几根蜡烛,with表伴随。
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