话题语篇专练 2

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话题语篇专练 2

学校生活(二) (建议用时35分钟)

Ⅰ. 完形填空

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 1 course about 20 years ago.

The professor 2 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and invited the students to 3 how many beans the jar contained. After 4 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 5 answer, and went on saying, “You have just 6 an important lesson about science. That is never 7 your own senses. ”

Twenty years later, the 8 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 9 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 10 into an unknown world invisible(无形的)to the 11 , which can be discovered only through scientific 12 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 13 the invitation. She was just 14 to understand the world. And she 15 that her first-hand experience could be the 16 . The professor, however, said that it was 17 , he was taking away her only 18 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and 19 , ”the woman says, “and I did the

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only thing I could do. I 20 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since. ”

【文章大意】本文主要讲述了一位女士大约20年前第一次接触自然科学课程的经历。在那堂课上, 教授告诉学生不要相信自己的感官, 这深深地刺痛了当年只有17岁的她, 因为她认为自己正开始了解世界, 感官是她唯一依赖的工具, 而教授却把它拿走了。这使她很害怕, 当天下午就放弃了这门课程, 至今也没再走近它。

1. A. art B. history C. science D. math

【解析】选C。从本段上文出现的education以及第二段倒数第二句, 可知这位女士记起的是一堂自然科学课程。 2. A. searched for C. got through

B. looked at D. marched into

【解析】选D。此处指教授走进演讲大厅。search for寻找; look at看; get through完成, 打通电话; march into(大步)走进。 3. A. count

B. guess

C. report

D. watch

【解析】选B。根据下一句中的After shouts of wildly wrong guesses可知此处指教授让学生猜有多少豆子, 故选B项。 4. A. warning

B. giving D. listening to

C. turning away

【解析】选D。根据句子结构可以看出所填词表示的动作应是教授发出的。句意: 听了学生的瞎猜之后, 教授露出一个干瘪的笑。由此可知选D项。 5. A. ready C. correct

B. possible D. difficult

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【解析】选C。根据前面的wildly wrong guesses可知此处指教授给出正确的答案。correct正确的。 6. A. learned

B. prepared

C. taught

D. taken

【解析】选A。learn an important lesson表示“学到很重要的一堂课”。该动作是学生对课程做出的, 那么自然是在学习课程。 7. A. lose

B. trust

C. sharpen

D. show

【解析】选B。根据这个故事可知, 教授让学生不要相信自己的感官, 故用动词trust(相信)。 8. A. lecturer

B. scientist

C. speaker

D. woman

【解析】选D。此处的the woman就是指第一段中的a woman。根据下文也可推断出, 因为她提到20年前自己是一个17岁的女生。 9. A. described C. saw

B. respected D. served

【解析】选C。句意: 他可能把自己看作是在邀请学生开始令人激动的对未知世界的探索之旅。describe. . . as. . . 把……描述为; respect. . . as. . . 把……尊为; see. . . as. . . 把……看作; serve as充当。 10. A. voyage

B. movement

C. change

D. rush

【解析】选A。学生对未知世界开启的是一次航程, 而非“运动”、“改变”或者“匆忙冲进”。此处应指“邀请学生开始令人激动的对未知世界的探索之旅”。voyage航行。

11. A. professor C. knowledge

B. eye D. light

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【解析】选B。an unknown world invisible to the eye指眼睛看不到的未知世界。对于眼睛而言是无形的, 形状自然是眼睛看到的。 12. A. model C. spirit

B. senses D. methods

【解析】选D。肉眼无法识别的无形未知世界不是指“感觉”或者“精神”。此处是指能通过科学的方法去发现眼睛看不到的未知世界(而不是通过感官)。 13. A. hear

B. make

C. present

D. refuse

【解析】选A。even是一个强烈的递进关系词。句意: 但是这个17岁的女生不愿意接受邀请或者甚至听到这样的邀请。 14. A. suggesting C. pretending

B. beginning D. waiting

【解析】选B。此处指她自己正开始了解世界。我们知道, 女孩17岁, 正是刚开始认识世界的年纪。 15. A. believed C. proved

B. doubted D. explained

【解析】选A。与之相关的是后句的内容: “她的第一感觉是正确的”, 对这件事她没有“证明”或者“解释”, 自然可排除C、D选项。因为她自己正开始了解世界, 所以她相信直接得到的经验就是真实的。 16. A. growth

B. strength

C. faith

D. truth

【解析】选D。女孩认为第一感觉是正确的, 故选D项。growth成长; strength力量; faith信念。根据句意, 此处表示“事实, 真相”。 17. A. firm C. wrong

B. interesting D. acceptable

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【解析】选C。根据上一段可知, 教授认为不要相信感官, 因为感官带来的答案是错误的, 故选C项。 18. A. task C. success

B. tool D. connection

【解析】选B。她认为教授把她依赖的唯一的工具即感官拿走了, 故选B项。其他选项不合理。 19. A. cruel

B. proud

C. frightened

D. brave

【解析】选C。and提示文章此处是并列关系, 而与感觉渺小并列的是感觉恐惧, cruel的含义是“残忍的”, 语意自然不合适, 排除。根据女士的描述可知, 她当时认为自己很渺小, 很恐惧。 20. A. dropped C. passed

B. started D. missed

【解析】选A。被教授伤害后, 只得放弃这门功课。drop抛弃, 放弃, 符合语境。 Ⅱ. 阅读理解

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Sitting in the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That’s not the only thing marking her off from her classmates at Fort Hays State University. She’s 95, and when she graduates on May 12th, it’s believed she’ll become the world’s oldest person to be awarded a college degree.

She didn’t plan it that way. She just loved to learn as a teenager on a Hodgeman County farm, then as a teacher at a one-room school after graduating from high school and later as a farm wife and mother.

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“Even as I grew older, that enthusiasm for study was still there. I came here with no thought of it being an unusual thing at all, ”she said.

She’s getting offers for television appearances, and reporters show up wanting to interview her. She says she enjoys it. “It brings attention to this college and this part of the state. ”She added, “I don’t think much of my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it’s just a number. ”

Ochs started taking classes at Dodge City Community College after her husband died in 1972. After taking a class here and there over the years, she was close to having enough hours for an undergraduate degree.

At 5-foot-2, her white hair pulled into a bun(圆形发髻), she walks energetically down hallways(走廊)to classes with her books in a big handbag.

Students nod and smile; she’s described as witty(睿智的), nice and down-to-earth(务实的). “Everybody has accepted me, and I feel just like another student, ”she said. “The students respect me. ”An added joy for Ochs is that her 21-year-old granddaughter, Alexandra Ochs, will graduate with her.

【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文, 主要讲述95岁的美国老太太Nola Ochs上大学的故事。

1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that Nola Ochs is . A. hard-working C. different

B. successful D. energetic

【解析】选C。主旨大意题。从第一段的第二句That’s not the only thing marking her off from her classmates可知选C项。

2. From the underlined sentence “She didn’t plan it that way”, we know that Nola

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Ochs didn’t .

A. mean to become the oldest college graduate B. want to stop learning as a young girl C. plan to be a farm wife and mother D. really enjoy learning at such an old age

【解析】选A。句意理解题。承接第一段最后一句it’s believed she’ll become the world’s oldest person to be awarded a college degree. 可知: 她被认为是取得学位的年龄最大的人, 这是她没想到的。故选A项。 3. What’s Nola Ochs’ attitude towards her age? A. She feels sad about it. B. She is proud of it. C. She tries to fight against it. D. She pays little attention to it.

【解析】选D。观点态度题。从第四段的第三句I don’t think much of my age. 可知。

4. In the passage nothing is said about Ochs’ . A. educational experience B. relationship with others C. major subject D. physical appearance

【解析】选C。细节理解题。第一段最后一句提到A项“be awarded a college degree”; 第七段提到了B项“她和同学的相处”; 第六段提到了D项“At 5-foot-2,

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her white hair pulled into a bun”; 文章没有提到她的专业, 故选C项。

B

Sunday, 31 August

We’ve been in China for a month now. Dad, Mom, Harry and I moved to Tianjin on 25 August. We’re not very far from Beijing. Two days ago, we celebrated my 16th birthday. It was great celebrating in China; the only thing that was strange was the cake—here they’re not as sweet as the ones in New York. On Monday school starts—I wonder what it will be like.

Monday, 1 September

On my first day I was looking around for a locker to put my books in. However, here all the students keep all of their books at their desks—we stay in the same classroom because apparently we don’t have to go from class to class—teachers come to us!

Today we selected teacher assistants for each subject. Their duties are to collect homework, make announcements, and do other stuff for the teacher and the students. It’s kind of a big deal here! Since I am from the US, I was asked to be the English assistant. I felt so proud but quite nervous at the same time because I wasn’t sure what I had to do, but I accepted the job anyway.

Friday, 3 October

Boy, what a week! Now we have nine classes every day, including the morning class, a combination of our American schools’ “Homeroom” and “Study Hall”. I think Chinese students work too much! I have to do my homework when I get back home. I don’t even have time to watch TV or surf the Internet like before. I sometimes miss

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New York and my school because we didn’t have to study so much. We had more time to hang out with our classmates and neighbors; here, besides their usual classes, students are involved in weekend classes in subjects such as English, Chinese and math.

I get a lot of attention, being from another country. Everyone wants to practice English with me! A really cute girl even asked me for my phone number on my second day and sent me a text message! I’m making a lot more friends now. I just need a lot of help to improve my Chinese. Some students want to do a language exchange program with me. Nice!

【文章大意】这篇文章是到中国学习的美国学生的日常生活的日记, 日记记录了作者的学习生活, 也有作者经历的文化冲击。

5. The passage mentions all the following points EXCEPT . A. physics study B. food flavour C. free time activities

D. language exchange program

【解析】选A。细节理解题。文章第一段提到蛋糕的味道, B提到了; 倒数第二段提到空闲时间的活动; 最后一段提到语言互相交流课程, 但是没有提到物理学习, 所以选A项。

6. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the teacher assistant’s duty?

A. Collecting homework. B. Making announcements.

C. Helping teachers with small errands(差事). D. Teaching classmates.

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【解析】选D。细节理解题。从第三段第一、二句可知课代表的任务是收作业, 发布通知, 帮助老师做些小差事, 但是不用教学生, 故选D项。 7. Where is this passage most probably from? A. A storybook. C. A diary.

B. A guide book. D. A magazine.

【解析】选C。推理判断题。这篇文章是到中国学习的美国学生的日常生活的记录, 从格式也可以看出是日记, 故选C项。 8. The passage is best described by . A. culture shock C. unique culture

B. multi-culture D. culture background

【解析】选A。归纳总结题。从文章多处可以看出作者在对比中国和美国的差异, 这也是作者体验的一种文化差异, 故选A项。 【语篇随练】

阅读B篇文章找出各部分大意 Diary 1(Para 1) Diary 2(Paras 2、3) Diary 3(Paras 4、5)

A. my busy school life and new friends B. my first day at school

C. waiting for the new school term

答案: Diary 1—C Diary 2—B Diary 3—A

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