Wildlife Protection一、閱讀理解About six months ago, I was working in a job where I sat at a puter in an office for 50 hours or so each week. My best friend, Dusty，also sat in an office at a puter all day. We often talked about what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time inside in front of a puter all day long. I ended up leaving my job, and so did Dusty. Neither one of us are sitting in an office all day. Last week, Dusty came to my home and declared，“Im going to travel.” Of course, traveling is exciting. Its getting to experience new things, getting to be a slightly different version of ourselves, but I think the point is more about the mindset(心態(tài)) that it allows for than the actual reality that es with it. Waking up every day with a sense of excitement for the unknown. Approaching each interaction during the day with a sense of wonder. Not thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, and just about whatevers right in front of you.However, the thing is, we dont need to be in transit to be able to approach our days this way. It is possible for me to be living my normal life and be excited for the unknown of the day. I meet new people and do new things every day. Yes, they might be in Santa Monica, a few blocks from my apartment, but whats the difference between a new person here and a new person in Australia?I read an Alan Watts quote recently, and it goes as follows：“If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I am likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering. But suppose you could answer，It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in whats happening now.”O(jiān)ur generation seems to be eager to expand our horizons(視野). But I agree with Alan Watts. There is a lot of opportunity for horizonexpansion wherever we happen to be. I think Ill wake up tomorrow, walk down the street, and put on my adventurers cap.【解題導(dǎo)語】旅行之所以吸引人是因?yàn)樗梢宰屓藗兲剿魑粗遣⒉灰欢ǚ且ヂ眯胁趴梢赃_(dá)到這個(gè)目的。正如阿蘭沃茨建議的，我們應(yīng)該關(guān)注當(dāng)下，因?yàn)槲覀兛此破降娜粘Ｉ钔瑯涌梢院芫省?According to the text, the author quit his job mainly because Ait didnt pay very wellBDusty advised him to do soChe wanted to spend some time travelingDhe didnt want to stay inside all day longD解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“. what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time inside in front of a puter all day long. I ended up leaving my job. in an office all day.”可知，作者和朋友都不喜歡每天待在室內(nèi)，坐在電腦前，所以他們辭掉了工作。故選D項(xiàng)。2The underlined words “in transit” in the third paragraph probably mean “ ”Amoving aroundBworking hardCfilled with curiosityDfull of enthusiasmA解析：詞義猜測(cè)題。第二段內(nèi)容講述旅游的魅力所在，第三段首句使用單詞 However(然而)表轉(zhuǎn)折，表明本段表述的內(nèi)容與第二段內(nèi)容不同，即我們不需要到處逛，也可以使我們的生活一樣精彩，moving around 意為“走來走去”符合句意，故選A項(xiàng)。3Whats the best title for the text?AAn Exciting but Normal LifeBAdventures in Our Own BackyardCGo to Travel and Expand Your HorizonDGet Outside and Explore for the Unknown二、單句語法填空1(2017江蘇高考)He hurried home, never once looking back to see if he _ (follow)答案：was being followed這里if引導(dǎo)的賓語從句用過去進(jìn)行時(shí)表示過去某一時(shí)刻(hurried home)正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作。又因he與follow之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用被動(dòng)語態(tài)。2Not _(employ) by a wellknown pany doesnt necessarily mean that you have no bright future.答案：being employed此處在陳述一個(gè)一般性的事實(shí)，且you和employ之間為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用動(dòng)名詞的被動(dòng)式作主語。3His house stands on a hill and can be seen from a _ (distant) of two miles.答案：distance由空前的a可知，此處應(yīng)填名詞，from a distance “從遠(yuǎn)處”。4Parents spare no effort to pave the way for the _ (succeed) of their children.答案：success由空前的the可知此處應(yīng)用名詞success “成功”。5Im fed up with your _(end) plaining.答案：endless此處endless形容詞“無休止的”修飾動(dòng)名詞plaining。6This defeat was a _ (power) blow to the enemy.答案：powerful此處形容詞powerful “有力的；強(qiáng)大的”修飾名詞blow。7After the exam, I felt an incredible sense of _(relieve)答案：relief介詞of后應(yīng)跟名詞relief “減輕或解除”。8We had no choice and had to be _the mercy of the sea.答案：atat the mercy of . “受擺布”。9Greek yogurt _(contain) much less fat than double cream.答案：containscontain “包含”，且描述一般事實(shí)，應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。10My opinion _(affect) by the recent development of events.答案：has been affectedaffect “影響”，為動(dòng)詞，與My opinion存在邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，且本句描述過去發(fā)生的動(dòng)作對(duì)現(xiàn)在造成的影響，故應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)。三、完形填空For me，two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”I _1_ them years ago as a college student，sitting in the library，_2_，working on a paper.Out of nowhere，those words came _3_ off the page in a quote(引語)：“In the midst of death life persists，in the midst of _4_ truth persists，in the midst of darkness light persists.”Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more.Then I _5_ my granddad.I loved to talk with him.And I was _6_ to hear what hed think of it.He had poor hearing，so I had to _7_ it a few times，but once he _8_ it，he laughed.“All I can say to that is totally _9_，” he said on the phone.I told him how glad I was，after a long winter，to finally see spring and _10_ to find that quote.“Why is that？” he asked.“Well，spring is a sure _11_ that life persists.And it just makes me _12_.”He laughed again，and then _13_ his lovely voice，he recited for me his _14_“spring time” words：“The desert shall rejoice(高興)，and _15_ as the rose does.even with joy and singing.”Many years later，_16_ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開的)cactuses，I could _17_ hear my granddad laughing：“The desert shall rejoice.”Life persists，and so do we，in the silence of _18_ and the blooming of cactuses；and in the dead of _19_ and the green of spring.Spring _20_ us that were alive forever.1A.looked for Bhappened onCpicked out Dmade up2A.bored BconcentratedCtired Dconfused3A.running BdancingCrushing Dmoving4A.fear BaccusationCsuspicion Duntruth5A.called BvisitedCconsulted Dinformed6A.patient BconfidentCupset Ddesperate7A.copy BprintCrepeat Drecite8A.got BmadeCundertook Dmanaged9A.puzzlement BscepticismCagreement Ddisapproval10A.practically BespeciallyCobviously Dnaturally11A.way BinspirationCremark Dsign12A.astonished BenergeticCmerry Dalive13A.in BwithCof Dbeyond14A.impressive BsuperbCclassical Dfavorite15A.exist BflowerCsurvive Dsow16A.after BwhenCuntil Dalthough17A.hardly BalwaysCalmost Dmostly18A.journeys BwordsCworld Ddesert19A.winter BspringCsummer Dautumn20A.convinces BassuresCreminds Dstrikes【解題導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，講述的是作者有感于春天的活力，從偶然讀到的一段話聯(lián)想到生命的意義與堅(jiān)持。生命長(zhǎng)存于漫漫沙漠的植物中，長(zhǎng)存于冬去春來的綠意中。冬去春來，生命依然長(zhǎng)存，而我們也要繼續(xù)前行。1B根據(jù)語境可知，幾年前坐在大學(xué)的圖書館里作者偶然遇到這兩個(gè)單詞“Life persists”。happen on“偶然遇到或發(fā)現(xiàn)”，符合語境。pick out“挑選，辨別出”；make up“編造”。2A根據(jù)下文中的“Suddenly I wasnt unhappy and impatient any more”可知，作者當(dāng)時(shí)在圖書館里的心情是很煩悶的。故選bored“厭倦的，煩悶的”。3B這兩個(gè)詞突然從書頁上的引語中躍入作者的眼簾。dancing在此形象生動(dòng)地描述了這兩個(gè)詞所富含的美好活力以及作者遇到它們的偶然性。4D在死亡中，生命依然堅(jiān)持；在謊言中，真理依然長(zhǎng)存；在黑暗中，光明依然永駐。根據(jù)句中的death與life, darkness與light的對(duì)應(yīng)關(guān)系可知，此處應(yīng)填truth的反義詞。untruth“虛假，不真實(shí)”，符合語境。accusation“控告”；suspicion“懷疑”。5A根據(jù)下文中的“on the phone”可知，作者給爺爺打電話。call“(給)打電話”，符合語境。visit“看望，拜訪”；consult“咨詢”；inform“告知”。6D根據(jù)語境及上文中的“I loves to talk with him”可知，作者很想聽到爺爺(對(duì)這句話)是怎么看的。desperate“極想，渴望”。patient“耐心的”；upset“不安的”。7C根據(jù)上文中的“He had poor hearing，so I had to”和下文中的“a few times”可知，爺爺?shù)穆犛X不靈，所以作者不得不多次重復(fù)(repeat)這句話。copy“抄寫”；print“打印”；recite“背誦”。8A但是一旦作者的爺爺明白(got it)了，他就笑了起來。make it“獲得成功，準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)”。9C根據(jù)上文中的“l(fā)aughed”和下文中作者的爺爺所背誦的語句與該句話的主題的一致性可知，作者的爺爺對(duì)這句話所表達(dá)的主題是完全同意的。puzzlement“疑惑”；scepticism “懷疑”；agreement“贊同，同意”；disapproval“反對(duì)，不贊成”。10B作者告訴爺爺她在漫長(zhǎng)的冬天過后，最終看到春天，特別是偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)這句引語，自己是有多高興。especially“特別，尤其”，符合語境。practically“實(shí)際地，差不多”；obviously“明顯地”；naturally“自然而然地”。11D春天就是一個(gè)可信的跡象，它表明生命是長(zhǎng)存的。sign“跡象，征兆”符合語境。inspiration“鼓舞人心的人(或事物)”。12C根據(jù)上文中的“I wasnt unhappy”，下文中的“rejoice(高興)”“joy”及文章的主題可知，這句話使作者感到開心(merry)。astonished“震驚的”；energetic“精力充沛的”。13A作者的爺爺又笑了笑，然后用他那悅耳的嗓音為作者背誦了他最喜歡的語句。in.voice是固定搭配，表示“以的嗓音”。14D參見上題解析。impressive“給人印象深刻的”；superb“極佳的，質(zhì)量極高的”；classical“經(jīng)典的”；favorite“最喜歡的”。15B沙漠應(yīng)該高興，像玫瑰一樣盛開。根據(jù)空后的“as the rose does”可知，flower“開花”符合語境。16B多年后，當(dāng)作者和丈夫驅(qū)車穿越一個(gè)有很多野花和盛開的仙人掌的沙漠時(shí)，她幾乎又聽到了爺爺笑著說“沙漠應(yīng)該高興”。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空處在此引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，且在從句中作時(shí)間狀語，故選when。17C參見上題解析。almost“幾乎，差不多”，符合語境。18D根據(jù)空后的“the blooming of cactuses.”和上文中的“a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛開的)cactuses”及“The desert shall rejoice”可知，生命長(zhǎng)存，同樣的，我們也要堅(jiān)持。生命長(zhǎng)存于寂靜的沙漠(desert)中和盛開的仙人掌里。19Ain the dead of winter“在隆冬，在嚴(yán)冬”?？涨暗膁ead形象地表現(xiàn)出了冬季萬物蕭條的景象，與春季的綠意及萬物復(fù)蘇的景象形成鮮明的對(duì)比。20C春天提醒我們，我們永遠(yuǎn)充滿活力。convince“使相信”；assure“使確信”；remind“提醒”；strike“突然想到”。四、單句改錯(cuò)1I would appreciate very much if you could give me an early reply._答案：appreciate后加itI would appreciate it if . 是固定句式，意為“如果我會(huì)十分感激”。2The climbers knew how they could protect themselves from injured._答案：from后加beingfrom是介詞，且themselves和injure之間存在被動(dòng)關(guān)系，因此使用動(dòng)名詞的被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)，即being injured。3The government should pay attention the problems that stayathome children are faced with._答案：attention后加topay attention to “注意”。4The wild population of koalas is in danger of dying away._答案：awayoutdie out “滅絕”。5She was pleased with the way which he had accepted her criticism._答案：which前加in或whichthat或去掉whichthe way作先行詞，且在定語從句中作狀語時(shí)，其引導(dǎo)詞有三種形式：in which或that或不填。五、短文改錯(cuò)(2017湖南省部分重點(diǎn)中學(xué)考前演練)I usually go to school by bike.And this morning I went on foot.On the way to school，I happen to witness an accident.A middleaged woman was knocked down by a car while crosses the street.Seeing that was happening on the scene，I made rush for the woman to help.One passerby got out of his cellphone and called the police.I helped to carry the woman to safe and dress her wound. Around ten minutes late, an ambulance arrived and took him to hospital.I continued my way to school，feeling happily that I could offer some help in time.【答案】I usually go to school by bike. this morning I went on foot.On the way to school，I to witness an accident.A middleaged woman was knocked down by a car while the street.Seeing was happening on the scene，I made rush for the woman to help.One passerby got out his cellphone and called the police.I helped to carry the woman to and dress her wound. Around ten minutes ， an ambulance arrived and took to hospital.I continued my way to school，feeling that I could offer some help in time.第一處：AndBut。考查連詞。前后句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用But。第二處：happenhappened?？疾闀r(shí)態(tài)。根據(jù)上文中的“I went on foot”可知，此處描述的是發(fā)生在過去的事情，應(yīng)該用一般過去時(shí)。第三處：crossescrossing?？疾榉侵^語動(dòng)詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，cross與A middleaged woman之間是邏輯上的主謂關(guān)系，故應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞形式。第四處：thatwhat?？疾槊~性從句。這里指“看到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)發(fā)生的事情”。此處在句中引導(dǎo)賓語從句，且在從句中作主語，表示“的事情”，故用what。第五處：rush前加a。考查冠詞。此處指作者沖向那位女士以提供幫助。make a rush for“沖向，奔向”是固定搭配。第六處：刪除out后的of?？疾楣潭ù钆洹Ｒ晃宦啡四贸鏊氖謾C(jī)并給警察打了電話。get“取來，拿來”，是及物動(dòng)詞，其后可直接接賓語；out在此為副詞。而get out of sth.意為“離開(某地)，擺脫，放棄”，顯然不符合此處的語境。故of多余。第七處：safesafety?？疾槊~。此處充當(dāng)介詞的賓語，應(yīng)該用名詞形式。safety“安全的地方”。第八處：latelater。考查副詞。雖然late和later都可用作副詞，但前者表示“遲，晚”，后者表示“后來，隨后”。根據(jù)句意可知，應(yīng)將late改為later。第九處：himher?？疾榇~。此處指的是救護(hù)車將那個(gè)受傷的女士帶去了醫(yī)院，故應(yīng)用her。第十處：happilyhappy?？疾樾稳菰~。feel是系動(dòng)詞，其后應(yīng)用形容詞作表語。