天天增分(三十二)

　　滿分48分，實戰(zhàn)模擬，15分鐘拿下高考客觀題滿分！姓名：________　班級：________　

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother __1__ from a stroke (中風) and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no __2__ what I could do to help her to relieve her __3__. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

　　Last month I __4__ a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt __5__ about the loss.

　　There have been many __6__ like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things __7__ I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.

　　“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What __8__ can I get from this? How can I __9__ my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade？’” he wrote.

　　I suddenly __10__ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay __11__ all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things __12__. When my mother was fighting for __13__， I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of __14__ and crying.

　　Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't __15__ a prize. If I had not __16__ this article, I would definitely have felt __17__ again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage __18__.

　　Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns (刺) as well, but these thorns help us become __19__ and strong. When life __20__ us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.

　　1．A. resultedB. suffered

　　C. survived

　　D. escaped

　　2．A. hope

　　B. wonder

　　C. idea

　　D. doubt

　　3．A. pain

　　B. anxiety

　　C. fear

　　D. pressure

　　4．A. received

　　B. sold

　　C. fixed

　　D. lost

　　5．A. unbelievable

　　B. shameful

　　C. angry

　　D. terrible

　　6．A. diseases

　　B. memories

　　C. incidents

　　D. difficulties

　　7．A. when

　　B. until

　　C. though

　　D. since

　　8．A. lesson

　　B. lemonade

　　C. decision

　　D. challenge

　　9．A. control

　　B. accept

　　C. improve

　　D. avoid

　　10．A. realized

　　B. thought

　　C. discovered

　　D. predicted

　　11．A. healthy

　　B. independent

　　C. serious

　　D. positive

　　12．A. exactly

　　B. differently

　　C. easily

　　D. practically

　　13．A. recovery

　　B. life

　　C. freedom

　　D. happiness

　　14．A. shouting

　　B. hiding

　　C. quarreling

　　D. regretting

　　15．A. expect

　　B. miss

　　C. win

　　D. refuse

　　16．A. figured out

　　B. written down

　　C. found out

　　D. come across

　　17．A. embarrassed

　　B. discouraged

　　C. excited

　　D. concerned

　　18．A. performance

　　B. experience

　　C. progress

　　D. effect

　　19．A. brave

　　B. calm

　　C. great

　　D. clever

　　20．A. shows

　　B. makes

　　C. gives

　　D. sends

　　【語篇解讀】　本文主要講述了“我”偶然讀到一篇勵志型文章從而改變了自己的人生態(tài)度。

　　1．解析：去年“我”媽媽患了中風，腦部做了手術。result意為“產生”；suffer意為“遭受”；survive意為“幸存”；escape意為“逃走”。根據(jù)語境“from a stroke (中風)”可知，B項正確。

　　答案：B　

　　2．解析：“我”一點兒也不知道該怎么去幫助她緩解她的痛苦(pain)。hope意為“希望”；wonder意為“驚奇”；idea意為“想法”；doubt意為“懷疑”。根據(jù)固定搭配have no idea“絲毫不知道”可知，C項正確。

　　答案：C　

　　3．解析：參見上題解析。pain意為“痛苦”；anxiety意為“焦慮”；fear意為“害怕”；pressure意為“壓力”。故A項正確。

　　答案：A　

　　4．解析：上個月“我”丟了一塊珍貴的手表，那是爸爸給“我”的18歲生日禮物。根據(jù)下文的“about the loss”可知，“我”把珍貴的手表給弄丟了，即D項正確。

　　答案：D　

　　5．解析：根據(jù)語境“I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights”可知，“我”因為珍貴的表丟了而心情很糟糕，以至于連覺都睡不著，即D項正確。

　　答案：D　

　　6．解析：根據(jù)下文的“such tough things”可知，“我”在生活中會遇到許多不好的事情，即C項正確。incident意為“發(fā)生的事情(尤指不尋常的或討厭的)”。

　　答案：C　

　　7．解析：根據(jù)下文可知，“我”直到讀了那篇文章之后，才突然頓悟了生活，知道該如何應對生活中的困境和麻煩，故B項正確。

　　答案：B　

　　8．解析：當那個智者得到一個檸檬時，他說，“我能夠從中得到什么教訓呢？”lesson意為“教訓”；lemonade意為“檸檬飲料”；decision意為“決定”；challenge意為“挑戰(zhàn)”。故A項正確。

　　答案：A　

　　9．解析：根據(jù)下文“How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade”可推知，智者想改善目前的狀態(tài)。control意為“控制”；accept意為“接受”；improve意為“改善”；avoid意為“避免”。

　　答案：C　

　　10．解析：“我”突然意識到生活中充滿了起起落落，因此“我”需要保持時刻樂觀。realize意為“意識到，明白”；think意為“想”；discover意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；predict意為“預測”。故A項正確。

　　答案：A　

　　11．解析：與上文的“I used to abandon myself to despair”形成對比，并由下文的“telling her things would get better”可推知，“我”頓悟到生活需要樂觀面對，而不是悲觀絕望，故D項正確。

　　答案：D　

　　12．解析：根據(jù)下文“I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of __14__ and crying”可知，現(xiàn)在當“我”回想過去時，“我”希望自己能夠用不同的方式去處理事情，故B項正確。

　　答案：B　

　　13．解析：當媽媽努力爭取康復(recovery)時，“我”應該拉著她的手，告訴她一切都會好起來的，而不是躲(hiding)起來哭。故A項正確。

　　答案：A　

　　14．解析：參見上題解析。shout意為“喊”；hide意為“隱藏”；quarrel意為“爭吵”；regret意為“后悔”。

　　答案：B　

　　15．解析：“我”并沒有贏得獎項。故C項正確。

　　答案：C　

　　16．解析：如果“我”沒有遇到這篇文章，“我”肯定又會感到沮喪。figure out意為“弄明白”；write down意為“記下”；find out意為“弄清”；come across意為“偶遇”。故D項正確。

　　答案：D　

　　17．解析：根據(jù)上文的“I used to abandon myself to despair”和下文的“again”可知，B項正確。

　　答案：B　

　　18．解析：“我”很開心至少“我”得到了一些舞臺經(jīng)驗。performance意為“表演”；experience意為“經(jīng)驗，經(jīng)歷”；progress意為“進步”；effect意為“效應”。故B項正確。

　　答案：B　

　　19．解析：生活中的這些刺幫助我們變得勇敢和堅強。與“strong”呼應可知，A項正確。

　　答案：A　

　　20．解析：當生活給(gives)我們一個檸檬時，我們要盡力去把它做成一杯檸檬飲料。故C項正確。

　　答案：C　

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Jan Fields, our web editor, has always loved two things— writing and teaching, so she's done both throughout her professional career.

　　After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism, she quickly found that writing for newspapers didn't fulfill her dreams. So she switched to magazines and soon began teaching magazine writing. Still, something didn't feel quite right. She wanted more challenges and creativity.

　　In the 1980s, Jan answered a call to rewrite a year's children's church lessons. She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired. She dove in and has never looked back. Her work has appeared in Ladybug, Shining Star and many others.

　　As Jan continued building credit in children's magazines, educational magazines, and parenting magazines, she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers.

　　Soon, teaching small community college classes wasn't enough—she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children.

　　In 2001, she discovered the Institute of Children's Literature and she's been happily instructing students here ever since. To best meet her students' needs, she's constantly searching out new information. As a web editor, Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site. She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer's Retreat forum, writes for the Writer's Support Room, and edits the Writer's Support Room and Writing Tips articles.

　　Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing communities.

　　Feel free to email her. She's eager to hear from you.

　　1．Jan Fields finds

　　________ is what she really wants most.

　　A. writing for newspapers

　　B. teaching magazine writing

　　C. writing stories and activities for children

　　D. teaching small community college classes

　　2．Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because ________.

　　A. she was badly paid as a journalist

　　B. she was not good at writing at college

　　C. the jobs didn't seem challenging or creative

　　D. she likes teaching better than writing

　　3．It can be inferred that the Institute of Children's Literature is

　　________.

　　A. where Jan Fields graduated

　　B. where writing material is on sale

　　C. where Jan Fields cooperates with other writers

　　D. where children are taught writing by Jan Fields

　　【語篇解讀】　本文是一篇人物傳記，網(wǎng)絡編輯Jan Fields喜歡挑戰(zhàn)，給孩子們寫了很多故事。

　　1．解析：考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired”可知，她真正想做的是給孩子們寫故事和活動，故選C項。

　　答案：C　

　　2．解析：考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段的最后一句“She wanted more challenges and creativity”可推知，她放棄前兩份工作是因為她覺得這兩份工作沒有挑戰(zhàn)性和創(chuàng)造性，故選C項。

　　答案：C　

　　3．解析：考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段第一句中的“she's been happily instructing students here ever since”可知，她在Institute of Children's Literature教孩子們寫作，故選D項。

　　答案：D　

　　B

　　A culture's values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who disliked humor, “Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden thought of feeling far better than others.” He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness.

　　However, Mordechai Gordon, PhD of Education, insists, “Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious.” I agree with Gordon.

　　Learning to look at the world through humor is important.

　　In the United States, every four years an election occurs.

　　Without humor as a way to express their feelings, how else would Americans keep from clawing their eyes

　　out

　　and

　　going

　　the

　　way

　　of learning? Television shows like “The Daily Show” have become important

　　parts

　　of

　　American

　　culture.

　　They

　　are mothering the masses by metaphorically (隱喻地) airplane-ing politics

　　into

　　our

　　mouths. They make politics fun.

　　Of course, politics is only one type of humor. Social humor helps people through the twists and turns of the human condition. American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self-image. On the topic of self-image, Hari Kondabolu stands out. He has a joke about the popular musical

　　group

　　“The

　　Pussycat

　　Dolls”， describing their hit song “Don't Cha” as a negative representation of women. He points out an obvious offence in American culture.

　　A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that

　　humor

　　is

　　one

　　determining

　　factor

　　for selecting a mating partner. Amongst other things，mates look for an outstanding tunny bone in a potential partner.

　　Of course, humor is not always used for good purposes. Humor can be linked to vulgarity (庸俗)and racism, but, like everything else, it has potential to unite human

　　beings

　　by

　　allowing us

　　to laugh

　　at ourselves, our failures and our connection with one another.

　　Though life may seem tough and depressing at times, all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles (皺紋)to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn't aware of.

　　With that in mind, remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity.

　　4. Hobbes believed that humor __________.

　　A. was only a way to laugh at others to make oneself feel better

　　B. resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beings

　　C. had the power to mirror personal glory and national values

　　D. was for people to view the world from another angle

　　5. What is the author's attitude towards political

　　humor?

　　A. Worried.

　　B. Disappointed.

　　C. Curious.

　　D. Appreciative.

　　6. The fourth paragraph is developed mainly __________.

　　A. by example

　　B. by process

　　C. by comparison

　　D. by classification

　　7. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

　　A. Chaplin wasn't aware of being laughed at.

　　B. The author feels helpless and sad about getting older.