Question

【题目】（江西师大附中、鹰潭一中2016届高三下学期第一次联考）完形填空。

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control , like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That's an easy question, you say. you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is that. Americans see time as a valuable . Maybe that's why they are of the expression, "Time is money."

To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually an apology, and maybe an explanation. People ________ are running late often call ahead to let others know of the __ . Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly . At informal get-togethers, , people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the ___ time. But they usually don't try that at work.

American lifestyles show people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost a(n) ________ to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually _________ first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just unannounced. Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear they be in bed. The time may vary, but most folks think about calling after 10:00 p.m.

【1】A. bought B. ignored C. spent D. killed

【2】A. over B. in C. with D. for

【3】A. However B. Whenever C. Whatever D. Wherever

【4】A. less than B. no more than C. not more than D. more than

【5】A. resource B. material C. source D. factor

【6】A. short B. fond C. crazy D. enthusiastic

【7】A. preference B. mercy C. respect D. hatred

【8】A. calls for B. arises from C. makes for D. results from

【9】A. whom B. which C. who D. whose

【10】A. time B. result C. explanation D. delay

【11】A. in time B. on time C. ahead of time D. over time

【12】A. such as B. in a word C. for example D. as usual

【13】A. assigned B. appointed C. approved D. assessed

【14】A. how many B. how far C. how much D. how soon

【15】A. set B. prepare C. use D. quit

【16】A. emergency B. pleasure C. period D. emotion

【17】A. write B. claim C. inform D. call

【18】A. drop out B. drop by C. drop off D. drop behind

【19】A. must B. might C. need D. shall

【20】A. first B. last C. once /span> D. twice

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】C

【13】B

【14】C

【15】A

【16】A

【17】D

【18】B

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了美国人把时间看做金钱的理论及守时、惜时的具体事例，值得我们借鉴。

【1】C考查动词。A. bought买；B. ignored忽视；C. spent花费；D. killed杀死。句意：时间是像钱一样能被节省、浪费或花费的东西吗？根据句意选C.

【2】A 考查固定短语。句意：它还是像我们不能支配的东西，比如天气？control over控制，支配，根据句意选A.

【3】D 考查副词。A. However无论如何；B. Whenever无论何时；C. Whatever 无论什么；D. Wherever无论何地。句意：无论你去哪里一分钟都是60秒，一小时都是60分钟。此处指时间在哪都是一样的，故选D.

【4】D考查固定短语。A. less than少于； B. no more than只是，仅仅；C. not more than不超过，至多；D. more than超过，多于。此处指在美国，时间的意义并不仅仅如此，远远超过这些。故选D.

【5】A考查名词。A. resource资源； B. material材料；C. source 来源；D. factor因素。美国人把时间看做是一种宝贵的资源。故选A.

【6】B 考查形容词。A. short短的；B. fond喜欢的；C. crazy疯狂的；D. enthusiastic热情的。句意：或许这就是他们喜欢“时间就是金钱”这句话的原因。此处是短语be fond of“喜欢”，故选B.

【7】C考查名词。A. preference偏爱；B. mercy仁慈；C. respect尊敬；D. hatred憎恨。此处指对美国人来说，守时是尊敬别人时间的一种方式。根据句意及下文的people respect可知选C.

【8】A考查固定短语。A. calls for要求，提倡；B. arises from起因于；C. makes for导致，有助于；D. results from起因于，由……造成；此处指约会时迟到超过10分钟通常需要道歉，或作出解释。故选A.

【9】C考查关系代词。句中包含定语从句，先行词是People指人，在定语从句中做主语，故用关系代词who，指那些来晚的人应该提前告知，故选C.

【10】D 考查名词。A. time时间；B. result结果；C. explanation解释；D. delay耽搁。此处指提前打电话让别人知道你的耽搁，与前面的running late呼应。根据句意选D.

【11】B考查固定短语。A. in time及时；B. on time按时；C. ahead of time提前；D. over time随时间推移。情况越不正式，按时就不那么重要，即越正式地场合就越应该准时。故选B.

【12】C考查短语。A. such as比如； B. in a word总之；C. for example例如；D. as usual像往常一样。例如在非正式的朋友聚会时，有时会比约定时间晚30分钟，但他们工作时不是这样的。此处举了一个例子，故选C.

【13】B考查形容词。A. assigned指定的；B. appointed约定的； C. approved被认可的；D. assessed评估的。此处指比约定时间晚30分钟，故选B.

【14】C考查短语。A. how many多少，修饰可数名词复数；B. how far多么远；C. how much多少，修饰不可数名词；D. how soon多久。此处修饰respect是不可数名词，故选C.

【15】A考查动词。A. set安排；B. prepare准备；C. use 使用；D. quit离开，停止。此处指当人们计划一件事时，总是提前几天或几周就安排时间。根据句意选A.

【16】A 考查名词。A. emergency紧急情况；B. pleasure愉快；C. period期间；D. emotion情感。此处指一旦时间被确定，除非紧急情况才改变。根据句意选A.

【17】D考查动词。A. write写； B. claim声称，要求；C. inform通知，告诉；D. call打电话。如果有人想来你家拜访，他们通常会先打电话询问是否方便。此处指提前打电话，根据常识也可知，故选D.

【18】B考查动词短语。A. drop out退出，脱离；B. drop by顺便访问；C. drop off减少，下降；D. drop behind后退，落后。此处指只有非常亲密的朋友才不提前通知就来顺便来访。根据句意和常识可知选B.

【19】B考查动词。A. must必须；B. might可能；C. need需要； D. shall应，会。此处指晚上打电话时人们总会犹豫，害怕对方可能已经睡觉。表示推测选B.

【20】D考查副词。A. first首先；B. last最后；C. once一次，曾经；D. twice两次，两倍。此处指10:00以后打电话，人们会考虑再三。think twice“再三考虑”，故选D.