题目内容
Noticing small changes early helps you _______ some big changes that are to come.
- A.adapt to
- B.adopt to
- C.apply to
- D.devote to
试题分析:句意:尽早注意细小的变化,这将有助于你适应即将来临的更大的变化。adapt to 适应;adopt 采取,接受;apply to适用于;devote to 致力于。根据句意故选A。
考点:考查动词短语辨析。
点评:本题难度适中。对动词短语的考查是高考必考的内容,需要掌握它们的意义、用法、时态及语态等,对它们的考查在单选、完形及短文改错中经常出现,足以引起考生的重视。
即学即练:Everyone talks about the benefits of yoga, but who has time to _______it?
A. adapt to B. adopt to C. apply to D. devote to
解析:D。句意:大家都说练习瑜伽是很好的,但是又有几个人有时间去练习它呢。
Children are very, very observant and have excellent memories.
Around Christmas last year, we were heading to Grandma’s house. The drive was an hour long, so we had plenty of time to chat. We were waiting to get onto the freeway when my daughter Hayley noticed a homeless man, no sign in hand. “Mom, is that man homeless?” I told her I believed he was.
We got onto the freeway and drove away. But the chatting had stopped. Hayley was quiet all the way there. We spent a few hours at Grandma’s then packed up to head home. As we drove back, Hayley rustled(沙沙作响地移动) around in her seat, trying to reach something on the floor of the car. I asked her to sit still, worried her seatbelt would slip from the booster seat. She mumbled(咕哝)something and sat back.
“Mom, will the homeless man still be outside tonight?” I told her I was not sure, maybe. It was a freezing night, and I started to think of the man now too, and how cold he must be.
All of a sudden, as we got onto the freeway exit, Haley shrieked (尖叫): “There he is! There he is!” and started rolling down her window. “Mom, I found these gloves and scarf back here. Can I give them to him? Can I?” she asked.
I pulled over to the edge of the road, and beckoned(招手示意) the man to come over. Haley smiled at him and handed him her gift. I looked in the front passenger seat, loaded with leftovers from Grandma’s house, and handed those out to him as well.
The man thanked us, he clutched (抓紧) my hand in his and I could feel the bitter cold of them. We wished him a safe night and continued on our journey to our warm home.
“Haley, that was very sweet of you!” I told her. “Well, they were your gloves and scarf, Mom, but his hands looked colder, and he has to keep looking for his house!”
We had talked about homelessness before , and I could hear myself telling her: “Someone who has lost their home.” She had taken my words literally and thought the man’s home was like a lost puppy.
On the ride home, and as I carried my sleeping angel into the house that night, my heart filled with gratitude.
【小题1】The underlined word “observant” in Paragraph I means “ ”.
A.fond of serving others | B.quick at noticing things |
C.good at memorizing | D.easy to be pleased |
A.had no home to go to |
B.had lost his or her puppy |
C.was in need of gloves and scarves |
D.couldn’t find his or her home |
A.she felt lucky to have such a warm-hearted daughter |
B.she was pleased that she had a great family |
C.she felt happy to have given the leftovers to the man |
D.they had arrived home safely despite the cold |
A.analysis | B.comparison | C.time order | D.cause and result |