题目内容
One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dried up well. The animal cried 16 for hours as the farmer tried to 17 what to do. Finally, he decided that the animal was 18 , the well needed to be covered up, and 19 the donkey just wasn’t worth the 20 , so he invited his neighbors to 21 and help him bury the donkey in the well. They all held shovels (铲) and begin to shovel 22 into the well. At first, the donkey 23 what was happing and 24 cried pitifully. Then, to everyone’s 25 , he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked 26 into the well and was 27 at what he saw. 28 each shovel load of dirt that hit his back, the donkey 29 something surprising. He shook it off and took a step up! As the farmer’s neighbors 30 to shovel dirt 31 the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. The donkey stepped 32 over the edge of the well! As with the donkey, 33 is going to shovel dirt 34 you, all kinds of dirt. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, by never giving 35 .
1.A. happily B. hardly C. sadly D. greatly
2.A. carry out B. think out C. leave out D. watch out
3.A. young B. small C. old D. large
4.A. rescuing B. killing C. selling D. buying
5.A. money B. effort C. praise D. time
6.A. come around B. come over C. come down D. come to
7.A. stone B. earth C. dirt D. soil
8.A. realized B. found C. heard D. saw
9.A. again B. ever C. never D. once
10.A. joy B. amazement C. disappoint ment D. excitement
11.A. off B. down C. up D. over
12.A. astonished B. sorry C. worried D. angry
13.A. With B. As C. For D. On
14.A. did B. had C. made D. considered
15.A. began B. stopped C. started D. con tinued
16.A. at the top of B. on top of C. at the foot ofD. in front of
17.A. luckily B. successfullyC. hard D. easily
18.A. life B. world C. time D. work
19.A. off B. on C. up D. down
20.A. up B. away C. in D. out
1.C
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.B
7.C
8.A
9.A
10.B
11.B
12.A
13.A
14.A
15.D
16.B
17.B
18.A
19.B
20.A
【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述了一个寓言故事。一头毛驴掉到深井里,主人打算放弃它,用土把井填上。起初毛驴惊恐哀叫,但是不久,人们竟然发现毛驴把填到井里的土都踩在脚下,然后一点一点地接近了地面。故事告诉我们,当人们面对困境时,不要惊慌失措,要善于利用不利条件,将它们变成我们通向成功的基石。
1.C 考查副词辨析。A. 高兴地;B. 几乎不;C. 难过地;D. 非常,很。从情理可知毛驴掉到深井里,当然会伤心难过,所以C选项正确。句意:毛驴悲哀得嚎叫。
2.B 考查动词短语。A. 执行,开展;B. 想出;C. 遗漏; D. 小心,留神。毛驴掉到井里了,从情理上推断主人应该去想办法如何把它弄上来,所以B选项正确。
3.C考查形容词辨析。A年轻的;B. 小的;C. 老的;D. 大的。从下文主人做出要掩埋毛驴的决定可以推断出毛驴是老了,没什么用了,所以C选项符合语境。
4.A考查动词辨析。A. 营救;B. 杀死;C. 出售; D. 购买。从常理可知毛驴掉井里了主人要做的就是把它救上来,所以选A。
5.B考查名词辨析。 A. 钱;B. 努力;C. 表扬;D. 时间。根据常识可知把掉井里的毛驴弄到地面上不是容易的事情,所以此处用effort“努力,费劲”。句意:他认为不值得花大力气把这头老驴弄上来。
6.B 考查动词短语。A. 绕道而行;B.过来;C. 降低;D. 共计。从下文主人和邻居一起填井可知,此时毛驴的主人请邻居们过来,故正确答案是B。
7.C 考查名词辨析。A.石头;B.泥土;C. 灰尘;D. 土壤。从下文28空后面的each shovel load of dirt 可知C选项正确。
8.A考查动词辨析。A.意识到;B. 发现;C. 听说; D. 看到。从情理推测毛驴看到人们用土埋井,应该是明白了主人的意图打算,所以此处用realize,正确答案是A。
9.A考查副词辨析。A.再,又;B. 曾经;C. 从来不;D. 一旦,一次。从文章开头The animal cired 可知此处应该是“再次,又”,所以A选项正确。
10.B考查名词辨析。A.高兴; B. 惊讶;C失望;D.兴奋。按照情理,毛驴在一直哀嚎,突然间不叫了,人们应该是感到纳闷,好奇,所以选B。
11.B考查副词辨析。A.离开;B. 向下;C. 向上;D. 结束。因为人们在地面上,向井里看的时候应该是低头向下看,所以选B。
12.A考查形容词辨析。A.惊讶的;B. 难过的;C. 担心的;D. 生气的。上文讲人们对毛驴突然不叫了感到好奇,而且下文29空后出现的something surprising 也提示了此处是发生了让人惊讶的事,故A选项正确。句意:农民低头向井里看,对于他所看到的情景感到万分惊讶。
13.A考查介词辨析。A.用,具有;B.当。。时;C.因为;D. 在。。。上面。从情景判断此处是毛驴如何应对落到它身上的泥土的,后句中的do和with恰好构成短语do sth with sth“处理,对付”,句意:对于落到它身上的每一铁锹泥土,毛驴做着让人惊讶的举动。故A选项正确。
14.A 考查动词辨析。A. 做;B. 有C. 制作;D. 考虑。从词义搭配上可知选A。do thing“做事”
15.D 考查动词辨析。A.开始; B. 停止;C. 开始;D.继续。从文章内容可知此处不是开始也不是停止填井,而应该是继续这样做,故D选项正确。
16.B 考查介词短语。A. 在。。。的顶端(内部);B. 在。。。的顶部(外部);C.在。。。脚下;D. 在。。。前面。从情理推测人们埋井填土时,土是落到驴子的身上,所以选B。
17.B考查副词辨析。A.幸运地;B. 成功地;C.艰难地;D. 容易地。从上文he take a step up可知通过把土踩到脚下,毛驴成功地又回到地面上,所以B选项正确。
18.A考查名词辨析。A生活,生命;B. 世界;C. 时间;D. 工作。从情理推测此处是作者是就这个故事发表议论,来暗示人们对待生活的态度,所以A选项正确。
19.B 考查介词辨析。A离开;B. 在。。。上;C. 向上;D. 向下。从故事的叙述可知泥土是落到毛驴身上,所以同样地,生活的烦恼和困扰也像尘土一样落到你的身上,所以B为正确选项。
20.A考查副词辨析。 A.向上;B.离开;C.向里,在。。。里;D. 向外,在。。。外。Give up是固定短语“放弃”;give away“泄漏,赠送”;give in“屈服,投降”;give out“分发,用尽”从故事可知,人们要不放弃,才会获得成功,所以A选项正确。
考点:考查故事类短文。
I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅) : I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
【小题1】Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A.She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视). |
B.She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields. |
C.She is not good at telling stories of the kind. |
D.She finds space research more important. |
A.the burden she bears in a male-dominated society |
B.her involvement in gender politics |
C.her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist |
D.the very fact that she is a woman |
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
【小题4】What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A.Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. |
B.Women can balance a career in science and having a family. |
C.Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. |
D.Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career. |