题目内容
6.I was an angry adolescent in my first year of college.In my eyes,my father seemed to (41)C me in no way.One day we had a serious fight.I saw my father as (42)B me and wanted to break free.(43)A,he regarded me as disobedient and tried hard to keep his (44)C on me.We both exploded in (45)B.The situation was so unbearable that I (46)A out of the house and took the bus to school.My mind raced with (47)B thoughts about my father,feeling certain that no one in the world had ever had such a terrible father!
"I am the son of an IDIOT!How dare he interrupt my life and plans!"I wrote these words on a thought card,which served as a communication(48)D as well as the admission ticket to the literature class of Dr.Simon,a unique excellent teacher with (49)C teaching methods.Being ten minutes late,I (50)D handed it to him and dashed into the classroom.
The next day,his comment on the (51)A card struck me as if someone had punched me in the stomach.It read,"Why not stop blaming and be responsible for yourself?"No one had (52)B me to do so!
The (53)D kept coming up over the next few weeks.As I again heard myself blaming my father for this or that,I asked myself,"How long can you (54)A blaming others for YOUR life?"
Gradually,my thinking(55)B.It took over a year (56)C people began to notice that I was taking responsibility for my own actions and feelings.
I was amazed at improvement of my grades and the (57)D of number and quality of my friends.It was (58)C astonishing how much smarter my father seemed.Fights with my father became less and finally disappeared for I learned to think of him as a loving man with good (59)A,who just had no smooth ways to (60)D me.
It all started with a question.
41.A.fear | B.surprise | C.please | D.deny |
42.A.motivating | B.controlling | C.betraying | D.teasing |
43.A.Meanwhile | B.Indeed | C.Moreover | D.Otherwise |
44.A.words | B.beliefs | C.authority | D.sympathy |
45.A.courage | B.shouts | C.passion | D.tears |
46.A.stormed | B.jumped | C.slipped | D.dropped |
47.A.respectful | B.mad | C.remarkable | D.funny |
48.A.ability | B.service | C.gift | D.tool |
49.A.extreme | B.outdated | C.revolutionary | D.unrealistic |
50.A.unwillingly | B.delightedly | C.gratefully | D.hurriedly |
51.A.returned | B.spare | C.blank | D.messy |
52.A.forced | B.challenged | C.ensured | D.permitted |
53.A.description | B.concept | C.quote | D.question |
54.A.get away with | B.get along with | C.get ahead of | D.get down on |
55.A.remained | B.changed | C.flashed | D.survived |
56.A.since | B.after | C.before | D.as |
57.A.appearance | B.decline | C.demand | D.increase |
58.A.hardly | B.usually | C.equally | D.strangely |
59.A.intentions | B.imagination | C.memory | D.suggestions |
60.A.accept | B.impress | C.entertain | D.guide. |
分析 本文作者讲述了自己从一个容易愤怒的青少年成长为一个懂得为自己负责的人的故事.因为自己与父亲之间的彼此不理解,父子俩经常吵架,但是一个独特的优秀老师的一句话深深打动了作者,从此作者逐渐改变,最终懂得了为自己的行为和感情负责,不再怪罪别人.同时学习成绩提高了,人际关系更好了,与父亲的关系也改善了.
解答 CBACB ABDCD ABDAB CDCAD
41.C.考查动词.根据上文"I was an angry adolescent"可知,作者是一个愤怒的青少年,爱生气,因此推断在他的眼中,父亲似乎从没令他满意过.A.fear"害怕";B.surprise"使惊奇";C.please"使满意";D.deny"否认".故选C.
42.B.考查动词.根据下文"wanted to break free"可知,作者想要推翻父亲,因此推断他认为父亲控制自己.A.motivating"激励";B.controlling"控制";C.betraying"背叛";D.teasing"嘲弄".故选B.
43.A.考查副词.由下文的"he regarded me as disobedient"及上文的描述可知,作者认为父亲想要控制自己,与此同时,父亲认为作者是不听话的.A.Meanwhile"与此同时";B.Indeed"的确";C.Moreover"再,并且";D.Otherwise"否则".故选A.
44.C.考查名词.上文提到父亲认为作者是不听话的,因此推断他努力保持他对作者的权威性,想要作者听话.A.words"话语";B.beliefs"信仰";C.authority"权威";D.sympathy"同情".故选C.
45.B.考查名词.根据上文"One day we had a serious fight."可知,作者和父亲狠狠地吵了一架,因此推断此处指他们终于爆发了,冲着彼此大声吼叫.A.courage"勇气";B.shouts"呼喊";C.passion"激情";D.tears"眼泪".故选B.
46.A.考查动词.根据上文"The situation was so unbearable"可知,父子俩大吵,形势令人难以忍受,作者怒气冲冲地冲出家门乘车回了学校.A.stormed"怒气冲冲地奔出";B.jumped"跳";C.slipped"滑到";D.dropped"下降".故选A.
47.B.考查形容词.根据下文"feeling certain that no one in the world had ever had such a terrible father"可知,作者认为父亲是世界上少有的最糟糕的父亲,这种对自己父亲的认知是一种疯狂的想法.A.respectful"恭敬的";B.mad"疯狂的";C.remarkable"值得注意的";D.funny"滑稽可笑的".故选B.
48.D.考查名词.根据下文提到的"Being ten minutes late,I_______handed it to him and dashed into the classroom."可知,作者把对父亲的不满写在了一张卡片上,想把它将作为一种交流工具.A.ability"能力";B.service"服务";C.gift"礼物";D.tool"工具".故选D.
49.C.考查形容词.根据上文提到的"Dr.Simon,a unique excellent teacher"可知,这是一位独特的老师,因此推断他应有自己独特的教学方式,能够引起巨大变革的教学方式.A.extreme"极端的";B.outdated"过时的";C.revolutionary"革命性的;引起巨大变革的";D.unrealistic"不现实的".故选C.
50.D.考查副词.根据上文可知,卡片上写下的是作者对父亲的不满,在把它交给老师看时,作者内心应是紧张不安的,因此推断他匆忙地把卡片交给老师就飞奔回了教室.A.unwillingly"不愿意地";B.delightedly"高兴地";C.gratefully"感激地";D.hurriedly"仓促地;匆忙地".故选D.
51.A.考查形容词辨析.根据下文"It read,‘Why not stop blaming and be responsible for yourself?'"可知,这张卡片被返还给了作者,作者在卡片上看到了老师写的话.A.returned"被返还的";B.spare"多余的";C.blank"空白的";D.messy"混乱的".故选A.
52.B.考查动词.根据上文可知,老师建议作者停止责备,为自己负责,这些话深深地打动了作者,因此推断此处意思是:以前没有人向作者发出这样的挑战让他这么做.A.forced"迫使";B.challenged"向…发出挑战";C.ensured"保证";D.permitted"允许".故选B.
53.D.考查名词.根据语境可知,此处指上文提到的老师写在卡片上的问题.A.description"描述";B.concept"概念";C.quote"引用";D.question"问题".故选D.
54.A.考查动词短语.根据上文可知,老师的话"为什么不停止责备别人自己为自己负责呢"深深地打动了作者,因此当作者再次责备父亲时,会问自己"为了自己的生活责备别人,你还能逃避多久?"A.get away with"逃避惩罚";B.get along with"取得进展";C.get ahead of"超过";D.get down on"开始不喜欢".故选A.
55.B.考查动词.根据下文"I was taking responsibility for my own actions and feelings"可知,作者开始为自己的行为和情感负责,因此推断作者的想法改变了.A.remained"保持";B.changed"改变";C.flashed"使闪光";D.survived"幸存".故选B.
56.C.考查连词.由前文提到的"Gradually"可知,作者的想法逐渐改变了,大约一年以后人们才开始注意到作者在为自己的行为和感情负责."It is/was/takes+一段时间+before+…"是一个固定句型,译为"(花费)多长时间以后才…".A.since"自从…以来";B.after"在…以后";C.before"在…之前";D.as"当…时候".故选C.
57.D.考查名词.根据上下文可知,作者逐渐改变了,开始学着为自己的行为和情感负责,他也惊奇地发现自己学习成绩也提高了,朋友的人数和素质也提高了.A.appearance"外貌";B.decline"减少";C.demand"要求";D.increase"提高".故选D.
58.C.考查副词.根据上下文可知,同样令作者感到惊奇地是父亲似乎也比以前精明了.A.hardly"几乎不";B.usually"通常";C.equally"平等地";D.strangely"奇怪地".故选C.
59.A.考查名词.由前文的"a loving man"可知,作者逐渐了解到父亲是一个好心的充满爱的人,因此与父亲的战争更少了,最终消失了.A.intentions"目的,意图";B.imagination"想像";C.memory"记忆";D.suggestions"建议".good intention"好心;良好的意图".故选A.
60.D.考查动词.根据语境可知,作者逐渐了解到父亲是一个好心的充满爱的人,之所以父子争吵是因为父亲没有使用合适的方式指导作者.A.accept"接受";B.impress"使铭记在心";C.entertain"使高兴";D.guide"指导".故选D.
点评 做完形填空首先要通读全文,了解大意,一篇完形填空的文章会有许多空格,所以,必须先通读一遍,才能大概了解文章内容,千万不要看一句,做一句.其次要逐句分析,前后一致,选择答案时,要考虑整个句子的内容,包括搭配、时态、语法等.这篇完型要多注意:填空时多联系上下文,注意固定搭配,答案全部填完后,再通读一遍文章,检查是否通顺流畅了,用词得当,意思正确.
When the family (40)D in,Ripton,adopted as an infant,was six.Morgan,also adopted,joined the family two years later.Soon the park was closed,to be a(n) (41)A showplace of playgrounds and green space.Michael made significant money in the real estate and Leslie joined a gym practice.The family enjoyed (42)D vacations in the winter and summers on Shelter Island.
The five boys who came to play video games changed everything."In the (43)D,it was just a lot of kids swarming all over the place,"says Michael.When the Rosens (44)D Carlos wasn't attending school because he didn't have suitable clothes,they bought him some.Then one night,they took the group to a (45)C after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other needs."The boys had no interest in books at all,"Michael says.Back at the penthouse,he (46)C they sit down to read aloud."Their vocabularies were limited,"he says."But my concept of what is smart and what is not changed that night because these kids were all smart (47)C just uneducated."
The boys still slept at their homes,though they spent after-school hours,most weekends and summer nights at the penthouse.There,a half-hour reading period before video games or television started.The kitchen timer was set,and everyone had to (48)A the words they didn't know.One summer,Michael took all the boys to the library; each got a card and picked a (49)Bto study.Will,Michael remembers,chose bodybuilding.A poet friend of the Rosens'suggested buying copies of Moby Dick and reading it together around the dining-room table."Well,it was (50)A,"admits Michael."That book is not written in a language these kids speak.But we kept pushing and pushing."
(51)C the big boys became a complete part of the Rosen household,even helping to light the candles at Hanukkah.Chores were assigned,including cleaning and (52)B Mr.Jenkins,the family dog.
The boys'own families were (53)A by what was happening."My mom didn't believe me when I told her about the penthouse.She thought I was involved with something (54)D."Juan Carlos's mother,Esther Ruiz,wondered,"Why would the Rosens be doing this?"But as time went on,she noticed (55)B in her son."It wasn't just the streets anymore.He was getting responsible.Michael and Leslie are the best."
36.A.surroundings | B.neighborhood | C.building | D.city |
37.A.rich | B.business | C.homeless | D.town |
38.A.nesting | B.singing | C.living | D.flying |
39.A.made up | B.lost | C.opened | D.fixed |
40.A.rushed | B.came | C.hurried | D.moved |
41.A.urban | B.countryside | C.building | D.park |
42.A.swimming | B.shopping | C.sightseeing | D.ski |
43.A.end | B.video | C.game | D.beginning |
44.A.saw | B.noticed | C.imagined | D.realized |
45.A.video shop | B.supermarket | C.bookstore | D.cinema |
46.A.hoped | B.wished | C.insisted | D.wanted |
47.A.and | B.or | C.but | D.besides |
48.A.circle | B.write | C.read | D.copy |
49.A.book | B.subject | C.course | D.school |
50.A.a nightmare | B.great fun | C.relaxing | D.interesting |
51.A.Quickly | B.Soon | C.Slowly | D.Luckily |
52.A.visiting | B.walking | C.accompanying | D.chasing |
53.A.puzzled | B.shocked | C.frightened | D.irritated |
54.A.boring | B.meaningless | C.helpless | D.bad |
55.A.secrets | B.changes | C.mysteries | D.improvements |
A. | were | B. | had been | C. | would have been | D. | would be |
A. | in time | B. | in hope | C. | in fact | D. | in vain |