Question

【题目】阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

A few months 【1】(early), Stephanie Heller, had finished her workout in the gym when she 【2】(notice)a woman in the parking lot struggling to bend down.Ms.Heller offered to help her.The woman blamed old age for her incapacity, 【3】(explain)that she was 70.But Ms.Heller was 71. “This woman felt every bit her age.”she recalled. “I don’t let age stop me.I need a good mood, really.I love singing and dancing with all the young friends I 【4】 (make)over the years.I’m only as old as I feel.”

Each of us has 【5】actual age, the number we celebrate on birthdays.But some 50-, 60-and 70-year-olds look and feel 【6】(youth), while others do not.Scientists measure these differences by looking at age-related things like skin elasticity, blood pressure and so on, finding some 【7】(connect)among them.People 【8】a healthy lifestyle and a fortunate genetic inheritance(继承)tend 【9】(score) “younger”on these assessments.

When scientists ask, “How old do you feel, most of the time?”, the answer can reflect the state of people’s physical and mental health.The age given is a virtual one, 【10】is called “subjective age.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】earlier

【2】noticed

【3】explaining

【4】have made

【5】an

【6】youthful/young

【7】connection/connections

【8】with

【9】to score

【10】which

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。有的人看起来比实际年龄小，是因为健康的生活方式，好的遗传基因让人看起来更年轻，研究发现一个人的心态可以反应他的主观年龄。

【1】考查比较级。根据后文的had finished过去完成时，可判断事情发生在过去之前，a few months earlier几个月之前，可以和过去完成时连用，故填earlier。

【2】考查时态。根系句子可知此处是从句谓语动词，此处考查固定句型had done…when(从句用一般过去时)刚做完某事突然就……，故填noticed。

【3】考查非谓语动词。分析句子可知此处是非谓语动词作状语，逻辑主语the woman和explain（解释）之间是主动关系，应用现在分词，故填explaining。

【4】考查时态。分析句子可知此处是定语从句谓语动词，根据下文的over the years(在过去几年里)判断该句为现在完成时，主语为I，故填have made。

【5】考查冠词。age是可数名词，此处是泛指，应用不定冠词，又actual是元音音素开头，故填an。

【6】考查形容词。此处应填形容词作为feel的表语，youth的形容词是young和youthful，故填young/youthful。

【7】考查名词。此处应填名词作为finding的宾语，connect的名词形式connection为可数名词，some可以理解为“一些/某个”，故此处可以用名词单数形式，也可用复数形式，故填connection/connections。

【8】考查介词。句意：拥有健康生活方式和好的遗传基因的人倾向于在这些评价中获得高分。分析句子可知此处应填介词，再结合句意表示“有”的介词是with，故填with。

【9】考查短语。此处考查短语tend to do sth倾向于做某事，故填to score。

【10】考查非限定性定语从句。分析句子可知，此处是非限定性定语从句的关系词，先行词one在从句中充当主语，应用关系代词which引导，故填which。

第2题Stephanie Heller, had finished her workout in the gym when she ___2___(notice)a woman in the parking lot struggling to bend down.考查时态，此处是关于when的特殊句型，即：had done…when…刚做完某事就……，when所引导的句子用一般过去时，故天noticed。When与此类似的句型有：

1.was/were doing…when…正在做某事……突然

She was walking on the street when it began to rain.她正在街上走，突然下雨了。

2.was/were about to do… when…正打算做某事……突然……

I was about to leave when the phone rang.我正打算离开突然电话响了。