题目内容
13.What is intelligence (智力) anyway?When I was in the army I(41)Can intelligence test that all soldiers took,and,against (42)A of 100,scored 160.I had an auto-repair man once,who,on these intelligence tests,could not (43)Bscored more than 80.(44)D,when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him--and he always (45)A it.
Well,then,suppose my auto-repair man (46)C questions for some intelligence tests.By every one of them I'd prove myself a (47)D.In a world where I have to work with my(48)C,I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man (49)A.He had a habit of telling (50)B.One time he said,"Doc,a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man(51)Dsome nails.Having entered a store,he put two fingers together on the counter and made(52)Bmovements with the other hand.The clerk brought him a hammer.He (53)Chis head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering.The clerk (54)Ahim some nails.He picked out the right size and left.Well,Doc,the(55)D man who came in was blind.He wanted scissors (剪刀).(56)B do you suppose he asked for them?"I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers.He burst out laughing and said,"Why,you fool,he used his (57)Cand asked for them.I've been(58)Athat on all my customers today,but I knew(59)AI'd catch you.""Why is that?"I asked."Because you are so goddamned educated,Doc.I knew you couldn't be very (60)D."
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
41.A.failed | B.wrote | C.received | D.chose |
42.A.an average | B.a total | C.an exam | D.a number |
43.A.always | B.possibly | C.certainly | D.frequently |
44.A.Then | B.Thus | C.Therefore | D.Yet |
45.A.fixed | B.checked | C.drove | D.changed |
46.A.answered | B.practiced | C.designed | D.tried |
47.A.teacher | B.doctor | C.winner | D.fool |
48.A.brains | B.effort | C.hands | D.attention |
49.A.again | B.as usual | C.too | D.as well |
50.A.lies | B.jokes | C.news | D.tales |
51.A.bought | B.tested | C.found | D.needed |
52.A.cutting | B.hammering | C.waving | D.circling |
53.A.nodded | B.raised | C.shook | D.turned |
54.A.brought | B.packed | C.sent | D.sold |
55.A.clever | B.other | C.right | D.next |
56.A.What | B.How | C.Who | D.Which |
57.A.imagination | B.hand | C.voice | D.information |
58.A.trying | B.proving | C.practicing | D.examining |
59.A.for sure | B.at once | C.in fact | D.right now |
60.A.clear | B.silly | C.slow | D.smart. |
分析 这篇文章是关于智力问题的.文章脉络是博士受教育多,但动手能力差,在回答汽车修理工设计的智力测验题时,被思维定势所缚.汽车修理工的智商不高,却手脚伶俐,巧舌如簧.他认为博士中了他的圈套是受教育过多所致.
解答 41-45 CABDA 46-50 CDCAB 51-55 DBCAD 56-60 BCAAD
41.C.动词辨析.根据宾语an intelligence test和下文中所得分数160分,可以确定作者"参加了一次智力测验",而不是没有通过智力测验.在遇到完形填空的选项是动词时,要根据上下文仔细分析动词与宾语的搭配关系.答案为C.
42.A.短语辨析,against在这里表示对比关系,平均成绩(an average)100分与作者得到的160分相比较,说明作者的智力水平高,为下文自己被一个他估计在这种智力测验中可能得不到80分的汽车修理工提出的问题难住了的故事埋下伏笔.答案为A.
43.B.副词辨析.根据所提供的情境"when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him"可以判断出这位汽车修理工不是一名军人,他没有参加上文提到的那次智力测验,这是作者的估计,所以要填possibly.同时,"could not+have+过去分词"表示"(过去)不可能",也对正确选择作了提示.frequently表"频繁","经常".不合题意.答案为B.
44.D.副词辨析.Yet是并列连词,表示转折,意思是"然而".在智力测试中不可能得高分,但是,在修理汽车方面却很在行.答案为D.
45.A.动词辨析.fixed的意思是"安装、固定".不言而喻,汽车修理工的工作是修理汽车,每当作者的汽车出了毛病急急忙忙去找他时,他都能把汽车修理好.checked的意思是"检查",只检查解决不了问题.选项C和D都不是汽车修理工的职责,容易排除.答案为A.
46.C.动词辨析.designed的意思是"设计".假设我的汽车修理工为智力测验设计题目.根据questions的定语for some intelligence tests很容易排除其他三个选项.介词for的意思是"为了".答案为C.
47.D.名词辨析.根据下文中这位汽车修理工的话"Why,you fool,"可以确定答案为D.
48.C.名词辨析.从上下文可以看出作者是一名智商很高的医生,是脑力劳动者.比较I'd do poorly.,可知作者假设用自己的双手工作,会做得很差.where I have to work with my hands是定语从句,作world的定语.I'd do poorly.是虚拟语气.答案为C.
49.A.副词辨析.第二段作者谈论了他的汽车修理工在智力测验中可能得比较低的分数,但是,在修理汽车方面却很在行.第三段是作者对自己如果从事体力劳动可能会很差的假设.所以,在第四段再次讲述修理工的故事,要用again.答案为A.
50.B.名词辨析.下文所讲述的聋哑人买钉子和盲人买剪刀的事都是笑话(jokes).tales的意思是"传说,谎言".答案为B.
51.D.动词辨析.needed作行为动词的意思是"需要".needed some nails是这位聋哑人进入商店的原因.选项A(bought)有很大的迷惑性.一些考生认为这位聋哑人到商店的目的是买钉子,所以应填bought.但是,bought some nails(买了一些钉子)表示结果,如果他买了钉子,就不会再进入商店了.答案为D.
52.B.动词辨析.因为这位聋哑人到商店买钉子,所以他把两只手指放在柜台上作夹钉子的动作,另一只手做锤子敲打的动作(hammering movements).答案为B.
53.C.动词辨析.售货员给他拿出了锤子,他摇了摇头,表示售货员误解了他的意思.答案为C.
54.A.动词辨析.售货员给他拿出了钉子.packed的意思是"包装";sent的意思是"送";sold的意思是"卖".都与下文中所提的情境He picked out the right size and left.不符.答案为A.
55.D.形容词辨析.下一个进来的是一位盲人.the other man的意思是"剩下的另一个",表示只有两个人.the right man的意思是"合适的人".the clever man的意思是"聪明的人".都与上下文的意思不符.答案为D.
56.B.副词辨析.这是一个特殊疑问句.do you suppose是插入语.he asked for them是一个完整的句子,所以不能填What,Who或Which,它们在特殊疑问句中都充当主语、宾语或表语.How表示方式,意思是"如何".答案为B.
57.C.名词辨析.盲人会说话,他们买东西时用自己的话语表达自己的意思就可以了.voice的意思是"说话的声音".答案为C.
58.A.动词辨析.我今天用这个故事耍弄了我的所有顾客.trying sth.on sb.的意思是"用某事耍弄某人";proving的意思是"证明";practising作及物动词的意思是"练习,实行";examining的意思是"检查,考试".答案为A.
59.A.短语辨析.for sure的意思是"肯定地,有把握地".汽车修理工在下文中所说的话说明他有把握使作者上当受骗.at one的意思是"马上,立刻";in fact的意思是"事实上";right now的意思是"就在现在",均不合语意.答案为A.
60.D.形容词辨析.smart除了有"聪明,伶俐"的意思外,还有"滑头,诡"的意思.从上文的内容我们可以看出,作者是一位医生,在部队里的一次智力测验中得过高分,但是,正因为如此,他才会按常规思维,所以汽车修理工说:"因为你受过足够的教育,我知道你不可能很滑头."goddamned表示褒义时,意思是"十分的,完全的";表示贬义时,意思是"该死的,讨厌的".答案为D.
点评 考生应在通读全文的基础上,根据全文大意,展开逻辑思维,瞻前顾后,分析这一空格处在 句中的地位,前后的关系和它所起的作用,认真观察选项,仔细推敲,确定最佳答案.
After many long discussions at night in their (41)A bed,the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss(掷)a coin.The (42)C would go down into the nearby mines and,with his earnings,(43)C his winning brother for the academy.Then,in four years,he would support the other one.Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and (44)D to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and,for the next four years,(45)B his brother,whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation(轰动)-By the time he graduated,he was beginning to (46)A considerable fees for himself.
When the young artist (47)B home and said to his brother,"And now,Albert,blessed brother of mine,now it is your (48)D.Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream,and I will (49)A you."Albert rose and wiped tile (50)B from his cheeks."No,brother.I cannot go to Nuremberg.It is too (51)D for me.Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my (52)C!I cannot even hold a glass,much less make delicate lines on canvas (画布)(53)A a pen or a brush."
More than 450years have (54)D.By now,among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits,"The Praying Hands"is one (55)C creation that can catch the world's hearts.
36.A.fully | B.merely | C.completely | D.entirely |
37.A.heart | B.profession | C.method | D.words |
38.A.hopeless | B.promising | C.demanding | D.careless |
39.A.so | B.but | C.however | D.and |
40.A.study | B.give | C.send | D.offer |
41.A.crowded | B.separated | C.new | D.unusual |
42.A.winner | B.old | C.loser | D.younger |
43.A.expect | B.advertise | C.support | D.require |
44.A.flew away | B.left behind | C.set aside | D.went off |
45.A.deserted | B.financed | C.desired | D.envied |
46.A.earn | B.save | C.draw | D.spend |
47.A.arrived | B.returned | C.regained | D.got |
48.A.fate | B.time | C.top | D.turn |
49.A.take care of | B.make up of | C.make use of | D.take charge of |
50.A.smiles | B.tears | C.sweats | D.laughs |
51.A.tense | B.nervous | C.tiring | D.late |
52.A.eyes | B.pictures | C.hands | D.mines |
53.A.with | B.of | C.upon | D.in |
54.A.changed | B.kept | C.remembered | D.passed |
55.A.strange | B.surprising | C.touching | D.terrible |
He wrote his wife's name on the back of the photos and handed them to a(6)Abehind the desk in the booth."(7)Dyou see a small,dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression,obviously(8)Asomeone,would you please give her this?"he said.He then(9)Bhis office in Morrison Building,(10)Cthat if a picture is worth a thousand words,then the four photos must be a good(11)D!He sat down with a smile.
Of course his wife received those pictures and she even(12)Bthem.She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married,"See?This is my husband!"
How are you with(13)C?One person calls it"wait training."It seems that there is always something we are (14)B.We wait on traffic and we wait in lines.We wait to hear about a new job.We wait to complete school.We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important(15)Dof a happy and rewarding life.(16)Bsome things are worth waiting for.(17)Cpresents many good chances for wait training.
We can hate waiting,(18)Ait or even get good at it!But one th ing is(19)A-we cannot avoid it.How is your(20)Dcoming along?
1.A.proudly | B.respectfully | C.patiently | D.curiously |
2.A.angry | B.hungry | C.frightened | D.thirsty |
3.A.a question | B.a reason | C.an opinion | D.an idea |
4.A.serious | B.difficult | C.regular | D.easy |
5.A.hurt | B.achieved | C.attracted | D.shocked |
6.A.clerk | B.secretary | C.passer-by | D.friend |
7.A.Since | B.Before | C.Unless | D.If |
8.A.looking for | B.working for | C.sending for | D.paying for |
9.A.called up | B.returned to | C.visited | D.left |
10.A.worried | B.disappointed | C.satisfied | D.surprised |
11.A.action | B.preparation | C.excuse | D.lecture |
12.A.tore | B.saved | C.developed | D.destroyed |
13.A.your wife | B.determination | C.patience | D.your family |
14.A.hoping for | B.waiting for | C.ready for | D.fit for |
15.A.humor | B.comment | C.purpose | D.quality |
16.A.For example | B.After all | C.Right now | D.So far |
17.A.Every wife | B.Every shop | C.Every day | D.Every office |
18.A.accept | B.control | C.change | D.improve |
19.A.certain | B.interesting | C.valuable | D.easy |
20.A.photo taking | B.job hunting | C.decision making | D.wait training |
Dario and his mother loved their new apartment.The living room was large enough for their piano.That night,the two of them(41)Aside by side at the piano.They played jazz music to celebrate their new home.The loud (42)Cfilled the room and made them feel very happy.
The next morning,(43)B,their happiness disappeared.Someone had left a(44)Aunder their door during the night.One of their neighbor had written to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano.Dario's mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it.But he said that they were all(45)Dpeople and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that.Later that morning,Dario suggested that they write a letter to their (46)Aand apologize for their playing.
"Maybe we could go and(47)Deveryone in person."his mother said.
"What if we invited them to come here for a(48)Ainstead?Dario asked.
They both loved the(49)B.Over the next few days,they sent out invitations and prepared desserts(50)Ctheir guests.They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.
Finally,the day of the party(51)B.Some guests brought presents.Others brought flowers.Some even brought desserts to(52)C.One woman,Mrs.Gilbert,(53)BDario's mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.
"I heard you playing the other night,"she said."The sounds woke me out of bed.I(54)Dthat you might play like this every night.So I wrote a short note.I hope you don't think I disliked the playing."
Dario's mother smiled at Mrs.Gilbert."I think maybe we(55)Dyou an apology."she said."I didn't(56)Ahow late it was when we were playing.Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.
"You play,you play!"Mrs.Gilbert said."I like what you play!Just not so loud at night."She pointed to the book she had given them."These songs are not such(57)Dmusic."
"These songs are beautiful music."Dario's mother said."We will be(58)Cto play them in the evening."
"And we won't play so loud or late!"Dario said.He was already looking forward to(59)Bthe new music.More than that,however,he was happy to see the big smile on his mother's face.It gave him a feeling of(60)Cand made him feel that they were home at last.
41.A.sat | B.stood | C.lay | D.walked |
42.A.voice | B.ring | C.music | D.cry |
43.A.therefore | B.however | C.otherwise | D.instead |
44.A.note | B.poster | C.bill | D.report |
45.A.proud | B.rich | C.lucky | D.nice |
46.A.neighbors | B.friends | C.relatives | D.audience |
47.A.blame | B.instruct | C.question | D.visit |
48.A.party | B.concert | C.show | D.play |
49.A.experience | B.idea | C.performance | D.action |
50.A.to | B.with | C.for | D.from |
51.A.continued | B.arrived | C.passed | D.finished |
52.A.order | B.sell | C.share | D.advertise |
53.A.treated | B.presented | C.helped | D.served |
54.A.promised | B.admitted | C.agreed | D.worried |
55.A.give | B.send | C.offer | D.owe |
56.A.realize | B.remember | C.understand | D.accept |
57.A.sweet | B.strange | C.funny | D.loud |
58.A.brave | B.sorry | C.happy | D.afraid |
59.A.changing | B.practicing | C.recording | D.writing |
60.A.equality | B.freedom | C.warmth | D.sympathy |