题目内容
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining,construction,and warfare as the inventor of dynamite(炸药). On April 12,1888,Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _1_ his brother for him and carried an article _2_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred
Nobel,who became _3_ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before,died yesterday. ”Nobel was _4_ to find out not that he had died,but that,when his time was up, he would be thought of only as one who profited from _5_ and destruction.
To make sure that he was _6_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _7_ to give the largest part of his money to _8_ the Nobel prizes,which would be awarded to people who made great _9_ to the causes of peace,literature,and the sciences. So _10_ ,Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.
1.A. found B. misunderstood C. mistook D. judged
2.A. introducing B. announcing C. implying D. advertising
3.A. famous B. sick C. rich D. popular
4.A. upset B. anxious C. excited D. pleased
5.A. death B. disease C. trouble D. attack
6.A. repaid B. described C. supported D. remembered
7.A. book B. article C. will D. contract
8.A. establish B. form C. develop D. promote
9.A. additions B. sacrifices C. changes D. contributions
10.A. generally B. basically C. usually D. certainly
1.C。
【解析】因mistake A for B (将A误以为B)是固定搭配。
2.B。
【解析】由常识可知,报社应是“发布”消息,故用announce (give information about)。
3.C。
【解析】由首句became a millionaire可知。
4.A。
【解析】根据常识,看到自己本来死却报道死了这样的消息,特别是说自己通过kill more people faster来发财的评论,应当是“不高兴,苦恼(unhappy or annoyed)”,不可能是“兴奋的(excited)”“高兴的(pleased)”“渴望的(anxious)”。
5.A。
【解析】与destruction(毁灭)并列并且上文death原词复现故选出A。
6.D。
【解析】由后文设立奖金可知,是为了改变自我形象,要设法“被别人充满爱与尊敬地铭记(be remember with love and respect)”。
7.C。
【解析】由最后一句Nobel Ks5uhad to die before he realized…可知,是在“遗嘱(will)”中作的安排。
8.A。
【解析】根据与名词the Nobel prizes的搭配,又结合常识,应当是“设立”诺贝尔奖金。
9.D。
【解析】奖金应当是将给那些为世界和平、文学和科学等领域做出过巨大贡献的人。make contributions to…(对……作出贡献)是固定搭配。
10.B
【解析】这个题最有争议了。我认为这句话不可以直译为:诺贝尔在认识到他的人生的真正意义之前就不得不死去了。这不仅不合情理,也很明显与作者所设置的写作背景不符。语言是非常灵活的,我们不妨来意译:好在诺贝尔认识到了自己人生的真谛,否则他就是行尸走肉,灵魂早已死去。
而这句话,则是作者对诺贝尔的评语。可以读得出来,作者对诺贝尔的晚年还是抱赞赏态度的。
【点评】
本大题中由理解空格所在句本身即可选出答案的有21(固定搭配)题,22题(常识),24题(常识),26题(固定搭配与常识),28题(动宾搭配与常识),29题(固定搭配)等6道题,占总数的60%。由上文信息和常识即可选出正确答案的有23题、25题(并列关系也很重要)、30题(so暗示了上下文的因果关系,还涉及到词语辨析),共3个小题;由下文信息可选出正确答案的有27题。本大题固定搭配和常识题较多,应当属中等偏易;其中最难的可能是第30题。
动词4个题,名词3题形,容词2题,副词1题。各选项除符合四个选项属同一词类、同一语法形式外,也与我们在《广东高考英语命题揭秘与专题练析》中所写研究结论完全一致:在完形填空中不考代词、冠词、介词、连词(包括从句的连接词);即使在高考题中出现这几类词,那也是一种失误。