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Ⅱ.完形填空[2015 •泉州普通高中毕业班质量检测】
Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time 9 in many ways.
Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a 10 meaning to the event. It is not a 11 to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, 12 he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that something is urgent and 13 immediate at?tention.
The same meaning is 14 telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think it is a 15 of life and death. The time chosen for the call 16 its importance.
In social life, time plays a very 17 part. In the Unit?ed States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the 18 to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not 19 in all coun?tries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered fool?ish to make an appointment too far 20 because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be 21 .
The meaning of time 22 from place to place in the world. 23 , misunderstandings often arise between people from different cultures that 24 time differently. For ex?ample, promptness(准时)is 25 greatly in American life. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as 26 or not fully responsible. In the US, no one would think of keep?ing a business partner 27 for an hour; it would be too rude. A person who is five minutes late is 28 to make a short apology.
9.A. wastes B, communicates
C. travels D. runs
10. A. special B. ridiculous
C. precious D. rare
11. A. custom B. deal
C. problem D. duty
12. A. whenever B. though
C. while D. once
13. A. gives B. escapes
C. pays D. requires
14. A. compared with B. covered with
C. attached to D. devoted to
15.A. story B. matter
C. game D. view
16. A. reduces B. ignores
C. doubts D. stresses
17.A. different B. small
C. significant D. equal
18. A. plan B. invitation
C. gift D. wish
19. A. true B. useful
C. clear D. grateful
20. A. on time B. at length
C. in advance D. by chance
21.A. remembered B. forgotten
C. cancelled D. opposed
22. A. varies B. separates
C. rushes D. keeps
23. A. Meanwhile B. Otherwise
C. Thus D. Besides
24.A. make B. kill
C. save D. treat
25. A. complained B. valued
C. seized D. influenced
26. A. impolite B. desperate
C. helpless D. unlucky
27. A. working B. approaching
C. waiting D. thinking
28.A. forced B. expected
C. refused D. blessed
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[文章大意]本文是一篇说明文,主要讲述了时间的诉说比起文字表达更为直白,但是它以自己的方式与人们交流。不同的时间代表不同的意义,守时与否也有着不同的含义。
9.B根据前文可知,时间会说话,这里指的是时间有很多种沟通方式。waste浪费;communicate交流;travel旅行;run跑。
10. A根据语境可知,这里的意思是一天中不同时间做一件事意味着这件事有特别的含义。special特殊的,特别的;dcUculous荒唐的;precious珍贵的;rare罕见的。
11.A 一大早给别人打电话不是惯常行为。custom风俗,习性,惯常行为;deal交易;problem问题;duty责任。
12.C如果你很早打电话给一个人,而此时这个人正在刮脸或吃早饭,那么打电话的时间就表明有紧急事情发生,需要立即予以关
注。whenever无论何时;though虽然;while当.... 时,然而;
once H.。
13.D 解析见上题。give给予;escape逃脱;pay付钱;require需求,需要。
14.C 晚上十一点以后打来电话也是同样的意思。compare with 和…一相比较;cover with被…一覆盖;attach to附属于,爱慕; devote to投人,致力于c
15. B如果某人在睡觉的时间接到一个电话,那么他可能会觉得这是一件生死攸关的事情。a matter of life and death意为"生死攸关的事情"。story故事;matter事件;game游戏;view观点。
16. D打电话的时间选择也强调了它的重要性。reduce降低;ig?nore 忽视;dmibt怀疑;stress强调。
17. C根据后文可知,这里是说时间在社会生活中也起着重要作用。different不同的;small小的;significant重要的;equal平等的。
18.B在美国,如果客人在聚会前三四天才收到邀请那么他就会觉得没有被重视。plan计划;invitation邀请;gift礼物;wish愿望。
19. A根据后文可知,在其他--些国家,聚会的邀请如果提前一个多星期会被认为是愚K的。那么也就是说美国人的那种想法在其他国家并非如此。true真实的,准确的;useful有用的;clear 清楚的;grateful感激的。
20. C根据句意可知,既然是聚会的约定自然是在聚会之前。on time准时;at length最终,终于;in advance提前! by chance 偶然。
21.B根据常识可知,如果约定的时间过早的话会被遗忘,所以这里是说提前一个多星期计划好的约会容易被遗忘。remember 记得;forget忘i己;cancel取消;oppose反)^ 。
22.A根据前文可知,不同的国家时间的意义也不同,所以这里是说时间的意义会随着地方的不同而不同。vary改变,变化;sepa-rate分隔,分开;rush冲,跑;keep维持。
23. C根据上一句可知,时间的意义会随着地方的不同而不同,而本句说来fl不同国家的人们之间常常会出现误会。两句之间存在因果关系。meanwhile同时;otherwise否则;thus因此;be?sides 此外, 况且。
24. D根据下文内容可知,这里是说不同地区的人对待时间的看法也不同。raake制作;kill杀死;save节约,挽救;treat对待,款待, 治疗。
25. B美国人的生活中准时是非常受重视的。complain抱怨;value 重视;seize抓住;influence影响。
26. A如果人们不准时,会被视为是不礼貌或者不负责任的。?-polite不礼貌的:desperate绝望的;helpless无助的;unlucky不幸的。
27.C根据前文可知,美国人很看重准时,而且下文提到不准时是无礼的,可推断出此处指的是让生意伙伴等待。work工作;ap?proach 接近, 到来; wait 等待; think 认为, 思考。
28.B如果一个人迟到五分钟的话就要简单地道个歉。force强迫,迫使;expect期待,期望,预料;refuse拒绝;bless祝福。