Question

Cloze 3(2015 镇江) 

    At the present time,more and more people love travelling.It's a very good 1 of getting to know new people and cultures and ac?quiring (获得) experiences.lt helps travellers 2 a lot. Travel can make our minds become 3

     But travel does more than all that.It can also make us more cre?ative. In recent years,some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the 4 to affect (影响) people’s mind.For example,they found that the students who lived a- broad for a longer period were better at 5 problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place,you can’t experience new sights,new smells,new sounds or new cultures. All these can 6 your mind and make it more active.

     7,that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been to,the more creative youll become. Another group of professors have been doing 8 research.They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn’t have enough 9 to immerse (使..... 沉浸) themselves in a new place and a new culture.They weren^ as cre?ative as the people who spent the time 10 getting to know a place.You have to interact (相互影响) with the places you go to and then you can benefit (得益) from it.

     If you go travelling,which do you prefer,staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?

   1.A. way   B. area   C. sign   D. state

   2.A. present   B. produce   C. get   D. check

   3.A. thicker   B. smoother   C. wider   D. healthier

   4.A. ability   B. possibility   C. personality   D. difficulty

   5.A. solving   B. causing   C. controlling   D. spreading

   6.A. set up   B. wake up   C. turn up   D. clean up

   7.A. Instead   B. Otherwise   C. Moreover   D. However

   8.A. secret   B. rapid   C. common   D. similar

   9.A. interest   B. money   C. time   D. quality

   10.A. nearly   B. probably   C. hardly   D. really

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D

Cloze 3

[语篇解读]本文主要通过两组教授做的研究论述了旅游给人们带来的益处。

1. A way方法，方式;area区域，地区;sign标记;state状态。联系设空 处后的内容可知，旅游是结识新人、了解新的文化和获得经历的一 种好方式，故选A.

2. C present呈现，提出;produce生产;get获得;check检查。联系前 文可知，旅游帮助旅游者获得很多，故选C.

3. C thicker更厚;smoother更滑;wider更广阔;healthier更健康。本句 句意:旅游可以使我们的思维变得更开阔。故选C.

4. B ability 會旨力;possibility 可會巨性;personality 个性;difficulty 困难.结合下文可知他们认为在外国度过一段时间有可能影响人们的思 维。故选B.

5. A根据语境可知，此处表示在国外生活较长时间的人更善于创造 性地解决问题。solve解决;cause导致;control控制;spread传播。故选A.

6. B “唤醒你的头脑”用wake up your mind。故选B.

7. D句意:然而，那并不意味着你去过的地方越多，你就变得越有创 造力。instead 代替;otherwise 否则;moreover 而且，此外；however然而。故选D.

8. D 联系下文可知是“另一组教授一直在做相似的研究”。

secret秘密的;rapid快速的;common共同的;similar类似的。故选D.

9. C他们发现经常从一个地方旅行到另一个地方的人没有足够的时 间使他们自己沉浸在一个新的地方和一种新的文化里。故选C.

10. D结合上下文可知本句意思是“他们不如那些真正花时间了解一 个地方的人有创造力”。nearly几乎，将近;probably很可能;hardly 几乎不;really真正地。故选D.

[长难句] However,that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been to,the

more creative you’ll become.然而，那并不意味着你去过的地方越多，你 就会变得越有创造力。

however在句首用来承接上文，表示转折。句中用到了 “ the+比较 级，the+比较级”结构，表示“越……，就越……”。