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The Olympic Games
李仕才
***阅读理解
Enjoying a musical performance no longer requires a costly ticket or a trip to a theater.These days,musicians are performing in private homes,at haircutting shops,at airports...even on ferry boats.
Musicians like house concerts.At music clubs,they often have to perform over loud conversation or deal with people who have had too much alcohol.People at house concerts are more focused on listening to the music.
Just a few hours before the Bombadils started singing at the O’Hair Salon,Lindsay was cutting hair and Tamera was doing facials.Then,they moved chairs and microphones to create a small performance space.The Bombadils made music in the front part of the hair salon,near the hairdryers and makeup tables.
“This is our first show at a hair salon,” Sarah Frank of the Bombadils told concertgoers at last week’s performance.Frank said she and band members,Luke Fraser and Kaitlyn Raitz had a great time “interacting” with the audience.
Concerts in people’s homes,or small businesses such as O’Hair’s,are becoming more popular,musicians say.“There is a more relaxed atmosphere,”said Domenic Cicala,a musician who opened up his O’Hair Salon to concerts.“People really get to know the artists.”
At house concerts,people get time before and after concerts to meet the performers.Often,the hosts or guests will provide food and drink.
“People really like listening to music in the living room of a friend,”said Matt Hart,with Aubrey Zoli making up the Local Strangers,a folkrock group based in Seattle.At many such concerts,the musicians do not need microphones.Yet,every word of their songs can be heard.
【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了现代音乐会在举办场地的选择上更加多样化,私人居所、理发店、机场等都成为音乐家表演的场所,并且备受青睐。
1.Why do musicians like house concerts?
A.Because private homes are easier to get to.
B.Because people pay more attention to their music.
C.Because they can do other things while performing.
D.Because they don’t have to bring their microphones.
B 解析:推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句可知,音乐家喜欢家庭音乐会是因为听众会更专注于倾听音乐。故选B。
2.What impressed Sarah Frank most at her last week’s performance?
A.The small performance space.
B.Her first show at a hair salon.
C.Their interaction with the audience.
D.The more relaxed atmosphere.
C 解析:细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知,上周的表演给Sarah Frank留下最深刻印象的是与听众的互动,故选C。
3.How many music groups are mentioned in the text?
A.One. B.Two.
C.Three. D.Four.
B 解析:细节理解题。通读全文可知,本文提到了两个乐队,一个是the Bombadils,另一个是西雅图的民谣摇滚乐队the Local Strangers,故选B。
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.Musicians Struggle to Make a Living
B.People Really Get to Know the Artists
C.Musicians Find New Places to Perform
D.Concertgoers Won’t Go to Music Clubs
C 解析:标题归纳题。根据文章第一段,并结合对文章的整体理解可推知,本文主要讲述了现代音乐会在举办场地的选择上更加多样化,音乐家发现了私人居所、发廊等新的场所来表演,故选C。
***语法填空
Do you make friends __1__(easy)? Do a wallsit test and you'll find out.
Researchers at the University of Oxford did __2__study with 101 participants aged between 18 and 34. Participants first __3__(fill) out questionnaires about their social lives, and they were then asked __4__ (press) against a wall with their __5__(knee) at right angles (直角) for as long as they could, __6__can be really
painful.
The results showed that the longer the participants held the position, the bigger __7__(they) outer network—or distant friends they contacted once or twice a month—was. That was__8__the brain's painkilling system is associated__9__both pain tolerance and social bonding, which means that the more active this system is, the __10__(good) you are at both.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项和交友有关的调查,具体方法如下:身体贴墙,膝盖弯曲成直角,根据保持这个姿势的时间长短可以推断出你的社交能力。
1.easily 考查词性转换。此处修饰动词短语make friends,所以要用副词,故填easily。
2.a 考查冠词。句意:牛津大学的研究者们做了一项调查,该调查由18岁到34岁之间的101个人参加。study “调查”,是可数名词,此处泛指“一项调查”,所以用不定冠词a。
3.filled 考查动词的时态。句意:参与者首先填写了关于他们的社交生活的问卷,然后他们被要求尽可能长时间地身体贴墙,膝盖弯曲成直角,这可能很痛苦。分析句子结构可知,该空应填谓语动词,而且是描述过去的事情,所以用一般过去时,故填filled。
4.to press 考查非谓语动词。ask sb. to do sth.为固定搭配,意为“要求某人做某事”,此处是其被动结构形式be asked to do sth.。故填to press。
5.knees 考查名词的复数。knee “膝盖”,是可数名词,其前有their修饰,所以要用复数形式,故填knees。
6.which 考查定语从句的引导词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句,引导词指代整个主句的内容,并且在从句中作主语,故填which。
7.their 考查代词。该空代替的是participants,而且后面有名词network,所以要用复数形式的形容词性物主代词,故填their。
8.because 考查表语从句的连接词。句意:这是因为大脑的镇痛系统与疼痛的耐受性和社会关系都有关,这意味着这个系统越活跃,你在这两个方面表现得越好。此处表原因,故填because。
9.with 考查介词。be associated with为固定搭配,意为“与……有联系”,故填with。
10.better 考查形容词的比较级。“the+比较级,the+比较级”为常用句式,意为“越……,越……”,故填better。
***完形填空。
I'm sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.
A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a __1__.When the final moment comes before __2__,she wraps her arms around her son,giving him a __3__ hug that should protect him until he __4__.
I sit with a book in my hands,waiting my turn to leave __5__ because the ones I love have a different __6__ from mine.
I think of other departures and arrivals.I __7__ seeing my daughter.I wrapped myself around her as if she'd been __8__.That year she was in her first year at university,coming home for the first time.
Today my flight is two hours late.When my flight is __9__ called,I gather my book and luggage.__10__ there is no one to see me off,I do not __11__ to see where I have come from.__12__,I think of my husband at work __13__ if I have left yet.
As I head towards the plane,I find myself __14__ yet another arrival and departure.That year,my 91yearold grandfather died.After returning from his funeral,I arrived at the airport __15__.My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms.Because of my tears,__16__ was looking at us,but I didn't __17__.
Life needs the important __18__ all the time.I wish that all the people who went on a __19__ could come back to find someone __20__ them.I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.
1.A.lecture B.goodbye
C.dinner D.party
2.A.gathering B.boarding
C.announcing D.landing
3.A.powerful B.gentle
C.warm D.common
4.A.leaves B.survives
C.returns D.recovers
5.A.frightened B.anxious
C.relaxed D.alone
6.A.schedule B.attitude
C.position D.target
7.A.imagine B.enjoy
C.recall D.consider
8.A.stolen B.cheated
C.lost D.punished
9.A.punctually B.finally
C.abruptly D.repeatedly
10.A.Although B.While
C.Till D.Since
11.A.slow down B.get off
C.look back D.run away
12.A.However B.Besides
C.Instead D.Therefore
13.A.doubting B.asking
C.predicting D.wondering
14.A.remembering B.forgetting
C.planning D.rejecting
15.A.shouting B.crying
C.laughing D.whispering
16.A.someone B.everyone
C.none D.anyone
17.A.care B.respond
C.scold D.flee
18.A.arrival B.chance
C.departure D.moment
19.A.journey B.diet
C.picnic D.holiday
20.A.worrying about B.smiling at
C.talking of D.waiting for
【解题导语】作者在机场看到迎接与送行的场景,回忆起与女儿和丈夫的温馨往事,意识到人生中需要欢聚与离别这些重要的时刻。
【核心词汇】depart vi.离开,出发
wrap one's arms around sb.用手臂搂住某人
wait one's turn to do sth.等着轮到某人做某事
think of想起,记起 recall doing sth.回忆起做某事
see sb.off为某人送行 at work在工作,起作用
1.B 结合上文中出现的“arrive or depart”和下文中的“the final moment”可知,空处应该是一个告别(goodbye)的场景,故选B。
2.B 根据语境可知,此处表示登机(boarding)前最后的时刻,故选B。
3.A 结合下文中的“protect him”可知,母亲在儿子登机前给他一个强有力的(powerful)拥抱,故选A。gentle“温柔的”;warm“温暖的”;common“共同的,普遍的”。
4.C 根据语境可知,快要登机的时候,母亲给了儿子一个强有力的拥抱,自然是盼望儿子能一路平安并平安归来,故选C。leave“离开”;survive“幸存,艰难渡过”;recover“恢复”。
5.D 根据空后的“because the ones I love have a different __6__ from mine”和下文中的“there is no one to see me off”可知,作者是一个人(alone),没有人来为她送行,所以选D。frightened“害怕的,受惊的”;anxious“焦虑的,渴望的”;relaxed“放松的”。
6.A 根据语境可知,作者一个人离开是因为所爱之人都有不同的日程安排。schedule“日程安排,计划表”符合语境,故选A。
7.C 结合语境可知,作者回忆起(recall)女儿上大学第一次回家的往事,所以选C项。
8.C 根据语境可知,作者一把抱住女儿,好像她走失了很久。lost“丢失的,遗失的”符合语境,故选C。
9.B 结合语境可知,作者等待很久之后,所乘的航班终于(finally)通知登机了,故选B。punctually“准时地”;abruptly“突然地”;repeatedly“反复地”。
10.D 根据语境可知,“__10__ there is no one to see me off”和“I do not __11__ to see where I have come from”是因果关系,所以空处应用Since“因为,既然”。
11.C 既然没有人来送行,作者不需要回头张望(look back)。slow down“放慢,减速”;get off“下车,离开”;run away“突然离开,逃离”。
12.C 结合语境可知,作者没有回头张望,相反地,作者想的是,还在上班的丈夫不知道作者是否已经离开。故选C项。
13.D 参见上题解析。wonder if...“不知道是否……”符合语境,故选D。
14.A 结合语境可知,作者发现自己记得(remembering)另一件以前的迎接与送行,故选A。
15.B 结合下文中的“Because of my tears”可知,此处应用crying。shout“大喊,喊叫”;laugh“大笑,笑”; whisper“低语,悄声说”。
16.B 此处指的是,因为作者哭泣,每个人(everyone)都在看着作者和她的丈夫。故选B。
17.A 虽然大家都在看,但是作者并不在意(care),故选A。respond“回复,作出反应”;scold“训斥,责骂”;flee“逃离”。
18.D 根据语境可知,人生中一直需要这样重要的时刻(moment),故选D。arrival“到达”;chance“机会”;departure“离开”。
19.A 根据语境可知,作者希望所有出行(journey)的人回来时都能看到有人在等待(waiting for)他们。故选A。
20.D 参见上题解析。
***短文改错。
Dear Lisa,
I'm glad to receive your letter asked about the present holiday life of Chinese students. Learning together with entertainment still take up most of our time. Besides, we often help our parents with the housework or farm work, that makes us realize how hard we work every day and develop a great love for work. Meanwhile, we take active part in social activities, such as voluntary work. We went out to the streets to collect rubbishes or to the hospitals to cheer up the sick children. We try our best to help those who are in need or make our hometown a lot of more beautiful. We find greatly pleasure in these activities.
Yours,
Li Ming
答案:
Dear Lisa,
I'm glad to receive your letter about the present holiday life of Chinese students. Learning together with entertainment still up most of our time. Besides, we often help our parents with the housework or farm work, makes us realize how hard work every day and develop a great love for work. Meanwhile, we take active part in social activities, such as voluntary work. We out to the streets to collect or to the hospitals to cheer up the sick children. We try our best to help those who are in need make our hometown a lot more beautiful. We find pleasure in these activities.
Yours,
Li Ming
难项分析:
第二处:take→takes 此处together with后的名词不影响谓语动词的数,句子的主语是learning,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式,故改为takes。
第七处:rubbishes→rubbish rubbish表示“垃圾”,是不可数名词,没有复数形式,故改为rubbish。
第九处:去掉of 此处指使我们的家乡变得更加美丽。根据句中的“more”可知,此处修饰比较级,表示程度,故应用a lot。a lot of表示“许多”,修饰名词。