
Welcme t the pumpkin weigh-ff at Half Mn Bay (半月灣), Califrnia. The event has always been very ppular amng mst pumpkin grwers. Thusands f peple line up alng the city’s High Street and watch the prud pumpkin wners frm acrss the cuntry. Each pumpkin is carefully picked up by frklifts (叉式升降機(jī)) and placed n a digital weighing scale.
Organizers are ffering $30, 000 in ttal prize mney fr a new recrd pumpkin entering Half Mn Bay. But in rder t receive the “New Recrd Prize”, the grwer will have t bring a pumpkin heavier than the 2, 624-pund ne grwn by Mathias Willemijns in 2017. If the heaviest pumpkin in the cntest is unable t surpass (超過(guò)) the recrd, its wner will receive $6 fr every pund it weighs.
When: Mnday, Octber 9, 2018. Weighing will begin at 7 am and will end at 11 am. Grwers will start lining the street as daylight breaks by 7 am.
Where: I. D. E. S. Grunds, 735 Main Street, Half Mn Bay, Califrnia.
Prize Mney:
New Recrd Pumpkin: $30, 000 (in ttal)
1st Place: $6 per pund
2nd Place: $2, 000
3rd Place: $1, 500
4th Place: $1, 000
5th~10th Place: $500 each
11th~20th Place: $100 each
Special Prizes: $500 fr the mst beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience (clr, shape and size).
The tp five pumpkins will be n display fr the thusands f visitrs t Half Mn Bay’s famus Art and Pumpkin Festival that will take place n Octber 14—15, 2018.
【語(yǔ)篇概述】本文屬于應(yīng)用說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了加利福尼亞的南瓜節(jié)。
1. Hw much will the grwer receive if he/she brings the heaviest pumpkin weighing 2600 punds?
A. $2, 000. B. $15, 600.
C. $30, 000. D. $30, 500.
【解析】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段可知, 組織者提供了30 000美元的獎(jiǎng)金作為一個(gè)南瓜進(jìn)入半月灣的新紀(jì)錄。但是要想獲得“新紀(jì)錄獎(jiǎng)”, 種植者要帶來(lái)超過(guò)在2017年種植的2 624磅重的南瓜。如果比賽中最重的南瓜不能超過(guò)這個(gè)紀(jì)錄, 它的主人只能得到每磅6美元的錢。而如果一個(gè)人帶來(lái)重2 600磅重的南瓜, 沒(méi)有超過(guò)2 624磅, 所以只能得到每磅6美元的錢。2 600×6=15 600, 故選B項(xiàng)。
2. Wh will decide n the mst beautiful pumpkin?
A. The grwers. B. The art judges.
C. The rganizers. D. The audience present.
【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Special Prizes: $500 fr the mst beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience (clr, shape and size)”可知由觀眾來(lái)判斷, 故選D項(xiàng)。
3. What is the purpse f the passage?
A. T intrduce a ppular festival.
B. T infrm the prize fr a cmpetitin.
C. T explain hw t grw huge pumpkins.
D. T attract mre peple t grw pumpkins.
【解析】選A。推理判斷題。通讀全文可知, 本文主要介紹了加利福尼亞的南瓜節(jié)。B和D項(xiàng)是南瓜節(jié)的一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié), C項(xiàng)文章沒(méi)有涉及, 所以A項(xiàng)符合題意。
Ⅱ. 閱讀填句
Christmas can easily becme an expensive time f a year. Frm gifts t decrating, the mney spent n the celebratin adds up quickly. But there’s n reasn t cmpletely break the bank. 1
Make a budget(預(yù)算). Set the amunt yu’re willing t spend fr the hliday, including gift giving, decrating and travel. 2 And if yu can keep t yur budget, yu’ll lead an easy life in the fllwing weeks and mnths.
Start shpping fr Christmas decratins early. Stres have sales fr decratins between Hallween and Thanksgiving. 3 Better yet, g shpping fr next year’s decratins the day after Christmas. Yu can buy many things at very lw prices right after Christmas.
Shp fr gifts all year rund. Whenever yu’re ut shpping, keep an eye ut fr great Christmas presents. 4 Shpping early can prevent yu frm spending mre mney than yu can affrd. And if yu spend little here and there thrughut the year, Christmas will have a much smaller influence n yur wallet in December.
Cut dwn yur gift giving. Smetimes yu just can’t affrd t get smething fr everyne. Remve the peple frm yur list whm yu rarely speak with. 5 The peple yu d chse t buy fr dn’t need smething expensive. Keep in mind that it’s the thught that is mre imprtant.
A. Send them simple cards instead.
B. This budget is perfect fr many peple.
C. Once yu have a budget set, keep t it.
D. And it’s after Thanksgiving that the prices begin t g up.
E. Christmas is knwn as the seasn f giving, sharing and receiving.
F. There are ways t celebrate well and spend wisely at the same time.
G. It desn’t matter when yu get the gift, whether it’s January r June.
【語(yǔ)篇概述】在過(guò)圣誕節(jié)的時(shí)候, 人們往往會(huì)花很多錢, 那么怎樣才能減少圣誕節(jié)的花銷呢? 本文給出了一些有用的建議, 你不妨試一試。
1. 【解析】選F。根據(jù)空前的But there’s n reasn t cmpletely break the bank. 以及下文內(nèi)容可知, 這有一些方法既可以幫你節(jié)省錢同時(shí)也能讓你好好慶祝圣誕節(jié), 故選F。
2. 【解析】選C。根據(jù)空后的And if yu can keep t yur budget, yu’ll lead an easy life in the fllwing weeks and mnths. 可知, 一旦你制定了預(yù)算, 就要遵守你的預(yù)算, 故選C。
3. 【解析】選D。根據(jù)空前的Thanksgiving可知, 過(guò)了感恩節(jié)后價(jià)格開(kāi)始上升, 故選D。
4. 【解析】選G。根據(jù)空前的Whenever yu’re ut shpping, keep an eye ut fr great Christmas presents. 可知, 不管你什么時(shí)候出去購(gòu)物都注意看看圣誕節(jié)禮物, 不管一月還是六月, 你什么時(shí)候買禮物都沒(méi)有關(guān)系, 故選G。
5. 【解析】選A。根據(jù)空前的Remve the peple frm yur list whm yu rarely speak with. 可知, 把那些你很少說(shuō)話的人從你的名單里移出去, 不用給他們買禮物, 只需要給他們一些卡片就行, 故選A。
Ⅲ. 完形填空
I had a bad habit f skipping t the last pages f a bk. I just wanted t see hw it 1 while I was still in the middle f it. This habit 2 first my mm, then my friends, and finally even my wn daughter. Often my 3 wuldn’t be limited just t the bks I read but als t what thers were 4 as well. Then ne day my daughter tld me in anger, “Dad, please just read a bk ne page at a time like everyne else! ”
At times I didn’t 5 this bad habit t just bks either. I als tried t skip ahead in my wn life and 6 ut what t d mnths and even years frm nw 7 enjying each day at present. Althugh I knew that the 8 f my life wasn’t dne yet and that I had many pages left t g. I still culdn’t cntrl my burning desire t write the 9 f it half way thrugh. Time and again, I wuld 10 jump ahead and try t slve every ptential (潛在的) prblem befre it happened. Life, 11 , desn’t wrk like that. It lves t 12 us, and yu never knw what new prblems, changes r pprtunities each new day will bring.
Recently when I fund myself living in the 13 again, I felt a vice that gently tld me I needed t “l(fā)ive ne day at a time. ” When I heard thse wrds, I 14 , turned the bk f my life back t the 15 page, and thanked Gd fr tday.
Each f us has t write the bk f life line by line, mment by mment and trust that ur stry will be brught t its perfect end.
【語(yǔ)篇概述】本文作者喜歡在讀書(shū)讀到一半時(shí)就先看故事的結(jié)局, 后來(lái)發(fā)展到其他事也這樣沒(méi)耐心。這讓家人和朋友們, 甚至女兒都很不高興, 女兒認(rèn)為書(shū)應(yīng)該從頭到尾去讀, 正如人生一樣過(guò)好當(dāng)下。
1. A. changed B. started C. ended D. cntinued
【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。根據(jù)下文middle可知, 句意應(yīng)為: 當(dāng)一本書(shū)讀到一半時(shí), 我就想知道結(jié)局是怎么樣的, 故選C。
2. A. cnfusedB. annyed
C. delightedD. embarrassed
【解析】選B。詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)題。cnfuse使困惑; anny使惱怒; delight使高興; embarrass使尷尬。根據(jù)下文“Then ne day my daughter tld me in anger”可知, 我的這個(gè)壞習(xí)慣激怒了(annyed)很多人, 故選B。
3. A. impatienceB. misunderstanding
C. disappintmentD. disagreement
【解析】選A。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。impatience沒(méi)耐心; misunderstanding誤解; disappintment失望; disagreement不同意。我的沒(méi)耐心不僅限于我自己讀的書(shū), 對(duì)他人讀的書(shū)也是很急于知道故事的結(jié)局, 故選A。
4. A. saying B. reading C. ding D. watching
【解析】選B。背景常識(shí)題。本段講的都是讀書(shū)的事情, 根據(jù)這個(gè)背景可知, 此處應(yīng)該是讀書(shū), 讀書(shū)用動(dòng)詞read, 故選B。
5. A. cntribute B. devte C. apply D. limit
【解析】選D。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。cntribute貢獻(xiàn)于; devte奉獻(xiàn)于; apply申請(qǐng), 應(yīng)用; limit限制。根據(jù)下句的“I als tried t skip ahead in my wn life”可知, 作者的壞習(xí)慣不僅限于看書(shū)方面, 也體現(xiàn)在他的生活上, 故選D。
6. A. try B. figure C. let D. turn
【解析】選B。固定搭配題。try ut試驗(yàn), 測(cè)試; figure ut弄懂, 搞清楚; let ut 泄露; turn ut 結(jié)果是。我總是想要看到未來(lái)幾個(gè)月甚至幾年以后的事, 而沒(méi)有享受現(xiàn)在的生活, 故選B。
7. A. n the part fB. ther than
C. instead fD. n the basis f
【解析】選C。短語(yǔ)辨析題。n the part f就……而言; ther than除了, 不同于; instead f代替, 而不是; n the basis f根據(jù)。聯(lián)系上下文可知此處為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選C。
8. A. bk B. river C. picture D. play
【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。bk書(shū); river河流; picture圖片; play劇。根據(jù)空后的“that I had many pages left t g”可知, 這里作者把生活看作一本書(shū), 故選A。
9. A. feelings B. beginning
C. ending D. cmments
【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。feeling感覺(jué); beginning開(kāi)端; ending結(jié)局; cmment評(píng)價(jià)。根據(jù)前文可知, 我在看書(shū)時(shí)總喜歡看到一半就想知道結(jié)尾, 而對(duì)于自己人生的這本書(shū), 雖然還沒(méi)有寫完, 但我已迫不及待地想要寫出結(jié)局。故選C。
10. A. cnsciuslyB. strangely
C. flishlyD. critically
【解析】選C。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。cnsciusly自覺(jué)地; strangely 奇怪地; flishly愚蠢地; critically批評(píng)性地。根據(jù)下文“Life, ______, desn’t wrk like that. ”可推知, 我總是在每一個(gè)潛在的問(wèn)題還沒(méi)發(fā)生時(shí)就嘗試解決它, 所以這是愚蠢的, 故選C。
11. A. therwiseB. mrever
C. therefreD. hwever
【解析】選D。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。therwise否則; mrever而且; therefre因此; hwever但是。然而人生并不像我們預(yù)設(shè)的那樣, 故選D。
12. A. surprise B. cheat C. satisfy D. frighten
【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。surprise使驚訝; cheat欺騙; satisfy使?jié)M意; frighten嚇唬。從下文中的“yu never knw what new prblems, changes r pprtunities each new day will bring”可知, 生活總是有新問(wèn)題, 改變或者機(jī)會(huì)使我們感到很驚訝, 故選A。
13. A. present B. future C. memry D. dream
【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。present現(xiàn)在; future未來(lái); memry記憶; dream夢(mèng)想。根據(jù)上文, 我在生活中總是想要搞清楚未來(lái)幾個(gè)月甚至幾年的事情, 即生活在“未來(lái)”, 故選B。
14. A. cheered B. cried C. lst D. smiled
【解析】選D。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。我明白了生活要一天天地過(guò), 所以我笑了, 故選D。
15. A. exciting B. hpeful C. favrite D. right
【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。exciting令人激動(dòng)的; hpeful充滿希望的; favrite最喜歡的; right對(duì)的。當(dāng)內(nèi)心的聲音提醒我要過(guò)好每一天時(shí), 我把人生的這本書(shū)翻回到正確的(right)那一頁(yè)。故選D。
Ⅳ. 語(yǔ)法填空
There are all kinds f festivals thrughut the wrld. Festivals are held
1. __________ (satisfy) and please the ancestrs, t hnur sme famus peple r imprtant 2. (event), and t express peple’s gratitude t the Gd. Fr example, in India, Octber 2 is 3. natinal festival t hnur Mhandas Gandhi, the leader 4. helped gain India’s 5. (depend) frm Britain. 6. __________(traditin), in China the Spring Festival, which 7. (celebrate) in January r February, is the mst 8. __________(energy) and imprtant because it is a festival that lks frward 9. the cming f spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, peple can get tgether t eat, drink and have fun with each ther, 10. __________(frget) all the daily struggle and demands fr a while.
【語(yǔ)篇概述】本文為說(shuō)明文, 主要介紹了全世界各國(guó)舉辦節(jié)日的目的, 并舉例說(shuō)明。
1. 【解析】t satisfy??疾榉侵^語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)下文的并列不定式短語(yǔ)t hnur. . . and t express. . . 可知, 空處也應(yīng)用不定式作目的狀語(yǔ), 故填t satisfy。
2. 【解析】events??疾槊~復(fù)數(shù)。event是可數(shù)名詞, 且空前有sme限定, 故填復(fù)數(shù)形式events。
3. 【解析】a。考查冠詞。festival是可數(shù)名詞, 此處表泛指, 且natinal的發(fā)音以輔音音素開(kāi)頭, 故填不定冠詞a。
4. 【解析】that/wh??疾槎ㄕZ(yǔ)從句。空處引導(dǎo)限制性定語(yǔ)從句, 關(guān)系詞在從句中作主語(yǔ), 先行詞為the leader, 指人, 故填that/wh。
5. 【解析】independence??疾槊~。名詞所有格后應(yīng)接名詞; 再根據(jù)常識(shí)可知, 甘地領(lǐng)導(dǎo)印度人民獲得獨(dú)立, 故填independence(獨(dú)立)。
6. 【解析】Traditinally??疾楦痹~??仗幵诰涫? 且有逗號(hào)隔開(kāi), 故填副詞Traditinally作狀語(yǔ)修飾整個(gè)句子。
7. 【解析】is celebrated??疾閯?dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)、語(yǔ)態(tài)和主謂一致。空前是關(guān)系代詞which, 在從句中作主語(yǔ), 先行詞為the Spring Festival, 謂語(yǔ)應(yīng)用單數(shù); the Spring Festival與celebrate為動(dòng)賓關(guān)系, 應(yīng)用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài); 此處陳述客觀事實(shí), 應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí), 故填is celebrated。
8. 【解析】energetic。考查形容詞。空處在is后作表語(yǔ), 且與后面的imprtant并列, 故填形容詞energetic(充滿活力的)。
9. 【解析】t??疾楣潭ù钆洹k frward t sth. 期望某事, 為固定搭配, 故填介詞t。
10. 【解析】frgetting??疾榉侵^語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。此句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是can get, 且空前無(wú)連詞, 因此空處應(yīng)用非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞; 主語(yǔ)peple與frget構(gòu)成主動(dòng)關(guān)系, 故填現(xiàn)在分詞frgetting作伴隨狀語(yǔ)。
完形填空
Recently, I flew t Las Vegas t attend a meeting. As we were abut t arrive, the pilt annunced with aplgy that there wuld be a slight 1 befre setting dwn. High desert winds had 2 the airprt t clse all but ne runway. He said that we wuld be circling the city fr a few minutes waiting t 3 . We were als tld t remain in ur seats meanwhile with ur seat belts fastened 4 there might be a few bumps(顛簸). Well, that few minutes turned int abut fur—five minutes, including a ride that wuld make a rller caster(過(guò)山車) 5 by cmparisn.
The mvement was s fierce that several passengers felt 6 and had t use airsickness bags. As yu might guess, that’s nt a gd thing t have happened in a narrw space because it nly 7 t increase the discmfrt f the situatin.
Abut twenty minutes int the adventure, the entire airplane became very 8 . There was nw a sense f anxiety and fear that culd be 9 nticed. Every passenger simply held n fr dear life. . . except ne. A baby was having a gd time! With each bump f the 10 ! He wuld let ut a giggle(咯咯的笑)f delight. As I bserved this, I 11 that he didn’t knw he was suppsed t be afraid and wrried abut his 12 . He neither thught abut the past nr abut the future. Thse are what we grwn-ups have learned frm 13 . He was enjying the ride because he had nt yet been taught t fear it. Having understd this, I tk a deep breath and 14 back int my seat, pretending I was really n a rller caster. I smiled fr the rest f the flight. I even 15 t giggle nce r twice, much t the chagrin(懊惱)f the man sitting next t me hlding the airsickness bag.
【語(yǔ)篇概述】本文講述了作者一次因開(kāi)會(huì)去拉斯維加斯時(shí), 飛機(jī)因沙塵暴而延時(shí)降落, 在不斷延長(zhǎng)的等待中, 成年人焦急、害怕, 唯獨(dú)不知恐懼的嬰兒在享受著過(guò)山車一樣的顛簸。作者深受啟發(fā), 體驗(yàn)了一次孩子般的享受。
1. A. mistake B. delay C. change D. wind
【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。根據(jù) “High desert winds. . . t clse all but ne runway”可知, 因沙塵暴關(guān)閉所有的跑道, 只留一條, 故應(yīng)為延時(shí)降落, 故選B。
2. A. frcedB. warned
C. sweptD. reminded
【解析】選A。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。因?yàn)樯硥m暴迫使機(jī)場(chǎng)關(guān)閉跑道。 B意為“警告”; C意為“打掃, 席卷”; D意為“提醒”, 均不符合題意, A意為“逼迫”, 符合句意, 故選A。
3. A. arrive B. enter C. stp D. land
【解析】選D。背景常識(shí)題。根據(jù)上下文句意可知, 飛機(jī)要繞城市盤旋幾分鐘以便等待著陸, 故選D。
4. A. if B. thugh C. because D. while
【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。句意: 我們也被告知在座位上坐好, 系好安全帶, 因?yàn)轱w機(jī)可能有些顛簸。此處應(yīng)為because引導(dǎo)的原因狀語(yǔ)從句, 故選C。
5. A. light B. pale C. easy D. quick
【解析】選B。習(xí)語(yǔ)搭配題。make. . . pale by cmparisn 固定短語(yǔ), 表示“使……相形見(jiàn)絀”, 此處用以強(qiáng)調(diào)飛機(jī)在空中極不穩(wěn)定, 故選B。
6. A. sick B. nervus C. angry D. afraid
【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。句意: 運(yùn)動(dòng)如此劇烈使幾個(gè)旅客感到惡心而不得不用嘔吐袋。sick 意為“惡心的”; nervus意為“緊張的”; angry 意為“生氣的”; afraid意為“害怕的”, 故選A。
7. A. Happens B. Cntinues C. Fails D. serves
【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。在這種情形下本來(lái)就很難受, 在飛機(jī)上嘔吐使得這種難受更加強(qiáng)烈。此處serve意為“起……作用, 用作……”, 故選D。
8. A. quiet B. ht C. dirty D. crwded
【解析】選A。背景常識(shí)題。根據(jù)后面的 “a sense f anxiety and fear”可知, 人們都很緊張、焦慮, 在這種情形下飛機(jī)上的人一定是靜悄悄的, 故選A。
9. A. partly B. gradually C. shrtly D. clearly
【解析】選D。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。飛機(jī)上乘客們的焦躁不安, 應(yīng)該是能夠很明顯地被感覺(jué)到。clearly表示“明顯地”, 符合句意, 故選D。
10. A. seats B. passengers C. flight D. airplane
【解析】選D。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。應(yīng)是飛機(jī)的每一次顛簸讓孩子體驗(yàn)到坐過(guò)山車一樣的感受, 孩子發(fā)出咯咯的笑聲, 故選D。
11. A. realized B. hped C. agreed D. insisted
【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。句意: 我意識(shí)到孩子不知道他應(yīng)該害怕和擔(dān)心。realize表示“意識(shí)到”, 符合句意, 故選A。
12. A. health B. safety C. jy D. future
【解析】選B。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。句意: 我意識(shí)到他不知道他應(yīng)該為他的安全害怕和擔(dān)心。health表示“健康”; jy表示“高興”; future表示“將來(lái)”; safety表示“安全”, 符合句意, 故選B。
13. A. teachersB. bks
C. experienceD. practice
【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。成人都是從孩子時(shí)代過(guò)來(lái)的, 是成人的親身經(jīng)歷讓他們知道孩子所不知道的害怕和擔(dān)心。experience表示“經(jīng)歷; 經(jīng)驗(yàn)”, 符合句意, 故選C。
14. A. sat B. lay C. went D. rde
【解析】選A。習(xí)語(yǔ)搭配題。sat back int my seat意為“坐回到我的座位上”, 故選A。
15. A. attemptedB. managed
C. wantedD. decided
【解析】選B。詞語(yǔ)辨析題。我甚至咯咯地笑了一兩次。作者應(yīng)該是笑出了聲, 才讓鄰座的手拿嘔吐袋的人懊惱。manage t d sth. 固定短語(yǔ), 表示“設(shè)法做成某事”, 故選B。
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