北京高考英语完形填空专项训练

这是一份北京高考英语完形填空专项训练，共55页。

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It was a windy day. I was walking in a forest when I saw a baby squirrel (松鼠), who fell out of its nest, lying ____1____ on the ground. I tried many times to put it back, but failed. After waiting over two hours, I found it couldn’t ____2____, so I decided to take it to my home for the night.
Once at home, I realized the squirrel, who I named Cathy, was still uncomfortable. I discovered that there were some weeds on her body, so I gave her a ____3____ and got her all cleaned up. Three days later, Cathy could move in the room. To our delight, she got ____4____ to me and my family. I gave a lot of time and attention to her, and even made her a nest. Every day, I fed her a combination of healthy foods, including fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Under my ____5____, the baby member got better and better. Everyone who came to my home loved her, and she even ____6____ with my two dogs.
One week later, Cathy recovered ____7____. I realized it was the right time for her to leave. I ____8____ her into the wild several times, but she just kept coming back! Maybe she was so ____9____ that I saved her, and expressed it in her own way.
At last, with the help of my friend, the squirrel went into the wild. “Cathy has brought a lot of _____10_____ into my life, and it seems that she feels the same way!”
1．A．calm B．silent C．weak D．curious
2．A．wave B．see C．approach D．move
3．A．ride B．bath C．choice D．trick
4．A．ruder B．nobler C．closer D．noisier
5．A．care B．control C．guidance D．praise
6．A．put up B．got away C．broke up D．got along
7．A．completely B．differently C．anxiously D．disappointedly
8．A．risked B．threw C．hid D．released
9．A．happy B．confident C．grateful D．proud
10．A．security B．joy C．courage D．freedom

Recently my wife and I were flying across the country. We were about to board our ___11___ when a woman sitting next to us had a medical episode.
I came back from the restroom and sat down next to my wife, who leaned in to me and whispered “Something’s ___12___ . ” A woman was collapsing and quickly lost control of her body. I ___13___ and bent in front of her, asking if she was okay.
She ___14___ herself as Miss Jackie. I told her that I was not a ___15___ , but I was there for her to help in any way she needed.
In one hand I held hers and with my other hand I supported her head, carefully asking what was happening. She ___16___ that she had a condition. When her body is exposed to a lot of stress, her body goes into a nervous breakdown.
She explained that she had suffered from this ___17___ condition for thirty years and would be “perfectly fine in just a while”. Just like Jackie said, she was completely fine within about twenty minutes. As I was still concerned about her, Jackie agreed to board with my ___18___ . I stayed behind to ensure she boarded the plane safe and sound.
___19___ , what Jackie needed was someone to listen to her. Don’t be afraid to listen to strangers and help them out. Everyone has their own battles and ____20____ and sometimes they just need someone to care.
11．A．ship B．train C．bus D．flight
12．A．extraordinary B．different C．wrong D．unfamiliar
13．A．jumped up B．pulled up C．made up D．woke up
14．A．explained B．introduced C．claimed D．described
15．A．judge B．policeman C．journalist D．doctor
16．A．revealed B．insisted C．denied D．expected
17．A．normal B．casual C．terrible D．necessary
18．A．control B．accompany C．agreement D．appointment
19．A．Strangely B．Certainly C．Naturally D．Actually
20．A．conflicts B．struggles C．competitions D．campaigns

What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away
According to the iPhone’s Screen Time, my typical daily phone activity includes 90 minutes of texting, one hour of e-mail, and yet another hour of social media. And there are also about seventy “pickups”, meaning that I ___21___ my phone about four times per hour. I carry my phone around with me as if it were a(n) ___22___.
I have tried all sorts of things to look at screens ___23___: I don’t get push notifications (推送通知). I use an app called Freedom to block social media for much of the workday. But they don’t seem to work.
The Georgetown computer-science professor Cal Newport argues that we must establish a “philosophy of technology use.” He recommends a month-long digital detox (脱瘾), in which a person takes a(n) ___24___ from all optional technologies. When it’s over, the digital minimalist (极简主义者) slowly reintroduces these technologies.
Newport defines a digital minimalist as someone who drops “low-quality activities like mindless phone swiping and halfhearted binge-watching (刷剧).” They are ___25___ high-value leisure activities such as board games, book clubs, and learning to “fix or build something every week.”
At the beginning of March, I decided to try to follow Newport’s advice. I adjusted the home-computer settings to cut my social media ___26___ to 15 minutes. And I changed my Freedom settings to ___27___ Twitter and Instagram altogether. I left my phone in the apartment whenever I walked my dog.
During the first few days of my internet decluttering (清理), I found myself compulsively (强迫性地) checking my unchanged in-box and already-read text messages—attempting, as if bewitched (着迷的), to see ___28___ information there. Soon I got used to the dull, pleasant blankness. One afternoon, I lay on my couch and felt an influx of mental ___29___ that was both disturbing and pleasurable. I didn’t want to learn how to fix or build anything, or start a book club. I wanted to experience myself as soft and loose and purposeless.
On the first day of April, I took stock of my digital experiment. I had not become a different, better person. But I had become more _____30_____ of why I use technology, and how it meets my needs. I loosened my home-computer settings on social media, back to 45 daily minutes. I considered my Freedom parameters, which I had already learned to break, and let them be.
21．A．charge B．check C．drop D．lift
22．A．litter bin B．oxygen tank C．travelling bag D．treasure box
23．A．less carefully B．more often C．less often D．more carefully
24．A．break B．example C．look D．step
25．A．in charge of B．in favor of C．in honor of D．in search of
26．A．allowance B．duration C．limitation D．waste
27．A．block B．browse C．cancel D．remove
28．A．free B．similar C．new D．various
29．A．disorder B．power C．resource D．silence
30．A．suspicious B．considerate C．guilty D．aware

Famous people often say that the key to becoming both happy and successful is to “do what you love”. But mastering a skill, even one that you deeply love, ____31____ a huge amount of dull work. Anyone who wants to master a skill must run through the cycle of practice, ____32____ feedback, modification, and increasing improvement again, again and again. Some people seem able to concentrate on practicing an activity like this for years and take pleasure in their gradual improvement. Yet others find this kind of focused, time-intensive work to be ____33____ or boring. Why?
The difference may ____34____ the ability to enter into state of “flow,” the feeling of being completely involved in what you are doing. Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi developed the ____35____ of flow in the 1970’s, it has been a mainstay of positive-psychology research. Flow states can happen in the course of any activity, and they are most common when a task has well-defined goals and is at a(n) ____36____ skill level.
Csikszentmihalyi suggested that those who most ____37____ entered into flow states had an “autotelic (自成目的的) personality” — a disposition to seek out challenges and get into a state of flow. While those without such a personality see difficulties, autotelic individuals see opportunities to build skills. With their capacity for “disinterested interest”, such people have a great ____38____ over others in developing their innate abilities.
Fortunately for those of us who aren’t necessarily blessed with an autotelic personality, there is evidence that flow states can be ____39____ by environmental factors. By giving ourselves unstructured, open-ended time, minimal _____40_____, and a task set at a moderate level of difficulty, we may be able to love what we’re doing.
31．A．inquires B．requires C．acquires D．gains
32．A．preventable B．maintainable C．sustainable D．critical
33．A．frustrating B．encouraging C．concerning D．instructing
34．A．move away B．turn on C．pick up D．call for
35．A．concept B．receipt C．reception D．condition
36．A．alternative B．appropriate C．approximate D．sufficient
37．A．fully B．really C．readily D．accidentally
38．A．addiction B．advance C．advantage D．admiration
39．A．forbidden B．operated C．fastened D．facilitated
40．A．temptation B．charm C．attractions D．distractions

I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gone. I could only have left it on the G9 bus, which was now speeding in the dark to some ____41____ station.
The ____42____ moment was quickly followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the contents of that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lost to the bus.
Two hours later, back at my house, I heard a knock on the door. My husband ____43____ it while I was on the phone in the dining room. “Does Jennifer live here?” I heard a lady say. In my husband’s hand was my wallet, with not a penny missing. She left before I could ____44____ make it to the door to offer my thanks.
After sharing the story online, I heard from someone, who identified the lady as Erin Smith. Without ____45____, I called to thank her. She said she ____46____ my wallet on a bus seat. She calculated that going to a stranger’s house was a ____47____ move, but she decided to take the chance. “If I were in that situation, I would want someone to try to find me.” she said.
This one stranger responded beautifully to my small____48____ but she actually wasn’t the only one. Right after Erin took possession of my wallet on the bus, she posted a picture of my driver’s license to an online forum(论坛), trying to see if anyone knew me. No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my son’s nursery and who recognized my face. I’ve never exchanged words with those moms beyond small talk, but they wanted to help. I read that people are more divided than ever, but that’s not how the people I ____49____ tend to act.
Looking back , I feel blessed someone had wanted to help a stranger. Erin had gone beyond what almost anyone would have done, finding my house on a bitterly cold night, and for that I was extremely ____50____.
41．A．accessible B．unknown C．familiar D．convenient
42．A．face-saving B．brain-washing C．heart-stopping D．eye-catching
43．A．ignored B．interrupted C．examined D．answered
44．A．still B．ever C．yet D．even
45．A．delay B．question C．regret D．invitation
46．A．threw B．placed C．opened D．spotted
47．A．selfless B．risky C．delightful D．personal
48．A．crisis B．danger C．encounter D．failure
49．A．encounter B．follow C．consult D．accompany
50．A．longing B．grateful C．concerned D．enthusiastic

The moment Kareem went into the waiting room, his nervousness increased dramatically. Mateo, his opponent, was sitting there, with his ___51___ resting on his knee. The two would ___52___for the last opening at the music school. Kareem could tell Mateo was ___53___, just like he’d always been.
Kareem sat and closed his eyes, trying to ignore Mateo’s calmness, a sharp contrast to his own ___54___. To relieve the tension, Kareem began tuning his guitar.
Suddenly a deafening noise came and Kareem froze at the noise. A broken E string ___55___ from Kareem’s guitar. He’d over-tightened the string, causing it to break. Then, he ___56___ his bag for another set of strings. ___57___, Kareem brought no strings for replacement.
As his turn was approaching, Kareem felt ___58___. Now there was no choice. He stood up slowly and walked to Mateo,“Would you happen to have a spare E string?”
Mateo shook his head, “Sorry.” Kareem nodded and whispered that he understood.
Just then Kareem’s name was called. He was rooted to the ground and was about to quit when he noticed Mateo’s arm outstretched, holding his guitar out to him.
“Here, use mine,” Kareem’s mouth ___59___ as Mateo added, “Do your best, man.”
The professor asked Kareem what to play. He hesitated, “I’ll be playing Bach’s Bourree in E minor, with my...my friend’s guitar.“
As Kareem walked toward the stage door, he looked back at Mateo with a shared ____60____ as if to say they were friends.
51．A．coat B．phone C．guitar D．book
52．A．compete B．vote C．argue D．stand
53．A．active B．popular C．ready D．proud
54．A．sorrow B．anxiety C．shame D．anger
55．A．showed up B．came back C．fell apart D．hung down
56．A．spotted B．searched C．packed D．held
57．A．Simply B．Naturally C．Sadly D．Seriously
58．A．hopeless B．careless C．guilty D．lonely
59．A．hurt B．shut C．watered D．dropped
60．A．smile B．hope C．interest D．view

I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I ___61___ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother ___62___. I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so ___63___ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. Obviously, Don had somehow made the ___64___ move.
My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the ___65___. I ran desperately but failed to ___66___. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The last thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.
Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was ___67___ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the ___68___ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I ___69___ the tractor, he jumped out onto the road, apparently unhurt and raced back to me. Don was given a special ___70___ that night — I didn’t want him to think I was angry with him.
61．A．dropped B．spotted C．carried D．returned
62．A．freed B．switched C．reunited D．examined
63．A．unexpected B．dangerous C．embarrassing D．difficult
64．A．lamb B．vehicle C．seat D．fence
65．A．crowd B．hill C．field D．motorway
66．A．take off B．catch up C．hold back D．get out
67．A．resting B．running C．parking D．turning
68．A．winding B．deserted C．rough D．busy
69．A．abandoned B．recognized C．approached D．repaired
70．A．meal B．test C．job D．lesson

Brothers Cole and Blake Meyer are aged 10 and 8. They were on their bikes headed to go fishing in June when they saw something ___71___ down the road from their northern Iowa home.
There were a bunch of dead baby turtles, ___72___ by cars on the main road between two wetlands, Ventura Marsh(沼泽) and Clear Lake. The two boys felt sad for them, so they climbed off their bikes and began helping other small turtles that were ___73___ crossing to the other side of the road. Pretty soon, the brothers were joined by three friends and the boys ___74___ they would spend as much time as they could this summer giving turtles a ___75___ across the road.
The boys are still at it, spending at least an hour or two a day picking up Western Painted Turtles that ___76___ between the marsh and the lake. They safely watch for turtles from a nearby bike path and cross the road themselves ___77___ there’s no traffic. But occasionally, they’ll hold up their arms to stop a car if there are turtles on the move. The boys estimate they’ve ___78___ more than 200, and they don’t seem to mind that it’s cut into their fishing time.
“What these kids are doing is ___79___, and I hope their love of _____80_____ stays with them throughout their lives,” fisheries biologist Grummer said.
71．A．common B．awful C．confusing D．desirable
72．A．flattened B．strengthened C．brightened D．weakened
73．A．safely B．regularly C．slowly D．finally
74．A．pretended B．commented C．suspected D．decided
75．A．lift B．chance C．name D．trial
76．A．fall B．choose C．cross D．wait
77．A．so that B．only if C．even though D．in case
78．A．collected B．used C．trained D．saved
79．A．wonderful B．strange C．embarrassing D．legal
80．A．adventure B．freedom C．conservation D．observation

It’s the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada.
Burchill was staying at the hotel on business and planning to visit some friends in the area. They had asked him to bring some pepperoni (辣香肠) from back east. So he ___81___ a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was ___82___ that it would be too warm, he ___83___ it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was safe and well chilled (冷却).
That’s when things went ___84___. “I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls,” Burchill said in a recent letter of ___85___ to the 4-star hotel. “The seagulls immediately went ___86___. They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to get out at the same time, and Pepperoni — everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down. It was a real ___87___.”
Older and wiser now, Burchill chalked up the incident to youthful indiscretion (莽撞).
“I come to you to apologize for the damage I had ___88___ caused and to ask you to ___89___ my lifetime ban from the hotel.”
His letter ____90____. Banned from the hotel since 2001, Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.
81．A．filled B．locked C．abandoned D．lost
82．A．surprised B．pleased C．excited D．worried
83．A．dug B．cleared C．cut D．laid
84．A．far B．funny C．wrong D．blind
85．A．application B．apology C．request D．invitation
86．A．hungry B．dead C．missing D．wild
87．A．mess B．puzzle C．fight D．challenge
88．A．indirectly B．deliberately C．cautiously D．secretly
89．A．replace B．remember C．reconsider D．renew
90．A．arrived B．worked C．ended D．disappeared

One summer weekend, my wife, son and I entered a running race on mountain trails (小径). When the race started, our son took off ___91___, but my wife and I stayed back and ran together, enjoying the scenery. After some time, while running down a narrow, ___92___ trail, I walked on a big stone and was ___93___, and in the process, I jammed my toe pretty hard. I realized I’d got my toe ___94___, but I didn’t take off my shoe and sock to check my ___95___. Instead, my wife and I kept running.
___96___, after going about half the course, I realized my watch on my wrist was ___97___. Slightly discouraged, I told my wife to go on ___98___, and I would return to see if I could find it. After running back for some time, I ___99___ my broken watch off the trail. I picked it up, and quickly put it into my pocket. Then I ____100____ down the trail. Once I was near the end, I saw my son, who had finished 30 minutes earlier, had run back up the trail to ____101____ me. He ran with me to the end.
____102____ it turned out, both my wife and son had won first place in their age groups, but I had no chance of placing. As I sat down to ____103____ after the race, I decided to take off my shoe and check my toe, and I found that my sock was in blood. Pain and it hurt, but there was a bright side. I ____104____ to receive any award in my age group, but the race ____105____ had a special award which was given for the most injured runner in the race.
So, how does this ____106____ relate to you and me in everyday life? Although everyone wants to live a life of comfort, the ____107____ is that we often face pain and ____108____. However, the key to real happiness is ____109____ pain into something positive. In other words, ____110____ can make us stronger if we let them.
91．A．easily B．suddenly C．calmly D．quickly
92．A．rocky B．dirty C．smooth D．unknown
93．A．tripped B．knocked C．hit D．stamped
94．A．shot B．knocked C．injured D．destroyed
95．A．way B．damage C．plan D．sock
96．A．Hopefully B．Therefore C．Luckily D．However
97．A．broken B．slow C．wrong D．gone
98．A．ahead B．above C．backward D．inside
99．A．placed B．hid C．spotted D．missed
100．A．jumped B．walked C．drove D．hurried
101．A．visit B．meet C．greet D．welcome
102．A．If B．So C．As D．But
103．A．sleep B．rest C．stay D．watch
104．A．refused B．managed C．failed D．asked
105．A．winners B．organizers C．owners D．supporters
106．A．accident B．news C．experience D．lesson
107．A．hope B．idea C．reason D．truth
108．A．struggle B．failure C．conflict D．competition
109．A．including B．turning C．throwing D．dividing
110．A．difficulties B．exercises C．efforts D．skills

The small town of Rjukan in Norway is situated between several mountains and does not get direct sunlight from late September to mid-March six months out of the year.
“Of course, we___111___it when the sun is shining,” says Karin Ro, who works for the town’s tourism office. “We see the sky is blue, but down in the valley it’s darker—it’s like on a___112___day.”
But that___113___when a system of high-tech mirrors was introduced to reflect sunlight from neighbouring peaks into the valley below. On Wednesday, residents of Rjukan___114___their very first ray of winter sunshine: A row of reflective boards on a nearby mountainside were put to___115___. The boards are controlled by a computer that___116___them to turn along with the sun throughout the day and to close during windy weather. They reflect a concentrated beam(束) of light onto the town’s central___117___, creating an area of sunlight roughly 600 square metres. When the light___118___, Rjukan residents gathered together.
“People have been sitting there and standing there and taking pictures of each other,” Ro says. “The town square was totally___119___. I think almost all the people in the town were there.” The 3,500 residents cannot all enjoy the sunshine at the same time.____120____, the new light feels like more than enough for the town’s sun-starved residents.
“It’ not very big,” she says, “but it is enough when we are sharing.”
111．A．fear B．believe C．hear D．notice
112．A．cloudy B．normal C．different D．warm
113．A．helped B．changed C．happened D．mattered
114．A．remembered B．forecasted C．received D．imagined
115．A．repair B．risk C．rest D．use
116．A．forbids B．directs C．predicts D．follows
117．A．library B．hall C．square D．street
118．A．appeared B．returned C．faded D．stopped
119．A．new B．full C．flat D．silent
120．A．Instead B．Gradually C．However D．Similarly

Once upon a time, a daughter ___121___ to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to ___122___ it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon follow.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He ___123___ three pots with water and placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter complained and ___124___ waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes, he turn off the turners (开关). He took them out of the pot and put them in a bowl. Turning to his daughter, he asked, “Dear baby, what do you see now?”
“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she quickly replied.
“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were ___125___.
He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she ___126___ the hard-boiled eggs. Finally, he asked her to sip (抿) the coffee. “Dad, what does this really mean?” she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans had each faced the same boiling water. However, they ___127___ differently. The eggs were fragile (易碎) with the thin outer shell protecting their liquid inside until they were put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were___128___. After they were ___129___ to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter. “When the disaster knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
“Dad, I want to be a coffee bean,” said the daughter.
All his efforts paid off and the daughter realized that in life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly _______130_______ is what happens within us.
121．A．said B．told C．spoke D．complained
122．A．accept B．make C．change D．escape
123．A．put B．placed C．mixed D．filled
124．A．cautiously B．desperately C．impatiently D．eagerly
125．A．soft B．round C．tasty D．ripe
126．A．ate B．smelt C．observed D．broke
127．A．boiled B．occurred C．smelt D．reacted
128．A．unique B．favorite C．delicious D．common
129．A．added B．devoted C．exposed D．connected
130．A．means B．creates C．matters D．changes

The Turnaround
Anxiously, I looked through the roster (花名册) posted on the wall. My body ____131____ as I saw all my friends’ names but did not find mine. I could feel the tears building in my eyes. I felt ____132____ inside, like nothing mattered.
When I got back home, my father noticed my sullen walk and gloomy face, and asked me what was wrong.
“All my friends ____133____ the school team. Everyone! Except me…” I stammered.
“Well, what are you going to do about it? Are you just going to sit there?” he asked.
I didn’t know what to say, just shaking my head. I thought hard for thirty minutes about what my dad said, and it started making ____134____. Nobody was going to give me a ____135____ on that team. I would have to earn it.
____136____, there was a gym near my school, so as soon as school was over, I biked to the gym and trained hard. I ran, dribbled, and shot until I ____137____ on the floor every single day. There were moments when I didn’t think I could keep on going, but I ____138____ through it. After all, I thought, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
After almost a year, I tried out for my seventh-grade team with great confidence. Regardless of the outcome, I knew that I had worked hard and learned something about mental ____139____. The next day, seeing my name printed in large bold letters, I realized I made it. The greater the effort, the ____140____ the reward, and I officially made a turnaround.
131．A．froze B．changed C．relaxed D．expanded
132．A．calm B．lonely C．nervous D．dead
133．A．made B．supported C．accepted D．celebrated
134．A．history B．trouble C．sense D．way
135．A．task B．spot C．hand D．reward
136．A．Accidentally B．Conveniently C．Temporarily D．Honestly
137．A．rolled B．moved C．struggled D．collapsed
138．A．saw B．walked C．powered D．looked
139．A．toughness B．flexibility C．well-being D．suffering
140．A．purer B．funnier C．sweeter D．quicker

My kids sat on Gee’s living room floor and respectfully lifted Christmas decorations out of a cardboard box. They shouted with delight when they discovered a tiny toy cat. Finally, my son was __141__ about a tiny modern helicopter, just on the contrary, my daughter with a traditional Mickey Mouse.
Gee stood beside them, __142__ each treasure. She turned to me and continued to say she and Tom built their collections over time by buying one or two nice ones each year in the after-Christmas sales. Eventually, we left, with boxes in my arms and she was smiling. Her __143__ belongings, gathered over a lifetime, found a new home.
We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Jim and I worked full-time, and in the morning we __144__ our garbage cans on the roadside, which would have to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to __145__ them. Every day we’d come home to find them neatly __146__ in their spot next to our garage. Finally we saw an old couple who lived with his 10-year-old grandson across from us pick them up.
Tom and Gee quietly picked up garbage cans and taught us what it __147__ to be a neighbor. They taught us that home doesn’t end at a boundary line. It __148__ to all these people. These people, the __149__ among them and the love that flows through them all explain what a home is.
This Christmas, we’ll make our tree attractive with Gee’s decorations. We’ll bring beautifully packaged Christmas presents to some neighbors like the couple. To others, we’ll ___150___ a wave and a “Merry Christmas.”
141．A．doubtful B．anxious C．pitiful D．crazy
142．A．designing B．getting C．explaining D．weighing
143．A．strange B．precious C．modern D．spare
144．A．laid B．emptied C．deserted D．stored
145．A．store up B．deal with C．make out D．care about
146．A．buried B．transformed C．placed D．developed
147．A．occurred B．meant C．reflected D．expected
148．A．turns B．adds C．agrees D．extends
149．A．control B．words C．connections D．comfort
150．A．stop B．create C．keep D．exchange

Production of bottled water has grown over the past thirty years from nothing into a $16 billion-per-year business. However, more and more people have been against bottled water use, and environmentalists are ___151___ people to go back to the tap.
The first reason why you should seriously think about ___152___ bottled water, they say, is that it’s bad for the environment. Producing plastic bottles ___153___ vast quantities of oil. As a result, factories create poisonous waste and send it into the environment. What is more, the vast majority of plastic water bottles aren’t ___154___. In almost every part of the world, unwanted water bottles take up landfills (垃圾填埋地) and send dangerous gases into air and water when they are burned. In other words, bottled water is a major ___155___ to global warming.
Secondly, the ___156___ of bottled water requires a lot of fuel. In the USA alone, one billion bottles of water are moved around each week in trucks, giving off polluting gases. In fact, some high-priced water is ___157___ from one side of the planet to the other.
Finally, bottled water isn’t even better for your health. Tap water rules in many countries are far ___158___ than those for bottled water. Furthermore, tap water contains fluoride, which is added to help build strong teeth and prevent tooth decay (龋齿). Consequently, as the use of bottled water has ___159___, tooth decay has become more serious.
To sum up, by stopping the use of bottled water, and encouraging others to do so, you will be doing the planet an enormous favor and ____160____ your own health as well.
151．A．allowing B．training C．calling on D．commanding
152．A．giving up B．turning to C．preparing for D．believing in
153．A．creates B．attracts C．requires D．shares
154．A．sold B．recycled C．found D．limited
155．A．answer B．solution C．contributor D．service
156．A．test B．design C．competition D．transportation
157．A．shipped B．wasted C．developed D．collected
158．A．older B．fewer C．stricter D．simpler
159．A．dropped B．changed C．increased D．disappointed
160．A．damaging B．benefiting C．challenging D．respecting

When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the entrance of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I ____161____ a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a____162____, permanent campsite in the park, and____163____, the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an____164____ for the following day.
The park was ____165____, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We immediately climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to leave our camp.
Having survived that night, we were ____166____ that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our____167____ and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, ____168____, we learned about the canyon____169____. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay shaking in the dark until the winds died away.
Living in the tiny truck with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself _____170_____ for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
161．A．sponsored B．published C．noticed D．answered
162．A．safe B．free C．convenient D．beautiful
163．A．in return B．in time C．in short D．in turn
164．A．attempt B．agreement C．appeal D．appointment
165．A．crowded B．dangerous C．ideal D．quiet
166．A．satisfied B．determined C．confident D．aware
167．A．responsibilities B．requirements C．circumstances D．conditions
168．A．moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．however
169．A．snows B．winds C．woods D．trails
170．A．desperate B．panic C．suitable D．thankful

When I was a boy, I used to mow the lawn for Mrs. Long. She paid me little for the job, but promised to give me a Christmas present.
I spent much time ___171___ what it would be. Many boys had baseball gloves or ice skates and I was eager to have any of these. “It would ___172___ be a baseball glove,” I ___173___ with myself. “She wouldn’t know much about baseball.” So I was convinced that she would give me ice skates.
As Christmas approached, it was with ___174___ that I stopped myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and demanding my present. On December 22, Mrs. Long gave me a small box which under no circumstances could ___175___ a pair of skates. I was disappointed. When lifting it from her, I was curious about the ___176___ of the present. It weighed almost nothing.
“What is it?” I asked.
“A kind of magic,” she said. Her words were enough to set my mind ___177___ with new possibilities.
On Christmas morning, I had this box on my knees. With great ___178___ I opened the box to find inside ten sheets of black paper, Carbon Paper.
“What is it?” I asked.
Mum took two pieces of white paper, placed between them one of the black paper, and wrote my name on the upper sheet. Then she handed me the second sheet, which her pencil had in no way touched. There was my name!
It was a miracle to my ___179___ mind. Thank Mrs. Long for her wisdom to guess that a boy might profit from a present totally outside the realm of his ordinary experience. The _____180_____ present merely satisfies a temporary desire; the great one lights up all the years of life that remain.
171．A．asking B．recalling C．proving D．wondering
172．A．possibly B．usually C．hardly D．definitely
173．A．reasoned B．inquired C．checked D．complained
174．A．anxiety B．patience C．difficulty D．confirmation
175．A．cover B．hold C．include D．involve
176．A．value B．shape C．meaning D．lightness
177．A．running B．going C．dancing D．thinking
178．A．surprise B．excitement C．energy D．confidence
179．A．childish B．sharp C．brilliant D．creative
180．A．fancy B．average C．popular D．expensive

This was memorable for not so good reasons. We were camping on Fraser Island. I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach. After __181__ for some time I decided I should __182__ and head back to the camp. On doing this I met with an overly friendly Dingo (澳洲野狗).
Not thinking much about it at the time and being my first __183__ with it, I was all at sea-but kept on walking. But the Dingo kept on walking too! I tried telling it to get away; no __184__ from the Dingo. I then decided to try and move around the Dingo; it kept moving with me, almost __185__ what I was doing. I then tried going into the water, thinking __186__ the Dingo wouldn’t want to come in. I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!
At this point I became a little __187__ but luckily at that __188__ moment a car driving by saw what was happening and beeped the horn (喇叭), both in order to get my attention and to __189__ off the Dingo. I jumped onto the step and held on while the car drove me back up to the ___190___ safely. Safe to say that was the last time I went walking on my own and I will never break into the wild animals’ habitats again.
181．A．waiting B．checking C．skipping D．walking
182．A．move over B．turn around C．get out D．run away
183．A．training B．encounter C．game D．tour
184．A．reward B．answer C．reaction D．warning
185．A．mirroring B．suspecting C．ignoring D．interrupting
186．A．clearly B．surely C．slowly D．deeply
187．A．confused B．inspired C．excited D．worried
188．A．critical B．strange C．common D．dramatic
189．A．put B．kick C．drive D．carry
190．A．island B．forest C．camp D．beach

It was dull and gray on a summer holiday. Matt was gazing at the dusty street, cicadas screaming somewhere in an ugly tree with twisting ___191___. It’s one o'clock! Matt’s stomach gave a funny jump. He had been seventeen years old, without realizing it, for a whole morning.
Yet how ___192___ Matt looked forward to his birthdays. He was adopted by his uncle, a drunk when his parents died in a car crash. Since then, he had never received a birthday card. Everyone ignored him at school — he had no reason to ___193___ anyone would remember his birthday.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. To his surprise, a delivery guy in a blue uniform was standing in the doorway with a large package in his hand. After ___194___ his name, he carried it to his bed. He ripped off the brown paper and discovered a present ___195___ in gold, and his first ever birthday card. Fingers ___196___ slightly, he opened the envelope. It’s from his best friend Jamie, a bookworm at school. Matt laughed as he put Jamie’s letter aside and picked up his present. It was very ___197___. Knowing Jamie, he was sure it would be a large ___198___ full of difficult words — but it wasn’t. His heart gave a huge bound as he ripped back the paper and saw a sleek (有光泽的) black leather case with silver ___199___ stamped across it: Wizard Chess Set.
“Wow, Jamie!” Matt whispered, tears ______200______ up in his eyes.
191．A．branches B．leaves C．roots D．barks
192．A．many B．small C．little D．much
193．A．suppose B．suspect C．doubt D．ensure
194．A．spelling B．signing C．telling D．reading
195．A．covered B．written C．bound D．wrapped
196．A．drumming B．trembling C．sliding D．jumping
197．A．heavy B．small C．light D．difficult
198．A．case B．toy C．book D．box
199．A．sentences B．lines C．pictures D．words
200．A．showing B．bringing C．welling D．rising

The Turnaround
Anxiously, I looked through the roster (花名册) posted on the wall. My body __201__ as I saw all my friends’ names but did not find mine. I could feel the tears building in my eyes. I felt __202__ inside, like nothing mattered.
When I got back home, my father noticed my sullen walk and gloomy face, and asked me what was wrong.
“All my friends __203__ the school team. Everyone! Except me…” I stammered.
“Well, what are you going to do about it? Are you just going to sit there?” he asked.
I didn’t know what to say, just shaking my head. I thought hard for thirty minutes about what my dad said, and it started making __204__. Nobody was going to give me a __205__ on that team. I would have to earn it.
__206__, there was a gym near my school, so as soon as school was over, I biked to the gym and trained hard. I ran, dribbled, and shot until I __207__ on the floor every single day. There were moments when I didn’t think I could keep on going, but I __208__ through it. After all, I thought, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
After almost a year, I tried out for my seventh-grade team with great confidence. Regardless of the outcome, I knew that I had worked hard and learned something about mental __209__. The next day, seeing my name printed in large bold letters, I realized I made it. The greater the effort, the ___210___ the reward, and I officially made a turnaround.
201．A．froze B．changed C．shook D．expanded
202．A．calm B．lonely C．nervous D．dead
203．A．made B．supported C．accepted D．celebrated
204．A．history B．trouble C．sense D．way
205．A．task B．spot C．hand D．reward
206．A．Accidentally B．Conveniently C．Temporarily D．Honestly
207．A．rolled B．moved C．struggled D．collapsed
208．A．saw B．walked C．powered D．looked
209．A．toughness B．flexibility C．well-being D．suffering
210．A．purer B．funnier C．sweeter D．quicker










参考答案：

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

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了作者在森林散步的时候救助了一只小松鼠的故事。
1．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我走在森林里，看到一只小松鼠从巢里掉了出来，虚弱地躺在地上。A. calm镇静的、沉着的；B. silent安静的、沉默的；C. weak虚弱的；D. curious好奇的。根据上文“who fell out of its nest”及下文内容可知，从巢里掉了出来，说明小松鼠现在很虚弱。故选C项。
2．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在等了两个多小时后，我发现它动不了，所以我决定把它带回家过夜。A. wave波动、招手；B. see看见；C. approach接近、走近；D. move移动、行动。根据下文“Three days later, Cathy could move in the room.”可知，小松鼠动不了了，所以需要将小松鼠带回家。故选D项。
3．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我发现她身上有一些杂草，所以我给她洗了个澡，把她洗干净了。A. ride短途旅程、旅行；B. bath沐浴、洗澡；C. choice选择；D. trick技巧、花招、诡计。根据后面“got her all cleaned up”可知，将它全身清理干净，说明是给小松鼠洗了个澡。故选B项。
4．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：让我们高兴的是，她变得与我和我的家人更亲近了。A. ruder更粗鲁的；B. nobler 更高贵的、更华丽的；C. closer更亲近的；D. noisier更吵的。根据句意及下文内容可知，此处指与我的家人“更亲近”了。故选C项。
5．考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我的照顾下，松鼠宝宝的身体越来越好。A. care照料、护理；B. control控制；C. guidance引导；D. praise表扬。根据前面“Every day, I fed her a combination of healthy foods, including fruits, vegetables, and nuts.”可知，每天给小松鼠喂各种吃的，说明是在我的照顾下，小松鼠变得越来越好了。故选A项。
6．考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：每个来我家的人都很喜欢她，她甚至和我的两条狗也相处得很好。A. put up举起、提高；B. got away逃离；C. broke up分手、打碎；D. got along相处。根据句意可知，此处表示“与我的两条狗相处得好”，get along with为固定搭配，表示“与……和睦相处”。故选D项。
7．考查副词词义辨析。句意：一周后，凯茜完全康复了。A. completely完全地；B. differently不同地；C. anxiously焦急地；D. disappointedly失望地。根据后面的“I realized it was the right time for her to leave.”可知，是时候让小松鼠离开了，说明已经完全好了。故选A项。
8．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我几次把她放回野外，但她总是回来！A. risked冒险；B. threw抛、丢弃；C. hid隐藏；D. released释放、松开。根据前面“I realized it was the right time for her to leave.”可知，此处是要将小松鼠放回野外。故选D项。
9．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：也许她很感激我救了她，并以她自己的方式表达出来。A. happy开心的、幸福的；B. confident自信的；C. grateful感激的；D. proud骄傲的、自豪的。根据后面的“I saved her, and expressed it in her own way”可知，我救了它，说明它是在用自己的方式感激我。故选C项
10．考查名词词义辨析。句意：凯茜给我的生活带来了很多快乐，看来她也这么觉得！A. security安全；B. joy喜悦、快乐；C. courage勇气；D. freedom自由。根据上文“To our delight, she got  ____4____  to me and my family.”以及“Everyone who came to my home loved her, and she even  ____6____  with my two dogs.”可知，此处指小松鼠给我们带来了很多快乐。故选B项。

11．D 12．C 13．A 14．B 15．D 16．A 17．C 18．B 19．D 20．B

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者和他的妻子在旅行时帮助了一位患病的妇女登上飞机的故事，同时作者也呼吁人们要勇于倾听和帮助别人。
11．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们正准备登机时坐在我们旁边的一位女士突然发病了。A. ship船；B. train火车；C. bus公交车；D. flight航班。根据前文“Recently my wife and I were flying across the country.”可知，最近作者和他的妻子将要坐飞机穿越这个国家，推断出他们正准备登机。故选D项。
12．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我从洗手间回来，坐在我妻子的旁边，她靠过来低声说：“有点不对劲儿。”。A. extraordinary不同寻常的；B. different不同的；C. wrong（身体）有毛病的；D. unfamiliar不熟悉的。根据后文“A woman was collapsing and quickly lost control of her body.”可知，一位妇女倒下了并且身体快速地失去控制，推断出作者的妻子发现旁边的妇女身体出了问题。故选C项。
13．考查动词短语辨析。句意：我跳起来在她面前俯下身，问她是否还好。A. jumped up跳起来；B. pulled up阻止；C. made up弥补；D. woke up醒来。根据前文“sat down next to my wife”可知，作者当时是坐在椅子上的，由于突发的情况，推断出他是从椅子上跳起来帮助这个妇女。故选A项。
14．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她介绍说她是Miss Jackie。A. explained解释；B. introduced介绍；C. claimed声明；D. described描述。根据前文“I ___3___ and bent in front of her, asking if she was okay.”可知，作者在询问这位妇女的情况，推断出妇女是在回答作者的问题，所以介绍了自己的名字。故选B项。
15．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我告诉她我不是医生，但是如果她有任何需要我都会尽力帮助她。A. judge裁判，法官；B. policeman警察；C. journalist记者；D. doctor医生。根据后文“In one hand I held hers and with my other hand I supported her head, carefully asking what was happening.”可知，作者一手扶着她的手而另一只手托着她的头，仔细询问她发生了什么情况，说明作者看不出妇女的病情，推断出他并不是医生。故选D项。
16．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她透露说她有疾病。A. revealed透露；B. insisted坚持；C. denied否认；D. expected期盼。根据前文“carefully asking what was happening”可知作者询问了她的情况，所以她告诉作者她的疾病。故选A项。
17．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他只是说他患有这种糟糕的症状已经有三十年了，过一会儿就会完全好起来。A. normal正常的；B. casual随意的；C. terrible糟糕的；D. necessary必要的。根据前文“A woman was collapsing and quickly lost control of her body.”可知，妇女发病的时候很痛苦，不能控制自己的身体，推断出她认为这个疾病很糟糕。故选C项。
18．考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为我仍旧担心她，Jackie同意在我的陪伴下登机。A. control控制；B. accompany陪伴；C. agreement同意；D. appointment约会。根据后文“I stayed behind to ensure she boarded the plane safe and sound.”可知，作者站在妇女的身后确保她平安健康地登上飞机，推断出作者是陪伴着Jackie登上飞机的。故选B项。
19．考查副词词义辨析。句意：事实上，Jack真正需要的是有个人听她说话。A. Strangely奇怪地；B. Certainly确定；C. Naturally自然地；D. Actually事实上。根据后文“what Jackie needed was someone to listen to her”可知，Jackie只是需要有人听她说话这是一个客观事实，“事实上”符合句意。故选D项。
20．考查名词词义辨析。句意：每个人都有自己的斗争与难事，并且有些时候他们需要的仅仅是某些人的关心。A. conflicts冲突；B. struggles难事；C. competitions比赛；D. campaigns战役。根据前文“She ___6___ that she had a condition.”可知，她患有疾病就是她面临的难事。故选B项。

21．B 22．B 23．C 24．A 25．B 26．A 27．A 28．C 29．B 30．D

【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了作者从沉迷于手机到摆脱手机控制的经历和方法，最后作者能够以更加平和的心态来面对这些事情，学会了顺其自然。
21．考查动词词义辨析。句意：还有大约70个“取件（查看信息）”，这意味着我大约每小时查看手机四次。A.charge收费；B. check检查，查看；C.drop掉下；D.lift举起。根据前文“According to the iPhone’s Screen Time, my typical daily phone activity includes 90 minutes of texting, one hour of e-mail, and yet another hour of social media.(根据iPhone的屏幕时间，我典型的日常手机活动包括90分钟的短信、一小时的电子邮件和另一小时的社交媒体。)”可知，作者在看自己使用iPhone进行各项活动的时长，所以空格处可以理解为查看手机（有没有新的消息），check意为“查看”，符合语境。故选B。
22．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我随身携带着手机，就像它是一个氧气罐一样。A. litter bin小垃圾箱；B. oxygen tank氧气罐；C. travelling bag旅行包；D. treasure box宝箱。根据句意可知，作者随身携带着手机，结合上文作者几乎每小时查看手机四次，说明手机对作者来说非常重要，要时刻带着，就如同氧气一样，离开了就无法呼吸，表达了作者对手机的极度依赖。oxygen tank意为“氧气罐”，符合语境。故选B。
23．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我已经尝试了各种方法来减少查看屏幕的次数：我不会再收到推送通知。A. less carefully不太小心；B. more often更多时候；C. less often不太经常；D. more carefully更加小心。根据后文“I don’t get push notifications. I use an app called Freedom to block social media for much of the workday.(我不会收到推送通知。我使用一款名为Freedom的应用程序在工作日的大部分时间里来屏蔽社交媒体。)”可知，作者不再收到推送通知、屏蔽社交媒体是为了减少查看屏幕的次数。less often意为“不太经常，减少”，符合语境。故选C。
24．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他建议进行为期一个月的数字脱瘾，让人暂时远离所有可选的技术。A. break构成短语take a break，休息一下；B. example构成短语take an example举例；C. look构成短语take a look看看；D. step构成短语take a step迈出一步。根据句意可知，此处讲的是花一个月的时间暂时远离那些可选择的电子产品，让自己休息一下。空格处应为break，take a break意为“休息一下”，是固定短语，符合语境。故选A。
25．考查介词短语。句意：他们热衷于高价值的休闲活动，如棋牌游戏、读书俱乐部，以及学习“每周修复或建造一些东西”。A. in charge of负责；B. in favor of赞成，出于对……的偏爱；C. in honor of向……致敬；D. in search of寻找。根据前文可知，那些数字极简主义者抛弃了那些低质量的电子产品活动，所以此处讲的应该是他们选择了什么活动，也就是支持什么活动。in favor of意为“赞成，出于对……的偏爱”，符合语境。故选B。
26．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我调整了家用电脑的设置，将社交媒体时间减少到15分钟。A. allowance限额；B. duration期间；C. limitation限制；D. waste浪费。根据句意可知，空格处要表达的是作者此时调整了社交媒体的使用时间。allowance意为“限额”，在此处可理解为“允许使用的时间”，符合语境。故选A。
27．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我还改变了我的Freedom应用的设置，完全屏蔽了Twitter和Instagram。A. block阻碍，拦截；B. browse浏览；C. cancel取消；D. remove去除。根据上文“I use an app called Freedom to block social media for much of the workday.(我使用一款名为Freedom的应用程序在工作日的大部分时间里来屏蔽社交媒体。)”可知，Freedom这个应用是用来屏蔽社交媒体的，所以此处应该是屏蔽Twitter和Instagram。block意为“阻碍，拦截”，在此处可理解为屏蔽（软件），符合语境。故选A。
28．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在我清理互联网的最初几天里，我发现自己在强迫性地检查没有变化的收件箱和已经阅读了的短信，似乎着迷了似的，试图在那里看到新信息。A. free自由的；B. similar相似的；C. new新的；D. various各种各样的。根据上文“According to the iPhone’s Screen Time, my typical daily phone activity includes 90 minutes of texting, one hour of e-mail, and yet another hour of social media. And there are also about seventy ‘pickups’, meaning that I check my phone about four times per hour.(根据iPhone的屏幕时间，我典型的日常手机活动包括90分钟的短信、一小时的电子邮件和另一小时的社交媒体。还有大约70个‘取件（查看信息的动作）’，这意味着我大约每小时查看手机四次。)”可知，在清理互联网之前，作者大部分的时间都在查看或编辑手机信息、邮件等，已经习惯了经常有新信息这件事，所以此处作者是在试图看有没有新的信息发给她。new意为“新的”，符合语境。故选C。
29．考查名词词义辨析。句意：一天下午，我躺在沙发上，感觉到一种精神力量的涌入，既令人不安，又令人愉快。A. disorder混乱，凌乱；B. power能量；C. resource资源；D. silence沉默。根据后文“I didn’t want to learn how to fix or build anything, or start a book club. I wanted to experience myself as soft and loose and purposeless.(我想让自己体验一下舒服的、松散的和漫无目的的感觉。)”可知，此刻应该是有一种精神的力量让作者不想有目的的去做某事，只想放空自己。power意为“能量”，符合语境。故选B。
30．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但我变得更加意识到我为什么使用科技，以及它如何满足我的需求。A. suspicious可疑的；B. considerate考虑周到的；C. guilty内疚的；D. aware意识到的。根据句意可知，此时的作者在经历了一段时间的脱离电子产品后，更加清楚了自己的需要，改变了过去的依赖，心态变得更加平和了。aware意为“意识到的”，be aware of意为“意识到”，固定短语，符合语境。故选D。

31．B 32．D 33．A 34．B 35．A 36．B 37．C 38．C 39．D 40．D

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。任何想要掌握一项技能的人都必须经历一遍又一遍的练习。一些人能够集中精力练习这样的活动，并且喜欢这种过程，而另一些人则觉得集中精力、耗费时间的工作令人沮丧。这主要是因为“心流状态”——一种完全投入到你正在做的事情中的感觉。文章介绍了心流状态的特点和容易进入心流状态的人的特点，以及有证据表明环境因素可以培养心流状态。
31．考查动词词义辨析。句意：但掌握一项技能，即使是你深爱的技能，也需要大量枯燥的工作。A. inquires询问，打听；B. requires需要，要求；C. acquires获得；D. gains得到。根据句中“mastering a skill”以及下文“Anyone who wants to master a skill must run through the cycle of practice,”（任何想要掌握一项技能的人都必须经历一次又一次的练习）可知，此处指掌握一项技能需要大量枯燥的工作。故选B。
32．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：任何想要掌握一项技能的人都必须经历一次又一次的练习、批评反馈、修改和不断提高的过程。A. preventable可预防的；B. maintainable可维护的；C. sustainable可持续的；D. critical关键的；批判性的。根据句中“feedback, modification, and increasing improvement”可知，掌握一项技能要经历反复的反馈、修改和不断提高的过程，可得出这种反馈应该是具有批判性的。故选D。
33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，其他人发现这种专注、时间密集的工作令人沮丧或无聊。A. frustrating令人沮丧的；B. encouraging鼓舞人心的；C. concerning使人担忧的；D. instructing指导的。根据下文“or boring”可知，空格处与boring是并列意义。frustrating“令人沮丧的”可以承接句中“this kind of focused, time-intensive work”（这种专注、时间密集的工作）的语义，体现工作因费时而令人沮丧的逻辑。故选A。
34．考查动词短语辨析。句意：这种差异可能会开启进入“心流”状态的能力，一种完全投入到你正在做的事情中的感觉。A. move away移开；B. turn on打开，依靠；C. pick up拾起；开车接；D. call for需要。根据上文“Flow states can happen in the course of any activity, and they are most common when a task has well-defined goals and is at a(n) 　　6　　　 skill level.”（心流状态可以发生在任何活动的过程中，当任务具有明确的目标并且处于适当的技能水平时，流状态最为常见。）并结合上文可知，有些人喜欢这样的状态，而有些人觉得沮丧。这种差异可能会开启“心流”状态的能力，导致了这种差异。故选B。
35．考查名词词义辨析。句意：自从Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi在20世纪70年代提出了心流的概念以来，它一直是积极心理学研究的中流砥柱。A. concept概念；B. receipt收据；C. reception接待；D. condition条件。根据下文“Csikszentmihalyi suggested that those who most 　　7　　 entered into flow states had an “autotelic (自成目的的) personality” — a disposition to seek out challenges and get into a state of flow.”（Csikszentmihalyi认为，那些最……进入心流状态的人具有“自成性格”——一种寻求挑战并进入心流状态。）可知，Csikszentmihalyi提出了流动的概念。故选A。
36．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：心流状态可以发生在任何活动的过程中，当任务具有明确的目标并且处于适当的技能水平时，流状态最为常见。A. alternative可供替代的；B. appropriate合适的；C. approximate近似的；大约的；D. sufficient足够的。根据上文“well-defined goals”可知，当任务具有明确的目标并且处于适当的技能水平时，心流状态最为常见。故选B。
37．考查副词词义辨析。句意：Csikszentmihalyi认为，那些最容易进入心流状态的人具有“自成性格”——一种寻求挑战并进入心流状态。A. fully充分地；B. really真地；C. readily快捷地，轻而易举地；D. accidentally意外地。根据下文“had an “autotelic (自成目的的) personality” — a disposition to seek out challenges and get into a state of flow”可知，拥有“自成性格”的人更容易进入心流状态。故选C。
38．考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于他们具有“无利害关系”的能力，这类人在发展其先天能力方面比其他人有很大优势。A. addiction瘾，入迷；B. advance前进，进步；C. advantage优势；D. admiration钦佩。根据上文“With their capacity for “disinterested interest””可知，由于他们具有“无利害关系”的能力，这类人在发展其先天能力方面比其他人有很大优势，呼应上文讲这类人最容易进入心流状态。故选C。
39．考查动词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，对于我们这些不一定拥有自成性格的人来说，有证据表明，环境因素可以促进心流状态。A. forbidden禁止；B. operated操作；手术；C. fastened系牢；D. facilitated帮助，促进。根据上文“Fortunately for those of us who aren’t necessarily blessed with an autotelic personality”可知，虽然我们不一定拥有很容易进入心流状态的自成性格，但是幸运的是，心流状态可以由环境因素促进。故选D。
40．考查名词词义辨析。句意：通过给自己无组织和开放的时间、最小的干扰和设置中等难度的任务，当我们努力练习我们喜欢做的事情时，我们可能会爱上我们正在做的事情。A. temptation诱惑，引诱；B. charm魅力；C. attractions吸引人的事物；D. distractions让人分心的事物，干扰。根据句中“unstructured, open-ended time, minimal 　　10　　, and a task set at a moderate level of difficulty”可知，此处是让自己进入心流状态的条件，结合“unstructured, open-ended time”和“a moderate level of difficulty”，因此要给自己最小的干扰。故选D。

41．B 42．C 43．D 44．D 45．A 46．D 47．B 48．A 49．A 50．B

【导语】本文是篇记叙文。作者在乘坐公交车时不小心丢失了钱包，没想到一位女士亲自上门将捡到的钱包还给了他；与此同时，其他认识但不熟悉的朋友在得知这个事情后也试图帮助他，作者不禁有着深深的感激之情。
41．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我只可能把它落在G9公共汽车上了，车子正在黑暗中加速驶向某个未知的车站。A. accessible 可到达的、可进入的；B. unknown 未知的；C. familiar 熟悉的；D. convenient 方便的。根据本句句意可知，作者把钱包落在公交车上了，而公交车现在还在行驶中，作者不知道车子下一站会在哪里停，所以是未知的车站。故选B。
42．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这个令人心悸的时刻之后，我心里很快就开始了算计。A. face-saving 保全面子的；B. brain-washing 洗脑的；C. heart-stopping 令人心悸的；D. eye-catching 夺人眼球的。根据第一段“when fear seized me”可知，作者发现钱包丢了时是很害怕的，所以这个时刻是令人害怕的、令人心悸的。故选C。
43．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我在餐厅打电话时，我丈夫开了门。A. ignored 忽视；B. interrupted 打断、打扰；C. examined 测验、检查；D. answered 回答；answer the door 去开门。根据上一句“I heard a knock on the door”可知有人敲门，而本句的“it”指“door”，所以这里是我丈夫去开门。故选D。

44．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我甚至还没来得及走到门口道谢，她就离开了。A. still 仍然；B. ever 曾经；C. yet 还、仍然；D.  even 甚至。根据上一句“with not a penny missing”可知，钱包里的钱分文未少，而作者还没来得及道谢她就走了，这里应该是一种递进关系，进一步表现了这位女士做好事不图名利，用even（甚至）符合语境。故选D。
45．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我立刻打电话向她道谢。A. delay 延迟；without delay 立即、毫不耽搁；B. question 问题；without question 毫无疑问；C. regret 遗憾、后悔；D. invitation 邀请。根据前文“She left before I could even make it to the door to offer my thanks.”可看出作者未能道谢，心中是有遗憾的，所以在知道了这位女士是谁后，立即就打电话致谢。故选A。
46．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说她在一辆公交车的椅子上发现了我的钱包。A. threw 扔；B. placed 放置；C. opened 打开；D. spotted 发现。根据前文“ I could only have left it on the G9 bus,”可知，作者应该是把钱包落在了公交车上，所以这名女士应该是在公交车上发现了钱包后上门来交给了他。故选D。
47．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她盘算着去一个陌生人的家里是一个冒险的举动，但她决定冒险一试。A. selfless 无私的；B. risky 冒险的；C. delightful 令人愉快的；D. personal 个人的。根据句中“take the chance”（冒险）可知，作者认为去一个陌生人的家中是有风险的。故选B。
48．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个陌生人对我的小危机做出了漂亮的回应。A. crisis 危机；B. danger 危险；C. encounter 偶遇；D. failure 失败。根据第二段“How much time and money would it cost to replace the contents of that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lost to the bus.”可知，丢了钱包会对作者造成很多困难，引起许多不便，对她而言是一次小的危机。故选A。
49．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我理解人们比以往任何时候都更加分裂，但我遇到的人往往不是这样的。A. encounter 偶遇、邂逅；B. follow 跟随；C. consult 咨询、请教；D. accompany 陪伴。根据前文的“This one stranger responded beautifully to my small crisis.”和上一句“I’ve never exchanged words with those moms beyond small talk, but they wanted to help”可知，这些愿意帮助别人的人很多都是作者偶然遇到的陌生人或是没有说过几句话的朋友，所以这里用encounter符合语境。故选A。
50．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Erin做了几乎任何人都不会做的事，在一个寒冷的夜晚找到了我家，为此，我极其感激。A. longing 渴望的；B. grateful 感激的、感谢的；C. concerned 关心的；D. enthusiastic 热情的。根据第四段“ I called to thank her. ”并结合本句句意可知，作者对Erin的善行是非常感激的。故选B。

51．C 52．A 53．C 54．B 55．D 56．B 57．C 58．A 59．D 60．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了卡里姆和马特奥竞争音乐学校的最后一个职位，但卡里姆的吉他琴弦断了，关键时刻马特奥慷慨地帮助了卡里姆，两人成为了朋友。
51．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的对手马特奥坐在那里，把吉他放在膝盖上。A. coat外套；B. phone电话；C. guitar吉他；D. book书。根据下文“To relieve the tension, Kareem began tuning his guitar.”和“He was rooted to the ground and was about to quit when he noticed Mateo’s arm outstretched, holding his guitar out to him.”可知，卡里姆和马特奥竞争的是音乐学校的职位，都带了吉他。故选C项。
52．考查动词词义辨析。句意：两人将竞争音乐学校的最后一个职位。A. compete竞争；B. vote投票；C. argue争论；D. stand站立。根据上文“his opponent”和下文“the last opening at the music school”可知，卡里姆和马特奥是竞争音乐学校的职位。故选A项。
53．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：卡里姆看得出马特奥已经准备好了，就像他一直以来一样。A. active积极主动的；B. popular受欢迎的；C. ready准备好的；D. proud自豪的。根据下文“Kareem sat and closed his eyes, trying to ignore Mateo’s calmness”可知，马特奥非常冷静，说明他胸有成竹，已经准备好了。故选C项。
54．考查名词词义辨析。句意：卡里姆坐着，闭上眼睛，试图忽略马特奥的冷静，这与他自己的焦虑形成了鲜明的对比。A. sorrow悲伤；B. anxiety焦虑；C. shame羞耻；D. anger愤怒。根据下文“To relieve the tension, Kareem began tuning his guitar.”可知，卡里姆感到紧张和焦虑。故选B项。
55．考查动词短语辨析。句意：一根断了的E弦从卡里姆的吉他上垂了来下。A. showed up露面；B. came back回来；C. fell apart崩溃；D. hung down垂下。根据句中“broken E string”可知，琴弦断了，所以垂了来下。故选D项。
56．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，他在包里寻找另一组琴弦。A. spotted看见；B. searched搜寻；C. packed打包；D. held握住。卡里姆的吉他琴弦断了，结合句中“his bag for another set of strings”可知，卡里姆想找备用琴弦。故选B项。
57．考查副词词义辨析。句意：不幸的是，卡里姆没有带来任何替代的琴弦。A. Simply仅仅；B. Naturally自然地；C. Sadly悲哀地；D. Seriously严重地。根据句中“Kareem brought no strings for replacement.”可知，卡里姆并没有备用琴弦，很不幸。故选C项。
58．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：轮到卡里姆的时候，卡里姆感到绝望。A. hopeless无望的；B. careless粗心大意的；C. guilty内疚的；D. lonely孤单的。卡里姆并未找到备用琴弦，句中结合“As his turn was approaching”可知，表演马上开始了，卡里姆感到绝望。故选A项。
59．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当马特奥接着说：“尽你所能，伙计。”，卡里姆惊掉了下巴。A. hurt使受伤；B. shut关闭；C. watered浇水；D. dropped掉落。根据上文可知，卡里姆和马特奥是竞争对手，但马特奥现在居然把自己的吉他借给卡里姆，这让卡里姆感到震惊；mouth drop可理解为“惊得下巴掉了下来”。故选D项。
60．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当卡里姆走向舞台门时，他回头看着马特奥，脸上带着相同的微笑，似乎在说他们是朋友。A. smile微笑；B. hope希望；C. interest兴趣；D. view观点。根据上文可知，虽然卡里姆和马特奥是竞争对手，但在关键时刻马特奥帮助了卡里姆。结合句中“as if to say they were friends”可知，这一刻他们成了朋友，所以两人相视而笑。故选A项。

61．B 62．C 63．A 64．B 65．D 66．B 67．A 68．D 69．C 70．A

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述作者为了救一只迷路的小羊羔，拉了手刹把拖拉机停下，结果车上的狗Don不知怎么把车启动了，车子穿过护栏冲向高速公路，幸运的是最终没人受重伤。
61．考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天早晨，当我在靠近高速公路穿过我的土地的最上面的田地时，我发现了一只迷路的羔羊。A. dropped下降；B. spotted发现；C. carried携带；D. returned返回。根据下文“The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it”对小羊的描述及下文作者去照顾它可知，作者发现了一只小羊。故选B项。
62．考查动词词义辨析。句意：小羊和妈妈团聚了，我转向拖拉机，却看到拖拉机突然离我而去。A. freed释放；B. switched转变；C. reunited团聚；D. examined检查。根据上文“The lamb had become separated from its mother”以及后文“l turned back to the tractor”可知，小羊羔和妈妈走散了，我下车帮他，现在作者转身走向拖拉机，是因为作者把小羊送回妈妈身边。故选C项。
63．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这太出乎意料了，因为我跳下车的时候手刹已经拉上了。A. unexpected出乎意料的；B. dangerous危险的；C. embarrassing令人尴尬的；D. difficult困难的。根据空后“because l had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.”可知，作者下车时已经拉上了手刹，所以车子突然开动很出乎意料。故选A项。
64．考查名词词义辨析。句意：很明显，Don让车动了起来。A. lamb小羊；B. vehicle车辆；C. seat座位；D. fence栅栏。根据上文“I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me.”可知，此处指车辆在动。故选B项。
65．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我看到拖拉机驶向高速公路时，我的心都僵住了。A. crowd人群；B. hill山丘；C. field田地；D. motorway高速公路。根据下文“The tractor was 　 7　 against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the 　 8　 road with fast-flowing traffic.”可知，车子奇迹般地穿过了车流繁忙的马路，所以是驶向了高速公路。故选D项。
66．考查动词短语辨析。句意：我拼命跑，但是没有追上。A. take off脱下；B. catch up赶上；C. hold back抑制；D. get out出去。根据语境及下文“It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared.”可知，作者看到拖拉机冲向高速公路，应是拼命跑着去追，但是没有追上。故选B项。
67．考查动词词义辨析。句意：拖拉机靠在中央保留地的防撞护栏上，奇迹般地穿过了交通繁忙的道路。A.resting (使)倚靠；B. running跑步；C. parking停车；D. turning翻转。根据下文“having miraculously (奇迹般地)  crossed the 　 8　 road with fast-flowing traffic.”及语境可知，拖拉机穿过马路，靠在了中央保留地的防撞护栏上。故选A项。
68．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：拖拉机靠在中央保留地的防撞护栏上，奇迹般地穿过了交通繁忙的道路。A. winding弯曲的；B. deserted被遗弃的；C. rough粗糙的；D. busy繁忙的。根据空后“with fast-flowing traffic”可知，这条路交通繁忙。故选D项。
69．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没看见Don，但当我接近拖拉机时，他跳到了路上，显然没有受伤，然后冲回我身边。A. abandoned遗弃；B. recognized认出；C. approached接近；D. repaired修理。根据上文“I couldn’t see Don”可知，作者没看见Don，所以应是上前查看。故选C项。
70．考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上Don吃了一顿特别的饭——我不想让他认为我在生他的气。A. meal一餐；B. test测验；C. job工作；D. lesson课程。根据下文“I didn’t want him to think I was angry with him.”可知，我不想让Don认为我在生他的气，而由上文可知，Don是一条狗，结合选项，应该是一顿特别的饭。故选A项。

71．B 72．A 73．C 74．D 75．A 76．C 77．B 78．D 79．A 80．C

【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。本文讲述了几个男孩因为看到乌龟在过马路时被汽车压死的惨象后决定要帮助乌龟安全过马路的故事。
71．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：六月，他们骑着自行车准备去钓鱼，突然在他们位于爱荷华州北部的家附近的路上看到了糟糕的事情。A. common普通的；B. awful讨厌的、糟糕的；C. confusing令人疑惑的；D. desirable向往的。根据后文“There were a bunch of dead baby turtles,”可知，他们看到路上有一群死掉的小乌龟。结合常识，对于小孩子来说，看见死掉的小动物一定是“糟糕的”。故选B项。
72．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在文图拉沼泽和清湖的两个湿地之间的主干道上，有一堆被汽车压平的死乌龟。A. flattened变平；B. strengthened加强、巩固；C. brightened变亮；D. weakened使醒来。根据后文“by cars”可知，是汽车“杀死”了这群小乌龟。结合常识可知，是汽车没有停车让乌龟过马路，而是直接压了过去，把乌龟压平、压死了。故选A项。
73．考查副词词义辨析。句意：两个男孩为它们感到难过，于是他们从自行车上爬下来，开始帮助其他正在慢慢过马路的小乌龟。A. safely安全地；B. regularly经常地；C. slowly慢慢地；D. finally最后。结合句意可知，过马路的是乌龟，而乌龟走路很慢。故选C项。
74．考查动词词义辨析。句意：男孩们决定，这个夏天他们要尽可能多地花时间帮助乌龟们过马路。A. pretended假装；B. commented评论；C. suspected怀疑；D. decided决定。根据后文“The boys are still at it, spending at least an hour or two a day picking up Western Painted Turtles”可知，男孩们为帮助乌龟过马路付诸了行动，所以前文应该是“决定”要帮助乌龟。故选D项。
75．考查名词词义辨析。句意：男孩们决定，这个夏天他们要尽可能多地花时间帮助乌龟们过马路。A. lift便车；B. chance机会；C. name名字；D. trial尝试。固定短语give a lift意为“搭便车”，符合句意。作者在这里是以诙谐幽默的方式讲述男孩们帮助乌龟过马路。故选A项。
76．考查动词词义辨析。句意：男孩们仍然在做这件事，每天至少花一两个小时，捡拾穿过沼泽和湖泊的西部彩龟。A. fall掉下；B. choose选择；C. cross穿过；D. wait等待。根据上文“There were a bunch of dead baby turtles, flattened by cars on the main road between two wetlands, Ventura Marsh and Clear Lake.”可知，乌龟是想从一个沼泽地过马路到另一个沼泽地的途中被汽车压死，所以男孩们是帮助他们过马路，过马路用介词cross，符合句意。故选C项。
77．考查连词词义辨析。句意：他们会在附近的自行车道上安全地观察乌龟，只有在没有车辆的情况下才会自己过马路。A. so that以便；B. only if除非、只有；C. even though即使；D. in case万一。根据safely“安全地”可知，男孩们帮助乌龟过马路会注意安全，遵守交通规则。所以用B项表示“只有”，引导条件状语从句符合句意。故选B项。
78．考查动词词义辨析。句意：孩子们估计他们已经救了两百多只乌龟。A. collected收集；B. used使用；C. trained训练；D. saved救、节约。结合文意可知，男孩们的举动是为了能让乌龟们能够安全过马路而不被汽车压死，所以是“救了乌龟的命”。故选D项。
79．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：渔业生物学家格鲁默说：“这些孩子所做的事情非常棒，我希望他们对自然保护的热爱会伴随他们一生。”A. wonderful极好的；B. strange奇怪的；C. embarrassing令人尴尬的；D. legal合法的。根据常识，男孩们的行为保护了上百只乌龟的生命，是一件好事。故选A项。
80．考查名词词义辨析。句意：渔业生物学家格鲁默说：“这些孩子所做的事情非常棒，我希望他们对自然保护的热爱会伴随他们一生。”A. adventure冒险；B. freedom自由；C. conservation保护；D. observation观察。综合文意，男孩们因为看到被汽车压死的乌龟，决定要帮助乌龟过马路而拯救乌龟的生命，这是对生命的尊重和保护。故选C项。

81．A 82．D 83．D 84．C 85．B 86．D 87．A 88．A 89．C 90．B

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Nick Burchill因一群海鸥被加拿大维多利亚的一家酒店纳入黑名单的故事。
81．考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以他装了一箱子意大利香肠。A. filled使充满；B. locked锁上；C. abandoned抛弃、放弃；D. lost遗失。根据后面的“a suitcase full of pepperoni”可知，此处指装了一行李箱的香肠，filled符合语境。故选A项。
82．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因为他担心香肠会太热，于是把它摊开放在靠近一扇开着的窗户的桌子上。A. surprised惊讶的；B. pleased高兴的、满意的；C. excited兴奋的；D. worried担忧的。根据后面的“it would be too warm”可知，应该是“担心”香肠太热，worried符合语境。故选D项。
83．考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为他担心香肠会太热，于是把它摊开放在靠近一扇开着的窗户的桌子上。A. dug挖、搜寻；B. cleared清理；C. cut切；D. laid放、铺设。上文提到“担心行李箱的香肠太热”，于是把行李箱“摊开”放到靠近一扇开着的窗户的桌上。lay out为固定搭配，表示“摊开、摆开”。故选D项。
84．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这时事情就出问题了。A. far遥远的；B. funny有趣的、滑稽的；C. wrong错误的、有问题的；D. blind失明的、盲的。根据下文“I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls”和“They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to get out at the same time, and Pepperoni — everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down.”可知，在房间里发现了一群海鸥，房间里香肠到处都是，窗帘和灯都倒了，说明出问题了，wrong符合语境。故选C项。
85．考查名词词义辨析。句意：“我记得我走过长长的大厅，打开我房间的门，发现一群海鸥，”Burchill在最近写给这家四星级酒店的道歉信中说。A. application申请；B. apology道歉；C. request要求；D. invitation邀请。根据下文“I come to you to apologize for the damage I had  ___8___  caused and to ask you to  ___9___  my lifetime ban from the hotel.”可知，Burchill是在道歉，说明这是一封道歉信，apology符合语境。故选B项。
86．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：海鸥立刻就疯了。A. hungry饥饿的；B. dead死的、用尽的；C. missing丢失的；D. wild野生的、不受控制的。根据后面“They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to get out at the same time, and Pepperoni — everywhere.”可知，海鸥冲向窗户，三四十只海鸥试图同时飞出去，香肠到处都是。由此可知，海鸥发狂了，此处wild符合语境。故选D项。
87．考查名词词义辨析。句意：真是一团糟。A. mess糟乱、脏乱；B. puzzle疑问、不解之谜；C. fight斗争、打斗；D. challenge挑战。根据前面的“They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to get out at the same time, and Pepperoni — everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down.”可知，三四十只海鸥想同时飞出去，香肠到处都是，窗帘和灯都倒了，说明房间被弄得一团糟，mess符合语境。故选A项。
88．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我为我间接造成的损害向贵酒店道歉，并请求您重新考虑对我的终身禁令。A. indirectly间接地；B. deliberately故意地；C. cautiously谨慎地；D. secretly秘密地。根据上文的描述可知，是海鸥直接导致了房间一团糟，而自己属于间接造成破坏，此处indirectly符合语境。故选A项。
89．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我为我间接造成的损害向贵酒店道歉，并请求您重新考虑对我的终身禁令。A. replace取代、替换；B. remember记得、记起；C. reconsider重新考虑；D. renew更新。根据前面的“I come to you to apologize for the damage I had  ___8___  caused”可知，Burchill现在向酒店写道歉信道歉，是希望酒店能“重新考虑”对他列入黑名单的禁令，reconsider符合语境。故选C项。
90．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的信奏效了。A. arrived到达；B. worked起作用；C. ended结束；D. disappeared消失。根据后面的“Banned from the hotel since 2001, Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.”可知，酒店现在又欢迎Burchill的入住，说明这封道歉信起作用了，worked符合语境。故选B项。

91．D 92．A 93．A 94．C 95．B 96．D 97．D 98．A 99．C 100．D 101．B 102．C 103．B 104．C 105．B 106．C 107．D 108．B 109．B 110．A

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过自己的经历告诉读者，生活中总要面对困难，关键是对待困难的态度。
91．考查副词词义辨析。句意：比赛开始后，我们的儿子飞快地跑了起来，但我和妻子留在后面，一起跑着，欣赏着风景。A. easily容易地；B. suddenly突然地；C. calmly冷静地；D. quickly快速地。根据“but my wife and I stayed back and ran together, enjoying the scenery.”可知，比赛开始，儿子很快就出发了。故选D。
92．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：过了一段时间，当我在一条狭窄的岩石小道上跑步时，我踩到一块大石头，被绊倒了，在这个过程中，我的脚趾被重重地卡住了。A. rocky多岩石的；B. dirty脏的；C. smooth光滑的；D. unknown不知名的。根据“I walked on a big stone and was ___3___, and in the process, I jammed my toe pretty hard.”可知，我们沿着跑的是一条狭窄的石头路。故选A。
93．考查名词词义辨析。句意：过了一段时间，当我在一条狭窄的岩石小道上跑步时，我踩到一块大石头，被绊倒了，在这个过程中，我的脚趾被重重地卡住了。A. tripped绊倒；B. knocked敲；打；C. hit打；D. stamped跺脚。根据“and in the process, I jammed my toe pretty hard.”可知，作者踩在一块大石头上，被石头绊倒了。故选A。
94．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我意识到我的脚趾受伤了，但我没有脱下鞋子和袜子检查我的伤势。A. shot射击；B. knocked敲；C. injured受伤；D. destroyed破坏。根据“and in the process, I jammed my toe pretty hard.”可知，作者意识到自己的脚趾受伤了。故选C。
95．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我意识到我的脚趾受伤了，但我没有脱下鞋子和袜子检查我的伤势。A. way路；B. damage损伤；C. plan计划；D. sock袜子。damage“损伤”，符合语境。根据“I realized I’d got my toe ___4___,”可知，虽然作者知道自己脚趾受伤了，但是并没有脱下鞋子和袜子来查看伤势。故选B。
96．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，跑了一半的路程后，我发现手腕上的手表不见了。A. Hopefully有希望的；B. Therefore因此；C. Luckily幸运地；D. However然而。根据“Instead, my wife and I kept running.”和“after going about half the course, I realized my watch on my wrist was ___7___.”可知，在跑了大约一半的路程之后，作者又发生了其他状况。前后之间为转折关系。故选D。
97．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，跑了一半的路程后，我发现手腕上的手表不见了。A. broken破碎的；B. slow慢的；C. wrong错误的；D. gone不见的。根据“Slightly discouraged, I told my wife to go on ___8___, and I would return to see if I could find it.”可知，作者发现手腕上的手表不见了。故选D。
98．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我有点气馁，告诉我的妻子继续向前走，我要回去看看能不能找到它。A. ahead向前；B. above在上面；C. backward向后；D. inside在里面。根据“and I would return to see if I could find it.”可知，作者让妻子向前跑，而自己回去看看是否能找到手表。故选A。
99．考查动词词义辨析。句意：往回跑了一段时间后，我在小路上发现了我的坏手表。A. placed放置；B. hid隐藏；C. spotted发现；D. missed错过。根据“I picked it up, and quickly put it into my pocket.”可知，作者发现了自己丢失的手表。故选C。
100．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后我沿着小路匆匆而下。A. jumped跳跃；B. walked散步；C. drove驾驶；D. hurried赶快。根据“One summer weekend, my wife, son and I entered a running race on mountain trails (小径).”可知，作者在参加赛跑，因此捡回手表后赶快回到跑道上。故选D。
101．考查动词词义辨析。句意：快到终点的时候，我看到我的儿子，他30分钟前就跑完了，已经沿着小路跑回来与我们会面。A. visit拜访；B. meet遇见；C. greet打招呼；D. welcome欢迎；迎接。根据“He ran with me to the end.”可知，完成比赛的儿子跑回来和作者碰面，之后两人一起跑向终点。故选B。
102．考查连词词义辨析。句意：结果，我的妻子和儿子都获得了他们所在年龄组的第一名，但我没有机会。A. If如果；B. So因此；C. As正如；D. But但是。as it turned out结果是，正如我想的那样，as引导非限制性定语从句，指代后面的句子。故选C。
103．考查动词词义辨析。句意：比赛结束后，当我坐下来休息时，我决定脱掉我的鞋子，检查我的脚趾，我发现我的袜子上有血。A. sleep睡觉；B. rest休息；C. stay待在；D. watch观看。根据“after the race, I decided to take off my shoe and check my toe, and I found that my sock was in blood.”可知，作者比赛之后坐在那里休息。故选B。
104．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在我的年龄组没有获得任何奖项，但比赛组织者为比赛中受伤最严重的运动员颁发了一个特别奖。A. refused拒绝；B. managed安排；C. failed失败；D. asked询问。根据“but the race ___15___ had a special award which was given for the most injured runner in the race.”可知，在作者的年龄组作者没有获得任何奖项。故选C。
105．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在我的年龄组没有获得任何奖项，但比赛组织者为比赛中受伤最严重的运动员颁发了一个特别奖。A. winners赢家；B. organizers组织者；C. owners所有者；D. supporters支持者。根据“had a special award which was given for the most injured runner in the race.”可知，给参赛者颁奖的自然是比赛的组织者。故选B。
106．考查名词词义辨析。句意：那么，这种经历与你我的日常生活有什么关系呢?A. accident事故；B. news消息；C. experience经历；D. lesson教训。上文讲述了作者一家参加比赛的经历，根据下文“relate to you and me in everyday life?”可知，作者思考这次经历与与日常生活的联系。故选C。
107．考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然每个人都想过舒适的生活，但事实是我们经常面临痛苦和失败。A. hope希望；B. idea想法；C. reason理由；D. truth真理；事实。根据“that we often face pain and ___18___.”和常识可知，我们经常面临痛苦和失败，这是事实。故选D。
108．考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然每个人都想过舒适的生活，但事实是我们经常面临痛苦和失败。A. struggle努力；B. failure失败；C. conflict纷争；D. competition竞争。根据“Although everyone wants to live a life of comfort,”和常识可知，日常生活中我们经常面临痛苦和失败。故选B。
109．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，真正快乐的关键是把痛苦转化为积极的东西。A. including包括；B. turning变成；C. throwing扔；D. dividing分开。turn...into...把……变成……。根据“However, the key to real happiness”可知，真正快乐的关键是把痛苦变成积极的事情。故选B。
110．考查名词词义辨析。句意：换句话说，如果我们不去管困难，困难会让我们变得更强大。A. difficulties困难；B. exercises锻炼；C. efforts努力；D. skills技巧。根据“However, the key to real happiness is ___19___ pain into something positive.”及作者的经历可知，勇敢面对困难能让我们变得更加强大。故选A。

111．D 112．A 113．B 114．C 115．D 116．B 117．C 118．A 119．B 120．C

【导语】这是一篇说明文。挪威的Rjukan小镇坐落在几座山之间，每年有六个月从9月下旬到3月中旬没有阳光直射。但当一套高科技的镜子系统被引进后，这一切都改变了，它能把阳光从邻近的山峰反射到下面的山谷。周三，Rjukan的居民迎来了他们的第一缕冬日阳光：附近山坡上的一排反光板开始使用。
111．考查动词词义辨析。句意：“当然，当阳光灿烂的时候，我们会注意到它，”在该镇旅游办公室工作的Karin Ro说。A. fear恐惧；B. believe相信；C. hear听见；D. notice注意到。根据后文“it when the sun is shining”指注意到天气晴朗。故选D。
112．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“我们看到天空是蓝色的，但在山谷里，它是黑暗的——就像在一个阴天。”A. cloudy多云的；B. normal正常的；C. different不同的；D. warm温暖的。根据第一段“The small town of Rjukan in Norway is situated between several mountains and does not get direct sunlight from late September to mid-March six months out of the year.(挪威的Rjukan小镇坐落在几座山之间，每年有六个月从9月下旬到3月中旬没有阳光直射)”可知，小镇没有阳光，就像阴天。故选A。
113．考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当一套高科技的镜子系统被引进后，这一切都改变了，它能把阳光从邻近的山峰反射到下面的山谷。A. helped帮助；B. changed改变；C. happened发生；D. mattered重要。根据后文“when a system of high-tech mirrors was introduced to reflect sunlight from neighbouring peaks into the valley below”可知引进了高科技的镜子，让情况发生了改变，故选B。
114．考查动词词义辨析。句意：周三，Rjukan的居民迎来了他们的第一缕冬日阳光：附近山坡上的一排反光板开始使用。A. remembered记得；B. forecasted预测；C. received收到；D. imagined想象。根据后文“their very first ray of winter sunshine”可知居民接收到了第一缕冬日阳光。故选C。
115．考查名词词义辨析。句意：周三，Rjukan的居民迎来了他们的第一缕冬日阳光：附近山坡上的一排反光板开始使用。A. repair修理；B. risk风险；C. rest休息；D. use使用。根据上文“their very first ray of winter sunshine: A row of reflective boards on a nearby mountainside were put to”可知，附近山坡上的一排反光板开始使用，Rjukan的居民迎来了他们的第一缕冬日阳光。故选D。
116．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些板子由一台电脑控制，它可以指示它们在白天随着太阳转动，在有风的天气关闭。A. forbids禁止；B. directs指导；C. predicts预测；D. follows跟随。根据后文“them to turn along with the sun throughout the day”指电脑控制板子在白天随着太阳转动，故选B。
117．考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们将一束集中的光线反射到城镇的中心广场上，创造出大约600平方米的阳光区域。A. library图书馆；B. hall大厅；C. square广场；D. street街道。呼应后文“The town square”光线反射到城镇的中心广场上。故选C。
118．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当灯光出现时，Rjukan的居民聚集在一起。A. appeared出现；B. returned返回；C. faded褪色；D. stopped停止。根据后文“Rjukan residents gathered together”指灯光出现时，Rjukan的居民聚集在一起。故选A。
119．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：城市广场上挤满了人。A. new新的；B. full满的；C. flat平的；D. silent沉默的。根据后文“I think almost all the people in the town were there.(我想几乎镇上所有的人都在那里)”可知，城市广场上挤满了人。故选B。
120．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，新的阳光对小镇上缺乏阳光的居民来说已经足够了。A. Instead相反；B. Gradually逐渐；C. However然而；D. Similarly类似地。结合前后文语境可知为转折关系，故用however。故选C。

121．D 122．B 123．D 124．C 125．A 126．C 127．D 128．A 129．C 130．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个女儿向父亲抱怨生活的不幸，父亲用煮土豆、鸡蛋和咖啡豆的方法来启发女儿，让她明白在生活中，我们每个人都会遇到挑战，但唯一真正重要的是我们内心发生的事情。
121．考查动词词义辨析。句意：从前，有个女儿向父亲抱怨说，她的生活很悲惨，不知道该如何生活下去。A. said说；B. told告诉；C. spoke谈话，说（某种语言）；D. complained报怨。根据下文“her life was miserable”可知，女儿的生活不幸，所以她是向父亲报怨。且第二段的“The daughter complained ”也是提示。故选D项。
122．考查动词词义辨析。句意：从前，有个女儿向父亲抱怨说，她的生活很悲惨，不知道该如何生活下去。A. accept接受；B. make使成功，使变得，使成为，制作；C. change改变；D. escape逃跑。根据上文“her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how”和下文“She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time.”可知，女儿已经厌倦了不幸的生活，不知道如何让情况好转，make it意为“好转；达到预定目标”。故选B项。
123．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他在三个锅里装满了水，在一个锅里放土豆，在第二个锅里放鸡蛋，在第三个锅里放磨碎的咖啡豆。A. put放；B. placed放置；C. mixed混合；D. filled使充满。根据下文“three pots with water”可知，父亲给三个锅里装入水。fill...with...“用……装满”故选D项。
124．考查副词词义辨析。句意：女儿抱怨着，不耐烦地等待着，不知道他在做什么。A. cautiously慎重地；B. desperately绝望地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. eagerly急切地。根据句中“complained”可知，女儿失去了等待的耐心。故选C项。
125．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她照做了，并注意到它们很软。A. soft软的；B. round圆形的；C. tasty美味的；D. ripe成熟的。结合常识和下文“They went in strong, hard, but in the boiling water, they became soft and weak.”可知，土豆煮了20分钟后变软了 。故选A项。
126．考查动词词义辨析。句意：剥去蛋壳后，她注意到煮熟的鸡蛋。A. ate吃；B. smelt闻；C. observed观察；D. broke打破。根据下文“the hard-boiled eggs”可知，这是女儿剥去蛋壳后看到的鸡蛋的变化。故选C项。
127．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，它们的反应却不同。A. boiled煮；B. occurred发生；C. smelt闻；D. reacted反应。根据上文可知，煮了20分钟后，土豆变软了，鸡蛋变硬了，而咖啡豆变成了不一样的东西，所以它们有不同的反应。故选D项。
128．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，磨碎的咖啡豆是独一无二的。A. unique独一无二的；B. favorite最受喜爱的；C. delicious美味的；D. common共同的。根据下文“they changed the water and created something new.”可知，咖啡豆的变化是独一无二的。故选A项。
129．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当它们接触到沸水后，它们改变了水，创造了新的东西。A. added增加；B. devoted献身；C. exposed暴露，接触；D. connected连接。根据上文可知，三样东西都放在水里面煮，所以此处指它们接触到沸水，be exposed to为固定短语，意为“接触；暴露”。故选C项。
130．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他所有的努力都得到了回报，女儿也意识到，在生活中，我们每个人都会遇到挑战，但唯一真正重要的是我们内心发生的事情。A. means意味着；B. creates创造；C. matters影响；D. changes改变。根据上文可知，父亲让女儿对生活的认识发生了变化，结合“but the only thing that truly”可推知，女儿认识到唯一重要的是我们内心发生的事情。故选C项。

131．A 132．D 133．A 134．C 135．B 136．B 137．D 138．C 139．A 140．C

【导语】
这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述了作者的朋友都被选进校篮球队，自己却落选了，作者感觉非常难过，爸爸得知此事反问作者应该怎么做，作者思考过后觉得爸爸的话有道理，于是努力训练，一年后如愿被选入球队。
131．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我看到所有朋友的名字，却没有找到我的名字时，我的身体僵住了。A.froze突然停止；B.changed改变；C.relaxed放松；D.expanded扩大，增加。根据“I saw all my friends’names but did not find mine(我看到了所有朋友的名字，却没有找到自己的名字)”和常识可知，作者看到朋友都被选进校队，自己却落选时顿时僵住了。故选A项。
132．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我感觉心如死灰，好像什么都不重要了。A. calm镇静的；B. lonely孤单的；C. nervous紧张的；D. dead麻木的，无知觉的。根据空后“like nothing mattered(像没有什么重要的)”可知，作者感觉心如死灰，好像什么都不重要了。故选D项。
133．考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我所有的朋友都被选进了校队。每个人！除了我……”我结结巴巴地说。A. made制作；B. supported支持；C. accepted接受；D. celebrated庆祝。根据上文“as I saw all my friends’ names(我看到了所有朋友的名字)”可知，作者的朋友都被选进了校队，make the team被选进球队，组队，固定短语。故选A项。
134．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我认真地思考了30分钟，爸爸说的话开始有了意义。A. history历史；B. trouble麻烦；C. sense道理，合理性；D. way方法。根据下文“Nobody was going to give me a ___5___ on that team. I would have to earn it(没有人会在那个团队给我留一席之地，我得自己去争取)”可知，作者思考过后感觉爸爸说的话有道理，make sense讲得通，言之有理，固定短语。故选C项。
135．考查名词词义辨析。句意：没有人会在那个团队给我留一席之地。A. task任务；B. spot地点，位置；C. hand手；D. reward回报。根据下文“I would have to earn it(我得自己去争取)”及作者接下来努力训练可知，此处指没有人会为自己在球队留一个位置。故选B项。
136．考查副词词义辨析。句意：方便的是，学校附近有一个体育馆，所以一放学，我就骑自行车去健身房刻苦训练。A. Accidentally意外地，偶然；B. Conveniently方便地，便利地；C. Temporarily临时地；D. Honestly诚实地。结合“there was a gym near my school(在我的学校附近有一个体育馆)”可知，此处指“方便的是”。故选B项。
137．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我每天跑动、运球、投篮，直到瘫倒在地。A. rolled(使)翻滚，滚动；B. moved移动；C. struggled挣扎；D. collapsed倒塌，瘫倒。结合空后“on the floor(在地板上)”及语境可知，作者刻苦训练，直到累得瘫倒在地。故选D项。
138．考查动词词义辨析。句意：有些时候，我觉得自己无法继续下去，但我还是挺过去了。A. saw看见；B. walked走路；C. powered驱动，提供动力；D. looked看。根据转折连词but可知，此处指虽然有时感觉无法继续下去了，但还是挺过去。power through it，挺过去。故选C项。
139．考查名词词义辨析。句意：不管结果如何，我知道我已经努力了，并学会了一些关于精神坚韧的东西。A. toughness坚韧，坚强；B. flexibility灵活；C. well-being幸福；D. suffering痛苦。结合语境及“Regardless of the outcome(无论结果如何)”可知，作者这次参加选拔赛不介意结果如何，因为自己尽力了，精神上也学会了坚强。故选A项。
140．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：付出的努力越大，回报就越令人满意，我终于正式扭转了局面。A. purer更纯洁的；B. funnier更有趣的；C. sweeter更甜的，更令人满意的；D. quicker更快的。结合作者自身的经历可知，越努力，回报就越令人满意。故选C项。

141．D 142．C 143．B 144．A 145．B 146．C 147．B 148．D 149．C 150．D

【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文，文章讲述了作者从邻居身上学到的道理。
141．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后，我儿子痴迷于一架小型现代直升机，而我女儿则痴迷于传统的米老鼠。A. doubtful怀疑的；B. anxious焦虑的；C. pitiful可怜的；D. crazy狂热的。根据上文“They shouted with delight when they discovered a tiny toy cat.(当他们发现一只小玩具猫时，他们高兴地叫了起来)”可知，孩子们对玩具都感到很兴奋，最后挑选了最喜欢的，be crazy about热衷于，迷上。故选D项。
142．考查动词词义辨析。句意：Gee站在他们身边，讲解每一件珍宝。A. designing设计；B. getting得到；C. explaining解释；D. weighing称……的重量。根据下文“She turned to me and continued to say she and Tom built their collections over time by buying one or two nice ones each year in the after-Christmas sales.(她转向我，继续对我说，她和Tom通过每年圣诞节后的大减价购买一两件不错的衣服，逐渐积累了他们的收藏)”可知，Gee在解释每一件珍宝的来历。故选C项。
143．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她花了一辈子时间收集的珍贵物品找到了新家。A. strange奇怪的，陌生的；B. precious珍贵的；C. modern现代的；D. spare备用的，空闲的。由上文的“treasure”可知，这些物品对于她很宝贵。故选B项。
144．考查动词词义辨析。句意：Jim和我都是全职工作者，早上我们把垃圾桶放在路边，它们得在那里等上漫长而孤独的10个小时，直到我们回来处理它们。A. laid放置；B. emptied清空；C. deserted遗弃，抛弃；D. stored储存。根据“which would have to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there”可知，此处指早上作者把垃圾桶搁置在路边。故选A项。
145．考查动词短语辨析。句意：Jim和我都是全职工作者，早上我们把垃圾桶放在路边，它们得在那里等上漫长而孤独的10个小时，直到我们回来处理它们。A. store up储存，积聚；B. deal with处理；C. make out认出；D. care about关心。根据语境及空前“we returned”可知，此处指作者和丈夫下班回家时才能处理垃圾桶。故选B项。
146．考查动词词义辨析。句意：每天回到家，我们都会发现它们整齐地放在车库旁边的位置上。A. buried埋葬，埋头于；B. transformed转化；C. placed放；D. developed发展。结合空后“in their spot”可知，此处指垃圾桶被整齐地放在车库旁边。故选C项。
147．考查动词词义辨析。句意：Tom和Gee静静地捡起垃圾桶，教会了我们邻居意味着什么。A. occurred发生；B. meant意味着；C. reflected反映；D. expected期待。由上文“Finally we saw an old couple who lived with his 10-year-old grandson across from us pick them up.(最后，我们看到住在我们对面的一对老夫妇和10岁的孙子捡起垃圾桶)”可知，Tom和Gee默默无闻地为作者捡起垃圾桶，教会作者作为一个邻居意味着什么。故选B项。
148．考查动词词义辨析。句意：它延伸到所有这些人。A. turns翻转；B. adds增加；C. agrees同意；D. extends延伸，扩大。根据上文“They taught us that home doesn’t end at a boundary line.(他们教会我们家没有界限)”可知，因为没有界限，所以会延伸到所有这些人。故选D项。
149．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些人，他们之间的联系，他们身上流淌的爱，都解释了什么是家。A. control控制；B. words单词，（某人说的）话； C. connections关系，联系；D. comfort安慰。根据“explain what a home is”可知，人与人之间的情感纽带解释了什么是家。故选C项。
150．考查动词词义辨析。句意：对其他人，我们会互相挥手并说“圣诞快乐”。A. stop停止；B. create创造；C. keep保持；D. exchange交换，交谈。根据上文“We’ll bring beautifully packaged Christmas presents to some neighbors like the couple.(我们会把包装精美的圣诞礼物送给邻居，比如这对夫妇)”可知，此处指带给友好的邻居精美的礼物，对于其他人，会互相挥手，并说“圣诞快乐”。故选D项。

151．C 152．A 153．C 154．B 155．C 156．D 157．A 158．C 159．C 160．B

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要从3个方面分析了瓶装水的危害，鼓励人们停止使用瓶装水。
151．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，越来越多的人反对使用瓶装水，环保人士呼吁人们回到自来水。A. allowing允许；B. training培训；C. calling on呼吁；D. commanding命令。根据“However, more and more people have been against bottled water use,”可知，环境保护主义者正呼吁人们回归使用自来水。故选C。
152．考查动词短语辨析。句意：他们说，你应该认真考虑放弃瓶装水的第一个原因是它对环境有害。A. giving up放弃；B. turning to转向；C. preparing for为……作准备；D. believing in相信。根据“they say, is that it’s bad for the environment.”可知，因为瓶装水对环境有害，所以建议放弃。故选A。
153．考查动词词义辨析。句意：生产塑料瓶需要大量的石油。A. creates创造；B. attracts吸引；C. requires要求；D. shares分享。根据“Producing plastic bottles”和常识可知，生产塑料瓶需要大量的石油。故选C。
154．考查动词词义辨析。句意：更重要的是，绝大多数的塑料水瓶都不能回收。 A. sold卖；B. recycled回收；C. found发现；D. limited限制。根据“In almost every part of the world, unwanted water bottles take up landfills(垃圾填埋地) and send dangerous gases into air and water when they are burned.”可知，绝大多数的塑料水瓶都不能回收。故选B。
155．考查名词词义辨析。句意：换句话说，瓶装水是全球变暖的主要原因。A. answer回答；B. solution解决方法；C. contributor贡献者、促成因素；D. service服务。根据“In almost every part of the world, unwanted water bottles take up landfills(垃圾填埋地) and send dangerous gases into air and water when they are burned.”可知，废弃的水瓶燃烧时将危险的气体排放到空气，所以是全球变暖的主要原因。故选C。
156．考查名词词义辨析。句意：其次，运输瓶装水需要大量的燃料。A. test测试；B. design设计；C. competition竞争；D. transportation运输。根据“In the USA alone, one billion bottles of water are moved around each week in trucks, giving off polluting gases.”可知，本段介绍瓶装水的运输。故选D。
157．考查动词词义辨析。句意：事实上，一些高价的水从地球的一端运到另一端。A. shipped运输；B. wasted浪费；C. developed发展；D. collected收集。根据“from one side of the planet to the other.”可知，瓶装水从地球的一端运到另一端。故选A。
158．考查形容词比较级辨析。句意：许多国家对自来水的规定要比瓶装水严格得多。A. older更老的；B. fewer更少的；C. stricter更严格的；D. simpler更简单的。根据“Furthermore, tap water contains fluoride, which is added to help build strong teeth and prevent tooth decay(龋齿).”可知，自来水含有氟化物，它被加进去帮助强固牙齿防止龋齿，所以自来水的要求比瓶装水要严格得多。故选C。
159．考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，随着瓶装水使用的增加，蛀牙变得更加严重。A. dropped落下；B. changed改变；C. increased增加；D. disappointed失望。根据“tooth decay has become more serious.”可知，瓶装水的使用让龋齿变得越来越严重。故选C。
160．考查动词词义辨析。句意：总而言之，通过停止使用瓶装水，并鼓励其他人这样做，你将为地球做一个巨大的忙，也有利于你自己的健康。A. damaging损害；B. benefiting有益于；C. challenging挑战；D. respecting尊敬。根据“you will be doing the planet an enormous favor”可知，停止使用瓶装水也对自己的健康有好处。故选B。

161．C 162．B 163．A 164．D 165．A 166．C 167．A 168．D 169．B 170．D

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在生意失败后，一家人前往Texas州，希望能有一个新的开始。作者在Palo Duro峡谷州立公园找到一份看护公园的工作，通过在此期间的种种经历，作者感悟到了家庭的重要性。
161．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在Palo Duro峡谷州立公园的入口处，我注意到一则招聘公园看护人的广告。A. sponsored赞助；B. published出版；C. noticed注意；D. answered回答。根据“a job advertisement hiring park hosts.”和第一段“When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.”可知，作者生意失败了，想要重新开始，找到新工作，所以此处指作者注意到一则招聘广告。故选C。
162．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：该职位提供了公园内一个免费的永久营地，作为回报，公园看护人充当了公园游客和管理员之间的联系。A. safe安全的；B. free免费的；C. convenient方便的；D. beautiful漂亮的。根据“It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives.”可知，这个职位能提供免费的居住地。故选B。
163．考查介词短语辨析。句意：该职位提供了公园内一个免费的永久营地，作为回报，公园看护人充当了公园游客和管理员之间的联系。A. in return作为回报；B. in time及时；C. in short简而言之；D. in turn轮流。根据“the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人).”可知，这个职位能提供免费的永久居住地，同时，作为回报，看护人也要充当游客和护林员之间的纽带。故选A。
164．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们进入了公园，我预约了第二天的时间。A. attempt试图； B. agreement同意；C. appeal呼吁；B. appointment约定。根据第四段中的“The next day we met with the people who ran the park.”可知，作者与招聘人员约好第二天见面。故选D。
165．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：公园里人很多，我们花了一些时间才找到空地。A. crowded拥挤的；B. dangerous危险的；C. ideal理想的；D. quiet安静的。根据“so it took us some time to find an available site.”可知，公园里人很多，很拥挤，所以花了一些时间才找到一块空地。故选A。
166．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：熬过了那个晚上，我们相信一切都会好起来的。A. satisfied满意的；B. determined有决心的；C. confident自信的；D. aware意识到的。根据“that everything else would be all right.”可知，“我”们有信心这件事之后，其他一切都会很顺利。故选C。
167．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们向我们说明了我的工作职责，并给了我们一个漂亮的营地。A. responsibilities责任；B. requirements要求；C. circumstances情况；D. conditions条件。根据“They explained our____7____ and gave us a beautiful campsite.”可知，他们给了“我”们居住的地方，说明他们同意作者做这份工作，所以要向作者说明这份工作的职责。故选A。
168．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，那天晚上，我们感受到了峡谷里的风。A. moreover而且；B. therefore因此；C. meanwhile同时；D. however然而。根据“They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay shaking in the dark until the winds died away.”可知，峡谷里的风又大又冷，这是“我”们没有预料到的，和上文提到的“a beautiful campsite.”形成了对比，所以此处是转折关系。故选D。
169．考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，那天晚上，我们感受到了峡谷里的风。A. snows雪；B. winds风；C. woods森林；D. trails足迹。根据“until the winds died away.”可知，此处指峡谷的风。故选B。
170．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一天晚上，站在璀璨的星空下，我发现自己很感激所有的艰辛。A. desperate绝望的；B. panic恐慌的；C. suitable合适的；D. thankful感谢的。根据“We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!”可知，作者虽然生意失败了，但是现在有时间和家人在一起，现在“我”们是真正的一家人，所以说作者感谢经历的这些苦难。故选D。

171．D 172．C 173．A 174．C 175．B 176．D 177．C 178．B 179．A 180．B

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Mrs. Long送的礼物对作者的影响，主要凸显自己在等待礼物过程中的心情和得到礼物后的反应。
171．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花了很多时间想知道它会是什么。A. asking询问；B. recalling回忆；C. proving证明；D. wondering想知道。根据上文的“She paid me little for the job, but promised to give me a Christmas present.”可知，Mrs. Long答应给作者一份圣诞礼物，所以作者一直翘首企盼，一直在想着会是什么礼物。故选D。
172．考查副词词义辨析。句意：“它几乎不可能是棒球手套，”我自己推理说。A. possibly可能地；B. usually通常；C. hardly几乎不；D. definitely肯定。根据下文的““She wouldn’t know much about baseball.” So I was convinced that she would give me ice skates.”可知，Mrs. Long对棒球了解不多，作者确信她会给自己冰鞋，所以她几乎不可能送作者棒球手套。故选C。
173．考查动词词义辨析。句意：“它不可能是棒球手套，”我自己推理说。A. reasoned推理；B. inquired询问；C. checked检查；D. complained抱怨。根据下文的““She wouldn’t know much about baseball.” So I was convinced that she would give me ice skates.”可知，Mrs. Long对棒球了解不多，作者确信她会给自己冰鞋，不会给自己棒球手套，呈现的是作者自己推理的过程。故选A。
174．考查名词词义辨析。句意：圣诞节快到了，我好不容易才克制住自己不去向Mrs. Long报告，要我的礼物。A. anxiety焦虑；B. patience耐心；C. difficulty困难；D. confirmation确认书。根据上文的“I spent much time ___1___ what it would be.”可知，作者一直在想着会是什么礼物，特别期待这个礼物，所以越是临近圣诞节越是期待，作者忍住没去 Mrs. Long 家报到，是很难做到的。故选C。
175．考查动词词义辨析。句意： 12月22日，Mrs. Long了我一个无论如何也装不下一双冰鞋的小盒子。A. cover遮盖；B. hold容纳；C. include包括；D. involve涉及。根据上文的“On December 22, Mrs. Long gave me a small box”可知，作者根据盒子的大小猜测里边容纳不下一双溜冰鞋。故选B。
176．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我从她手里拿起礼物时，我对礼物的轻盈感到好奇。A. value价值；B. shape形状；C. meaning意义；D. lightness轻。根据下文的“It weighed almost nothing.”可知，礼物几乎不重，作者好奇礼物为什么这么轻。故选D。
177．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的话使我的心为新的可能性而雀跃。A. running跑步；B. going去；C. dancing雀跃；D. thinking思考。根据上文的““A kind of magic,” she said.”可知，身为小孩子的作者听到得到的礼物有魔力，因此心情雀跃。故选C。
178．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我兴奋地打开盒子，里面是十张黑色的复写纸。A. surprise惊讶；B. excitement激动、兴奋；C. energy经历；D. confidence自信。根据上文的“Her words were enough to set my mind ___7___ with new possibilities.”可知，她的话使作者的心为新的可能性而雀跃，作者很激动想知道里边是什么。故选B项。
179．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对我幼稚的心灵来说，这是一个奇迹。A. childish幼稚的；B. sharp锋利的；C. brilliant明亮的；D. creative创造性的。根据文章首句的“When I was a boy”可知，作者还是小孩，对拥有幼稚的思想的作者来说这是个奇迹。故选A。
180．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一般的礼物仅仅只能满足暂时的欲望，一个好的礼物能够点亮未来的人生。A. fancy花哨的；B. average一般的、普通的；C. popular流行的；D. expensive昂贵的。根据下文的“the great one lights up all the years of life that remain.”可知，将一般的礼物与好的礼物形成对比，一般的礼物仅仅只能满足暂时的欲望。故选B。

181．D 182．B 183．B 184．C 185．A 186．B 187．D 188．A 189．C 190．C

【导语】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者独自离开营地去海滩散步时，遇到一只澳洲野狗，最终在一位汽车司机的帮助下安全回到营地的故事。
181．考查动词词义辨析。句意：走了一段时间后，我决定转身回到营地。A. waiting等待；B. checking检查；C. skipping跳过；D. walking步行。根据上文“I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach.”可知，作者去海滩散步，走了一段时间后，决定回营地。故选D项。
182．考查动词短语辨析。句意：走了一段时间后，我决定转身回到营地。A. move over挪开；B. turn around转身；C. get out外出；D. run away逃跑。根据下文“and head back to the camp”可知，作者决定转身回营地。故选B项。
183．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当时我没想得太多，第一次见到它时，我茫然不知所措，但还是继续往前走。A. training训练；B. encounter遇到；C. game打赌；D. tour旅游。根据上文“On doing this I met with an overly friendly Dingo.”可知，此处表示作者第一次遇到这只澳洲野狗。故选B项。
184．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我试着让它走开；野狗没有反应。A. reward奖励；B. answer回答；C. reaction反应；D. warning警告。根据下文“I then decided to try and move around the Dingo”可知，此处表示作者尝试让野狗走开时，它没有反应，于是作者才尝试别的办法来驱赶这只野狗。故选C项。
185．考查动词词义辨析。句意：它一直跟着我走，就像我正在做的事情一样。A. mirroring映射；与......十分相似；B. suspecting怀疑；C. ignoring忽略；D. interrupting打断。根据上文“it kept moving with me”可知，这只野狗一直跟着作者走，像镜子一样模仿作者的动作，几乎和作者做的事情一样。故选A项。
186．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后我试着潜入水中，认为野狗必定不想进来。A. clearly显然；B. surely必定；C. slowly慢慢地；D. deeply深深地。根据上文“I then tried going into the water”以及语境可知，此处表示作者试着潜入水中，认为野狗必定不会跟着进来。故选B项。
187．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：到这时，我有点担心，但幸运的是，在那个关键时刻，一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情，并按响了喇叭，这既是为了引起我的注意，也是为了驱赶野狗。A. confused困惑的；B. inspired受到启发的；C. excited兴奋的；D. worried担心的。根据上文“I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!”可知，野狗一直跟着作者，所以作者开始有一些担心。故选D项。
188．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：到这时，我有点担心，但幸运的是，在那个关键时刻，一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情，并按响了喇叭，这既是为了引起我的注意，也是为了驱赶野狗。A. critical关键的；B. strange奇怪的；C. common普通的；D. dramatic戏剧性的。根据上文“I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!”可知，此处表示作者已经进入水中，并且野狗仍然跟着作者，作者意识到这很危险，但是在这个关键时刻，一个司机救了作者。故选A项。
189．考查动词词义辨析。句意：到这时，我有点担心，但幸运的是，在那个关键时刻，一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情，并按响了喇叭，这既是为了引起我的注意，也是为了驱赶野狗。A. put放；B. kick踢；C. drive驱赶；D. carry携带。根据下文“off the Dingo”可知，此处表示汽车司机按响喇叭是为了驱赶野狗，drive sb. off表示“驱赶某人”。故选C项。
190．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我跳上踏板，紧紧抓住，汽车把我安全地送回营地。A. island岛；B. forest森林；C. camp营地；D. beach海滩。根据上文“I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach.”可知，作者是从营地离开的，此处表示作者安全回到了营地。故选C项。

191．A 192．C 193．A 194．B 195．D 196．B 197．A 198．C 199．D 200．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章是《哈利波特》节选部分改写，主要讲述了Matt原本并不期待的十七岁的生日，突然收到自己最好朋友Jamie递送的礼物。
191．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Matt凝视着尘土飞扬的街道，一棵丑陋树的扭曲的树枝上，蝉在鸣叫。A. branches树枝；B. leaves叶子；C. roots根；D. barks树皮。根据“cicadas screaming somewhere”和常识可知，蝉在树枝上鸣叫。故选A。
192．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，Matt是多么不期待他的生日啊。A. many许多的；B. small小的；C. little少的；几乎没有；D. much多的。根据“He was adopted by his uncle, a drunk when his parents died in a car crash. Since then, he had never received a birthday card. Everyone ignored him at school — he had no reason to ___3___ anyone would remember his birthday.”可知，Matt认为没有人会记得自己的生日，所以他几乎不期待自己的生日。故选C。
193．考查动词词义辨析。句意：学校里的人都不理他——他没有理由认为会有人记得他的生日。 A. suppose应该；认为；B. suspect怀疑；C. doubt怀疑；D. ensure保证。根据“Everyone ignored him at school”可知，因为所有的人都忽视他，所以他认为没有人会记得自己的生日。故选A。
194．考查动词词义辨析。句意：签完名后，他把它抱到床上。A. spelling拼写；B. signing签名；C. telling告诉；D. reading阅读。根据“To his surprise, a delivery guy in a blue uniform was standing in the doorway with a large package in his hand.”和常识可知，Matt收到包裹，所以他签名收包裹。故选B。
195．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他撕开牛皮纸，发现了一份用金纸包着的礼物，这是他有生以来的第一张生日贺卡。A. covered覆盖；B. written书写；C. bound捆绑；D. wrapped包裹。根据“He ripped off the brown paper”和常识可知，这里指礼物是金纸包着的。故选D。
196．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他手指微微颤抖着，打开了信封。 A. drumming击鼓；B. trembling颤抖；C. sliding滑倒；D. jumping跳。根据“and his first ever birthday card.”可知，第一次收到生日卡片，所以因为激动手指微微颤抖着。故选B。
197．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：它很重。A. heavy重的；B. small小的；C. light轻的；D. difficult困难的。根据“Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. To his surprise, a delivery guy in a blue uniform was standing in the doorway with a large package in his hand.”和“Knowing Jamie, he was sure it would be a large ___8___ full of difficult words”可知，收到的礼物很重。故选A。
198．考查名词词词义辨析。句意：根据他对Jamie的了解，他知道这本书肯定是一本满是难懂单词的大书——但事实并非如此。A. case情况；B. toy玩具；C. book书；D. box盒子。根据“full of difficult words”可知，Matt认为礼物肯定是一本书。故选C。
199．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他撕开那张纸，看见一个光滑的黑色皮箱，上面印着几个银色的字：巫师象棋。A. sentences句子；B. lines行；C. pictures图画；D. words字，词。根据“Wizard Chess Set.”可知，黑色皮箱上面印着几个银色的字。故选D。
200．考查动词词义辨析。句意：“哇，Jamie!”Matt低声说，眼里涌出了泪水。 A. showing展示；B. bringing带来；C. welling涌出；D. rising升起。well up (眼泪等)涌上。根据“in his eyes.”可知，Matt因为激动涌出了泪水。故选C。

201．A 202．D 203．A 204．C 205．B 206．B 207．D 208．C 209．A 210．C

【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述了作者的朋友都被选进校篮球队，自己却落选了，作者感觉非常难过，爸爸得知此事反问作者应该怎么做，作者思考过后觉得爸爸的话有道理，于是努力训练，一年后如愿被选入球队。
201．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我看到所有朋友的名字，却没有找到我的名字时，我的身体僵住了。A. froze突然停止；B. changed改变；C. shook摇动，颤抖；D. expanded扩大，增加。根据“as I saw all my friends’ names but did not find mine”可知，作者看到朋友都被选进校队，自己却落选时顿时僵住了。故选A项。
202．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我感觉心如死灰，好像什么都不重要了。A. calm镇静的；B. lonely孤单的；C. nervous紧张的；D. dead麻木的，无知觉的。根据空后“like nothing mattered”可知，作者感觉心如死灰，好像什么都不重要了。故选D项。
203．考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我所有的朋友都被选进了校队。每个人！除了我……”我结结巴巴地说。A. made制作；B. supported支持；C. accepted接受；D. celebrated庆祝。根据上文“as I saw all my friends’ names”可知，作者的朋友都被选进了校队，make the team被选进球队，组队，固定短语。故选A项。
204．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我认真地思考了30分钟，爸爸说的话开始有了意义。A. history历史；B. trouble麻烦；C. sense道理，合理性；D. way方法。根据下文“Nobody was going to give me a ___5___ on that team. I would have to earn it.”可知，作者思考过后感觉爸爸说的话有道理，make sense讲得通，言之有理，固定短语。故选C项。
205．考查名词词义辨析。句意：没有人会在那个团队给我留一席之地。A. task任务；B. spot地点，位置；C. hand手；D. reward回报。根据下文“I would have to earn it.”及作者接下来努力训练可知，此处指没有人会为自己在球队留一个位置。故选B项。
206．考查副词词义辨析。句意：方便的是，学校附近有一个体育馆，所以一放学，我就骑自行车去健身房刻苦训练。A. Accidentally意外地，偶然；B. Conveniently方便地，便利地；C. Temporarily临时地；D. Honestly诚实地。结合“there was a gym near my school”可知，此处指“方便的是，学校附近有一个体育馆”。故选B项。
207．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我每天跑动、运球、投篮，直到瘫倒在地。A. rolled（使）翻滚，滚动；B. moved移动；C. struggled挣扎；D. collapsed倒塌，瘫倒。结合空后“on the floor”及语境可知，作者刻苦训练，直到累得瘫倒在地。故选D项。
208．考查动词词义辨析。句意：有些时候，我觉得自己无法继续下去，但我还是挺过去了。A. saw看见；B. walked走路；C. powered驱动，提供动力；D. looked看。根据转折连词but可知，此处指虽然有时感觉无法继续下去了，但还是挺过去，power符合语境。故选C项。
209．考查名词词义辨析。句意：不管结果如何，我知道我已经努力了，并学会了一些关于精神坚韧的东西。A. toughness坚韧，坚强；B. flexibility灵活；C. well-being幸福；D. suffering痛苦。结合语境及“Regardless of the outcome”可知，作者这次参加选拔赛不介意结果如何，因为自己尽力了，精神上也学会了坚强。故选A项。
210．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：付出的努力越大，回报就越令人满意，我终于正式扭转了局面。A. purer更纯洁的；B. funnier更有趣的；C. sweeter更甜的，更令人满意的；D. quicker更快的。结合作者自身的经历可知，越努力，回报就越令人满意。故选C项。