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“完形填空语法填空”组合练(四)(限时25分钟).完形填空At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool. The day arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could _1_ to a higher level class.Fifteen of us were to _2_ swimming from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my _3_， one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to _4_， I mean, my turn to attempt to pass the test. It was about halfway when I got _5_. I immediately stopped and _6_ the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing _7_ me. “Why did you stop？” he yelled, in a less than _8_ voice. “I got water in my nose，” I _9_.Thats when this college student _10_ me one of lifes great lessons, _11_ he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted, “So？”“So？” The _12_ shocked me. It had just seemed _13_ to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the _14_. My nineyearold brain had not understood the fact that a valuable _15_ is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that, I was _16_ nothing would keep me from pleting the test. In fact, I did it rather _17_ on my next attempt. Seeing me _18_ the test, almost all the others did so as well.Life is a journey, and the road wont _19_ be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the _20_ along the road.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己九岁的时候参加游泳考试的一段经历。从这段经历中，作者认识到：有价值的目标是值得一个人为之努力和奋斗的。1A.skipBreferCadvance Dadd解析：选C空处所在句子表示作者要参加游泳考试以便确认能否“升级到”一个更高层次的课程，advance to“达到(某地等)，前进到”符合语境。2A.take turns Binsist onCtake risks Dput off解析：选A根据下文的“one by one”可知，作者和同学们是“轮流”进行考试的，take turns doing sth. “轮流做某事”符合语境。insist on“坚持”；take risks“冒险”；put off “推迟”。3A.petitors BclassmatesCstudents Dinstructors解析：选B根据首段首句“At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool.”可知，作者参加了一个游泳班，作者观看的应是“同班同学”轮流考试，所以答案是classmates。petitor“竞争者”；student“学生”；instructor“指导者”。4A.show BleaveCfail Dobserve解析：选C上文讲到，作者眼看着他的同学们一个跟着一个进行游泳考试，但都失败了，接下来，轮到自己“失败”了，所以答案是fail。show“显示，显出”；leave“离开”；observe“观察”。5A.injured BblamedCtrapped Dchoked解析：选D根据下文中的“I got water in my nose”可知，作者在游泳考试中被水“呛”着了，由此可知答案是choked，choke的意思是“呛，窒息”，get choked“被呛着了”。get injured“受伤”；get blamed“被责备”；get trapped“被困住”。6A.pushed BpressedCgrabbed Dcontrolled解析：选C作者被水呛到后马上停止了游泳，“抓住”了泳池的边，结束了考试。grab“抓住”符合语境。push“推”；press“按，压”；control“控制”。7A.above BbelowCbeside Dbeyond解析：选A作者因为被水呛着停止了游泳考试，抓住了泳池的边，此时，他的教练一个大学生，正站在他的“上方”。作者在泳池里，教练应是站在游泳池边上，所以要用above，表示“在上方”。below“在下面”；beside“在旁边”；beyond“超出(某个数量、水平或限度)”。8A.surprised BsympatheticCannoyed Dcold解析：选B作者因为被水呛着停止了考试，抓住了泳池的边。结合下文可知，此时，教练用毫不“同情的”声音对作者喊：“你为什么不游了？”所以答案是sympathetic“同情的”。surprised“吃惊的”；annoyed“烦恼的”；cold“冷淡的，不友好的”。9A.explained BreactedCdeclined Durged解析：选A当教练用毫不同情的声音质问作者为什么停止游泳的时候，作者“解释”说：“我的鼻子进水了。”所以答案是explained“解释”。react“反应”；decline“拒绝，谢绝”；urge“敦促”。10A.delivered BowedCtaught Dpromised解析：选Cteach sb. a lesson是固定短语，意思是“给某人一个教训”，符合语境，所以答案是taught。deliver“分送”；owe“欠”；promise“许诺”。11A.so that Bas ifCin case Deven if解析：选D作者感慨，这个大学生，也就是教练，给了他人生中一个很大的教训，“虽然”他(教练)很可能并没有意识到这一点。even if“虽然，即使”符合语境。so that“以便”；as if“好像”；in case“以防”。12A.problem BexcuseCquestion Dvoice解析：选C根据So可知，此处表示这个“问题”使作者很吃惊，所以答案是question。problem“难题”；excuse“理由，借口”；voice“声音”。13A.logical BillegalCridiculous Dimpossible解析：选A在作者看来，解决痛苦的办法就是清除引起“不适”的事物，这似乎是“合乎逻辑的”，所以答案是logical“合乎逻辑的”。illegal“违法的”；ridiculous“荒谬的，可笑的”；impossible“不可能的”。14A.disaster BdisfortCdamage Dfear解析：选B参见上题解析。disaster“灾难”；disfort“不舒服，不适”；damage“破坏，毁坏”；fear“害怕”。15A.result BadvantageCgoal Dtask解析：选C作者九岁的脑袋此前还不明白这个事实：一个有价值的“目标”是值得实现的，无论实现它有多么难。goal“目标”符合语境。result“结果”；advantage“优势，长处”；task“任务”。16A.concerned BsensitiveCembarrassed Dsure解析：选D作者意识到无论多么难，一个有价值的目标是值得实现的之后，“确信”什么也阻挡不了自己完成这次考试。sure“确信的，有把握的”符合语境。concerned“担心的”；sensitive“敏感的”；embarrassed“难堪的”。17A.slowly BeasilyCclumsily Deagerly解析：选B作者在坚定了信心之后，在下一次的尝试中，很“轻易地”通过了考试，所以答案是easily“容易地，轻易地”。slowly“缓慢地”；clumsily“笨拙地”；eagerly“热切地，渴望地”。18A.attend BtakeCgive Dpass解析：选D根据第二段中的“my turn to attempt to pass the test”及第四段中的“I did it rather _17_ on my next attempt”可知选D。19A.always BsometimesCever Dseldom解析：选A生活如同一次旅行，道路不会“总是”平坦的。always“总是”；sometimes“有时候”；ever“曾经”；seldom“很少”。20A.sights BbarriersCsurprises Dharvests解析：选B我们要关注最终的目的地，而不是沿途的“障碍”。sight“景象”；barrier“障碍”；surprise“令人惊奇的事物”；harvest“收获”。.语法填空Bike to Work Day was started by the League of American Bicyclists in 1956 with _1_ aim of promoting the bicycle as a serious choice of getting to and from work. It is _2_ (annual) held across North America on the third Friday of May. In todays world _3_ global warming is a serious issue, the bicycle is a perfect way of reducing our carbon footprint. Cycling to work is a healthy alternative _4_ driving or taking public transport. It can not only save your money but also enable you to be more _5_ (create) once you get to work, thus improving your performance.Bicycles are the most mon form of transport in the world and there are about two billion in use worldwide, _6_ (make) the bicycle the most popular invention ever. When we think of some countries, like the Netherlands, we imagine _7_ (hundred) of people cycling everywhere. Even in hightech Japan, it is impossible not _8_ (see) businessmen, farmers, mothers or workers in the streets on their bikes. Bicycles _9_ (invent) in the 19th century and havent changed much since. Today, we use bicycles for pleasure, fitness, Olympic petitions, mail _10_ (deliver) and lots more. Without the bicycle, much of the world might stop working!语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了Bike to Work Day的由来以及骑自行车的好处等。1the考查冠词。此处特指创立Bike to Work Day的宗旨，故填the。with the aim of doing sth.“以做某事为目标，旨在做某事”。2annually考查副词。修饰动词held应用副词。annually“一年一次地”。3where考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处在此引导定语从句，且在从句中作地点状语，先行词为todays world，故填where。4to考查介词。alternative在此作名词，意为“可供选择的事物”，常与介词to搭配使用。5creative考查形容词。根据空前的“to be more”可知，此处应用形容词。creative“有创造力的”。6making考查非谓语动词。自行车是世界上最常见的交通工具，全世界在使用中的自行车约有二十亿辆，这使得自行车成为有史以来最受欢迎的发明。make与其逻辑主语之间是主动关系，故应用现在分词作状语。7hundreds考查名词复数。hundreds of表示“数以百计的，很多的”，是固定用法。8to see考查非谓语动词。此处考查的是“it isadj.to do”句型，其中it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。9were invented考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。自行车是在19世纪被发明的。根据时间状语“in the 19th century”可知，此处描述的是发生在过去的动作，应用一般过去时；又因Bicycles为复数，且和invent之间是被动关系，应用被动语态。故填were invented。10delivery考查名词。分析句子结构可知，mail与空处构成名词词组，在句中作介词for的宾语，故应填名词delivery“传送，递送”。
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