#七選五（一）1、ItwasAugust2,1927.Thenewshadspreadfast.AmannamedRalphPeerwascomingtothecityofBristol.Hewantedtomakerecordingsoflocalpeoplesingingandplayingmusicalinstruments.①Thatwasalotofmoneyinthosedays.ManypeoplecametoBristolthatdaytoplayforMr.Peer.Butonegroupseemedtohavejustthesoundthathewaslookingfor.TheywereamannamedA.P.Carter,hiswife,Sara,andhercousin,Maybelle.②Sarasanglead,theloudestandhighestnotes.A.P.sangbass,thelowestnotes.Maybellesangharmony,somewhereinbetween.Shealsoplayedtheguitarinanewandunusualway.③Sheplayedthemainpartofthesongsonthelowestguitarstrings.Andthenshequicklystrummedbyplayingallthestringsatonce.Thiskindofplayingbecameknownasthe“CarterScratch”.④Theydidnotsoundliketheyhadtakenmusiclessons.Butitdidnotmatter.Thepeopleinpoorruralareasthoughttheysoundedjustliketheirneighbors,orthepeoplewhosangintheirchurches.⑤Theyrecordedmoresongs.TheytraveledtomanycitiesandtownsintheeasternUnitedStatestoperform.Thousandsofpeopleheardthemsingandboughttheirrecordings.Somepeopleestimatethatwithinthreeyears,theCarterFamilysoldthreehundredthousandrecordings.TheCarterFamilysoundeddifferent.TheCarterFamilysoonbecamefamous.TheycalledthemselvestheCarterFamily.TheCarterFamilywantedtohaveatry.Nomatterwheretheywent,theywerewellreceived.Andhesaidhewouldpayfiftydollarsforeachsongrecorded.Itsoundedalmostliketwopeoplewereplayingatthesametime.2、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中，選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。WarrenHardingwasthe29thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,servingfrom1921untilhisdeathin1923.①Onewasasuccessfulinternationalconference（會(huì)議）.AfterWorldWarOne,Britain,JapanandtheUnitedStatesexpandedtheirnavies（海軍）.Theybuiltbiggerandbiggerships.ManymembersoftheUnitedStatesCongressworriedaboutthecost.②TheyaskedPresidentHardingtoorganizeaconferencetodiscusstheseissues.③PresidentHardinginvitedrepresentativesfromthemajornavalpowersofthetimeBritain,Japan,FranceandItaly.HealsoinvitedrepresentativesfromcountrieswithinterestsinAsiaandEuropeChina,Portugal,BelgiumandtheNetherlands.HedidnotinvitethenewSovietleadersinRussia.MrHarding'sSecretaryofState,CharlesEvansHughes,spoke.?Heproposedthattheworld'sstrongestnationsshouldstopbuildingwarshipsfortenyears.HealsoproposedthatBritain,Japan,andtheUnitedStatesshoulddestroysomeshipstomaketheirnaviessmallerimmediately.⑤Itinvolvedthemisuseofundergroundoilownedbythefederalgovernment.WarrenHardingwasanhonestman.Buthedidnothaveastrongmindofhisown.Hewaseasilyinfluenced.Andheoftenacceptedbadadvice.Heexplainedtheproblemwiththesewords,“Ilistentooneside,andtheyseemright.ThenIlistentotheotherside,andtheyseemjustasright.Iknowthatsomewherethereisamanwhoknowsthetruth.ButIdonotknowwheretofindhim.”A.Heisrememberedmostlyfortwoevents.B.Theconferencewasnotacompletesuccess.C.Theyalsoworriedaboutincreasedpoliticaltension（緊張）inAsia.D.TheconferencewasheldinWashingtoninNovember,1921.PresidentHardingappointedseveralmenofgreatabilitytohiscabinet（內(nèi)閣）.Heofferedtheconferenceadetailedplantoreducethesizeoftheworld'smajornavies.ThesecondthingforwhichPresidentHardingisrememberedistheTeapotDomescandal（丑聞）.3、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Interruptionsareoneoftheworstthingstodealwithwhileyou'retryingtogetworkdone.①,thereareseveralwaystohandlethings.Let'stakealookatthemnow.②.Tellthepersonyou'resorryandexplainthatyouhaveamillionthingstodoandthenaskifthetwoofyoucantalkatadifferenttime.Whenpeopletrytointerruptyou,havesethoursplannedandletthemknowtocomebackduringthattimeorthatyou'llfindthemthen.③.Itcanhelptoeliminate（消除）futureinterruptions.Whenyouneedtotalktosomeone,don'tdoitinyourownoffice.?,it'smucheasiertoexcuseyourselftogetbacktoyourworkthanifyoutrytogetsomeoneoutofyourspaceevenafterexplaininghowbusyyouare.Ifyouhaveadoortoyouroffice,makegooduseofit.⑤.Ifsomeoneknocksandit'snotanimportantmatter,excuseyourselfandletthepersonknowyou'rebusysotheycangetthehint（暗示）thatwhenthedoorisclosed,you'renottobedisturbed.A.Ifyou'rebusy,don'tfeelbadaboutsayingnoB.WhenyouwanttoavoidinterruptionsatworkC.SetboundariesforyourselfasyourtimegoesD.Ifyou'reintheotherperson'sofficeorinapublicareaE.It'simportantthatyouletthemknowwhenyou'llbeavailableF.ItmightseemunkindtocutpeopleshortwhentheyinterruptyouG.Leaveitopenwhenyou'reavailabletotalkandcloseitwhenyou'renot4、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。WhenIwasaboy,smartphonesandcomputerswerenotavailable,andourtelevisiononlygotonechannelclearly.Still,thefields,hills,andwoodlandsaroundmyhomenevergotmebored.①I(mǎi)canrememberthatIwentonahikeatanearbylakewhenIwasyoung.AtthebacksideofitIwasamazedtofindanolddirtroadthatIhadneverseenbefore.Itwasfullofpotholesandmuddytiretracksanddeepwoodsonbothsides.② ③Thedirtroadgavewaytoagraveloneandthenapavedone,yettherewasstillneitheracarnorahouseinsight.InoticedthesunwasstartingtogodownandIdidn'twanttobetrappedonthisroadinthedarkofnight,butIwasafraiditwouldbedarkbeforeIcouldmakeitbacktothelakeagain.④Myheartwaspoundingandmylegswereaching.IwasalmostintearswhenIturnedonecurveandsawsomethinginthedistance.Itwasahouse!Myheartheatfast!⑤Itwasstilloveramileaway,butmylegsfeltlikefeathersandIruntomyhouseinnotimewithabigsmileonmyface.ThenIendedmyadventurewithagoodnight'ssleep.Iknewthewayhome!IrealizedIhadtogiveup.Itookgreatinterestinimagination.Yet,exploringitstillseemedlikeafineadventure.Icontinuedtowalkonwiththefearwowinginside.Unfortunately,Iwalkedonandonforwhatseemedlikehours.Theadventurestheyprovidewereonlylimitedbymyimagination.5、TipsonbuyingoutdoorsolarlightsAssolarlightingisbecomingusefulforhomes,manydifferentsuchoutdoorlightscannowbefoundinsupermarkets.Herearesomehelpfultipsforcustomers.Doesyourareareceiveenoughdirectlighting?①Soyoushouldn'tevengiveitathoughtifyouliveinanareathatdoesn'tgetmuchsunlight.Theselightsneeddirectsunlight,ortheyjustwon'tworkverywell.② Theexpensiveoneusuallymeansgoodquality.Choosingthecheapestoneswillresultinmanyproblems.Foronce,it'sbesttobuymoreexpensivelightsofhighquality.③Atleastyoushouldknowthedifferencebetweena$10lightanda$45light.Buylightsthatrequirelessinstallation（安裝）.Mostsolarlightsaresimplydrivenintotheground.Therefore,youshouldn'tdealwiththedifficultyininstallingasystemthatinvolvesanythingmorethanthat.④Youdon'tneedtobuylightsthatrequirehalfanhoureachtoplantintothegroundbecausethat'sjustawasteoftime.Makesurethelightscanstoreenoughenergy.Differentsolarlightscanstoredifferentamountsofenergy.⑤Therefore,youshouldchooselightsthatareabletostoreenoughenergytolastforafewhoursormore,atleastthosethatwilllastfromnightfallthroughoutmostofthenightandpartofthemorning.Withoutsunlight,solarlightingisuseless.Buymanysolarlightsinsteadofjustoneortwo.Itmeanssomewillstaylitlongerthantheothers.Choosesomethingabitmoreexpensiveforonce.Solarlightsarebecomingmoreandmorepopular.Thatdoesn'tmeanyouhavetospendallyourmoney.Theyshouldtakeafewminuteseachtogetintotheground.6、FortherestofMarch,adiseasewillsweepacrosstheUS.Itwillkeepkidshomefromschool.Employeeswillsuddenlylosetheirabilitytoconcentrate.Thedisease,knownas"MarchMadness",referstotheyearly65-teamUSmen'scollegebasketballtournament（聯(lián)賽）.Teamscompeteagainsteachotherinasingle-elimination（單局均汰）tournamentthateventuallycrownsanationalchampion.Nearly20millionAmericanswillfindthemselvesprisonersofbasketballfestivalmadness.Thefuncomespartlyfromguessingthewinnersofeverygame.Friendscompeteagainstfriends.Colleaguesgainstbosses.Big-nameschoolsareusuallyfavoredtoadvanceintothetournament.Buteachyeartherearedarkhorsesfromlitde-knownuniversities.Thisaddstothemadness.Watchingateamfromaschoolwith3,000studentsbeatateamfromaschoolwith30,000,formanyAmericans,isanexcitingexperience.Twoyearsago,thelittle-knownGeorgeMasonUniversitywasoneofthefinalfourteams.Collegebasketballplayersarenotpaid,sothegameismoreaboutmakinganamefortheiruniversityandthemselves.About$4billionwillbespentgambling（賭博）ontheevent.AccordingtoMediaLifemagazine,theeventwillbringin$500millioninadvertisingincomethisyear,toppingthepost-seasonincomeofeveryUSprofessionalleague,includingthatoftheNBA.A.Theplayerswillgoalloutforthegames.B.Husbandsagainstwives.C.Butthatdoesn'tmeanmoneyisn'tinvolved.D.Collegestudentswillignorepilesofhomework.E.ItbeginsonMarch15andlaststhroughthebeginningofApril.F.Peoplearewillingtospendmoremoneyonwatchingit.G.Manypeoplehadneverevenheardoftheuniversitybeforethetournament.7、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。其中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。EasyWaystoKeepYourBrainSharpEveryoneisforgetful,butasweage,westarttofeellikeourbrainsareslowingdownabit-andthatcanbeaveryannoyingthing.①Readonforsometipsworthtrying.②Peoplewhoregularlymadeplansandlookedforwardtoupcomingeventshada50percentreducedchanceofAlzheimer'sdisease（早老性癡呆癥）,accordingtoarecentstudy.③Somethingassimpleassettingagoaltohaveaweeklycoffeedatewithafriendwilldo.There'sevidencethatpeoplewhohaveapurposeinlifeorwhoareworkingonlongorshort-termgoalsappeartodobetter.Inotherwords,keepyourbrainlookingforward.GoforawalkMildlyraisedglucose（葡萄糖）levelscanharmtheareaofthebrainthathelpsyouformmemoriesandphysicalactivitycanhelpgetbloodglucosedowntonormallevels.Infact,exerciseproduceschemicalsthataregoodforyourbrain.④Learnsomethingnew.TakeaSpanishclassonline,joinadrawingclub,orlearntoplaycards.Astudyfoundthatmentalstimulation(刺激)limitstheweakeningeffectsofagingonmemoryandthemind.Butthebestthingforyourbrainiswhenyoulearnsomethingnewandarephysicallyactiveatthesametime.⑤orgodancingwithyourfriends.Focusonthefuture.Thiscanbeespeciallyharmfultotheaged.Itshouldbesomethinglikelearninggardening.Sotakeafewminuteseachdaytodosomereading.Butdon'tworryifyourscheduleisn'tfilledwithlife-changingevents.Luckily,researchshowsthereisalotyoucandotoavoidthosemoments.8、Whyyoushouldn'tpunishyourkidsforlyingGettingyourchildrentostoplyingischallenging.Therearemanyinfluences(TV,movies,videogamesandsomegreatbooks)inwhichliesarecommon.Childrenseeparentslietoothers,ifonlytobepolite.MostparentsaddtothatwithtalesaboutthelivesandactivitiesofSantaClausortheToothFairy,ortolessenfears.①Themostcommonreactionstochildrenwholieareexplainingwhyitiswrongandpunishment.②Herearethreebettertoolssupportedbyresearchtouseinstead.PRAISE:Youcouldaskyourchildtosaysomethingthathappenedatschoolthatistrue.Whenyourchildobeys,praisehimenthusiastically.Bespecific:③andgiveyourchildahugorahighfive.Aimforoneortwointeractions(互動(dòng))likethisaday.Ifyouhappento“catch”yourchildinalie,saysomethinglike,“Thatisnottrueandcouldgetyouintroubleoutsideofthehome.”MODEL:Explicitlytellthetruth.Thiscouldbeaboutsomethingthathappenedwhenyouwereachildorsomethingthathappenedduringtheday.Itneednotbedramatic.Anotheroptionistoplayagameatdinner.Eachpersontellsonethingthatwastruethatday.Again,givealittlepraisetothechildwhonormallyliesifsheplaysalong.DECREASEPUNISHMENTANDMORALIZING:Theyareunlikelytochangebehaviorordeveloptheconductyouwant.④Rather,useverymildpunishment(lightscolding,shortlossofprivilege,abrieftime-out).Moreseverepunishments(shouting,takingawaysomethingforaweek,hitting)arenotmoreeffectiveinactuallychangingthefrequencyoflying.⑤Usuallytheycanbedroppedbythen.Itisunlikelythatlyingwillbecompletelyremoved,butwiththerightencouragement,kcanbedramaticallylessened.Itisnotwhatthatis,butaboutpractice.Aswaysofchangingbehavior,theseareineffective.Thatdoesnotmeanignoring,lyingorlettingitgo.“Thatwasgreat!YoutoldmewhathappenedjustlikeIasked.Wow!”Trytheseproceduresfortwotothreeweeksandseewhereyouare.“Youdidagoodjob,butwhatyousaidwasnotwhatI,dliketoknow!”P(pán)arentsdothisoutoflove,butforsomechildren,lyingcanbecomeaproblem.G.Inotherwords,whenyoutakecareofyourbody,youtakecareofyourbrain.答案以及解析1答案及解析：答案：F;C;G;A;B解析：F根據(jù)下句“Thatwasalotofmoneyinthosedays.”可知,此處應(yīng)提到具體的金錢(qián)數(shù)額，故F項(xiàng)“Andhesaidhewouldpayfiftydollarsforeachsongrecorded.”符合語(yǔ)境。C上文介紹了這個(gè)組合的三名成員,此處應(yīng)介紹這個(gè)組合的名字，故C項(xiàng)“TheycalledthemselvestheCarterFamily.”符合語(yǔ)境。G根據(jù)上文的“Shealsoplayedtheguitarinanewandunusualway.”可知,此處應(yīng)該提到她的獨(dú)特之處，故G項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境。A根據(jù)下文的“Theydidnotsoundliketheyhadtakenmusiclessons.”可知,他們給人的感覺(jué)像是沒(méi)有上過(guò)音樂(lè)課，這與傳統(tǒng)意義上的歌手是不同的，故選A項(xiàng)。B根據(jù)下文的“Theyrecordedmoresongs.Theytraveledtomanycitiesandtowns...toperform.”可知，他們成名了，所以會(huì)去很多地方表演，故選B項(xiàng)。2答案及解析：答案：A;C;D;F;G解析：文章介紹美國(guó)第29屆總統(tǒng)WarrenHarding的兩件著名的事件。1:考查句意理解和上下文:根據(jù)下文:Onewasasuccessfulinternationalconference（會(huì)議）.一次是一個(gè)成功的國(guó)際會(huì)議，可知:他有兩件事是很出名的,所以選A。2:考查句意理解和上下文:根據(jù)上文:ManymembersoftheUnitedStatesCongressworriedaboutthecost.他們但是費(fèi)用問(wèn)題,可知:他們也擔(dān)心日益緊張的亞洲局勢(shì),所以選C。3:考查句意理解和上下文:根據(jù)下文:PresidentHardinginvitedrepresentativesfromthemajornavalpowersofthetime（介紹了會(huì)議的代表）可知:上文介紹會(huì)議在1921年的11月份在華盛頓舉行,所以選D。4:考查句意理解和上下文:根據(jù)下文:Heproposedthattheworld'sstrongestnationsshouldstopbuildingwarshipsfortenyears.HealsoproposedthatBritain,Japan,andtheUnitedStatesshoulddestroysomeshipstomaketheirnaviessmallerimmediately.可知:他給會(huì)議提供了一份詳細(xì)的計(jì)劃來(lái)減少世界上大量海軍的規(guī)模,所以選F。5:考查句意理解和上下文:根據(jù)下文:Itinvolvedthemisuseofundergroundoilownedbythefederalgovernment.可知:Harding總統(tǒng)第二件被大家記住的事情是TeapotDome丑聞,所以選G。3答案及解析：答案：B;A;E;D;G解析：本文是一篇記敘文。主要圍繞中斷這一話(huà)題展開(kāi)論述。由于在工作中被打斷是一件令人感覺(jué)很糟糕的事,因此作者提出了幾點(diǎn)建議，防止此類(lèi)事件的發(fā)生。①“thereareseveralwaystohandle也由8$"根據(jù)thereareseveralwaystohandlethings,可知下文是關(guān)于幾種防止在工作中被別人打斷的方法,此句與前半句構(gòu)成一個(gè)完整的句子，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境分祈。故選B。②根據(jù)后文"Tellthepersonyou'resorryandexplainthatyouhaveamillionthingstodoandthenaskiftheofyoucantalkatadifferenttime”,這一段主要是講述,學(xué)會(huì)在自己很忙的時(shí)候去拒絕別人。故選A。③根據(jù)橫線(xiàn)前“havesethoursplannedandletthemknowtocomebackduringthattimeorthatyou'llfindthemthen",安排好時(shí)間，讓他們知道你在什么時(shí)候回來(lái)，或者告訴他們,你會(huì)去找他們，再結(jié)合后文“Itcanhelptoeliminate（消除）futureinterruptions”這樣做可以幫助你消除未來(lái)被打斷的可能，根據(jù)句意的銜接，故選E。④根據(jù)后文“it'smucheaseiertoexcuseyourselftogetbacktoyourworkthanifyoutrytogetsomeoneoutofyourspaceevenafterexplaininghowbusyyouare”,此句中it指代前文“don'tdoitinyourownoffice.”,也就是說(shuō)此段中作者認(rèn)為比起在自己的辦公室解釋?zhuān)辉谧约旱霓k公室更容易點(diǎn)。故選D。⑤根據(jù)"Ifyouhaveadoortoyouroffice,makegooduseofit”可知,此段主要是講述關(guān)于如何利用自己辦公室的門(mén)來(lái)防止被打擾?？崭窈筇嶂罸,如果自己實(shí)在很忙,恰好又有人敲門(mén)的話(huà)，你就可以和他解釋清楚，關(guān)上門(mén)可以防止被打擾。可見(jiàn)，空格處是指有空就開(kāi)門(mén),很忙就關(guān)門(mén)。故選G。4答案及解析：答案：G;D;F;E;A解析：1.G上文提到，我小時(shí)候沒(méi)有手機(jī)和電腦，電視也只有一個(gè)頻道。但是，房子周?chē)奶镆?、小山和?shù)林從沒(méi)讓我感到無(wú)聊再根據(jù)下文提到的探險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷可知，在這些地方探險(xiǎn)無(wú)法滿(mǎn)足我的想象力。D上文提到，我去湖邊遠(yuǎn)足，路上碎石遍地、路面崎嶇不平,路的兩旁密林高聳根據(jù)下文的描述可知,我認(rèn)為到這里探索似乎是不錯(cuò)的冒險(xiǎn)；F下文提至U,我擔(dān)心天黑以前找不到回湖邊的路，因此說(shuō)明已經(jīng)花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間、走了很遠(yuǎn)的路了。E下文提到，我的心狂跳不止，我的腿也開(kāi)始疼痛。說(shuō)明此處表示內(nèi)心害怕但是還在繼續(xù)前行。誤解分析:易誤選B項(xiàng)。受到下文提到的“感到害怕和腿疼”的干擾但是根據(jù)下文“whenIturned...”可知我沒(méi)有放棄。A上文提到看到了遠(yuǎn)處的房子，下文提到“mylegsfeltlikefeathersandIruntoniyhouseinnotime”,可知此處表示找到了回家的路。5答案及解析：答案：A;D;F;G;C解析：本文是說(shuō)明文。文章主要告訴我們?nèi)绾钨?gòu)買(mǎi)和安裝戶(hù)外太陽(yáng)能燈。①根據(jù)題干和A中的關(guān)鍵詞:solarlighting,directlighting,doesn'tgetmuchsunlight等判斷答案。故選A。②根據(jù)題干和D中的關(guān)鍵詞:expensive,choosing判斷答案。故選D。③根據(jù)題干和F中的關(guān)鍵詞:doesn'tmean,spendallyourmoney,betweena$10lightanda$45light判斷答案。故選F。④根據(jù)題干和G中的關(guān)鍵詞:plantintotheground,togetintotheground等判斷答案。故選G。⑤根據(jù)題干和C中的關(guān)鍵詞:staylitlongerthantheothers,storeenoughenergy等判斷答案。故選C。6答案及解析：答案：D;E;B;G;C解析：本文主要講述了在每年三月舉辦的美國(guó)男子大學(xué)籃球聯(lián)賽，正是這個(gè)比賽吸引了眾人的目光。.由空處前句中的"keepkidshomefromschool"以及空處后一句的內(nèi)容可知，這里指另外一類(lèi)也喜歡看比賽的人的狀況,應(yīng)與前后內(nèi)容形成并列關(guān)系。故選D。.本段內(nèi)容主要介紹這項(xiàng)比賽，由此可推斷出,E項(xiàng)"它在3月15日開(kāi)始并且持續(xù)到4月初"符合文意。.結(jié)合上文"Friendscompeteagainstfriends"和下文中的"Colleaguesagainstbosses”可知，這里應(yīng)該是人與人之