2022-2023學(xué)年山東省青島市平度仁兆鎮(zhèn)冷戈莊中學(xué)高一英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Thedriverhasmuchexperienceofdriving,and_____hebehavedverycalmlyinthedangeroussituation.

A.though

B.however

C.therefore

D.otherwise參考答案：C2.WangYuan,amemberofTFBOYS,________forhissmokingillegally(違法的)inaBeijingrestaurantandpromisedtobehavewellinthefuture.A.apologized B.consulted C.paid D.cost參考答案：A【詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：tfboys的成員王源為自己在北京一家餐館非法吸煙道歉，并承諾今后會(huì)表現(xiàn)良好。A.apologized道歉；B.consulted請(qǐng)教；C.paid支付；D.cost花費(fèi)。根據(jù)句意，他既然承諾今后會(huì)表現(xiàn)好，肯定是承認(rèn)了現(xiàn)在吸煙的做法是錯(cuò)誤的，那自然要向公眾對(duì)他的違法行為道歉。故選A項(xiàng)。3.Sheepmainly______greengrass,don'tthey?A.feedson

B.feedswith

C.feedon

D.feedwith參考答案：C4.Therewas_____timewheneverythingtodowith____naturecouldkeepAnnespellbound.A.a,the

B.the,a

C.a,/

D.the,the參考答案：C略5.Therewas_________time_________Chineseusedforeignoil.

A.a,when

B.a,while

C./,when

D./,while參考答案：A略6.Sometimesitishardtotellhowaquarrel______.A.comeson

B.comesabout

C.comesout

D.comesaround參考答案：B7.Thisrestaurantwasn’t______thatotherrestaurantwewentto.A.asgoodashalf

B.ashalfgoodas

C.goodashalfas

D.halfasgoodas參考答案：D8.Itwas________adangerousdrug________henearlydied.

A.so;that

B.such;that

C.so;because

D.such;because參考答案：B9.Bobranthe100metersin9.91seconds,andIhavenotseen________thisyear.A.thebest

B.better

C.themost

D.more參考答案：B10.Thespeedofcarsandtrucksis_____to30kilometersperhourinlargecitiesinChina.A.limited

B.limiting

C.limitingto

D.limitedto參考答案：D略11.Withsomanynoisesfromthebusytrafficinthestreet,Icouldn’t____anddomyresearchwork.

A.putdown

B.settledown

C.cutdown

D.setdown參考答案：B12.(

)feltfunnywatchingmyselfonTv.A.One

B.ThisC.That

D.It.

參考答案：D13.Howdidtheaccident_____________?A.comeout

B.comealong

C.comeabout

D.comeacross參考答案：C14.Weshouldalwaysprotectallanimals，ortheywill_________..A.dieout

B.dieaway

C.dieoff

D.diefrom參考答案：A15.—AreyouplanningtotakeAmericanHistorybyMr.Johnsonnextsemester?—______________Imightnothaveenoughtime.A.Itdepends. B.Sowhat? C.Soundsgreat. D.Whynot?參考答案：A13.Onthismapwhatdoesastar________?A.tell

B.represent

C.say

D.mean參考答案：B略17.Wearelivinga_____lifeinthecountry.A.still

B.quiet

C.calm

D.silent參考答案：B26.ThisisthefirsttimeinmylifethatI___________suchaterriblemovie.A.saw

B.see

C.haveseen

D.hadseenks5u參考答案：C略18.China'snewfoodlawprovidesforafoodrecallsystem________producershavetostopproductioniftheirfoodisn'tuptostandards.A.where

B.that

C.when

D.which參考答案：A略二、完型填空20.ThebooksinDavid’sschoolbagfeltlikebricksasheran.WhathewantedtodowastoplaybasketballwithEric,

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hismothertoldhimhewouldhavetoreturnhissister’sbookstothelibraryfirst.Hehad

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setfootinalibraryandhedidn’tlikereading.Hewouldjust

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thebooksintheoutsidereturnbox.Buttherewasa

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;itwaslocked.Hewentintothebuilding,onlyafewminutes

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closingtime.Heputthebooksintothereturnbox.Andafterabrief

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intheWC,hewouldbeonhiswaytotheplaygroundto

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Eric.DavidsteppedoutoftheWCandstoppedin

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—thelibrarylightswereoff.Theplacewas

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.Thedoorshadbeenshut.They

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beopenedfromtheinside,hewastrappedinalibrary!Hetriedto

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atelephonecall,butwasunableto

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.What’smore,thepayphoneswereontheoutsideofthebuilding.

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thesunbegantoset,hesearchedforalightandfoundit.

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hecouldsee.Davidwroteonapieceofpaper:“

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!I’mTRAPPEDinside!”andstuckittotheglassdoor.

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,someonepassingbywouldseeit.Hewassurprisedtodiscoverthatthisplacewasnotsounpleasant,

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.Rowsandrowsofshelvesheldbooks.HesawabookaboutMichaelJordanandtookit.Hesettledintoachairandstartedto

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.Heknewhehadto

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,butnow,thatdidn’tseemtobesucha

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thing.41.A.but

B.because

C.or

D.since42.A.ever

B.nearly

C.never

D.often43.A.pass

B.drop

C.carry

D.take44.A.problem

B.mistake

C.case

D.question45.A.during

B.after

C.over

D.before46.A.rest

B.break

C.walk

D.stop47.A.visit

B.meet

C.catch

D.greet48.A.delight

B.anger

C.surprise

D.eagerness49.A.lonely

B.empty

C.noisy

D.crowded50.A.wouldn’t

B.shouldn’t

C.couldn’t

D.needn’t51.A.make

B.fix

C.use

D.pick52.A.geton

B.gothrough

C.getthrough

D.getin53.A.If

B.As

C.Though

D.Until54.A.Asusual

B.Nowandthen

C.Bytheway

D.Atlast55.A.Come

B.Help

C.Hello

D.Sorry56.A.Surely

B.Thankfully

C.Truly

D.Gradually57.A.atmost

B.afterall

C.inshort

D.ontime58.A.watch

B.play

C.read

D.write59.A.wait

B.stand

C.sleep

D.work60.A.bad

B.cool

C.strange

D.nice參考答案：41.A42.C43.B44.A45.D46.D47.B48.C49.B50.C51.A52.C53.B54.D55.B56.A57.B58.C59.A60.A試題分析：David替妹妹還書(shū)，被鎖在圖書(shū)館里的故事。41.A考查連詞。A.but但是；B.because因?yàn)?；C.or或者，否者；D.since既然。but意為“但是”，WhathewantedtodowastoplaybasketballwithEric與hismothertoldhimhewouldhavetoreturnhissister’sbookstothelibraryfirst是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以要用but，表示“他本來(lái)想與Eric打籃球，但他媽媽告訴他他必須把他妹妹的書(shū)還回圖書(shū)館。46.D考查動(dòng)詞。stop意為“停止”。根據(jù)其地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)inthetoilet可判斷出他去了趟衛(wèi)生間。rest意為“休息”。break意為“休息(時(shí)間)”。walk意為“行走，步行，徒步，散步”。故選D。47.B考查動(dòng)詞。meet意為“見(jiàn)面”。根據(jù)上文中的“WhathewantedtodowastoplaybasketballwithEric”可判斷出他去運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)與Eric見(jiàn)面。visit意為“拜訪，訪問(wèn)，探望，問(wèn)候，(作客)暫住；去……游覽，參觀”。catch意為“捕捉，逮著，捕獲，攔截”。greet意為“向……問(wèn)好，迎接，歡迎”。故選B。48.C考查名詞。anger意為“怒，忿怒”。根據(jù)下文中的thelibrarylightswereoff可判斷出由于圖書(shū)館的燈都消滅了，他感到非常氣憤。delight意為“歡喜，高興，愉快”。surprise意為“驚奇，吃驚”。eagerness意為“渴望，殷切，熱忱，熱情”。故選C。49.B考查形容詞。empty意為“空的”。根據(jù)下文中的“Thedoorshadbeenshut.”可判斷出圖書(shū)館的座位空無(wú)一人。lonely意為“孤獨(dú)的，孤單的”。noisy意為“(人、地方等)嘈雜的，喧鬧的，(街道)熙熙攘攘的”。crowded意為“擁擠的，擠滿人的，客滿的”。故選B。50.C考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。couldn’t意為“不能夠”。根據(jù)上文中的“Thedoorshadbeenshut.”可判斷出因?yàn)殚T(mén)被鎖上了，所以它們無(wú)法從里面打開(kāi)。wouldn’t意為“不愿意”。shouldn’t意為“不應(yīng)該”。needn’t意為“沒(méi)必要”。故選C。51.A考查動(dòng)詞。makeatelephonecall意為“打電話”，表示他想打個(gè)電話。fix意為“使固定，安裝”。use意為“使用，利用，應(yīng)用”。pick意為“摘，掐，采，摘取”。故選A。52.C考查動(dòng)詞詞組。getthrough意為“進(jìn)入”。根據(jù)上文中的“Thedoorshadbeenshut.”可判斷出他無(wú)法進(jìn)入。geton意為“生活,融洽相處,進(jìn)展,(使)前進(jìn)”。getup意為“起床”。getin意為“進(jìn)入,到達(dá),收獲,插入,陷入”。故選C。57.B考查詞組。afterall意為“畢竟”。根據(jù)下文中的“Rowsandrowsofshelvesheldbooks,videosandmusic.”可判斷出他發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)地方畢竟不錯(cuò)，因?yàn)橛幸慌排艜?shū)架上放著書(shū)、視頻和音樂(lè)。atmost意為“至多”。inshort意為“簡(jiǎn)而言之”。asusual意為“照?！薄９蔬xB。58.C考查動(dòng)詞。read意為“讀”。根據(jù)上文中的“HesawabookaboutMichaelJordanandtookitofftheshelf.”可判斷出他坐在椅子上開(kāi)始讀這本書(shū)。watch意為“看,注視,照顧,監(jiān)視,警戒,守護(hù),看守”。play意為“玩,扮演,播放,進(jìn)行比賽”。write意為“書(shū)寫(xiě),著述,寫(xiě),寫(xiě)滿,寫(xiě)信給”。故選C。59.A考查動(dòng)詞。wait意為“等待”。因?yàn)樗绘i在了圖書(shū)館里，所以他不得不等待。stand意為“站,立,站起,(使)豎立,(使)位于,維持不變,持久,經(jīng)受”。sleep意為“睡,睡覺(jué)”。work意為“工作,(使)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn),起作用,造成,產(chǎn)生,經(jīng)營(yíng)”。故選A。60.A考查形容詞。bad意為“壞的”。因?yàn)橛袝?shū)可讀，所以被鎖在圖書(shū)館里這件事似乎也不是壞事。cool意為“涼爽,冷靜的,無(wú)所顧慮的,淡漠的”。strange意為“陌生的,生疏的,前所未知的,奇怪的,奇異的,不慣的”。nice意為“美好的,和藹的,正派的,細(xì)微的”。故選A?！久麕燑c(diǎn)睛】1.近幾年來(lái)狀語(yǔ)從句和賓語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞在完形填空中頻繁地考查，特別是狀語(yǔ)從句引導(dǎo)詞的考查。53.B考查連詞。as意為“因?yàn)椤?。根?jù)下文中的“hesearchedforalightandfoundit”判斷出因?yàn)樘?yáng)將落了，所以他找打火機(jī)，并找到了。if意為“如果”。though意為“雖然”。until意為“直到”。故選B。21.DevonGallagher,acollegegraduatefromPhiladelphia,wantstheworldtoknowwhereshe’sbeenduringhergreatworldwidevacationina(n)

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way.Thetraveler,whowas

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withabonedisease,hadherrightleg

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attheageoffour.

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theamputation(截肢)causedhardshipsforGallagherearlyon,she,attheageof22now,

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itasaninspirationformakingthe

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ofherlife.Tospreadthat

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,Gallagherhas

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tosocialmedia,

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shesharesphotosofhertravelsacrosstheworld,butinsteadof

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usingageotag(地理標(biāo)簽),shedrawsherlocationacrossherartificiallegbeforetakingapicture.Nowshehasbeentakingpictures

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Europe.“IgetanewlegeverytwoyearsandIcanchoosethedesignonit.OnedayIhadasudden

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thatmynewlegcouldbeusedasablackboard,”Gallaghersaid.“Mymumandgrandmotherweren’ttoo

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theidea,butmyfriendsthoughtitwasgreatandtoldmetogoforit,soIdid.”Gallaghersaidpeopleoftenstarewhenshe’s

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onherleg,butonceshesharesthephotos,she

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onlypraiseandencouragement.“Myleghasn’t

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mefromdoinganythingI’vewantedtodo,”shesaid.“Idon’tknow

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itismydeterminationtoprovetomyselfthatIcandoit,butanyhow,I’vebeenableto

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upwithmypeersandleadaprettygreatlife.”Gallaghershowsusthatyoushouldneverletanythingstandinthe

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ofyourdream.Andifyoumeetwithanobstacle(障礙),get

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withit—iflifegivesyouanartificialleg,makeart.21．A．common B．right C．simple D．special22．A．born B．charged C．filled D．linked23．A．cured B．treated C．cut D．kept24．A．Unless B．Although C．Once D．Since25．A．considers B．thinks C．treats D．looks26．A．coolest B．best C．worst D．fullest27．A．evidence B．news C．message D．schedule28．A．a(chǎn)pplied B．belonged C．stuck D．turned29．A．which B．that C．a(chǎn)s D．where30．A．simply B．officially C．enthusiastically D．reasonably31．A．a(chǎn)cross B．through C．a(chǎn)bout D．for32．A．a(chǎn)ttitude B．thought C．belief D．opinion33．A．curiousabout B．fondof C．patientwith D．a(chǎn)fraidof34．A．walking B．reporting C．writing D．standing35．A．a(chǎn)ccepts B．takes C．likes D．receives36．A．protected B．preserved C．stopped D．defended37．A．why B．that C．if D．what38．A．make B．come C．put D．keep39．A．way B．corner C．course D．bottom40．A．satisfied B．creative C．familiar D．connected參考答案：21．D22．A23．C24．B25．A26．B27．C28．D29．D30．A31．A32．B33．B34．C35．D36．C37．C38．D39．A40．B【分析】這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。文章主要講了DevonGallagher是一位身殘志堅(jiān)的女孩，她以一種特殊的經(jīng)歷進(jìn)行世界度假，并且鼓勵(lì)他人。21．考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的描述，可知DevonGallagher是以一種特殊的經(jīng)歷進(jìn)行世界度假的。A.common普通的；B.right正確的；C.simple簡(jiǎn)單的；D.special特殊的，故選D。22．考查形容詞辨析。句意：這位旅行者，生來(lái)就患有骨病。A.born天生的；B.charged帶電的；C.filled裝滿的；D.linked連接的，故選A。23．考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)___4___theamputation(截肢)causedhardshipsforGallagherearlyon可知DevonGallagher的右腿被切掉了。A.cured治愈；B.treated對(duì)待；C.cut切掉；D.kept保持，故選C。24．考查連詞辨析。句意：雖然截肢手術(shù)在早期給Gallagher帶來(lái)了很多困難，但22歲的她認(rèn)為這是讓她更好地生活的一種激勵(lì)。A.Unless除非；B.Although盡管；C.Once一旦；D.Since自從，故選B。25．考查固定句型。句意：雖然截肢手術(shù)在早期給Gallagher帶來(lái)了很多困難，但22歲的她認(rèn)為這是讓她更好地生活的一種激勵(lì)。considersb./sth+.(as)+形容詞/名詞，該句型是固定句型，故選A。26．考查形容詞辨析。句意：雖然截肢手術(shù)在早期給Gallagher帶來(lái)了很多困難，但22歲的她認(rèn)為這是讓她更好地生活的一種激勵(lì)。A.coolest最酷的；B.best最好的；C.worst最差的；

D.fullest最滿的，故選B。27．考查名詞辨析。句意：為了傳播這一信息，Gallagher求助于社交媒體，在那里她分享自己在世界各地旅行的照片。A.evidence證據(jù)；B.news新聞；C.message信息；D.schedule時(shí)間表，故選C。28．考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：為了傳播這一信息，Gallagher求助于社交媒體，在那里她分享自己在世界各地旅行的照片。A.appliedto適用于；B.belongedto屬于；C.stuckto堅(jiān)持；D.turnedto求助于，故選D。29．考查定語(yǔ)從句。___9___shesharesphotosofhertravelsacrosstheworld,是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是socialmedia，關(guān)系詞在從句中作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，用關(guān)系副詞where，故選D。30．考查副詞辨析。句意：但她并沒(méi)有簡(jiǎn)單地使用地理標(biāo)簽，而是在拍照前在假腿上畫(huà)出自己的位置。A.simply簡(jiǎn)單地；B.officially官方地；C.enthusiastically熱心地；D.reasonably合理地，故選A。31．考查介詞辨析。句意：現(xiàn)在她一直在歐洲各地拍照。A.across橫穿；B.through通過(guò)；C.about關(guān)于；D.for因?yàn)?，across通常指從物體表面“穿過(guò)、橫穿”；through則指從某一立體空間內(nèi)部“穿過(guò)、貫穿”，故選A。32．考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)Mymumandgrandmotherweren’ttoo___13___theidea可知這里意思是一天，我突然有一個(gè)“我的新腿可以當(dāng)黑板用”的想法。A.attitude態(tài)度；B.thought想法；C.belief信仰；D.opinion觀點(diǎn)，故選B。33．考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。根據(jù)butmyfriendsthoughtitwasgreatandtoldmetogoforit,soIdid.可知這里意思是我的母親和祖母不太喜歡這個(gè)想法。A.curiousabout好奇；B.fondof喜歡；

C.patientwith對(duì)..有耐心；D.afraidof害怕，故選B。34．考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)mynewlegcouldbeusedasablackboard可知這里意思是Gallagher說(shuō)，當(dāng)她在腿上寫(xiě)字時(shí)，人們常常盯著她看。A.walking步行；B.reporting報(bào)告；C.writing寫(xiě)；

D.standing站立，故選C。35．考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：但是一旦她分享了這些照片，她只會(huì)得到贊揚(yáng)和鼓勵(lì)。A.accepts接受；B.takes取走；C.likes喜歡；D.receives收到，故選D。36．考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：我的腿沒(méi)有阻止我做任何我想做的事。A.protected保護(hù)；B.preserved保存；C.stopped阻止；D.defended防御，故選C。37．考查賓語(yǔ)從句。句意：我不知道這是否是我決心向自己證明我能做到的，但無(wú)論如何，我已經(jīng)能夠趕上我的同齡人，過(guò)著相當(dāng)美好的生活。這里含有一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中不作任何成分，表示“是否”這樣的含義，用if，故選C。38．考查固定短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：我不知道這是否是我決心向自己證明我能做到的，但無(wú)論如何，我已經(jīng)能夠趕上我的同齡人，過(guò)著相當(dāng)美好的生活。A.makeupwith與……和解；B.comeupwith提出；C.putupwith忍受；D.keepupwith趕得上，故選D。39．考查固定短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：Gallagher告訴我們，你永遠(yuǎn)不應(yīng)該讓任何事情阻礙你的夢(mèng)想。A.inthewayof妨礙；B.inthecornerof在角落里；C.inthecourseof在…過(guò)程中；D.inthebottomof在底部，故選A。40．考查形容詞辨析。句意：如果你遇到了困難，要有創(chuàng)造力——如果生活給了你一條假肢，那就去創(chuàng)造藝術(shù)。A.satisfied感到滿意的；B.creative創(chuàng)造性的；C.familiar熟悉的；D.connected連接，故選B?！军c(diǎn)睛】完形填空是高考英語(yǔ)中最難的一個(gè)題，正確解答完形填空題是考試成功至關(guān)重要的保障。完形填空所選的文章都是具有邏輯關(guān)系、意義相連的語(yǔ)篇，因此，在行文中不可避免地會(huì)出現(xiàn)詞語(yǔ)的復(fù)現(xiàn)、前后同義或反義、相互照應(yīng)等現(xiàn)象。所以，解題時(shí)應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個(gè)詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。完形填空的解題方法很多，而詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)法就是最常見(jiàn)的方法之一。詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)包括原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、同義詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、同根詞復(fù)現(xiàn)、概括詞復(fù)現(xiàn)以及結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)現(xiàn)等。本題中的12小題中的idea和thought采用了同義詞或原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)的方法。但由于我們?cè)谧鲱}時(shí)不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時(shí)要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。三、閱讀理解22.InthehitfilmThebucketList,JackNicholsonandMorganFreemanmeetinhospitalinCaliforniaaftertheyhavebeendiagnosedwithcancer.Betweenthemtheycookupa“bucketlist”（遺愿清單）--------ato-dolistofalltheywanttodobeforetheykickthebucket.Themoviemakesyouwonderwhatwouldbeonyourbucketlist.Solet’spackupsomeandseewhatitwouldcosttogooutandhavealittlefun.THEPYRAMIDS,GIZA,EGYPTOntothepyramids,surelyonanyone’sbucketlist.ExotikTourscantakeyouthereonavarietyoftrips,includingtheirpopularEgyptExpresswhichincludesthreenightsinCairoandathree-nightNileCruise(乘船游覽).From$1,384,includingfour-andfive-staraccommodation,12mealsandatonof

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Whenitcomestolonglife,JeanneCalmentistheworld’srecordholder.Shelivedtotheripeoldageof122.Sois122theupperlimittothehumanlifespan（壽命）?Ifscientistscomeupwithsomesortofpillordietthatwouldslowaging,couldwepossiblymakeitto150－orbeyond?

Researchersdon’tentirelyagreeontheanswers.“Calmentlivedto122,soitwouldn’tsurprisemeifsomeonealivetodayreaches130or135,”saysJerryShayattheUniversityofTexas.

SteveAustadattheUniversityofTexasagrees.“Peoplecanlivemuchlongerthanwethink,”hesays.“Expertsusedtosaythathumanscouldn’tlivepast110.WhenCalmentblewpastthatage,theyraisedthenumberto120.Sowhycan’twegohigher?”

Thetroublewithguessinghowoldpeoplecanlivetobeisthatit’salljustguessing.“Anyonecanmakeupanumber,”saysRichMillerattheUniversityofMichigan.“Usuallythescientistwhopicks