1、考点二十七 议论文Cloze 1限时 12 分钟Dear girls，The dream itself comes from hard work, some good luck and good timing Here are some words of wisdom as you _1_ your way in the world, from an entrepreneur (企业家) and your _2_In high school, I wanted to be a politician I left my hometown for college in Washington DC
2、There, I _3_ that I loved to support women It taught me that Im a creative, strong leader and great at marketing _4_， I moved to be the head of a national health care nonprofit Becoming a mother opened my mind to _5_ a breast pump bag (储奶袋) business Now I _6_ a highly successful company that I start
3、ed up on my own _7_ what you are good at and what you are passionate about Keep an open mindFailure is _8_ to your success I wont tell you to feel good about _9_ But I will tell you that every failure Ive had along the way has absolutely made me _10_Failing the big math exam in high school was _11_
4、I eventually passed, and Ive _12_ failed an exam again I learned from that _13_ to ask for help Now I ask for help in business _14_Being passed over for a significant job opportunity that I more than qualified _15_ hurt me I was so depressed _16_ soon I got a big job at a national organization Its o
5、kay to get angry! Take that and _17_ it into positive actionIm proud to be a role _18_ to you as a mom and an entrepreneur I hope I inspire you to believe that you can be _19_ you want and you can have everything on your list It will be my pleasure to watch your life _20_ before my eyes1Alose Bpay C
6、get Dmake答案：D 当你们在社会上摸索前进时，这里有些至理名言送给你们 。make ones way “前进，行进” 。故本题选 D。2Aaunt Bmama Cuncle Dpapa答案：B 根据信件开头的称呼“Dear girls”以及最后一段中的“Im proud to be a role _18_ to you as a mom and an entrepreneur ”可知，这里的智慧是在作为企业家以及妈妈的身份中总结出来的。故选 B。3Adiscovered Binformed Cimagined Ddeveloped答案：A 结合四个选项可知，这里表示“我”发现 “我”喜
7、欢支持妇女。根据句意可知选 A。4AHowever BTherefore COtherwise DMeanwhile答案：B 由前一句中所述作者是“creative, strong leader and great at marketing”及第 4 空的句子所述作者升迁 ，获得了人生事业上的发展可知，前后两个单句在句意上具有因果关系，故选 B。5Apushing B taking Claunching Dpulling答案：C 成为妈妈打开了“我”着手进行储奶袋生意的思路。故选 C。6Arun Bclose Cleave Dwork答案：A 从上文可知，这位妈妈是一位企业家， 故她经营着一家
8、企业，选 A。7ACome out BWork out CHold out DFigure out答案：D 首先要弄清楚自己擅长什么和对什么具有热情 ，figure out “弄清楚” 。故 D 符合语境。8Apleasant Bconvenient Ccritical Ddifferent答案：C 下文母亲介绍自己在失败中成长的经历，故这里她的意思是，失败对于成功非常重要，故选 C。9Ajustice Bfailure Ccourage Dhonesty答案：B “我”不是告诉你们要对失败有好感。下一句中的“that every failure”亦是提示，故选 B。10Aworse Bbad
9、 Cwell Dbetter答案：D 但“我”要告诉你们，每一次“我”人生成长道路上的失败都绝对让“我”变得更好。故选 D。11Aembarrassing Bexciting Camusing Dinspiring答案：A 高中数学大考不及格是令人尴尬的。根据句意可知选 A。12Aever Balways Cnever Doften答案：C “我”最终通过了考试，并且再也没有不及格过。根据语境可知选 C。13Aaccident Bexperience Cfeeling Dmemory答案：B “我”从那次的经历中学到了要懂得寻求帮助。根据句意可知选 B。14Aall the time Bof
10、all time Cat a time Din no time答案：A 现在， “我”经常在生意上寻求帮助。故选 A。15Aon Bto Cfor Dwith答案：C 与“我”非常有资格胜任的工作机会失之交臂，令“我”很伤心。be qualified for，表示“有资格的；有担任 的资格” 。故选 C。16Aor Bso Cwhile Dbut答案：D “我”当时非常沮丧，但是很快“我” 在一个国家机构里得到了一份非常令人垂涎的工作。根据句意可知选 D。17Aturn Bput Cmake Dget答案：A 生气是没关系的！但关键是将其转化为积极的行动 。故选 A。18Aexample Bs
11、tar Csymbol Dmodel答案：D 作为一位母亲和企业家， “我”非常骄傲能够成为你们的榜样 。role 与 model 连用，意为 “榜样；模范” 。故选 D。19Aanything Bnothing Ceverything Dsomething答案：A “我”希望“我”能够让你们相信，你们可以成为你们想成为的任何人并且得到你们清单上想得到的所有东西。根据句意可知这里用anything 合适，故选 A。20Afold Bunfold Ccover Duncover答案：B “我”会非常高兴看到你们的全部人生在“我”眼前呈现的样子。根据句意可知这里选 B。Cloze 2限时 12 分
12、钟Last weekend I decided to treat myself to relaxation by reading a magazine As usual, I looked through the front pages of _1_ women wearing designer clothes with ads promising it to be “Best of the Best” I read the ad _2_， instead of offering advice on how to live well, the entire article _3_ expens
13、ive treatments that slow the effects of getting older while fooling others into thinking you stay young naturally What? Is that even _4_？You may have already guessedI seldom make up, _5_ buy a few creams for my skin, and wear only one or two pieces of _6_ Instead, given the choice, I spend my money
14、on travel, learning experiences, fun and a few causes I support Fortunately, my husband Thom not only likes my way, _7_ hes the same as well _8_ comes naturally to us because we both prefer _9_ experiencesThere was a TV show in the 1980s called Fernandos Hideaway Regardless of whom the host Fernando
15、 was _10_ in the show, he would always say, “You _11_ marvelous (棒极了 )！” And that was usually followed by, “As we all know, its _12_ to look marvelous than feel marvelous ” I knew everyone used to laugh at that show because what made it so ridiculous was how it pointed out the obvious _13_ of graspi
16、ng outside appearances, _14_ real feelingsSome women out there might be telling themselves, “I _15_ possibly feel good if I dont look good ” Really? Your life is _16_ to feel good to you We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts Instead of _17_ outside circumstances to bring about r
17、esponses in us and make us happy or not, we can put our time, attention and resources on _18_ can affect the inside No one else knows your reason for being happy You do Your happiness _19_ you to it When you travel along your _20_ to joy, your conversation is of joy; your feelings are of joyyoure on
18、 the right way1Acasual BspecialCordinary Dattractive答案：D 根据空后的“with ads promising it to be Best of the Best”可推知，杂志封面的女人很吸引人。2AUnfortunately BFrequentlyCHopefully DFortunately答案：A 根据空后的“instead of offering advice on how to live well”可推知，作者对杂志的广告很失望，与下文中的“expensive treatments”呼应。3Afocused on Bleft out
19、Ccommented on Dmade out答案：A 根据语境可知，广告大肆宣扬昂贵的延缓变老的疗法 。focus on “集中注意力于” ；leave out “遗漏；不包括” ；comment on “评论” ；make out “理解；辨认出 ”。4Anecessary BpossibleCconvenient Dessential答案：B 根据语境可知，作者怀疑违背自然规律而永葆青春的可能性，与上文中的“What？”和空后的问号呼应。5Anever BoftenCusually Djust答案：D 由上文中的“I seldom make up”可推知，作者平时只买一些简单的护肤品。6
20、Aclothing BjewelryCdecoration Dfurniture答案：B 由空前的“one or two pieces of”可知，作者平时也只是戴一两件珠宝饰品而已。7Aand ByetCbut Dalthough答案：C not only but (also) 意为“不仅而且” 。8AHappiness BTirednessCBeauty DFortune答案：A 根据下文中的“Your happiness _19_ you to it ”，并结合后面的“prefer”可推知，此处表示幸福来得那么自然。9Acommon BculturalCtraveling Dqualit
21、y答案：D 根据上文中的“Instead, given the choice, I spend my money on travel, learning experiences, fun and a few causes I support ”可推知，作者的这些消费经历和体验都是高质量的，故选 D。10Aperforming B requiringCinterviewing Dworking答案：C 根据上下文的“host”和“in the show”可知，此处表示节目中的采访。11Alook BsoundCsmell Dfeel答案：A 由下文中的“to look marvelous tha
22、n feel marvelous”可知，此处表示看起来很棒。12Aworse BbetterCless Dfunnier答案：B 根据上文可知，主持人夸赞人看起来很棒，因此可推断主持人认为容貌比感觉更重要。13Apuzzle BmistakeCidea Dprogress答案：B 根据上文的“ridiculous”可推知，作者不认同主持人的观点，认为追求外在容貌而不是真实感受是错误的，故选 B。14Amore than Bless thanCrather than Dother than答案：C 此处指追求外在容貌而不是真实感受。rather than “而不是”符合语境。15Amustnt
23、BcouldntCneednt Ddarent答案：B 由下文中的“Really？” “We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts ”可推知，一些女性认为如果看起来不好，那么就不可能感觉好。16Asupposed BpermittedCrequested Dpromised答案：A 由下文中的“We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts ”可知，人们可以通过控制自己的想法来控制自己的感受，所以此处表示你对自己的生活应该感觉良好。be suppose
24、d to do sth 意为“应该做某事” 。17Aletting BallowingCrecommending Dpreventing答案：B 根据上文可推知，人们不能任由(allow)外在因素影响自我，应该积极控制自己的情绪。18Awhich BthatCwhat Dwhy答案：C 所填词在此引导宾语从句，在从句中作主语，意为“的事物/东西” ，故选 what。19Aguides BsendsCmisleads Dapplies答案：A 由上文中的“No one else knows your reason for being happy You do ”可推知， 自己的幸福对自己起着指导
25、作用 ，引导自己寻找快乐的原因，与下文中的“youre on the right way”呼应。20Amind BreasonCtime Dpath答案：D 由空前的“travel” 和下文中的“youre on the right way”可推知，此处表示快乐之路。Cloze 3限时 10 分钟What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or _1_ or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control _2_， like the weather? Is time the same all
26、 over the world? Thats an easy question, you say _3_ you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth Well, maybe But in America, time is _4_ that Americans see time as a valuable _5_ Maybe thats why they are _6_ of the expression, “Time is money ”To Americans,
27、punctuality is a way of showing _7_ for other peoples time Being more than 10 minutes late for an appointment usually _8_ an apology, and maybe an explanation People _9_ are running late often call ahead to let others know of the _10_ Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it i
28、s to be exactly _11_ At informal gettogethers, _12_， people often arrive as many as 30 minutes past the _13_ time But they usually dont try that at workAmerican lifestyles show _14_ people respect the time of others When people plan an event, they often _15_ the time days or weeks in advance Once th
29、e time is fixed, it takes almost a(n) _16_ to change it If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually _17_ first to make sure it is convenient Only very close friends will just _18_ unannounced Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear they _19_ be in
30、 bed The time may vary, but most folks think _20_ about calling after 10 pm1Abought BignoredCspent Dkilled答案：C 时间是像钱一样能被节省、花费或浪费的东西吗？还是像我们不能控制的东西，比如天气？根据语境可知应选 C。2Aover BinCwith Dfor答案：A have control over 表示“对有控制权” 。3AHowever BWheneverCWhatever DWherever答案：D 根据常识可知，任何地方的时间换算都一样 ，因此这里表示无论你去哪儿，一分钟都是 6
31、0 秒，一小时都是 60 分钟。故选 D。4Aless than Bno more thanCnot more than Dmore than答案：D 根据后文的“Americans see time as a valuable”可推知，在美国，时间的意义不仅指这些。less than “少于” ；no more than “只是；仅仅” ；not more than “不超过；至多 ”；more than “超过；多于 ”。5Aresource BmaterialCitem Dfactor答案：A 美国人把时间看作是一种宝贵的资源。 故选 A。resource “资源”；material “
32、 材料” ；item “物品” ；factor “因素” 。6Ashort BfondCcrazy Denthusiastic答案：B 或许这就是他们喜欢“时间就是金钱”这句话的原因。be fond of 表示 “喜欢 ”，符合语境。7Apreference BmercyCrespect Dhatred答案：C 对美国人来说，准时是尊重别人的时间的一种方式。下文的“people respect the time of others”是提示。8Acalls for Barises fromCmakes for Dresults from答案：A 上文提到，美国人认为准时是尊重别人时间的一种方式
33、，因此约会时迟到超过 10 分钟通常需要道歉或作出解释。call for “要求；需要” ；arise from “起因于” ；make for “促成” ；result from “起因于；由造成” 。9Awhom BwhichCwho Dwhose答案：C 先行词为 people，指人，空处在定语从句中作主语，故用关系代词 who，指那些将要迟到的人通常提前打电话告知 。10Atime BresultCexplanation Ddelay答案：D 此处指提前打电话让别人知道你的耽搁 ，与上文的 “running late”呼应。11Ain time Bon timeCahead of ti
34、me Dover time答案：B 情况越不正式，准时就不那么重要，即越正式的场合就越应该准时。in time “及时” ；on time “准时” ；ahead of time “提前” ；over time “随时间推移” 。12Asuch as Bin a wordCfor example Das usual答案：C 在非正式的聚会上，美国人经常会比约定的 (appointed)时间晚 30 分钟，但他们工作时不是这样的。此处是举了一个例子，进一步解释说明第 11 空所在句子描述的情况，故选 C。13Aassigned BappointedCapproved Dassessed答案：B
35、既然是聚会，那么应该是指约定的时间。assigned “指定的” ；appointed “约定的” ； approved “被认可的” ； assessed “评估的” 。14Ahow many Bhow farChow much Dhow soon答案：C 根据语境可知，此处表示美国人非常尊重别人的时间，表示的是一种程度，故选 C。15Aset BprepareCuse Dquit答案：A 此处指当人们计划一件事时，他们总是提前几天或几周就确定(set)时间 。故选 A。16Aemergency BpleasureCperiod Demotion答案：A 此处指一旦时间被确定，除非有紧急情况
36、才会改变 。故选A。emergency “紧急情况 ”；pleasure “令人高兴的事” ；period “期间” ；emotion “情感 ”。17Awrite BclaimCinform Dcall答案：D 如果有人想来你家拜访，他们通常会先打电话询问是否方便 。此处指提前打电话，故选 D。18Adrop out Bdrop byCdrop off Ddrop behind答案：B 此处指只有非常亲密的朋友才不提前通知就顺便来访。故选B。drop out “退出” ；drop by “顺便拜访” ；drop off “减少” ； drop behind “落后 ”。19Amust Bmi
37、ghtCneed Dshall答案：B 此处指晚上打电话时人们会犹豫，害怕对方可能已经睡觉了。故选 B。20Afirst BlastConce Dtwice答案：D 此处指晚上 10 点以后打电话，人们会再三考虑 。think twice “再三考虑；慎重考虑” 。故选 D。Cloze 4限时 10 分钟Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error eventually leading to wisdom Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action,
38、 you can never quite be certain how the situation will _1_Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disappointed The _2_ experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact, you _3_ learn more from your “failures” than you do from your
39、_4_ If you have made what you think be a mistake or failed to live up to your own _5_， you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged (声称的) wrongdoerHowever, viewing past actions as _6_ implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anyth
40、ing meaning while you are engaged in blaming _7_， forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself Forgiveness is the act of erasing an _8_ debt There are four kinds of forgivenessThe first is beginner forgiveness for yourselfThe second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for anothe
41、rThe third kind of forgiveness is _9_ forgiveness of yourself This is for serious misbehaviors, the ones you carry with deep _10_ When you do something that violates your own values and principles, you create a gap between your standards and your actual _11_In such a case, you need to work very hard
42、 at _12_ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap This does not _13_ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldnt feel regret, _14_ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthyThe _15_ and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgivenes
43、s of anotherAt some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems _16_However, harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you _17_ in victimhood Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger pictu
44、re By so doing, you will be able to _18_ the focus away from the anger and resentmentIt is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and _19_ the memory When you can _20_ release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth1Aturn out Bturn upCbreak up Dbreak
45、out答案：A 根据上文“you can never quite be certain how ”可知，A 项“结果是；证明是”符合语境，即你无法确定未来的情形会是什么样子。turn out “结果是” ，故选 A。2Aimportant BengagedCfailed Dsuccessful答案：C 根据下文“are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful”可知， 这里是将失败的尝试和成功的尝试进行比较 。C 项意为“失败的” ，符合语境。故选 C。3Aobviously Bnecessarily
46、Ccontinuously Dusually答案：D 根据“in fact”以及上文可知，此处承接上文，指我们通常从失败中学到更多。D 项意为“通常” ，符合语境。故选 D。4Asuccess BfailureCfault Dbenefit答案：A 根据上文“The _2_ experiments, however, are no less valuable than prove successful”可知，失败的经历比成功的经历更珍贵，所以此处指从失败中学到的东西比从成功中学到的更多。故选 A。5Aability BexpectationsCbelief Dexperiences答案：B live up to ones own expectations 意为“达到某人自己的期望” ，符合语境，即当你认为