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活页练(十六) 单项填空阅读理解任务型阅读.单项填空1 operation was very successful indeed，which was comfort to the concerned mother.AThe；/ BAn；the CAn；a DThe；a答案D解析句意为：事实上手术非常成功，这对担忧的母亲来说是一个安慰。这个手术是特指的所以应该用定冠词the；a comfort在此表示一件令人欣慰的事。2Could you help me with the math problem? Your must be barking up the wrong tree.AA pleasure. BHang on a minute.CWhats the point? DAre you kidding?答案D解析句意为：你可以帮我解这道数学题么？你开玩笑么？你找错人了。bark up the wrong tree打错了主意，找错了目标。A pleasure很高兴；Hang on a minute等会儿；Whats the point？有什么意义呢？Are you kidding？你是在开玩笑吗？根据后句的意思应该选择D项。3Drunk driving used to occur in our city，but now such cases are rare. Apractically BgenerallyCfrequently Dgradually答案C解析句意为：过去在我们城市，酒驾经常发生，但是现在很少出现了。practically事实上，实际上；generally一般地，通常；frequently频繁地；gradually逐渐地。4Having failed to do what I to，Im afraid of being scolded by my parents.Aam expected Bwill be expectedCwas expected Dhave expected答案C解析句意为： 我没有实现父母对我的期待，恐怕要受到他们的责备。I和expect之间是被动关系，所以要用被动语态；而根据having failed的时态可知我被期待所做的事应该是过去时态。5The mother， in the kitchen，totally forgot the medicine on the table within the childs reach.Ato be occupied BoccupiedCoccupying Dbeing occupied答案B解析句意为： 妈妈在厨房忙着，完全忘记了桌子上的药孩子可以够到。occupied已被占用的，使用中的，忙的，从事的。6Can a person enjoy the pleasure from his work? he can have his interests and the work combined.AAlthough BSinceCWhile DUnless答案D解析句意为：一个人可以从他的工作中获得快乐么？除非他能把他的爱好和工作结合起来。unless除非，符合句意。7Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.He certainly that honor，for his works are so popular.Areserves BdeservesCobserves Drespects答案B解析第二句句意为：他应得那项荣誉，因为他的作品很受欢迎。deserve应受，值得，应得，符合题意。8Be careful，for the delicate glass easily.Ais broken BbreaksCwill break Dhas broken答案B解析句意为： 小心，因为易碎的玻璃很容易损坏。表示某物的本身属性应该使用主动语态。9 an hour every day has made a considerable difference to my health.AHaving walked BWalkCWalking DWalked答案C解析句意为： 每天步行一小时对我的健康很有益。此处为动名词短语作主语，阐述的是一个事实，故选C项。10He became the of criticism by the readers for his newlypublished book.Atarget BthemeCfortune Dfigure答案A解析句意为：由于新出版的书，他成了读者批评的对象。target目标，对象；theme主题，题目；fortune运气，命运；figure数字，算术。由句意知选A项。11The new driving test seems to be challenging，so the chances he can pass it at the first attempt are small.Ahow BwhetherCthat Dwhere答案C解析句意为： 新的驾考似乎具有挑战性，所以他第一次通过的可能性很小。the chance(s) that.“的机会”。12Alex changed his mind at the last minute，otherwise we an agreement.Ashould have reached Bcould have reachedCcan reach Dshould reach答案B解析句意为：亚历克斯最终改变了主意，否则的话我们就会达成一致了。对过去事情的推测，应该使用“情态动词have done”。should have done应该已经做了；could have done很可能已经做了。所以应该选择B项。13Language learning， the expert pointed out in his lecture，is more than remembering words and phrases.Aas BwhichCthat Dwhat答案A解析句意为：就像专家在他的演讲中所指出的那样，语言学习并不仅仅是记单词和短语。as引导的非限制性定语从句可以置于主句之前、之中或之后，故A项符合。14 you leave your room in such a mess?Sorry，Mum.I forgot to tidy it up.AMust BCanCShould DWill答案A解析句意为：你非得把你的房间弄的一团糟么？对不起，妈妈。我忘了整理了。 must表示“偏偏”。15Hi，Tommy.Are you busy now? .I have done my work，and Im going out for shopping.ADont mention it BNothing seriousCNot really DNever mind答案C解析句意为：嗨，Tommy，你现在忙么？不忙。我刚做完工作，准备出去购物。Dont mention it不用客气，不用谢，没关系，不用介意；Nothing serious不要紧；Not really事实上不是；Never mind不用担心，别管，不要紧，没关系。根据句意知C项符合。.阅读理解Some years ago，writing in my diary used to be a usual activity.I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events，feelings，and impressions in my little blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words，but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper.After all，isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old，I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley，wellequipped with pens，a diary，and a camera.During the trip，I was busy recording every incident，name and place I came across.I felt proud to be spending my time productively，dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels.On my last night there，I wandered out of my tent，diary in hand.The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon，and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows.I automatically took out my pen.At that point，I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now，I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books，or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures，but not very oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful.Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old.I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes.Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts，but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.I dont live to make memoriesI just live，and the memories form themselves.(2013湖北，A)1Before the age of thirteen，the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of .Aobserving her school routineBexpressing her satisfactionCimpressing her classmatesDpreserving her history答案D解析细节理解题。由文章第一段的最后一句话“After all，isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past？”可知，我认为通过看过去经历的记录是保存过去的一种方式，故选D项。2What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?AA dull night on the journey.BThe beauty of the great valley.CA striking quotation from a book.DHer concerns for future generations.答案B解析细节理解题。由第三段的第一句话“At that point，I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley.”可知，山谷的美让我意识到没有什么能比得上让自己去体验美。故选B项。3What does the author put in her diary now?ANotes and beautiful pictures.BSpecial thoughts and feelings.CDetailed accounts of daily activities.DDescriptions of unforgettable events.答案B解析细节理解题。由第四段第一句话“Now，I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling.”可知现在“我”只把一些特殊想法和感受写在日记里，故正确答案为B项。4The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is .Ato experience itBto live the present in the futureCto make memoriesDto give accurate representations of it答案A解析推理判断题。由最后一段的最后一句“I dont live to make memories.”可知C项不正确；由第四段最后一句“I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera，busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.”可知B项错误；由最后一段第二句话“Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts，but at least the experiences will always remain inside me.”可知D项错误。.任务型阅读Back to School：Why Grit(毅力) Is More Important than Good Grades?The backtoschool season is upon us，and once again，parents across the country have loaded their kids backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies.Its a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year.The educational process feels more than ever like a race，one that starts in prepreschool and doesnt end until your child is admitted to the perfect college.Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their childrens grades，test scores and IQ.And what we dont think about enough is how to help our children build their characterhow to help them develop skills like perseverance，grit，optimism，conscientiousness，and selfcontrol，which together do more to determine success than SAT scores or IQ.There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our childrens school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills.If youre concerned only with a childs GP.A.，then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school.With real challenge comes the risk of real failure.And in a competitive academic environment，the idea of failure can be very scary，to students and parents alike.But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character.Recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood.“Overcoming those obstacles，” the researchers assumed，“could teach effective coping skills，help engage social support networks，create a sense of mastery over past adversity，and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”By contrast，when we protect our children from every possible failurewhen we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper；when we urge them to choose only those subjects theyre good atwe are denying them those same characterbuilding experiences.As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written，that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood，when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and dont know how to overcome them.In the classroom and outside of it，American parents need to encourage children to take chances，to challenge themselves and/or to risk failures.In