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Unit 5 What an adventure!
Ⅰ.完形填空
Ye Ziyi, a young 32yearold Beijinger, becomes the first Chinese winner of the International Earth and Sky Photo Contest. She has _____1____ to more than 40 countries to capture the _____2____ of the starry sky with her camera.
Before becoming a photographer, Ye had a _____3____ job in an advertising company. But her _____4____ to astronomy made her decide to become a fulltime photographer. However, making a _____5____ out of her hobby has not been easy, but she has never _____6____ pursuing her dream, and she hopes more people will be able to _____7____ the power of nature and pay more attention to the issue of light pollution _____8____ her works.
The purest view of the sky is always _____9____ in the corners of the world and star seekers need to overcome a lot of _____10____, including suffering unpredictable weather, climbing high mountains and knowing how to avoid being _____11____ by wild animals.
To get good _____12____ of the Milky Way, she once went to Nam Co Lake in Xizang alone at 2:00 a.m. while the temperature was 5℃. While taking her photos, _____13____, Mother Nature suddenly grew changeable and the clear night sky suddenly clouded over and brought two storms. The next day, she _____14____ from severe highaltitude diseases. But when she looked at the beautiful Milky Way photos she took, she felt it was all _____15____.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了国际天地摄影大赛的首位中国冠军叶子怡(音译)的追梦之路。
1.A.escaped B.gathered
C.traveled D.advanced
解析:C [考查动词词义辨析。句意:她曾前往40多个国家,用相机捕捉星空之美。A.escaped逃脱;B.gathered聚集;C.traveled旅行;D.advanced前进。根据空格后的more than 40 countries可知,此处应该是指到40多个国家旅行拍照,所以用travel表示“旅行”符合语境,故选C项。]
2.A.beauty B.adventure
C.life D.color
解析:A [考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A.beauty美丽;B.adventure冒险;C.life生活;D.color颜色。根据上文“Ye Ziyi, a young 32yearold Beijinger, becomes the first Chinese winner of the International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.(32岁的北京人叶子怡成为了国际天地摄影大赛的首位中国冠军。)”可知,摄影大赛的作品应该是捕捉美景,所以此处用beauty表示捕捉星空的“美”符合语境。故选A项。]
3.A.tough B.wellpaid