内容正文:
Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2023·泉州三模)The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my____1____, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the____2____creature.
Being a man does not____3____the fact that I am extremely____4____of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being____5____in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to____6____that you know something about car engines when the car won't start. But sometimes the trap is a (n)____7____one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society____8____men should be. What these men want is the____9____to be what they want to be.
As I came towards the frightening bat,I____10____what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn't do it. But I couldn't do that! I____11____opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the____12____.
My wife was____13____and my son thought I was a____14____. They asked me how I had got rid of the bat, I started to tell them—but then____15____. A man doesn't talk of such things.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者虽然害怕蝙蝠,但身为一个男人,为了担负起一家之主的责任,把蝙蝠从家中赶走的故事。
1.A.action B.job
C.character D.decision
解析:B [考查名词词义辨析。句意:我被称为“一家之主”,所以把这个可怕的生物从家里赶出去是我的工作,事实上是我作为男人的责任。A.action行动;B.job工作;C.character性格;D.decision决定。根据上文“the man of the house”和下文“my manly duty”可知,我是一家之主,所以把可怕的蝙蝠从家里赶走是我的工作和责任。故选B项。]
2.A.awful B.lovely
C.magical D.intelligent
解析:A [考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我被称为“一家之主”,所以把这个可怕的生物从家里赶出去是我的工作,事实上是我作为男人的责任。A.awful可怕的,极讨厌的;B.lovely可爱的;C.magical神奇的;D.intelligent聪明的,智能的。根据上文“a big, ugly, black bat”可知,闯入我们家的是一只又大又丑的黑蝙蝠,由此可知,这是个可怕的生物。故选A项。]
3.A.determine B.prove
C.explain D.change
解析:D [考查动词词义辨析。句意:作为一个男人并不能改变我极度害怕蝙蝠的事实。A.determine决定;B.prove证明;C.explain解释;D.change改变。根据下文“As I came towards the frightening bat, I __10__ what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn't do it. But I couldn't do that!”可知,作者想告诉妻子自己不敢驱赶蝙蝠,由此可知,他是害怕蝙蝠的,虽然