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完形填空·热考文体——记叙文(1)
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(2023·青岛模拟)Each year, eight children in an average class in the UK are unable to read well when they leave primary school. Volunteers are welcome to join Bookmark, a non-profit organization to help __1__ this. With Bookmark you will brighten the futures of primary school children. Sally, a Bookmark volunteer, has a story to __2__.
Sally joined Bookmark as a volunteer in 2021 when she had retired and wanted to __3__ her time to others. Before volunteering with Bookmark, she had never worked with __4__, beginning the sessions was indeed a step out of her __5__ zone. Sally felt a real __6__ to Bookmark's mission and believed the challenge would __7__.
“Volunteering has made me feel more __8__. I feel I am making a difference, however __9__ it is. I get huge __10__ from engaging with children and making them laugh as we read in a(n) __11__ way. All the pupils I have read with so far have become __12__ and eager to learn. The sessions do make you think on your feet somewhat, trying to explain what words mean and trying to __13__ a child's comprehension of a story. I've also really __14__ chatting to them and listening to them making up stories. Reading for pleasure is providing a __15__ into learning and a world of opportunities.”
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了非营利组织Bookmark的成员Sally帮助孩子们提高阅读能力的故事。
1.A.observe B.protect
C.judge D.change
解析:选D 根据上文可知,在英国,每年平均每个班级有8个孩子在小学毕业后不能很好地阅读。所以,此处指改变(change)这一现状。
2.A.write B.unfold
C.invent D.outline
解析:选B 根据本句“has a story to”可知,此处指展开(unfold)故事。
3.A.lend B.pass
C.show D.take
解析:选A 根据本句内容可知,莎莉退休后加入Bookmark,成为一名志愿者,她想多花点时间帮助他人。lend“提供(帮助)”。
4.A.books B.children
C.readers D.volunteers
解析:选B 呼应上文的“eight children in an average class”,此处表示以前工作时从未和孩子打交道。
5.A.friend B.favorite
C.comfort D.time
解析:选C 根据空格前“she had never worked with”可知,这对她来说是一份全新的工作,具有挑战性,所以从事这份工作意味着她需要走出舒适(comfort)区。
6.A.connection B.thought
C.entrance D.admission
解析:选A 此处指莎莉与这一组织的使命有了真正的联系(connection),有了真切的感受。
7.A.keep on B.pay off
C.work