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课时冲关11 UNIT 2 SUCCESS
Ⅰ.完形填空
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:记叙文
话题:延续母亲创立的传统
About 35 years ago, my mother started a family tradition. For the__1__of her first grandchild, my mom handknitted (手工编织) a lovely Christmas stocking. It was a big and a very special gift. Two years later, a second grandchild arrived and Mom took out her knitting needles again.
When one of my cousins had his first child, Mom got__2__with the gift. Then another cousin had a baby, and another and yet another. Mom's knitting needles __3__a lot of activities through the years. She made more than 40 Christmas stockings to give to the new__4__of our growing family tree.
But when she was__5__by a serious disease, the first things she__6__due to it were her__7__motor skills, like those needed to knit.__8__, she just wasn't able to do it anymore.
But the__9__continued. So, I decided to__10__the needles. Mom had taught me how to knit when I was a kid. Although I didn't knit as well as she did, I studied the __11__and have continued her__12__. So far, I've made a dozen or so stockings and__13__to make many more.
Mom passed away last year. And still I continue to knit Christmas stockings.__14__, some traditions are worth__15__through love and care.
1.A.arrival B.happiness
C.benefit D.success
2.A.content B.occupied
C.patient D.familiar
3.A.arranged B.joined
C.saw D.held
4.A.appearances B.pupils
C.members D.drawers
5.A.attacked B.heated
C.judged D.reduced
6.A.noticed B.lost
C.asked D.did
7.A.awkward B.genuine
C.humble D.fine
8.A.Impressively B.Unfortunately
C.Respectively D.Formally
9.A.disease B.activity
C.gifts D.deliveries
10.A.blow up B.bring up
C.pick up D.pull up
11.A.patterns B.needles
C.festivals D.babies
12.A.theory B.privilege
C.example D.tradition
13.A.hope B.afford
C.agree D.manage
14.A.In addition B.On the whole
C.After all D.As a result
15.A.producing B.preserving
C.spreading D.promoting
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者延续母亲创立的传统,为新家庭成员手工编织圣诞袜的故事。
1.A [考查名词词义辨析。句意:为了迎接第一个孙子的到来,母亲亲手编织了可爱的圣诞袜。A.arrival 到达;B.happiness幸福;C.benefit利益,好处;D.success成功。根据后文“her first grandchild”和“a second grandchild arrived and Mom took out her knitting needles again.”可知此处指的是母亲为第一个孙子的到来编织圣诞袜。]
2.B [考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当我的一个表兄妹有了第一个孩子后,母亲开始忙着准备圣诞袜这份礼物。A.content满意的;B.occupied 忙碌的;C.patient 耐心的;D.familiar 熟悉的。根据第一段中“my mother started a family tradition.”和“a second grandchild arrived and Mom took out her knitting needles again.”可知,母亲开始了为新家庭成员的到来编织圣诞袜的传统,因此,当我的一个表兄妹有了第一个孩子后,母亲会依照传统,忙着为孩子准备圣诞袜。]
3.C [考查动词词义辨析。句意:这些年母亲的编织针见证了很多活动。A.arranged 安排,筹备;B.joined 加入;C.saw见证;D.held召开,举行。根据下文“She made more than 40 Christmas stockings to give to the new__4__of our growing family tree.”可知,母亲为新的家庭成员编织了40多双圣诞袜,所以她的编织针也见证了很多的活动。]
4.C [考查名词词义辨析。句意:她做了40多双圣诞袜送给我们不断壮大的家族的新成员。A.appearances 出现;B.pupils(小)学生;C.members 成员;D.drawers 抽屉,开票人。根据下文“of our growing family tree”可知,家族在不断壮大,不断有新的成员加入。]
5.A [考查动词词义辨析。句意:但是,当她受到严重的疾病侵袭时,她首先失去的就是她的精细的运动技能,比如需要编织的技能。A.attacked 侵袭,损害;B.heated 加热;C.judged 判断;D.reduced 减少,下降。根据后文“by a serious disease”可知,母亲受到疾病的侵袭。]
6.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:但是,当她受到严重的疾病侵袭时,她首先失去的就是她的精细的运动技能,比如需要编织的技能。A.noticed 注意到;B.lost 失去;C.asked 问;D.did 做。根据后文“she just wasn't able to do it anymore”可知是母亲失去了精细的运动技能。]
7.D [考查形容词词义辨析。句意:但是,当她受到严重的疾病侵袭时,她首先失去的就是她的精细的运动技能,比如需要编织的技能。A.awkward 笨拙的;B.genuine 真的;C.humble 谦虚的;D.fine好的。根据下文“like those needed to knit.”可知,编织需要的是很好的精细的运动技能。]
8.B [考查副词词义辨析。句意:不幸的是,她再也不能做那件事了。A.impressively 令人赞叹地;B.unfortunately不幸地;C.respectively 分别地,各自地;D.formally正式地。根据后文“she just wasn't able to do it anymore.”可知,母亲再也不能手工编织圣诞袜了,这是一件不幸的事。]
9.D [考查名词词义辨析。句意:但是新成员还在继续增加。A.disease 疾病;B.activity 活动;C.gifts 礼物;D.deliveries分娩。根据下文“So, I decided to__10__the needles.”可知,我接替母亲延续了这一传统,由此推知,还有孩子出生,还有新的家庭成员加入,所以需要有人接替母亲的工作。]
10.C [考查动词短语辨析。句意:所以我拿起了编织针。A.blow up 爆炸,(被)炸毁;B.bring up 抚养,提出(讨论等);C.pick up 拿起;D.pull up停车,停止。根据后文“continued”和“I've made a dozen or so stockings”可知作者接替母亲,拿起编织针,延续了这一传统。]
11.A [考查名词词义辨析。句意:虽然我编织得不如母亲好,但我努力学习编织的样式,延续了她这一传统。 A.patterns图案,花样,式样;B.needles 针;C.festivals 节日;D.babies 婴儿。根据上文可以知,作者接替母亲,拿起编织针,延续为新家庭成员编织圣诞袜的这一传统,结合“I didn't knit as well as she did”可推知,作者要学习的是圣诞袜的编织样式。]
12.D [考查名词词义辨析。句意参见上题。A.theory 理论;B.privilege 特权;C.example 例子,榜样;D.tradition传统。根据前文“my mother started a family tradition”和后文“I've made a dozen or so stockings”可知,我延续了母亲开创的这一传统。]
13.A [考查动词词义辨析。句意:我已经编织了十二只左右,希望还可以编织更多。A.hope 希望;B.afford 负担得起;C.agree 同意;D.manage 经营,管理;设法做成。根据前文的完成时“So far, I've made a dozen or so stockings”和后文的“many more”可知,作者希望未来可以编织更多。]
14.C [考查介词短语辨析。句意:毕竟,有些传统值得通过爱和关怀来保存。A.in addition 除此以外;B.on the whole总的来说;C.after all 毕竟,终究;D.as a result 因此,结果。虽然母亲去世了,但作者接替母亲延续了传统。下文“some traditions are worth__15__through love and care.”揭示了作者这样做的原因。after all可以用于“引出听话人似乎忘记了的某个重要论点或理由”。]
15.B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:毕竟,有些传统值得通过爱和关怀来保留。A.producing 生产,制造;B.preserving 保护,保留;C.spreading 传播,散布,(使)流传;D.promoting 促进,推动。根据上文可知,作者接替母亲,拿起编织针,延续为新家庭成员编织圣诞袜的这一传统,结合下文“love and care”可推知,而作者这样做是因为她认为这一传统是爱与关怀的表现,值得保存。]
Ⅱ.七选五
主题语境:人与社会
体裁:说明文
话题:机器人在食品服务业的广泛应用
Robots used to be found only in science fiction. In the 1960s, the animated spaceage family the Jetsons had a robotic maid who could do household chores. In real life robots function in many manufacturing and household situations. In the filed of medicine, robot patients help train doctors and nurses by pretending they have a variety of health conditions. __1__
The global pandemic and resulting economic crisis have created a lack of restaurant workers. Since restaurants don't have enough workers, the remaining staff must work harder. Regardless, customers face longer wait times, fewer menu choices and higher prices. __2__ These robots are not exactly modeled after Rosey, the Jetsons' robotic household servant, but they are pretty clever (and very cute).
__3__ Many have a design that looks like a rolling cart. One model named Bella even has a cute catlike face. Many are fairly short and shaped like R2D2 of Star Wars fame. They are designed to deliver dishes to regular customers in a restaurant. __4__ They can not only deliver delicious food to performing repetitive tasks, however many there are. They can not only deliver delicious food to hungry customers, but also get back dirty dishes at the end of the meal.
__5__ Concerning the price, a server robot costs from a few thousand to several thousand dollars. Regarding safety, special sensors on the robots keep them from crashing into customers. Because there aren't enough restaurant workers, filling positions with these robotic servers is a nobrainer. Don't be surprised if you see one rolling up to your table soon.
A.Server robots come in several different varieties.
B.Now robots are finding a home in the food service industry.
C.Workers are afraid of being replaced by robots in the future.
D.They are also just the right height for customers to easily reach them.
E.Robots are playing an important role in almost everywhere nowadays.
F.Perhaps you're wondering about issues such as the cost and safety factors.
G.Some founders are lending a hand — a robotic hand — in the form of server robots.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了现在机器人在食品服务业得到广泛应用。
1.B [前文“In real life robots function in many manufacturing and household situations. In the filed of medicine, robot patients help train doctors and nurses by pretending they have a variety of health conditions.(在现实生活中,机器人在许多制造和家庭情境中发挥作用。在医学领域,机器人病人通过假装自己有各种健康状况来帮助培训医生和护士。)”介绍机器人在现实世界的广泛应用,提到各种应用领域,因此B项“Now robots are finding a home in the food service industry.(现在,机器人在食品服务行业找到了自己的家。)”符合语境,介绍机器人在食品服务领域的应用,承接前文。]
2.G [前文“Since restaurants don't have enough workers, the remaining staff must work harder. Regardless, customers face longer wait times, fewer menu choices and higher prices.(由于餐馆没有足够的员工,剩下的员工必须更加努力地工作。无论如何,顾客都要面临更长的等待时间、更少的菜单选择和更高的价格。)”说明餐馆因为员工短缺而面临的问题,后文“These robots are not exactly modeled after Rosey, the Jetsons' robotic household servant, but they are pretty clever (and very cute).[这些机器人并不是完全模仿杰森一家的机器人佣人罗西,但它们相当聪明(也非常可爱)。]”描述一类机器人的情况,因此G项“Some founders are lending a hand-a robotic hand—in the form of server robots.(一些创始人正以机器人服务员的形式伸出援手——一只机器人手。)”符合语境,说明机器人服务员在帮助解决问题,承接前文,引出后面的描述,其中的server robots是后文These robots所指的对象。]
3.A [空处位于段首,需引出段落内容。后文“Many have a design that looks like a rolling cart. One model named Bella even has a cute catlike face.(许多设计得看起来像一个滚动的车。一位名叫贝拉的模型甚至有一张可爱的猫脸。)”具体介绍机器人的外观,因此A项“Server robots come in several different varieties.(机器人服务员有几种不同的类型。)”符合语境,说明机器人有不同类型,契合后文内容。]
4.D [前文“Many are fairly short and shaped like R2D2 of Star Wars fame. They are designed to deliver dishes to regular customers in a restaurant.(许多都很矮,形状像《星球大战》中的R2D2。它们的设计目的是为餐馆的常客送餐。)”具体介绍像R2D2的一类机器人的特点和功能,因此D项“They are also just the right height for customers to easily reach them.(它们的高度也正好适合顾客轻松够到。)”符合语境,说明它们的高度很合适,承接前文,其中的the right height和前文的fairly short呼应。]
5.F [空处位于段首,需引出段落内容。后文“Concerning the price, a server robot costs from a few thousand to several thousand dollars. Regarding safety, special sensors on the robots keep them from crashing into customers.(至于价格,一台机器人服务员的价格从小几千美元到大几千美元不等。在安全方面,机器人上的特殊传感器可以防止它们撞到顾客。)”介绍了机器人服务员的价格和安全情况,因此F项“Perhaps you're wondering about issues such as the cost and safety factors.(也许你想知道诸如成本和安全因素之类的问题。)”符合语境,点明本段讨论成本和安全的问题,引出后文,其中的cost和后文的price呼应,safety和后文的safety是同词复现。]
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