专题07 完形填空（精选期中真题，20篇）【考题猜想】-2024-2025学年九年级英语上学期期中考点大串讲（牛津上海版）

专题07 完形填空（精选期中真题，20篇） 选 题 来 源 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (12分) Ronny looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mum. However, Ronny stood apart from his classmates in other ways. He had a speech problem so he couldn’t ____50____ like other kids in his grade. I worked with all the students in Ronny’s class one by one to improve their reading skills. On the days when it was Ronny’s turn, I gave him a silent smile, and he flew out of his chair. He sat very close to me and opened the book as if he was opening a treasure that nobody had ever seen. I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried his best to read out. Every time he ____51____ to read a word with a strange pronunciation, the biggest smile would spread across his face and his eyes would shine with ____52____. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an awards ceremony. I presented Ronny with a book –one of those Little Golden Books that only cost$5. Tears ran down his face as he held the book close to him and went back to his seat. I stayed with the Class for the rest of the day. Ronny never let go of the book, not once. It never left his hands. A few days later, I returned to the school to visit. I ____53____ Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap（大腿）. His teacher said,“He hasn’t put that book down since you gave it to him. Do you know that’s his first book he’s ever actually owned?”Keeping back my tears, I walked towards Ronny, placed my hand on his shoulder and asked,“Will you read me your book, Ronny?”And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more ____54____ than I’d ever thought possible from him. The pages were already dog-eared, like the book had been read thousands of times already. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction,“Good book!”What a powerful contribution（贡献）the writer of that Little Golden Book had made in the life of a disadvantaged child. At that moment, I knew I would get ____55____ about my own writing and do what that writer had done, and probably still does—care enough to write a story that changes a child’s life, care enough to make a difference. 50 A. write B. copy C. listen D. read 51. A. refused B. decided C. managed D. pretended 52. A. fear B. pride C. promise D. silence 53. A. realized B. noticed C. followed D. heard 54. A. coldly B. slowly C. clearly D. quietly 55. A. serious B. nervous C. worried D. surprised 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） You can improve your child’s hearing memory considerably (相当大地). Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he’ll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class. The success of these suggestions ___45___ upon your ability to use your child’s natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun. A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child’s reading ___46___. Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly. Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word. See if your child can identify the word you ___47___. At the beginning, use only simple sentences. Gradually, increase the length of the sentences. Make sure you don’t rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and ___48___ the game. Take your child shopping with you often. He’s to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket. At first, ask him to remember only a few things. Then, as he shows increased ability to remember things, make the list longer and longer. Praise him often and ___49___ when he shows increased ability to remember things. He’ll become proud of his “good” memory and will happily play the game. Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems. ___50___ his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems. Do the same with songs. 45. A. decides B. explains C. depends D. expects 46. A. year B. old C. age D. time 47. A. leave B. skip C. select D. pick 48. A. proud of B. tired of C. boring of D. fond of 49. A. warmly B. luckily C. fortunately D. deeply 50. A. But B. Although C. For D. As 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 Are you able to take a holiday from your mobile devices (装置)? A growing number of hotels will help you to find out. Some hotels are offering “extras,” like food and underwater diving, to people who agree to give up their mobile phones for a few hours. Other hotels have phone-free hours in their swimming areas. They say their rules help guests to be healthy, have fun and get relaxed. And, they hope that hotel guests will enjoy their experience and ___45___ for future visits. “Everyone wants to be able to disconnect. They just need a little ___46___,” said Lisa, chief marketing officer. Last October, five U.S. vacation resorts (度假区) began offering “rewards” to guests who agreed to put away their phones for a few hours. For example, guests get good ___47___ by swimming pools, free food and even chances to win free future visits. It was reported last week that 250 people have taken part in the program at Wyndham resort hotels in Florida and Texas. They offered to cut the cost of a hotel stay by five percent if guests put their phones in a timed lockbox. However, not all guests want to leave their devices. Phones can serve as cameras, music players, travel guides and e-readers. They also might be needed in an ___48___. Matthew, a father of two young children wants all the family to keep devices out of sight during___49___ meals. “Sometimes, people need to be forced to do things to start a thought process and then create a habit,” he said. David, manager of a company, uses two phones. He tries not to use his work phone when he is not on the job, but he carries his personal phone ___50___. “I don’t think I would like being made to put the thing down,” David said. 45. A. return B. refuse C. stay D. search 46. A. score B. breath C. courage D. debate 47. A. seating B. hearing C. meeting D. thinking 48. A. imagination B. experiment C. invention D. emergency 49. A. business B. family C. community D. charity 50. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.(12分) 选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文。 Each of us needs a life coach to help us reach all kinds of personal and professional goals. It’s possible for us to be our own life coach. Here are some tips for you: Pay attention to your relationships with others Ask yourself the following questions : How do you deal with disagreements? When was the last time you showed your family members that you ____45____ them? The relationships between you and your friends, family members and teachers also show a lot about the kind of person you are. Face the fears for the future Now, ____46____ that one of your good friends tells you that he or she is not strong enough to go back to school. Will you give him or her any suggestions in his or her shoes? It seems we often give better advice than we are willing to take ourselves. Remember that even the most successful people are probably told that what they want to do is ____47____, but they follow their dreams and succeed. Develop your talents If you want to reach your goals, you will have to spend more time developing the talents you ____48____ have, and uncovering any hidden talent that you haven’t discovered yet. So you can take classes in subjects that you are interested in, ____49____ you have no experience. Be ____50____ Take some time to be grateful for the things you do have. Remember positive things. Think of the best days you have had in the past month or year. Remember special parties and holidays. Appreciate what other people have done for you. 45. A. asked for B. cared for C. looked for D. called for 46. A. suppose B. guess C. remember D. ensure 47. A. possible B. important C. unimportant D. impossible 48. A. also B. almost C. already D. hardly 49. A. even if B. unless C. if D. until 50. A. satisfied B. thankful C. honest D. amazed 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 Choose the best answer and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) A black cat crossed your path? It might be your lucky day! Cat lovers know that kitty can bring good things like comfort and companionship. Meet four kitties to prove cats are dramatic animals! Top of the class One morning when the school bell rang, 33 students and one lost cat ran into a classroom. The kids started playing with him immediately. The kitten did not want to leave, and the students did not want him to go. So the cat, named Tombi was given a ____45____ checkup to make sure he would be safe to have in the school. Now officially the class cat, Tombi sleeps through classes on the bookshelf and then plays with the kids during breaks. This kitten is a real class cat! Spaced out The fur really flew on October 18, when Felicette became the first cat in space. The French cat rocketed toward the stars to help researchers learn whether animals could ____46____ from the space travel. After soaring more than one hundred miles above Earth, the high-flying cat safely returned home the same day. We bet she was seeing stars. Guide cat Terfel was losing his eyesight. Nervous of hurting himself, the dog ____47____ kept to his basket. But then a missing cat—Pwditat, wandered into the house and walked right up to Terfel. As if he ____48____ the fact that Terfel was blind, the cat led the dog into the garden as a guide. After that, Pwditat became part of the family. Pwditat helped Terfel get around the house. Who says cats and dogs can’t be friends? Cat detective A cat named Snowball helped to solve a crime—a serious one. When police found white cat hairs sticking to a jacket with blood on it, they took hard look at the Snowball and DNA in his hair. ____49____ every individual’s DNA is unique (独一无二的), scientists were able to show the hairs were Snowball’s. That way, police could ____50____ the jacket and the crime to Snowball’s owner. It was the first time cat DNA had been used to find a criminal. 45. A. colorful B. free C. cheap D. medical 46. A. suffer B. escape C. survive D. hear 47. A. mostly B. rarely C. sometimes D. never 48. A. was surprised at B. was aware of C. was satisfied with D. was supposed to 49. A. Since B. Unless C. So D. Even if 50. A. communicate B. connect C. compare D. compete 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 B.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):12分 Traffic rules around the world Traffic rules are made to keep order on the road. Some traffic rules in some countries are quite ___45___. Travelers should ___46___ these rules if they are planning to explore these countries by car. Some interesting traffic rules are related to ___47___. One strange traffic law in Massachusetts, U.S.A. (美国马萨诸塞州) says that gorillas are followed to travel in a car. However, they can only ride in the passenger seat. Drivers will ___48___ a fine if they allow a gorilla (大猩猩) to ride in the backseat. Many people like to take dogs in their cars. In Italy, drivers who take their dogs on a road trip are required to fasten their dog’s seat belt. In Germany, dogs and other pets are considered cargo (货物). ___49___ there is no safety belt rule, pets must be protected against slipping and falling in the vehicle. Speeding is usually judged by a speed camera. However, in speed zones of 30km/h or less, traffic police in Austria can use their own judgment to estimate the speed of a car. Depending on the policeman’s guess, sometimes drivers may receive a speeding ticket even though they traveling ___50___ the speed limit. 45. A. unknown B. common C. popular D. unusual 46. A. be used to B. be connected to C. be aware of D. be ready for 47. A. people B. animals C. plants D. environment 48. A. face B. take C. offer D. afford 49. A. Since B. While C. After D. Before 50. A. above B. over C. in D. under 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago, I got to know a _____50_____ lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone. When I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she wanted to _____51_____ me to have hunch. We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street. On the way, I began to worry. I knew that she had no money, but if I offered (提供) to _____52_____ the lunch, I was afraid I would hurt her. There were many people in the restaurant and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to _____53_____ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to _____54_____ the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers who were working there were all volunteers. I _____55_____ remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. Though we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work. The weather was warm and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright too. I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do something for our friends and neighbors. The world will be nicer if everybody would like to share happiness with others. It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone’s heart. 50. A. poor B. rich C. clever D. crazy 51. A. help B. invite C. borrow D. give 52. A. pay for B. ask for C. look for D. care for 53. A. sit B. rest C. sleep D. work 54. A. buy B. cook C. enjoy D. drink 55. A. never B. still C. hardly D. already 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage. The Letter That Changed a Life A letter changed Levi Strauss’s life. In 1849 gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people rushed to California in ____50____ of finding gold and becoming wealthy. The people hoping to find gold were foolish and greedy. One of those who headed for California was Levi Strauss. Strauss was different. Strauss was a clever, hard-working man. He was ____51____ a new start in life. Up to this time, Strauss had worked for his two brothers in New York City. The brothers sold clothes and blankets and other goods. Strauss planned to set up a ____52____ business to his brothers’ in California. Over the years, Strauss’s business grew. In 1872 he got a letter from one of his customers, a tailor (裁缝) in Nevada. The tailor, Jacob Davis, had an idea for making better work pants. The pockets on work pants often tore. Jacob Davis ____53____ metal rivets (铆钉) to the pockets. Rivets are pieces of metal used to join things together. The rivets worked well, and the miners liked them. Davis didn’t have enough money to get a patent for his invention. He also needed help making the pants. In his ____54____, Davis said that if they worked together, the two of them ‘‘could make a very large amount of money’’. Strauss could see that riveted work pants were a good idea. He agreed to help Davis. The two decided to make the pants. They decided to use denim cloth because it is a strong cloth that doesn’t tear easily and is long lasting. ____55____, the riveted denims were called ‘‘dungarees’’. Dungarees is a word from the Hindi language of India that means “rough cloth”. Because they were tough and durable, dungarees were worn by thousands of farmers, miners, builders, and other workers. Later, dungarees came to be called “jeans”. “Jeans” is a better name for the pants than “dungarees”. 50. A. favour B. hopes C. honour D. charge 51. A. looking at B. looking up C. looking for D. looking after 52. A. different B. general C. familiar D. similar 53. A. added B. preferred C. changed D. returned 54. A. diary B. letter C. book D. invitation 55. A. In addition B. Instead C. At first D. However 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) (12分) My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom at home, my cousin felt a bit ____70____. So, I suggested that I go out with her. My aunt happily agreed. We went to the park near my house together. There we bought two ____71____ and started flying them. While we were doing that, Alice couldn’t help laughing. She jumped up and down and I knew she was truly having great fun. And I must admit that I haven’t enjoyed myself like that for a long time. Then we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were sitting there, Alice said to me, “What a great day today!” I smiled at her and agreed. I then started ____72____ what we had done that day. We did something quite simple, yet we were very happy. Many people wait for their “best days”. But I think today is our perfect day. That’s a lesson I learned today. As adults, we often make plans carefully to have a great day. Actually, we should be more like ____73____. They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They ____74____ live in the moment and enjoy the moment! We often hear the expression that we should live in the present. How do we do that? We are not doing such a good job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging a day of our life for it. Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a ____75____. That’s why it is called present. So, seize the day! 70. A. sleepy B. hungry C. bored D. scared 71. A. planes B. birds C. boxes D. kites 72. A. thinking about B. working out C. talking about D. hearing of 73. A. parents B. children C. relatives D. teachers 74. A. finally B. always C. probably D. seldom 75. A. reason B. contest C. decision D. gift 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）（12分） Are you at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom in your class? Teachers and schools are not ___50___ to rank（把……分等级）students in this way, but it’s hard not to. And every student knows where he or she stands in relation to other students. Like it or not, there is ___51___ in the classroom. Teachers and schools are always focused（聚焦） on getting the best out of each student. They provide lessons, homework and extra help ___52___ all students can pass exams and get the education they need. But not all can be top students. Some students are just smarter than others, and some students just work harder than others. So, does ranking ___53___ matter? A school in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) thinks it does. They used to give bright red uniforms to the top 100 students in their school. And another school in Xi’an made students with poor grades wear green scarves. Those schools were trying to motivate（激励） students to ___54___ better by using rewards and punishment. But this kind of motivation can be harmful. In fact, students can also find motivation within themselves. When you’re trying to “be the best that you ___55___ be,” ranking is unimportant. 50. A. imagined B. allowed C. refused D. planned 51. A. pain B. fun C. competition D. friendship 52. A. so that B. what’s more C. because D. whether 53. A. just B. only C. exactly D. really 54. A. perform B. think C. serve D. play 55. A. must B. should C. can D. need 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the table (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12分) California is located in the far west of the USA and has a long Pacific Ocean coastline. With almost 34 million people, it has the largest population of any of the states of the USA. It is the third largest in ____61____, with just over 400,000 square kilometers. It has an excellent climate although there are very dry areas which do not get enough rain. Only one of the states of the USA, California is in itself the world’s fifth largest economy. It is especially ____62____ wine, fruits and vegetables of many kinds agriculturally. It is the home of Silicon Valley (硅谷), the centre of the world’s computer industry. Los Angeles, its largest city—but not its capital city, which is Sacramento—has the world’s largest film and television industry and is best known for the district called Hollywood. California is also ____63____ in such natural resources as oil, natural gas and wood. California has a huge ____64____ industry. This is partly because of the many natural beauties in the state, but also because of attractions such as Disneyland, Sea World and other theme parks. ____65____, California suffers serious earthquakes often. Parts of California also have water shortages, and because the countryside can be very dry, forest fires are always a major problem. California has many claims to fame, it’s very interesting that its recent laws ____66____ motor vehicles to have zero carbon dioxide emissions. Because of this, and the fact that a quarter of all motor vehicles made in the USA are sold in California, the motor industry is trying hard to produce vehicles powered by hydrogen. 61. A. shape B. number C. height D. area 62. A. famous for B. connected with C. full of D. covered with 63. A. available B. popular C. rich D. generous 64. A. film B. tourist C. fashion D. information 65. A. Finally B. Actually C. Unluckily D. Usually 66. A. allow B. supply C. cause D. require 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） Discovering the Power of Placebos (安慰剂) A little girl cries after falling and bumping her knee against the ground. Her father rushes over and looks closely at the leg. “I’ll kiss it and make it better,” he says. The kiss works. The girl sniffles (抽噎), then jumps up and gets back to playing. Her pain is ___65___. Things like this one happen on playgrounds and in homes around the world every day. When a child gets a bump or bruise (淤伤), says better Ulrike Bingel, “Someone will blow the pain away.” Bingel is a doctor at a Germany university. A caring adult seems to have the ability to stop a child’s pain with a puff of air, a kiss or even just a few kind words. ___66___, none of these things can repair injured skin. So what’s happening? Doctors call it the placebo effect. It describes what happens when something that should have no effect leads to a(n) ___67___ positive change in someone’s body. Placebos are a very ___68___ part of medical research. To prove that a new medicine works, researchers must show that the people who are taking a new drug will be in much better health than those who are taking a placebo. This placebo is usually a pill and it ___69___ the same as the new medicine but contains no medicine. At times a person may feel better after taking a placebo pill though the pill did not act on any disease. This placebo response isn’t an illusion (幻觉). It comes from the brain. A placebo effect can only influence body processes that the brain can change like a pain. “Placebos can’t fight cancer,” Bingel says. But they can change how ___70___ someone experiences pain or other illness.” Bingel and his team are working to better understand what brain processes make this happen. 65. A. delivered B. forgotten C. forgiven D. increased 66. A. For example B. Now and then C. Of course D. In the end 67. A. correct B. strange C. real D. easy 68. A. attractive B. important C. natural D. different 69. A. looks B. becomes C. keeps D. thinks 70. A. commonly B. hardly C. slightly D. strongly 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best words or phrases and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文)（共12分） The pencil maker took the Pencil aside just before putting him into the box. “There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world,” he told the Pencil. “Always remember them, and you will become the best Pencil you can be. One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s ___61___. Two: You will experience a painful sharpening (削尖) ___62___, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil. Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make. Four: The most important part of you will always be what is ___63___. And Five: On every surface you are used, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition is, you must continue to write.” The Pencil understood and ___64___ to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its mind. Now, replace the Pencil with you. Always remember the following words, and you will become the best person you can be. One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow other human beings to see your ability and put you in a certain position (位置). Two: You will go through various problems in life, which might be painful ___65___. But you’ll need them to become a stronger person. Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make. Four: The most important part of you will always be your heart. And Five: Wherever you go, work hard and try to make some achievement. No matter what the situation is, you must continue to ___66___. Believe it, each of you is a special person and your life could be really meaningful as long as you want to. 61. A. pocket B. bag C. hand D. mouth 62. A. in all B. in return C. in the end D. from time to time 63. A. inside B. outside C. indoors D. outdoors 64. A. produced B. promised C. provided D. prepared 65. A. experiences B. results C. solutions D. mistakes 66. A. enjoy yourself B. keep a diary C. do your duties D. make a decision 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) (12分) From the innovative opening ceremony to the athletes’ history-making achievements, the Hangzhou Asian Games drew to a close on Sunday. It has ____45____ plenty of memorable moments over the past two weeks—here are two of our favourites. Dash (冲) to history On the evening of Sept 30, Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium burst into applause and ____46____, as Chinese sprinters (短跑选手) Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi won the gold medals in the men’s and women’s 100m, respectively. The victories ____47____ the first time in Asian Games history that athletes from one country had won both 100m titles and showed China’s recent progress in the 100m. ____48____ for a rival (对手) Chinese swimming star Zhang Yufei had every reason to smile in Hangzhou, after winning six gold medals. But she shed tears when 23-year-old Rikako Ikee took the bronze medal in the women’s 50m butterfly. Japan’s Ikee had amazed the world by grabbing six gold medals at Jakarta 2018, before a serious disease which was likely to end her promising career appeared. ____49____, the brave Japanese star started a courageous battle against the illness and made a victorious return to the pool. At the world championships earlier this year, Zhang showed Ikee the ____50____ she wrote on her hand: “Be the best of yourself.” And after seeing her friend going for excellent performance again in the pool, a tearful Zhang ran over to hug her with heartfelt congratulations. 45. A. caused B. delivered C. prepared D. deserved 46. A. celebration B. conclusions C. congratulations D. cheers 47. A. realized B. mentioned C. marked D. rewarded 48. A. Happiness B. Laughter C. Sadness D. Tears 49. A. Instead B. However C. Besides D. Otherwise 50. A. words B. characters C. letters D. language 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或短语完成短文) I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground. A few minutes ____45____ I had been sound asleep in my nice, warm bed when a scream woke me up. My Nana’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had ____46____ there and woke her up. Hearing her, my elder brother began to take action. While I stumbled (跌跌撞撞) in the smoke and darkness, he ran from room to room quickly waking everyone up in the house. The house, ____47____, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything the fire took it down. I stood there shaking while the fire destroyed my books, clothes and toys. I watched ____48____ while my Mom cried and my Dad swore. I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things. As I looked around, though, I realized ____49____ for the first time: The things that matter are not things but our life. Everything that was important had ____50____ the fire. Our lives would continue. And that was all that mattered. I still think of that fire in the night that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly important in life. It helped me to learn that love we share is far more important than the things we possess (拥有). Love others. Help everyone. Let the love inside of you make this world a warmer place. Let your soul shine brightly. 45. A. later B. earlier C. ahead D. forward 46. A. gone off B. broken down C. gone out D. broken out 47. A. therefore B. besides C. meanwhile D. however 48. A. helplessly B. unluckily C. uselessly D. importantly 49. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 50. A. failed B. survived C. escaped D. passed 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文) Cormorant fishing is a Chinese traditional skill. Traditional skills are those ____45____ that have been passed down from generation to generation. These skills can include things like weaving, pottery making, or woodworking. They are often ____46____ rural areas (农村) and small communities where people have been able to keep these skills over time. Traditional skills are important because they help to protect cultural heritage (遗产). By passing on these skills, we are able to keep alive the knowledge and skills that have been used for centuries. This not only enables these traditions to continue, but also makes us interested in the history and culture of different communities around the word. Another reason why traditional skills are valuable is that they ____47____ a way for people to protect their environment. Many traditional skills use natural materials such as wood, clay, or wool. By working with these materials, people are able to develop a deeper understanding of the natural world and the resources that ____48____ to them. Although there are many benefits of traditional skills, they are becoming less popular in today’s world. As technology advances and our lives become more fast-paced, many people ____49____ have the time or desire to learn these skills. Besides, some traditional skills are replaced by modern ones that are faster or easier to use. However, there are still many people who value traditional skills and are working hard to keep them alive. Whether ____50____ workshops or simply passing on knowledge to family members, these people are helping to ensure that these skills continue to be a part of our cultural heritage for generations to come. 45. A. items B. chances C. influences D. abilities 46. A. connected with B. different from C. covered with D. aware of 47. A. reply B. provide C. support D. promise 48. A. harmful B. ancient C. available D. convenient 49. A. had better B. used to C. would rather D. no longer 50. A. except B. through C. during D. between 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 B．Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文) (12分) Be yourself We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are. Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time. We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough. 45. A. Again B. Next C. Besides D. However 46. A. describe B. compare C. introduce D. prefer 47. A. lonely B. forgetful C. disappointed D. nervous 48. A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. unfair 49. A. inside B. among C. around D. for 50. A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen. Successful people ____70____ how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it in this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any ____71____ time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drivers aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be? Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. ____72____ people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set — and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must ____73____ what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life. Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be ____74____ regularly, and have more power. Like a contract (合同) with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also, when you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously ____75____ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal. 70. A. imagine B. discuss C. experience D. show 71. A. free B. dull C. fixed D. wasted 72. A. Lucky B. Young C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful 73. A. practice B. change C. admit D. decide 74. A. improved B. reviewed C. set D. reached 75. A. aware of B. worried about C. familiar with D. used to 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（6分） Would you eat an insect? It might sound disgusting, but insects have actually been part of ___36___ diets in many parts of the world. In Thailand, fried crickets are a popular snack. In Ghana, eating termites helps people get the protein they need. And in Mexico, ant eggs fried in butter are thought to be delicious. Moreover, eating insects could be the ___37___ to world hunger. Many people around the world don’t have enough food to eat. Meanwhile, the earth’s population keeps growing. It is said that it will reach 9,000,000,000 by the year 2050. Also, we are quickly running out of new land to use for farming and raising animals. The number of fish in our oceans is also decreasing, because of pollution and overfishing. On the other hand, there are plenty of insects available; this is why a United Nations（UN）report ___38___ using insects as food. Insects are not only more than enough but also good for your health. They contain lots of protein and important nutrients. Locusts, for example, actually contain more iron than beef does. Moreover, raising insects for food is better for the environment than raising other animals, because they ___39___ less land, food and water. Also, farm animals like cows and pigs give our harmful greenhouse gases into the air after they eat. Insects release greenhouse gases too, but not as much as other animals. ___40___ they can breakdown the waste and dead bodies of other animals, returning their nutrients to the soil. Insects are already being eaten by many people across the world. Even if it seems ___41___, we should keep an open mind. It could mean the difference between life and death for starving people around the world. Word box disgusting adj.恶心的 protein n.蛋白质 nutrient n.营养物 starving adj.饿极了的 36. A. healthy B. traditional C. faithful D. natural 37. A. answer B. problem C. cause D. source 38. A. discusses B. imagines C. suggests D. considers 39. A. include B. control C. require D. waste 40. A. Instead B. As a result C. In fact D. What’s more 41. A. wonderful B. strange C. popular D. simple 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择正确答案） A few years ago, my two-year-old son pointing at a dozen of “stood” color marker-pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” With the encouragement of such a ___45___, he quickly collected another handful of long and thin ball-pens, trying to do the same-making them stand up on the table. Little by little, his face ___46___— red and finally he cried out, “Mummy, help!” ___47___ all the ball-pens in his hand had either sharp or round ends, I said casually, “Mummy can’t help you on this.” But immediately he cried loudly and fell to the floor. A moment later, he ran back to the table, and____48____ trying to keep the ball-pens standing up. Without knowing why the ball-pens can; t stand up, my son had accepted the impossibility after many times of ___49___tries. He put aside all the ball-pens, and kept only those marker-pens for this standing up “game”. This time he succeeded in this way. Clearly, he already learned to let go of this useless try. Being persistent is not easy. But sometimes, it is even harder to let go. In our daily life, perhaps many headaches can be___50___ if we know how to realize those unlikely achievable goals, and then decisively let go of them immediately. 45. A. reply B. present C. photo D. success 46. A. turned B. guided C. held D. lifted 47. A. Knowing B. Noticing C. Believing D. Understanding 48. A. stopped B. continued C. enjoyed D. finished 49. A. failed B. passed C. wanted D. died 50. A. connected B. stopped C. started D. avoided 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 专题07 完形填空（精选期中真题，20篇） 选 题 来 源 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 1、2024·位育中学·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (12分) Ronny looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mum. However, Ronny stood apart from his classmates in other ways. He had a speech problem so he couldn’t ____50____ like other kids in his grade. I worked with all the students in Ronny’s class one by one to improve their reading skills. On the days when it was Ronny’s turn, I gave him a silent smile, and he flew out of his chair. He sat very close to me and opened the book as if he was opening a treasure that nobody had ever seen. I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried his best to read out. Every time he ____51____ to read a word with a strange pronunciation, the biggest smile would spread across his face and his eyes would shine with ____52____. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an awards ceremony. I presented Ronny with a book –one of those Little Golden Books that only cost$5. Tears ran down his face as he held the book close to him and went back to his seat. I stayed with the Class for the rest of the day. Ronny never let go of the book, not once. It never left his hands. A few days later, I returned to the school to visit. I ____53____ Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap（大腿）. His teacher said,“He hasn’t put that book down since you gave it to him. Do you know that’s his first book he’s ever actually owned?”Keeping back my tears, I walked towards Ronny, placed my hand on his shoulder and asked,“Will you read me your book, Ronny?”And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more ____54____ than I’d ever thought possible from him. The pages were already dog-eared, like the book had been read thousands of times already. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction,“Good book!”What a powerful contribution（贡献）the writer of that Little Golden Book had made in the life of a disadvantaged child. At that moment, I knew I would get ____55____ about my own writing and do what that writer had done, and probably still does—care enough to write a story that changes a child’s life, care enough to make a difference. 50 A. write B. copy C. listen D. read 51. A. refused B. decided C. managed D. pretended 52. A. fear B. pride C. promise D. silence 53. A. realized B. noticed C. followed D. heard 54. A. coldly B. slowly C. clearly D. quietly 55. A. serious B. nervous C. worried D. surprised 【答案】50. D 51. C 52. B 53. B 54. C 55. C 【解析】 【分析】本文将“我”的班上有一个叫罗尼的有言语障碍的儿童，后来学年结束“我”送他了一本书，这是他唯一的一本书而且他爱不释手，直到有一天“我”重返校园再次遇见罗尼，他发现这本书对他产生了如此大的影响，让他的朗读清晰了不少，对于这样一本能够影响一个儿童一生的书“我”十分赞赏。 【50题详解】 句意：他有言语问题，所以他不能像其他年级的孩子一样朗读。“speech”通常指“演讲，说话”，在这方面有问题即说明“他”不能够向别人一样朗读，选项A“写”，选项B“复制”，选项C“听”，选项D“读”，故选D。 【51题详解】 句意：每次他用带有奇怪的发音成功地读出一个单词时…，“manage to do”指“做成某事”，这里想要说的是他每次都成功读出一个单词的时候，他就会展露出笑容，“with a strange pronunciation”也说明他是能读出来的，选项A“拒绝”，选项B“决定”，选项C“做成（某事）”，选项D“假装”，故选C。 【52题详解】 句意：最大的笑容会散布在他的脸上，他的眼睛会自豪地闪耀。这是说他每次设法说出一个单词后的表现，他微笑了，眼睛里应该是闪烁着骄傲的，选项A“害怕”，选项B“骄傲”，选项C“承诺”，选项D“寂静”，故选B。 【53题详解】 句意：我注意到罗尼坐在操场附近的椅子上，书放在他的膝盖上。这里是说“我”后来回到学校，注意到在看书的罗尼。“坐在操场附近的椅子上”是可以被“注意到”的，选项A“意识到”，选项B“注意到”，选项C“跟随，跟上”，选项D“听到”，故选B。 【54题详解】 句意：他比我想象的更清楚地给我读了这本书。这里是想表达“我”的惊喜或意外，他之前有言语障碍，所以读书不是很清晰，这里是想说罗尼读书比起“我”所想象的要清楚地多，选项A“寒冷地，冷酷地”，选项B“缓慢地”，选项C“清楚地”，选项D“安静地”，故选C。 【55题详解】 句意：我会担心自己的写作，并且做那个作家做的事情。前文提到了“我”对于那本书作者能够对罗尼产生如此大的影响这件事十分震撼，于是应该是开始担心自己的作品是否也能一样改变一个儿童的一生。“get worried about”为“对…担忧”，选项A“认真的，严肃的”，选项B“紧张的”，选项C“担心的”，选项D“惊讶的”，故选C。 2、2024·上海市实验西校·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） You can improve your child’s hearing memory considerably (相当大地). Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he’ll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class. The success of these suggestions ___45___ upon your ability to use your child’s natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun. A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child’s reading ___46___. Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly. Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word. See if your child can identify the word you ___47___. At the beginning, use only simple sentences. Gradually, increase the length of the sentences. Make sure you don’t rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and ___48___ the game. Take your child shopping with you often. He’s to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket. At first, ask him to remember only a few things. Then, as he shows increased ability to remember things, make the list longer and longer. Praise him often and ___49___ when he shows increased ability to remember things. He’ll become proud of his “good” memory and will happily play the game. Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems. ___50___ his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems. Do the same with songs. 45. A. decides B. explains C. depends D. expects 46. A. year B. old C. age D. time 47. A. leave B. skip C. select D. pick 48. A. proud of B. tired of C. boring of D. fond of 49. A. warmly B. luckily C. fortunately D. deeply 50. A. But B. Although C. For D. As 【答案】45. C 46. C 47. B 48. B 49. A 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了如何提高孩子的听力记忆力。 【45题详解】 句意：这些建议的成功取决于你是否有能力利用孩子的自然欲望参与他觉得简单有趣的游戏。 decides决定；explains解释；depends取决于；expects期望。根据“upon your ability to use your child’s natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun.”可知，这里是取决于你是否有能力利用孩子的自然欲望参与他觉得简单有趣的游戏。故选C。 【46题详解】 句意：一个好的开始方法是大声朗读适合孩子阅读年龄的书中的一句话。 year年；old老的；age年龄；time时间。根据“your child’s reading”可知，这里是适合孩子阅读年龄的书。故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：看看你的孩子是否能识别你漏掉的单词。 leave留下；skip跳过，漏过；select选择；pick挑选。根据“Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word.”可知，这里指你漏掉的单词，leave out=skip“漏掉”。故选B。 【48题详解】 句意：确保你不要操之过急，否则你的孩子可能会对游戏感到气馁和厌倦。 proud of引以为豪；tired of厌倦；boring of没趣的；fond of喜欢。根据“your child may become discouraged and…the game.”可知，这里是可能会对游戏感到气馁和厌倦。故选B。 【49题详解】 句意：当他表现出更强的记忆力时，经常热情地表扬他。 warmly热烈地，热情地；luckily幸运的是；fortunately幸运地；deeply深深地。根据“Praise him often and…when he shows increased ability to remember things.”可知，当他表现出更强的记忆力时，应该要热情地表扬他。故选A。 【50题详解】 句意：当他的能力越来越强时，鼓励他记住更长的诗。 But但是；Although虽然；For对于；As当……时。根据“his ability to do this becomes stronger,”可知，这里是由as引导的时间状语从句，表示“当能力变强的时候”。故选D。 3、2024·浦东新区第四教育署四校联考·期中卷 Are you able to take a holiday from your mobile devices (装置)? A growing number of hotels will help you to find out. Some hotels are offering “extras,” like food and underwater diving, to people who agree to give up their mobile phones for a few hours. Other hotels have phone-free hours in their swimming areas. They say their rules help guests to be healthy, have fun and get relaxed. And, they hope that hotel guests will enjoy their experience and ___45___ for future visits. “Everyone wants to be able to disconnect. They just need a little ___46___,” said Lisa, chief marketing officer. Last October, five U.S. vacation resorts (度假区) began offering “rewards” to guests who agreed to put away their phones for a few hours. For example, guests get good ___47___ by swimming pools, free food and even chances to win free future visits. It was reported last week that 250 people have taken part in the program at Wyndham resort hotels in Florida and Texas. They offered to cut the cost of a hotel stay by five percent if guests put their phones in a timed lockbox. However, not all guests want to leave their devices. Phones can serve as cameras, music players, travel guides and e-readers. They also might be needed in an ___48___. Matthew, a father of two young children wants all the family to keep devices out of sight during___49___ meals. “Sometimes, people need to be forced to do things to start a thought process and then create a habit,” he said. David, manager of a company, uses two phones. He tries not to use his work phone when he is not on the job, but he carries his personal phone ___50___. “I don’t think I would like being made to put the thing down,” David said. 45. A. return B. refuse C. stay D. search 46. A. score B. breath C. courage D. debate 47. A. seating B. hearing C. meeting D. thinking 48. A. imagination B. experiment C. invention D. emergency 49. A. business B. family C. community D. charity 50. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere 【答案】45. A 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. C 【解析】 【分析】文章介绍了一些酒店推出了一些活动，就是客人放弃自己手机几个小时，他们可以提供一些优惠活动，酒店解释说，这是帮助客人健康、玩得高兴和放松。 【45题详解】 句意：酒店希望客人喜欢他们的经历以后再来。 考查动词辨析。return返回，refuse拒绝，stay 待在，search搜寻；根据they hope that hotel guests will enjoy their experience可知再回来；故选A。 【46题详解】 句意：他们需要一点勇气。 考查名词辨析。score分数，breath呼吸， courage勇气，debate讨论；根据Everyone wants to be able to disconnect可知是只是需要一点勇气；故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：客人得到游泳池边的好位置。 考查名词辨析。seating座位， hearing听见，meeting会议，thinking想法；根据by swimming pools可知是游泳池边的好位置；故选A。 【48题详解】 句意：在遇到紧急情况时他们也许被需要。 考查名词辨析。imagination想象力，experiment实验，invention发明，emergency紧急情况；根据Phones can serve as cameras, music players, travel guides and e-readers. They also might be needed可知是紧急情况时被需要；故选D。 【49题详解】 句意：在家人一起吃饭时。 考查名词辨析。business生意，family家庭，community社区，charity慈善；根据a father of two young children wants all the family to keep devices out of sight可知是家人一起吃饭；故选B。 【50题详解】 句意：他到哪儿都带着自己的手机。 考查副词辨析。nowhere没有地方somewhere某地，everywhere每个地方，anywhere任何地方；根据I don’t think I would like being made to put the thing down,可知是到每个地方都带着；故选C。 4、2024·浦东新区22校联考·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.(12分) 选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文。 Each of us needs a life coach to help us reach all kinds of personal and professional goals. It’s possible for us to be our own life coach. Here are some tips for you: Pay attention to your relationships with others Ask yourself the following questions : How do you deal with disagreements? When was the last time you showed your family members that you ____45____ them? The relationships between you and your friends, family members and teachers also show a lot about the kind of person you are. Face the fears for the future Now, ____46____ that one of your good friends tells you that he or she is not strong enough to go back to school. Will you give him or her any suggestions in his or her shoes? It seems we often give better advice than we are willing to take ourselves. Remember that even the most successful people are probably told that what they want to do is ____47____, but they follow their dreams and succeed. Develop your talents If you want to reach your goals, you will have to spend more time developing the talents you ____48____ have, and uncovering any hidden talent that you haven’t discovered yet. So you can take classes in subjects that you are interested in, ____49____ you have no experience. Be ____50____ Take some time to be grateful for the things you do have. Remember positive things. Think of the best days you have had in the past month or year. Remember special parties and holidays. Appreciate what other people have done for you. 45. A. asked for B. cared for C. looked for D. called for 46. A. suppose B. guess C. remember D. ensure 47. A. possible B. important C. unimportant D. impossible 48. A. also B. almost C. already D. hardly 49. A. even if B. unless C. if D. until 50. A. satisfied B. thankful C. honest D. amazed 【答案】45. B 46. A 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了如何成为自己人生的教练。 【45题详解】 句意：你上一次向家人表示你关心他们是什么时候？ asked for寻求；cared for关心；looked for寻找；called for呼吁。根据“When was the last time you showed your family members that you…them?”可知是指表示关心家人，故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：现在，假设你的一个好朋友告诉你他或她没有足够的力量回到学校。 suppose认为；guess猜测；remember记得；ensure确保。根据“that one of your good friends tells you that he or she is not strong enough to go back to school.”可知是指假设某种情况发生，suppose that“假定”，故选A。 【47题详解】 句意：记住，即使是最成功的人也可能被告知他们想做的事情是不可能的，但他们追随自己的梦想并取得成功。 possible可能的；important重要的；unimportant不重要的；impossible不可能的。根据“what they want to do is…but they follow their dreams and succeed”可知是指他们想做的事情是不可能的，故选D。 【48题详解】 句意：如果你想实现你的目标，你将不得不花更多的时间发展你已经拥有的才能，并发现您尚未发现的任何隐藏天赋。 also也；almost几乎；already已经；hardly几乎不。根据“you will have to spend more time developing the talents you…have, and uncovering any hidden talent that you haven’t discovered yet.”可知是指表示花更多的时间发展你已经拥有的才能，故选C。 【49题详解】 句意：所以你可以参加你感兴趣的课程，即使你没有经验。 even if即使；unless除非；if如果；until直到。根据“So you can take classes in subjects that you are interested in…you have no experience.”可知表示你可以参加你感兴趣的课程，即使你没有经验。故选A。 【50题详解】 句意：学会感激。 satisfied满意的；thankful感激的；honest诚实的；amazed吃惊的。根据“Take some time to be grateful for the things you do have.”可知要表示感谢，故选B。 5、2024·浦东模范中学·期中卷 Choose the best answer and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) A black cat crossed your path? It might be your lucky day! Cat lovers know that kitty can bring good things like comfort and companionship. Meet four kitties to prove cats are dramatic animals! Top of the class One morning when the school bell rang, 33 students and one lost cat ran into a classroom. The kids started playing with him immediately. The kitten did not want to leave, and the students did not want him to go. So the cat, named Tombi was given a ____45____ checkup to make sure he would be safe to have in the school. Now officially the class cat, Tombi sleeps through classes on the bookshelf and then plays with the kids during breaks. This kitten is a real class cat! Spaced out The fur really flew on October 18, when Felicette became the first cat in space. The French cat rocketed toward the stars to help researchers learn whether animals could ____46____ from the space travel. After soaring more than one hundred miles above Earth, the high-flying cat safely returned home the same day. We bet she was seeing stars. Guide cat Terfel was losing his eyesight. Nervous of hurting himself, the dog ____47____ kept to his basket. But then a missing cat—Pwditat, wandered into the house and walked right up to Terfel. As if he ____48____ the fact that Terfel was blind, the cat led the dog into the garden as a guide. After that, Pwditat became part of the family. Pwditat helped Terfel get around the house. Who says cats and dogs can’t be friends? Cat detective A cat named Snowball helped to solve a crime—a serious one. When police found white cat hairs sticking to a jacket with blood on it, they took hard look at the Snowball and DNA in his hair. ____49____ every individual’s DNA is unique (独一无二的), scientists were able to show the hairs were Snowball’s. That way, police could ____50____ the jacket and the crime to Snowball’s owner. It was the first time cat DNA had been used to find a criminal. 45. A. colorful B. free C. cheap D. medical 46. A. suffer B. escape C. survive D. hear 47. A. mostly B. rarely C. sometimes D. never 48. A. was surprised at B. was aware of C. was satisfied with D. was supposed to 49. A. Since B. Unless C. So D. Even if 50. A. communicate B. connect C. compare D. compete 【答案】45. D 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了猫是“戏剧性动物”的四个事件。 45题详解】 句意：因此，这只名叫Tombi猫接受了体检，以确保它在学校是安全的。 colorful多姿多彩的；free免费的；cheap便宜的；medical医学的。据“So the cat, named Tombi was given a…checkup to make sure he would be safe to have in the school.”可知，这只猫要接受医学检查是为了能和学校里的孩子们安全地一起玩耍。故选D。 【46题详解】 句意：一只法国猫飞向恒星，帮助研究人员了解动物是否能在太空旅行中幸存。 suffer遭受；escape逃跑；survive生存；hear听。根据“animals could…from the space travel”可知，是看动物是否能在太空旅行中生存下来。故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：由于害怕伤到自己，这只狗大部分时间都呆在篮子里。 mostly大部分；rarely很少地；sometimes有时；never从不。根据“Terfel was losing his eyesight. Nervous of hurting himself, the dog…kept to his basket.”可知，狗大部分时间都呆在篮子里是因为自己看不见，怕伤到自己。故选A。 【48题详解】 句意：仿佛意识到Terfel失明了的事实，猫作为一个向导领着狗进了花园。 was surprised at对……感到惊讶；was aware of意识到；was satisfied with对……满意；was supposed to应该是。根据“the cat led the dog into the garden as a guide.”可知，猫像向导一样，领着狗进了花园就好像它知道这只狗失明了一样。故选B。 【49题详解】 句意：由于每个人的DNA都是独一无二的，科学家们能够证明这些头发是Snowball的。 Since因为；Unless除非；So所以；Even if虽然。根据“…every individual’s DNA is unique (独一无二的), scientists were able to show the hairs were Snowball’s.”可知，句子前后是因果关系，因此此处用since引导原因状语从句。故选A。 【50题详解】 句意：这样，警方就可以将这件夹克和犯罪行为与Snowball的主人联系起来。 communicate交流；connect连接；compare比较；compete竞争。根据“…the jacket and the crime to Snowball’s owner”可知，把这件夹克和犯罪行为与Snowball的主人联系起来，connect…to…“将……与……联系起来”。故选B。 6、2024·闵行区六校联考·期中卷 B.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):12分 Traffic rules around the world Traffic rules are made to keep order on the road. Some traffic rules in some countries are quite ___45___. Travelers should ___46___ these rules if they are planning to explore these countries by car. Some interesting traffic rules are related to ___47___. One strange traffic law in Massachusetts, U.S.A. (美国马萨诸塞州) says that gorillas are followed to travel in a car. However, they can only ride in the passenger seat. Drivers will ___48___ a fine if they allow a gorilla (大猩猩) to ride in the backseat. Many people like to take dogs in their cars. In Italy, drivers who take their dogs on a road trip are required to fasten their dog’s seat belt. In Germany, dogs and other pets are considered cargo (货物). ___49___ there is no safety belt rule, pets must be protected against slipping and falling in the vehicle. Speeding is usually judged by a speed camera. However, in speed zones of 30km/h or less, traffic police in Austria can use their own judgment to estimate the speed of a car. Depending on the policeman’s guess, sometimes drivers may receive a speeding ticket even though they traveling ___50___ the speed limit. 45. A. unknown B. common C. popular D. unusual 46. A. be used to B. be connected to C. be aware of D. be ready for 47. A. people B. animals C. plants D. environment 48. A. face B. take C. offer D. afford 49. A. Since B. While C. After D. Before 50. A. above B. over C. in D. under 【答案】45. D 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. B 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了几个国家有趣的交通规则。 【45题详解】 句意：在一些国家的交通规则很不寻常。 unknown未知的；common普通的；popular流行的；unusual不寻常的，与众不同的。根据“One strange traffic law in Massachusetts, U.S.A. (美国马萨诸塞州) says that gorillas are followed to travel in a car.”和“In Italy, drivers who take their dogs on a road trip are required to fasten their dog’s seat belt.”可知，这些国家的交通规则很不寻常，故选D。 【46题详解】 句意：如果旅行者计划乘小汽车去探索这些国家，应该明白这些规则。 be used to习惯于；be connected to和……连接；be aware of明白，了解；be ready for 为……做准备。根据“these rules”可知，要了解这些交通规则。故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：一些有趣的交通规则和动物有关。 people人们；animals动物；plants植物；environment环境。根据“One strange traffic law in Massachusetts, U.S.A. (美国马萨诸塞州) says that gorillas are followed to travel in a car.”可知，交通规则与动物有关。故选B。 【48题详解】 句意：如果司机允许大猩猩坐在后座上，他们将面临罚款。 face面对；take带走；offer提供；afford付得起。根据“However, they can only ride in the passenger seat.”可知，如果不遵守规则，将会面临罚款。故选A。 【49题详解】 句意：虽然没有安全带的规定，但必须保护宠物防止在车内滑倒。 Since自从；While虽然；After在……之后；Before在……之前。分析句子可知，前后分句为让步关系，使用while引导让步状语从句，即：虽然没有让动物系安全带的规定，但也要保证动物不滑倒。故选B。 【50题详解】 句意：有时候，司机可能会因为警察的猜测而被开出超速罚单，尽管他们的车速在限速范围内。 above超过；over在……之上；in在……里面；Under低于，在……下面。根据“even though they traveling...the speed limit”可知，车速低于限速也有可能被罚款。故选D。 7、2024·协和双语培明中学·期中卷 Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago, I got to know a _____50_____ lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone. When I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she wanted to _____51_____ me to have hunch. We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street. On the way, I began to worry. I knew that she had no money, but if I offered (提供) to _____52_____ the lunch, I was afraid I would hurt her. There were many people in the restaurant and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to _____53_____ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to _____54_____ the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers who were working there were all volunteers. I _____55_____ remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. Though we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work. The weather was warm and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright too. I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do something for our friends and neighbors. The world will be nicer if everybody would like to share happiness with others. It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone’s heart. 50. A. poor B. rich C. clever D. crazy 51. A. help B. invite C. borrow D. give 52. A. pay for B. ask for C. look for D. care for 53. A. sit B. rest C. sleep D. work 54. A. buy B. cook C. enjoy D. drink 55. A. never B. still C. hardly D. already 【答案】50. A 51. B 52. A 53. D 54. C 55. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者认识一位没有孩子们，也没有钱，独自生活的，名叫罗斯的女士，作者总是看望她，给她一些咖啡喝食物。罗斯通过为餐馆工作，请作者吃了一次午饭，他们在一起高兴地享用午餐。作者认为如果每个人都愿意与他人分享幸福，世界将会更美好。 【50题详解】 句意：三十年前，我认识了一位名叫罗斯的可怜的女士。 poor贫穷的，可怜的；rich富有的；clever聪明的；crazy疯狂的。根据“She had no kids and lived alone.”可知，她没有孩子，独自生活，因此她是可怜的人，故选A。 【51题详解】 句意：有一天她说她想邀请我去有预感。 help帮助；invite邀请；borrow借；give给。根据“Though we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work.”可知，罗斯用她的工钱，请我吃了一次午饭，invite sb to do sth“邀请某人去做某事”，故选B。 【52题详解】 句意：我知道她没有钱，但如果我提出要付午餐的钱，我怕我会伤害她。 pay for支付；ask for要求；look for寻找；care for关心。根据“I knew that she had no money,”可知，她没有钱，因此我想要支付午餐的钱，故选A。 【53题详解】 句意：然后她去厨房工作。 sit坐；rest休息；sleep睡眠；work工作。根据“She told me that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work.”可知，她没有钱，因此她通过工作，赚取一顿午饭。故选D。 【54题详解】 句意：她只付了一顿饭的钱，我们就开始一起享受美味的食物。 buy买；cook烹饪；enjoy喜欢，享受；drink喝。根据“Though we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work.”可知，他们一起享用午餐，故选C。 【55题详解】 句意：我仍然记得我和罗斯一起度过的那个美丽的下午。 never从不；still仍然；hardly几乎不；already已经。根据“...remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose.”可知，那天和罗斯在一起的下午，现在仍然记着，因此用副词still，故选B。 8、2024·同济大学附属七一中学·期中卷 Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage. The Letter That Changed a Life A letter changed Levi Strauss’s life. In 1849 gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people rushed to California in ____50____ of finding gold and becoming wealthy. The people hoping to find gold were foolish and greedy. One of those who headed for California was Levi Strauss. Strauss was different. Strauss was a clever, hard-working man. He was ____51____ a new start in life. Up to this time, Strauss had worked for his two brothers in New York City. The brothers sold clothes and blankets and other goods. Strauss planned to set up a ____52____ business to his brothers’ in California. Over the years, Strauss’s business grew. In 1872 he got a letter from one of his customers, a tailor (裁缝) in Nevada. The tailor, Jacob Davis, had an idea for making better work pants. The pockets on work pants often tore. Jacob Davis ____53____ metal rivets (铆钉) to the pockets. Rivets are pieces of metal used to join things together. The rivets worked well, and the miners liked them. Davis didn’t have enough money to get a patent for his invention. He also needed help making the pants. In his ____54____, Davis said that if they worked together, the two of them ‘‘could make a very large amount of money’’. Strauss could see that riveted work pants were a good idea. He agreed to help Davis. The two decided to make the pants. They decided to use denim cloth because it is a strong cloth that doesn’t tear easily and is long lasting. ____55____, the riveted denims were called ‘‘dungarees’’. Dungarees is a word from the Hindi language of India that means “rough cloth”. Because they were tough and durable, dungarees were worn by thousands of farmers, miners, builders, and other workers. Later, dungarees came to be called “jeans”. “Jeans” is a better name for the pants than “dungarees”. 50. A. favour B. hopes C. honour D. charge 51. A. looking at B. looking up C. looking for D. looking after 52. A. different B. general C. familiar D. similar 53. A. added B. preferred C. changed D. returned 54. A. diary B. letter C. book D. invitation 55. A. In addition B. Instead C. At first D. However 【答案】50. B 51. C 52. D 53. A 54. B 55. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲的是一封信改变了Levi Strauss的一生。 【50题详解】 句意：成千上万的人涌向加利福尼亚，希望找到黄金并变得富有。 favour赞同；hopes希望；honour尊敬；charge指责。根据下文“The people hoping to find gold were foolish and greedy.”可知，此处指的是人们希望找到黄金并变得富有。故选B。 【51题详解】 句意：他在寻找生活的新开始。 looking at看；looking up查阅；looking for寻找；looking after照顾。根据上文“Strauss was a clever, hard-working man.”可知，Strauss在寻找生活的新开始。故选C。 【52题详解】 句意：施特劳斯计划在加利福尼亚建立一家与他兄弟相似的公司。 different不同的；general普遍的；familiar熟悉的；similar相似的。根据“The brothers sold clothes and blankets and other goods. Strauss planned to set up a... business to his brothers’ in California.”可知，此处指建一个与他兄弟相似的公司。故选D。 【53题详解】 句意：雅各布·戴维斯口袋上添加了金属铆钉。 added添加；preferred更喜爱；changed改变；returned返回。根据“The pockets on work pants often tore. Jacob Davis…metal rivets to the pockets.”可知，工作裤上的口袋经常破，Jacob Davis在口袋上添加了金属铆钉；add…to…“将……添加到……”，为固定短语。故选A。 【54题详解】 句意：戴维斯在信中说，如果他们一起工作，他们两个“可以赚一大笔钱”。 diary日记；letter信；book书；invitation邀请。根据上文“In 1872 he got a letter from one of his customers, a tailor in Nevada. The tailor, Jacob Davis, had an idea for making better work pants.”可知，此处指的是在Davis的信中。故选B。 【55题详解】 句意：起初，铆钉牛仔裤被称为“工作服”。 In addition此外；Instead代替；At first起初；However然而。根据下文“Later, dungarees came to be called ‘jeans’.”可知，此处是介绍起初铆钉牛仔裤的名称。故选C。 9、2024·金山区联考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) (12分) My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom at home, my cousin felt a bit ____70____. So, I suggested that I go out with her. My aunt happily agreed. We went to the park near my house together. There we bought two ____71____ and started flying them. While we were doing that, Alice couldn’t help laughing. She jumped up and down and I knew she was truly having great fun. And I must admit that I haven’t enjoyed myself like that for a long time. Then we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were sitting there, Alice said to me, “What a great day today!” I smiled at her and agreed. I then started ____72____ what we had done that day. We did something quite simple, yet we were very happy. Many people wait for their “best days”. But I think today is our perfect day. That’s a lesson I learned today. As adults, we often make plans carefully to have a great day. Actually, we should be more like ____73____. They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They ____74____ live in the moment and enjoy the moment! We often hear the expression that we should live in the present. How do we do that? We are not doing such a good job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging a day of our life for it. Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a ____75____. That’s why it is called present. So, seize the day! 70. A. sleepy B. hungry C. bored D. scared 71. A. planes B. birds C. boxes D. kites 72. A. thinking about B. working out C. talking about D. hearing of 73. A. parents B. children C. relatives D. teachers 74. A. finally B. always C. probably D. seldom 75. A. reason B. contest C. decision D. gift 【答案】70. C 71. D 72. A 73. B 74. B 75. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者带着六岁的表妹去放风筝，一起度过了简单而快乐的一天，这使得作者深刻体会到我们应该活在当下，享受当下。 【70题详解】 句意：当我阿姨在家和我妈妈聊天的时候，我表妹觉得有点无聊。 sleepy困倦的；hungry饥饿的；bored无聊的；scared害怕的。根据下文“So, I suggested that I go out with her.”可知，作者带表妹出去玩是因为表妹觉得有点无聊。故选C。 【71题详解】 句意：在那里，我们买了两只风筝并开始放风筝。 planes飞机；birds小鸟；boxes盒子；kites风筝。根据“started flying them”可知，此处指买了风筝。故选D。 【72题详解】 句意：然后我开始思考那天我们做了什么。 thinking about思考；working out解决；talking about谈论；hearing of听说。根据下文“We did something quite simple, yet we were very happy.”可知，此处表示作者开始思考那天做了什么。故选A。 【73题详解】 句意：事实上，我们应该更像孩子。 parents父母；children孩子；relatives亲戚；teachers老师。根据下文“They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They...live in the moment and enjoy the moment!”可知，这是孩子的特点，所以此处表示“我们应该更像孩子”。故选B。 【74题详解】 句意：他们总是活在当下，享受当下！ finally最终；always总是；probably可能；seldom很少。结合选项和“They...live in the moment and enjoy the moment!”可知，此处表示他们总是活在当下，享受当下。故选B。 【75题详解】 句意：今天是一份礼物。 reason原因；contest竞争；decision决定；gift礼物。根据下文“That’s why it is called present.”可知，这就是为什么它被称为present的原因，“present”除了表示“现在”，还可解释为“礼物”，与gift同义。故选D。 10、2024·川沙中学南校·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）（12分） Are you at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom in your class? Teachers and schools are not ___50___ to rank（把……分等级）students in this way, but it’s hard not to. And every student knows where he or she stands in relation to other students. Like it or not, there is ___51___ in the classroom. Teachers and schools are always focused（聚焦） on getting the best out of each student. They provide lessons, homework and extra help ___52___ all students can pass exams and get the education they need. But not all can be top students. Some students are just smarter than others, and some students just work harder than others. So, does ranking ___53___ matter? A school in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) thinks it does. They used to give bright red uniforms to the top 100 students in their school. And another school in Xi’an made students with poor grades wear green scarves. Those schools were trying to motivate（激励） students to ___54___ better by using rewards and punishment. But this kind of motivation can be harmful. In fact, students can also find motivation within themselves. When you’re trying to “be the best that you ___55___ be,” ranking is unimportant. 50. A. imagined B. allowed C. refused D. planned 51. A. pain B. fun C. competition D. friendship 52. A. so that B. what’s more C. because D. whether 53. A. just B. only C. exactly D. really 54. A. perform B. think C. serve D. play 55. A. must B. should C. can D. need 【答案】50. B 51. C 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C 【解析】 【导语】本文讨论的是有没有必要把学生分等级及排名重不重要。 【50题详解】 句意：学校和老师不允许把学生以这种方式分等级。 imagined想象；allowed允许；refused拒绝；planned计划。根据“ Teachers and schools are not...to rank（把……分等级）students in this way, but it’s hard not to”可知，是不被允许分等级。故选B。 【51题详解】 句意：喜不喜欢，在教室里都有竞争。 pain疼痛；fun趣事；competition比赛；friendship友谊。根据“Teachers and schools are not...to rank（把……分等级）students in this way, but it’s hard not to”可知，要分等级，所以是存在竞争。故选C。 【52题详解】 句意：他们提供课、家庭作业和额外的帮助以至于所有的学生可以能通过考试得到他们需要的教育。 so that为了；what’s more此外；because因为；whether是否。根据横线后是表达目的，所以是so that。故选A。 【53题详解】 句意：因此排名真得重要吗？ just只；only只；exactly确切地；really真的。根据“But not all can be top students. Some students are just smarter than others, and some students just work harder than others”可知，此处表示质疑排名真的重要吗，所以是really。故选D。 【54题详解】 句意：那些学校正尝试通过使用奖励和惩罚来刺激学生表现得更好。 perform工作，执行，表演；think认为；serve服务；play玩。根据“They used to give bright red uniforms to the top 100 students in their school. And another school in Xi’an made students with poor grades wear green scarves”可知，是用奖励和惩罚来刺激学生表现得好，所以是perform。故选A。 【55题详解】 句意：当你尝试“成为你所能的最好”排名是不重要的。 must必须；should应该；can能；need需要。根据语境成为你所能够的最好，自己能力所能达到的。故选C。 11、2024·崇明区部分学校联考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the table (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12分) California is located in the far west of the USA and has a long Pacific Ocean coastline. With almost 34 million people, it has the largest population of any of the states of the USA. It is the third largest in ____61____, with just over 400,000 square kilometers. It has an excellent climate although there are very dry areas which do not get enough rain. Only one of the states of the USA, California is in itself the world’s fifth largest economy. It is especially ____62____ wine, fruits and vegetables of many kinds agriculturally. It is the home of Silicon Valley (硅谷), the centre of the world’s computer industry. Los Angeles, its largest city—but not its capital city, which is Sacramento—has the world’s largest film and television industry and is best known for the district called Hollywood. California is also ____63____ in such natural resources as oil, natural gas and wood. California has a huge ____64____ industry. This is partly because of the many natural beauties in the state, but also because of attractions such as Disneyland, Sea World and other theme parks. ____65____, California suffers serious earthquakes often. Parts of California also have water shortages, and because the countryside can be very dry, forest fires are always a major problem. California has many claims to fame, it’s very interesting that its recent laws ____66____ motor vehicles to have zero carbon dioxide emissions. Because of this, and the fact that a quarter of all motor vehicles made in the USA are sold in California, the motor industry is trying hard to produce vehicles powered by hydrogen. 61. A. shape B. number C. height D. area 62. A. famous for B. connected with C. full of D. covered with 63. A. available B. popular C. rich D. generous 64. A. film B. tourist C. fashion D. information 65. A. Finally B. Actually C. Unluckily D. Usually 66. A. allow B. supply C. cause D. require 【答案】61. D 62. A 63. C 64. B 65. C 66. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了美国西岸的加利福尼亚州。 【61题详解】 句意：它是面积第三大的城市，面积刚刚超过40万平方公里。 shape形状；number号码；height高度；area面积。根据“with just over 400,000 square kilometers.”可知，此处指的是面积。故选D。 【62题详解】 句意：它以葡萄酒、水果和多种农业蔬菜而闻名。 famous for因……而闻名；connected with和……连接；full of充满；covered with覆盖。根据“wine, fruits and vegetables of many kinds agriculturally.”可知，此处指加利福尼亚州因为葡萄酒、水果和农业蔬菜而闻名。故选A。 【63题详解】 句意：加利福尼亚州还拥有丰富的自然资源，如石油、天然气和木材。 available空闲的；popular流行的；rich富有的；generous慷慨的。be rich in“含有丰富的……”，动词短语。故选C。 【64题详解】 句意：加利福尼亚州拥有庞大的旅游业。 film电影；tourist旅游；fashion流行；information信息。根据“This is partly because of the many natural beauties in the state, but also because of attractions such as Disneyland, Sea World and other theme parks.”可知，加利福尼亚州旅游业很发达。故选B。 【65题详解】 句意：不幸的是，加利福尼亚州经常发生严重地震。 Finally最终；Actually实际上；Unluckily不幸的；Usually通常。根据“California suffers serious earthquakes often.”可知，经常发生地震是不幸的。故选C。 【66题详解】 句意：其最近的法律要求机动车的二氧化碳排放量为零。 allow允许；supply供应；cause引起；require要求。根据“motor vehicles to have zero carbon dioxide emissions.”可知，这是法律要求的内容。故选D。 12、2024·普陀区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） Discovering the Power of Placebos (安慰剂) A little girl cries after falling and bumping her knee against the ground. Her father rushes over and looks closely at the leg. “I’ll kiss it and make it better,” he says. The kiss works. The girl sniffles (抽噎), then jumps up and gets back to playing. Her pain is ___65___. Things like this one happen on playgrounds and in homes around the world every day. When a child gets a bump or bruise (淤伤), says better Ulrike Bingel, “Someone will blow the pain away.” Bingel is a doctor at a Germany university. A caring adult seems to have the ability to stop a child’s pain with a puff of air, a kiss or even just a few kind words. ___66___, none of these things can repair injured skin. So what’s happening? Doctors call it the placebo effect. It describes what happens when something that should have no effect leads to a(n) ___67___ positive change in someone’s body. Placebos are a very ___68___ part of medical research. To prove that a new medicine works, researchers must show that the people who are taking a new drug will be in much better health than those who are taking a placebo. This placebo is usually a pill and it ___69___ the same as the new medicine but contains no medicine. At times a person may feel better after taking a placebo pill though the pill did not act on any disease. This placebo response isn’t an illusion (幻觉). It comes from the brain. A placebo effect can only influence body processes that the brain can change like a pain. “Placebos can’t fight cancer,” Bingel says. But they can change how ___70___ someone experiences pain or other illness.” Bingel and his team are working to better understand what brain processes make this happen. 65. A. delivered B. forgotten C. forgiven D. increased 66. A. For example B. Now and then C. Of course D. In the end 67. A. correct B. strange C. real D. easy 68. A. attractive B. important C. natural D. different 69. A. looks B. becomes C. keeps D. thinks 70. A. commonly B. hardly C. slightly D. strongly 【65~70题答案】 【答案】65. B 66. C 67. C 68. B 69. A 70. D 13、2024·奉贤区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best words or phrases and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文)（共12分） The pencil maker took the Pencil aside just before putting him into the box. “There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world,” he told the Pencil. “Always remember them, and you will become the best Pencil you can be. One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s ___61___. Two: You will experience a painful sharpening (削尖) ___62___, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil. Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make. Four: The most important part of you will always be what is ___63___. And Five: On every surface you are used, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition is, you must continue to write.” The Pencil understood and ___64___ to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its mind. Now, replace the Pencil with you. Always remember the following words, and you will become the best person you can be. One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow other human beings to see your ability and put you in a certain position (位置). Two: You will go through various problems in life, which might be painful ___65___. But you’ll need them to become a stronger person. Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make. Four: The most important part of you will always be your heart. And Five: Wherever you go, work hard and try to make some achievement. No matter what the situation is, you must continue to ___66___. Believe it, each of you is a special person and your life could be really meaningful as long as you want to. 61. A. pocket B. bag C. hand D. mouth 62. A. in all B. in return C. in the end D. from time to time 63. A. inside B. outside C. indoors D. outdoors 64. A. produced B. promised C. provided D. prepared 65. A. experiences B. results C. solutions D. mistakes 66. A. enjoy yourself B. keep a diary C. do your duties D. make a decision 【答案】61. C 62. D 63. A 64. B 65. A 66. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是哲理文章，把人生的经历比作铅笔：要想成就更好的自己，就要像铅笔让人握着一样，要让人了解你的才能，把你放在合适的位置；无论经历什么痛苦、在什么地方工作，都要履行自己的职责、努力取得成就，每个人都可以成就自己有意义的人生。 【61题详解】 句意：你将可以做很多大事，但只有你允许自己被人握在手里。 考查名词辨析。 A. pocket（口袋）；B. bag（书包）；C. hand（手）；D. mouth（嘴巴）； 根据常识“手握笔”，故选C。 【62题详解】 句意：你将会不时地经历痛苦的刀削，但是你需要这样才能成为更好的铅笔。 考查短语辨析。 A. in all（总共）；B. in return（回报）；C. in the end（最后）；D. from time to time（不时地）；根据下文“but you’ll need it to become a better pencil. 但是你需要这样才能成为更好的铅笔。”，推断想要成为好的铅笔就需要“不时地”经历被刀削的痛苦；故选D。 【63题详解】 句意：你最重要的部分总是在最里面的。 考查副词辨析。A. inside（里面）；B. outside（外面）；C. indoors（室内）；D. outdoors（室外）；最重要的总是藏在最里面的，inside 意为“里面”，故选A。 【64题详解】 句意：铅笔懂得、承诺要记得（这些），牢记在心带着目标进入铅笔盒。 考查动词辨析。A. produced（生产）；B. promised（承诺）；C. provided（提供）；D. prepared（准备）；根据下文“and went into the box with purpose in its mind. 牢记在心带着目标进入铅笔盒”，推断上文是“承诺要记得制造者的嘱咐”，promise意为“承诺”，故选B。 【65题详解】 句意：你将会经历生活中各种问题，那些问题可能是痛苦的经历。 考查名词辨析。 A. experiences（经历）；B. results（结果）；C. solutions（解决）； D. mistakes（错误）；根据上文“You will go through various problems in life你将会经历生活中各种问题”，推断“生活中碰到的问题可能是痛苦的经历”，experience意为“经历”，故选A。 【66题详解】 句意：无论情况如何，你必须继续履行你的职责。 考查短语辨析。A. enjoy yourself（过得愉快）；B. keep a diary（日记）；C. do your duties（履行职责）；D. make a decision（做决定）；根据上文No matter what the condition is, you must continue to write.不论什么情况你都要继续写”，下文把人生经历的比作的铅笔的经历，推断句意是“无论情况如何，你必须继续履行你的的职责。”，do one’s duty意为“履行职责”，故选C。 【点睛】本篇完型填空考查词汇辨析、固定搭配等。解答前要跳空阅读全文，理解大意；再阅读选项，逐个理解选项的词义；然后回归原文，根据句意、上下文联系、固定搭配排除干扰项，得出答案。清楚本篇文章的结构是解答的关键，前文是制造者告诫铅笔要想成为更好的铅笔所要经历的一切，下文是把人生比作铅笔，根据上下文的联系，很容易作答。 14、2024·黄浦区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词，完成短文) (12分) From the innovative opening ceremony to the athletes’ history-making achievements, the Hangzhou Asian Games drew to a close on Sunday. It has ____45____ plenty of memorable moments over the past two weeks—here are two of our favourites. Dash (冲) to history On the evening of Sept 30, Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium burst into applause and ____46____, as Chinese sprinters (短跑选手) Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi won the gold medals in the men’s and women’s 100m, respectively. The victories ____47____ the first time in Asian Games history that athletes from one country had won both 100m titles and showed China’s recent progress in the 100m. ____48____ for a rival (对手) Chinese swimming star Zhang Yufei had every reason to smile in Hangzhou, after winning six gold medals. But she shed tears when 23-year-old Rikako Ikee took the bronze medal in the women’s 50m butterfly. Japan’s Ikee had amazed the world by grabbing six gold medals at Jakarta 2018, before a serious disease which was likely to end her promising career appeared. ____49____, the brave Japanese star started a courageous battle against the illness and made a victorious return to the pool. At the world championships earlier this year, Zhang showed Ikee the ____50____ she wrote on her hand: “Be the best of yourself.” And after seeing her friend going for excellent performance again in the pool, a tearful Zhang ran over to hug her with heartfelt congratulations. 45. A. caused B. delivered C. prepared D. deserved 46. A. celebration B. conclusions C. congratulations D. cheers 47. A. realized B. mentioned C. marked D. rewarded 48. A. Happiness B. Laughter C. Sadness D. Tears 49. A. Instead B. However C. Besides D. Otherwise 50. A. words B. characters C. letters D. language 【答案】45. B 46. D 47. C 48. D 49. B 50. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了杭州亚运会中，两个令人难忘的时刻。 【45题详解】 句意：在过去的两周里，它带来了许多难忘的时刻——以下是我们最喜欢的两个。 caused造成；delivered投递、传递、发表；prepared准备；deserved值得。根据“It has...plenty of memorable moments over the past two weeks”可知，杭州亚运会带来了/传递了许多难忘的时刻。故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：9月30日晚，当中国短跑运动员谢振业和葛曼棋分别获得男子和女子100米金牌时，杭州奥体中心体育场爆发出热烈的掌声和欢呼声。 celebration庆祝；conclusions结论；congratulations祝贺；cheers欢呼。根据“...burst into applause and”和“as Chinese sprinters (短跑选手) Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi won the gold medals in the men’s and women’s 100m, respectively”可知，中国短跑运动员谢振业和葛曼棋分别获得男子和女子100米金牌，人们应该是鼓掌和欢呼。故选D。 【47题详解】 句意：这个胜利标志着亚运会历史上第一次有一个国家的运动员同时获得100米冠军，也显示了中国最近在100米项目上取得的进步。 realized实现，意识到；mentioned提及；marked标志；rewarded获奖。根据“The victories...the first time in Asian Games history that athletes from one country had won both 100m titles”可知，这次胜利标志着在亚运会历史上第一次有一个国家的运动员同时获得100米冠军。故选C。 【48题详解】 句意：为对手流泪。 Happiness幸福；Laughter笑；Sadness伤心；Tears眼泪。根据“But she shed tears when 23-year-old Rikako Ikee took the bronze medal in the women’s 50m butterfly”可知，张雨霏是为对手流泪。故选D。 【49题详解】 句意：然而，这位勇敢的日本明星勇敢地与疾病作斗争，并成功地回到了游泳池。 Instead相反；However然而；Besides除此之外（还）；Otherwise否则。根据“Japan’s Ikee had amazed the world by grabbing six gold medals at Jakarta 2018, before a serious disease which was likely to end her promising career appeared...the brave Japanese star started a courageous battle against the illness and made a victorious return to the pool”可知，空格前后为转折关系，故应用however。故选B。 【50题详解】 句意：在今年早些时候的世界锦标赛上，张给Ikee看了她写在手上的一句话：“做最好的自己。” words话；characters汉字；letters信，字母；language语言。根据“Be the best of yourself”可知，是写在手上的话。故选A。 15、2024·骏博外国语学校（上闵外）·期中卷 Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或短语完成短文) I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground. A few minutes ____45____ I had been sound asleep in my nice, warm bed when a scream woke me up. My Nana’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had ____46____ there and woke her up. Hearing her, my elder brother began to take action. While I stumbled (跌跌撞撞) in the smoke and darkness, he ran from room to room quickly waking everyone up in the house. The house, ____47____, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything the fire took it down. I stood there shaking while the fire destroyed my books, clothes and toys. I watched ____48____ while my Mom cried and my Dad swore. I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things. As I looked around, though, I realized ____49____ for the first time: The things that matter are not things but our life. Everything that was important had ____50____ the fire. Our lives would continue. And that was all that mattered. I still think of that fire in the night that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly important in life. It helped me to learn that love we share is far more important than the things we possess (拥有). Love others. Help everyone. Let the love inside of you make this world a warmer place. Let your soul shine brightly. 45. A. later B. earlier C. ahead D. forward 46. A. gone off B. broken down C. gone out D. broken out 47. A. therefore B. besides C. meanwhile D. however 48. A. helplessly B. unluckily C. uselessly D. importantly 49. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 50. A. failed B. survived C. escaped D. passed 【答案】45. B 46. D 47. D 48. A 49. C 50. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了作者小时候经历了一场火灾，从那次后他明白了生命中真正重要的东西。 【45题详解】 句意：几分钟前，我还在温暖舒适的床上熟睡，突然一声尖叫把我吵醒了。 later以后；earlier以前；ahead前方；forward向前。根据“A few minutes…I had been sound asleep in my nice, warm bed when a scream woke me up.”及前文可知，此处是指几分钟以前发生的事情。故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：那里发生了火灾，把她吵醒了。 gone off爆炸；broken down发生故障；gone out出去；broken out爆发。根据“A fire had…there and woke her up.”可知，此处是指是火灾爆发了。故选D。 【47题详解】 句意：然而，这座房子已经有50多年的历史了，是用木头建造的。 therefore所以；besides除了；meanwhile同时；however然而。根据“The house,…, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything the fire took it down.”可知，此处是指他们都逃了出来，然而房子就没办法逃脱，用however表示转折。故选D。 【48题详解】 句意：我无助地看着妈妈哭着爸爸骂着。 helplessly无助地；unluckily不幸地；uselessly无用地；importantly重要的是。根据“I watched…while my Mom cried and my Dad swore.”及前文可知，此处是指他无助地看着自己的书和衣服等被大火烧掉。故选A。 【49题详解】 句意：然而，当我环顾四周时，我第一次意识到了一件事：重要的不是物质而是我们的生命。 nothing没什么；anything任何事；something某事；everything一切。根据“As I looked around, though, I realized…for the first time”及前文可知，此处是指是意识到一些事情。故选C。 【50题详解】 句意：所有重要的东西都在火灾中幸存了下来。 failed失败；survived幸存；escaped逃跑；passed通过。根据“Everything that was important had…the fire.”可知，此处是指在大火中幸存。故选B。 16、2024·娄山中学·期中卷 Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文) Cormorant fishing is a Chinese traditional skill. Traditional skills are those ____45____ that have been passed down from generation to generation. These skills can include things like weaving, pottery making, or woodworking. They are often ____46____ rural areas (农村) and small communities where people have been able to keep these skills over time. Traditional skills are important because they help to protect cultural heritage (遗产). By passing on these skills, we are able to keep alive the knowledge and skills that have been used for centuries. This not only enables these traditions to continue, but also makes us interested in the history and culture of different communities around the word. Another reason why traditional skills are valuable is that they ____47____ a way for people to protect their environment. Many traditional skills use natural materials such as wood, clay, or wool. By working with these materials, people are able to develop a deeper understanding of the natural world and the resources that ____48____ to them. Although there are many benefits of traditional skills, they are becoming less popular in today’s world. As technology advances and our lives become more fast-paced, many people ____49____ have the time or desire to learn these skills. Besides, some traditional skills are replaced by modern ones that are faster or easier to use. However, there are still many people who value traditional skills and are working hard to keep them alive. Whether ____50____ workshops or simply passing on knowledge to family members, these people are helping to ensure that these skills continue to be a part of our cultural heritage for generations to come. 45. A. items B. chances C. influences D. abilities 46. A. connected with B. different from C. covered with D. aware of 47. A. reply B. provide C. support D. promise 48. A. harmful B. ancient C. available D. convenient 49. A. had better B. used to C. would rather D. no longer 50. A. except B. through C. during D. between 【答案】45. D 46. A 47. B 48. C 49. D 50. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了中国传统的鸬鹚捕鱼技术，以及传统技能的重要性。 【45题详解】 句意：传统技能是指代代相传的能力。 items项目；chances机会；influences影响；abilities能力。根据“These skills can include things like weaving, pottery making, or woodworking.”可知，这里指的是传统技能，ability“能力”符合句意。故选D。 【46题详解】 句意：他们通常与农村地区和小社区有关，在这些地方，人们能够随着时间的推移保持这些技能。 connected with与……有关；different from与……不同；covered with覆盖；aware of意识到。根据“rural areas (农村) and small communities where people have been able to keep these skills over time”可知，这些技能通常与农村和小社区有关，应选“与……有关”，其他选项不符合句意，故选A。 【47题详解】 句意：另一个传统技能有价值的原因是它们为人们保护环境提供了一种方式。 reply回复；provide提供；support支持；promise承诺。根据“a way for people”可知，考查provide sth. for sb.“给某人提供某物”，故选B。 【48题详解】 句意：通过使用这些材料，人们能够对自然世界和他们可用的资源有更深的了解。 harmful有害的；ancient古老的；available可用的；convenient方便的。根据上文“use natural materials such as wood, clay, or wool”可知，这些是天然材料，天然资源是人们可获得，可使用的，be available to“可供使用”。故选C。 【49题详解】 句意：随着科技的进步和我们的生活节奏越来越快，许多人不再有时间或愿望去学习这些技能。 had better最好；used to曾经；would rather宁愿；no longer不再。根据“As technology advances and our lives become more fast-paced”可知，技术进步，人们也不再有时间学习这些技能。故选D。 【50题详解】 句意：无论是通过工作坊还是简单地将知识传递给家庭成员，这些人都在帮助确保这些技能继续成为我们后代文化遗产的一部分。 except除……以外；through通过；during在……期间；between在……中间。根据“these people are helping to ensure that these skills continue to be a part of our cultural heritage for generations to come”可知，人们为了传承传统技能可以通过研讨会或传授给家庭成员。故选B。 17、2024·浦东新区统考·期中卷 B．Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文) (12分) Be yourself We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are. Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time. We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough. 45. A. Again B. Next C. Besides D. However 46. A. describe B. compare C. introduce D. prefer 47. A. lonely B. forgetful C. disappointed D. nervous 48. A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. unfair 49. A. inside B. among C. around D. for 50. A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors 【答案】45. D 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. C 【解析】 【分析】试题分析：短文大意：阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要谈到了如何做好自己的话题。告诉我们，尽管我们的父母还有我们自己对自己都有这样或者那样的期望，但是我们只要尽自己最大努力，做好自己就可以了。 【45题详解】 考查语境理解及词语辨析。Again又，再；next接下来；besides除了；however然而。上下句之间存在转折关系。每个人都希望自己能与众不同，但是长大后发现事实并非如 此，故选D。 【46题详解】 考查语境理解及动词辨析。Describe描述；compare对比；introduce介绍；prefer更喜欢。父母经常拿自家的孩子同他人家的孩子作比较，故选B。 【47题详解】 考查语境理解及副词辨析。Lonely孤独地；forgetful健忘的；disappointed失望的；nervous紧张的。我们经常会感到失望，因为天外有天，人外有人，总有比你更强的，故选C。 【48题详解】 考查语境理解及形容词辨析。Helpful有帮助的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的；unfair不同平的。有的人长得好看，还有的人有钱，我们不可能时时刻刻都比他人优秀，故选B。 【49题详解】 考查语境理解及介词辨析。Inside在里面among在多个中间；around在……四周；for为了，对于。inside指内心深入。其实在内心深处我们已经拥有我们一直渴望的东西，故选A。 【50题详解】 考查语境理解及名词辨析。Friends朋友们；scientists科学家们；parents父母；doctors医生们。在我们成长的过程中，父母有时候忘记告诉我们非常的特别。故选C。 18、2024·青浦区进修学院附属中学·期中卷 Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文) Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen. Successful people ____70____ how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it in this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any ____71____ time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drivers aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be? Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. ____72____ people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set — and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must ____73____ what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life. Research tells us that when we write a goal down, we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be ____74____ regularly, and have more power. Like a contract (合同) with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also, when you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously ____75____ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal. 70. A. imagine B. discuss C. experience D. show 71. A. free B. dull C. fixed D. wasted 72. A. Lucky B. Young C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful 73. A. practice B. change C. admit D. decide 74. A. improved B. reviewed C. set D. reached 75. A. aware of B. worried about C. familiar with D. used to 【答案】70. A 71. D 72. D 73. D 74. B 75. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了设定目标的重要性。 【70题详解】 句意：成功的人会设想他们的生活是什么样并且确定很多目标。 imagine想象，discuss讨论，experience体验，show显示。根据“Successful people…how their life should be and set lots of goals.”可知，成功的人会想象他们的生活应该是什么样子。故选A。 【71题详解】 句意：她可以毫不浪费时间或走错路地直接开到那里。 free自由的，dull枯燥的，fixed固定的，wasted浪费的。根据“She can drive straight there without any…time or wrong turns.”可知，有目标的人不会浪费时间。故选D。 【72题详解】 句意：不成功的人只是让生活发生意外。 Lucky幸运的，Young年轻的，Ordinary普通的，Unsuccessful不成功的。根据“…people just let life happen by accident.”及前文“Winners in life set goals and follow through on them.”可知，前文谈论了成功者，此处应谈论失败者。故选D。 【73题详解】 句意：你必须决定要达到什么目的和人生方向。 practice练习，change改变，admit承认，decide决定。根据“You are the one who must…what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.”可知，不成功的人只是让生活偶然发生。故选D。 【74题详解】 句意：写下来的目标可以定期检查，并有更多的力量。 improved改善，reviewed复习，set设置，reached到达。根据“Written goals can be…regularly, and have more power.”可知，书面的目标可以定期审查。故选B。 【75题详解】 句意：当你以特定的方式写下你的目标时，你能够让自己持续地意识到将带你更接近目标的情况。 aware of意识到，worried about担心，familiar with熟悉，used to习惯于。根据“… you are able to make yourself continuously…situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.”可知，写下目标可以让自己不断意识到那些会让你更接近目标的情况。故选A。 19、2024·杨浦区统考·期中卷 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（6分） Would you eat an insect? It might sound disgusting, but insects have actually been part of ___36___ diets in many parts of the world. In Thailand, fried crickets are a popular snack. In Ghana, eating termites helps people get the protein they need. And in Mexico, ant eggs fried in butter are thought to be delicious. Moreover, eating insects could be the ___37___ to world hunger. Many people around the world don’t have enough food to eat. Meanwhile, the earth’s population keeps growing. It is said that it will reach 9,000,000,000 by the year 2050. Also, we are quickly running out of new land to use for farming and raising animals. The number of fish in our oceans is also decreasing, because of pollution and overfishing. On the other hand, there are plenty of insects available; this is why a United Nations（UN）report ___38___ using insects as food. Insects are not only more than enough but also good for your health. They contain lots of protein and important nutrients. Locusts, for example, actually contain more iron than beef does. Moreover, raising insects for food is better for the environment than raising other animals, because they ___39___ less land, food and water. Also, farm animals like cows and pigs give our harmful greenhouse gases into the air after they eat. Insects release greenhouse gases too, but not as much as other animals. ___40___ they can breakdown the waste and dead bodies of other animals, returning their nutrients to the soil. Insects are already being eaten by many people across the world. Even if it seems ___41___, we should keep an open mind. It could mean the difference between life and death for starving people around the world. Word box disgusting adj.恶心的 protein n.蛋白质 nutrient n.营养物 starving adj.饿极了的 36. A. healthy B. traditional C. faithful D. natural 37. A. answer B. problem C. cause D. source 38. A. discusses B. imagines C. suggests D. considers 39. A. include B. control C. require D. waste 40. A. Instead B. As a result C. In fact D. What’s more 41. A. wonderful B. strange C. popular D. simple 【答案】36. B 37. A 38. C 39. C 40. C 41. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了昆虫是世界上许多地方饮食的一部分，它可以解决很多饥饿问题，我们应该保持开放的心态。 【36题详解】 句意：这听起来可能很恶心，但昆虫实际上是世界上许多地方传统饮食的一部分。 healthy健康的；traditional传统的；faithful忠诚的；natural自然的。根据“In Thailand, fried crickets are a popular snack. In Ghana, eating termites helps people get the protein they need. And in Mexico, ant eggs fried in butter are thought to be delicious.”可知说的是昆虫实际上是世界上许多地方传统饮食的一部分。故选B。 【37题详解】 句意：此外，吃昆虫可能是解决世界饥饿问题的答案。 answer答案；problem问题；cause原因；source来源。根据“Many people around the world don’t have enough food to eat.”可知世界上许多人没有足够的食物吃，所以吃昆虫可能是解决世界饥饿问题的答案。故选A。 【38题详解】 句意：这就是为什么联合国(UN)的一份报告建议将昆虫作为食物。 discusses讨论；imagines想象；suggests建议；considers考虑。根据“this is why a United Nations（UN）report...using insects as food.”可知联合国报告建议把昆虫作为食物。故选C。 【39题详解】 句意：此外，饲养昆虫作为食物比饲养其他动物对环境更好，因为它们需要更少的土地、食物和水。 include包括；control控制；require需要，要求；waste浪费。根据“because they...less land, food and water.”可知饲养昆虫需要更少的土地、食物和水。故选C。 【40题详解】 句意：事实上，它们可以分解废物和其他动物的尸体，将它们的营养物质归还给土壤。 Instead代替；As a result结果是；In fact事实上；What’s more此外。根据“they can breakdown the waste and dead bodies of other animals, returning their nutrients to the soil.”可知此处讲述的是一个关于昆虫的事实情况，应用in fact，故选C。 【41题详解】 句意：即使看起来很奇怪，我们也应该保持开放的心态。 wonderful美妙的；strange奇怪的；popular受欢迎的；simple简单的。根据“Insects are already being eaten by many people across the world.”以及后句“we should keep an open mind.”可知有很多人吃昆虫，这在我们的认知里是很奇怪的，故选B。 20、2023·进才中学北校·期中卷 B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择正确答案） A few years ago, my two-year-old son pointing at a dozen of “stood” color marker-pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” With the encouragement of such a ___45___, he quickly collected another handful of long and thin ball-pens, trying to do the same-making them stand up on the table. Little by little, his face ___46___— red and finally he cried out, “Mummy, help!” ___47___ all the ball-pens in his hand had either sharp or round ends, I said casually, “Mummy can’t help you on this.” But immediately he cried loudly and fell to the floor. A moment later, he ran back to the table, and____48____ trying to keep the ball-pens standing up. Without knowing why the ball-pens can; t stand up, my son had accepted the impossibility after many times of ___49___tries. He put aside all the ball-pens, and kept only those marker-pens for this standing up “game”. This time he succeeded in this way. Clearly, he already learned to let go of this useless try. Being persistent is not easy. But sometimes, it is even harder to let go. In our daily life, perhaps many headaches can be___50___ if we know how to realize those unlikely achievable goals, and then decisively let go of them immediately. 45. A. reply B. present C. photo D. success 46. A. turned B. guided C. held D. lifted 47. A. Knowing B. Noticing C. Believing D. Understanding 48. A. stopped B. continued C. enjoyed D. finished 49. A. failed B. passed C. wanted D. died 50. A. connected B. stopped C. started D. avoided 【答案】45. D 46. A 47. B 48. B 49. A 50. D 【解析】 【分析】短文大意：本文是一篇小故事，作者通过两岁的儿子一遍又一遍地尝试让圆珠笔立起来都最终失败，感悟到坚持不懈并不容易。但有时候，放手就更难了。在我们的日常生活中，如果我们知道如何实现那些不太可能实现的目标，然后果断地立即放弃这些目标，也许很多头疼事都可以避免。 【45题详解】 句意：在这种成功的鼓励下，他很快又拿起一把又长又细的圆珠笔，试着做同样的动作——让它们站在桌子上。 考查名词辨析。A. 回复；B. 礼物；C. 照片；D. 成功。根据上文cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.”可知是成功的鼓励，故选D。 【46题详解】 句意：渐渐地，他的脸变红了。 考查动词辨析。A. 转/变；B. 引导；C. 保持；D. 抬起。根据句意语境，结合相关线索，可知turn red符合句意，故选A。 【47题详解】 句意：我注意到他手里的圆珠笔不是尖就是圆，便随口说了一句:“妈妈帮不上忙。” 考查动词辨析。A. 知道；B. 注意；C. 相信；D. 理解。根据下文圆珠笔形状all the ball-pens in his hand had either sharp or round ends可知notice符合句意，故选B。 【48题详解】 句意：过了一会儿，他又跑回到桌边，继续试着让圆珠笔立着。 考查动词辨析。A. 停止；B. 继续；C. 享受；D. 完成。根据下文to keep the ball-pens standing up可知是继续刚才的工作，故选B。 【49题详解】 句意：我的儿子在多次尝试失败后接受了这种不可能。 考查动词辨析。A. 失败；B. 通过；C. 想要；D.死亡。根据上文Without knowing why the ball-pens can't stand up可知多次努力都失败了，故选A。 【50题详解】 句意：在我们的日常生活中，也许许多头疼事是可以避免的。 考查动词辨析。A. 连接；B. 停止；C. 开始；D. 避免。根据下文的条件if we know how to realize those unlikely achievable goals, and then decisively let go of them immediately.可知可以避免很多不必要的麻烦，故选D。 【点睛】完形填空。主要题型有（1）考查词义辨析：名词辨析，形容词副词辨析，冠词辨析，介词连词辨析等；（2）考查句子时态，语态，要根据语境，选择正确的时态和语态的选项；（3）考查从句（宾语从句，定语从句，主语从句等）；（4）根据固定句型或短语结合语境选择正确的选项。本题主要考查单词或短语辨析，做此类型题时，要知道每一个词的意义，然后结合上下文背景语境，选择适合语境的选项。例如小题5，四个选项都是动词，考查动词辨析：A. 失败；B. 通过；C. 想要；D.死亡。根据上文Without knowing why the ball-pens can't stand up可知多次努力都失败了，故选A。 2 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 7 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$