PAGE1-限時規范訓練(十六)語言學問運用板塊——練準度(滿分45分，限時35分鐘)Ⅰ.完形填空(30分)閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。Growingupinthe1960s,Iwastaughtfromanearlyagetosendahandwrittenthank-younoteexpressing__1__forkindness.Mymotherusedtobuymeaboxofpaperand__2__meintheartandvalueofsaying“thankyou”.She__3__toberight.Astudyshowedthatittooklessthan5minutestowritethethank-younotes.Just5minutestomake__4__personfeeloverjoyed!__5__，inour“instant”world,theideaofgettinganactualpenandwritinganactualnoteseemstonevercometomind.Wetendtodowhatis__6__forus—aquicktextoranemail.It'seasytousethe__7__ofbeingbusy,butevenverybusyand__8__businessmenfindtimeto__9__thank-younotes.Forexample,whenDouglasConantbecameCEOofCampbell's,thecompanyhad__10__halfofitsmarketvalueandmorale(士氣)wasatanall-timelow.He__11__fixingthatbydoingsomesimplethingsthatareprobablynot__12__inanyMBAclass.Foronething,Conantwrotetoevery__13__.Hegainedtheirconfidenceand__14__，turnedthecompany__15__.InhistenyearsasCEO,Conantwroteover30,000notestoemployees.It's__16__nottoaskhowhedidit.__17__，hehadmanyotherthingstodo__18__writingathank-younote.Conantmadetimefor__19__becauseheknewtheimpact(影響)eachonewouldhave.Anexpressionof__20__inthiscrazyworldstillmakesadifference.[語篇解讀]本文是一篇記敘文。小時候，媽媽教“我”用手寫的感謝便條來表達對和善的感謝，并教“我”表達感謝的藝術和價值；探討表明，不到五分鐘就能用手寫好的感謝便條讓他人感到歡樂。1．A.concern B．sympathyC．affection D．appreciation解析：依據本句中的“...ahandwrittenthank-younoteexpressing__1__forkindness.”可知，此處指用手寫的感謝便條表達對和善的感謝(appreciation)，故D項正確。A項意為“擔憂，關切”；B項意為“憐憫”；C項意為“寵愛”。答案：D2．A.consult B．instructC．answer D．impress解析：依據本句“Mymotherusedtobuymeaboxofpaper...andvalueofsaying‘thankyou’．”可知，“我”的媽媽過去經常給“我”買一箱紙，并教授(instruct)“我”表達感謝的藝術和價值，故B項正確。A項意為“詢問”；C項意為“回答”；D項意為“使留下深刻印象”。答案：B3．A.remained B．provedC．appeared D．claimed解析：依據語境尤其是下文的內容可推知，此處表示她證明(proved)(這樣做)是正確的，故B項正確。A項意為“保持”；C項意為“顯得”；D項意為“聲稱”。答案：B4．A.one B．anyC．each D．another解析：依據空前一句可知，寫感謝便條須要不到五分鐘的時間；并結合該句和常識可推知，此處表示僅花費五分鐘就可以讓另一個(another)人感到特別興奮，故D項正確。答案：D5．A.Yet B．ThereforeC．So D．Otherwise解析：依據本句中的“...seemstonevercometomind.”并結合上文內容可知，盡管僅花費五分鐘就能用手寫好的感謝便條讓他人感到歡樂，但是(Yet)，在我們這個“快捷的”世界里，人們好像不情愿用這種方式表達謝意；據此可推知，此處前后表示轉折關系，故A項正確。答案：A6．A.special B．necessaryC．convenient D．important解析：依據本句中的“...aquicktextoranemail.”可推知，該處表示我們趨向于運用對我們來說便利的(convenient)方式——快速發送的短信或電子郵件，故C項正確。答案：C7．A.case B．excuseC．example D．situation解析：依據語境以及本句中的“...ofbeingbusy...”并結合常識可知，人們很簡潔以忙為借口(excuse)，故B項正確。A項意為“事例”；C項意為“例子”；D項意為“狀況”。答案：B8．A.humorous B．optimisticC．successful D．experienced解析：依據語境可知，人們很簡潔以忙為借口，但即使是再勞碌，勝利的(successful)商人也能找出時間寫(pen)感謝便條。答案：C9．A.pen B．receiveC．design D．deliver解析：參見上題解析。答案：A10．A.lost B．gainedC．developed D．damaged解析：依據本句中的“...moralewasatanall-timelow.”可知，士氣空前低落；據此可推知，這家公司已經損失(lost)了一半的市值，故A項正確。答案：A11．A.gaveup B．keptupC．setabout D．worriedabout解析：依據本句中的“He__11__fixingthatbydoingsomesimplethings...”并結合語境可推知，他起先做(setabout)一些簡潔的事情來解決這一問題，故C項正確。A項意為“放棄”；B項意為“跟上”；D項意為“擔憂”。答案：C12．A.permitted B．taughtC．checked D．tested解析：依據語境可推知，他所做的簡潔的事情很可能沒有在任何MBA課堂上被教(taught)過，故B項正確。A項意為“允許”；C項意為“檢查”；D項意為“測試”。答案：B13．A.market B．businessmanC．company D．employee解析：依據下文中的“Hegainedtheirconfidence...”和“...Conantwroteover30,000notestoemployees.”可推知，Conant給每個員工(employee)寫了便條，得到了他們的信任，故D項正確。答案：D14．A.personally B．franklyC．naturally D．occasionally解析：依據語境可推知，Conant得到了員工們的信任，順理成章地(naturally)使公司好轉起來，故C項正確。A項意為“親自”；B項意為“坦率地”；D項意為“偶然”。答案：C15．A.up B．downC．away D．around解析：參見上題解析。turnaround意為“好轉，扭轉”，故D項正確。turnup意為“出現，發生”；turndown意為“調低，拒絕”；turnaway意為“走開，轉過臉”。答案：D16．A.hard B．greatC．amazing D．disappointing解析：依據前一句可知，在擔當CEO的十年間，Conant給他的員工們寫了三萬多個便條；結合語境和常識可推知，這令人很難(hard)不去問他是如何做到的，故A項正確。答案：A17．A.Asusual B．InshortC．Bytheway D．Afterall解析：依據語境可推知，此處表示終歸(Afterall)，除了(besides)寫感謝便條，他有很多其他事情要做。A項意為“像平常一樣”，B項意為“簡言之”，C項意為“順便提一下”，都與文意不符。答案：D18．A.by B．inC．besides D．without解析：參見上題解析。答案：C19．A.me B．itC．him D．them解析：依據語境可知，空處指代空前一句中的“...writingathank-younote.”，故B項正確。答案：B20．A.kindness B．joyC．value D．confidence解析：依據本文第一句中的“...expressing__1__forkindness.”并結合全文內容可推知，在這個瘋狂的世界中，和善(kindness)的表達仍舊會有作用，故A項正確。答案：AⅡ.語法填空(15分)閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。Peopleusedtothinkthatdinosaurswerealwaysinvolved21.____________fightswitheachother.Butscientistshavediscoveredthatdinosaurswereless“dinosaur-like”thanwethought.Infact,22.____________iswidelyacknowledgedthatdinosaursbehavedmuchlikeushumans.Here23.____________(be)somewaysthatdinosaurswerelikepeople.Whenbabydinosaurswereborn,themotherandmanytimeseventhefatherdinosaurswouldstaywiththebabiesinthenest，protectingthemfrompredators(掠食者).Thesamecouldbesaidfor24.____________(feed)thebabydinosaurs.Manyparents25.____________(bring)foodbacktothenest,insteadoftakingthebabydinosaursoutonthehunt.Scientistsalsonowthinkthatdinosaursformedcommunities,orextendedfamilies.Dinosaursthathad26.____________(difficult)protectingthemselvesfrompredatorstraveledinlargegroups.Ahungrymeat-eatingdinosaurwouldbelesslikely27.____________(attack)agroupof30plant-eatingdinosaurs.Thiscommunityideaworksontheothersideofthefoodchain,too.Predatorsformedgroups,thusmakingthekillmuch28.____________(easy).Onepredatoragainstafamilyof7plant-eatersdidn'thavemuchofachance.Butfour29.____________fivepredatorsagainstthatsamefamilyof7plant-eaters