D. An unknown phenomenon.
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句话“……那些不常见、难以预料的天气在不列颠群岛几乎是不被人知道的”可知, 英国的天气根本不令人兴奋, 随之而来的一种情绪也是几乎不能被理解的。obsession可以理解成是一种谈论天气的“强迫症”, 故它是一种情绪的状态, 所以答案为B项。
3. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that ______. A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather B. there is nothing special about the English weather C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles D. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段Jeremy所说的话可知, 他反驳Bryson的观点, 他认为英格兰的天气是多变而又不确定的, 这吸引着英国人和外来者, 所以答案为D项。
4. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage? A. To explain what English weather-speak is about. B. To analyze misconceptions about the English weather. C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman. D. To convince people that the English weather is changeable.
【解析】选A。目的意图题。根据第一段的介绍和最后一段的总结可知, 本文主要是解释英国人的weather-speak到底是关于什么的。所以答案为A项。B、C两项陈述有误, D项“使人们信服英国的天气是多变的”
不是文章的主要谈论内容。 Ⅴ. 语法填空
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
(2020·会宁高二检测)
A young man, while 1. ______ ( travel) through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. The water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2. ______ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man presented the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled warmly, and thanked his student very much 3. ______ the sweet water. The young man went home with a happy heart.
After the student 4. ______ (leave), the teacher let another student taste the water. He spit it out, 5. ______ (say) it was awful. Obviously, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend 6. ______ (like) it? ” The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was 7. ______ (simple) the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 8. ______ (sweet).
We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. Whether 9. ______ is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is
10. ______ (appreciate). We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位学生长途跋涉给老师带来了沙漠里的清泉, 虽然泉水由于装在皮水壶里时间太长而变得味道苦涩, 但是它承载的爱和善良却让老师深受感动。
1. 【解析】traveling。考查非谓语动词。句意: 一个年轻人在穿越沙漠的时候, 遇到一潭清水。此处为while引导的时间状语从句的省略, 完整的从句应为“While he was traveling through a desert”, 省略时应该将主语和be动词同时省略, 即省略he was, 故填traveling。
2. 【解析】who/that。考查定语从句。句意: 他把他的皮容器装满水, 这样他可以带些回去给做过他老师的老人。这里是定语从句, 先行词是an elder(一位老人), 在定语从句中作主语, 故填who/that。
3. 【解析】for。考查固定短语。句意: 老师对学生带回的水表示感谢。thank sb. for sth. 意为“就某物向某人表示感谢”, 故填for。
4. 【解析】left。考查时态。句意: 这个学生走后, 老师让另外一个学生品尝从沙漠带回的水。因为这个学生离开是过去的事情, 所以谓语动词应使用一般过去时, 故填left。
5. 【解析】saying。考查非谓语动词。句意: 他把水吐出来, 说它太难喝了。本句中的动词say与句子主语he构成主动关系, 所以使用现在分词的形式作伴随状语, 表示动作与spit同时发生, 故填saying。 6. 【解析】to like。考查固定短语。句意: 为什么你假装喜欢它呢? pretend to do sth. 是固定短语, 意为 “假装做某事”, 故填to like。
7. 【解析】simply。考查副词。句意: 水只不过是装着善意和爱的容器。此处需填入副词在句中作状语, 意为“只不过”, simple的副词是simply, 故填simply。
8. 【解析】sweeter。考查形容词比较级。句意: 没什么能比它更甜了。语境中暗含比较意味, 因此使用形容词的比较级形式。否定词和比较级连用表示最高级的含义, 该句可转化为The water is sweeter than anything else. , 故填sweeter。
9. 【解析】it。考查代词。句意: 无论这种礼物是一个廉价的烟斗还是一条贵重的钻石项链。此处需填入代词作主语, 指代上文提到的礼物, 再根据表语a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace(一个廉价的烟斗还是一条贵重的钻石项链)是单数, 可知使用it代替礼物, 故填it。
10. 【解析】appreciation。考查名词。句意: 无论这种礼物是一个廉价的烟斗还是一条贵重的钻石项链, 对之作出的适当的反应就是欣赏。此处需要填入名词作表语, appreciate(欣赏)是动词, 它的名词是appreciation, 故填appreciation。
【技巧点拨】定语从句的解答关键分两步, 一是找准先行词, 二是确定关系词在从句中所作的成分, 例如本篇第2题, 根据句意并分析句子结构可知, 定语从句的先行词是an elder(一位老人), 关系词在定语从句中充当主语, 故填who/that。 Ⅵ. 微写作
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