第二部分 英语知识运用
英语知识运用 1
一、完形填空
(2015·湖北省黄冈市高三4月模拟)
A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane.__1__， before we took off，we heard the pilot's voice throughout the plane, “sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no__2__on the plane. We have a generator(发电机) ，and we are going to__3__the engines with it. We will__4__in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.”
See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying.“Oh, no! We are going to__5__！”There were sighs of desperation and__6__spreading throughout the plane，and we hadn't even__7__yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still__8__there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again，“ Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are__9__， so we are. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.”
There was crying__10__we had walked into grave (坟墓)．But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his__11__was to get up in the air and see what happens ! Then we did. We got up in the air and__12__happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone__13__for still being alive.
Although I do sincerely like to have a plan__14__“see what happens”， which really isn't such a bad life strategy, all too often, I would see people pursuing their goals__15__with inaction just because they don't have__16__success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The__17__thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.
If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as__18__as you thought.You might be smarter than you thought. It could be__19__！ So don't stay there trying nothing just because there is no__20__of guaranteed success.
【文章大意】 如果你的目标是学习一种新技能，“飞到半空中，然后随机应变！”这种新技能可能没有你想的那么富有挑战，而且很有趣，成功从来不是十拿九稳的，你能做的最好的就是“飞上半空，然后随机应变”。
1．A.Hopefully B．Excitedly C．Unfortunately D．Thankfully
解析：后面飞行员飞机动力不足，需要借助从地面弄来的发电机使用，并且到空中看情况行事，没有起飞就听到这样的危险的情况心情肯定是忐忑不安，所以unfortunately符合语境。
答案：C
2．A.service B．power C．water D．fuel 解析：由后面说弄台发电机来启动飞机上的引擎，说明飞机上没有“动力(power)”了。 答案：B
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3．A.shut B．fix C．change D．start 解析：见上题解析。 答案：D
4．A.get up B．pack up C．light up D．speed up
解析：由后面“in the air and head to Norfolk”可知是“飞上(get up)”空中，由下段的“We are going to get up in the air，and see what happens？”也可知答案。pack up“整理，打包”；light up“点亮”；speed up“加速”。
答案：A
5．A.wait B．delay C．crash D．suffer
解析：这样的飞机如果飞向天空肯定是不安全的，所以旅客担忧飞机会“坠毁(crash)”。
答案：C
6．A.rumor B．anxiety C．disease D．smoke
解析：机对这种危险的飞机，乘客心里一定会绝望和“焦虑(anxiety)”。 答案：B
7．A.looked over B．gone out C．got across D．taken off
解析：由下句内容可知飞机依然没有“起飞(taken off)”。 look over“检查”；go out“出去”；get across“理解”。
答案：D
8．A.sitting B．checking C．watching D．boarding
解析：飞机没有起飞，我们仍然“坐在(sitting)”飞机里。 答案：A
9．A.puzzled B．patient C．desperate D．embarrassed
解析：面对这样的飞机，人们心情当然是“绝望的(desperate)”。 答案：C
10．A.even if B．as if C．what if D．only if
解析：as if符合前后分句的逻辑关系。 答案：B
11．A.comment B．complaint C．promise D．plan
解析：他的“计划(pan)”就是飞向空中然后见机行事。 答案：D
12．A.everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
解析：从下句我们到达了Norfolk可知在空中“没有(nothing)”发生什么。 答案：C
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13．A.escaped B．cheered C．sighed D．praised
解析：我们达到了Norfolk，大家都还活着，当然是“欢呼起来(cheered)”。 答案：B
14．A.less than B．other than C．better than D．more than 解析：虽然在飞行的时候，“我”诚挚地希望能有一个比“随机应变”更好的计划——但“随机应变”也不失为一个良好的人生策略。better than“比??更好”。less than“不足”；other than“除了，而不是”；more than“超过”。
答案：C
15．A.frozen B．annoyed C．concerned D．satisfied
解析：be frozen with意为“由于??而僵住、发呆”符合本句的意思：我时常会看到追求目标的人们怠于行动，仅仅因为他们没有把握成功。
答案：A
16．A.realistic B．organized C．potential D．guaranteed
解析：由下句中的“success will never be guaranteed”可知答案。realistic“现实的”；organized“有组织的”；potential“有潜质的”；guaranteed“有保证的”。
答案：D
17．A.same B．common C．best D．last
解析：成功从来不是十拿九稳的，你能做的“最好的(best)”事就是飞上半空，然后随机应变。
答案：C
18．A.interesting B．challenging C．surprising D．encouraging
解析：“飞到半空中，然后随机应变！”这种新技能可能没有你想的那么“富有挑战(challenging)”。
答案：B
19．A.fun B．pain C．sorrow D．trouble
解析：学习的过程可能是很“有趣的(fun)”！ 答案：A
20．A.meaning B．sign C．action D．reward
解析：不要因为没有可靠成功的“迹象(sign)”而待在那无所事事。 答案：B
二、 语法填空
Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out. Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was__1__(hope) at science and finished bottom of his class.Now, aged 80, the very same Gurdon has just won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Like so many scientists before him, Gurdon shows us__2__the power of curiosity and perseverance(坚持不懈) can lead.
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At the age of 15, Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and was bottom in other science subjects. Gurdon's high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was “__3__(complete) ridiculous”．
Despite his teacher's criticisms, Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab earlier and left later__4__everyone else. He experienced thousands of __5__(fail)．
In 1962, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved __6__genetic(基因的) information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone of the adult frog. His research proved the fact__7__essentially all cells contained the same genes and all the information needed to make any tissue. This technique later helped create Dolly the sheep in 1996，__8__ first cloned mammal in the world.
In 2006, Gurdon's work__9__(develop) by Yamanaks, a Japanese stem cell researcher，to show that a sample of a person's skin can be used to create stem cells.__10__(use) this technique, doctors can repair a patient's heart after a heart attack and even treat Alzheimer's disease(老年性痴呆)．
1．解析：考查形容词。依据下文可知该句意为“当他还是小男孩时，总考全班最后一名，被认为是在理科方面没有希望的。”
答案：hopeless
2．解析：考查连词。lead后缺少地点状语。故此处用where引导宾语从句。 答案：where
3．解析：考查副词。此处应用副词修饰形容词 ridiculous，故填completely。 答案：completely
4．解析：根据earlier，later及everyone else可知，此处在进行比较，故填than。 答案：than
5．解析：考查名词。由thousands of可知，在此用可数名词复数，故填failures。 答案：failures
6．解析：考查代词。its指代上文的an adult frog's。 答案：its
7．解析：考查连词。空格处引导同位语从句且在句中不充当任何成分，故用that。 答案：that 8．解析：由first及语境可知，在此表示“第一”，故填the。the first cloned mammal指上文的Dolly the sheep。
答案：the
9．解析：考查时态和语态。根据关键词In 2006和by，可知这里要用一般过去时的被动语态。
答案：was developed
10．解析：考查非谓语动词。doctors与use之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且与谓语的动词同时发生，故用using。
答案：Using
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英语知识运用 2
一、 完形填空
(2015·北京西城区高三二模)
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two __1__there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang__2__for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were__3__on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症)，most of them __4__off at the walls or floor. However, one lady __5__my eyes. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair，singing songs to herself. They weren't the songs that we were singing，at least they didn't__6__like that. As we got__7__with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got ，the louder she got.__8__she was singing, she was also__9__ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my__10__ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could__11__to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling__12__about not giving her the attention she needed，one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also__13__the same lady. The difference between us is that he__14__ on her needs，but I didn't. During the last song，“Silent Night”，Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her__15__and with his actions said，“You are important，and I will take my__16__to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No __17__can completely describe that touching moment.
It__18__a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin's example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a__19__that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself__20__to have witnessed his lesson.
【文章大意】 本文是篇记叙文，讲述了“我”带领学生去敬老院看望老人，“我”的学生教会“我”这个成年人爱和善良的故事。
1．A.rooms B．buildings C．floors D．groups
解析：the first two floors“前两层”，下段有 the third floor 提示，故选C项。
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