模拟演练（三）
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My name is Wil Wheaton and I am a nerd(怪人)．It’s awesome to be 1.a nerd.When I was a little boy，people really teased me about that and 2.made(make) me feel like there was something wrong with me for loving strange things.Now that I’m an adult，I’m a 3.professional(profession) nerd，and the world has changed.I think we 4.have realized(realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love 5.but about how you love.
So there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love.I don’t know what it’s going to be.It might be sports or science or reading or 6.telling(tell) stories—it doesn’t matter what it is.Some of us love Game of Thrones，while others love Star Wars.But we all love those things so much that we travel 7.thousands(thousand) of miles—which is 8.probably(probable) easy for you，but we’re still using fossil fuels，so it’s difficult—to be around people who love the things that we love the way that we love them.That’s 9.why being a nerd is awesome.
I want you to work hard because everything worth 10.doing(do) is hard.I want you to be awesome，and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on.
语篇解读 本文为记叙文。一个人不要在意别人对你的看法，你该关注的是做你想做并认为值得做的事情。 1．答案 a
解析 考查冠词。设空处后的名词nerd在此句中表示泛指，故与不定冠词连用。 2．答案 made
解析 考查动词的时态。根据并列连词and可知设空处与前面的谓语动词teased并列，又根据上下文关系，可知设空处答案为made。 3．答案 professional
解析 考查形容词。设空处后为名词，由此可判断设空处应为形容词。 4．答案 have realized
解析 考查动词的时态。根据上一句可知此空用现在完成时。 5．答案 but
解析 考查固定搭配not...but...。句意为：我认为我们已经意识到了当一个怪人不是你爱什么而是你怎么去爱。 6．答案 telling
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解析 考查非谓语动词。根据设空处前的or及前面的reading可知设空处与reading并列作表语，故设空处用动名词形式。 7．答案 thousands
解析 考查固定搭配。thousands of为固定搭配，意为“数以千计的”。 8．答案 probably
解析 考查副词。根据设空处后的形容词，可知设空处需用副词修饰形容词(easy)。 9．答案 why
解析 考查That’s why...句式。“why being a nerd is awesome”作表语。句意为：那就是成为怪人很可怕的原因。 10．答案 doing
解析 考查固定搭配。sth.be worth doing意为“某事值得做”。
B
Just up the road from my home is a field，with two horses in it.From a distance，each horse looks like any other horse.But if you get a 11.closer(close) look you will notice one of them is blind.
Instead of abandoning him，his owner has made him a safe and comfortable barn to live in.And if you stand nearby and listen，you will hear the sound of a bell 12.coming(come) from 13.a smaller horse.Attached to 14.its(it) halter is a small，copper-colored bell assisting the blind friend to follow him.
15．As/When you watch them，you’ll find the horse with the bell always checking on the blind one，and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to 16.where the other one is，trusting he will not 17.be led(lead) astray.When the horse with the bell returns to the barn each evening，he will stop 18.frequently(frequent) to look back，making sure that the 19.other isn’t too far behind to hear the bell.
Life does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges.Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of our acquaintances；20.at other times we are the guide horse，who helps others to find their way. 11．答案 closer
解析 考查形容词的比较级。根据句意“但是如果你近距离看一看，你会注意到其中的一匹马是瞎的。”可知，应用close的比较级形式closer。 12．答案 coming
解析 考查非谓语动词。此处考查hear的复合结构，hear的宾语sound与come之间是逻辑
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上的主动关系，结合上下文可知声音正在传来，故填coming。 13．答案 a
解析 考查冠词。根据上下文可知，铃铛是拴在一头较小的马儿身上的，所以填a。 14．答案 its
解析 考查代词。halter是名词，需要填it的形容词性物主代词its。 15．答案 As/When
解析 考查连词。根据句意“当你观察这两匹马的时候”可知填As/When。 16．答案 where
解析 考查连接词。此处是宾语从句，从句中缺状语，结合句意可知填where。 17．答案 be led
解析 考查被动语态。根据句意“相信它不会被领迷路”可知应用lead的被动形式。 18．答案 frequently
解析 考查词性转换。此处应用frequent的副词形式来修饰动词stop，故填frequently。 19．答案 other
解析 考查代词。上下文中提到两匹马，表达“另外一匹”用the other。 20．答案 at
解析 考查介词。此处表示“在另外一些时候(at other times)”。
C
Sometimes the targets we set 21.ourselves(us) are just too high.We think that we will be better people in the future.Just as we are 22.easily(easy) taken over by the planning fallacy(谬见)，believing that we can complete a large project for work in an afternoon，we think in the future we will be better-organized and more self-disciplined.
One of the most 23.famous/famed(fame) examples of the planning fallacy is 24.that of the Oxford English Dictionary.In 1860 plans were in place to complete it within three years.In 1879 there was a new deal to publish 25.it within a decade，but after five years they had only got so far as the word “ant”．It was finally completed in 1928，by 26.which time it was considered out of date and revisions began at once.
The same thing happens when it comes to 27.trying(try) to change our lifestyles.We read about a new idea and that optimism fires up all over again.At the University of Toronto Janet Polivy has been studying what she calls “false hope syndrome(综合征)”．
She found that people set themselves unrealistic targets which they undoubtedly failed to reach，leaving them feeling even 28.worse(bad) about themselves.Some of
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the students she studied had tried and failed for 10 years to make the same 29.changes(change) in their lives，but each year they 30.were convinced(convince) that this time it would work. 21．答案 ourselves
解析 考查反身代词。此处用所给词us的反身代词形式来作主语we的同位语。 22．答案 easily
解析 考查词性转换。此处应用easy的副词形式来修饰动词短语are taken over。 23．答案 famous/famed
解析 考查词性转换。此处应用fame的形容词形式famous/famed来修饰名词。 24．答案 that
解析 考查代词。此处用that 指代前面的主语one of the most famous/famed examples。 25．答案 it
解析 考查代词。此处用it 指代前文提到的the Oxford English Dictionary。 26．答案 which
解析 考查关系代词。本句是非限制性定语从句，空处作time的定语，应填which。 27．答案 trying
解析 考查非谓语动词。本句中when it comes to 结构中，to是介词，之后应该跟try的动名词trying。 28．答案 worse
解析 考查形容词的比较级。句中的even是形容词比较级的修饰词，故填worse。 29．答案 changes
解析 考查名词复数。根据句中的in their lives可知应填changes。 30．答案 were convinced
解析 考查时态及语态。根据上下文可知是一般过去时；根据句意“他们相信这次能行”可知应填convince的被动形式were convinced。be convinced that...确信??，为常用搭配。
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