C．worse D．faster
解析：选C 根据下文中的“the country closed its borders to most traffic”可知，去叙利亚的行程变得“更艰难(worse)”了。
13．A.ran C．swam
B．drove D．walked
解析：选D 根据下文中的“too 14 to drive”可知，Adham没法开车，只能“步行(walked)”。
14．A.dangerous C．far
B．crowded D．late
解析：选A 根据上文中的“this war-torn country”和“the country closed its borders to most traffic”可知，去Aleppo城市的途中太“危险(dangerous)”了不能开车。
15．A.rules C．hardships
B．models D．changes
解析：选C 根据上文内容可知，“苦难(hardships)”未能阻止Adham的脚步。 16．A.busy C．happy
B．brave D．serious
解析：选B 根据第一段中的“Rami Adham went to help the refugees (难民) in his former hometown of Aleppo, Syria”和第三段中的“this war-torn country”可知，Adham很“勇敢(brave)”。
17．A.kids C．smugglers
B．riders D．campaigners
解析：选A 根据上文中的“Adham recalls (记得) kids 5 running towards him from every corner of the camp”可知，每次他把玩具送给“孩子们(kids)”的时候，孩子们的反应使他感觉自己浑身充满能量。
18．A.look down on C．look up to
B．look back on D．look forward to
解析：选D 根据下文中的“raise money to 19 a school for the refugee children”可知，Adham想给孩子们更多他们所“期待(look forward to)”的东西。
19．A.select C．enter
B．build D．manage
解析：选B 根据上文中的“raise money”可知，Adham想为难民营的孩子们“建造(build)”一所学校。
20．A.pay C．obtain
B．make D．accumulate
解析：选C 根据上文中的“Adham recently established a Go Fund Me campaign to raise money”可知，不到两个月的时间，Adham就“获得(obtain)”六万多欧元的捐款。
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体裁 夹叙夹议文 话题 克服焦虑 词数 336 限时 17分钟 Our younger son, Tim, was in his senior year of high school.Every student is madly trying to get good 1 and complete college applications.There was an essay he had to write and the 2 was drawing near.We’re good parents.We do our best at keeping our 3 shut — whenever possible.Tim knew what he should do, but he had a tendency to 4 anything.Weekend homework was never done until Sunday night, no matter how much free time there might have been.
I knew I shouldn’t 5 him, but I really worried.So I said in an offhand (随便的) way, “By the way, Tim, have you worked on that essay you’re 6 to do？” Tim, in his 7 way, looked at me and said, “Mom, your anxiety is not going to make me get it done any faster” — a line that has been 8 in family memory forever.Tim hit on something that seems 9 truer today than when he first said it.Our anxiety doesn’t make us faster or more efficient (有效率的)． 10 ， it simply makes us more anxious.
It seems so 11 ， and yet, something I easily forget.When I closed my eyes on the subway train, my anxiety was the first thing to 12 .It was surprisingly loud: “You need to do this! Have you worried about that? What about that？” I 13 to open my eyes quickly, take out my phone and send an email 14 put down something in my calendar.I forgot I should deal with my anxiety rather than be 15 by it.
We should keep our anxiety under 16 .How can we have the courage to face 17 if we worry about this and that? When our anxiety comes up, we should keep our eyes closed and say to ourselves that 18 will be much better and we can make it through.As long as we 19 dealing with anxiety every day, it will become less and less till it disappears 20 .
语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的儿子在读高三，处在努力拼搏的阶段。面对孩子的拖沓，作者感到焦虑。但她儿子的话让她明白焦虑解决不了问题，我们必须学会努力克服焦虑。
1．A.grades C．salaries
B．comments D．jobs
解析：选A 根据上文“Our younger son, Tim, was in his senior year of high school.”及下文“complete college applications”可知，作者的儿子蒂姆在读高三，每一位学生都在努力取得好成绩并完成大学申请。grade此处意为“成绩”，还可表示“年级，等级，级别”等意思。
2．A.competition C．deadline
B．meeting D．celebration
解析：选C 根据下文内容可知，作者的儿子有一篇文章要写，截止日期马上要到了。deadline意为“最后期限，截止日期”。
3．A.eyes C．doors
B．hearts D．mouths
解析：选D 根据下文“Tim knew what he should do”可知，作者和丈夫知道在可能的情况下要尽力闭嘴，因为蒂姆知道自己应该做什么。
4．A.worry about C．note down
B．put off D．figure out
解析：选B 根据下文“Weekend homework was never done until Sunday night”可知，无论有多少空闲时间，作者的儿子总是直到周日晚上才开始写周末作业。故作者的儿子有拖沓的倾向。put off常意为“推迟，延期，阻碍”，而此处意为“拖沓”。
5．A.blame C．urge
B．confuse D．help
解析：选C 根据下文“but I really worried.So I said in an offhand (随便的) way, ‘By the way, Tim, have you worked on that essay you’re 6 to do？’”可知，作者不想催促蒂姆，但她很着急。所以用了一种随便的方式去问他。
6．A.allowed C．advised
B．supposed D．forced
解析：选B 根据上文第一段“There was an essay he had to write”可知，作者是在问蒂姆开始写他应该完成的文章了吗。
7．A.wise C．simple
B．new D．strange
解析：选A 根据下文“Mom, your anxiety is not going to make me get it done any faster”可知，作者的儿子告诉她，她的焦虑并不能使他做得更快。因此他是用一种更睿智的方式回应作者。
8．A.repeated
B．preserved
C．copied D．ignored
解析：选B 作者儿子的话永远保存在了家庭的记忆中。 9．A.yet C．ever
B．even D．never
解析：选B 蒂姆富有哲理的话在今天更有道理。因为随着时间的推移，作者对焦虑有了更深的感悟。
10．A.Fortunately C．Actually
B．Partly D．Originally
解析：选C 根据上文“Our anxiety doesn’t make us faster or more efficient.”及下文“it simply makes us more anxious”可知，我们的焦虑不会使我们做事更快或更有效率。事实上，这只会使我们更焦虑。
11．A.easy C．terrible
B．natural D．obvious
解析：选D 根据下文“and yet, something I easily forget”可知，这个道理很明显，但仍然被作者轻易地忘了。
12．A.speak C．remember
B．act D．lose
解析：选A 根据下文“It was surprisingly loud: ‘You need to do this！”可知，当作者在地铁上闭上眼睛的时候，焦虑会第一个浮现在脑海，开始跟她“讲话”。
13．A.managed C．used
B．refused D．agreed
解析：选C 根据最后一段中的“When our anxiety comes up, we should keep our eyes closed”可知，在这种情况下，作者以前会立刻睁开眼睛，拿出电话发邮件或者在日程表上记下一些东西，但现在不会这样做了。
14．A.or C．after
解析：选A 参见上题解析。 15．A.bothered C．attracted
B．reminded D．hurt B．unless D．before
解析：选A 根据上文“I forgot I should deal with my anxiety”可知，作者忘记了她应该去应对焦虑，而不是被焦虑所困扰。
16．A.observation C．control
B．protection D．pressure
解析：选C 根据下文可知，我们应该控制好我们的焦虑。
17．A.opportunities C．others
B．realities D．difficulties
解析：选D 如果我们担心这个，担心那个，那么我们如何有勇气能够面对困难呢？ 18．A.something C．nothing
B．anything D．everything
解析：选D 根据下文“and we can make it through”可知，我们应该告诉自己一切都会变得更好，我们能够渡过难关。
19．A.mind C．enjoy
B．practise D．finish
解析：选B 只要我们每天练习应对焦虑，那么焦虑会变得越来越小。 20．A.quickly C．apparently
B．exactly D．completely
解析：选D 根据上文“...it will become less and less...”可知，焦虑会变得越来越小，直到完全消失。
因忽视语境关系、断章取义而错选
近几年高考英语完形填空的最大特点是重点考查语境理解。所谓 语境，就是指文章上下文之间的联系，它包括文章语气的一致性、意
依据语境 稳解题目
思的连贯性、表述的合理性、论证的逻辑性等。正因为完形填空题主 要考查考生对语境的理解能力，所以空格的前后多有暗示后文暗示前 文的居多。考生在做题时，一定要从整体上把握文章的内容，弄清文 章的结构和文章的内在逻辑关系，结合语境辨析所给选项，从中选出 最符合语境的选项。
[典例1] (2018·全国卷Ⅱ)He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something 52.occurred to me.Those brown eyes were very 53 “What’s his name？” I asked the instructor.“Ben，” he replied, and immediately I 54.knew.That stranger was my son!
53．A.sharp C．attractive
B．pleasant D．familiar
分析：选D 本题可以利用语境暗示分析法解题。从下文可知，作者救出来的是自己的儿子，因此这里表示在作者眼里，对方的褐色眼睛看起来很熟悉(familiar)。
[典例2] (2017·全国卷Ⅱ)In 1973, I was teaching elementary school.Each day,