我没想过我会发 现自己对美式手语的热爱。前文中I never felt an urge to 43

作者以前从未想过学习手语，而根据后文内容可知

any sign language before表明 作者非常喜欢手语。故选A。

46. C 考查名词辨析。meeting会议；trip旅行；story故事；task任务。句意：故事发生在我上大学的第 情，故选C。

一周分析语境可知在这里作者开始讲述在大学学习手语的事

50. B 考查名词辨析。end结束，末尾；past过去；course课程；distance距离。句意：我所看到的和我 选B。

51. D 考查动词辨析。show展示；act行动；say说；want想要。句意：这种新奇的感觉使我想了解更多。

分析语境可知作者被手语吸引，想要进一步了解，所以也有了后

上手语课的经历。故选D。

在过去经历的事情完全不同。固定短语in the past在过去。故

文中的参加手语俱乐部的会议，

52. B 考查动词辨析。exercise锻炼；explore探索；express表达；explain解释。句意：在那之后，我感 会议。故选B。

53. C 考查动词辨析。print打印；write写；sign签名，打手语；count数。句意：那天我只学会了打字母

表的手语。分析语境可知作者第一次参加手语俱乐部的会议，学

手语。当然，打印字母表、在字母表上签名、数字

觉到想要探索更多关于手语的东西，我参加了ASL 俱乐部的一次

会的应该是最基本的打字母表的

母表和学习手语都没有联系。故选C。

54. A 考查形容词辨析。slow缓慢的；steady平稳的；normal正常的；obvious明显的。句意：我并没有

因为缓慢的进步而沮丧，相反我很兴奋。因为作者只学会了打字母表

故选A。

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的手语，所以进步是很慢的。

55. C 考查动词辨析。chair主持，使……入座；sponsor赞助；attend参加；organize组织。句意：我下

定决心参加俱乐部所有的会议去学习我能学习的一切。

attend meeting参加会议。故选C。

56. D 考查动词辨析。miss错过，想念；pass通过；give up放弃；register for报名注册。句意：接下来

的一个学期，我报名上了一个手语班。故选D。

57. A 考查动词辨析。prohibit禁止；welcome欢迎；ignore忽视；repeat重复。句意：教授的耳朵听不见，

任何口语交流都是禁止的。根据后文if there had been any

A。

talking可知在课堂上没有口语交流。故选

Cloze 2（2016·浙江）

During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be 21 him. I hated the place. I had never 22 been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was 23 — almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). 24 a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were 25 with sand, sand, sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was 26 and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I 27 be in prison! My father answered my 28 with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my 29 — two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

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One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines 30 . I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present 31 ； I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their 32 amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had 33 to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and 34 for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean 35 .

What brought about this 36 change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, 37 I had. I had changed my 38 . And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing 39 of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and 40 the stars. 21.A. off 22.A. before

B. behind B. already

C. near

D. beyond

C. then D. still

D. unbearable

23.A. inflexible 24.A. Only

B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable

C. Many

D. Such

B. No

25.A. covered B. filledC. buried D. charged D. getting up

D. had better

26.A. catching up 27.A. ought to 28.A. request 29.A. comparison

B. keeping up C. giving up B. might well B. call

C. would rather

C. question

D. letter

D. memory

B. imagination B. by and by

C. consideration

30.A. over and over 31.A. company 32.A. movement 33.A. refused 34.A. asked 35.A. floor

C. up and down D. now and then

B. occupation C. situationD. relationship B. reaction

C. guidance

D. purpose

D. happened D. headed

B. failed

C. managed

B. hunted B. surface

C. waited

C. rock

D. level

D. astonishing D. or

D. standard

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36.A. shocking 37.A. as

B. challenging

B. but

C. puzzling C. for

38.A. attitude

B. principle C. identity

39.A. vacation 40.A. sought

B. operation B. counted

C. affairD. adventure

C. found

D. reached

【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议类文章。作者随丈夫去加利福尼亚的沙漠地带，百无聊赖之际，她感觉到了一种令人窒息的绝望。因此，她写信告诉父母，而父亲只回了两行字，这两行字使作者茅塞顿开。原来，世界的美在于自己看待世界的态度，而不是世界本身。

25.B 从上文提到的＂风不停地刮，所有吃的食物和呼吸的空气中都满是沙子＂可知，此

处是be filled with结构，表示＂充满……＂，其他都不符合语境。

26.C 根据下文可知，作者感到很难过，所以写信告诉父母，她要放弃这里，准备回家了，

所以用give up 来表示＂放弃＂。catch up意为＂赶上＂；keep up意为＂保持＂；get up意为＂起床＂，都不符合

语意。

27.C 根据上下文可知，作者宁愿坐牢也不愿生活在这里。would rather表示＂宁愿……＂，符合语境。

28.D 从上下文可知，作者给父母写了信，故此处指父亲回了信，故用answer the letter。 29.D 从下文可知，对于这两行回信，作者这一辈子都会牢牢记住，同时下文也多次提到

这封信对作者

以后人生的影响，故根据语意选memory表示＂记忆＂。comparison表

示＂比较＂；imagination表 示＂想象＂；consideration表示＂考虑＂，都不符合语境。

30.A 从全文可知，作者对父亲回信中的这两句话一读再读。所以选over and over表示＂

一再、多次＂， 来突出作者对其印象深刻。

31.C 结合上下文可知，此时指作者决定要找出她当前处境中的＂优点＂所在——就像父

亲信中所说的＂ 星星＂一样，所以用situation表示＂处境＂。

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