题目
题型：不详难度：来源：
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Wranglers（争吵者） and Stranglers（扼***者）
Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin, who seemed to have amazing creative 36 talent. They were would-be poets, novelists, and essayists. They were extraordinary in their 37 to put the English language to its best use. These promising young men 38 regularly to read and critique (评论) each other"s work. And critique it they did!
These men were merciless with one another. They 39 the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces. They were heartless, tough, even mean in their 40 .The sessions became such areas of literary criticism that the 41 of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼***者)”.
In order to 42 , the women of literary talent in the university 43 to start a club of their own, one comparable to the Stranglers. They 44 themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”.They, too, read their 45 one another. But there was one great difference. The criticism was much softer, more 46 , more encouraging. Sometimes, there was almost no criticism at all. Every effort, even the weakest one, was 47 .
Twenty years later an alumnus (男校友；男毕业生) of the university was making an exhaustive (详尽的；彻底的) 48 of his classmates" careers when he 49 a vast difference in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers. Of all the 50 young men in the Stranglers, no one had made a significant literary 51 of any kind. From the Wranglers had come six or more successful 52 , some of national renown (名望；声誉) such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who wrote The Yearling.
Talent between the two？Probably the same. Level of 53 ？Not much difference. But the Stranglers were strangled, while the Wranglers were determined to give each other a(an) 54 .The Stranglers 55 an atmosphere of argument and self-doubt. The Wranglers highlighted the best, not the worst.
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:C
解析
试题分析：【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章讲述了美国威斯康辛大学的男校友成立了两个不同的文学组织，它们是争吵者和扼***者组织。扼***者组织以尖刻的批评著称；而争吵者则以鼓励为宗旨。结果数年之后，两个组织造就的人才却很不一样。扼***者组织几乎没有出现什么著名的作家，而争吵者组织则6人以上。这表明不同的看法和态度，对人产生不同的结果。
小题1:C考查形容词词义辨析。此处architectural建筑的； artistic艺术的；literary 文学； musical音乐。根据文章后面的They were would-be poets, novelists, and essayists.可知，这里指的是文学，因为诗歌、小说和散文都是文学相关的内容。故选C。
小题2:B考查名词词义辨析。此处strength力气； ability 能力； performance表演； power力量，电力。这些年轻人有超乎寻常的能力（ability）将英语语言发挥到极致。
小题3:A考查动词词义辨析。此处gathered 聚会；organized组织；challenged挑战； collected收集。这些前途无量的年轻人定期聚会（gathered）朗读诗文，评论相互的作品。
小题4:D考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处turned转换；translated翻译；combined混合；divided划分。根据后文的介词into可知，这里选divided构成divided into意为：把……分成……。他们把微小的文学表达分成100个部分。
小题5:B考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处appreciation欣赏； criticism 批评； assessment 评价； judgment判断。他们无情，尖刻甚至就是批评（criticism）。
小题6:C考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处leaders领导；organizers 组织者； members成员； arrangers安排者。这个特殊俱乐部的成员们（members）称他们自己是“扼***者”。
小题7:D考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处participate参加；practice实践； succeed成功；compete竞争。为了和他们竞争（compete），这所大学的文学才女们决心成立他们自己的俱乐部，一个和“扼***者”类似的组织。
小题8:A考查形容词词义辨析。此处determined 决心； agreed 同意； promised承诺； dreamed梦想。为了和他们竞争，这所大学的文学才女们决心（determined）成立他们自己的俱乐部，一个和“扼***者”类似的组织。
小题9:B考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处regarded认为； called称；thought想； recognized认出。这所大学的文学才女们决心成立他们自己的俱乐部，一个和“扼***者”类似的组织。她们称（called）她们自己是“争论者”。
小题10:A考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处works 作品； letters书信； books 书； papers论文。她们也读相互的作品（books），但她们和“扼***者”不同。她们批评的更柔和，更积极，更令人鼓舞。
小题11:C考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。此处fantastic很好的；critical 批评的； positive 积极的；serious严肃的。她们也读相互的作品，但她们和“扼***者”不同。她们批评的更柔和，更积极（positive），更令人鼓舞。
小题12:D考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处required要求；spared腾出； made 制造；encouraged鼓励。有时，根本没有批评。每次努力，甚至是最小的努力都会受到鼓励（encouraged）。
小题13:B考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处experiment实验；study 研究；analysis 分析； judgment判断。20年之后，这所大学的校友对他们同学的职业做了一次详细的研究（study），这时他注意到“扼***者”和“争论者”同学之间的文学成就有很大的不同。
小题14:D考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处reflected反思； resolved 解决； explained 解释； noticed注意到。
小题15:C考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。此处optimistic乐观的；confident 有信心的；bright光明的；聪明的；honest诚实的。在所有的聪明的（bright）“扼***者”年轻人中，没有人取得辉煌的文学成就。
小题16:A考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处achievement 成就；influence影响； contribution 贡献；improvement改进。在所有的聪明的 “扼***者”年轻人中，没有人取得辉煌的文学成就（achievement）。
小题17:B考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处engineers 工程师；writers作者；doctors 医生； lawyers律师。因为这里指的是文学，所以指作者。“争论者”中有6个以上的成功作家（writers）。
小题18:C考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处courage 勇气；patience 耐心； education 教育； skill技能。两者之间的才能也许一样。是教育（education）水平的差距？没有那么大的不同。但是“扼***者”将人致死；“争论者”给人提升。
小题19:D考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处reward汇报； favor恩惠； honor荣誉； lift提升。两者之间的才能也许一样。是教育水平的差距？没有那么大的不同。但是“扼***者”将人致死；“争论者”给人提升（lift）。
小题20:C考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处ruined毁坏； lightened启发； promoted提高；enjoyed喜欢，享受。“扼***者”提高了争论和自我怀疑的气氛。而“争论者”强调的是最好的，而不是最差的。
核心考点
试题【完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Wranglers（争】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Pay-as-you-go In this form, a guest enters the park at little or no charge. The guest must then buy rides one by one, either at the attraction’s entrance or by buying ride tickets. The cost of the attraction is often based on its complexity (复杂性) or popularity. The park may allow guests to buy unlimited admissions to all attractions within the park. A pass is then shown at the attraction entrance to gain admission.
Disneyland opened in 1955 using the pay-as-you-go form. Initially, guests paid the ride admission fees at the attractions. Soon, the problems of dealing with so many coins led to the development of a ticket system that, while now out of use, is still part of the amusement-park vocabulary. In this new form, guests bought ticket books that contained a number of tickets, with “A,” “B” and “C.” Rides and attractions using an “A-ticket” were generally simple, with “B-tickets” and “C-tickets” used for the larger, more popular rides. Later, the “D-ticket” was added, then finally the now-famous “E-ticket,” which was used for the biggest rides, like Space Mountain. Smaller tickets could be traded up for use on larger rides. Disneyland, as well as the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, gave up this practice in 1982.
The advantages include:
guests pay for only what they choose to experience
attraction costs can be changed easily
The disadvantages include:
guests may get tired of spending money almost continuously
guests may not spend as much on food or souvenirs
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Attractions of amusement parks |
| B．Admission fees of amusement parks. |
| C．Admission principles of amusement parks |
| D．Sources of income of amusement parks. |
| A．don’t pay at the gate of the park |
| B．must pay for each ride they take |
| C．have to pay for all rides in the park |
| D．needn’t pay after entering the park |
| A．Gradually. | B．At the beginning. | C．At last. | D．Commonly. |
| A．The other admission principle |
| B．Amusement parks’ earnings. |
| C．Some other admission principles |
| D．Users of the pay-as-you-go principle. |
In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a computer engineering student. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”
Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears a terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.”
In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is . | A．critical | B．objective | C．hostile | D．unjust |
小题2:It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should .| A．find a support group for their only children |
| B．do volunteer work to help their only children |
| C．let their only children make all the decision alone |
| D．set good examples for their only children |
小题3:Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he .| A．is the only one who cares about her |
| B．doesn’t want to leave her alone |
| C．wants to share the responsibility with her |
| D．is worried about her safety |
小题4:It is quite usual now for a working mother to .| A．spend all her time and money on her only child |
| B．be responsible for bringing up her only child |
| C．have and bring up only one child |
| D．devote all her energy to her job |
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm when things do not go as one wants them to, or as one hopes they would, or even as one was sure they would. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reaction than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to.
“The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept to understand than patience and a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear as they are newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in a certain situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like that I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said. “Things are just so different here.”
小题1:The passage mainly tells us ______.
| A．about some uneasy traveling experiences in foreign countries |
| B．about the three main ways to communicate with foreigners |
| C．about some typical characteristics in different cultural experiences |
| D．how to show your characters to foreigners |
| A．The ability to keep cool. | B．The sense of humor. |
| C．Patience. | D．The awareness of being unclear. |
| A．not knowing what is happening in a situation |
| B．not understanding the local language well enough |
| C．being aware that the situation is unclear |
| D．not knowing how some system or organization works |
| A．he is not used to the culture of America |
| B．he went to the United States to study the moon |
| C．he is a person with a sense of humor |
| D．he has just returned from the moon |
As small as the capsules are, they provide more than enough daily necessities(必需品) for visitors. They do have plenty of functions. Each includes independent power sockets, clocks, lights, and flat screen televisions. People can also enjoy wireless Internet service. The basic fee(费用) for each capsule is 28 yuan, and guests will be asked to pay an extra 4 yuan every hour. The highest cost could reach 88 yuan per day.
Ta Zan, capsule inn Manager, said, “Capsule inns are similar to Internet cafes. When they first appeared more than 10 years ago, people thought they might not succeed. But now it’s a common thing in our lives.” He believes that more capsule inns will open around the nation very soon. He is sure about the future of his business.
小题1:How much will you pay if you want to stay in a capsule inn for 12 hours?
| A．88 yuan | B．76 yuan | C．28 yuan | D．4 yuan. |
| A．价格 | B．功能 | C．方法 | D．需求 |
| A．A family who like to cook by themselves. |
| B．A young student who likes watching TV or surfing on the Internet. |
| C．An old man who would like to stay in a big house with his wife. |
| D．A business man who wants to have a meeting with others. |
| A．Because he thinks they are similar in shape. |
| B．Because he knows Internet cafes were popular 10 years ago. |
| C．Because he thinks capsule inns are a common thing in our lives. |
| D．Because he believes both will have good development. |
According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities—famous people—worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villarreal says, “they feel separated and alone.”
The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.
Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.
If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that stars today___________.
| A．are often misunderstood by the public |
| B．can no longer have their privacy protected |
| C．spend too much on their public appearance |
| D．care little about how they have come into fame |
| A．Great heroes of the past were generally admired. |
| B．The problem faced by celebrities has a long history. |
| C．Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids. |
| D．Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers. |
| A．Availability of modern media. |
| B．Inadequate social recognition. |
| C．Lack of favorable chances. |
| D．Huge population of fans. |
| A．Sincere. | B．Skeptical. | C．Disapproving. | D．Sympathetic. |
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