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(2013·高考江苏卷)I used to believe in the American Dreamwhich meant a joba mortgage (按揭)credit cardssuccess.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone elseall of us ____ chasing the same thing.

One yearthrough a series of unhappy eventsit all fell ____.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ____ possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was ____full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the ownerrented itand ____ a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me____ slowlythey started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blanketscandlesand toolsand began ____ around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a ___ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ___.

What I had believed inall those things I thought were ____ for a civilized lifewere nonexistent in this place.____ on the mountainmy most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.

Four years laterI moved back into ____.I saw many people were having a really hard time___ their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to ____ a handful of people.There are four of us now in the housebut over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places.We’d all be in ____ if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about ____ we can all get by together.

1.A.separately    Bequally

Cviolently   Dnaturally

2.A.off    Bapart

Cover    Dout

3.A.crossed  Bleft

Ctoured  Dsearched

4.A.fullest   Blargest

Cfairest    Dcheapest

5.A.at    Bthrough

Cover    Dround

6.A.occupied   Babandoned

Cemptied   Drobbed

7.A.turned   Bapproached

Ccleared   Dcut

8.A.but    Balthough

Cotherwise   Dfor

9.A.benefit   Blesson

Cnature  Dart

10.A.sticking   Blooking

Cswinging    Dturning

11.A.wild    Breal

Cdifferent   Dremote

12.A.neighborliness  Bhappiness

Cfriendliness  Dkindness

13.A.unique    Bexpensive

Crare   Dnecessary

14.A.Up  BDown

CDeep    DAlong

15.A.cooperation    Brelationships

Csatisfaction   Dappointments

16.A.reality   Bsociety

Ctown    Dlife

17.A.creating  Blosing

Cquitting    Doffering

18.A.put in   Bturn in

Ctake in  Dget in

19.A.yards    Bshelters

Ccamps    Dcottages

20.A.when    Bwhat

Cwhether    Dhow

 

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.A 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.A 15.B 16.C 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.D 【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章围绕主题“美国梦”讲述了作者的心理变化,作者遭遇了一系列的不幸后,在乡村的经历和体验让他对“美国梦”有了不同于以往的更为深刻的理解。 1. 2.2】解析:选B。由本空前的“through a series of unhappy events”可知,作者经历了一系列的不幸之后,梦想破碎了。故应选fall apart崩溃,破碎。fall off 减少;跌落;变坏;fall over 被……绊倒;意外地从……上跌落;fall out 争吵;脱落;解散。 3.3】解析:选D。此处语境为:穷困潦倒时,作者只好到乡村找了一个便宜的居所。此处搭配为search...for...“在……搜索……”。其余选项均不符合语境。 4.4】解析:选D。由“I had my truck and $56.”可知作者已经到了几乎身无分文的地步,带着身上仅由的56美元,作者只能以尽可能便宜的价格租下住所,故用cheapest。 5.5】解析:选C。此处语境为:作者找到了一座破旧的可以租赁的房子,位于西弗吉尼亚洲的波托马克河对岸,沿着蜿蜒的山路向上四英里处。over在此处意为“在……的另一边”,又如:They live over the river in Richmond.他们住在河对面的里士满区。 6.6】解析:选B。由“a shabby house”“full of broken glass and rubbish”可知这是一座破旧的房子,到处都是玻璃碎片和垃圾,由此推测这里已被“遗弃”多时。abandoned“被放弃的,被遗弃的”,符合题意。occupied已占用的,在使用的;emptied被清空的;robbed被抢劫的。 7.7】解析:选C。作者找到房主租下房子后,必须先进行清理之后才能“camp in”,所以此空填cleared,即作者先“清理”了一个角落。turn旋转,使改变方向;approach接近,走近,靠近;cut剪切;切成。这三项均与语境不符。 8.8】解析:选A。句意:尽管当地人对我一无所知,但是慢慢地,它们开始教我……很显然前后是一种转折关系,故用but。although尽管,虽然,它的位置应该放在“The locals knew nothing about me...”之前;otherwise否则,不然;for因为,由于。 9.9】解析:选D。此处语境:他们开始教我与邻居们相处的艺术。art艺术,技能,符合题意。benefit 利益,好处;lesson教训,经验;nature自然;天性。这三项均与语境不符。 10.0】解析:选A。本题考查动词短语的意义辨析。stick around逗留,停留;look around环视周围;swing around使转过;turn around(使)转身;(使)好转。此处语境为:邻居们开始在此逗留与我聊天,故选A项。 11.1】解析:选C。文章第一段讲到了作者起初理解的美国梦是工作、按揭、信用卡和成功,而由空格后的“...not the one of individual achievement but of...”可知,现在信仰的是一个“不同的”美国梦,故选different。wild野生的,野蛮的,狂野的;real 真实的;remote偏僻的,遥远的。 12.2】解析:选A。本段前面讲到邻居们教作者做邻居的艺术,给他提供了很多帮助,由此可知选neighborliness“友善,睦邻友好”,侧重指邻里关系。其余三项分别意为“幸福”“友好,亲切”“仁慈,好意”。 13.3】解析:选D。根据第一段所描述的美国梦的内容“a job,a mortgage(按揭),credit cards,success”可知,作者原来认为这些东西是文明生活所必需的,故选necessary。unique独特的;expensive昂贵的;rare稀少的。这三项均不符合语境。 14.4】解析:选A。由第二段中“I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road...”可知房子在山上,故选up。 15.5】解析:选B。句意:在这座山上,我最珍贵的财产是我和邻居们的关系(relationship)。cooperation合作;satisfaction满意;appointment约会。这三项均不符合语境。 16.6】解析:选C。解答该题的依据是第二段中的“I __38__the countryside for some place...”及本段的“Four years later,moved back into...”。与countryside相对的是town,故选C。reality现实;society社会;life 生活。这三项均不符合语境。 17.7】解析:选B。该空前的“many people were having a really hard time”说明许多人正过着相当艰难的生活,可推测是“失去”了工作和家,故选losing。create创造,offer提供,明显不符合语境;quit只能和jobs搭配,不能和homes搭配。 18.8】.解析:选C。本题考查对四个动词短语的意思的理解。put in放进,提交,申请;turn in上交,拐入,告发;take in让……进入,接受,理解,欺骗;get in进入,收获,被录取。此处说作者设法租了一个足够大的房子能让一些人住进来,因此选C。get in是指人主动进入,不符合语境。 19.9】解析:选B。此处语境为:如果我们不团结在一起,我们就都会流落到住收容所(shelters)的地步。yard庭院;camp帐篷;cottage 小屋,村舍。这三项均不符合语境。 20.20】解析:选D。此处语境为:与其说美国梦在于自己能得到什么,不如说它在于我们所有人如何一起渡过难关。get by勉强度日,为固定搭配。about后面的从句不缺主语、宾语和表语,因此不选what;也没有“是否”(whether)的意思;也没有涉及时间(when)问题,因此只能选how。
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