Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Communication with a Stranger

Last weekend I sat on the bus talking with excitement and so ready to spend time in New York City with one of my best friends from college. As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears, I almost didn't ____the elderly man sitting beside me.

Two hours passed and I was still absorbed in my own world. ____the elderly man asked me a question, a simple question ____ the bus's Wi-Fi connection, which turned into a two- hour ____. In fact, it directly ____ my personal life.

We talked a lot about my dreams, my fears and my life. I ____ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it had something to do with me just being ____ to let anyone I know close to me. I was ____ that the stranger was not only so deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just as willing to ____ me to my greatest abilities. He listened carefully to every word I said and made some useful ____ at times. Instead of politely ____ his head when I mentioned my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology, but not the one I was studying. He said that he knew I would face difficulties if I studied

psychology and that he fully understood my ____ for the failure.

This elderly man made me ____ the plans that I had laid out for my life with just that simple statement. He helped me realize that my neatly ____ plan for the next five years of my life wasn't all that neat, but actually complex and filled with ____. Most of all, he helped me ____ the complex, not stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown. I _____ a lot from talking with the elderly stranger.

A few days later, he emailed me, saying, "I think you're ____ for great things no matter what you decide to do." The email was filled with words of ____. In a few hours a stranger showed me a sense of kindness that made me realize that life is sometimes ____ but it is going to be okay.

1.A. check         B. notice      C. excuse         D. believe

2.A. Then        B. Instead      C. Again         D. Also

3.A. through        B. with        C. during        D. about

4.A. introduction  B. explanation  C. conversation  D. competition

5.A. affected      B. controlled  C. interrupted    D. created

6.A. searched    B. shared     C. demanded      D. reviewed

7.A. sorry        B. curious    C. anxious        D. afraid

8.A. puzzled      B. bothered C. amazed       D. disappointed

9.A. push          B. invite      C. treat          D. admit

10.A. choices       B. suggestions  C. decisions      D. efforts

11.A. raising     B. dropping   C. turning        D. nodding

12.A. regret        B. change       C. fear           D. desire

13.A. prepare       B. develop    C. approve       D. question

14.A. replaced    B. organized    C. discussed     D. predicted

15.A. uncertainty B. danger      C. responsibility D. conflict

16.A. identify     B. ignore      C. seize         D. accept

17.A. suffered     B. increased   C. benefited      D. experienced

18.A. leaving        B. heading      C. watching      D. caring

19.A. encouragement  B. protection   C. admiration    D. description

20.A. stable         B. normal     C. painful      D. serious

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于记叙文，介绍了作者与一位陌生的老人之间进行的一次交流，让作者对自己的人生规划有了全新的认识。

1.B考查上下文串联。动词check检查，核对；notice注意到；excuse原谅；believe相信；根据前半句提到的作者头戴耳机，所以压根没注意到老人坐在身边。故B正确，

2.A考查副词词义区别。副词then那么，接着；那时；instead代替，而不是；again再一次；also也；两个小时过去了，我还沉浸在自己的世界里，后来老人问我问题。表示上下文的顺接关系。故A正确。

3.D考查介词辨析。介词through穿过；with带着；during在...期间；about关于...。老人问的问题很简单，是一个关于汽车WIFI 的问题。故D正确。

4.C考查名词辨析。名词introduction介绍；explanation解释；conversation对话，谈话；competition竞争；老人的一个问题变成了我们之间2 个小时的谈话。故C正确。

5.A考查动词辨析。动词affect 影响，control控制；interrupt 打断;create创造。这次谈话直接影响了我的个人生活。故A正确。

6.B考查动词辨析。动词search寻找；share分享；demand 为要求，review复习，评论。在谈话里，我和老人分享了关于我的很多事情。故B正确。

7.D考查形容词辨析。形容词sorry难受的；curious好奇的；anxious焦虑的；afraid害怕的。在和老人对话之前，作者“害怕”让任何人接近。故D正确。

8.C考查形容词辨析。形容词puzzled困惑的；bothered困扰的；amazed惊喜的；disappointed失望的；让作者想不到的是，这个老人如此想了解自己，所以是amazed“惊喜的”。故C正确。

9.A考查动词辨析。动词push推；在这里是“驱策，敦促”的意思。invite邀请；treat对待，治疗；admit承认；这个老人不但对我很了解而且还敦促我发挥出自己最大的能力。故A正确。

10.B考查上下文串联。名词choice选择；suggestion建议；decision决定；effort努力；老人仔细听我讲话，时不时给我提出一些建议。故B正确。

11.D考查动词辨析。动词raise提高；筹集；drop跌落；turn转向；nod点头。当我提到我的专业的时候，他没有只是礼貌性地点头赞同而是提出了自己对我的看法。故D正确。

12. C考查上下文串联。名词regret后悔 ，遗憾；change改变；fear恐惧；desire欲望；倒数第二段提到了my fear for the unknown，作者对未知和失败是恐惧的。故C正确。

13.D考查动词辨析。动词prepare准备；develop发展，开发，形成；approve赞成，批准；question 在这里是动词，意为“怀疑”。老人的话让我质疑我的人生计划。故D正确。

14.B考查形容词辨析。形容词replaced被取代的；organized 意为“安排有序的，组织好的”。discussed被讨论的；predicted预测的；他让我意识到我原以为很有条理的计划实际上也并不是那么的有条理。故B正确。

15.A考查上下文串联。名词uncertainty不确定；danger危险；responsibility责任；conflict冲突；作者的五年计划并不是“简洁的”而是复杂并充满了不确定性。故A正确。

16.D考查上下文串联。动词identify区分；ignore忽视；seize抓住；accept接受；根据后半句not stay away from it，所以是面对接受这种复杂性。故D正确。

17.C考查动词辨析。动词suffer遭受；患有；increase增加；benefit受益；experience体验，经历；短语benefit from 从……中受益。我从与老人之间的这次交流中受益良多。故C正确。

18.B考查动词辨析。动词leave离开；head朝...过去；watch观察；care关爱；无论你决定做什么，你正朝好的事情努力前进。故B正确。

19.A考查上下文串联。名词encouragement鼓励；protection保护；admiration 赞赏，钦佩;description描述；根据上句“无论你决定做什么，你正朝好的事情努力前进。”可知这封信充满了鼓励。故A正确。

20.C考查上下文串联。形容词stable稳定的；normal 正常的;painful痛苦的；serious严肃认真的；根据后半句but it is going to be okay，故生活有时是充满痛苦的，故C正确。

【名师点睛】

完形填空是考生得分率较低的一项，我们可以使用复现信息、跳读法和排除法解题

1. 利用复现信息解题

语篇复现的信息包括原词复现、同义词和反义词复现、上义词和下义词复现、概括词复现和代词复现等。语篇中有词汇和结构同现的现象，如与语篇话题相关、意义相关的词汇同时出现，结构同现，同义同现，修饰同现，因果同现等。因此，利用上下文寻找解题信息，确定正确答案。如： First of all, I respected his ______ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom.

3. A. attention B. introduction

C. relation D. devotion

〖解析〗空格后面的句子说到教授的讲座准备充分、讲解清楚（well-prepared and clearly delivered），由此可知教授为教育做出了很大的贡献，devotion to sth意为“对……贡献……”，与下文相通。

I put my head in, expecting the worst. But to my surprise, the room wasn’t empty at all. It had furniture, curtains, a TV, and even paintings on the wall. And then on the well-made bed sat Amy, my new ______, dressed neatly.

A. roommate B. classmate C. neighbor D. companion

【分析】名词同现，空格前出现了room, furniture, curtains, a TV等同现信息可知坐在铺好的床上的是“我”的室友。

2. 利用跳读法解题

一般而言，完形填空要填的20空中总有一些空是相对简单的。 对于这类空格考生可以先将其确定下来，之后再逐个去突破其他空。跳过那些不太容易得出答案的题。切忌做题时循规蹈矩地一个顺着一个地去完成。如：

“Visitors!” repeated Josh, wide-awake at once. He______ up and looked around. A short distance away, a group of______ stood quietly watching us. One of them ______ walking toward us. We both jumped to our ______ not knowing what to expect.

1. A. sat B. stayed C. thought D. put

2. A. pilots B. natives C. editors D. assistants

3. A. avoided B. delayed C. began D. desired

4. A. boat B. car C. horses D. feet

〖解析〗在通读全文的第一遍中，我们可以很容易地将第四空填出来，这是固定搭配jump to one’s feet (跳起来)；由此也可推出第三空的答案，因为有人开始向“我们”走了过来，所以“我们”才跳了起来；再根据第一空前面的wide-awake可知，此处指的应该是“我和Josh完全清醒，坐起来，环顾四周”，所以第一空的答案为A；最后，根据句首Visitors可推知第二空的答案为B。

3. 巧用排除法解题

在有些情况下，考生如果不能很有把握地直接得出某一道题的答案，可以把排除法和词汇、语法分析结合起来运用，缩小选择的范围，提高正确率。如：

The woman looked carefully at me ______ through her glasses, and then questioned me in a low voice. A. as usual B. for a while

C. in a minute D. once again

〖解析〗这篇文章讲述的是没有工作经验的作者找到工作的故事。此题的解题关键词是carefully，既然是“认真地看”，就不会是in a minute (立刻、马上)；既然互不相识，作者也未曾去找过工作，不会是as usual(像往常一样)；前面没说已经打量过作者一次了，所以用once again(再一次)是不合理的。

He put the books into the return box. And after a brief ______ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to meet Eric.

A. rest B. break C. walk D. stop

〖解析〗此题答案为D。人不可能在厕所里休息（rest, break）或是散步（walk），由此排除另外三个选项。

When I started playing ______ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous.

A. at B. by C. for D. around

〖解析〗此题用排除法，by 和around都有“在……旁边”的意思，要选都要选，故排除这两个答案，play at后接游戏名，是“做……游戏”的意思，也可排除。故答案为C。

考点：考查记叙文阅读