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    A number of years ago I lost all of the hearing in one of my ears overnight. At first, it seemed like it could be a minor _______. Two days later, I was supposed to perform at an event, and I sat ___my turn in the dark,____some medicine from my doctor with orange juice. The hearing didn’t____. Soon after, I was____I had a brain tumor (肿瘤). The following ___left me exhausted and I was spending more time alone; but that____me with a lot more time for art.

I had spent most of my time in college studying _____and wishing there was a ______to combine technology with the work instead of just using computers as a tool. As a girl who had spent most of my time _____, it had simply never _____to me or anyone else that I could do technical work. In the 90s, that didn’t even ___. But, later, as part of the Design and Technology department at Parsons, I went through a crash ___in hardware and software engineering and fell in love with it for the purpose of art.

So as my body was ____well, I began doing small _____at night: sketches(素描), models, studying circuits(电路). I was_____that if anything happened to my other____, I wouldn’t be able to communicate. As I focused on the reality of daily____failure in my own life, I began to pay more attention to the physical objects such as our phones, our Internet, our radios, etc. I began building objects to____possible future disasters of communication in our society.

Over these years of hard work, the most______things I’ve learned are that we have to make our own opportunities, we have to make time for the work, and we can’t give up.

1.A.success B.problem C.change D.dream

2.A.thinking about B.caring about C.asking for D.waiting for

3.A.washing down B.taking out C.searching for D.paying for

4.A.lose B.affect C.return D.hurt

5.A.agreed B.told C.armed D.covered

6.A.instruction B.discovery C.treatment D.promise

7.A.left B.interrupted C.rescued D.surprised

8.A.dance B.computer C.medicine D.art

9.A.way B.accident C.corner D.luck

10.A.reading B.writing C.teaching D.drawing

11.A.appealed B.passed C.occurred D.continued

12.A.permit B.exist C.end D.move

13.A.meeting B.understanding C.check D.course

14.A.recovering B.running C.playing D.falling

15.A.talks B.discussions C.experiments D.predictions

16.A.interested B.afraid C.satisfied D.curious

17.A.arm B.hand C.ear D.leg

18.A.power B.heart C.business D.communication

19.A.mark B.avoid C.accept D.forget

20.A.important B.necessary C.possible D.difficult

 

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.D 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.A 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者本是一个艺术家,因为一场突发的耳聋发现脑部有肿瘤,在治疗过程中,她把更多的时间花在艺术,以及艺术和技术的融合,由一个技术“小白”变得开始懂得技术,从而告知一个道理:不管什么情况我们必须创造自己的机会。 1.考查名词词义辨析。句意:起初,这似乎是一个小问题。A. success成功;B. problem 问题;C. change改变;D. dream梦想。根据后文“Two days later, I was supposed to perform at an event(两天后,我要在一个活动上表演)”可知,作者最初把自己一只耳朵失聪的情况当作一个小问题来看待,才会出席活动表演。故选B项。 2.考查动词词组辨析。句意:两天后,我要在一个活动上表演,我坐在黑暗中等待着我的次序。A. thinking about思考;B. caring about关心;在意;C. asking for询问;D. waiting for等待;等候。根据空后“my turn”可知,作者在应是在等待自己上场表演。故选D项。 3.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我用橙汁把医生给我开的药冲咽下去。A. washing down(以水或者饮料) 冲咽;B. taking out拿出;C. searching for寻找;D. paying for付账。根据空后的宾语“some medicine from my doctor with orange juice.”,可知作者应是吃了医生开的药,且是用橘汁冲咽的。故选A项。 4.考查动词词义辨析。句意:听力并没有恢复。 A. lose丢失;B. affect影响;C. return恢复;D. hurt伤害。根据文章首句“A number of years ago I lost all of the hearing in one of my ears overnight.”以及空后 “Soon after, I was___5__I had a brain tumor”可知,作者的失聪问题并未解决,听力没有恢复,而是检查出更加严重的疾病。故选C项。 5.考查动词词义辨析。句意:不久之后,我被告知我得了脑瘤。A. agreed同意;B. told 告诉;C. armed武装;D. covered覆盖。根据句意和语境可知,作者被(医生)告知脑部有肿瘤。故选B项。 6.考查名词词义辨析。句意:接下来的治疗让我筋疲力尽,我花了更多的时间独处;但这让我有更多的时间来学习艺术。A. instruction指导;说明;B. discovery发现;发觉;C. treatment治疗;D. promise承诺。根据句意和语境可知,作者得病之后接受治疗。故选C项。 7.考查动词词义辨析。句意:接下来的治疗让我筋疲力尽,我花了更多的时间独处;但这让我有更多的时间来学习艺术。A. left离开;留给;B. interrupted打断;打扰;C. rescued营救;D. surprised使吃惊。leave sb. with sth, 留给某人某物,用在句中可表达这个疾病留给作者更多的时间研究艺术。故选A项。 8.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我在大学里的大部分时间都在学习艺术,我希望有一种方法可以把技术和工作结合起来,而不是仅仅把电脑作为工具。 A. dance舞蹈;B. computer计算机;电脑;C. medicine药物;D. art艺术。根据前文提及作者为艺术工作者,可知作者大学里在研究艺术与计算机技术的结合。故选D项。 9.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我在大学里的大部分时间都在学习艺术,我希望有一种方法可以把技术和工作结合起来,而不是仅仅把电脑作为工具。A. way道路;方法;B. accident 事故;C. corner角落;D. luck运气。根据句意和语境可知,作者在研究将计算机技术与艺术相结合的方法。故选A项。 10.考查动词词义辨析。句意:作为一个把大部分时间都花在画画上的女孩,我和其他人从来没有想过我会做技术工作。A. reading阅读;B. writing写作;C. teaching教授;D. drawing绘画。根据后文提及“sketches(素描)”可知,作者的艺术工作与绘画有关。故选D项。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:作为一个把大部分时间都花在画画上的女孩,我和其他人从来没有想过我会做技术工作。 A. appealed吸引;B. passed通过;C. occurred发生;D. continued继续。根据句意和语境可知,it never occurred to sb. that+从句,意为“某人从未想到过”,符合语境要求用于表达作者对于自己的想法感到意外。故选C项。 12.考查动词词义辨析。句意:在90年代,这甚至还不存在。A. permit允许;B. exist存在;C. end结束;D. move移动。根据句意和语境可知,后文提及“But, later, as part of the Design and Technology department at Parsons”说明之后存在了这样的设计与计算机技术相结合的部门,因此可知90年代并不存在这样的情况。故选B项。 13.考查名词词义辨析。句意:但是,后来,作为帕森斯设计和技术部门的一员,我参加了一个硬件和软件工程的速成班,为了艺术的目的而爱上了它。 A. meeting遇见;B. understanding理解;C. check检查; 核实;D. course课程。根据句意和语境可知,空前的“went through”意为“参加”,因此此句表达作者参加了一个速成班“a crash course”。故选D项。 14.考查动词词义辨析。句意:由于我的身体恢复得很好,我开始在晚上做小实验:画草图、做模型、研究电路。A. recovering恢复;B. running跑步;运营;C. playing游戏;演奏;D. falling落下;跌倒。根据空后的“well”可知,作者病情有所好转。故选A项。 15.考查名词词义辨析。句意:由于我的身体恢复得很好,我开始在晚上做小实验:画草图、做模型、研究电路。A. talks谈话;B. discussions讨论;C. experiments试验;D. predictions预言。根据后文“sketches, models, studying circuits”可知,作者在do experiments“做试验”。故选C项。 16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我担心如果我的另一只耳朵发生了什么事,我就不能交流了。A. interested感兴趣;B. afraid害怕的;担心的;C. satisfied满意的;D. curious好奇的。根据后文“I wouldn’t be able to communicate(我将无法沟通)”可知,作者担心自己的另一只耳朵也会出现失聪。故选B项。 17.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我担心如果我的另一只耳朵发生了什么事,我就不能交流了。A. arm胳膊;B. hand手;C. ear耳朵;D. leg腿。根据句意和语境可知,所填空之前有“my other”作限定词,可推知作者担心自己的另一只耳朵也会出现失聪,从而将无法与人沟通。故选C项。 18.考查名词词义辨析。句意:当我开始关注自己生活中日常沟通失败的现实时,我开始更多地关注我们的手机、网络、收音机等实物。A. power 能力;权力;B. heart心脏;C. business生意;D. communication交流。根据后文“I began to pay more attention to the physical objects such as our phones, our Internet, our radios, etc.( 我开始更多地关注我们的手机、网络、收音机等实物。)”可知,作者更加关注日常交流。故选D项。 19.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我开始制造物品,以避免未来社会中可能出现的交流灾难。 A. mark做记号;B. avoid避免;C. accept 接受;D. forget忘记。根据后文“possible future disasters of communication in our society(我们社会未来可能的通讯灾难)”可知,作者应是要研究如何避免这种灾难的发生。故选B项。 20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:在这些年的努力工作中,我学到的最重要的事情是我们必须自己创造机会,我们必须为工作腾出时间,我们不能放弃。A. important重要的;B. necessary有必要的;C. possible可能的;D. difficult困难的。根据句意和语境可知,后文内容为作者这些年辛苦努力工作而得出的最重要的经验教训。故选A项。
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