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    How many licks (舔)does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop (棒棒糖)?

The first time I heard this in the Tootsie Pop advertisement, I was five years old. I immediately started _______ and counting. After about two hundred licks or so. I stopped. The _______ of the chewy center had proven to be too great, and I _______ my way through the hard shell (外壳)to the very center. Besides, I _______ knew it took three licks to get to the center― that’s how many licks it took the owl (猫头鹰)in the advertisement to get to the center, so that, to me, it was the _______ answer.

In high school I held to the Tootsie Pop _______ . To me, the answer was still always three licks.

In my freshman year. I joined the Model United Nations _______ in my school. The Chair position had _______ the center of the Tootsie Pop and my _______ had become various other students. The first so-called was Eric who had luckily _______ the prestigious (有威望的)Chair position. So, I decided, _______ Eric reached the center in only one lick, that's how many licks it should take me. I went to the tryouts with a view to obtaining the position but _______.

At the end of my sophomore (崗二)year, a new owl named Iris had _______ achieved the chair position after trying twice. I began working hard again. But then again, I did not make a _______ of it.

Now, slightly frustrated after _______ two setbacks, I found a new owl. Evan. It had taken him three licks to get to the "center Three was all I could _______ . It was widely known that senior year was the _______ year to become Chair. I thought about _______ the program. but on second thoughts. I decided to continue.

Eleven years later, I visited the official Tootsie Pop website to find the real answer to the question that had _______ me my entire high school life. I finally understood. However many licks it takes to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop depends on however many licks I _______ to take—not how many the other owls take.

1.A.dreaming B.admiring C.licking D.chewing

2.A.appeal B.appearance C.power D.discovery

3.A.fought B.followed C.made D.bit

4.A.seldom B.never C.already D.nearly

5.A.brief B.right C.random D.temporary

6.A.advertisement B.plan C.philosophy D.custom

7.A.program B.conference C.title D.activity

8.A.become B.changed C.determined D.explored

9.A.shell B.hope C.owl D.companion

10.A.noticed B.shifted C.improved D.landed

11.A.unless B.if C.before D.until

12.A.failed B.quit C.survived D.struggled

13.A.yet B.even C.still D.also

14.A.promise B.success C.point D.joke

15.A.interacting with B.frightening away C.going through D.working out

16.A.afford B.buy C.admit D.expect

17.A.middle B.gap C.last D.initial

18.A.winning B.criticizing C.quitting D.arranging

19.A.motivated B.troubled C.attracted D.instructed

20.A.learn B.offer C.refuse D.choose

 

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.D 11.B 12.A 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.C 18.C 19.B 20.D 【解析】 本篇文章是一篇记叙文。通过记叙在高中两次参与主席挑选的项目说明一个简单的道理:无论你舔多少口到中心都取决于多少口你的选择,而不是其他猫头鹰所舔的数目。 1. 考查动词的辨析。句意:我立刻开始舔起来并数着数。A. dreaming梦想;B. admiring令人羡慕;C. licking舌舔;D. chewing咀嚼。接下来的内容告诉我们,After about two hundred licks or so. I stopped.他舔了200下,就停下来了。用的单词是lick,故C选项切合文意。故选C。 2. 考查名词的辨析。句意:咀嚼中心的吸引力证明太过强力。A. appeal呼吁,吸引;B. appearance外表;C. power权力;D. discovery发现。从这句第三空后my way through the hard shell (外壳)to the very center. 我从坚硬的外壳一直咬到正中间,说明这款棒棒糖很有嚼劲,换言之,很有吸引力。故选项A appeal吸引力切合文意。故选A。 3. 考查动词的辨析。句意:我从坚硬的外壳一直咬到正中间。A. fought争斗;B. followed跟随;C. made制造,使得;D. bit咬。因为上句中的内容“咀嚼中心的吸引力证明太过强力”第二空处the appeal of the chewy center had proven to be too great。两题互相印证而确定D选项切合文意。故选D。 4. 考查副词的辨析。句意:另外,我已经知道要花三口才能舔到中心——那正是广告中的猫头鹰舔到中心所花的口数。A. seldom很少;B. never从不;C. already已经;D. nearly接近,几乎。根据连接词besides可以得知这一逻辑,而且……。故是已经做到了广告中的示范。故C选项切合文意。故选C。 5. 考查形容词的辨析。句意:因此,对于我来说,这就是正确答案。A. brief简单的;B. right正确的;C. random随意的;D. temporary临时的。这里的因此so that是承接上文来的。故B选项right为切合文意。故选B。 6. 考查名词的辨析。句意:到了高中,我奉行这一法则。A. advertisement广告;B. plan计划;C. philosophy哲学;D. custom风俗,习俗。这一法则即哲学理念,也就是一种想法。下一句:To me, the answer was still always three licks.对于我来说,正确答案一直都是三口。据此可以得出作者认定此答案为他的一种想法,一种思想,故C选项切合文意。故选C。 7. 考查名词的辨析。句意:在我一年级的时候,我加入了学校模范联合会项目。A. program项目;B. conference会议;C. title标题;D. activity活动。此题中的加入joined in的搭配是项目。下文没有说过会议相关的话题,故排除B选项。C选项搭配不符合规则,故排除。下文也没有说参加什么活动,因此排除D选项。而且第十八空后面提到过参加的是项目。故A选项切合文意。故选A。 8. 考查动词的辨析。句意:主席的位置已经变为该棒棒糖的中心而我则已经成为其他的学生。A. become成为;B. changed改变;C. determined决定,决心;D. explored探索。第九空后面的结构had become前有一并列词and,所有可以确定前面一空应该填become。故选A。 9. 考查名词的辨析。句意:而我的猫头鹰成为另外的学生了。A. shell贝壳;B. hope希望;C. owl猫头鹰;D. companion伴侣。这里是第四空的猫头鹰的再现,表示一种喻指,也在第13空前面出现过一次,是重复再现。故C选项切合文意。故选C。 10. 考查动词的辨析。句意:第一个叫做所谓的艾雷克幸运的坐上了那个有威望的主席的位置。A. noticed注意到;B. shifted转换;C. improved改进,改善;D. landed着陆。这里有威望的主席的位置是坐上去的,也就是着陆于此位置上。A选项noticed 注意到不符合文意,故排除。B选项shifted转换也不符合文意,故排除。C选项improved改善也不符合文意,故排除。故只有D选项切合文意。故选D。 11. 考查副词的辨析。句意:所以,我决定,如果艾雷克舔一口达到中心,我也会一口达到中心。A. unless除非;B. if如果;C. before在……之前;D. until直到……才。根据句意 ,此题隐含逻辑关系为有条件的做某事。故表示条件的选项B切合文意。故选B。 12. 考查动词的辨析。句意:我带着盯着主席的位置的观点去参加挑选,但是结果失败了。A. failed失败;B. quit放弃;C. survived幸存;D. struggled挣扎。这里的答案根据后面的转折词but逻辑推理得出的结论,眼睛盯着主席位置的挑选,那么但是就是失败了这一逻辑结果。故选项A切合文意。故选A。 13. 考查副词的辨析。句意:在二年级期末的时候,一只新的叫艾日斯的猫头鹰在尝试了两次后也获得了主席的位置。A. yet然而……还未;B. even甚至;C. still仍然;D. also也。这里因为后面半句话achieved the chair position after trying twice. 在尝试两次后获得了主席位置。尝试两次说明前面已经尝试过一次了,再加上前任已经诱人担任主席职位过,故D选项also切合文意。故选D。 14. 考查名词的辨析。句意:然而再一次,我又没有成功。A. promise承诺;B. success成功;C. point点;D. joke玩笑。根据前面第十二空内容可以得知已经是爱国一次了,所以这里说再一次失败,也就是没有获得成功:I did not make a success of it。故选B。 15. 考查动词词组的辨析。句意:现在经过两次挫败我感觉有一点挫折感。我发现了一只新的猫头鹰叫伊万。A. interacting with和……互动;B. frightening away吓跑了;C. going through浏览,穿过,经过;D. working out计算出。根据句意推出经过两次失败后有这种挫败感。故C选项going through切合文意。故选C。 16. 考查动词的辨析。句意:三口是我所以嗯承受得起的数目。A. afford买得起,承受得起;B. buy购买;C. admit承认;D. expect期待。那是我 所有能……结构告诉我们这里的意思是承受得起的。故A选项afford切合文意。故选A。 17. 考查名词的辨析。句意:众所周知,最高年级即毕业班学生是最后一年成为主席的年份了。A. middle中间;B. gap沟壑;C. last最终;D. initial原始。从句意中的senior这个单词可以推出答案为last。故选C。 18. 考查动词的辨析。句意:我想着放弃这个项目。A. winning赢得;B. criticizing批评;C. quitting放弃;D. arranging安排。根据下文,但是我转念一想,决定继续。这里的转折词但是but告诉我们前面是想说放弃,要不然最终怎么会决定继续呢?故quitting切合文意。故选C。 19. 考查形容词的辨析。句意:十一年以后,我参观该棒棒糖官方网站却发现 了那个在整个高中阶段让我感到困惑的真正的答案。A. motivated有动力的;B. troubled麻烦的;C. attracted吸引人的;D. instructed指导的。根据下句:I finally understood. 我终于明白。为什么是终于明白?是因为之前一直都在困惑我。故troubled切合文意。故选B。 20. 考查动词的辨析。句意:无论你舔多少口到棒棒糖的中心取决于我的选择——而不是其他的猫头鹰所舔的多少口。A. learn学习;B. offer提供;C. refuse拒绝;D. choose选择。根据句意,此处空格处的逻辑应该是无论你舔多少口到中心都取决于多少口你的选择,而不是其他猫头鹰所舔的数目。此处的关键信息在于而不是猫头鹰所舔的数目。故D选项切合文意。故选D。
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