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1、阅读提升作业 六Module 2Period 2. 完形填空I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the1society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I2hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 3th
2、e shopkeeper Mr Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you4have done. Life has become hopelessly5. A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you6things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise. ”I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. Afte
3、r some time, I7at the other end of the town. I was8that this simple vehicle could let me9long distances in a fairly short time. But how10did I really go?Since I hated to be11, I went back to Mr Johnson and asked him to12an odometer(里程表)on my bicycle. He agreed, but13, “An odometer without a speedome
4、ter(速度计)is like a14without a knife. ”I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices(装置)were15to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?”he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many16. ”Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn. “You cant le
5、ave the back part17, ”noted Mr Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons18the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven when you feel19on your way?I can give you a special discount. ”I was not strong enough to20the offer. “I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you coul
6、d have done, ”said Mr Johnson in the end. 【语篇概述】本文讲述了“我”接受了社会学家在电视节目中提出的消费观点,担心成为现代消费社会的受害者, 便去买了一辆自行车。老板推荐了自行车上的多种装置, 甚至烤炉, “我”无法拒绝, 一一购买。最终“我”还是成了消费社会的牺牲品。1. A. adultB. humanC. consumerD. professor【解析】选C。词汇复现题。根据后文“For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society”可知此处指的是“the consumer
7、society(消费社会)”。2. A. eventuallyB. immediatelyC. reluctantlyD. gratefully【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。唯恐成为消费社会的牺牲品, “我”“立刻(immediately)”去自行车店买车。eventually终于; reluctantly不情愿地, 勉强地; gratefully感激地。3. A. AlthoughB. BecauseC. AsD. Unless【解析】选C。词语辨析题。although尽管; because因为; as当的时候; unless除非。结合上下文此处意思是“当店主约翰逊先生卖给我自行车的时候, 他说
8、: 这是你所能做的最好的一件事”。4. A. wouldB. shouldC. mustD. could【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据文章最后一句话“. . . this is the best thing you could have done”以及上题解析可知此处正确选项为D。5. A. boringB. complicatedC. stressfulD. tough【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。与下一句“A bicycle is simple”形成对比, 所以是生活变得“复杂(complicated)”。boring乏味的; stressful有压力的; tough棘手的。6. A. nat
9、uralB. mysteriousC. complexD. unique【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据后文“fresh air, sunshine and exercise”可知自行车带来的是“natural things”。7. A. gave upB. broke downC. calmed downD. ended up【解析】选D。词语辨析题。give up放弃; break down(车)抛锚; calm down平静下来; end up结果, 结局为。此处表示“过了一段时间, 结果我竟到了城镇的另一端”。8. A. amazedB. amusedC. confusedD. conc
10、erned【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。这辆自行车在这么短的时间内走了这么远的距离, 这使“我”很“吃惊(amazed)”, 所以正确选项为A。amazed吃惊的; amused被逗乐的; confused困惑的; concerned担忧的。9. A. marchB. driveC. coverD. measure【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。cover在此表示“覆盖, 跨过(多远的距离)”。10. A. farB. longC. fastD. deep【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文“我”去买里程表, 可知此处是“但是我究竟走了多远的距离呢?”, 故选far。11. A. unreliableB.
11、 impracticalC. unpreparedD. inaccurate【解析】选D。词语辨析题。“我”想知道究竟走了多远, 并且回到约翰逊先生那里让他给“我”安装里程表, 可以判断“我”讨厌“不精确”。unreliable不可信的; impractical不切实际的; unprepared没做准备的; inaccurate不精确的。12. A. fixB. checkC. repairD. lay【解析】选A。词语辨析题。“我”回到约翰逊先生那里让他给“我”“安装”里程表, 而不是check(检查), repair(修理), lay(放)。13. A. sworeB. addedC. r
12、epliedD. concluded【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。“我”本来只想买里程表, 他又建议“我”买速度计, 所以应该是约翰逊先生“补充说(add)”。swear发誓; reply回答, 回复; conclude下结论。14. A. pencilB. forkC. boxD. cake【解析】选B。习语搭配题。此句意为“就像叉离不开刀一样, 有了里程表就不能没有速度计”。所以“刀叉”不分家。15. A. distributedB. convertedC. appliedD. attached【解析】选D。词语辨析题。attach附上, 系上。此处表示“几分钟之内, 里程表和速度计就附在“我
13、”的自行车的车把上了”。16. A. shapesB. sizesC. functionsD. models【解析】选C。词语辨析题。约翰逊先生在向“我”推荐喇叭, 说喇叭大小不及一个火柴盒, “功能”却很多, 而不是强调喇叭的形状(shape)、大小(size)或款式(model)。17. A. looseB. blankC. bareD. incomplete【解析】选C。词语辨析题。根据后文他又在“我”的自行车上安装了, 可知不能让车的后部空着。loose松的; blank空白的, 无内容的; bare光秃秃的, 无装饰的; incomplete不完整的, 不完全的。18. A. bes
14、ideB. beforeC. belowD. behind【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据上文“You cant leave the back part. . . ”可知应该是在座位后边安装了oven(烤箱)。19. A. sickB. hungryC. hotD. thirsty【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。oven(烤箱)是炊具, 所以当你感到“饿(hungry)”的时候, 没有什么比它更好。20. A. considerB. withdrawC. makeD. resist【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。最后店主说可以打折, “我”没能抵制住(resist)这种提议, 所以买下了他所推荐的所有商品。
15、consider认为, 考虑; withdraw撤回; make制造, 使。. 阅读理解San Francisco has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle. And, Longview has its squirrel bridge. The bridge, which has attracted international attention, is now a local landmark. The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in 1963 bya local builder, Amos Peters, to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing cars. The original bridge w
