第一部分必修一Module 6Ⅰ. 完形填空导学号58082106(2018·湖南郴州第三次质检)My friend Mary was __1. D__ breast cancer. Her husband, Jack, called to tell me she was in the __2. B__ . I spent as much time with them as I __3. A__ in the next couple of weeks. I held her hand and __4. C__ her favorite poetry until she fell asleep. I helped where I could, __5. A__ my most important contribution was supporting Jack because this was the second wife. Jack was losing to this horrible disease. He was brave and __6. C__ , but I could see that he was__7. D__ . Jack is a very quiet man and seldom complain. I gently asked what's wrong. Near __8. B__ , finally he said, “Well, I just feel so badly that I didn't have the house__9. A__so she could die at home. I didn't expect her to __10. D__ so quickly. ”“What would she have at home that she doesn't have here?”I asked. He thought for a moment and then said, “Music and her __11. A__ , Butterscotch. ”That day, music was easily provided with my CD player. He asked the nurse about bringing in the cat and was determinedly __12. C__ . I suggested he go higher—to the__13. C__ if necessary.The next day I walked in to see Mary and Jack with happy __14. D__ . Lying next to Mary was a purring (喵喵叫) ball of fur in the color of butterscotch. Jack had __15. B__ until he received instructions from the hospital administrator to “be careful”.When Butterscotch jumped out of Jack's __16. B__ , he said Mary was as happy as he'd ever seen her. She was __17. D__ . And so washe.After Mary died, the nurse came in to prepare the __18. B__ She said, “It was a pleasure to come here—for all of us. The __19. A__ was palpable (可感知的) . I wish more of our patients could die in this kind of environment. ” I do__20. C__ .文章大意:朋友玛丽病危,她丈夫在医院陪伴着她,作者也尽所能帮助他们。
后来,玛丽的丈夫希望她在医院有家一样的感觉,于是病房里有了音乐还有玛丽喜爱的猫,这让玛丽愉快地度过了生命最后的日子。
1.A. resulting in B.focusing onC.beginning with D.dying of[解析]根据第9空后的so she could die at home及最后一段第一句After Mary died. . . 可知,此刻的玛丽已经到了生命的最后时刻。
result in意为“导致”;focus on意为“把……集中于”;begin with 意为“以……开始”;die of意为“死于”。
故选D项。
2.A. church B.hospitalC.school D.bed[解析]根据下文可知,玛丽此时已在医院(hospital) 。
故选B 项。
3.A. could B.wouldC.must D.need[解析]句意为:在随后的几周时间里我尽可能多地陪着他们。
as. . . as I can/could=as. . . as possible,是固定搭配,意为“尽可能……”,此处指过去的事情,故选could。
4.A. handed B.wroteC.read D.burned[解析]玛丽病危,根据空后的her favorite poetry until she fell asleep可知,作者给玛丽读(read) 她最喜欢的诗歌,直到她睡去。
故选C项。
5.A. but B.soC.and D.or[解析]句意为:我尽我所能帮助他们,但是,我最大的贡献是鼓励杰克,因为这是他的第二任妻子。
根据句意可知,上下文之间是转折关系,故选A项。
6.A. selfish B.lowC.selfless D.simple[解析]selfish意为“自私的”;low意为“消沉的”;selfless 意为“无私的”;simple意为“简单的”。
并列连词and连接两个同类的词,只有C项与brave是同类词。
故选C项。
句意为:他勇敢而且忘我,但是我看得出,他很不安。
7.A. recognized B.respectedC.ignored D.troubled[解析]句意见上一题解析。
根据下文I gently asked what's wrong. 可知,杰克可能遇到烦恼的事了。
recognize意为“认出”;respect 意为“尊重”;ignore意为“忽视”;trouble意为“使烦恼”。
故选D项。
8.A. laughter B.tearsC.disappointment D.happiness[解析]根据下文的feel so badly可以推断,此时的杰克应该很悲伤,因此回答作者时几乎快哭了。
laughter意为“笑声”;tear意为“眼泪”;disappointment意为“失望”;happiness意为“快乐”。
只有B项符合语境。
9.A. ready B.emptyC.clean D.complete[解析]根据本句中so she could die at home及下文中在医院发生的事情可知,杰克没有将房子准备好(ready) 。
故选A项。
empty 意为“空的”;clean意为“干净的”;complete意为“完整的”。
10.A. miss B.increaseC.reduce D.fail[解析]根据语境可知,玛丽病情恶化,她的丈夫没想到她会衰弱得这么快。
miss意为“错过”;increase意为“增加”;reduce意为“减少”;fail意为“未做到;(视力、记忆、健康等) 衰退”。
故选D项。
此处考查fail的熟词生义。
11.A. cat B.dogC.toy D.neighbor[解析]根据第12空前的bringing in the cat可知,此处指“猫”(cat) 。
12.A. admitted B.blamedC.refused D.taken[解析]根据下文I suggested he go higher—to the ________ if necessary. 可知,此处应是被护士断然拒绝(refused) 。
故选C项。
admit意为“允许进入”;blame意为“责备”;take意为“带走;拿走”。
13.A. doctors B.nursesC.top D.government[解析]根据下文的the hospital administrator可知,杰克最后找到了医院的管理人员。
由此可知,在遭到护士的拒绝后,作者建议他去找上级。
故选C项。
14.A. cry B.shoutsC.air D.smiles[解析]根据下文的Mary was as happy as he'd ever seen her可知,有了音乐和猫,玛丽和杰克都很开心。
故选D项。
15.A. ordered B.insistedC.suggested D.explained[解析]根据上文,护士断然拒绝了杰克把猫带进病房的请求,然后作者建议他去找上一级主管,杰克最终把猫带了进来,由此可知,他一直在坚持(insisted) 。
故选B项。
order意为“命令”;insist意为“坚持”;suggest意为“建议”;explain意为“解释”。
16.A. shoes B.bagC.care D.sight[解析]句意为:当Butterscotch从杰克的包里跳出来的时候,他说玛丽又像从前那么开心了。
此处应该是指杰克把猫带来的那一刻,选项中只有“包”能带猫。
故选B项。
17.A. regretful B.sadC.doubtful D.complete[解析]根据上文中的happy可知,此处应该是快乐开心的情绪。
regretful意为“后悔的”;sad意为“伤心的”;doubtful意为“怀疑的”;complete意为“完全的;圆满的”。
故选D项。
18.A. cat B.bodyC.medicine D.music[解析]在玛丽死后,护士进来整理遗体(body) 。
故选B项。
19.A. love B.sceneC.service D.disease[解析]根据上文中的pleasure及下文I wish more of our patients could die in this kind of environment. 可知,此处指的是love,只有爱才能让人感到愉快。