Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020·黑龙江牡丹江市高二下学期5月阶段测试)
I still remember the first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady named Rose to us. I was curious about what might have 1.__B__her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always 2.__A__having a college education and now I'm getting one！” she told me. I like listening to this “time machine” as she 3.__D__her wisdom and experience with me.
At the end of the term, we invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. As she began to deliver her 4.__C__speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed, she simply said, “I'm sorry. This whiskey is 5.__B__me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she 6.__D__her throat and began, “We do not stop 7.__A__because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are some secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find 8.__D__every day. Have a dream. When you 9.__A__your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge 10.__B__between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one 11.__A__thing, you will turn twenty years old. That doesn't 12.__C__any talent or ability. The elderly usually don't have 13.__A__for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”
One week after graduation, Rose 14.__B__peacefully in her sleep. We will remember the wonderful woman who taught us by example that it's never too late to be all we can 15.__D__be.
文章大意：本文为记叙文。文章讲述了一个老太太为了实现自己的梦想，很大年纪上了大学。她在给足球队做演讲时说，人保持年轻和快乐的秘密就是要寻找幽默、要大笑，并且要有梦想。失去梦想，人虽生犹死。在她完成大学学业后一星期，她在睡梦中安静的去世了。
1．A.forced B．motivated
C．expected D．supported
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：我很好奇，是什么促使她在这个年龄接受这个挑战。A. forced强迫；B. motivated促使；C. expected预期；D. supported支持。根据“a little old lady”以及“be taking on this challenge at her age.”可知，作者好奇是什么促使她在这个年龄接受这个挑战。故选B。
2．A.dreamed of B．picked up
C．turned down D．gave away
解析：考查动词词组词义辨析。句意：我一直梦想着接受大学教育。A. dreamed of梦想；B. picked up捡起；C. turned down调低；D. gave away分发。根据“now I'm getting one！”可知， 她一直梦想着接受大学教育。现在终于实现梦想了。故选A。
3．A.developed B．compared
C．organized D．shared
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：我总是和历经岁月沧桑的她一起分享她的智慧和经历A． developed发展；B. compared对比；C. organized组织；D. shared分享。作者和这位历经岁月沧桑的她一起分享她的智慧和经历。故选D。
4．A.dull B．broken
C．prepared D．long
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就在她要开始进行她事先准备好的演讲时。A. dull枯燥的；B. broken破损的；C. prepared准备的；D. long渴望的。前文已经说邀请Rose 给我们足球队做个演讲。所以这个演讲开始时，要做事先的准备。故选C。
5．A.saving B．killing
C．helping D．hurting
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：这种威士忌可真要命！A. saving节约；B. killing杀死；C. helping帮助；D. hurting伤害。根据“This whiskey”可知，这种威士忌可真要命。这是老人一种戏虐的说法。故选B。
6．A.cured B．showed
C．created D．cleared
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们笑了起来，她清了清嗓子，开始了演讲。A. cured治愈；B. showed展示；C. created创造；D. cleared变清澈。根据“began”可知，她清了清嗓子。故选D。
7．A.playing B．working
C．jumping D．resting
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们不能因为我们老了就停止玩耍。A. playing玩耍；B. working工作；C. jumping跳；D. resting休息。根据下文的we grow old because we stop playing可知，此处指我们不能因为我们老了就停止玩耍。故选A。
8．A.courage B．spirit
C．respect D．humor
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：每天找到幽默。A. courage勇气；B. spirit精神；C. respect尊重；D. humor幽默。根据前文的You have to laugh可知，此处指每天找到幽默。故选D。
9．A.lose B．treasure
C．fail D．live
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：当你失去梦想的时候，你就虽生犹死。A. lose失去；B. treasure珍惜；C. fail失败；D. live生活。根据“you die”可知，你失去梦想的时候，你就虽生犹死。故选A。
10．A.balance B．difference
C．relation D．instruction
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：长大与成长之间有很大的区别。A. balance平衡；B. difference区别；C. relation关系；D. instruction介绍。根据常识可知，长大与成长之间有很大的区别。故选B。
11．A.productive B．wasteful
C．considerate D．strange
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果你十九岁了，在床上躺了一整年，没有做一件创造性的事情。A. productive创造性的；B. wasteful浪费的；C. considerate体贴的；D. strange奇怪的。根据“lie in bed for one full year”可知，在床上躺了一整年，没有做一件创造性的事情。故选A。
12．A.miss B．seek
C．take D．gain
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：那不需要花费任何的天赋和能力。A. miss失去；B. seek寻找；C. take花费；D. gain收获。每个人都会长大，这不需要花费任何的天赋和能力。故选C。
13．A.regrets B．rights
C．games D．ideas
解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：老年人通常不会为他们所做的事后悔，而是为他们没有做过的事后悔。A. regrets遗憾；B. rights权利；C. games游戏；D. ideas主意。根据“but rather for things they did not do”可知，老年人通常不会为他们所做的事后悔，而是为他们没有做过的事后悔。故选A。
14．A.smiled B．died
C．cried D．acted
解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：毕业后一周，Rose在睡梦中平静地去世了。A. smiled微笑；B. died去世；C. cried哭；D. acted行动。根据“We will remember the wonderful woman”可知，Rose在睡梦中平静地去世了。故选B。
15．A.quickly B．reasonably
C．silently D．possibly
解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们会记住那个了不起的女士，她以榜样的方式教导我们，你所能做的一切永远不会太迟。A. quickly快速地；B. reasonably合理地；C. silently安静地；D. possibly可能地。根据“it's never too late to be all”可知，她用榜样教给我们，你所能做的一切永远不会太迟。故选D。
