语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
[2020·长沙市高三统一模拟]During his freshman year at Columbia University, Sanford Greenberg stood on campus with his classmate Arthur Garfunkel. “Sanford, look at the __1__. You see the colors? The shapes?” Arthur asked. Sanford was __2__, because other guys talked about trips and sports, but Arthur wanted to talk about grass.
Was there a __3__ guy on campus than Sanford? Here he was, a poor kid from Buffalo, New York on a full scholarship, taking classes from masters such as physicist Leon Lederman and poet Mark Van Doren.
But in 1960, Sanford's fortunes __4__. He was playing baseball when suddenly he couldn't __5__ very clearly. He had to __6__ on the grass until his eyesight returned. At first he didn't believe it was anything __7__.
But when Sanford went back to Buffalo, __8__ there told him he had a very serious eye disease. They operated on his eyes, but he was still going __9__. He was so sad that he __10__ to meet anyone from college.
However, Arthur __11__ Sanford to go back to study at Columbia. In September 1961, Sanford returned to campus. But he was __12__ about getting around alone and depended on Arthur to help him.
Then, one afternoon, Sanford and Arthur went to Manhattan. When it was time to go back to the __13__, Arthur said he had an important meeting and couldn't go with Sanford. They __14__ for the first time, and Arthur walked off, leaving Sanford alone. It took Sanford a long time to get back to school. But as he arrived at the university gate, someone almost __15__ him.
“Sorry, sir.”
Sanford knew the __16__. It was Arthur's. Sanford was angry at first, but then he __17__ what Arthur had done.
“It was one of the most __18__ ideas,” Sanford said. Arthur, of course, had been __19__ me the whole way.”
After graduation with greater __20__ than others, Sanford got his MBA from Columbia and a PhD. from Harvard and went on to become a successful inventor and businessman.
1.A.clouds B.grass
C.trees D.baseball
2.A.excited B.disappointed
C.surprised D.worried
3.A.luckier B.friendlier
C.smarter D.kinder
4.A.improved B.remained
C.arrived D.changed
5.A.hear B.smell
C.see D.speak
6.A.lie down B.jump up
C.walk away D.run along
7.A.difficult B.serious
C.new D.usual
8.A.teachers B.friends
C.relatives D.doctors
9.A.blind B.deaf
C.wrong D.crazy
10.A.planned B.forgot
C.refused D.wished
11.A.reminded B.persuaded
C.forced D.allowed
12.A.certain B.angry
C.nervous D.calm
13.A.campus B.hospital
C.station D.company
14.A.agreed B.estimated
C.discussed D.argued
15.A.shouted at B.knocked down
C.looked for D.laughed at
16.A.look B.figure
C.voice D.gesture
17.A.doubted B.realized
C.believed D.wondered
18.A.annoying B.awful
C.useless D.brilliant
19.A.misleading B.showing
C.guiding D.following
20.A.efforts B.loss
C.burden D.failure