第十三組(建議用時(shí)：30分鐘)Ⅰ.閱讀理解(2024·鄭州質(zhì)量檢測(cè)三)You may have heard of the American Dream times，the dream has referred to home ownership，a good job，retirement security or each generation doing better than the last.

　　Yet today，this concept seems to have greatly changed.As Time magazine pointed out，quite different from the older generation，many Millennials (the generation born after 1980) redefine (重新定義) the American Dream as “day-to-day control of your life”．They “prize job mobilityme ownership，once the cornerstone of the American Dream，is becoming a smaller priority for this generation.Meanwhile，nearly 40% of them choose travel as part of their dream.And entrepreneurship (創(chuàng)業(yè)) is a rising favorite of Millennials consider self-employment as part of their dream.

　　So what has led to this huge change?

　　Many point fingers at the poor economy.“Modern young Americans seem bound to face a world stamped by ever narrowing opportunity and social stagnation(停滯)”noted The Daily Beast.

　　“The rate of Millennials out of school and out of work is unusually high at 15%.Many college graduates have taken jobs that don’t require a degree，”Time reported.

　　The magazine worries that these difficulties may lead to a lost generation who are “unable to ever truly find their feet on the corporation’s ladder”．to feel attainable，and many Millennials are feeling they can only attain a day-to-day lifestyle that suits them.”

　　1．The underlined word “cornerstone” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “________”．is

　　D．purposeg economy and unemployment.

　　3．Dan Kadlec thinks Millennials’ new definition of the American Dream is ________．finition of American Dream

　　B．Meaning of American Dream

　　C．Value of Achieving American Dream

　　D．History of Changing American Dream

　　Ⅱ.完形填空(2024·昆明質(zhì)量檢測(cè)二)The long line of rush hour traffic wounded its way down the rain-slick(濕滑的) street as I glanced nervously at my watch.5：30! Nothing had gone right all day.This traffic jam seemed the perfect ending to a(n)__1__ day.__2__ there was no one to hear.Lately my life seemed __3__ more than a never-ending __4__ of regular tasks.Surely there was more to living than this.I guess I was simply too tired to look for it.

　　And then，looking __5__，I saw him.

　　The lone(孤零零的) flagman was standing __6__ the street__7__ directing four driving ways of traffic as they __8__ into one.But there was something __9__ about this flagman，and as my car __10__，I realized what it was.

　　Standing among dozens of impatient motorists，he was smiling and __11__ at every driver that passed.

　　As I sat waiting my __12__ in my warm car，I began to feel __13__．If this man__14__，could stand in the cold rain hour after boring hour and still have a friendly __15__ for every single person who passed，what right did I have to __16__ my life?

　　It was __17__ my turn to pass the flagman.“Thank you，”I mouthed __18__ the window.He smiled and nodded and I drove on，spirits lifted，__19__ changed.And in the rear view mirror(后視鏡) I could see him__20__ to every car that passed.

　　1.A.dangerous B．enjoyableB．left　C．backward D．forwardoutstanding

　　D．unusual D．disappointedC．finally

　　D．merelyⅢ.語法填空(2024·云南第一次統(tǒng)一檢測(cè))World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It 1.____________ (start) by the ____________ aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book.

　　Its website asks everyone 3.____________ (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write 4.____________ (belong) to all people.

　　The website asks visitors to join in the movement to reduce 5.____________ number of illiterate (不識(shí)字的)____________ (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, “It’s time to start by reading aloud to 7.____________ might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently 8.____________ someone else’s story as they share with you.” The United Nations says, “Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge，9.____________ to participate fully in society.” In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a 10.____________ (different)．第十三組

　　.閱讀理解

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文是一篇說明文。主要講述了80后的美國(guó)人對(duì)美國(guó)夢(mèng)的重新定義并分析了導(dǎo)致這一改變的原因。

　　1．解析：選C。詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句“At times，the dream has referred to home ownership，a good job，retirement security or each generation doing better than the last.”可知，最初的美國(guó)夢(mèng)指的是房屋所有權(quán)、一份好的工作、退休保障或每一代比上一代做得好。根據(jù)第四段第一句“Home ownership，once the cornerstone of the American Dream，is becoming a smaller priority for this generation.”可知，房屋所有權(quán)曾經(jīng)是美國(guó)夢(mèng)的基石，而對(duì)于這一代來說，卻不那么重要了，由此可推知，畫線詞意為“基礎(chǔ)”。故選C。

　　2．解析：選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段第一句“Many point fingers at the poor economy.”和第七段第一句“The rate of Millennials out of school and out of work is unusually high at 15%.”可知，經(jīng)濟(jì)低迷和高失業(yè)率導(dǎo)致80后的美國(guó)人對(duì)美國(guó)夢(mèng)的認(rèn)識(shí)發(fā)生了巨大變化。故選D。

　　3．解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句“A true American dream has to feel attainable，and many Millennials are feeling they can only attain a day-to-day lifestyle that suits them.”可知，真實(shí)的美國(guó)夢(mèng)必須讓人覺得可以實(shí)現(xiàn)，而許多80后的美國(guó)人覺得他們只能實(shí)現(xiàn)適合他們的日常生活方式；由此可推知，Dan Kadlec認(rèn)為年輕人對(duì)美國(guó)夢(mèng)的定義更符合社會(huì)現(xiàn)狀，更容易實(shí)現(xiàn)，更符合情理。B項(xiàng)意為“合情理的，正常的”。故選B。

　　4．解析：選A。標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文主要講述了80后的美國(guó)人對(duì)美國(guó)夢(mèng)的重新定義并分析了導(dǎo)致這一改變的原因。A項(xiàng)意為“美國(guó)夢(mèng)的重新定義”，符合本文大意，適合作標(biāo)題。故選A。

　　.完形填空

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。在一個(gè)下雨天，作者因交通堵塞而心煩氣躁，開始抱怨生活的一成不變。在等著通過十字路口時(shí)，一位在雨中一直面帶微笑、耐心指揮交通的交警讓作者明白了一個(gè)道理——生活快樂與否是由自己的心態(tài)決定的。

　　1．解析：選C。考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上一句“Nothing had gone right all day.”可知，作者這一天過得都不順利，故此處應(yīng)該指糟糕的一天。故選C項(xiàng)，意為“極壞的，糟糕的，令人討厭的”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“危險(xiǎn)的”；B項(xiàng)意為“愉快的”；D項(xiàng)意為“有趣的”，都不符合句意。

　　2．解析：選A。考查連詞辨析。對(duì)比空格前后兩分句“I sighed loudly”與“there was no one to hear”可知，前后兩分句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折讓步關(guān)系。本句句意應(yīng)為：我重重地嘆了口氣，盡管沒有人會(huì)聽。故選A項(xiàng)，意為“盡管，雖然”。B項(xiàng)意為“因此”，屬于并列連詞；C項(xiàng)意為“如果，是否”，可以引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句或名詞性從句；D項(xiàng)意為“當(dāng)……時(shí)，正在……時(shí)”，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，都不符合句意。

　　3．解析：選C。考查代詞辨析。根據(jù)下一句“Surely there was more to living than this.”可知，本句作者是在強(qiáng)調(diào)自己現(xiàn)在的生活不過是簡(jiǎn)單的重復(fù)罷了。故選C項(xiàng)。nothing more than 等同于nothing but，是固定短語，意為“只不過，僅僅”，符合句意。

　　4．解析：選A。考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)空格前的修飾詞“never-ending”可知，此處作者強(qiáng)調(diào)自己的日常生活無限循環(huán)，一成不變。故選A項(xiàng)，意為“圓圈，環(huán)”，符合句意。B項(xiàng)意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；C項(xiàng)意為“期待”；D項(xiàng)意為“犧牲”，都不符合句意。

　　5．解析：選D。考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)最后一段第一句“It was ______ my turn to pass the flagman.”和該段最后一句中“And in the rear view mirror(后視鏡) I could see him”可知，作者此時(shí)應(yīng)在朝前看，這樣才能看見這位交警。故選D項(xiàng)，意為“向前”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“向右”；B項(xiàng)意為“向左”；C項(xiàng)意為“向后”，都不符合句意。

　　6．解析：選B。考查介詞短語辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)及下一段中“Standing among dozens of impatient motorists”可知，這位交警應(yīng)是站在路中央指揮交通。故選B項(xiàng)，意為“在……中間”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“貼近，緊靠……旁邊”；C項(xiàng)意為“離開，遠(yuǎn)離”；D項(xiàng)意為“在……前”，都不符合句意。

　　7．解析：選C。考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)下一段中“Standing among dozens of impatient motorists，he was smiling”可知，這位交警很有耐心。故選C項(xiàng)，意為“耐心地”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“明智地”；B項(xiàng)意為“急切地，渴望地”；D項(xiàng)意為“鎮(zhèn)定地”，都不符合句意。

　　8．解析：選B。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)句中的“four driving ways”與“into one”可知，本句指從四條車道上來的車流在此匯聚到一條車道上。故選B項(xiàng)，意為“合并，組合”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“交換”；C項(xiàng)意為“撞擊，碰撞，墜落”；D項(xiàng)意為“跳躍，激增”，都不符合句意。

　　9．解析：選D。考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)這位交警除了有耐心外，還有一些與眾不同的地方。故選D項(xiàng)，意為“特別的，不尋常的”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“普通的，共同的”；B項(xiàng)意為“錯(cuò)誤的”；C項(xiàng)意為“杰出的，出眾的”，都不符合句意。

　　10．解析：選A。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)最后一段第一句“It was ______ my turn to pass the flagman.”可知，由于堵車，作者是緩緩靠近這位交警。故選A項(xiàng)，意為“靠近”，符合句意。B項(xiàng)意為“開始”；C項(xiàng)意為“停下來，阻止”；D項(xiàng)意為“通過”，都不符合句意。

　　11．解析：選D。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。因?yàn)檫@位交警在指揮交通，所以根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，他向每位通過的車主微笑，并揮手示意前行。故選D項(xiàng)，意為“揮手”，與最后一段最后一句中“raising his hand”相照應(yīng)。A項(xiàng)意為“大喊”；B項(xiàng)意為“盯著看”；C項(xiàng)意為“瞄準(zhǔn)”，都不符合句意。

　　12．解析：選B。考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知，這里車流匯集，交通擁擠。結(jié)合最后一段第一句中“It was ______ my turn”可知，此處作者應(yīng)是等著輪到自己通過。故選B項(xiàng)，意為“輪流，轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，變換”，wait one’s turn為固定短語，意為“等著輪到某人”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“命令，秩序”；C項(xiàng)意為“請(qǐng)求”；D項(xiàng)意為“運(yùn)氣，財(cái)富”，都不符合句意。

　　13．解析：選C。考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)本段最后一句中“what right did I have to ______ my life”可知，與這位在雨中一直微笑著耐心指揮交通的交警相比，作者為自己的抱怨感到羞愧。故選C項(xiàng)，意為“羞愧的”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“生氣的，煩惱的”；B項(xiàng)意為“高興的”；D項(xiàng)意為“失望的”，都不符合句意。

　　14．解析：選A。考查動(dòng)詞短語辨析。根據(jù)上一段中“and ______ at every driver that passed”及本句中“for every single person who passed”可知，他在指揮這些車順利通過路口。故選A項(xiàng)，意為“經(jīng)過，路過”，符合句意。B項(xiàng)意為“升起，上漲”；C項(xiàng)意為“前進(jìn)，沿著……走”；D項(xiàng)意為“穿過，接通，用完”，都不符合句意。

　　15．解析：選B。考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)上段中“he was smiling and ______ at every driver that passed”可知，他微笑著指揮這些車通過路口；由此可知，應(yīng)選B項(xiàng)，意為“手勢(shì)”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“一瞥”；C項(xiàng)意為“移動(dòng)”；D項(xiàng)意為“對(duì)待，款待”，都不符合句意。

　　16．解析：選D。考查動(dòng)詞短語辨析。根據(jù)第一段和第二段內(nèi)容可知，作者抱怨自己那天過得很糟糕，而且最近生活也是一成不變。但與這位交警相比后，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己其實(shí)是沒理由抱怨的。故選D項(xiàng)，意為“抱怨……”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“擱置，撥出”；B項(xiàng)意為“爆發(fā)”；C項(xiàng)意為“看不起”，都不符合句意。

　　17．解析：選C。考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)上一段首句中“As I sat waiting my ______ in my warm car”可知，本句指最后輪到作者通過路口了。故選C項(xiàng)，意為“最后，終于”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“一定”；B項(xiàng)意為“幸運(yùn)地”；D項(xiàng)意為“僅僅”，都不符合句意。

　　18．解析：選A。考查介詞辨析。根據(jù)空格后“the window”可知，因?yàn)樽髡咦谲嚴(yán)铮源颂帒?yīng)指作者透過車窗跟這位交警說了一聲“謝謝”。故選A項(xiàng)，意為“通過，穿過”，符合句意。B項(xiàng)意為“從……”；C項(xiàng)意為“離開”；D項(xiàng)意為“在……里”，都不符合句意。

　　19．解析：選B。考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)空格前“spirits lifted”可知，受這位交警積極的生活態(tài)度的影響，作者的情緒好轉(zhuǎn)了，對(duì)生活的態(tài)度也改變了，不再抱怨了。故選B項(xiàng)，意為“態(tài)度”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“焦慮”；C項(xiàng)意為“經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷”；D項(xiàng)意為“懷疑”，都不符合句意。

　　20．解析：選D。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上一段最后一句中“and still have a friendly ______ for every single person who passed”可知，這位交警面帶微笑，在雨中耐心地指揮著交通；由此可知，此處應(yīng)選D項(xiàng)，意為“迎接，打招呼”，符合句意。A項(xiàng)意為“交談”；B項(xiàng)意為“解釋”；C項(xiàng)意為“耳語”，都不符合句意。

　　.語法填空

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文主要介紹了World Read Aloud Day。

　　1．解析：考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)和語態(tài)。World Read Aloud Day在2010年由LitWorld.org發(fā)起。根據(jù)語境可知，此處需要用start的被動(dòng)形式，又因時(shí)間狀語是“in 2010”，故用一般過去時(shí)。

　　答案：was started

　　2．解析：考查形容詞性物主代詞或冠詞。它的目的是鼓勵(lì)全世界不能閱讀的人享受一本書帶來的好處。

　　答案：Its/The

　　3．解析：考查動(dòng)詞不定式。ask sb. to do sth.“要求某人做某事”，網(wǎng)站要求每個(gè)人通過拿一本書、找到一位聽眾、大聲閱讀的方式來慶祝這個(gè)節(jié)日。

　　答案：to celebrate

　　4．解析：考查主謂一致。這正是采取行動(dòng)向世界表明閱讀和寫作的權(quán)利屬于所有的人。根據(jù)句子成分可知，從句的主語為the right，故填belongs。

　　答案：belongs

　　5．解析：考查冠詞。the number of...是固定搭配，表示“……的數(shù)量”。

　　答案：the

　　6．解析：考查副詞。幫助那些不能閱讀的人是完全有必要的。

　　答案：absolutely

　　7．解析：考查賓語從句。是開始為任何可能喜歡的人大聲朗讀的時(shí)候了。whoever引導(dǎo)賓語從句且在從句中作主語。

　　答案：whoever

　　8．解析：考查介詞。當(dāng)他們與你分享時(shí)，你要耐心地傾聽某人的故事。listen to是固定搭配。

　　答案：to

　　9．解析：考查連詞。根據(jù)語境和句子成分可知，前后表示并列關(guān)系。

　　答案：and

　　10．解析：考查名詞。make a difference“有作用”，根據(jù)空前的冠詞可知，此處應(yīng)用所給詞的名詞形式。

　　答案：difference