Part III Reading Comprehension
Neon(霓虹)is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog is to San Francisco. When night falls, red and blue and other colors (26)_____ a hazy(雾蒙蒙的)glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark, (27)_____ by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs(发光二极管).
Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDS, which are energy (28)_____ , but still carry great cost. “To me, neon represents memories of the past,” says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the city’s famous signs. “Looking at the signs now I get a feeling of amazement, mixed with sadness.”
Building a neon sign is an art practiced by (29)_____ trained on the job to mold glass tubes into (30)_____ shapes and letters. They fill these tubes with gases that glow when (31)_____ . Neon makes orange, while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours to craft a single sign.
Blance spent a week in Hong Kong and (32)_____ more than 60 signs; 22 of them appear in the series that capture the signs lighting up lonely streets—an (33)_____ that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. “I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned (34)_____ of neon, ” says Blance. The signs do nothing more than (35)_____ a restaurant, theater, or other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.
1、 (1)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
2、 (2)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
3、 (3)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
4、 (4)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
5、 (5)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
6、 (6)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
7、 (7)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
8、 (8)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
9、 (9)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
10、 (10)
A symbolizes
B challenging
C professionals
D stimulate
E identify
F decorative
G approach
H quality
I efficient
J volunteers
K electrified
L photographed
M alternative
N cast
O replaced
答案解析:
名词:
alternative 可选择的事物
approach 靠近;方法
professionals 专业人员
quality 质量;品质
volunteers 志愿者
动词:
cast 投,掷
challenging 挑战
electrified 通电
identify 识别;确认
photographed 拍摄
replaced 代替;更换
stimulate 刺激
symbolizes 象征
形容词:
alternative 可选择的
challenging 具有挑战的
decorative 装饰的
efficient 高效的
electrified 带电的
26. cast
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是名词colors,空格后是a hazy glow,空格处应填入动词,并且可以做句子的谓语成分。备选项有cast(投,掷),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激)。根据语义,由后文“被成千上万霓虹灯点亮的城市”可知空格前说的是被不同颜色的灯光笼罩着,cast意为投下,射下。故本空填入cast。
27. replaced
解析:动词辨析题。空格后是介词by,空格处应填入动词,并且做句子非谓语成分。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,霓虹灯变少是因为被LED灯取代了。因此应填入replaced。
28. efficient
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是名词energy,空格后是连词but,表示转折,空格处应填入形容词。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),efficient(高效的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,LED灯是节能的,但花费也很高。故本空填入efficient,energy efficient表示节能。
29. professionals
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是介词by,空格后是动词trianed,应填入名词。备选项有approach(靠近;方法),professionals(专业人员),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,建造一个霓虹灯标牌是一门由专业人士训练的艺术。故本空应填入professionals。
30. decorative
解析:形容词辨析题。空格前是介词into,空格后名词shapes,空格处应填入一个形容词做修饰。备选项有alternative(可选择的),challenging(具有挑战的),decorative(装饰的),electrified(带电的)。根据语义,把玻璃管做成装饰性形状和字母。故本空应填入decorative。
31. electrified
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词when,空格处应填入非谓语动词做时间状语。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄)。根据文意,他们把这些管子充满气体,这些气体在通电后会发光。故本空应填入electrified。
32. photographed
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是连词and,空格后是名词signs,空格处应填入及物动词,并且时态应和前半句保持一致。备选项有electrified(通电),photographed(拍摄),replaced(代替;更换)。根据语义,Blance在香港呆了一个星期,拍摄了60多个霓虹灯标牌。故本空应填入photographed。
33. approach
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词an,空后是定语从句,空格处应填入元音开头的可数名词单数形式。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),approach(靠近;方法)。根据语义,在Blanch拍摄的霓虹灯标牌中,其中22个出现在拍摄孤独街道系列中—这一拍摄方法使得人们很容易欣赏霓虹灯的颜色和工艺。故本空应填入approach。
34. quality
解析:名词辨析题。空格前是形容词old-fashioned,空格后是介词of,空格处应填入一个名词。备选项有alternative(可选择的事物),quality(质量;品质),volunteers(志愿者)。根据语义,我喜欢美丽的,手工制作的,老式的霓虹灯。故本空应填入quality,quality在此表示特点。
35. identify
解析:动词辨析题。空格前是比较级more than,空格后为名词a restaurant,故应填入动词。备选项有challenging(挑战),identify(识别;确认),stimulate(刺激),symbolizes(象征)。根据语义,这些霓虹灯标牌无非是识别餐馆等的标志而已。故本空应填入identify。
Part III Reading Comprehension
New Jersey School District Eases Pressure on Students, Baring an Ethnic Divide
【A】This fall, David Aderhold, the chief of a high-achieving school district near Princeton, New Jersey, sent parents an alarming 16-page letter. The school district, he said, was facing a crisis. Its students were overburdened and stressed out, having to cope with too much work and too many demands. In the previous school year, 120 middle and high school students were recommended for mental health assessments and 40 were hospitalized. And on a survey administered by the district, students wrote things like, “I hate going to school,” and “Coming out of 12 years in this district, I have learned one thing: that a grade, a percentage or even a point is to be valued over anything else.”
【B】With his letter, Aderhold inserted West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District into a national discussion about the intense focus on achievement at elite schools, and whether it has gone too far. At follow-up meetings, he urged parents to join him in advocating a “whole child” approach to schooling that respects “social-emotional development” and “deep and meaningful learning” over academics alone. The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.
【C】But instead of bringing families together, Aderhold’s letter revealed a divide in the district, which has 9,700 students, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines. On one side are white parents like Catherine Foley, a former president of the Parent-Teacher-Student Association at her daughter’s middle school, who has come to see the district’s increasingly pressured atmosphere as antithetical to learning. “My son was in fourth grade and told me, ‘I’m not going to amount to anything because I have nothing to put on my résumé,’ ” she said. On the other side are parents like Mike Jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the district in the past decade, who said Aderhold’s reforms would amount to a “dumbing down” of his children’s education. “What is happening here reflects a national anti-intellectual trend that will not prepare our children for the future,” Jia said.
【D】 About 10 minutes from Princeton and an hour and a half from New York City, West Windsor and Plainsboro have become popular bedroom communities for technology entrepreneurs, researchers and engineers, drawn in large part by the public schools. From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT. It produces Science Olympiad winners, classically trained musicians and students with perfect SAT scores.
【E】The district has become increasingly popular with immigrant families from China, India and Korea. This year, 65 percent of its students are Asian-American, compared with 44 percent in 2007. Many of them are the first in their families born in the United States. They have had a growing influence on the district. Asian-American parents are enthusiastic supporters of the competitive instrumental music program. They have been huge supporters of the district’s advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but will now start in the sixth. The change to the program, in which 90 percent of the participating students are Asian-American, is one of Aderhold’s reforms.
【F】Asian-American students have been eager participants in a state program that permits them to take summer classes off campus for high school credit, allowing them to maximize the number of honors and Advanced Placement classes they can take, another practice that Aderhold is limiting this school year. With many Asian-American children attending supplemental instructional programs, there is a perception among some white families that the elementary school curriculum is being sped up to accommodate them.
【G】Both Asian-American and white families say the tension between the two groups has grown steadily over the past few years, as the number of Asian families has risen. But the division has become more obvious in recent months as Aderhold has made changes, including no-homework nights, an end to high school midterms and finals, and an initiative that made it easier to participate in the music program.
【H】Jennifer Lee, professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and an author of The Asian American Achievement Paradox, says misunderstandings between first-generation Asian-American parents and those who have been in this country longer are common. What white middle-class parents do not always understand, she said, is how much pressure recent immigrants feel to boost their children into the middle class. “They don’t have the same chances to get their children internships (实习职位) or jobs at law firms,” Lee said. “So what they believe is that their children must excel beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later.”
【I】The issue of the stresses felt by students in elite school districts has gained attention in recent years as schools in places like Newton, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto have reported a number of suicides. West Windsor-Plainsboro has not had a teenage suicide in recent years, but Aderhold, who has worked in the district for seven years and been chief for the last three years, said he had seen troubling signs. In a recent art assignment, a middle school student depicted(描绘) an overburdened child who was being berated for earning an A, rather than an A+, on a calculus exam. In the image, the mother scolds the student with the words, “Shame on you!” Further, he said, the New Jersey Education Department has flagged at least two pieces of writing on state English language assessments in which students expressed suicidal thoughts.
【J】The survey commissioned by the district found that 68 percent of high school honor and Advanced Placement students reported feeling stressed about school “always or most of the time.” “We need to bring back some balance,” Aderhold said. “You don’t want to wait until it’s too late to do something.”
【K】Not all public opinion has fallen along racial lines. Karen Sue, the Chinese-American mother of a fifth-grader and an eighth-grader, believes the competition within the district has gotten out of control. Sue, who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, wants her peers to dial it back. “It’s become an arms race, an educational arms race,” she said. “We all want our kids to achieve and be successful. The question is, at what cost?”
11、36. Aderhold is limiting the extra classes that students are allowed to take off campus.
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
F F
G G
H H
I I
J J
K K
答案解析:36. 阿德霍尔德限制学生参加额外的选修课程。