二轮突破：专题四+完形填空+Word版含解析

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(2019·唐山部分学校质检)In my 40s, as a new solo (独自的) traveller, I spent endless time looking around souvenir shops in tourist areas. It never __1__ me that in shops where merchants weren't __2__ big rents, I could save more money. Besides, I didn't give much __3__ for the size of what I was buying, nor did I care that I would have to take the __4__ to carry it around for the duration of my holidays.

I learned and __5__. But I also found that over time, the objects that were __6__ to me changed too. As my tastes matured, my bags got __7__，and so did the time I spent buying cheap goods.

In my 50s I __8__ boxes from around the world. Not ordinary boxes but ones __9__ made by artists. These were small so they __10__ easily into every place of my backpack. The __11__ was delightful—the silver from South Korea, the painted camel bone from Egypt and dozens more took up their __12__ in my house.

Then a __13__ thing happened. My interest in the collection __14__ while my grandchildren's interest in it grew, so a wonderful and new __15__ began. Each time a child came to visit, he or she was __16__ to pick a box. My popularity __17__ increased among the children, and pretty soon my collection had been __18__ among the little people in our family. Each gift was __19__ by a mini travel story explaining where the __20__ was found, who had made it and what that country was like.

[语篇解读]本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己对旅游纪念品的兴趣变化，间接地描述着自己生活的变化。

1．A.counted on B．dawned on

C．called on D．concentrated on

解析：根据第一句话中的“我在旅游地花大量时间逛纪念品店”以及下文中的“for the size of what I was buying”可知，此处表示“我从没有想过在商家不用一直付大笔租金的店买东西(纪念品)，那样会省下更多的钱”。故答案为B。dawn on“使开始明白，使渐渐领悟，使开始理解”，符合语境。count on“依靠，指望”；call on“呼吁，短暂访问”；concentrate on“把注意力集中于”。

答案：B

2．A.lending B．investing

C．purchasing D．paying

解析：参见上题解析。rent表示“租金”，故此处应用paying。pay the rent“支付租金”。lend“借出”；invest“投资”；purchase“购买”。

答案：D

3．A.advice B．anxiety

C．concern D．support

解析：承接上文中的“It never...money.”以及“Besides，I didn't”可判断此处表示“而且我没有怎么关注所买东西的大小，我也不在乎要在整个旅游期间费力带着所买的东西周游”，故选concern“关切，担心”。advice“建议”；anxiety“焦虑”；support“支持”。

答案：C

4．A.trouble B．way

C．chance D．lead

解析：参见上题解析。take the trouble to do sth.“费力做某事”。

答案：A

5．A.applied B．adjusted

C．judged D．checked

解析：根据learned和后一句“But I also found that over time, the objects...changed too.”可知，作者不断学习和适应(adjusted)。

答案：B

6．A.accessible B．appealing

C．shiny D．disappointing

解析：根据语境和下文中的“As my tastes matured”可知，此处表示“随着时间的推移，吸引我的东西也变了”。所以答案为appealing“吸引人的，令人感兴趣的”。答案：B

7．A.smaller B．bigger

C．heavier D．smarter

解析：根据上文中的“As my tastes matured”可知，随着作者兴趣逐渐成熟，作者对纪念品自然就有所选择，所以“我的背包越来越小了，我花在买便宜物品上的时间也越来越少了”。

答案：A

8．A.designed B．discovered

C．collected D．received

解析：表示收集盒子应用collect。design“设计”；discover“发现”；receive“收到”。

答案：C

9．A.lovingly B．intentionally

C．carelessly D．ambitiously

解析：本空与ordinary呼应，既然不是普通的，那就应是艺术家精心制作的。lovingly“精心地”符合语境。intentionally“故意地”；carelessly“粗心地”；ambitiously“雄心勃勃地”。

答案：A