专题限时集训完形填空之记叙文(Ⅰ)

专题限时集训(十六)完形填空之记叙文

(Ⅰ)

A (2019·武昌区调研考试)

Very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school.I made an effort to keep up the little bit of French that I learned in school，but eventually realized that this was 1 ．I was well aware that new languages are best learned when 2 ，and that our abilities in that regard decline with age. 3 ，just before my 50th birthday，I 4 for French classes.

After I was 5 to see which group I belonged in，I was 6 at almost the introductory level.I found that it really was true that certain linguistic(语言的) abilities 7 with age.While I'd always thought of myself as a(n) 8 learner，that was no longer the case.I absorbed new vocabulary very 9 ．What I learned one week ago seemed to 10 as soon as I learned the next skill.

Now，a couple of years later，I can listen to the news in French and 11 90 percent of it on the first try and read a novel if it's not too difficult.

Who knows what I might still 12 ？

I've learned so much 13 grammar and vocabulary.I've met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the 14 to make fools of themselves in order to 15 something new.I've been taught by patient and inspirational teachers from many 16 of the world，including France，Eastern Europe，the Caribbean and Africa.

Listening to the news as it is 17 to the people of France，I have a renewed 18 of how something can look completely different from another 19 ．I've learned that a language is not just a set of words，but a way of 20 ．But most of all，I've learned that it really is never too late to learn something new.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。本文通过作者学习法语的经历告诉我们要活到老，学到老。

1．A.unbelievable B．pointless

C．unbearable D．valueless

B[根据空格所在句的内容可知，“我”想努力保留在学校学的那一点法语，但最终意识到是无意义的(pointless)。]

2．A.energetic B．curious

C．young D．old

C[根据后半句中的our abilities in that regard decline with age并结合常识可知，年轻的(young)时候学习新语言的效果是最好的，故选C。]

3．A.However B．Therefore

C．Besides D．Meanwhile

A[根据语境可知，在50岁生日之前，“我”注册(register)了法语课，并结合上文提到的“年轻的时候学习新语言的效果是最好的”可知，此处表示转折关系，故选A。]

4．A.sought B．registered

C．fought D．prepared

B[参见上题解析。]

5．A.interviewed B．challenged

C．asked D．tested

D[根据空后的to see which group I belonged in并结合语境可知，经过测试(test)来看“我”属于哪一个团体之后，“我”被归(place)为几乎是初级水平，故选D。] 6．A.restricted B．withdrawn

C．appointed D．placed

D[参见上题解析。]

7．A.fade B．remain

C．disappear D．improve

A[根据第一段中的our abilities in that regard decline with age并结合常识可推知，某些语言的能力会随着年龄的增加而逐渐消失(fade＝gradually disappear)。] 8．A.autonomous B．average

C．quick D．dull

C[根据语境可推知，作者一直认为自己是一个敏锐的(quick)学习者，但却不再是这样了，故选C。]