强化练(十六) 词汇新考法之熟词生义题 考情速递:随着新课标对考生语言综合运用能力要求的提高,近年来的完形填空考题越来越侧重于对课标生僻词、多义词以及常见词汇在特定语境下的新意义的考查。往往由于考生缺乏足够的词汇量或对词汇的不同义项理解不充分,这些涉及词汇变化的新考点成了许多考生的失分区域。 (2025·南京六校高三调研) At the age of 12,I withdrew into my bedroom with my guitar.I had neither musical talent—many __1__ music lessons had proved that—nor musical training.My fingers ached as I tried to press down on the strings without making them buzz (发出嗡嗡声).__2__,I worked my way through 2-,3-and even 5-chord (和弦) songs and discovered the __3__ thrills of these musical notes.No one __4__ me to do this.I did this myself and of my own free will for a week,and the sense of happiness—true happiness __5__ in absorption in something—has __6__ me.Fifty years later,that week’s self-directed practice become a model and __7__ for almost every meaningful thing I have done since.It makes me understand the __8__ between achievement and accomplishment. The world favors achievement while __9__ accomplishment.The former is the completion of the task imposed (强加) from the outside—the __10__ being a path to the next task.The latter is the end point of an activity we have chosen,whose bonus is the sudden __11__ of happiness. The seeking of accomplishment always __12__people.I learned so long ago in that __13__ week that simply lifting one finger from the guitar’s C chord,you should get the most moving __14__ in tune.I didn’t know then it was a major 7th chord,a favorite of some masters’.I just __15__ accomplishment.That is real human “achievement”. 【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者既没有音乐天赋又没有经过音乐培训,凭借自己主动摸索实践,悟出真正的人类“achievement”就是“accomplishment”。 1.A.added B.tailored C.expected D.failed 答案 D [根据空前的破折号可知,空处所在句是对上文的解释。根据上文的“I had neither musical talent”可知,作者没有音乐天赋,多次失败的(failed)音乐课证明了这点。] 考情速递 利用标点符号巧做题 多数时候,标点符号能帮助考生理解上下句之间的逻辑关系。一般情况下,破折号后面的内容是对前面内容的解释。本题便可借助“破折号”来解题。 2.A.Besides B.Instead C.Therefore D.However 答案 D [根据语境可知,此处表示转折关系。作者练习时手指感到疼痛,然而,当作者尝试2和弦、3和弦甚至5和弦的歌曲时,作者发现了这些音符所带来的无与伦比的(matchless)兴奋。] 3.A.fruitless B.matchless C.effortless D.senseless 答案 B [参见上题解析。] 4.A.wished B.allowed C.required D.invited 答案 C [根据下文的“I did this myself and of my own free will for a week”可知,没人要求(required)作者这样做,作者是自愿的。] 5.A.masked B.rooted C.set D.stuck 答案 B [根据上文的“I worked my way through...thrills of these musical notes”可知,作者专注于练习吉他,并体会到音符带来的无与伦比的兴奋。所以此处表示“真正的幸福根植于对某事的专注”。] 6.A.waited for B.passed by C.departed from D.stayed with 答案 D [根据下文的“Fifty years later,that week’s self-d ... ...