Question

C (2015 •镇江) 完形填空。(25分)

  At the prewSent time,more and more people love travelling. It’s a very good 1 of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travellers 2 a lot. Travel can make our minds become 3 . 

   But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years,some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the 4 to affect (影响) people’s mind. For example,they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at 5 problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place,you can’t experience new sights,new smells,new sounds and new cultures. All these can 6 your mind and make it more active.

   7 ，that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been to,the more creative you’ll become. Another group of professors have been doing 8 research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn’t have enough 9 to immerse (使......沉浸) themselves in a new place and a new culture.They weren’t as creative as the people who spent the time 10 getting to know a place. You have to interact (相互影响) with the places you go to and then you can benefit (得益) from them.

   If you go travelling,which do you prefer,staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?

() 1. A. way   B. area   C. sign   D. state

() 2. A. present   B. produce   C. get   D. check

() 3. A. thicker   B. smoother   C. wider   D. healthier

() 4. A. ability   B. possibility   C. personality   D. difficulty

() 5. A. solving   B. causing   C. controlling   D. spreading

() 6. A. set up   B. wake up   C. turn up   D. clean up

() 7. A. Instead   B. Otherwise   C. Moreover   D. However

() 8. A. secret   B. rapid   C. common   D. similar

() 9. A. interest   B. money   C. time   D. quality

() 10. A. nearly   B. probably   C. hardly   D. really

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D

1. A (way 道路，方法;area 地区;sign 标志;state 国家，州。结合句意“它是一个认识新的人们和文化并获得经历的好________。”故选A. )

2. C (present 颁发;produce 产生;get 获得，check 检查。句意：它帮助旅行者________ 许多。四个选项放到句中，get最符合句意。故选C. )

3. C (thicker 更厚的;smoother 更平滑的;wider 更开阔的; healthier 更健康的。句意：旅行能使我们的思想变得__________。用wider形容our minds ,意为“使我们的思想更开阔”。故选C.)

4. B (ability 能力;possibility 可能性;personality 个性;difficulty

困难。句意:他们相信待在国外的经历有_________去影响人们的思想。把四个选项分别放到句中，表示“可能性”的 possibility符合句意。故选B.)

5. A ( solve 解决;cause 导致，造成；control 控制;spread 扩散。 句意:例如，他们发现住在国外更长时间的学生比那些没有此经历的(的学生) 更善于有创造性地_________ 问题。根据横线后面名词problems ,所以用solving与之匹配。故选A.)

6. B (set up 建立;wake up 唤醒;turn up 把音量调大；clean up 清除。句意：这些都能_________ 你的思想，让它更活跃。故选B.)

7. D (instead 替代;otherwise 否则;moreover 此外;however 但 是。这一段谈论的是旅行给人带来的缺点，与上文陈述的优点 存在转折关系。故选D.)

8. D ( secret 秘密的;rapid 快的，迅速的；common 普通的;similar 相同的，类似的。句意:另一组教授们一直在做____________研究。本段介绍的是旅行给人带来的缺点。故选D.)

9. C (interest 兴趣;money 金钱;time 时间;quality 质量。句意： 他们发现经常从一个地方到另一个地方旅行的人们没有足够的__________ 去使他们自己沉浸在一个新的地方和一种新的文化中。根据他们匆忙地from one place to another ,可以推断他 们没有足够的时间。故选C.)

10. D (nearly 几乎，将近;probably 大概，或许;hardly 几乎不;really 真正地。句意:他们不如花时间______ 了解一个地方的人具有创造性。四个选项放到句中，意为“真正地”的really 符合句意。故选D.)