考研英语二(完形填空)-试卷44
考研英语二（完形填空）-试卷44
(总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Use of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00)
1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：
In interviews, famous people often say that the key to becoming both happy and successful is to "do what you love." But mastering a skill,【C1】______one that you deeply love, requires a huge 【C2】______of dull practice. Any challenging activity requires【C3】______and concentrated practice. Anyone who wants to master a skill must【C4】______through the cycle of practice, critical feedback, modification, and progressive improvement again, again, and again. Some people seem able to【C5】______practicing an activity like this for years and take【C6】______in their gradual improvement.【C7】______others find this kind of concentrated, time-intensive work to be【C8】______or boring. Why? The difference may turn on the ability to enter into a state of "flow," the feeling of being completely【C9】______what you are doing. A flow state is a special experience. Flow states can happen in the【C10】______of any activity, and they are most common when a task has well-defined goals and is at an appropriate skill level, and where the individual is able to adjust their performance【C11】______clear and immediate feedback. Flow states turn the dull practice into an autotelic activity—that is, one that can be enjoyed for its own sake, rather than as a【C12】______to an end or for attaining some external reward. That raises the question of how we can turn this to our【C13】______: How can we get into a flow state for an activity that we want to master, so that we enjoy both the process of【C14】______skills and the rewards of being a master? Psychologists suggested that those who most readily entered into flow states had an "autotelic personality". For those who aren"t necessarily【C15】______with an autotelic personality, there is evidence that flow states can be【C16】______by environmental factors. While there isn"t yet a pill that can turn dull practice into a【C17】______activity for anyone, it is encouraging that we seem, at least to some degree, to be able to push ourselves toward flow states【C18】______we are given unstructured, open-ended time,【C19】______distractions, and a task set at a【C20】______level of difficulty.（分数：40.00）
(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）
A.especially
B.even √
C.only
D.just
解析：解析：句子指出“掌握一门技能需要枯燥练习”。空格后one则指代a skill，结合one thatyou deeply love的语义，推断所需副词旨在强调任何一门技能都遵循着这样的规律。B项even“甚至，即使”可加强语气，能体现句首表转折的But和句子逻辑。
(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）
A.part
B.variety
C.amount √
D.field
解析：解析：所需名词处于a huge…of的表达中，修饰dull practice。参照“熟能生巧”的逻辑，可以推测掌握一门技能需要大量的练习，故C项amount“大量”正确。
(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）
A.focused √
B.instructed
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D.centralized
解析：解析：句子承接上句，提到任何challenging activity(有挑战性的活动)都需要练习。所需词和concentrated“集中的，全神贯注的”组成并列的形容词组修饰practice，由此可推测两者语义相近，故选A项focused“集中的，聚焦的”。
(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）
A.pull
B.see
C.live
D.run √
解析：解析：从句子宾语the cycle．．．improvement的语义来看，句子提到形成技能的过程：练习、批评性反馈、修正、逐渐提高。因此可判断所需动词应说明Anyone who wants to master a skill都必须经历这一过程。run through“经历，通过”，D项run符合语义要求。
(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）
A.conceive of
B.put off
C.concentrate on √
D.give up
解析：解析：本句的Some people及下句的others说明两个不同人群在形成技能过程中的表现和感受。从下一句提到的this kind of concentrated语义重现可以判断C项concentrate on“集中于，专注于”符合语义和逻辑要求。
(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）
A.interest
B.confidence
C.pride
D.pleasure √
解析：解析：这些人能够遵循上述规律一遍又一遍地来练习具有挑战性的活动，可见他们属于首句所提的“do what you love”的人群：会变得既快乐又成功(becoming both happy and success-ful)。D项pleasure“乐趣”能说明这些人对自己取得的进步感到快乐。
(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）
A.Then
B.Yet √
C.So
D.Because
解析：解析：本句所提的这些人认为这些工作很枯燥(boring)。这与上句所提到的情况相反，因此可判断空格前后句子间是转折的逻辑关系，故B项Yet正确。
(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）
A.frightening
B.frustrating √
C.offending
D.misleading
解析：解析：空格处词与boring组成并列式形容词短语，作宾语this kind of．．．work的补足语。B 项frustrating“令人沮丧的，令人失望的”可顺接time-intensive的语义，体现工作因为费时而让人沮丧的逻辑。
(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）
A.involved in √
B.shocked by
C.exhausted by
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解析：解析：a state of“flow”可理解为“流畅状态”，从下文的描述可知，流畅状态是让身心完全投入到所做事情的感觉。故A项involved in“卷入，专心”符合语义要求。
(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）
A.end
B.design
C.display
D.course √
解析：解析：本段首句指出进入“流畅状态”的能力影响着人们在技能形成过程中的感受。逗号后分句提到任务或活动的不同因素和环节，因此可推断流畅状态可贯穿于一切活动的过程中。D项course有“过程”之意，故正确。
(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）
A.for
B.with
C.in
D.to √
解析：解析：所需介词应搭配adjust，说明更容易达到流畅状态的一个条件。D项to搭配adjust，指“根据清晰及时的反馈进行调整自己的表现”。
(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）
A.means √
B.transition
C.moment
D.solution
解析：解析：破折号后面的内容是对an autotelic activity(本身有目的的活动)的进一步解析，表明“这一活动本身就是乐趣(can be enjoyed for its own sake)，而不是达到某一目的(to anend)、获得某些外在回报(attaining some external reward)的……。”as a means是常用的搭配。意为“作为一种方式、手段”，A项means符合语义逻辑。
(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）
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B.advantage √
C.knowledge
D.agreement
解析：解析：冒号后的疑问句询问我们怎样才能在自己想要掌握的活动中进入流畅状态，可推测这是在询问如何把本身有目的的活动转化为优势。B项advantage“优点，优势”符合句意要求。
(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）
A.reinforcing
B.capturing
C.improving √
D.showing
解析：解析：so that表明后半句是前半旬的结果，如果能在自己想要掌握的活动中进入流畅状态，那么技能(skills)必定会得到提升，故选C项improving“提升”。
(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）
A.equipped
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C.blessed √
D.defined
解析：解析：上句讨论的对象是随时都有可能进入流畅状态的人，他们具有“自带目的性人
格”(“autotelic personality”)。相应地，此句谈论的对象应是那些不具有“自带目的性人格”的人。
beblessed with是常用搭配，意为“幸运地享有”，与前面的否定词aren"t一起说明有些人并不是与生俱来就有自带目的性人格。故C项blessed正确。
(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）
A.facilitated √
B.controlled
C.determined
D.mastered
解析：解析：下句提到的time、distractions等属于environmental factors的范畴，并且这些因素有可能把人带人流畅状态(push ourselves toward flow states)。故可认为流畅状态可由环境因素促成，A项facilitated“促进，推进”符合语义要求。
(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）
A.dazzling
B.enlightening
C.overwhelming
D.thrilling √
解析：解析：所需形容词处于turn…into．．．的意群中，说明这种pill能把乏味的练习变成其他的活动。上文也提到有人认为枯燥练习乏味(boring)，基于此，应认为人们想把枯燥练习变得不再乏味。D项thrilling“令人振奋的”语义与boring、dull等相反。
(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）
A.if √
B.because
C.until
D.unless
解析：解析：空格前分句意为“我们似乎能够把自己推向流畅状态”，后一分句意为“给我们提供松散的、不限制的时间……”。可见后一分句是促成这一结果的条件。A项if连接条件状语从句，故符合逻辑要求。
(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）
A.transient
B.periodic
C.minimum √
D.occasional
解析：解析：基于该句的语义和逻辑，可知分句we are given．．．是“我们”进人流畅状态的条件。从unstructured，open-ended time(松散的、不限制的时间)这一条件来看，所涉及的应是有助于进人流畅状态的有利条件。minimum distractions“尽量少的干扰”，有助于进入流畅状态，故C项minimum正确。
(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）
A.familiar
B.moderate √
C.typical
D.heightened
解析：解析：基于前两项分析，可知该分句是关于有助于进入流畅状态的条件，故应推断任务所设定的难易程度(level of difficulty)也应适当。故B项moderate“适度的”符合逻辑要求。
It only takes ten minutes, but reading your baby a bedtime story could yield benefits for years to come, scientists said today. Research shows that children who are【C1】______to a lot are faster at understanding words. This【C2】______processing helps them do better at school— and could 【C3】______help them get a good job, have a happy【C4】______and keep on the right side of the law. Psychologist Anne Fernald said that the effects are so【C5】______that talking to children should be【C6】______as importantly as feeding them. And it is never too【C7】______to start. Dr Fernald said: "【C8】______you want your kid to do well in school, talk to them【C9】______a baby. If you bring a child into the world, we【C10】______the responsibility for feeding them, keeping them clean and keeping them safe. I think we now have enough scientific evidence to add
something else to that list—and that is【C11】______learning from infancy on. Long before your baby is speaking, it is【C12】______information about language." In a series of studies on babies, Dr Fernald showed that there are big differences in how quickly children process words. Speedy processing is important【C13】______it frees up the brain to think about the next word—or the world【C14】______. Dr Fernald said: "You are building a mind that can conceptualize and【C15】______and think about the past and think about the future." She also showed that children who are【C16】______at understanding words tend to hear more words at home. In her studies, some 【C17】______had as few as 600 words a day directly talked to them. To put this in【C18】______, the average adult speaks around 200 words a minute. Other children heard more than 12,000 words. Dr Fernald has also shown that children who can quickly process words at the age of two do better at school at the age of eight. Other research has shown that children who do well in【C19】______school are more likely to go onto higher education, get a good job, re-mam married and stay out of【C20】______.（分数：40.00）
(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）
A.listened
B.spoken √
C.replied
D.responded
解析：解析：上句提到，读睡前故事会对婴儿今后的生活带来好处(benefits)。B项spoken代入后，表明多对孩子说话，孩子理解话语的速度就更快，能与上句给婴儿读故事(即说话)相呼应，也能对应本段中的reading、talking等词。
(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）
A.swift √
B.rough
C.short
D.tense
解析：解析：基于前后句子间的语义逻辑和空格前This的用法，可知主语中心词processing指代understanding words。因此可从faster的语义来判断空格所需形容词的语义。故选A项swift“快速的，敏捷的”。
(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）
A.only
B.always
C.hence
D.even √
解析：解析：破折号前面提到的是“更快速地理解话语”对孩子学习上的影响，破折号具有进一步解释说明的作用，故D项even“甚至”正确，可连接突出的、进一步的内容或事例，也能体现“学习成绩好”与“找到好工作”等影噙之间的递进关系。
(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）
A.family
B.childhood
C.marriage √
D.experience
解析：解析：解答此空格可参考文章最后一句：go onto higher education，get a good job，remainmarried．．．．不难确定此处选C项marriage“婚姻”。
(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）
A.apparent
B.permanent
C.profound √
D.persuasive
解析：解析：上句指出，“更快速地理解话语”不仅影响孩子的学习，还会影响他们之后的工作等其他方面，故认为它对孩子的影响深远。C项profound“深刻的．深厚的”修饰effects时，可指影响深远的，故满足句意要求。
(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）
A.settled
B.guided
C.encouraged
D.treated √
解析：解析：as importantly as表明talking to children与feeding them同样重要，故推断所需动词应体现人们所采取的行为或动作。D项treated“对待”符合语义要求。
(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）
A.early √
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C.old
D.young
解析：解析：to start指的是要开始跟孩子说话交流。下文提到应该从婴儿期就要多跟孩子说话，可推断越早开始跟孩子说话越好。故A项early“早的”符合语篇要求。
(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）
A.When
B.If √
C.Unless
D.Until
解析：解析：逗号后的talk to them是Fernald对父母的建议，逗号前的分句意为“你想让你的孩子在学校取得好的学习成绩”。从前后的语义逻辑来看，应认为在家长希望孩子取得好成绩的前提下，就要跟孩子说话。表示条件的B项If符合要求。
(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）
A.as √
B.like
C.about
D.around
解析：解析：下文提到，父母(句中you和we的所指)不仅应该喂养、照顾和保护孩子，还应让他们从婴儿期开始就有学习的机会。故空格所需词搭配a baby后应具有“在他们还是婴儿的时候”的语义。A项
as“在……的时候”正确。
(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）
A.work at
B.make up
C.take on √
D.think over
解析：解析：空格所在句子是If you bring a child into the world这一条件句引起的结果。作为父母。就当然需要肩负起喂养、照顾和保护孩子的责任。选C项take on“承担”。
(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）
A.motivating
B.providing √
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D.facilitating
解析：解析：破折号后and that is…是句中something else的具体内容，是Fernald认为父母在喂养孩子等义务之外应该为孩子做的其他事情:．．．learning from infancy on。孩子在婴儿期并不能自己学习．需父母为其提供相应的环境，故B项providing“提供”满足要求。
(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）
A.demanding
B.repeating
C.accepting
D.absorbing √
解析：解析：主语it指代句中的baby一词，故空格处动词应说明婴儿在学会说话之前，对infor-marion about language(语言信息)的反应。文章首段提到给孩子读睡前故事、跟孩子说话交流可让孩子理解词语的速度更快，故推断孩子在很小的时候就可受到语言的熏陶。D项absorbing“吸收”代入后，句子语义符合语篇要求。
(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）
A.thus
B.though
C.because √
D.provided
解析：解析：空格后分句意为“它(指代主语Speedy processing)促动大脑去思考下一个词”，谈论的是Speedy processing的作用，故认为空格后分句是得出Speedy processing is important这一观点的依据。选C项because，引导原因状语从句。
(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）
A.in essence
B.in turn
C.in part
D.in general √
解析：解析：破折号的内容是对前面句子的进一步说明，句意为“快速处理语言信息的能力能促动大脑去思考下一个词，甚至……世界”。D项in general意为“大体；整个”，代入后表明该能力能促使大脑思考整个世界，符合上下文语义。
(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）
A.imagine √
B.plunge
C.conceive
D.plot
解析：解析：句中a mind是具有“思考下一个词和思考世界”这一能力的心智，that从句则应表明mind 所能执行的动作。A项imag ine“想象”与conceptualize“概念化”是mind具备的功能之一，也与空格后think about有密切的逻辑关系，符合要求。
(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）
A.quick √
B.smart
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D.ready
解析：解析：从上文谈论到的孩子理解话语和接触话语间的逻辑关系来看，应认为能快速处理语言的孩子能接触到更多的语言，故A项quick“快速的”正确。
(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）
A.students
B.interviewees
C.grownups
D.youngsters √
解析：解析：此句提到的研究还是本段首句中提到的a series of studies on babies的研究，故babies、children以及空格所需词都是该项研究中的研究对象。D项youngsters“小孩”符合语篇要求。
(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）
A.contrast
B.context √
C.perspective
D.word
解析：解析：上句意为“有些家庭每天对……说的话甚至不到600个单词”，下句“成年人每分钟的平均语速为200个单词”，前后之间是同一情况下的比较。put．．．in context是固定搭配，意为“在……情况下”，符合上下文逻辑。故选B项context。
(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）
A.public
B.secondary
C.primary √
D.private
解析：解析：本句谈论到其他研究的结果，从文章逻辑来看，这里提到的研究应与Fernald的研究联系紧密，故空格所在的定语从句(w ho do well in…school)所修饰的children与上句提到的“8岁时学习成绩好”的children间应存在内在的逻辑关系。学生8岁时的学习是小学阶段的学习，C项primary搭配school 指“小学”。
(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）
A.trouble
B.debt
C.prison √
D.pain
解析：解析：文章最后一句与第一段第三句(…do better at school．．．keep on the right sideof the law)对应。C项prison与stay out of搭配后表示“遵纪守法”，对应keep on the rightside of the law 这一表达。
考研英语二模拟试题及答案解析(7)
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