《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修1外研版青海专版》

3 阅读短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was a teenager I went to a summer camp. The first night we had a big get - together where everyone could get to know each other really 1. (C). The staff told us to go find someone in the room who we did not 2. (D) at all. We would ask them some questions and then introduce that person to the rest of the 3. (B). I saw this person who was sitting all alone. I had 4. (A) met this person, and clearly no one was going in that 5. (C), so I did. I shook hands and realised that I couldn't 6. (B) if this was a girl or a boy. I tried to find it out by asking the person's name. But I failed. I was getting really 7. (A). How could I introduce the person to others 8. (C) gender - specific (只与特定性别有关的) pronouns? I was pressed in with my 9. (A) problem solving skills. I tried asking something about 10. (D) and likes that might help or produce a long answer with some 11. (C) gender clues (线索). We had like 30 more seconds, and I could only get one - or two - word answers. I'm stuck. My last 12. (D) was that the staff would make it known as we walked up. No such 13. (A). I spoke as quickly as possible trying to be funny to 14. (C) it up. "This person's name is Alison. They like music and love their mum!" It 15. (B). I upset no one.

答案： 3 本文讲述了“我”如何在夏令营的聚会上努力认识新的朋友并机智化解尴尬的经历。1. C 根据下文夏令营的工作人员让每个人去问不认识的营员问题并介绍对方可知，这样做可以让大家迅速相互认识。2. D 根据上文工作人员让大家互相认识以及下文作者问问题了解情况可推测，双方互不相识。3. B 根据上文 I went to a summer camp 可知，作者参加的是夏令营，此处是要向其他营员介绍，the group 指代参加夏令营的全体营员。4. A 根据下文作者不能确认对方的性别可推测，两个人没有见过。5. C 根据下文 so I did. I shook hands... 可知，没有人走向 Alison，只有“我”这么做了。direction 意为“方向”，go in that direction 意为“朝那个方向走去”，符合语境。6. B 根据下文 if this was a girl or a boy 可知，作者不能分辨 Alison 的性别，tell 意为“辨别”，符合语境。7. A 根据下文 How could I introduce the person to others... gender-specific pronouns? 可知，因为不知道用哪个表示特定性别的代词去介绍 Alison，作者感到很紧张。8. C 根据下文作者介绍 Alison 时用代词 they 而不用 he 或 she 可知，作者是因为不知道用哪个表示特定性别的代词介绍 Alison。without 意为“缺乏，没有”，pronouns 意为“代词”，符合语境。9. A 根据上下文可知，作者被迫运用自己出色的解决问题的能力来尝试辨别 Alison 的性别。10. D 根据下文的 ... and likes 和 They like music 可知，作者问 Alison 一些关于兴趣爱好的问题。11. C 根据上文可知，作者问 Alison 问题是为了得到其性别的清晰线索，clear 意为“清楚的，明确的”，符合语境。12. D 根据上下文可知，为了知道 Alison 的性别作者做了各种尝试，都没有成功。作者最后的机会是当他们走上前做介绍时夏令营的工作人员会揭晓谜底。chance 意为“机会”，符合语境。13. A 根据上下文可知，作者不走运，没能从工作人员处得知 Alison 的性别。luck 意为“运气”，符合语境。14. C 根据上文 I spoke as quickly as possible trying to be funny to... it up. 可知，作者介绍 Alison 时语速快，试图使人发笑，目的是为了掩饰其不知 Alison 性别这件事。cover up 意为“掩饰”，符合语境。15. B 根据下文 I upset no one. 可知，作者没有让人产生不快，说明作者的方法有效。work 意为“有效，起作用”，符合语境。