《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修第二册外研版》

3 阅读短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In spite of not claiming to be “a fan of contests”, Chen Geng, the champion of the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show, impressed the audience. She has participated in all four seasons 1 ____ the first TV show began in 2016. “When I stood on stage, I was very 2 ____, feeling like every cell in my body was boiling, because I was talking about what I cared much about,” she says.
Chen 3 ____ poetry just a few years before when she was a 21 - year - old postgraduate. She could remember the day when she 4 ____ picked up a book about the Tang Dynasty poems written by Jiang Xun. She was attracted by the book immediately.
Most of her free time was 5 ____ reading and reciting ancient Chinese poems - before breakfast, on the underground, and during summer and winter holidays. A couple of years later, she applied to 6 ____ the poetry quiz show to test her capabilities.
She is the only one of the 7 ____ who has been 8 ____ every season since 2016. She says she did worry if the audience would get 9 ____ her face. “The audience 10 ____ have thought: ‘It’s her again.’ But I decided to come, because I believe the time I can be fully devoted to poetry is 11 ____. I may not have so much time doing this after I become a busy wife and mother.”
The poetry world seems far away from Chen’s academic (学术的) study. Her research 12 ____ is to develop wearable smart devices for rehabilitation (复原) purposes. Yet, Chen says her poetry - reading and her major did not 13 ____ each other. “Sometimes I would feel 14 ____ when facing difficulties in scientific research. Poems gave me 15 ____,” she says.
Peking University offers an open environment for students to develop their various hobbies, according to Chen. There are poetry clubs, debating and public speaking clubs and other culture - related societies 16 ____ groups for students to choose from. “I really 17 ____ the academic atmosphere in the university, which enables us to do what we like freely, with an open and inclusive (兼收并蓄的) attitude,” Chen says.
She became a celebrity 18 ____ the poetry show. She hopes she can influence more people, especially encouraging teenagers to foster a keen interest in poems. Chen 19 ____ her first book about her thoughts and understanding about poetry in 2017. She also writes articles for *Beijing Evening News* and discusses Chinese poems on Tik Tok, a platform for sharing videos, on which she has over 130,000 20 ____.
“Reading poems opens a door to the new world without boundaries,” Chen says.
1. A. before
B. after
C. until
D. since (D)
2. A. excited
B. scared
C. bored
D. surprised (A)
3. A. fed up with
B. fell in love with
C. got along with
D. met with (B)
4. A. accidentally
B. on purpose
C. eventually
D. finally (A)
5. A. taken
B. spent
C. cost
D. put (B)
6. A. sign up for
B. take part in
C. take advantage of
D. compete for (B)
7. A. contestants
B. members
C. students
D. poets (A)
8. A. in the class
B. on the show
C. in the studio
D. in the university (B)
9. A. tired of
B. interested in
C. worried about
D. rid of (A)
10. A. need
B. can
C. will
D. must (D)
11. A. enough
B. limited
C. long
D. valuable (B)
12. A. direction
B. purpose
C. result
D. progress (A)
13. A. suit for
B. connect with
C. do with
D. go against (D)
14. A. frightened
B. relaxed
C. stressed
D. happy (C)
15. A. comfort
B. luck
C. purpose
D. happiness (A)
16. A. while
B. but
C. or
D. nor (C)
17. A. oppose
B. appreciate
C. believe
D. hold (B)
18. A. in spite of
B. in order to
C. due to
D. as a result (C)
19. A. read
B. published
C. bought
D. sold (B)
20. A. managers
B. strangers
C. passengers
D. followers (D)

答案： 1. D 根据本句的时态现在完成时和句子的意思，可以判断此处应填 since。2. A 根据后面的内容 feeling like every cell in my body was boiling 可以判断出她很激动，故选 A。3. B 根据下文意思，陈更爱上诗词是在几年前，当时她 21 岁，正在读研究生，故选 B。4. A 根据句意可知，她偶然看到了一本关于唐诗的书，故选 A。5. B “花费时间做某事”应用 spend some time doing ...，故选 B。6. B 本句意为“几年后，她申请参加诗词大会来检验她的水平”，故选 B。7. A 根据上下文可知选 contestants（参赛选手）。8. B 根据句意可知，她是唯一一个自 2016 年以来每一季都参加这个节目的参赛者，故选 B。9. A 根据句意，每一季诗词大会陈更都参加了，她担心观众会对她厌烦，故选 A。10. D 根据句意，这里应该选择情态动词 must 表示推测，有“一定，准是”的意思。11. B 根据句子“我觉得我能完全投入到诗词中的时间是有限的，等成为妻子和妈妈之后可能就没那么多时间做这件事了”可知，此处 limited 符合句意。12. A 此处的 research direction 指的是学术研究方向，故选 A。13. D 这句话说的是她觉得读诗和自己的专业之间并不冲突，故选 D。14. C 根据句意“在科研中遇到困难时，我常倍感压力”可知，选项 C 正确。15. A 根据句意“在科研中遇到困难时，我常倍感压力。是诗歌给了我慰藉”可知，选项 A 正确。16. C 根据句意可知此处应选连词 or，表示“或，或者”，故 C 项正确。17. B 根据句意“我非常喜欢学校的学术氛围”可知，应选 B。18. C 结合语境，空格前后应该是因果关系，因此选择 C 项。19. B 根据句意可知，应选 published（出版）。20. D 根据句意，Tik Tok 是一个分享视频的平台，在这个平台上她有超过十三万追随者，故选 D。