《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

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主题语境: 人与自我 语篇类型: 记叙文 建议用时: 12 min
When I first built my website 3 years ago, I had no idea what I was doing.
Naturally, I went to various websites and blogs for 1. I noticed features like social media buttons, advertisements, comments and more. At first glance, these seemed 2 since every website had them. But as I 3 my site, I found they were not. Instead, a clean, user-friendly design had 4 effects. Without advertisements or social media buttons, more people were 5 in my articles. It seemed that the 6 my website became, the better the results were.
Later, I noticed the 7 of simplicity in other areas of life.
As a kid, I was too thin. As an athlete, I needed to get stronger. So I spent hours designing the right combination of exercises. But when I 8 got stronger, I assumed that I was missing some kind of exercise. So I kept 9 something new. But it took me years to realise that the key was the exact opposite.
I 10 the complex workouts and focused on just one or two exercises. Surprisingly, there was a noticeable 11 in my strength in just four months.
From 12 to workouts, my skills didn't improve overnight. Instead, I made progress by ignoring, reducing and 13 non-essential choices. I think this principle also 14 to most things in life. So when you make a list of your plans, decide what truly matters to you and 15 the rest.
1. A. attention
B. relaxation
C. inspiration
D. recognition
2. A. familiar
B. essential
C. similar
D. special
3. A. abandoned
B. tested
C. copied
D. imagined
4. A. temporary
B. harmful
C. serious
D. positive
5. A. trapped
B. disappointed
C. absorbed
D. uninterested
6. A. simpler
B. richer
C. cheaper
D. faster
7. A. impact
B. limit
C. fault
D. purpose
8. A. finally
B. gradually
C. obviously
D. barely
9. A. adding
B. achieving
C. admiring
D. avoiding
10. A. carried on
B. gave up
C. took out
D. set down
11. A. blow
B. gap
C. drop
D. rise
12. A. websites
B. comments
C. articles
D. features
13. A. making
B. removing
C. facing
D. accepting
14. A. responds
B. appeals
C. applies
D. objects
15. A. turn off
B. put off
C. cross off
D. show off

答案： 语篇导读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在网站设计和锻炼的过程中，通过简化过程，专注于真正重要的事情，取得了意想不到的结果。作者以自己的亲身经历告诉我们，忽略、减少和消除非必要选择可以帮助我们更好地利用时间和改掉坏习惯。
1.C 考查名词词义辨析。句意：自然而然，我去浏览各种网站和博客以寻求灵感。A. attention关注；B. relaxation放松；C. inspiration灵感；D. recognition认可。根据第一段内容可知，作者不知道怎么建立自己的网站，所以浏览各种网站和博客寻求(如何建立网站的)灵感。故选C。
2.B 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：乍一看，这些似乎是必不可少的，因为每个网站都有。A. familiar熟悉的；B. essential基本的，必不可少的，极其重要的；C. similar类似的；D. special特殊的。根据上文“I noticed features like social media buttons，advertisements，comments and more.”和下文“I found they were not”可知，一开始作者觉得社交媒体按钮、广告、评论等功能似乎是必不可少的，之后发现不是，且“essential”与最后一段中的“non-essential choices”相呼应。故选B。
3.B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但当我测试我的网站时，我发现它们不是。A. abandoned放弃；B. tested测试；C. copied抄袭；D. imagined想象。根据下文“I found they were not”可知，只有当网站被测试，才能知道某些功能不是必需的。故选B。
4.D 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：相反，干净、对用户友好的设计产生了积极的效果。A. temporary暂时的；B. harmful有害的；C. serious严重的，不好的；D. positive积极的。根据上文可知，社交媒体按钮、广告、评论等功能并非必不可少的选项，网站去掉这些东西，网站页面变得简洁，会有积极的效果。故选D。
5.C 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：没有广告或社交媒体按钮，更多的人被我的文章所吸引。A. trapped被困的；B. disappointed失望的；C. absorbed全神贯注的，被……吸引的；D. uninterested不感兴趣的。根据上文“Instead，a clean，user-friendly design had 4 effects.”和“Without advertisements or social media buttons”可知，此处应该讲网站去掉社交媒体按钮和广告等功能、网站设计变得简洁后产生的积极的效果，所以是更多的人被作者的文章所吸引。故选C。
6.A 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：似乎我的网站越简单，效果就越好。A. simpler更简单的；B. richer更丰富的；C. cheaper更便宜的；D. faster更快的。根据上文“Instead，a clean，user-friendly design had 4 effects.”和上文语境可知，网站去掉社交媒体按钮和广告等功能，网站设计变得简洁，更多的人会被文章所吸引，说明网站越简单，效果就越好。故选A。
7.A 考查名词词义辨析。句意：后来，我注意到了简单对生活其他方面的影响。A. impact影响；B. limit限制；C. fault缺点，弱点；D. purpose意图。根据上文可知，网站越简单，效果就越好，且下文中的第二个故事讲的是简单对健康的积极影响，由此可知作者注意到了简单对生活其他方面的影响。故选A。
8.D 考查副词词义辨析。句意：但当我几乎没有变强壮的时候，我以为是缺少某种锻炼的原因。A. finally最终；B. gradually逐渐地；C. obviously显然；D. barely几乎没有。根据上文“As an athlete，I needed to get stronger. So I spent hours designing the right combination of exercises.”和转折词But可知，作者没有变强壮。故选D。
9.A 考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我不断添加一些新项目。A. adding增加；B. achieving实现；C. admiring赞赏；D. avoiding回避。根据上文“But when I 8 got stronger，I assumed that I was missing some kind of exercise.”可知，为了变强壮，作者要增加新的锻炼内容。故选A。 “add”与“miss”相呼应
10.B 考查动词短语辨析。句意：我放弃了复杂的锻炼计划，只专注于一两项锻炼。A. carried on继续；B. gave up放弃；C. took out拿出；D. set down制定。根据下文“focused on just one or two exercises”可知，作者最后只专注于一两项锻炼，说明作者放弃了复杂的锻炼计划。故选B。
11.D 考查名词词义辨析。句意：令人惊讶的是，我的力量在短短四个月内明显增强。A. blow吹；B. gap差距，间隔；C. drop下降，减少；D. rise上升，增长。根据上文语境可知，为了变强壮，作者要增加新的锻炼内容，之后放弃了复杂的锻炼计划，只专注于一两项锻炼，再结合“Surprisingly”可得出，把锻炼内容变得简单，作者反而变得强壮，力量增强了。故选D。
12.A 考查名词词义辨析。句意：从网站到锻炼，我的技能并没有在一夜之间提高。A. websites网站；B. comments评论；C. articles文章；D. features特点。这一句总结了两个故事的收获，websites是原词复现，代表第一个故事。故选A。
13.B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：相反，我通过忽略、减少和消除非必要的选择来取得进展。A. making做；B. removing去除；C. facing面对；D. accepting接受。结合文中的两个故事可知，作者通过减少和去除一些非必要的选择，取得了好的结果。故选B。
14.C 考查名词词义辨析。句意：我认为这一原则也适用于人生中的大多数事情。A. responds (to)对……作出回应；B. appeals (to)吸引；C. applies (to)适用于；D. objects (to)反对。根据上文“Later，I noticed the 7 of simplicity in other areas of life.”并结合作者建立网站和锻炼的两个故事可知，简单这一原则也适用于人生中的大多数事情。故选C。
15.C 考查动词短语辨析。句意：因此当你列出你的计划时，决定什么对你来说真正重要，并把其他的划掉。A. turn off关掉；B. put off推迟；C. cross off划掉；D. show off炫耀。根据上文中建立网站和锻炼的故事可知，简单会让效果变好，所以为了事情更顺利、结果更好，人们必须弄清楚什么是重要的，把不重要的划掉。故选C。