考查时态。句意：——你在西雅图的假期怎么样？——相当好。晚上我去酒吧里喝啤酒。由“How was your vacation”可知，第二个说话者在西雅图度假是过去的事情，晚上去酒吧喝啤酒是在西雅图度假时的行为，故该空应用一般过去时态。故D选项正确。
14.【2018·海淀二模】_______naturally by the skin when exposed to sunlight, Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones, teeth and muscles. A. Making B. To make C. Made D. Make 【答案】C 【解析】
考查非谓语动词。句意：当暴露在阳光下的时候，维他命D自然就被皮肤制造出来了，它是健康的骨头，牙齿和肌肉所需要的。Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones, teeth and muscles是主句，_______naturally by the skin when exposed to sunlight是状语，Vitamin D和make之间是被动关系，故要用过去分词做状语。C选项正确。
15.【2018·海淀二模】This view is common _________ all sections of the community. A. across B. above C. around D. along 【答案】A 【解析】
考查介词。句意：这个观点在社会的各个阶层都非常普遍。across遍及，在……各处；above在……上方；around在……的周围；along沿着……。across all sections of the community意为“遍及各个阶层”，故A选项正确。
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Double Trouble
When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, ___16___her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to___17___ me the money, but added, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every ___18___until you pay me back.” “Compound interest—what’s that?” I asked.
“Well, interest is what you call the___19___money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger
the___20___you take to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your___21___ will grow from $10 to $11. So I’ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a ___22___of $12.10. That’s what you’ll owe after two months.” “Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting ___23___.
Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. ___24___, that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted ____25____. I put off paying my sister for a month. After another month, I____26____about the loan. Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket ____27____Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder. “Sorry, kiddo. That’s mine. I’m ____28____on your debt.”
“Huh?” Then I remembered the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I ____29____borrowed $10.”
“True,” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you ____30____me $21.43.” She paused, then added. “You can pay me the $1.43.”
I ____31____to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my ____32____, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up. My head ____33____as I tried to keep track of Kathleen’s ____34____, but this time, I got the basic idea of compound interest. I ____35____the hard way that borrowing money can be “double trouble” in no time.
16. A. blaming B. begging C. searching D. preparing 17. A. pay B. send C. lend D. hand 18. A. month B. year C. week D. day 19. A. little B. same C. enough D. extra 20. A. shorter B. longer C. more D. less 21. A. cash B. saving C. note D. debt 22. A. total B. cost C. number D. bill
23. A. encouraged B. shocked C. confused D. satisfied
24. A. Gradually B. Obviously C. Unfortunately D. Hopefully 25. A. seriously B. anxiously C. secretly D. desperately 26. A. forgot B. knew C. talked D. cared 27. A. after B. until C. while D. when
28. A. carrying B. collecting C. relying D. focusing 29. A. normally B. nearly C. only D. really 30. A. owe B. offer C. take D. give
31. A. decided B. refused C. pretended D. managed 32. A. relief B. delight C. annoyance D. regret 33. A. turned B. nodded C. stuck D. hurt
34. A. calculations B. excuses C. directions D. discoveries 35. A. explored B. learned C. explained D. questioned
【答案】16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者八岁时一次借钱的经历。本来作者只借了姐姐10美元，可是最终作者的债务累加到了21.43美元。经过这次经历，作者明白了借钱可能会给自己带来双重麻烦这个道理。 【16题详解】
A. blaming责备；B. begging恳求；C. searching搜索，考查动词词义辨析。搜寻；D. preparing准备。我需要钱，去恳求姐姐借钱。B选项正确。 【17题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. pay付钱；B. send送，派；C. lend借给；D. hand递。姐姐同意借给我钱。C选项正确。 【18题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. month月；B. year年；C. week周；D. day日。由第三段中的“To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month”可知，姐姐答应借给我钱，但是要作者每个月付10%的利息。A选项正确。 【19题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. little不多的，小的；B. same同样的；C. enough足够的；D. extra额外的。利息是借钱人在归还贷款时额外付的钱。D选项正确。 【20题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. shorter更短的；B. longer更长的；C. more更多的；D. less更少的。归还贷款需要的时间越长，所需支付的利息就越多。B选项正确。 【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. cash现金；B. saving积蓄；C. note钞票；D. debt债务。姐姐告诉我：“如果你等两个月归还我的钱，那么，你的债务将从10美元增加到11美元。” D选项正确。 【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. total总数；B. cost花费，成本；C. number数目；D. bill账单。如果作者两个月才归还姐姐的钱的话，那么，利滚利，最终作者要归还的总数为12.10美元。A选项正确。 【23题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. encouraged受到鼓励的；B. shocked震惊的；C. confused困惑的；D. satisfied满意的。根据though可知，我告诉姐姐我明白了。但是，说实话，我很困惑。C选项正确。 【24题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. Gradually逐渐地；B. Obviously明显地；C. Unfortunately不幸地；D. Hopefully充满希望地。我生日那天，妈妈给了我10美元，不幸地是，那笔钱恰恰就是我买另一个玩具所需要的钱。C选项正确。 【25题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. seriously严肃地，认真地；B. anxiously焦虑地；C. secretly秘密地；D. desperately极度地。作者特别想要再买一个礼物。D选项正确。 【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. forgot忘记；B. knew认识，知道；C. talked交谈；D. cared在意。由下文中““Huh?” Then I remembered the loan”可知，又过了一个月，作者忘记了自己借的钱，到了圣诞节经姐姐提醒才想起来。A选项正确。 【27题详解】
考查连词词义辨析。A. after在……之后；B. until直到……；C. while当……时候；D. when当……时候。作者正要把20美元放到自己的口袋里，这时候姐姐拍了拍他的肩膀。be
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