阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C, D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I opened the box at my 12th birthday party, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had really gotten a cell phone!
As soon as I got to mythe next morning I off my phone and asked everyone for their
It felt like I didn't evenin that class any more. I wouldn't pay much attention to the teachers because I was too busy on my. Luckily I didn't get sing it. I was pretty that the teacher didn’tthat I stopped paying attention to her a week later we took a test and I failed. To make matters, my mom had tothe test.
It was hard to show my mom the . She was used to seeing A's and B's on my tests. Well, eventually, I showed her and she couldn'tit. She was angry but most of all, she was disappointed.
Weeks passed and my parents started to he fact that I had a phone. They would say, " We have noticed that you never pay attention to us. It's like you have your own little now and we don't communicate as much with your phone."
I acted like they were wrong, but then I started to wonder if it was true that I was spending too muchon the phone.
A week later I trieda whole day without a cell phone and it didn't go that badly. I had so muchbecause I was actually spending time with my family and paying attention to them.From that day, I had a different point of view towards cell phones.
Phones really take you away from the rest of the world. I'm not saying that phones are
and not to use them, but you do have to spare some time to spend with your family and not get
with your phone all day. My phone took away time from my homework and from my family. It also affected my grades.
I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control.
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as soon as 一…就…;故选项B正确。
根据下文“asked everyone for their…” 可知作者在向周围人要号码,加上作者年龄尚小,所以作者肯定是到了“学校。”
逻辑推理错误。
show off 炫耀。故D选项正确。
根据上下文可知,作者在得到了手机之后是十分开心了,所以到了学校一定是在“炫耀”自己的手机。
短语记忆不牢固致错。
number n.号码;address n.地址。故A选项正确。
根据上下文可知,到了学校肯定是边炫耀手机,边向同学们要“电话号码”。
逻辑推理错误。
exist v.存在。故选项D正确。
根据上文的作者“炫耀”手机,及下文“考试不及格”可知,作者当时虚荣心严重,都觉得自己的心不“存在”于教室里面了。
逻辑推理错误。
be busy on sth. 忙于某事物。故选项C正确。
根据上下文可知,作者没有听老师讲课,可定是忙着玩“手机”了。
识别不出前后文的照应。
get caught in doing sth. 被抓住做某事,故选项A正确。
从前文的“luckily”可知,此处要表达的含义是“幸运地是,我上课用手机没有被抓住。”
把握不住文意致错。
be pretty sure that… 非常确定的是…; 故选项C正确。
根据上下文可知,此处指“但我非常确定的是。。。”
把握不住文意而致错。
notice v.注意到;n.通知;所以选项B正确。
根据上下文可知,此处句意指“…老师没有注意到我没有听见”。
把握不住文意而致错。
until 指导,引导时间状语从句;只有此选项符合文意。
根据上下文可知,此处句意指“…直到一个礼拜以后我考试并未及格”。
把握不住文意而致错。
to make matter worse 事情更糟糕的是…;故选项C正确。
根据上下文可知,此处句意为“事情更糟糕的是…”
固定短语记忆不牢固致错。
sign the test 为试卷签字,故选项B正确。
根据上下文可知,此处句意为“…妈妈需要在试卷上签字”
词汇记忆不准致错。
paper n.纸张,试卷 ;show mom the paper 把试卷给妈妈看。故选项B正确。
根据前文前文可知,此处指作者觉得很难把“试卷”拿给妈妈看。
对上下文意把握不准。
believe v.相信;receive v.收到;achieve v.完成;所以选项A正确。
根据上文“She was used to seeing A's and B's on my tests.”可知,以前我是个优秀的学生,此时考的差,妈妈肯定是“无法相信”。
对上下文文意把握不准致错。
dislike v.不喜欢;厌恶;所以B选项正确。
根据下文“We have noticed that you never pay attention to us.”可知,作者父母对作者有手机这件事并不感到开心。
逻辑推理错误。
little world小世界;小空间;故选项C正确。
根据上文可知,父母对作者有手机并不感到开心,觉得作者似乎有了自己的“小世界”
常识推理错误。
spend time on sth. 花时间在某事上。故选项A正确
根据上下文可知,此处句意为“我在想我是不是花了太多时间在手机上”
对上下文意把握不准。
try going a whole day 尝试着度过一整天。故选项C正确。
根据上下文可知,此处句意为“我尝试着度过一整天不玩手机”
对上下文意把握不准。
have fun 玩的开心,过的愉快;故选项C正确。
根据下文“…because I was actually spending time with my family and paying attention to them”可知,作者花时间和家人一起,应该是充满了乐趣。
逻辑推理错误。
bad adj.差的;necessary adj.有必要的;useful adj.有用的;故选项B正确。
根据上文“I'm not saying that phones are…”可知,此处意指“我觉得手机并不坏”。
逻辑推理错误。
get stuck with sth. 被某物所羁绊。故选项D正确。
根据下文“…with your phone all day”可知,本处讲的是“不要整天被手机所绊住”。
短语记忆不准。