训练1
体裁：说明文 主题：植物 难度：★★★★ 建议用时：8 min 正确率： /10
We humans love music. But what about plants? We just have to 1 it.
A new report shows that nearly 67% of UK gardeners play music to their plants! Well, I know my grandad sings opera to his 2 . Many people do believe music helps plants to grow better. They're said to grow well to classical music 3 to be less interested in rock music!
But is it true? Plants react(反应) to light, water, temperature and many other 4 things—so why not music? In fact, plants can feel sounds that move through the 5 as vibrations(振动). That includes vibrations made by some flying insects like bugs and bees. So, might they react to vibrations from music, too? We're not 6 . We have to do a lot of careful tests the same way over time as different tests show different 7 . We need to check the quality of soil, water and light, as well as the music. But I wonder if singing and talking to your plants means you 8 about them. Could it be the care that makes them healthier instead of the music itself?
Here comes another question: Can plants 9 music? I couldn't believe it until I heard about the plants' singing show in Italy! Are they for real? Yes, devices(装置) are tied to plant leaves. They turn plant sounds 10 synthesizer(合成) music. But the real voices of plants are much more interesting than we yet know. You can even buy an expensive machine that lets you listen to the “music” of your houseplants.
1. A. run out
B. look out
C. find out
D. put out
2. A. chickens
B. tomatoes
C. friends
D. machines
3. A. but
B. though
C. so
D. as
4. A. living
B. natural
C. peaceful
D. dangerous
5. A. light
B. water
C. soil
D. air
6. A. interested
B. right
C. sure
D. alone
7. A. reasons
B. results
C. reports
D. relations
8. A. care
B. think
C. worry
D. trouble
9. A. hear
B. feel
C. notice
D. make
10. A. into
B. up
C. down
D. off

训练1【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了植物与音乐的关系:音乐是否有助于植物生长,植物是否能感知音乐,以及植物是否能制造音乐。
1. C run out 用完;look out 小心;find out 找出;put out 扑灭。根据上文“We humans love music. But what about plants?”可知需要找出植物是否喜欢音乐的答案。故选C。
2. B 根据上文“A new report shows that nearly 67% of UK gardeners play music to their plants!”可知近67%的英国园丁给他们的植物播放音乐,结合选项可推知爷爷可能会对西红柿唱歌剧。故选B。
3. A 空前“They're said to grow well to classical music”和空后“to be less interested in rock music”是转折关系。故选A。
4. B 根据空前“Plants react to light, water, temperature”可知光、水、温度这些都是自然的事物。故选B。
5. D 根据下文“That includes vibrations made by some flying insects like bugs and bees.”可知植物能够感受到的声音包括飞行的昆虫发出的振动,由此可知植物可以感受到声音以振动的形式穿过空气。故选D。
6. C 根据下文“We have to do a lot of careful tests the same way over time”可知,我们不确定植物是否会对音乐的振动作出反应。故选C。
7. B 根据空前“We have to do a lot of careful tests the same way over time”可知必须以同样的方式进行大量仔细的测试,因为不同的测试会显示出不同的结果。故选B。
8. A 根据下文“Could it be the care that makes them healthier instead of the music itself?”可知作者想知道对植物唱歌和说话是否意味着关心它们。故选A。
9. D 根据下文“I couldn't believe it until I heard about the plants' singing show in Italy!”可知此处指植物是否能制造音乐。故选D。
10. A 根据语境“They turn plant sounds 10 synthesizer music.”可知他们把植物的声音转换成合成音乐;turn ... into ... 表示“把……变成……”。故选A。

【分析】
本题是一篇围绕“植物与音乐”展开的说明文完形填空，解题思路为：1. 先通读全文，把握文章核心主题（探讨音乐与植物的关联）；2. 逐题分析，结合上下文语境、词义辨析、逻辑关系（如转折、因果）、固定搭配等确定答案；3. 遇到不确定的题目，回归前后文寻找提示信息，比如第2题结合“园丁”的语境选植物类词汇，第3题通过转折连接词判断逻辑关系，第10题依据固定搭配确定选项。
【解析】
1. 选项分析：A. run out（用完）；B. look out（小心）；C. find out（查明）；D. put out（扑灭）。上文提出“植物是否喜欢音乐”的疑问，需查明答案，故选C。
2. 选项分析：A. chickens（鸡）；B. tomatoes（西红柿）；C. friends（朋友）；D. machines（机器）。前文提到英国园丁给植物播放音乐，爷爷作为园丁，应是对植物（西红柿）唱歌，故选B。
3. 选项分析：A. but（表转折）；B. though（表让步）；C. so（表因果）；D. as（表原因/时间）。空前“古典音乐让植物生长好”与空后“对摇滚不感兴趣”为转折关系，故选A。
4. 选项分析：A. living（活的）；B. natural（自然的）；C. peaceful（和平的）；D. dangerous（危险的）。光、水、温度均为自然事物，故选B。
5. 选项分析：A. light（光）；B. water（水）；C. soil（土壤）；D. air（空气）。飞行昆虫的振动通过空气传播，植物能感知穿过空气的振动，故选D。
6. 选项分析：A. interested（感兴趣的）；B. right（正确的）；C. sure（确定的）；D. alone（独自的）。后文提到需做大量测试，说明不确定植物是否对音乐振动有反应，故选C。
7. 选项分析：A. reasons（原因）；B. results（结果）；C. reports（报告）；D. relations（关系）。不同测试会显示不同结果，因此需重复测试，故选B。
8. 选项分析：A. care（关心）；B. think（思考）；C. worry（担心）；D. trouble（麻烦）。后文提到“是关心让植物更健康”，此处指对植物唱歌说话意味着关心它们，故选A。
9. 选项分析：A. hear（听到）；B. feel（感觉）；C. notice（注意）；D. make（制造）。后文提到植物的歌唱秀，故问植物是否能制造音乐，故选D。
10. 选项分析：A. into（进入）；B. up（向上）；C. down（向下）；D. off（离开）。固定搭配turn...into...表示“把…转换成…”，此处指把植物声音转换成合成音乐，故选A。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.A
【知识点】
英语完形填空、词义辨析、语篇理解
【点评】
本题为说明文类完形填空，围绕“植物与音乐”主题，考查学生语篇整体理解、词汇语境运用及逻辑推理能力，需结合上下文线索解题，是提升英语阅读能力的典型题型。
【难度系数】
0.4

训练2
体裁：记叙文 主题：艺术 难度：★★★★ 建议用时：8 min 正确率： /10
Some people seem to be born with the gift of making art. Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah is a good 1 . The *Guinness Book of World Records* named little Ace-Liam the world's youngest male artist. He made this 2 at the age of one year and 152 days.
His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, says the baby's art 3 by accident when her son discovered her acrylic paints. He was six months old at the time. Eghan said she was looking for a way to keep her boy 4 while working on her own paintings. Then she spread out a canvas(画布) on the floor, put some paint on it, and let him play with it. In the process of crawling(爬), he 5 spread all the colors on the canvas. That is how his first artwork, *The Crawl*, was born.
After that, and with his mother's support, Ace-Liam continued making paintings. Eghan decided to apply(申请) for the record from Guinness. In November 2023, the organization told her that to 6 a record her son needed to publicly show and sell his paintings.
She 7 Ace-Liam's first show at the Museum of Science and Technology in Accra in January. She entered ten of his paintings and nine were sold. He was 8 commissioned(委托) by the First Lady, who showed up at the exhibition.
Eghan thinks becoming a world record holder has not changed their lives. She will not sell *The Crawl*, and she wants to 9 it in the family. She also hopes the media attention around her boy will push other parents to discover and support 10 their children may have. For Ace-Liam, she added, “He is painting and growing and playing in the whole process.”
1. A. decision
B. example
C. answer
D. result
2. A. movement
B. agreement
C. achievement
D. development
3. A. started
B. raised
C. passed
D. folded
4. A. free
B. busy
C. safe
D. cool
5. A. commonly
B. certainly
C. finally
D. probably
6. A. remember
B. reach
C. believe
D. break
7. A. set up
B. fixed up
C. cheered up
D. hurried up
8. A. almost
B. just
C. ever
D. even
9. A. sign
B. keep
C. care
D. provide
10. A. habits
B. opinions
C. skills
D. relations

训练2【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了男童埃斯·利亚姆·安克拉被吉尼斯世界纪录认定为“世界最年轻男性艺术家”。
1. B 根据上文“Some people seem to be born with the gift of making art.”并结合文章内容可知,有些人似乎天生就有艺术创作的天赋,被认定为“世界最年轻男性艺术家”的埃斯·利亚姆·安克拉就是一个很好的例子。故选B。
2. C 根据上文“The Guinness Book of World Records named little Ace-Liam the world's youngest male artist.”可知他在1岁152天的时候取得了“世界最年轻男性艺术家”这一成就。故选C。
3. A 根据空后“by accident when her son discovered her acrylic paints”和下文“That is how his first artwork, The Crawl, was born.”可知他的艺术之路从发现丙烯颜料时偶然开始。故选A。
4. B 根据下文“while working on her own paintings. Then she spread out a canvas on the floor ... he 5 spread all the colors on the canvas”可知艾格罕要创作自己的画作,因此要让儿子忙碌起来。故选B。
5. C 根据下文“spread all the colors on the canvas. That is how his first artwork, The Crawl, was born”可知他在爬行的过程中最终把所有的颜色都涂在了画布上,他的第一件作品《爬行》就诞生了。故选C。
6. D 根据上文“Eghan decided to apply for the record from Guinness.”可知艾格罕决定为儿子申请吉尼斯世界纪录,为了打破纪录,他需要公开展示和出售画作。故选D。
7. A set up 建立,安排;fix up 修理;cheer up 使振奋;hurry up 匆忙。根据空后“Ace-Liam's first show at the Museum of Science and Technology”可知艾格罕为儿子举办了首场展览。故选A。
8. D 根据上文“She entered ten of his paintings and nine were sold.”和空后“commissioned by the First Lady, who showed up at the exhibition”可知他不仅出售了画作,甚至受到了第一夫人的关注,并受邀为她创作,上下文是递进关系。故选D。
9. B 根据空前“She will not sell The Crawl”可知艾格罕不会卖掉《爬行》,她想把它留在家里。故选B。
10. C 根据语境“... push other parents to discover and support 10 their children may have”和文章开头“Some people seem to be born with the gift of making art.”并结合文章内容可知,艾格罕支持儿子艺术创作的技能,希望其他父母也能发现并支持他们的孩子可能拥有的技能。故选C。

【分析】
先通读全文，把握文章主旨——讲述被吉尼斯世界纪录认定为“世界最年轻男性艺术家”的男童Ace-Liam的艺术成长历程。解题时需结合空格前后的语境、词义辨析（名词、动词、副词、短语等），逐一分析每个选项，排除不符合上下文逻辑或语义的选项，选出最恰当的答案。
【解析】
1. 结合上文“Some people seem to be born with the gift of making art”及下文Ace-Liam的案例，此处表示他是一个很好的例子，故选B。
2. 根据上文吉尼斯认证他为“世界最年轻男性艺术家”，可知这是他取得的成就，故选C。
3. 由空后“by accident when her son discovered her acrylic paints”及下文他的第一幅作品诞生，可知他的艺术之路偶然开始，故选A。
4. 妈妈要创作自己的画作，需要让儿子忙碌起来，故选B。
5. 他在爬行过程中最终把所有颜色涂在画布上，才有了第一幅作品，故选C。
6. 申请吉尼斯纪录需要打破纪录，他需要公开展示和出售画作，故选D。
7. 妈妈为儿子安排了在科技博物馆的首场展览，set up表示“安排，举办”，故选A。
8. 他的画作被出售，甚至受到第一夫人的委托，是递进关系，故选D。
9. 妈妈不会卖掉《爬行》，想把它留在家里，故选B。
10. 希望其他父母发现并支持孩子可能拥有的艺术技能，故选C。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C
【知识点】完形填空（词汇辨析）、记叙文语境理解
【点评】本文是一篇关于天才小艺术家的记叙文，通过讲述Ace-Liam的艺术成长故事，传递了支持孩子天赋的理念。题目侧重考查词汇在具体语境中的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和词义辨析解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.4