二、完形填空
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Mrs Green is our history teacher. Today she 1 us to study for the history test on Friday. I'm good at many subjects and can organize all kinds of activities, 2 I've always been poor in history.
Feeling nervous, I went to the library in the afternoon to remember historical facts and dates. But no matter how hard I tried, it seemed not 3. Just then I 4 and found my classmate Maria sitting nearby. I joined her, and saw she had some 5 and colour pencils. Each card had a colourful 6 and key notes. I asked her what she was doing out of curiosity.
"I'm reviewing history," Maria said with a 7. She told me it was 8 to remember so many things, so she made these cards — historical events were written with 9 paintings and keywords on them.
After 10 for a while, an idea hit me. I once had rich experience in 11 organizing big events with mind maps! Then I 12 some historical events into different kinds and used mind maps to connect them. I also invited Maria to 13 pictures for them to show their meanings. With the cards and mind maps, 14 didn't seem so hard anymore.
This experience has taught 15 that learning isn't boring. The key point is to find a suitable method and never give up.
()1. A. offered B. reminded C. allowed D. refused
()2. A. so B. and C. or D. but
()3. A. strange B. usual C. useful D. real
()4. A. looked up B. looked down C. came back D. came in
()5. A. books B. boxes C. erasers D. cards
()6. A. message B. name C. picture D. map
()7. A. smile B. cry C. worry D. dream
()8. A. common B. active C. creative D. difficult
()9. A. private B. cheap C. simple D. complete
()10. A. thinking B. guessing C. questioning D. explaining
()11. A. slowly B. comfortably C. successfully D. peacefully
()12. A. translated B. divided C. turned D. broke
()13. A. watch B. compare C. copy D. draw
()14. A. English B. history C. physics D. Chinese
()15. A. them B. you C. him D. me

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这是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者原本历史成绩不好，偶然发现同学用自制卡片复习历史，之后结合自己擅长的思维导图方法，找到了适合自己的历史学习方法的故事。逐题解析如下：
1. 此处表达历史老师提醒我们为周五的历史测试备考，remind sb. to do sth.是固定搭配，意为“提醒某人做某事”，符合语境。
2. 前半句“我擅长很多科目，还能组织各类活动”和后半句“我历史成绩一直很差”是转折关系，用转折连词but。
3. 此处指无论我多么努力尝试，死记硬背的方式似乎都没有用，useful意为“有用的”，符合语境。
4. 此处指我抬头看，发现我的同学Maria坐在附近，look up意为“抬头看”，符合语境。
5. 根据后文的“Each card”能看出此处指她有一些卡片和彩笔，选cards。
6. 结合后文提到的paintings，可知每张卡片上都有彩色的图画和重点笔记，选picture。
7. 此处指Maria笑着说自己正在复习历史，with a smile是固定搭配，意为“带着微笑”。
8. 此处指Maria说记住这么多历史内容是很困难的，所以她制作了这些卡片，difficult符合语境。
9. 此处指卡片上用简单的图画和关键词标注历史事件，simple意为“简单的”，符合用图画辅助记忆的语境。
10. 此处指思考了一会儿之后，我想到了一个主意，thinking符合语境。
11. 此处指我之前有成功用思维导图组织大型活动的丰富经验，successfully意为“成功地”，符合语境。
12. divide...into...是固定搭配，意为“把……分成……”，此处指我把历史事件分成不同类别，用思维导图把它们关联起来。
13. 此处指我邀请Maria为这些思维导图画画来展示事件的含义，draw pictures是固定搭配，意为“画画”。
14. 全文都围绕学习历史展开，此处指有了卡片和思维导图，历史学习似乎再也不那么难了。
15. 此处指这段经历教会了我：学习并不无聊，关键是找到合适的方法、永不放弃，选me。