5. —Let's go to the newest cinema on 26th Street tonight.
—Why not go to Sun Cinema? It's for us to afford the tickets.

A.expensive
B.more expensive
C.less expensive
D.the most expensive

5. C

【解析】
对话中是将Sun Cinema和26th Street的newest cinema进行两者比较，根据“afford the tickets（负担得起票）”可知，Sun Cinema的票更便宜，less expensive表示“没那么贵，更便宜些”，符合语境。A选项“expensive（贵的）”不符合负担得起的语境；B选项“more expensive（更贵的）”与语境相悖；D选项“the most expensive（最贵的）”是最高级，适用于三者及以上比较，此处是两者比较不适用。因此选C。
【答案】
C
【知识点】
形容词比较级用法，形容词词义辨析
【点评】
本题考查形容词比较级在语境中的运用，需结合对话语境判断语义，区分原级、比较级和最高级的使用场景，准确理解选项词义是解题关键。
【难度系数】
0.8

6. There's no place than home. You can always take a good break there，no matter you're happy or not.

A.good
B.better
C.bad
D.worse

6. B

【解析】
根据句中的标志词than可知，此处需使用形容词的比较级形式；结合句意“没有地方比家更好。无论你开心与否，你总能在那里好好休息一下”，可知应选表示“更好的”better。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
形容词比较级用法，语境词义辨析
【点评】
本题考查形容词比较级的运用，需结合比较级标志词than及句意来判断选项，注重对基础语法和语境理解的考查。
【难度系数】
0.8

7. She joined a local group to improve her acting skills.

A.theater
B.chess
C.speech
D.ping-pong

7. A

【解析】
先分析各选项词义：A. theater（戏剧，剧场）；B. chess（国际象棋）；C. speech（演讲）；D. ping-pong（乒乓球）。句中提到“improve her acting skills（提高她的演技）”，结合语境可知，加入戏剧小组与提高演技相关，因此选A。
【答案】
A
【知识点】
名词词义辨析；语境理解
【点评】
本题主要考查对不同名词词义的掌握及结合语境选词汇的能力，需抓住句中关键信息“acting skills”进行判断，侧重基础词汇的应用。
【难度系数】
0.8

8. —Do you know the spacewoman Wang Yaping?
—Sure. She is called the mother who the stars.

A.gave out
B.put away
C.looked after
D.reached for

8. D

【解析】
逐一分析选项：
A. gave out 意为“分发；散发；公布”；
B. put away 意为“收起；放好”；
C. looked after 意为“照顾；照料”；
D. reached for 意为“伸手去够；追求”。
结合王亚平的航天员身份及语境“她被称为______星星的妈妈”，“伸手去够星星”符合语义，因此选D。
【答案】
D
【知识点】
动词短语辨析
【点评】
本题考查常见动词短语的词义辨析，需结合语境和短语具体含义作答，结合人物身份背景可辅助判断。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅱ. 完形填空(2024 四川泸州中考)
When I was turning thirty years old，a friend asked me to share my biggest 1 in life. It only took me a(n) 2 to say I most regretted not completing college. I explained that I was considered to be 3 in school，got great grades，and had big dreams. 4 finishing university，I felt like I was not only letting myself down，but also everyone who believed in me.
My friend said，“Why not now?” But with a son in primary school，a busy job，and lots of other responsibilities at home，I had a million 5. The one I thought was the strongest：If I went back，I would be thirty-two 6 I graduated. What I heard was something I would never 7：“You're going to be thirty-two anyway(无论如何).”
Looking back，I feel it's the 8 and wisest advice I have ever received.
I would turn thirty-two with a college degree(学位)or without one anyway. So I 9 to continue my study.
I graduated from university 10 and felt proud of myself. And I have reviewed this 11 many times. I believe it's never too late for me to do anything except becoming a teenager.
Do I really want to 12 my first book in my forties? I'm going to be forty anyway.
Do I really want to run a half marathon(马拉松)in my fifties? I'm going to be fifty anyway.
Do I really want to travel around the 13 in my sixties? I'm going to be sixty anyway.
I hope you never hear me say，“I'm too old for that.” 14，I hope you hear me say，“I'm going to be seventy anyway.”
It's never too 15 to start something new，to do all those things that you've been wishing to do.
1. A. regret
B. happiness
C. role
D. success
2. A. week
B. day
C. hour
D. minute
3. A. lovely
B. polite
C. smart
D. friendly
4. A. Giving up
B. Making up
C. Ending up
D. Taking up
5. A. ways
B. reasons
C. chances
D. steps
6. A. although
B. because
C. unless
D. when
7. A. reply
B. accept
C. forget
D. guess
8. A. simplest
B. funniest
C. strangest
D. coldest
9. A. happened
B. decided
C. helped
D. failed
10. A. smoothly
B. patiently
C. silently
D. suddenly
11. A. activity
B. promise
C. plan
D. suggestion
12. A. read
B. write
C. buy
D. choose
13. A. university
B. city
C. village
D. world
14. A. Finally
B. Besides
C. Instead
D. Also
15. A. dangerous
B. poor
C. late
D. slow

Ⅱ.1. A 考查名词辨析。根据下文“I most regretted not completing college”可知，朋友询问作者生命中最大的遗憾是什么。regret 遗憾。故选 A。
2. D 考查名词辨析。根据 only 可知，作者只用了一分钟就说出了自己最大的遗憾，强调时间非常短。所给选项中只有 minute 表达的时间最短。故选 D。
3. C 考查形容词辨析。根据下文 got great grades 可知，作者成绩优异，在学校是聪明的。smart 聪明的。故选 C。
4. A 考查动词短语辨析。根据“I felt like I was not only letting myself down, but also everyone who believed in me”可知，作者觉得他让自己和周围人失望，由此可推知作者放弃了大学的学业。Giving up 放弃。故选 A。
5. B 考查名词辨析。根据上文“But with a son in primary school, a busy job, and lots of other responsibilities at home”可知，有一个上小学的儿子，工作很忙等都是作者认为自己不能继续学业的理由。reasons 理由。故选 B。
6. D 考查连词辨析。根据“I would be thirty-two...I graduated”可知，此处指当作者毕业时就 32 岁了，用 when 引导时间状语从句。故选 D。
7. C 考查动词辨析。根据下文“And I have reviewed this...many times.”可知，作者永远不会忘记朋友的这句话，在以后的时光中经常回想起这句话。故选 C。
8. A 考查形容词辨析。根据上文“You’re going to be thirty-two anyway（无论如何）.”可知，朋友说，不管怎样你都要到 32 岁。这句话最简单，最富有智慧，激励了作者追求梦想。故选 A。
9. B 考查动词辨析。根据下文“I graduated from university”可知，作者决定继续学业。decided 决定。故选 B。
10. A 考查副词辨析。根据“I graduated from university... and felt proud of myself.”可知，此处指作者顺利地完成了大学学业，并为自己感到自豪。smoothly 顺利地。故选 A。
11. D 考查名词辨析。根据“Looking back, I feel it’s the... and wisest advice I have ever received.”及“And I have reviewed this...many times.”可知，此处指作者多次回想起上文中朋友给出的建议。suggestion 建议。故选 D。
12. B 考查动词辨析。根据“Do I really want to... my first book in my forties?”可知，在四十多岁时，作者的梦想是写书，其他三项不符合语境。故选 B。
13. D 考查名词辨析。根据“Do I really want to travel around the... in my sixties?”可知，作者在六十多岁时的梦想是环游世界，其他三项不符合语境。故选 D。
14. C 考查副词辨析。根据上下文可知，作者不希望他人听到自己说出“我太老了”这句话，相反，作者希望自己说“不管怎样我也要到 70 岁”。Instead 相反。故选 C。
15. C 考查形容词辨析。根据“It’s never too... to start something new”及作者的经历可知，文章告诉我们不要囿于年纪，任何时候尝试新的事物都不会晚。故选 C。

【解析】
1. 考查名词辨析。根据下文“I most regretted not completing college”可知，朋友询问作者生命中最大的遗憾，regret符合语境，故选A。
2. 考查名词辨析。根据only可知作者用时很短，minute是选项中时间最短的，符合语境，故选D。
3. 考查形容词辨析。由下文“got great grades”可知作者成绩优异，smart（聪明的）符合描述，故选C。
4. 考查动词短语辨析。根据“I felt like I was not only letting myself down, but also everyone who believed in me”可推知作者放弃了大学学业，Giving up（放弃）符合语境，故选A。
5. 考查名词辨析。上文提到的“有上小学的儿子、忙碌的工作、家庭责任”都是作者认为无法继续学业的理由，reasons符合，故选B。
6. 考查连词辨析。此处表示“当我毕业时我就32岁了”，用when引导时间状语从句，故选D。
7. 考查动词辨析。根据下文“And I have reviewed this...many times.”可知作者永远不会忘记朋友的话，forget符合，故选C。
8. 考查形容词辨析。朋友的话“You're going to be thirty-two anyway”简单却充满智慧，是作者收到的最好的建议之一，simplest符合，故选A。
9. 考查动词辨析。根据下文“I graduated from university”可知作者决定继续学业，decided符合，故选B。
10. 考查副词辨析。由“felt proud of myself”可知作者顺利完成了大学学业，smoothly（顺利地）符合语境，故选A。
11. 考查名词辨析。结合上文“the... and wisest advice I have ever received”可知此处指作者多次回想朋友的建议，suggestion符合，故选D。
12. 考查动词辨析。“my first book”对应的动作是write（写），符合语境，故选B。
13. 考查名词辨析。“travel around the...”对应的是world（世界），环游世界是合理的梦想，故选D。
14. 考查副词辨析。上文说不希望听到自己说“我太老了”，下文说希望说“我反正会到70岁”，前后是相反的情况，Instead（相反）符合逻辑，故选C。
15. 考查形容词辨析。结合全文作者的经历，文章主旨是“开始新事物永远不会太晚”，late符合语境，故选C。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.C
【知识点】
词义辨析、语境理解、逻辑推理
【点评】
本文通过作者30岁重拾大学学业的经历，传递了“任何时候开始新事物都不算晚”的积极理念。解题需紧密结合上下文语境，借助关键词、句提示进行词义辨析与逻辑推理，精准把握作者情感与文章主旨。
【难度系数】
0.6