專題指導
（1）近幾年來，閱讀七選五文章的體裁多為說明文，但是，2017全國卷I的文章體裁打破了常規，採用的是記敘文，所以高考中的文章體裁併不是一成不變的。
（2)記敘文主要介紹人、地點、事件、問題或傾向的特點，語言是是按時間發展順序或因果關係排列的，常用的連接詞有：then, later, after that, soon, after a while, in the end, so, as a result, because of that 等。
對於閱讀語篇句子間意義銜接的考查是閱讀七選五的常考點之一。考生們在分析語篇段落層次時，可以藉助上下文、前後句間的語篇連接詞來判斷。此外，考生們要真正理解文章的主旨大意，弄清空格前後句子的確切含義，然後根據意義的銜接性從七個選項中選出正確答案。最後，要將所選的選項代入原文，看語言是否通順、邏輯是否合理，從而驗證答案。
題目即將做完時，如果有兩個答案搞不準，不妨試著把兩個答案換一下位置，一旦發現換了之後更通順，更符合邏輯，那就意味著滿分到手了。
精練必刷題
（一）
Mary went through a personal experience 40 years ago that changed her life path and established her connection with Chinese herbal medicine.
Still childless after 13 years of marriage, Mary longed to become a mother. For years she travelled from country to country and visited top experts in the field, but without success.__1__ However, her Chinese herbalist grandmother gave her hope through a herbal treatment.
After three and a half years she became pregnant.__2__ The expectant mother's delight was shared by the rest of her family too. This was the point when she made up her mind to carry on her grandmother's work and devote her life to herbal medicine research, development and promotion. To this end, she invested in a large herbal garden in the suburbs of Jakarta, where more than 30,000 plants are grown.__3__
Through the application of great effort and resources over many, many years, Mary's career has developed vigorously, as has her garden. __4__ When she was asked whether it was worthwhile to have devoted so much of her life to this research, she firmly responded，「What I have done is to fulfill a promise I once made. More importantly, I want to bring Chinese herbal medicine to all those in need.__5__」
A．More than 7,000 of these can be used as medicine.
B．The moment the news was confirmed, she burst into tears of happiness.
C．I believe it can help relieve pain and enable the sick to regain their hope of life.
D．Mary decided to make great contributions to the development of Chinese herbal medicine.
E．The heartbreak and disappointment was so great that she came close to giving up.
F．I'm so happy that the local people like to use Chinese herbal medicine for treatment.
G．Although she is now 80 years old, she is still committed to the study of Chinese herbal medicine.
（二）
China has been the birthplace of many of the world's greatest inventions. It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling.___1__This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering (以物易物)．
___2__ In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells (貝殼) as money. Usually the shells used as money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.
In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the same.___3__
The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells. It wasn't long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal.___4__ By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.
About 1000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people.___5__
A．People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.
B．However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.
C．It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.
D．They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.
E．As time went by, trade between countries increased.
F．During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.
G．The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, that is, early in the 15th century, China was an advanced country in the world, with a booming economy and prosperous culture. 1 Between 1405 and 1433,Zheng He was ordered seven times to make voyages to these countries, known as Zheng He's Expeditionary Voyages".
In 1405,a huge fleet of more than 300 ships manned by over 27,800 men set sail from Liujia Harbor near Suzhou on a distant voyage under the command of Zheng He. 2 The fleet sailed along China's coast to Champa close to Vietnam and after crossing the South China Sea, visited Java, Sumatra and reached Sri Lanka finally. On the way back, it sailed along the west coast of India and returned home in 1407. 3
In all, he had made calls at over 30 countries and territories. 4 No matter what country he visited, he called on the ruler of the land, presenting him with valuable gifts to express China's sincere desire to develop friendly relations. 5 They sent the emperor zebras, giraffes, shells, elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn medicine.
The voyages by Zheng He strengthened the friendly relations between China and other countries in Asia and Africa and led to cultural and economic exchange between them. Therefore, his expeditions could rightfully be called "one of the greatest achievements in mankind's history of navigation".
A. Zheng served as commander of the fleet.
B. The response of the rulers was very generous.
C. On board the ships were large quantities of goods.
D. The Great Ming Empire launched a series of marine activities.
E. On each voyage, Zheng He acted as the representative of the Ming court.
F. All this had taken place about half a century before Columbus' voyage to America.
G. Zheng He's second and third voyages taken shortly after, followed the same route.
答案解析
一、
1．選E 根據上文中的「Still childless after 13 years ...but without success.」可推知，多年來求子無果的經歷讓瑪麗很是傷心和失望，所以E項符合語境。E項承接上文且與空後一句形成轉折。
2．選B 根據下文中的「The expectant mother's delight was shared by the rest of her family too.」可知，通過中草藥療法，多年不孕的瑪麗終於懷孕了，夢想達成，自然是喜出望外，所以選B。
3．選A 根據上文中的「devote her life to herbal medicine research」及「To this end, ...where more than 30,000 plants are grown.」可推知，瑪麗決定致力於中草藥研究工作，這些植物很多可以用作中草藥，所以A項符合語境。
4．選G 根據下文中的「When she was asked whether it was worthwhile to have devoted so much of her life to this research, she firmly responded」可推知，瑪麗後來多年一直致力於中草藥的研究工作，所以選G。
5．選C 根據上文中的「More importantly, I want to bring Chinese herbal medicine to all those in need.」並結合瑪麗自身的經歷可知，瑪麗認為中草藥能幫助有需要的人，所以C項承接上文，符合語境。
二、
語篇解讀：本文講述了貨幣在中國的發展過程，由實物交換到貝殼貨幣再到金屬圓硬幣，最後發明了紙幣——中國成為世界上第一個製作紙幣的國家。
1．選F 結合文章語境可知，在紙幣發明前人們用實物來買賣，F項就是對那個時代物物交換的一個舉例說明。
2．選B 根據下文的內容可知，在公元前1200年使用貝殼作為貨幣，很容易攜帶到遠的地方。由此可見，上文應該提到隨著經濟發展，之前物物交換的方式不方便、不實用。分析選項可知B項符合題意。
3．選D 根據上句內容，在這項發明之後的幾年裡，世界上許多其他國家也開始這樣做，即也使用貝殼來作為貨幣。D項符合題意。
4．選G 根據本空的上下文內容可知，這時貨幣出現了新的發展，即出現金屬幣。分析選項可知，G項指出最早的硬幣上常有洞與本段coins同詞復現，符合題意。
5．選C 結合本段內容可知，紙幣最早出現在中國。選項C項中提到了paper currency (紙幣)，且說明了中國紙幣比歐洲紙幣出現得更早，符合題意。
三、
語篇解讀：公元1405年到1433年，全明成租銀建，鄭和先後七次率領龐大的船隊進行選航，這就是著名的「鄭和下西洋」。
1.選D 根據空後的「Zheng He was ordered seven times to make voyages to these countries」可知，鄭和奉命先後七次遠就，與D項「明朝開始了一系列航海活動」為承接關係。
2.選C根據第二段第一句可知，本句介紹鄭和指揮的船隊的情況，故C項「船上裝載著大量的貨物」符合語境。
3.選G 根據第三段首句「In all, he had made calls at over 30countries and territories.」中的「In all」可推斷出第二段介紹他的多次就行，故G項「鄭和不久又沿著同一航線進行了第二、第三次航行」特合語境。
4.選 E 根據空後的「No matter what country he visited, he called on the ruler of the land..desire to develop friendly relations.」可知，他每到一個國家都會和國家元首見面，並通過贈送貴重禮物的方式來表達與其發展友好關係的願望，可推斷出鄭和是以明代朝延的外交使節的身份來遠航的，故選E項。
5.選B根據第三段最後一句可知，外國元首給明代皇帝送了斑馬、長頸鹿，象牙、早牛角藥材等物品，由此可推斷出那些國家元首也很大方，故選B項。
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