2018年高考英语全国III卷七选五真题（含答案+分析）
2018年全国III卷
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.
___36___We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays , office parties and just to fill the time.
“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. ____37____It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”
___38___”I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. _____39_____”
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says,“Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better.____40____ I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”
| A. | So why do we dance? |
| B. | Dance in the U.S. is everywhere. |
| C. | If you like dancing outdoors, come to America. |
| D. | My older students say it makes them feel young. |
| E. | I keep practicing even When I’m extremely tired. |
| F. | Dancing seems to change their feeling completely. |
| G. | They stayed up all night long singing and dancing. |
【答案】36. B 37. D 38. A 39. F 40. E
【解析】本文为说明文。文章主要介绍了跳舞的好处。
- 根据后文We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time. 等可知，这里是说在美国到处有人跳舞，从佛罗里达到阿拉斯加，从北到南等，故选B。
- 根据前文舞蹈课为各个年龄阶段的人架起了桥梁，教跳舞是非常好的，再根据后句it’s great to watch them，根据人称可知是在谈论他们，所以D和F符合，再根据本段最后一句可知，此段主要介绍了跳舞对他们的好处，故选D。
- 根据第四段后句，是通过举例介绍人们跳舞的原因，故选A。
- 根据前句they arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile, 所以他们的心情彻底改变，故选F。
- 根据文章前后句可知，此处人称为第一人称，所以E符合语境，作者结合自己的跳舞经历介绍了跳舞给自己带来的好处。