(A)

 A few years ago, Maxine Bedatlooked in her closet. It was full of clothes, but she had nothing to wear. “That was (25)______ it was a closet full of fast fashion based on hyper-trends (超时尚) from one season to the next,” said Maxine.
“Fast fashion” means clothes which are inexpensive but look like (26)______ (late) designs from top fashion houses. One reason for the success of the fast fashion is the rise of the social media. A report found that Millennials (千禧一代) want to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they post on social media. As a result, many businesses which offer trendy and low-cost clothes grow quickly.
However, some Millennials are not happy with the rise of fast fashion. Maxine was tired of always shopping for (27)______ was in style. Instead, she wanted to buy fewer clothes she could wear over and over. So Maxine started a “slow fashion” clothing company called Zady. The clothes it sells often feature classic colors and shapes, and are made from natural materials.
The international business H&M, one of the best-known fast fashion brands, has another approach to “slow fashion.” It has created a recycling program for clothes, (28)______ invites people to bring clothes they no longer want to H&M stores. Shoppers who donate old clothes can receive (29)______ discount on new things they buy.After that, H&M does several things with shoppers’ old clothes. Some of them are sold again. Some are turned into other useful items. And the rest (30)______(reduce) to fiber (纤维制品) that can be reused as building materials.
Here (31)______(come) stylish but sustainable fashion. Are you ready to move over fast fashion?

25. because   26.the latest    27.what   28.which   29.a

30.are reduced   31.comes

本篇以“fashion”为关键词，向考试介绍了fast fashion 和 slow fashion两种对待穿衣时尚的做法。题目中并没有出现偏题、难题或怪题，考察了名词性从句、形容词最高级、定语从句、冠词、动词语态等基础语法点。

25. 解析：because。本题考查的是表语从句。该句为主系表结构，其中从句充当表语。注意：because除了引导原因状语从句之外，还可以引导表语从句。

26. 解析：the latest。考查形容词的最高级形式。根据文意此处意为：最新的。此外，谈到“最新的，最近的”考生也应该能立即对影到the latest。如“the latestnews”，”the latest attempt”

27. 解析：what。考查名词性从句。整个从句放在介词for后面，作介词宾语。同时，宾语从句中缺少成分，故要选用what为引导词。

28. 解析：which。非限制性定语从句。非限制性定语从句可以选用整个句子为先行词。引导词需要使用which。本题当中的逗号是非限定从的提示，考生可以利用这个小技巧破题。

29. 解析：a。本题考查冠词和名词。虽然看上去题目并不难，但解题的前提是全面掌握discount 这个单词，包括词义、是否可数、用法等。discount为可数名词，前面需要加不定冠词a。

30. 解析：are reduced。考查单词reduce的意思及动词的被动语态。如果考生只知道reduce有减少的意思，就很难判断被动用法。此处的reduce是“使变成”的意思，因此要用被动。意思是：剩余的衣服被制成纤维制品，作为建筑材料重新使用。

31. 解析：comes。考查全部倒装。相信考生对“Here comesabus.”这一经典倒装句依然十分熟悉，这里考查的就是Here 放在首句动词全部倒装的经典用法。

(B)

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. (32) ______(Expect) a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be (33)______ a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head (34) ______ ______ it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat. Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked (35) ______ in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, (36) ______ they were before their very eyes. Someone (37) ______(name) “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared (38) ______(draw)a picture quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and (39)______(read) would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre.“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. (40)______ I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.

32. Expecting     33. like    34.as if       35.himself    36.though      37. named

38. to be drawing      39. reading     40.Could/May／Can/Shall

本文讲述了奶爸带娃时所发生的件件囧事。题型涵盖了非谓语、状语从句、代词等语法点。难度上比第一篇稍难，有个别空需要联系整个语篇，但没有出现偏词、偏题。要拿满分，除了理解全篇之外，还要求考生熟练掌握非谓语及非谓语的时态变化。

32.解析：Excepting。本题考查现在分词作状语。

33. 解析：like。本题考查通篇理解，这里是一个比喻的说法，“就像在公园散步一样简单”。类似的说法还有 ”It is a piece of cake.”。

34. 解析：as if。考查虚拟语气和状语从句。从后面的句子中的it were能判断出使用了虚拟语气，从意思上来讲所缺空应为“好像”。as if 既符合语法也符合语义。

35. 解析：himself。本题考查反身代词。原文意思是把Randy把自己锁在卫生间。反身代词并不难，但也容易被考试忽视。考生可以结合lock 的用法，不及物动词用法：The doorlocks.

及物动词用法：sb. lock sth.

36. 解析：though。本题考查状语从句的从属连词，前后半句有转折关系。

37. 解析：named。本题考查的过去分词作定语。类似的词called也经常修饰名词。

38. 解析：to be drawing。本题考查的是不定式的时态。首先，考试要熟练掌握appear 的系动词用法。appearto  …  同时考生要考虑时态对应。

39. 解析：reading。做主语的动词，要选用动名词形式，本题比较基础，不应失分。

40. 解析：Could/May／Can/Shall。考查情态动词用法。从一系列囧事判断，奶爸终于不负重荷，要寻求帮助了。这个时候我们会用到情态动词提问。