Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can        on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous         .”

What mother said was absolutely right, as I         after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a          in radio, then         my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got        each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that         stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)         person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a         ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.

While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its         department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I         . The job sounded just         for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have         . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom         me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an         .

As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked         , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator          I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me         a microphone and told me to         an imaginary game.

On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I         what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation

1.A. take                            B. put                              C. move                             D. carry

2.A. concern                     B. doubt                             C. disappointment           D. amazement

3.A. recovered                 B. discovered                    C. recognized                    D. developed

4.A. job                              B. plan                      C. trip                                 D. research

5.A. come                          B. go                          C. push                               D. work

6.A. put off                                 B. broken away       C. turned down                D. fed up

7.A. no                               B. big                                  C. small                              D. famous

8.A. selfish                                  B. confident                      C. inexperienced             D. independent

9.A. tip                               B. reward                          C. challenge                         D. chance  

10.A. sports                      B. food                               C. clothes                          D. radio

11.A. hesitated B. applied                     C. refused                  D. agreed

12.A. right                                  B. important                      C. boring                            D. funny

13.A. disappeared                     B. hidden                           C. shown                            D. died

14.A. warned                    B. reminded                      C. recognized                    D. demanded

15.A. athlete                              B. actor                              C. announcer                    D. artist

16.A. aloud                                 B. secretly                         C. silently                  D. equally

17.A. while                                 B. where                            C. after                               D. when

18.A. within                                B. before                           C. beyond                 D. beneath

19.A. play                          B. perform                         C. broadcast                      D. present

20.A. say                            B. wonder                          C. dream                            D. learn

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.B   

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】试题分析：本文讲述的是作者通过自己找工作给自己生活上了一课。作者认识到：如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。

1.考查短语辨析。A. take on呈现；B. put on穿；C. move on继续前进；D. carry on继续进行。明天又是新的一天。如果你能坚持下来，总有一天美好的事情就会发生。故选D

2.名词辨析。A. concern关注；B. doubt怀疑；C. disappointment失望；D. amazement惊讶。你会认识到，如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。故选C

3.动词辨析。A. recovered恢复；B. discovered发现；C. recognized辨认；D. developed发展。母亲是对的，发现这个时是在1932年，我刚从大学毕业。故选B

4.上下文连串。根据后面的作者想做播音员可知，这里为找一份工作。我已决定试着在电台找个事儿做，然后争取做体育节目的播音员。故选A

5.考查短语固定搭配。work one's way up通过努力一步步地升上去。我已决定试着在电台找个事儿做，然后争取做体育节目的播音员。故选D

6.考查短语辨析。A. put off      推迟；B. broken away脱离；C. turned down拒绝；D. fed up养肥。我搭便车到了芝加哥，挨家之声地敲门推销自己--但每次都被拒绝了。故选C

7.上下文连串。根据后句Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station可知这里为大的电台。在一个播音室里，一位好心的女士告诉我，大的广播电台是不会冒险雇佣没经验的新手的。故选B

8.考查形容词辨析。A. selfish自私的；B. confident         自信的；C. inexperienced没有经验的；D. independent独立的。这里指大的广播电台是不会冒险雇佣没经验的新手的。故选C

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. tip建议；B. reward报酬；C. challenge挑战；D. chance机会。去乡下找一家给你机会的小的电台吧。故选D

10.考查上下文连串。根据上文中my way up to sports announcer.可知，这里为“sports”。 蒙哥马利·沃德开了一家新商店，想雇请一个本地的运动员管理店里的体育部。故选A

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. hesitated犹豫；B. applied申请；C. refused 拒绝；D. agreed同意。我中学时曾在迪克森打过橄榄球，出于这个原因我去申请了这份工作。故选B

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. right适合的；B. important          重要的；C. boring    烦人的；D. funny好玩的。工作听起来挺适合我的，但是我没被聘用。故选A

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. disappeared消失；B. hidden隐藏；C. shown表现；D. died死。我的沮丧心情一定表现出来了。故选C

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. warned警告；B. reminded提醒；C. recognized辨认；D. demanded要求。“一切总会好的，”母亲提醒我说。故选B

15.考查上下文连串。根据上下文可知作者想当播音员，故选“announcer”这个词。他告诉我他们已经雇到播音员了。故选C

16.考查副词词义辨析。A. aloud      大声地；B. secretly秘密地；C. silently默默地；D. equally平等地我大声地说：“一个连在电台都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成为体育节目的播音员呢？”。故选A

17.考查连串辨析。这里考查be doing sth. … when …当…..时候，突然……。当我正等电梯时，我听见麦克阿瑟喊道。故选D.

18.考查状语从句的连接词。before在……之前。“你说什么体育？你了解橄榄球吗？”接着他让我站到麦克风前，请我解说一场想象中的比赛。故选B

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. play玩；B. perform        表现；C. broadcast  解说；D. present呈现。这里指请我解说一场想象中的比赛。故选C

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. say说；B. wonder想知道；C. dream梦想；D. learn学习。我常想，如果我当年得到了蒙哥马利·沃德的那份工作，我的人生之路又会怎样走呢？。故选B.

考点：故事类记叙文