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【题目】请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。

Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.

Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination. We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.

Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.

What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion.

So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”, “Patience is a virtue”, and so on.

Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.

Title	Focus on the present
【1】	To reach our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now.
Common 【2】	◆We do not focus on our present situations. ◆Most of us see our present situations as a stepping stone to our destination. ◆We do not spend the time truly 【3】 where we are today and what we already have in our lives.
Example—our job	◆Forget the thought of getting 【4】. What we should do is 【5】our best to do our current job. ◆To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than 【6】, stop complaining and 【7】 ourselves to our job.
【8】	If we are 【9】, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only【10】in the future, but also enjoy our life every day.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Theme

【2】mistakes

【3】appreciating

【4】promoted

【5】try/do

【6】colleagues/others

【7】devote

【8】Conclusion/ Summary

【9】patient

【10】succeed

【解析】目标是贯穿我们一生的向导。我们都有目标，但很多人努力了没有实现自己的目标，这是因为我们没有把注意力放在当前。如果我们做好当前的工作，比别人更努力，更有耐心和懂得珍惜当下，做好这一切，我们不仅会成功，还能享受生活中的每一天。

【1】Theme

考查总结概括能力。根据第一段的内容表述，可知“为了达到我们的目标，我们应该专注于我们所拥有的和我们现在的位置”，就是主题(theme)，放在句首，第一个字母要大写，故填Theme。

【2】mistakes

考查对上下文的分析和理解能力。根据第二段中的“I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation….”可知，以下几点是“常见的错误”。分析Common ____2____可知，本题填mistakes。

【3】appreciating

考查词性转换。根据第二段中的“We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today”。表格中的We do not spend the time truly ____3____ where we are today。因为本句中考查的是spend time (in)doing sh. 可知，要用appreciating。

【4】promoted

考查词性转换。根据第四段中的第一句“What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present.”及第三段中的第二句“Now most of us want a promotion.”分析这两句可知，是让我们做好今天的工作，不要只想(被)升职。表格中的Forget the thought of getting ____4_ promoted ___，故get promoted.换了原文中用的want a promotion。

【5】try/do

考查对上下文的分析和理解能力。根据第四段中的第一句“What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now.”（我们所应该做的就是把精力放在当前的工作上。）也就是第5小题所说的尽力做好(try /do one’s best)自己当前的工作。故本空填try/do。

【6】colleagues/others

考查原词再现。根据第四段中的“be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues. ”可知，要在现在的工作中要做到最好，意味着比其他的同事更努力去得到更好的结果。分析第6小题可知要比其他的同事更努力。故work harder than__6__中的第6空要填colleaguess/others

【7】devote

考查对上下文的分析和理解能力。第四段中的“It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee”可知，这是一种态度的变化，如不要抱怨，成为一个更加的忠诚和支持的员工。分析stop complaining and ____7____ ourselves to our job.可知，本空填devote。因此本句中有固定搭配“devote…to …”，因此要填devote。

【8】Conclusion/ Summary

考查总结概括能力。分析可知，第8小题是对最后的三段内容的总结。故填Conclusion/ Summary。

【9】patient

考查词性转换。根据第5段中的“Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can.”(要有耐心，要感恩我们所拥有的。)分析If we are ____9____, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can可知，Have patience=be patient（有耐心），因此第9小题填patient。

【10】succeed

考查总结概括能力。根据最后一句“Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.”（这些事情，我们都会达到我们的目标，但更重要的是，我们将享受我们的生活每一天。）分析句意可知，这样做，我们不仅达到自己的目标（即成功了succeed）还享受了我们的每一天。分析we can not only __10_____in the future, but also enjoy our life every day. 中要填动词succeed。

任务型阅读要求考生根据阅读文章提供的信息用恰当的词语完成与短文相关的图表，并有一定字数的限制。主要考察学生获取信息的能力（对应信息查找题）、组织信息的能力（对应信息转换题）和概括表达信息能力（对应信息归纳题）。

任务型阅读中的题型主要包括原词重现，固定搭配，词性转换，提炼概括四大类，四种题型难度指数依次上升。

解题技巧：1.信息查找题：解题关键是根据问题查找定位信息。常用方法是带着问题有意识地在关键处做标记。

信息转换题 解题关键：是根据问题查找定位信息，加工分析并转换成另一种表达方式。

（1）词形/性转换，即练习将一种词类转换成另一种词类，主要包括动词与名词转换、形容词与副词转换、形容词与名词转换。解题方法很简单，只要在文中找到关键词即可。例如：原文：“Have patience, have appreciation of what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can.

转换成表格中：If we are ____9__, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can

分析原文，有耐心用的是Have patience ，而在第9小题，用的是系表结构，因此用patience的形容词patient。可知, “Have patience, =be patient 有耐心，因此第9小题填patient

（2）句子结构转换：做此类题首先要理解题意，其次仔细比较原句和题目，明白出题人的意图，只要找出题眼就不难得出答案。

原文：We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today

转换成表格中：We do not spend the time truly ____3____ where we are today

分析这两句话可知原文用的是动词appreciate+宾语从句。表格中appreciate要放在spend time (in) doing sth.的固定搭配中，因此要用appreciating.

3. 信息归纳题：解题关键是根据问题查找定位信息，找共性的东西。归纳词的特征有：概括性，在最大程度上覆盖栏内信息；针对性，量体裁衣，大小适度；醒目性，简洁。如第8 小题就是对最后的三段内容的总结。