题目内容
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler 41 everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I 42 there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to 43 people feel like that.” My father asked me what I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied. A (An) 44 was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. 45 a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company 46 as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my 47 . Many people were surprised that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my 48 to start my own company and leave my secure position after 49 a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a (an) 50 to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a 51 ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that 52 I accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.
Having made that decision, I was immediately 53 . One week after I handed in my notice (辞职信), my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no 54 . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several 55 engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
1. A.rise B.blow C.put D.raise
2. A.left B.came C.arrived D.slipped
3. A.get B.hope C.make D.cheer
4. A.idea B.dream C.girl D.speaker
5. A.After B.Before C.Because D.While
6. A.beginning B.working C.acting D.regarding
7. A.life B.love C.income D.career
8. A.plan B.promise C.decision D.mind
9. A.attending B.joining C.entering D.holding
10. A.day B.minute C.week D.hour
11. A.help B.job C.god D.company
12. A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
13. A.examined B.searched C.checked D.tested
14. A.help B.harm C.income D.money
15. A.selling B.speaking C.writing D.listening
1.D
2.A
3.C
4.B
5.A
6.A
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.B
11.C
12.A
13.D
14.C
15.B
【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述作者受到激情演讲者的激发自己决定要变成一个激情演讲者,通过自己的努力最终成功了。
1.考查动词:A. rise上升B. blow吹C. put放D. raise举起, raise 及物动词,“提高,提升”的意思。使每个人都情绪高涨。选D。
2.考查动词:我听了Zig Zigler的报告,受到激励,离开的时候“感觉”我什么都能做。选A。
3.考查动词:make people feel like that “使人们感觉到自己有能力做任何事情”。 选C。
4.考查名词:一个梦想诞生了。这里是说:我想做一个像 Zig Zigler 一样的人,通过报告会去激励人们。选B。
5.考查连词A. After在…后面,B. Before在…前面,C. Because因为D. While虽然
after。意思是:工作四年后。 选A
6.考查上下文串联:根据下文的ending 一词,我们判断这里用beginning。意思是:在这个公司由一个销售培训师做到了区域销售经理。选A
7.考查名词:A. life 人生,B. love爱C. income 收入D. career职业,在我事业最高峰的时候,我离开了这家公司。 选D
8.考查词组:make a decision做决定:在参加了一个区域销售会议后,我决定开办自己的公司。选C。
9.考查动词:A. attending 参加B. joining参加C. entering进入D. holding 持有attend a meeting 参加会议。选A
10.考查名词:给我们一会儿时间去写下三个愿望。选B
11.根据上下文,这里填god。意思是:为什么要神来帮助我们实现愿望了?也就是说:为什么我们不能靠自己的努力去实现愿望呢?选C
12.考查不定代词:那个时刻我感觉到力量,我在过去所完成的一切已为我辞职去开办自己的公司,实现自己的梦想做好了准备。选A
13.考查名词:A. examined检查B. searched 搜索C. checked检查,D. tested检查,我很快受到了“考验”。选D。
14.考查名词:A. help帮助B. harm伤害C. income收入D. money 钱,没有了“收入”。选C
15.考查动词:一个motivational speaker的工作就是speaking。选B
考点:考查故事类短文
点评:故事感人,描写细腻,反映的道理深刻,从选项中可以看出,本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用,但更加注重综合语言能力的运用,需要根据上下文,了解词汇用法的同时,结合语境,做出准确的判断。
完形(15%)
Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.
Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___ ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.
“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man who seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___ !”
Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.
Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.
Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.
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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
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