Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There is an old Spanish proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”. 【1】 I’d say, too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. We have to go for them now! Here’s why.

1. 【2】

Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is that everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with unfulfilled dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.

2. The world is waiting on your gift.

I know this may be hard to believe, but the world is waiting on YOU! Yes, YOU! 【3】 Sure, other people may be able to sing. But they’ll never be able to sing exactly like you. Sure other people can write, but they’ll never be able to write from the same perspective in which you write. Don’t deprive the world of your gift. It’s the oxygen that we need to survive. Thus, it is your responsibility to figure out exactly what your gift is, and use to better your life and the lives of those around you.

3. 【4】

You can dream about writing the great American play that you want, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become equipped with the necessary tools tospan> find that cure. 【5】 They require you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen. Get to it!

A. You can’t let fear win.

B. Tomorrow is not promised.

C. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do.

D. How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow?

E. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody on this earth can duplicate.

F. Possibilities you never knew existed are waiting on you.

G. Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never come true.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】

试题分析：今日事今日毕，不要总把事情推到明天。文章对其原因进行了论述。

【1】D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上句讲明天经常是最忙的。下句讲我要说很多次。D项：有多少次我们把梦想推到了明天？连接上下，根据上句的话题和下句的回答可知选D.

【2】B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段内容主要讲明天是不可预测的，谁都不知道明天会发生什么。B项适合作为本段标题，故选B.

【3】E考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段讲每个人的独特性，世界在等每个不同的人。E项：你是世界独特的礼物没有人能够复制，符合本段文意，故选E.

【4】G考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段在讲要想有大的成功就必须有一个踏实的开始，想当作家也好想治愈癌症也好。G项：如果不迈出第一步你的梦想永远不会实现。符合本段文意，故选G.

【5】C考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上文两个例子：想写名著要先拿笔去写，要治愈癌症就要先学习相关知识，C项：换句话说只有你去做梦想才会实现，是对上面例子的概括总结，故选C.