题目内容
17.If you talk to any person that has achieved his goals-despite great difficulties,one thing remains the same.That person never failed to stay (41)D.The goal was already in sight,and the wish to(42)Athat goal never waved.
This story is an example of this:
When she looked(43)D,Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog.Her body felt (44)C because she had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
She was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.Now,at age 34,her (45)B was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California.
On that fourth of July morning in 1952,the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so thick that she could (46)D see her support boats.She struggled on,(47)A the freezing cold water of the sea,hour after hour.
Alongside Florence in one of the boats,her mother and her trainer offered (48)C.They told her it wasn't much farther,(49)Ball she could see was fog.They urged her not to give up.She never had thought of that until then-with only a half mile to (50)A,she decided to(51)C.Still warming her frozen body several hours later,she told a reporter,"Look,I'm not (52)Bmyself,but if I could have seen (53)AI might have succeeded."It was not(54)Bor the cold water that beat her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal.
Two months later,she tried again.This time,(55)C the same thick fog,she swam with her goal clearly(56)Bin her mind.She knew that (57)A behind that fog was land and this time she (58)Cit!
Let this (59)B forever be kept in your mind.Never take your eyes (60)C your goal,even when you can't see it.
41.A.careful | B.able | C.proud | D.focused |
42.A.reach | B.set | C.see | D.break |
43.A.back | B.below | C.away | D.ahead |
44.A.soft | B.sensitive | C.numb | D.flexible |
45.A.direction | B.goal | C.result | D.role |
46.A.even | B.almost | C.mostly | D.hardly |
47.A.against | B.for | C.behind | D.by |
48.A.assessment | B.commitment | C.encouragement | D.adjustment |
49.A.and | B.but | C.or | D.so |
50.A.go | B.stay | C.remain | D.turn |
51.A.re tire | B.pause | C.quit | D.leave |
52.A.caring | B.excusing | C.permitting | D.scolding |
53.A.land | B.sunshine | C.farther | D.fog |
54.A.excitement | B.tiredness | C.loneliness | D.fear |
55.A.considering | B.besides | C.despite | D.from |
56.A.figured | B.pictured | C.put | D.brought |
57.A.somewhere | B.nowhere | C.anywhere | D.everywhere |
58.A.took | B.got | C.made | D.set |
59.A.impression | B.lesson | C.task | D.time |
60.A.out | B.beside | C.off | D.on. |
分析 作者通过自己的事例,告诫人们不要将目光从目标上移开.
解答 41-45 DADCB 46-50 DACBA 51-55 CBABC 56-60 BACBC
41D 细节理解题 根据该空前后的never failed,always,never wavered,可知这里应填入表示"注意力集中的"词
42 A考查动词词义辨析 根据文意,这里表示:实现目标的意愿从未动摇过.
43D 考查副词词义辨析 根据文意,在Florence Chadwick的前方是很厚的浓雾.
44C 考查形容词词义辨析 根据空格后面,"She had been swimming for nearly 16 hours.",第四段的"the sea was icy cold",可推出:因为寒冷,她的身体是麻木的(numb).
45B 考查名词词义辨析 她"已经"是第一个"swim the English Channel in both directions"的妇女了.根据下文"to become the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel"是她试图实现的目标.
46D考查副词词义辨析 根据下段的"all she could see was fog"可知雾很大,她几乎看不到"support boats".
47A考查介词词义辨析 这里表示与冰冷的海水对抗.
48C考查名词词义辨析 根据后文的"He told her it wasn't much farther."和"He urged her…",可知父亲为她鼓劲.
49B考查连词词义辨析 事实上她离目标并不遥远,但她只能看到浓雾.
50A联系上下文 应该是"父亲鼓励她不要放弃.
51 C考查动词词义辨析 这里是说"离岸边只有半英里了",是个with复合结构.
52 B考查名词词义辨析 后面的话看起来像是在为她自己找借口.
53A根据上下文 段末提到的"her goal",就是要游到岸边,即"land"为她的目的地.
54B 考查名词词义辨析 根据文中的"She had been swimming for nearly 16 hours."可知,她面对的困境除了寒冷外,就是疲惫.
55C考查介词词义辨析这里填despite表示让步,这次,尽管同样的浓雾,她游的目标清楚地描绘在她的脑海中.
56 B考查动词词义辨析这次,尽管同样的浓雾,她游的目标清楚地描绘在她的脑海中.picture.
点评 完型填空,解题时要抓住文章的脉络,一定要读懂全文,弄清文章要表达的思想,注意前后段落之间的关系.答题中,一定要认真分析,注意选项与上下文的关系,与前后单词的关系.对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成,因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来.答完后再通读一篇文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯.
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