题目内容
1.My business has to come before sleepThe moment I fall into bed at around 10.30pm,I'm dead to the world…until-ping!-it's 3a.m.and I'm wide awake.
I instantly check my phone and spend the next 40minutes in bed (25)answering (answer) emails on my computer.By 4 a.m.,my brain is in overdrive and there is only one thing for it:to get up and start working.
I know most people are foggy at this time,but I find the early morning to be (26)a period of great creativity.I get more done in those few hours than the rest of the day,(27)when I'm constantly interrupted.
People ask (28)how I find time to run a business,prepare presentations,write books,network with clients and raise a family.Well,this is the answer:by having only four-and-a-half hours of sleep.
Yes,I probably (29)could just about do everything if I got up at 6.30a.m.,but it would mean working in the evening when I need to spend time with my family.I have lots of friends with the same problem.We have what we jokingly call"Insomniacs(失眠症患者) Group"on Facebook,where we chat with each other in the middle of the night.It has become a real way (30)to friendship,and I'd miss it if we didn't have that time to chat.
While I'm often perfectly happy starting my day at 3a.m.,sometimes,(31)if/when I'm tired,I feel annoyed with myself.Why can't I just switch off?But then I don't want to either.There are so many things I have to do,and a 3a.m.start is the only way (32)to achieve (achieve) everything.
分析 本文主要讲述了作者失眠的经历.作者晚上10:30睡觉,凌晨3:00就完全清醒,然后就不断的翻看手机,开始回复电子邮件.凌晨4:00时,大脑就开始超速运转,并开始了一天的工作.
绝大多数人在这个时间里头脑都感到不清醒的时候,作者的工作效率却比一天中其他任何时间都高;作者在文中还提到了他有许多和他拥有同样状况的朋友.他们开玩笑地称之为"失眠症患者群".
失眠给作者带来工作高效率以及高兴的同时,有时也会有些烦恼.但是他并不愿意改变,他感觉在凌晨3:00开始工作是他获取一切的唯一途径.
解答 25.answering;本题考查的是"spend…doing"表示花费时间干某事;这里是"spend…answering emails…"意为:在床上花了接下来40分的时间回复电子邮件.故填answering
26.a; 此处用在名词period的前面,"but I find…period of great creativity"表达的是"我发现清晨是一个极具创造力的时间",表示泛指,故填冠词a
27.when; 分析下面句子"I get more done…the rest of the day,…I'm constantly interrupted."的结构可知,本句是非限定性的定语从句,先行词是"the rest of the day","I'm constantly interrupted"为从句部分,空白处缺少作时间状语的关系副词;意为;在一天中其余的时间里我经常被打断;故填when
28.how;此处表达的意思是:人们问我如何找到时间去做生意,准备演讲…,"如何,怎样"表示行为的方式,故填how
29.could;此处表达的是"如果我早上6:30起床,我大概可以做所有的事情",表示对过去比较肯定的推测;所以用could+动词原形;故填could
30.to; 此处考查的是固定的表达 a way to 意为"一个…的途径"."a real way to friendship"意为"一个真正结交友谊的途径";故填to
31.if/when;根据上下文可知,本句的句意为:有时我会为3:00就开始我的一天的生活感到非常高兴,但有时,如果/当我累的时候,就会很厌烦我自己.因此根据句意,此处可以做成条件状语从句,也可以做成时间状语从句;故填if/when
32.to achieve;此处考查的是固定的表达the way to do,"做…的方法","the only way to achieve everything"意为:获取一切的唯一途径;故填to achieve
点评 本题考查的是综合能力的运用.首先要快速阅读全文,把握主旨大意;其次根据自己平时积累的基础知识,逐一分析,正确判断出每一题的考查点,遵循一定的语法规则及语意去答题;注意有时根据句意,答案并不唯一,所以要遵循一定的依据,灵活作答.
--- .I might have to work.( )
A. | It depends | B. | That is all right | ||
C. | Sounds great | D. | With pleasure |
-_______.It's three years since I smoked.( )
A. | No,I don't | B. | Yes,I do | ||
C. | Not too much | D. | Oh,yes,but I wish I didn't |
A. | to contact | B. | contacting | C. | contact | D. | contacted |
A. | nor | B. | but | C. | or | D. | and |
-Not yet.I really regret the IBM's offer.( )
A. | to turn down | B. | turning down | C. | turned down | D. | turn down |
A. | had said | B. | said | C. | might say | D. | might have said |
"How are you,hunchback?"the other (4)C always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree (5)C.The ugly tree thought,"I wish I were as (6)D as the other trees.Why did God do this to me?Neither can I provide shade to the travelers.Nor can the (7)D make their nests on me.Nobody needs me."
One day,a woodcutter came to the(8)A.He took a look at the trees and said,"These trees are lovely.I must (9)A them."As soon as he picked up his axe,the trees became (10)B."Chop,Chop,Chop"went the woodcutter's axe and one by one the trees started to fall.
"None of us is going to (11)B,"screamed one of the beautiful trees.
But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree.He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how (12)C the ugly tree was."Hmm!This crooked tree seems to no (13)C to me.",he thought.Then he moved towards another beautiful tree.The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of (14)D.He realized that by making him ugly,God had actually given him a boon.From that day on,the ugly tree never (15)A.He was happy with his crooked branches.He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter's axe,only because he was crooked and ugly.
1.A.proud | B.short | C.tired | D.full |
2.A.strong | B.ugly | C.thin | D.straight |
3.A.light | B.fun | C.sense | D.use |
4.A.directions | B.persons | C.trees | D.animals |
5.A.surprised | B.angry | C.sad | D.moved |
6.A.short | B.long | C.hard | D.beautiful |
7.A.fish | B.pets | C.hens | D.birds |
8.A.forest | B.shop | C.office | D.hospital |
9.A.cut | B.put | C.bring | D.take |
10.A.puzzled | B.frightened | C.amused | D.satisfied |
11.A.appear | B.escape | C.remove | D.lie |
12.A.soft | B.flexible | C.bent | D.tall |
13.A.doubt | B.harm | C.use | D.way |
14.A.desperation | B.anger | C.sorrow | D.relief |
15.A.complained | B.grew | C.spoke | D.waited |