题目内容
18.No matter who you are,where you live,how much you make,your life is on a certain path.It is similar to a train in a track.You know there are going to be many ups and downs.(36)FIf you like where you're headed,you can sit back and enjoy the ride.(37)G The only solution is to change you destination.It means you have to jump on a whole new set of tracks.But how do you do that?
There is one way to change direction to create a better,fuller,richer life:incremental(递增的) change.(38)A You can easily improve anything in your life by means of incremental change.
(39)B It's making small and continuous progress toward a desired goal.It's paying﹩50 a month toward your﹩3,000 of credit card debt.It's cutting your nightly dessert or taking the stairs to burn a few extra calories.
Incremental change is not difficult at all.(40)D Your 20-minute afternoon walk will help you become healthier.The problem with incremental change for most people is that it's too slow.But small and continuous actions tend to create small and continuous improvements.
A.It's that simple.
B.What is incremental change?
C.Keep doing exactly what you've been doing.
D.Writing a page a day will finally lead to a book.
E.But is there a way to create much faster change?
F.But you can easily figure out where you'll end up.
G.But what if you see where you're going and you don't like it?
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了生活有很多起伏,你要明确自己的目的,有自己的坚持.
解答 36.F.推理判断题.根据前文It is similar to a train in a track.You know there are going to be many ups and downs可知你可以很容易地知道你会在哪里结束;故选F.
37.G.推理判断题.根据后文 The only solution is to change you destination.It means you have to jump on a whole new set of tracks可知询问如果你看到你要去哪里,你不喜欢它怎么办;故选G.
38.A.推理判断题.根据前文There is one way to change direction to create a better,fuller,richer life:incremental(递增的) change可知它就是这么简单;故选A.
39.B.推理判断题.根据后文It's making small and continuous progress toward a desired goal.It's paying﹩50 a month toward your﹩3,000 of credit card debt可知询问什么是增量变化;故选B.
40.D.推理判断题.根据后文 Your 20-minute afternoon walk will help you become healthier.The problem with incremental change for most people is that it's too slow可知每天写一页书最终会写出一本书;故选D.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
I decided to take a (42)D,and come back to the piece later when I had (43)B.For the most part,after a little bit of (44)C,I could usually learn the music pretty quickly-however,it was always that one (45)D,which might have appeared simple but was indeed difficult,that always got to me.These types of songs always made me (46)C myself as a pianist-if I couldn't get this song right,would I be able to learn (47)D songs?
After having dinner,I (48)C to come back to the piano.Placing my fingers tentatively(犹豫不决地)on the (49)B,I chose to play the piece slowly and carefully instead of trying to play the piece (50)A.Using this new method,I exercised a great deal of patience,(51)B that I often have trouble with.Instead of focusing on how hard the rhythm was,I focused on how I could (52)C myself,little by little.Finally I could slowly see myself getting better.
So I learned an important (53)A-sometimes,baby steps are the best way to reach a goal.I'm an impatient person who likes to (54)B that I can get somewhere by leaps and bounds(飞速地).But,in the case of (55)A,I couldn't move forward and improve until I slowed down,believed in myself,and took it one step at a time.
36.A.enjoy | B.throw | C.miss | D.fight |
37.A.complaining | B.practicing | C.crying | D.shouting |
38.A.low | B.high | C.wrong | D.right |
39.A.next | B.usual | C.new | D.first |
40.A.useful | B.interesting | C.easy | D.difficult |
41.A.play | B.notice | C.sing | D.understand |
42.A.chance | B.step | C.seat | D.break |
43.A.held back | B.calmed down | C.set out | D.woken up |
44.A.help | B.money | C.work | D.luck |
45.A.person | B.question | C.teacher | D.music |
46.A.accept | B.remind | C.doubt | D.believe |
47.A.easier | B.slower | C.quicker | D.harder |
48.A.agreed | B.refused | C.decided | D.pretended |
49.A.chairs | B.keys | C.books | D.desks |
50.A.quickly | B.hopefully | C.happily | D.lightly |
51.A.nothing | B.something | C.anything | D.everything |
52.A.please | B.satisfy | C.improve | D.support |
53.A.lesson | B.example | C.result | D.report |
54.A.expect | B.think | C.answer | D.promise |
55.A.piano | B.guitar | C.dance | D.violin |