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【题目】You support someone when you help him or her through a time. _ __, the best part is that when you support others, you are also supporting yourselves. When you __ __ to give support to others, it is usually a __ that you are also stopping giving support to yourself.

One of my friends, Donna, told me a story recently that clearly showed the __ of support. Several years ago, Donna had just _ _her boyfriend of two years and she was having a very__ _ time, accepting the loss. She refused to be _ __ and stayed at home alone, which certainly was not helping. She just couldn’t _ ___ crying all the time.

Early one morning, Donna received a phone call with some __ _ news: a car accident had __her best friend’s brother’s life. Donna had known this friend, Mary, and her brother __ __ her entire life, and the news was destructive. Donna __ her sadness and got in the car as soon as possible, driving to her friend’s house to be with her. During the funeral, Donna held Mary close while she cried, sat by her and slept _ __ Mary’s bed to make sure she did not wake up alone in the middle of the night. During that time she hardly felt any __ _ in her heart. Several weeks later, when life began to return to _ __, Donna realized /span>the level of support she had given Mary far overtook any support she had _ _ herself during her dark time. She was able to use the support she had given her friend as a _ __for the support she needed.

When you find yourself unable to support someone else, _ yourself and see if there is something within yourself that is not supporting. _ _, when you give complete support to others, it will mirror those places within you that require the same level of attention.

【1】A. different B. cheerful C. challenging D. definite

【2】A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Meanwhile

【3】A. encourage B. refuse C. begin D. decide

【4】A. sign B. signal C. mark D. sight

【5】A. force B. strength C. power D. energy

【6】A. put up with B. broken up with C. kept up with D. caught up with

【7】A. tough B. excited C. rushed D. strange

【8】A. accompanied B. accomplished C. accelerated D. acknowledged

【9】A. stand B. hide C. stop D. bear

【10】A. terrific B. exciting C. horrible D. terrible

【11】A. killed B. deprived C. seized D. claimed

【12】A. fairly B. nearly C. barely D. rarely

【13】A. overcame B. gathered C. recognized D. changed

【14】A. ahead of B. apart from C. next to D. along with

【15】A. warmth B. happiness C. love D. pain

【16】A. normal B. often C. average D. common

【17】A. reduced B. offered C. protected D. avoided

【18】A. /span>candle B. gift C. torch D. mirror

【19】A. look up B. look back C. look through D. look into

【20】A. In effect B. As a result C. On the contrary D. Likewise

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】D

【12】B

【13】A

【14】C

【15】D

【16】A

【17】B

【18】D

【19】D

【20】C

【解析】文章为夹叙夹议文体，主要讲述了支持的力量：支持别人也是帮助自己的过程。

【1】C考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解 根据上下文判断支持别人往往是帮助别人度过难关。A项表示“不同的”；B项是“欢快的”；C项表示“具有挑战性的”而D项是“明确的”意思。四个词中能与有困难相关的只有C项的内容。

【2】B考查连词词义辨析 上下文意思上帮助别人的过程中最好的部分也是帮助自己，与前一句之间有一定的转折关系，四个词中B项的“however”可以表示。A项表因果关系；C项表示的是递进关系而D项是并列关系，故选B。

【3】B 考查动词词义辨析 根据后面句子中的“you are also stopping giving support to yourself”可以判断出如果我们拒绝帮助别人也就停止了支持自己。故B项正确。A项表示“鼓励”；C项是“开始”而D项是“决定”的意思，故选B。

【4】A 考查名词词义辨析 依据上下文来看我们拒绝帮助别人也就意味着停止了支持自己，所以这是一种迹象，A项这是此意。B项表示的“信号”；C项是“标记”而D项是“景象”的意思。

【5】C 考查名词词义辨析 根据下文应该是通过例证来说明支持的力量，C项的power正是此意。A项表示的是“暴力，强制力”；B项是“力气，力量”而D项表示的是“精力”。

【6】B 考查动词短语辨析 根据下文的“the loss”之意可以判断出Donna是与她的男朋友分手了，故B项正是此意。A项表示的是“容忍，忍受”；C项表示的是“保持，跟得上”而D项是“赶上”的意思。

【7】A 考查形容词词义辨析 依据上下文Donna与男朋友分手后的日子很难受，A项表示的“艰难的，困难的”；B项是“激动的”；C项是“快速的”而D项是“奇怪的”，故A项适合。

【8】A 考查动词词义辨析 依据上下文后后面的“stayed at home alone”看出Donna拒绝别人的陪伴，A项正是此意；B项是“完成”的意思；C项是“加速，加快”而D项是“确认”的意思，故选A.

【9】C 考查动词词义辨析 依据前文Donna一直在哭，故用C项的stop适合。A项是“忍受”的意思；B项表示的是“隐藏”而D项是“忍受”。故选C合适。

【10】D 考查形容词词义辨析 依据下文出现了accident所以应该是不好的消息，故D项适合。A项表示“极好的”；B项是“激动的”而C项是“恐怖的”意思。

【11】D 考查动词词义辨析 依据上文发生了事故Donna朋友的brother死去了，故应该是事故夺取了他的命，应该用D项构成“claim sb’s life”。A项应该是”kill sb”；B项是“deprive sb of sth”; C项是“抓住”的意思。故选D。

【12】B 考查副词词义辨析 依据上下文，Mary的brother应该是她的全部，故B项“几乎地”适合。A项是“非常好地”；C项是“仅仅，几乎不”而D项是“罕见地”。

【13】A 考查动词词义辨析 依据上下文Donna应该是克服自己的悲伤去帮助她的朋友去，故A项适合此意。B项表示“聚集”；C项是“识别出，辨别出”而D项是“改变”的意思。

【14】C 考查副词短语辨析 依据上下文Donna陪伴她的朋友故应该是睡在旁边，用C项适合。A项表示“提前”；B项是“除…以外”而D项是“和，也”意思。

【15】D 考查名词词义辨析 依据上下文在陪伴朋友的期间Donna没有感受到她自己的痛苦，故D项适合。A项表示“温暖”；B项是“幸福”而D项是“爱”都不适合。

【16】A 考查形容词词义辨析 依据上下文几个星期后生活回归正常，故A项的“normal”适合。B项表示“经常的”；C项是“平均的”而D项是“共同的，共性的”。

【17】B 考查动词短语辨析 依据上下文Donna感受她给Mary的支持压倒了她给自己的支持，故用B的“offered”适合。A项是“减少”；C项是“保护”而D项是“避免”的意思。

【18】D 考查动词短语辨析 依据最后的“it will mirror those places within you that require the same level of attention”可以看出Donna对朋友的支持也反映出她自己对支持的同等需求，故D项的mirror正确。A项是“蜡烛”；B项是“礼物”而D项是“火炬”的意思。

【19】D 考查动词短语辨析 依据上下文当你发现你不能支持别人的时候你要审视自己， 故D项短语“look in”正有此意；A项表示“抬头看；查询”；B项是“回头看”而C项是“浏览”之意。

【20】C 考查副词短语辨析 依据上下文来看当你能给与别人支持时也反映出也需要同等的需要，与前一句正好在意思上是相反的对比关系，故用C项的短语表示“相反地”正适合。A项表示“事实上”；B项表示“结果…”而D项是“类似地”意思，表并列关系。故选C。