题目内容
1.A team of students who were successful in their work got together to visit their old teacher after graduating from college many years later.The talk soon turned into complaints about(11)Ain work and life.Before(12)Bhis students coffee,the teacher went to the kitchen and(13)Cwith a large pot of coffee and different kinds of cups-plastic,glass,porcelain,crystal,some(14)Dand cheap,some beautiful and(15)C-telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
(16)Dall the guests had a cup of coffee in hand,the teacher said:"If you noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups were(17)A,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is(18)Bfor you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the(19)Bof your problems and pressure.Be assured that the cup itself(20)Cno quality to the coffee.In most cases(21)Bis just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.What all of you(22)Cwanted was coffee,not the cup,but you consciously went for the best cups.And then you began (23)Ceach other's cups."
Now consider this:(24)A is the coffee; the jobs,money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to(25)Blife,and the type of cup we have does not define,nor change the(26)Dof life we live.Sometimes,by focusing only on the cup,we(27)Ato enjoy the coffee God has provided us.
God makes the coffee,not the cups.Enjoy your coffee!
"The(28)Dpeople don't have the best of everything.They just(29)Cthe best of everything."
Live simply.Love(30)B.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God.
11.A.stress | B.difficulty | C.sorrow | D.despair |
12.A.taking | B.offering | C.supplying | D.providing |
13.A.packed | B.rushed | C.returned | D.fetched |
14.A.good-looking | B.ugly-looking | C.nice-looking | D.plain-looking |
15.A.excellent | B.bright | C.expensive | D.comfortable |
16.A.Before | B.If | C.Although | D.After |
17.A.taken | B.brought | C.filled | D.used |
18.A.careful | B.normal | C.polite | D.formal |
19.A.resource | B.source | C.entrance | D.access |
20.A.increases | B.affords | C.adds | D.applies |
21.A.this | B.it | C.either | D.one |
22.A.possibly | B.generally | C.really | D.hardly |
23.A.blowing | B.handing | C.eyeing | D.cleaning |
24.A.Life | B.Joy | C.Chance | D.Success |
25.A.contact | B.contain | C.reflect | D.support |
26.A.standard | B.quantity | C.character | D.quality |
27.A.fail | B.hope | C.need | D.learn |
28.A.coolest | B.richest | C.saddest | D.happiest |
29.A.have | B.use | C.make | D.put |
30.A.nervously | B.generously | C.secretly | D.curiously. |
分析 本文作者主要讲述了一群事业有成的学生聚到一起去看望他们的老教师,在谈到工作和生活中的压力时,都开始抱怨.于是,老师就为他们端上了盛有咖啡的不同的杯子,他们都没有选择普通又廉价的杯子.在他们将好看又贵重的杯子拿在手里之后,老师便将工作,金钱,社会地位比作杯子,将生活比作咖啡,并说杯子本身并没有使咖啡的品质有所增加,他们只是装生活的工具;从而向学生们说明了一个道理要学会创造并且享受生活,而不能因为生活与工作中的压力而产生抱怨的心理.
解答 答案:11-15 ABCDC 16-20 DABBC 21-25 BCCAB 26-30 DADCB
11.A 名词词义辨析 根据下文的内容"that is the(19)of your problems and pressure"可知,此处抱怨的是工作与生活中的压力;故选A
12.B 动词词义辨析 A.taking 拿,带走; B.offering 提供,给与;常用于offer sb.sth.结构;C.supplying 供给;补充;常用于supply sb.with sth.结构;D.providing提供,供应;provide sb.(with sth.);根据下一句"the teacher went to the kitchen and(13)with a large pot of coffee老师去厨房…一大壶咖啡"以及结合本句的连词Before"在…以前",可推知该句的意思应是:在老师给学生端上咖啡之前;故选B
13.C 动词词义辨析 A.packed 挑选;压紧; B.rushed (使)仓促行事;催促;D.fetched 去取;通常用于fetch sb.sth.结构;根据语境可知,这里指老师到厨房拿了一大壶咖啡回来;故选C
14.D 形容词词义辨析 根据下文提到的"leaving behind the plain and cheap ones"可知,此处应填plain;故选D
15.C 形容词词义辨析 通过比对该句与前一句"some plain and cheap"可知,二者在句中表示并列;此处与cheap对应的是expensive;故选C
16.D 连词词义辨析 根据句意可知,此处应表示在所有的客人都拿了一杯咖啡后,老师才开始讲话.故选D
17.A 动词词义辨析 A.taken 拿走; B.brought 带来; C.filled (使)充满,(使)装满; D.used 使用,运用;根据下一句"leaving behind the plain and cheap ones剩下的只是那些普通的和便宜的."可知,此处的意思应是:所有好看又贵重的杯子都被拿走了;故选A
18.B 副词词义辨析 根据上文都在挑选好看又贵重的杯子可知,这里应使用了类比即:对你们来说,通常都只想给自己最好的;故选B
19.B 名词词义辨析 A.resource 资源; B.source 根源; C.entrance 入口,门口; D.access入口,通道;结合上一句句意可知,此处表达的是:那是你的问题与压力的根源;故选B
20.C 动词词义辨析 A.increases 增强,增多;主要指在数量、财富等方面的增加; C.adds 增加;补充;可以指在数量、体积、重要性方面有所增大或增加;根据本句句意可知,此处表达的是杯子本身并没有使咖啡的品质有所增加;故选C
21.B 代词词义辨析 结合上文可知,此处特指前面提到好看又贵重的杯子,意为:在大多数情况下,杯子是比较昂贵的,在某些情况下,它甚至被我们喝的东西给掩盖了;故选B
22.C 副词词义辨析 根据上下文表达的意思可知,这里说的是,你们真正喜欢的是咖啡,而不是杯子,可是你们却下意识地选用了最好的杯子.故选C
23.C 动词词义辨析 结合上文可知此处表达的意思是:然后,你还将目光放在了别人的杯子上.故选C
24.A 名词词义辨析 根据下文并结合上文可知,作者将工作,金钱,社会地位看作杯子,那么就应该将生活比作咖啡;故选A
25.B 动词词义辨析 根据上文的比喻(将生活比作咖啡;工作,金钱,社会地位比作是杯子)可知,本句的意思应是:他们只是装生活的工具.故选B
26.D 名词词义辨析 结合上文可知,此处的意思应是:我们所拥有的这种杯子并没有界定,也不能改变我们的生活质量.故选D
27.A 动词词义辨析 结合上文可知,此处主要是对前面的论述,下了一个结论即:如果我们只是关注杯子,我们将不能享受上帝为我们提供的咖啡;故选A
28.D 形容词词义辨析 结合上文可知,此处的意思应是:最幸福的人并不是拥有了最好的一切,故选D
29.C 动词词义辨析 根据前一句可知,此处的意思应是:他们只是把一切都做得最好.故选C
30.B 副词词义辨析 最后一句点明了本文的主旨大意,简单地生活,慷慨地爱,深切地关心,说几句好听的话,请把剩下的留给上帝吧!故选B
点评 做本题时,首先要通读全文,掌握文章大意;其次找到每一小题的考查点,然后结合本文的主旨大意以及根据上下文所表达的意思进行分析判断,从而选出正确答案;本题除了需要在理解的基础上作答之外,还应注意词义辨析,这就需要平时增加词汇量的积累,并注意区分它们之间的用法区别.
-Next to nothing.How I wish I ____ harder at English.( )
A. | have worked | B. | were working | C. | would work | D. | had worked |
-_______!I'm sure you'll make it.( )
A. | Cheer up | B. | Good luck | C. | No problem | D. | Go ahead |