Question

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the sailing track and floating in a lifeboat, alone. His supplies were  36 . His chances of surviving were small.  37 when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive — much  38 than he was when he started, but alive.

His  39 of how he survived is interesting and attractive. His subtle act — how he  40 to catch fish, how he evaporated sea water to 41 fresh water — is very interesting. But the thing that  42 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when it seemed no  43  continuing the struggle, when he was  44  greatly, when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body. He was starved and  45  exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only sensible choice.

When people  46 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in  47 dangerous circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on  48 major difficulties.

"I tell myself I can  49 it," wrote Callahan in his book. "Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,  50  courage and strength."

I wrote that down after I read it  51 it struck me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 52 off or when my problems seemed too powerful. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad  53 to something better. But others have been through much worse, that is, in comparison with what  54 have been through, you're fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you  55 the rough spots with a little more perseverance(毅力) .

1.                A．less            B．little           C．few  D．enough

 

2.                A．And           B．Yet            C．Still  D．While

 

3.                A．thinner         B．poorer         C．worse    D．fatter

 

4.                A．attitude        B．imagination      C．instruction D．story

 

5.                A．tried           B．tended         C．managed  D．intended

 

6.                A．make          B．collect          C．select    D．replace

 

7.                A．attacked        B．caught          C．froze D．cheated

 

8.                A．operation       B．taste           C．message  D．use

 

9.A improving        B. suffering    C. strengthening        D. increasing

10.               A．firmly          B．completely      C．surely D．generally

 

11.               A．deal           B．defend         C．survive    D．observe

 

12.               A．similarly        B．likely          C．probably  D．commonly

 

13.               A．for the lack of    B．in spite of       C．in support of   D．as a result of

 

14.               A．handle         B．carry          C．follow D．inspect

 

15.               A．rolling up       B．using up        C．building up D．making up

 

16.               A．but            B．so             C．although   D．and

 

17.               A．far            B．long           C．near  D．short

 

18.               A．related         B．measured       C．contributed    D．compared

 

19.               A．you           B．others         C．we   D．another

 

20.               A．see through     B．cut through     C．get through    D．think through

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。Steven Callahan在独自穿越大西洋时，他的船沉了。他一次次地鼓励自己，“我能行”，他终于靠着顽强的意志和有效的生存技巧生还。作者被这句话打动，时常用它来勉励自己。

1.从上下文看Steven Callahan的船沉了，补给很少了。选C

2.这里是表示转折关系的副词，yet然而，在渔民发现他的时候，他还活着。选B

3.考查形容词的比较级，饿了76天一定是很瘦弱的多。选A

4.考查名词：A. attitude态度B. imagination想象，C. instruction指示D. story故事，句意：他怎么幸存的故事很有趣很吸引人。选D。

5.考查动词：A. tried 试图B. tended趋向于，C. managed设法成功的做，D. intended打算，这里是他成功的捕到鱼。选C。

6.句意：蒸发海水，获得可用的淡水。用make得到获得。选A

7.考查词组：catch one’s eyes吸引某人的注意力，attract的宾语是attention。选B

8.考查句型：it seems no use doing…做…似乎是无用的。选D

9.考查动词：A improving提高，B. suffering遭受C. strengthening加强D. increasing 增加，从后面的when his lifeboat was pierced and after more than a week’s struggling with his weak body.可知他受了很大的罪。选B

10.考查副词：A. firmly坚定地，B. completely完全地，C. surely当然D. generally一般地，修饰exhausted是完全地。选B。

11.这里作者在进行总结和议论，当人们要在这样的环境中求生存时，他们需要进行思想斗争，已获得生存的勇气。选C

12.考查副词：A. similarly同样地，B. likely可能的，C. probably可能的D. commonly共同的，在遇到相似的环境的时候，用A

13.考查介词短语：A. for the lack of缺乏B. in spite of虽然C. in support of 支持 D. as a result of因此，虽然有这样大的危险，还有勇气生存下去。选B。

14.考查动词：A. handle处理B. carry运送，携带C. follow跟随，D. inspect视察，句意：我告诉自己能应付。选A。

15.考查词组：A. rolling up卷起来B. using up用完C. building up增强D. making up编造，这里是增加勇气。选C

16.考查连词：这两句话是并列关系，我把它写下来，我知道这是很重要的事情。选D

17.考查形容词：A. far远的B. long长的，C. near近的D. short短的，表示目标遥远。选A。

18.考查固定词组：compared to和…相比，选D

19.考查代词：和别人经历的事相比较，前面也有others，选B。

20.考查词组：A. see through看穿B. cut through切开C. get through 通过，完成D. think through想出解决办法，帮助你通过困难的地方，选C。

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