题目内容
“Imagine you are walking along the road. Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into laughter. You feel very1and think the world is laughing at you . But in fact, five minutes later, they have2 it ever happened.” The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn’t agree with the3.
The author thinks the best thing to do in this kind of4is to pretend nothing has happened, and so avoid5trouble.
I admit that we should keep6because “Your tears will only remind others of what happened, while your7can let them forget it.” But this is far from satisfactory. We should do8to make things better.
I used to be a(n)9 girl and not very good at maths. Our new maths teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head in10 when I couldn’t answer it.
“If you don’t know the answer, just tell me.” the teacher said, “If you don’t how can I know 11you know the answer or not?” All of my classmates burst into laughter. My face turned red but the teacher12me to go to the blackboard and13what I knew. If I had14the words in the article, I would have given up. But I tried my best. And to everyone’s15 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said, “Well done! I16you could do it!”
Since then, I have become active in maths as17as in other subjects. I used to think doing maths exercises was a waste of time. But now, I know18I do can make things better. Everyone is the19of his own fate.
If we make mistakes, we should take on an active20. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep(哭泣), and you weep alone.
- 1.
- A.nervous
- B.excited
- C.afraid
- D.embarrassed
- A.
- 2.
- A.realized
- B.recognized
- C.forgotten
- D.remembered
- A.
- 3.
- A.speaker
- B.reader
- C.author
- D.announcer
- A.
- 4.
- A.environment
- B.surrounding
- C.condition
- D.situation
- A.
- 5.
- A.ordinary
- B.extra
- C.common
- D.usual
- A.
- 6.
- A.confident
- B.smart
- C.calm
- D.strong
- A.
- 7.
- A.smile
- B.worry
- C.courage
- D.satisfaction
- A.
- 8.
- A.anything
- B.something
- C.nothing
- D.everything
- A.
- 9.
- A.shy
- B.energetic
- C.happy
- D.clever
- A.
- 10.
- A.joy
- B.pride
- C.shame
- D.surprise
- A.
- 11.
- A.what
- B.that
- C.when
- D.whether
- A.
- 12.
- A.forced
- B.invited
- C.asked
- D.pushed
- A.
- 13.
- A.bring up
- B.put down
- C.think about
- D.show off
- A.
- 14.
- A.obeyed
- B.doubted
- C.refused
- D.understood
- A.
- 15.
- A.expectation
- B.disappointment
- C.surprise
- D.delight
- A.
- 16.
- A.hoped
- B.knew
- C.doubted
- D.regretted
- A.
- 17.
- A.long
- B.far
- C.soon
- D.well
- A.
- 18.
- A.whoever
- B.whenever
- C.wherever
- D.whatever
- A.
- 19.
- A.architect
- B.owner
- C.host
- D.controller
- A.
- 20.
- A.position
- B.attitude
- C.value
- D.response
- A.
对待生活中发生的任何事情我们都要采取积极的态度,积极去争取而不是消极地等待。
1.形容词辨析。根据语境可知摔倒以后,有人嘲笑,应该感到尴尬。
2.动词辨析。A意识到;B认出;C忘记;D记得;根据句意可知几分钟以后人们就忘记了。
3.上下文串联。根据第二段内容可知我不同意作者的说法。
4.名词辨析。A环境;B环境;C条件;D情景;作者认为在这种情况之下,最好的方法就是假装什么都没有发生,不要惹上额外的麻烦。
5.形容词辨析。同上。
6.形容词辨析。A有信心的;B聪明的;C平静的,镇定的;D坚强的;根据上下文可知是保持镇定,并微笑面对一切。
7.名词辨析。解析同上。
8.词义辨析。我们应该做所有能做的事情让情况变得更好。
9.形容词辨析。根据下文可知我是一个害羞的女孩,不善于表达自己。
10.固定短语。根据前文可知我很害羞,所以老师提问的时候我是害羞的。In shame羞愧地;
11.固定搭配。根据or not可知选D。whether…or not…是否;
12.上下文辨析。根据下文可知老师要求我到黑板前写下我所知道的。
13.短语辨析。解析同上。
14.动词辨析。A服从;B怀疑;C拒绝;D理解。由句意可知如果我服从前文说的话,也就是我按照上文所说的去做。
15.上下文串联。由上文可知我认为我做不到,但是结果证明我做到了,这让大家很惊讶。
16.词义辨析。有句意可知老师知道她能做到。
17.固定词组。As well as和…句意可知:在数学课和其他学科上我一样都很积极。
18.语法分析。宾语从句What I do作为主语从句,what引导起这个主语从句,并在句中做do的宾语。
19.名词辨析。A建筑师;B主人;C男主人,主持人;D控制者。句意:每个人都是自己生活的建筑师,都可以构建自己的生活。
20.名词辨析。由上下文可知是有积极的态度。
I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?”? He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to?” I replied ,“There is nothing wrong with it?” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no. But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others. ”
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out of my chosen camera from cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers… and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new options still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
【小题1】The shop assistant insisted that the writer should________.
A.try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it. |
B.compare the camera he had chosen with the others. |
C.get more information about different companies. |
D.trust him and stop asking questions. |
A.He should get a 50% discount. |
B.The price of the camera was unreasonably high. |
C.The quality of the camera was not good. |
D.The camera would soon fall in value. |
A.knew very little about it. |
B.didn’t trust the shop assistant |
C.wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best. |
D.had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers. |
A.people waste too much money on cameras |
B.cameras have become an important part of our daily life |
C.we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product |
D.famous companies care more about profit than quality |
A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.
It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldn’t want to. I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years, or what kind of job I’ll have. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.
So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, they’d gotten their education, chosen a career, and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.
My friends and I – “Generation Y” – still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives. Whatever we end up doing, we want to make sure we’re happy doing it. We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.
This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children we were encouraged to succeed in school, but also to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cellphones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games.
Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply to my generation.
Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.
1.When the author walked through her parents’ house, she _______.
A.was frightened that she had no idea what she wanted from life |
B.started to think about her own life |
C.realized I should buy a house. |
D.wondered why her parents had settled down early |
2.What is the main “generation gap” between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article?
A.Their attitude toward high technology. |
B.Their ways of making their way to the top. |
C.Their attitude towards responsibility. |
D.Their ways of gaining experience. |
3.Which of the following might the author agree with?
A.It’s all right to try more before settling down. |
B.It’s better to take adult responsibility earlier. |
C.It involves too much effort to rise vertically. |
D.It’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”. |
4.What can we conclude from the article?
A.The author is envious of her parents enjoying a big house at her age. |
B.Growing up in a hi-tech world makes “Generation Y” feel insecure about relationships. |
C.“Generation Y” people don’t want to grow up and love to be taken care of by their parents. |
D.The author wrote this article so that others would be able to understand her generation better. |
5.What is the main theme of the article?
A.The sudden realization of growing up. |
B.A comparison between lifestyles of generations. |
C.Criticisms of the young generation. |
D.The factors that have changed the young generation. |