题目内容
4.With the help of Gloria,his wife,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets,stereo systems,and home appliances.Tom developed an excellent(31)Awith their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service.He was proud of his high percentage of repeat(32)B.About five years ago,Tom was(33)Cby the owners of a competing company,Stereo Super Stores.They wanted him to(34)Athem out.The price was very attractive.Everything looked good.Before making his final(35)C.Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase.She told him that(36)Cthe numbers looked good,it didn't feel(37)C to her.However,Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare(38)B,he went ahead and made the(39)D.Within months he discovered that he had made a big(40)D.He had paid too much for a(41)Bcompany.He tries as hard as he could to make it work out,but he couldn't turn things(42)A.He was forced into bankruptcy (破产).He was about to lose everything,including his(43)A business.
Tom was embarrassed,but he is a survivor.He looked at his situation.He decided to(44)Cadmit his mistake and,rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(诉讼),he would focus his(45)D on saving and rebuilding his original business.He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his(46)A,and that he needed to learn from this(47)B.He dealt with the crisis in a that delighted people,who in turn(48)D respect for him.Old customers poured into his store.He and Gloria(49)Bto changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.
In the business world,it is natural to gain and lose,of Which Peterson's experience is an example.Only those who regard their mistakes as(50)B and learn from them attract endless profits.
31.A.reputation | B.popularity | C.cause | D.foundation |
32.A.assistants | B.customers | C.friends | D.visitors |
33.A.appointed | B.approved | C.approached | D.appreciated |
34.A.buy | B.pay | C.sell | D.check |
35.A determination | B.choice | C.decision | D.judgment |
36.A.as though | B.now that | C.even though | D.in case |
37.A.terrible | B.fair | C.right | D.attractive |
38.A.possibility | B.opportunity | C.event | D.occasion |
39.A.profit | B.appointment | C.reservation | D.purchase |
40.A.difference | B.discovery | C.commitment | D.mistake |
41.A.controversial | B.dying | C.clumsy | D.tiring |
42.A.around | B.in | C.down | D.up |
43.A.original | B.various | C.unique | D.precious |
44.A quietly | B.curiously | C.openly | D.secretly |
45.A.beliefs | B.spirits | C.attempts | D.energies |
46.A.wife | B.producer | C.relative | D.adviser |
47.A.enterprise | B.experience | C.process | D.history |
48.A.won | B.earned | C.achieved | D.showed |
49.A.belonged | B.adapted | C.adopted | D.appealed |
50.A.disasters | B.gifts | C.victories | D.sorrows |
分析 文章介绍Tom Peterson原来生意做的很好,但是因为自己犯了一个错误,导致生意破产,但是他没有消沉,而是努力挽回局面,并适应市场的改变,让原来的生意重新红火起来,我们获得一个道理:吸取一个教训,可以赢得一份礼物.
解答 31-35 ABCAC 36-40 CCBDD 41-45 BAACD 46-50 ABDBB
31:A.考查名词辨析:popularity流行,人气,reputation名声,cause 原因,foundation基础,从with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service.可知汤姆因为售后服务好所以名声很好,选A.
32:B.考查名词辨析.customers顾客,assistants助手,friends朋友,visitors游客,他为回头客很多而骄傲,选B.
33:C.考查动词辨析:appointed 任命,approved同意,approached靠近,appreciated欣赏,5年前,一个竞争对手的公司主人朝汤姆走过来,选C.
34:A.考查动词辨析:sell销售,pay付钱,buy买,check核对,从下文的The price was very attractive.可知这个公司希望汤姆能收购他们,选A.
35:C.考查名词辨析:decision决定,choice选择,determination决定,judgement判断,在做最后的决定前,汤姆问Gloria对这次的收购怎么看.选C.
36:C.考查连词辨析:as though 好像,now that既然,even though即使,in case以防,她告诉他即使数字看起来很好,但是她感觉不对.选C.
37:C.考查形容词辨析:terrible 可怕的,fair公平的,right对的,attractive有吸引力的,她告诉他即使数字看起来很好,但是她感觉不对.选C.
38:B.考查名词辨析:possibility可能,occasion偶然,event事件,opportunity机会,汤姆太自信的,相信这是一次很好的机会,选B.
39:D.考查名词辨析:profit利益,purchase购买,reservation保留,appointment任命,委派,从上文:Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase.可知汤姆进行了收购,选D.
40:D.考查名词辨析:difference不同,discovery发现,commitment奉献,投入,mistake错误,从下文的:He had paid too much for a 46 company.可知他意识到自己犯了一个错误,选D.
41:B.考查形容词辨析:dying快死的,controversial有争议的,clumsy笨拙的,tiring令人疲劳的,从下文的:He tried as hard as he could to make it work out,but he couldn't turn things 47.可知他花了很多钱买的是一个快要破产的公司,选B.
42:A.考查副词辨析:in在…里面,around在…周围,down向下,up向上,他尽了最大努力,但是不能扭转局面,turn around转身,(使)好转,选A.
43:A.考查形容词辨析:original最初的,原始的,various各种各样的,unique独特的,precious珍贵的,从下文he would focus his 50 on saving and rebuilding his original business.可知他要失去一切包括他以前的公司,选A
44:C.考查副词辨析:quietly安静地,loudly大声地,openly公开地,secretly秘密地,他决定公开承认自己的错误,选C.
45:D考查名词辨析:beliefs信念,spirits精神,attempts试图,energies精力,他将经历都用来拯救重建原来的公司,选D.
46:A.考查名词辨析:producer生产商,wife妻子,relative亲戚,adviser顾问,劝告者,从上文的句子:Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase.可知汤姆没有听妻子的话,选A.
47:B.考查名词辨析:experience经验,经历,enterprise 企(事)业单位,事业,计划,事业心,进取心,process过程,history历史,他知道要从这次经历中吸取教训,选B.
48:D考查动词辨析:won赢得,showed展示,achieved获得,earned挣得,他处理危机的方式让人们高兴,反过来,人们对他很尊敬.Show respect for sb.尊敬某人,选D.
49:B.考查动词辨析:belonged属于,adapted适应,adopted采纳,收养,appealed吸引,他和Gloria适应零售业的改变,生意比以前更好,选B.
50:B.考查名词辨析:由全文内容可知,把教训当做礼物才能获得成功.故选B.
点评 这种叙述性人物的完形填空是比较简单的,但由于考查的内容除对文章主旨的理解外还涉及到细节的判断和推理,这正是这类题型的难度所在之处.
I noticed how (44)A her place was and it was obvious she hadn't cleaned it for a while.She insisted she didn't need an(45)B and that someone would be around soon,so I put a bottle of water at her side and(46)D.
On my return,I felt sad that,although we had been neighbors for 18months,apart from a few smiles,we hadn't(47)D.I hadn't even noticed she hadn't been (48)C for weeks due to painful back.
That weekend I met my grandma for her 80th birthday,and I noticed how(49)A her flat seemed in comparison with my (50)B.Then I remembered that my grandma was usually visited by her relatives.(51)C,my neighbor,as far as I knew,had no family regularly (52)A.
When I returned home I went to visit her,but she didn't(53)A my knocks.I walked inside.She was more (54)B now than when she started to see me.She explained she was Ok.Yet,unable to(55)D due to her back,she could not unpack groceries that a delivery boy had left at floor level and her kitchen was filled with(56)B because she was unable to take it out by herself.
(57)B we've become good friends and chat every day.Now,every time I(58)C from putting out her garbage,(59)B her mails or just chatting,I feel a deep sense of(60)D and peace,so I am really content that I can help others.
41.A.identify | B.comfort | C.assure | D.check |
42.A.luckily | B.easily | C.clearly | D.scarcely |
43.A.insisted | B.settled | C.persuaded | D.called |
44.A.dirty | B.comfortable | C.wide | D.tidy |
45.A.operation | B.ambulance | C.encouragement | D.application |
46.A.provided | B.served | C.presented | D.left |
47.A.worked | B.competed | C.quarreled | D.connected |
48.A.away | B.off | C.outside | D.around |
49.A.clean | B.narrow | C.smelly | D.sweet |
50.A.wife's | B.neighbor's | C.relative's | D.daughter's |
51.A.In short | B.As a result | C.On the contrary | D.After all |
52.A.dropping by | B.looking after | C.bringing up | D.sending to |
53.A.answer | B.reply | C.appreciate | D.recognize |
54.A.curious | B.thankful | C.angry | D.impatient |
55.A.sit down | B.put down | C.lie down | D.bend down |
56.A.dust | B.garbage | C.food | D.furniture |
57.A.Suddenly | B.Gradually | C.Temporarily | D.regularly |
58.A.suffer | B.escape | C.return | D.stop |
59.A.collecting | B.reading | C.writing | D.copying |
60.A.determination | B.presentation | C.ambition | D.satisfaction |
Miss West fell ill with flu last year.She (41)Afrom the flu but a month later she (42)Dsuffering headache and poor balance(平衡).Her doctor gave her some medicine,but it didn't (43)Cher condition and ten days later her father took her to the hospital.However,her condition got (44)A:her speech slowed,her eyes couldn't look in one direction and she had (45)Din walking.By the time the test results came out showing great (46)Dto her brain,she had become oblivious(无知觉的),Doctors told her parents it was a rare brain illness and (47)Dthem she could die.
(48)A,her father said his daughter was very strong-willed and that she wouldn't (49)Bher life.For six weeks,he read to his daughter,though there was no (50)Cthat showed she could hear.To the doctors'(51)B,the 27-year-old made a recovery,which is (52)D-it affects just eight in a million people each year,and nobody has recovered. (53)AMiss West improved.Her eyes,which stared in different (54)C,got better.She learned to communicate by (55)Bher finger to say"yes"and putting it down to say"no".Doctors (56)Ait would take her 12weeks to learn to walk again,but Miss West (57)Cit nearly half the time."She was always (58)Band that was what helped her through."said her father.Miss West,who will do the Race for Life in aid of(帮助)Cancer Research on Sunday,(59)B."Walking the three miles will be a big (60)Dand I hope it will encourage others."
41.A.recovered | B.suffered | C.resulted | D.escaped |
42.A.minded | B.avoided | C.remembered | D.started |
43.A.discover | B.bother | C.improve | D.satisfy |
44.A.worse | B.fairer | C.weaker | D.better |
45.A.difference | B.advantage | C.feeling | D.difficulty |
46.A.pressure | B.control | C.attention | D.damage |
47.A.advised | B.persuaded | C.warned | D.promised |
48.A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Lnstead |
49.A.deal with | B.give up | C.look into | D.give in |
50.A.need | B.connnection | C.sign | D.symbol |
51.A.shame | B.surprise | C.expectation | D.sadness |
52.A.frightening | B.unclear | C.familiar | D.uncommon |
53.A.Gradually | B.Regularly | C.Suddenly | D.Directly |
54.A.shapes | B.colors | C.directions | D.sizes |
55.A.moving | B.raising | C.rising | D.changing |
56.A.predicted | B.prepared | C.feared | D.heard |
57.A.supported | B.lost | C.made | D.accepted |
58.A.proud | B.determined | C.careful | D.kind |
59.A.responded | B.added | C.asked | D.requested |
60.A.loss | B.magic | C.debate | D.achievement |