Question

 I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother 1        from a stroke (中风) and had had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no 2        what I could do to help her to relieve her 3       . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

  Last month I 4       a precious watch,which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 5        about the loss.

  There have been many 6        like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things 7      I read If You Have a Lemon,Make Lemon?ade by American writer Dale Carnegie.

"When the wise man is handed a lemon,he says,What 8        can I get from this? How can I 9        my situation? How can I turn this lemon into lemonade?'" he wrote.

  I suddenly 10        that life is full of ups and downs,so I need to stay 11        all the time. Now when I think of my past,I wish I could have handled things 12       . When my mother was fighting for 13       ,I should have held her hands in mine,telling her things would get better instead of 14 and crying.

Several weeks ago,I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15       a prize. If I had not 16        this article,I would definitely have felt 17        again. But instead,I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage 18       .

  Life is not a bed of roses. There are throns (刺) as well,but these thorns help us become 19        and strong. When life 20        us a lemon,let's try to make lem?onade.

1. A. resulted   B. suffered   C. survived   D. escaped. .

2. A. hope   B. wonder   C. idea   D. doubt

3. A. pain   B. anxiety   C. fear   D. pressure

4. A. received   B. sold   C. fixed   D. lost

5. A. unbelievable   B. shameful   C. angry   D. terrible

6. A. diseases   B. memories   C. incidents   D. difficulties

7. A. when   B. until   C. though   D. since

8. A. lesson   B. lemonade   C. decision   D. challenge

9. A. control   B. accept   C. improve   D. avoid

10. A. realized   B. thought   C. discovered   D. predicted

11. A. healthy   B. independent   C. serious   D. positive

12. A. exactly   B. differently   C. easily   D. practically

13. A. recovery   B. life   C. freedom   D. happiness

14. A. shouting   B. hiding   C. quarrelling   D. regretting

15. A. expect   B. miss   C. win   D. refuse

16. A. figured out   B. written down   C. found out   D. come out

17. A. embarrassed   B. discouraged   C. excited   D. concerned

18. A. performance   B. experience   C. progress   D. effect

19. A. brave   B. calm   C. great   D. clever

20. A. shows   B. makes   C. gives   D. sends

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是篇夹叙夹议文。作者对生活充满了绝望和抱怨，但看到戴尔，卡耐基的"给你一个酸柠檬，你得把它变成甜柠檬汁"这句名言之后，作者便开始用积极的心态来面对生活。

1. B根据下文可知母亲得的是脑中风，应是suffer from,

2. C   "have no idea十从句"表示"不知道. "。

3. A根据前文可知，母亲生病了，所以这里是"减轻痛苦"的盲、思、。

4. D与下文的loss对应，所以此处应是"丢掉"。

5. D丢了宝贵的东西后心情应该是很糟糕的。

6. C句意："我"的生活中有许多这样的事情。

7. B此处表示"直到读了'如果你有柠檬，就要制成柠檬汁'这句名言后'我'才知道如何面对这些棘手的事情"。

8. A get a lesson from从.... 中得到启示。

9. C语境："我"如何才能改善"我"的处境呢？

10. A此处指作者突然意识到了……。realize实现，意识; think认为;discover发现;predict预计。

11. D healthy健康的;independent独立的;serious严肃的，认真的；positive积极的。从前文可知，生活充满坎坷，所以应始终保持积极的心态。

12. B exactly准确地;differently不同地;easily容易地;practi?cally实际上。这里是虚拟语气，作者希望用一种不同的方式来处理以前的事情。

13. A recovery恢复;life生活;freedom自由;happiness幸福。此处是说母亲在为健康而抗争。

14. B shout叫喊;hide躲避;quarrel争吵;regret遗憾。此处是说"我"不应该躲避和哭泣。

15. C expect期望;miss错过;win赢得;refuse拒绝。从后句意思可知，这里是说"我"没有获奖。

16. C figure out估算;write down写下;find out发现，查明; come out出来。此处意思是：如果"我"没看到这篇文章， "我"肯定会再次遭受打击。故选 C.

17. B embarrassed感到尴尬的;discouraged感到泄气的;excit?ed感到兴奋的;concerned担心的。此处是与过去事实相反的假设，如果没有读到这篇文章的话，"我"必定会再次遭受打击。

18. B此处意思是：虽然"我"没能在歌唱比赛中获奖，但至少

"我"获得了一些参赛经验。

19. A此处意思是"生活中的荆棘能让我们变得更勇敢和坚强"。

20. C此处是说"当生活给我们一个酸柠檬，我们就应该把它做成甜柠檬汁"。