题目内容
15.Sometimes the targets we set(61)ourselves (us) are just too high.We think that we will be better people in the future.Just as we are (62)easily (easy) taken over by the planning fallacy(谬见),believing that we can complete a large project for work in an afternoon,we think in the future we will be better-organised and more self-disciplined.One of the most (63)famous (fame) examples of the planning fallacy is(64)thatof the Oxford English Dictionary.In 1860plans were in place to complete it within three years.In 1879there was a new deal to publish in within a decade,but after five years they had only got so far(65)asthe word"ant".It Was finally completed in 1928.by(66)whichtime it was considered out of date and revisions began at once.
The same thing happens when it comes to (67)trying ( try) to change our lifestyles.We read about a new idea and that optimism fires up all over again.At the University of Toronto Janet Polivy has been studying what she calls."false hope syndrome".
She found that People set themselves unrealistic targets which they undoubtedly failed to reach,leaving them feeling even (68)worse (bad) about themselves.Some of the students she studied had tried and failed for 10years to make the same (69)changes(change) in their lives,but each year they (70)were convinced (convince) that this time it would work.
分析 本文属于人生百味类短语阅读,文章陈述了一种社会现象,有些人一直给自己设置了太高的人生目标,总希望自己在未来能够变成更优秀的人,而结果是年年失望年年望,并以牛津英语字典的编撰为例来说明这一现象,并且有关科研人员对此进行了深入了研究,指出这些人仍然没能摆脱这种怪圈,在欺骗着自己.
解答 61.ourselves. 考查代词的用法.本句中表示我们为自己设定的目标过高,用反身代词表示我们自己,作动词set的宾语;根据最后一段中的set themselves unrealistic targets提示也可得出答案;故答案为ourselves.
62.easily. 考查副词修饰动词的用法.本句需要一个副词来修饰短语be taken over,所以用easily来修饰;故答案为easily.
63.famous. 考查形容词的用法.the most多用来修饰多音节的形容词,后面又有一个名词example,所以用形容词famous作定语来修饰example;故答案为famous.
64.that. 考查指示代词的指代用法.此处为代词的指代问题,指的是一个著名的例子就是牛津英语字典的例子;用that来指代前面的example;故答案为that.
65.as.考查连词as在句中的用法. 本句中考查so far as…表示"到…为止",意思是说到五年后他们字典的编撰工作只进行到了单词ant部分;故答案为as.
66.which. 考查定语从句的连接词的用法.此处为定语从句连接词的考查.先行词为1928,by which time指截止到1928,which指代1928; 故答案为which.
67.trying. 考查非谓语动词的用法.固定句型when it comes to doing sth,当谈到做某事的时候,其中的to为介词,所以后面用动词的ing形式即doing;故答案为trying.
68.worse. 考查形容词的比较级的用法.根据前面句子的意思"设置根本实现不了的不切实际的目标会使他们自我感觉更差",后面的even多修饰比较级;故答案为worse.
69.changes. 考查名词的单复数.根据前面的内容had tried and failed for 10years可知这些研究对象10年来在他们的人生中一直在做着同样的改变,改变肯定不止一个,由此可知,用change的复数形式,故答案为changes.
70.were convinced. 考查被动语态.sb be convinced that某人相信某个事实;故答案为were convinced.
点评 对于语法填空的题目要结合文章所描述的核心话题,认真研究不同空所考查的内容,利用所学的相关语法知识,合理运用相关内容并填入文中再反复检查,通读全文看是否通顺,尤其是要注意非谓语动词的考查,要熟练掌握相关用法.
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