Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（l个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Nothing in this world can be achieved without effort. Mozart wasn't born 【1】 composer. He practiced the piano from the age of three and began composing at the age of five. Jim i Hendrix 【2】（use）to walk around his house with a guitar and play 【3】 to eight hours a day. As a child, Jimi used to listen to his father's blues records alone with a broom, 【4】（pretend） to play it like a guitar. 【5】 of them had their gift just given to them at birth. They had to work 【6】（true）hard and discover that they had a gift.

Another example is Albert Einstein, the father of modern physics. He 【7】（tell）that he would never be a 【8】（succeed）at anything. But he believed in himself, and he persevered with his studies 【9】 his own.

I'm not trying to say that everyone can be Mozart or Einstein if they just spend a lot of time doing something. But, with effort and passion, one can achieve a great deal. Without those things, you're not going to achieve much. Luck comes to those 【10】 prepare for it. If you do something you love, don't let little bumps along the road stop you.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】used

【3】up

【4】pretending

【5】Neither

【6】truly

【7】was told/had been told

【8】success

【9】on

【10】who

【解析】

文章主要讲述了Jimi Hendrix和Albert Einstein通过自身努力取得成功的故事。告诉我们只要努力和热情，一个人可以取得很大的成就。幸运降临在那些有准备的人身上。

【1】考查冠词。句中名词 composer 为可数名词，且首字母发音为辅音，所以名词前应使用不定冠词 a 修饰。故填 a。

【2】考查固定搭配。used to do sth. 表示“过去常常做某事”。故填 used。

【3】考查固定搭配。up to 为固定搭配，此处意为“多达”。故填 up。

【4】考查非谓语动词。结合句意，Jimi 过去经常拿着扫帚听父亲的蓝调唱片，假装着像在弹吉他一样。句中主语 Jimi 与 pretend 之间为主动关系，此处应使用现在分词 pretending，作状语表示一种状态和方式。故填 pretending。

【5】考查代词。结合文意，他们的天赋都不是在刚出生就有的。本句表示否定含义，且在两者之间否定，所以此处应使用 neither，表示“两者都不……”。故填 Neither。

【6】考查副词。此空修饰副词 hard，应使用 true 的副词形式 truly。故填 truly。

【7】考查时态和语态。结合句意可知，Albert Einstein 被告知他永远都不会是一个成功者。主语与动词 tell 之间为被动关系，所以应使用被动语态。结合句中 would 可知这件事情发生在过去，所以应用一般过去时被动语态，主语为he，故填was told；同时，此处是讲述过去的事情，也可能发生在过去的过去，所以也可以使用过去完成时被动语态，故填has been told。故填 was told/had been told。

【8】考查名词。句中此处前有不定冠词 a 修饰，结合句意可知，此处应填 succeed 的名词 success，意为“成功的人”。故填 success。

【9】考查介词。on one's own 为固定短语，意为“靠自己的力量；独立”。故填on。

【10】考查定语从句。句中定语从句修饰先行词 these，结合文意可知，此处指代人。且引导词在从句中作主语。所以应使用 who 来引导定语从句。故填 who。