Question

  Two of the hardest things to accom?plish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and,having gained it,to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather wellknown golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a halfdozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking. These same men can be found there day after day,and,strangely enough,each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth,success?ful in business and respected in the community. If material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness,then each one should have been happy. Yet,it seemed to me,something very important was missing,else there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through scotch and soda. They knew,each one of them,that their productivity had ceased (停止) .When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit* it is dying. And it is even so with man.

  What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from The Book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible* The words were few,but they became memorably impressed on my mind: "In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread."

  To me,that has been a challenge from my earliest re?collections (memories) . In fact,the battle of life,of ex?istence,is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul,too,have been and always will be a great in?spiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight,I have finished the course,and I have kept the faith.

19. Which of the following is indicated in the first para?graph?

   A. Wealth results from honest effort.

   B. The men seated at tables in the locker room are lost in the significance of life.

   C. For some people,no way can be found to escape the realities of life other than scotch and soda.

   D. The men acquire wealth by planting fruit trees.

20. The underlined sentence "In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread."means "      .”

   A. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face

   B. No pains,no gains

   C. Failure is the mother of success

   D. Bread comes from the sweat on your face

21. We learn from the passage that the author       .

   A. was a wealthy person in the community

   B. held a positive attitude towards an active life

   C. was fond of associating with celebrities (名人)

   D. kept a secret of the reason why he was so im?pressed 

22. What is implied in the passage by the writer?

   A. To use wealth properly,eat,drink and be merry.

   B. Where there is a will,there is a way.

   C. As life is but like a dream,a man is like a fruit tree.

   D. If you cease to struggle,you cease to live.

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己在一个髙尔夫俱乐部更衣室的所见所闻，感悟到了人生的价值不仅在于追求财富，更在于通过奋斗来实现自己的人生价值。

19. B段落大意题。通过文章第一段可知，那些在更衣室闲谈喝酒的人已经找不到他们人生的意义。故选 B.

20. B语意猜测题。根据下一段的"In fact,the battle of life,of existence,is a challenge to everyone."可知，要生存就要奋斗。故选 B.

21. B推理判断题。通读全文，并根据文章的最后一句话"At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight,I have finished the course,and I have kept the faith."可知，对待人生要有一种积极进取的心态。故选 B.

22. D细节理解题。通读全文可知，作者觉得人生需要不停地奋斗。如果你停止了奋斗，你的人生也就结束了。故选 D.