题目内容
18.Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times.I could not find (41)A work although I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree.To my(42)D,I had to drive a school bus to (43)B my family.At the same time,I had some (44)C with different companies but they all(45)D to say I did not get the job.I went to the bus barn(车库),feeling (46)B.
Later that afternoon,(47)A doing my rounds through the town I had an inner wave rise from deep (48)B me and I thought"Why has my (49)C become so hard?"…
Immediately after this internal(内心的) scream,I (50)B the bus over to drop off a little girl.As she (51)D she handed me an earring saying I should keep it (52)D somebody looked for it.The(53)A was stamped with words"BE HAPPY"Then it struck me.I had been putting all of my(54)D into what was wrong with my life rather than what was (55)B!
One night there was a phone call for me from the(56)D at a large hospital.She asked me whether I(57)B do a one-day training for 200hospital workers.I said (58)C and got the job.
My day with the hospital workers (59)A very well.I got a great (60)C and many more days of work.To this day I know that it was because I changed my attitude to life.
41.A.satisfying | B.probable | C.particular | D.considerate |
42.A.joy | B.luck | C.surprise | D.shame |
43.A.meet | B.support | C.supply | D.provide |
44.A.meetings | B.conferences | C.interviews | D.reports |
45.A.came | B.expected | C.hoped | D.called |
46.A.excited | B.disappointed | C.worried | D.frightened |
47.A.while | B.though | C.unless | D.until |
48.A.beyond | B.inside | C.upon | D.beside |
49.A.study | B.bus | C.life | D.position |
50.A.carried | B.pulled | C.brought | D.held |
51.A.took off | B.put off | C.gave off | D.got off |
52.A.as long as | B.now that | C.as soon as | D.in case |
53.A.earring | B.watch | C.necklace | D.bag |
54.A.money | B.ideas | C.strength | D.energies |
55.A.real | B.right | C.happy | D.sad |
56.A.nurse | B.worker | C.patient | D.manager |
57.A.should | B.could | C.must | D.ought |
58.A.no | B.hello | C.yes | D.nothing |
59.A.went | B.looked | C.fit | D.appeared |
60.A.comfort | B.shock | C.welcome | D.excuse. |
分析 本文主要讲述了作者在20年前生活很艰难,后来他改变了自己的心态,生活就越变越好了.
解答 答案:41-45 ADBCD 46-50 BABCB 51-55 DDADB 56-60 DBCAC
41:A.考查动词词义辨析.由后面提到尽管作者有很多经验和学位,表示转折,所以前面是不能找到一份满意的工作,故选A.
42:D.考查名词词义辨析.joy快乐;shame羞愧.作者说只能开校车来维持生计,感到很惭愧.to my shame让我惭愧的…故选D.
43:B.考查动词词义辨析.support my family:维持家庭生计,故选B.
44:C.考查名词词义辨析.conference会议;interview面试;report报道,结合文章可知,作者也去了不同公司面试,故选C.
45:D.考查动词词义辨析.结合这里的但他们都告诉我没有得到这份工作,所以是called to say打电话通知我,故选D.
46:B.考查形容词词义辨析.作者没有得到工作,应该是很失落的,disappointed失望的,故选B.
47:A.考查介词词义辨析.while doing…当我正在…的时候,故选A.
48:B.考查介词词义辨析.beyond超过;inside在里面;upon在…之上;beside在旁边,这里说到作者的内心深处激起了波浪,所以是inside,故选B.
49:C.考查名词词义辨析.结合上下文,这里是我的生活为什么会变得如此艰难?life:生活,故选C.
50:B.考查动词词义辨析.carried被运的;pulled牵引;pull over 把车开到…故选B.
51:D.考查固定短语搭配.took off 起飞;put off 推迟;gave off 发出;got off 脱掉,结合上下文可知,那个女孩取下耳环,故选D.
52:D.考查介词短语搭配.as long as 只要;now that 既然;in case 万一;如果,这里是让作者保管它,万一有人在寻找它,故选D.
53:A.考查名词词义辨析.由前文可知这个东西是耳环earring,故选A.
54:D.考查名词词义辨析.strength 力气,energy精力,活力,这里是指作者的全部精力energies,而不是strength力气,故选D.
55:B.考查形容词词义辨析.作者说他应该把全部精力放在什么事是错的而不是什么是对的,故选B.
56:D.考查名词词义辨析.nurse护士;worker工作者;patient病人;manager管理者,结合文意,应该是医院的管理者给他打电话,故选D.
57:B.考查动词词义辨析.这里考查情态动词,asked me whether I could问我能不能…故选B.
58:C.考查副词词义辨析.由后面知道作者获得了这份工作,所以他答应了,故选C.
59:A.考查动词词义辨析.go well 进展顺利,故选A.
60:C.考查形容词词义辨析.结合上下文可知,作者这份工作做得很好,应该是变得很受欢迎,welcome受欢迎的..故选C.
点评 解答此类题目,首先需要通读全文,掌握文章大意;其次分析每一个空格前后的语意和语境,进而根据相关语法选择正确的答案.还需要注意意思相近的单词之间的区别.
A. | helping | B. | to help | C. | with help | D. | having helped |
One day my father came home from work and asked me if I would(44)C my new coat and hat.Upstairs I rushed two steps at a time,(45)D to put on a fashion show.I pulled on the coat but I couldn't find the hat.I(46)Clooked under my bed and in the closet,but it was(47)B.Maybe he wouldn't (48)Athat I wasn't wearing it.
I flew(49)D and spun around(50)Bon a stage,posing,smiling and modeling my new coat."How pretty!More pretty with the matching hat!"he said."I just want to show you the coat."I said,still dancing around the hallway and trying to avoid the subject of the hat.I knew the hat was(51)C.
(52)A,my father seemed to have forgotten it,laughing and playing with me.(53)B,in the middle of his laughing,he slapped me hard on the face.His (54)Dstung me deeply.I stood there,holding my hand to my burning cheek and(55)B.Then he took my new hat(56)Chis pocket.He had found it lying on the street,and as he looked at me over the top of glasses,he said,"Maybe now you'll learn not to be(57)A."
I'm a grown woman now,but I(58)Close things.What my father taught me that day was not a lesson of(59)D.I learned not to (60)Ahis laughter any longer,because even his laughter hurt.
41.A.spring | B.summer | C.autumn | D.winter |
42.A.hat | B.pocket | C.scarf | D.hood |
43.A.pretended | B.intended | C.designed | D.convinced |
44.A.put away | B.show off | C.try on | D.look for |
45.A.interested | B.astonished | C.content | D.excited |
46.A.cautiously | B.naturally | C.nervously | D.eagerly |
47.A.anywhere | B.nowhere | C.somewhere | D.everywhere |
48.A.notice | B.realize | C.remember | D.forgive |
49.A.inside | B.outside | C.upstairs | D.downstairs |
50.A.even if | B.as if | C.only if | D.if only |
51.A.hidden | B.thrown | C.lost | D.dropped |
52.A.Fortunately | B.Eventually | C.Obviously | D.Unexpectedly |
53.A.Therefore | B.However | C.Otherwise | D.Besides |
54.A.suspicion | B.happiness | C.seriousness | D.anger |
55.A.listening | B.crying | C.thinking | D.laughing |
56.A.down into | B.away from | C.out of | D.up to |
57.A.careless | B.confident | C.careful | D.clever |
58.A.never | B.simply | C.still | D.even |
59.A.flexibility | B.humor | C.honesty | D.responsibility |
60.A.trust | B.ruin | C.share | D.cause |