题目内容
8.Joy in the JourneyIf you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.For often,achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older boys stopped by to(41)C."What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors."We plan to dig a hole all the way through the(42)B!"One of the brothers volunteered(43)C
The older boys began to (44)A,telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was(45)C.After a long silence,one of the(46)D picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and many other kinds of insects.He (47)B the lid and showed the wonderful(48)A to the scoffing(嘲笑的)visitors.Then he said quietly and(49)B,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look at what we have found(50)B the way!"
Their goal was far too ambitious,but it did cause them to dig.And that is (51)A a goal is for-to cause us to move in the(52)B we have chosen,in other words,to keep us (53)C!But not every goal will be fully (54)D.Not every job will end(55)D.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every dream will be(56)B.But when you fall (57)A of your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,but look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things(58)C my life because I tried to do something!"It is in the digging (59)D life is lived.And I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly(60)A.
41.A.rest | B.work | C.watch | D.laugh |
42.A.house | B.earth | C.wall | D.road |
43.A.calmly | B.patiently | C.excitedly | D.impatiently |
44.A.laugh | B.think | C.stare | D.smile |
45.A.important | B.difficult | C.impossible | D.interesting |
46.A.passers-by | B.watchers | C.visitors | D.diggers |
47.A.pulled | B.removed | C.broke | D.pushed |
48.A.contents | B.scenes | C.pictures | D.jars |
49.A.properly | B.confidently | C.carefully | D.happily |
50.A.in | B.along | C.to | D.out |
51.A.what | B.how | C.where | D.which |
52.A.way | B.direction | C.life | D.sight |
53.A.thinking | B.moving | C.digging | D.living |
54.A.made | B.prepared | C.kicked | D.achieved |
55.A.hopelessly | B.pleasantly | C.surprisingly | D.successfully |
56.A.come true | B.realized | C.made | D.treasured |
57.A.short | B.lost | C.out | D.behind |
58.A.breaking into | B.turning to | C.coming into | D.holding to |
59.A.when | B.where | C.which | D.that |
60.A.matters | B.happens | C.appears | D.exists. |
分析 本文告诉我们要享受成功过程中的快乐,要享受奋斗的过程,人生重要的也许不是最后的结果,而是在奋斗的过程中,我们遇见的人或事.
解答 41-45 CBCAC 46-50 DBABB 51-55 ABCDD 56-60 BACDA
41.C 考查动词的词义.句意为:两个兄弟决定在他们的屋后挖一个很深的坑,正当他们工作的时候,一对年龄稍大的兄弟在旁边停了下来去注视他们两个,你们正在干什么呢,一个来访者问.rest vt 使休息,使轻松;workvt工作;watch vt观察,注视;laugh vt笑,嘲笑.来访者还不知道他们干什么,所以此处嘲笑是不恰当的,故答案应为C.
42.B 考查名词的词义.句意为:我们正计划挖一个深坑,直到穿过地球.house n房子;earth n地球;wall n墙;road n路,第四个空的后面指出了这里是要挖穿地球,故答案应为B.
43.C 考查形容词的词义.句意为:当年长的兄弟问他们正在干什么的时候,他们兄弟中的一个很兴奋的回答,他们要挖穿地球.calmly adj 平静地,镇静地;patientlyadj有耐心地;excitedly adj兴奋地;impatientlyadj 不耐烦地.此处应表示兄弟两个对做这件事很兴奋.故答案应为C.
44.A 考查动词的意思.句意为:那对年长的兄弟开始去嘲笑,告诉年轻的兄弟,挖穿地球是不可能的.laugh vi嘲笑,讥笑;think vt认为,考虑;stare vi盯着;smile vi笑,微笑.这里是在讥讽这对兄弟,所以应为嘲笑,故答案应为A.
45.C 考查形容词的含义.句意为:那对年长的兄弟告诉他们挖穿地球是不可能的.important adj 重要的;difficult adj困难的;impossibleadj 不可能的;interesting adj有趣的.故答案应为C.
46.D 考查名词的词义.句意为:在沉寂了一会儿之后,挖洞兄弟中的一个捡起了一个里面挤满了蜘蛛,蠕虫,以及各种各样昆虫的罐子.paaser-by n 经过者,路过者;watchersn观察者,注视者;visitors n拜访者,参观者;diggersn挖掘者.故答案应为D.
47.B 考查动词的意思.句意为:他捡起罐子,把盖子移开.movevt移动,感动; remove vt移开,移走;breakvt打破,打断;push vt推,推进.这里意为打开坛子,所以应为B.
48.A 考查名词的意思.他打开罐子,显示出了里面奇妙的东西.contentn 内容,所、包含的东西;scene n 幕,一幕;picture n画,图画; jar n坛子,罐子.这里是指罐子里的东西.所以应为A.
49.B 考查副词的词义.句意为:他静静地自信地说,尽管我们挖不穿地球---.properly adj 合适地,适当地;confidentlyadv自信地,有信心地;carefully adv小心地,仔细地;happily adv 愉快地,幸福地.故答案应为B.
50.B 考查介词的词义.句意为:尽管我们挖不穿地球,看一下我们沿路发现的东西吧.in prep在---里面;along prep沿着,顺着;to prep表趋向,相对于;out prep在---外面.along the way 沿路的意思.故答案应为B.
51.A 考查连词的用法.句意为:他们的目标也许太大了,但是这促使他们挖了起来,那就是那们目标所追求的东西.此处为表语从句,且表语从句中for缺少宾语,引导表从且在从句中做宾语故答案应为A.
52.B 考查名词词义.句意为:那就是我们的目标,致使我们朝着我们选择的方向前进.way n方法,路;directionn方向,指导;life n生活,生存;sight n视力,风景.朝着我们选择的方向前进.故答案应为B.
53.C 考查动词词义.句意为:换句话说,是让我们一直挖下去.thingkingvt 思考,考虑;moving vt动,移动;diggingvt挖,掘;living vt生活,居住.他们选择的方向就是一直挖下去,故答案应为C.
54)D 考查动词的词义.句意为:但是不是每一个目标都能实现.madevt制造,使得; prepare vt 准备;kickedvt踢;achieved vt实现,完成,achieveone's goal 实现目标的意思,故答案应为D.
55.D 考查副词的意思.不是每一份工作都以成功而告终.hopelesslyadv 无望地,绝望地;pleasantly adv 高兴地,愉悦地;surprising adv令人吃惊地;successfullyadv成功地;故答案应为D.
56.B 考查动词的意思.不是每一个希望都能到达,不是每一份爱都能持续,不是每一个梦想都能实现.come true 实现;realize 意识到,实现;make 制造,使得;treasure 珍藏,珍爱.cometrue 也可作实现讲,但是不及物,没有被动语态,故应为B.
57.A 考查形容词的意思.句意为:但是当你不足以到达你的目标时,你会说,那就看一下我在路上看到的东西吧.shortof 不足,短缺; lost of丢失,失去; out of在-外面;behind 在---后面.故答案应为A.
58.C考查动词短语的意思.句意为:因为我在努力的尝试一些事情,看一下闯入我生活的美好的东西吧.breakinginto 破门而入;turning to转向;cominginto进入; holding to 举办,支持.故答案应为C,
59.D 考查形容词的含义.句意为:正是在挖掘的过程中,生活才有生命的气息.强调句型:It is+被强调部分+that+被强调部分+that+剩余部分.故答案应为D.
60.A 考查动词的意思.句意为:旅途中的乐趣才是重要的.本题目中也是强调句型,强调了句子的主语.matter vi 重要,要紧;happenvi 发生;appear vi出现; existvi存在,生存.故答案应为A.
点评 做完形填空首先要通读全文,了解大意,一篇完形填空的文章会有许多空格,所以,必须先通读一遍,才能大概了解文章内容,千万不要看一句,做一句.其次要逐句分析,前后一致,选择答案时,要考虑整个句子的内容,包括搭配、时态、语法等.这篇完型要多注意:填空时多联系上下文,注意固定搭配,答案全部填完后,再通读一遍文章,检查是否通顺流畅了,用词得当,意思正确.
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As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm,her friends thought she was joking.But to their horror,they saw the (47)Cand rushed to help.
Having lost almost half the blood,Bethany's (48)D was a miracle(奇迹),according to doctors.But she wanted to do (49)Bjust survive.
"It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,"she recalled(回想) later."I wonder whether I would actually be (50)Dto do it or not.But (51)CI left hospital,I had decided that I was going to surf."
With the support of her family,Bethany (52)B to get back on her board only one month after the attack.Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(划水)through and into waves.
When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii,Bethany was (53)Ain dangerous waves that broke her surfboard.As a result,she gave away her remaining boards and quit(退出).She tried using an artificial(人造的) arm,but it turned out to be (54)B while surfing.
After (55)Din Thailand in the 2004earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything,Bethany (56)Aher decision to give up the sport she loved and (57)Cto try professional surfing again.Less than a year after the accident,she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii.And all her struggles and efforts (58)A when she won in a world championship years later.
She also received several (59)B,including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006.Her (60)C,true story gained wider attention with the release(发行) of the film"Soul Surfer"
41.A.swimming | B.surfing | C.sailing | D.boating |
42.A.professional | B.free | C.dream | D.special |
43.A.touched | B.struck | C.bit | D.took |
44.A.hand | B.surfboard | C.friend | D.arm |
45.A.Strangely | B.Especially | C.Surprisingly | D.Fortunately |
46.A.scream | B.think | C.fight | D.escape |
47.A.shark | B.attack | C.blood | D.scene |
48.A.injury | B.courage | C.accident | D.survival |
49.A.rather than | B.more than | C.better than | D.other than |
50.A.suitable | B.lucky | C.strong | D.able |
51.A.while | B.after | C.before | D.until |
52.A.hoped | B.managed | C.agreed | D.offered |
53.A.caught | B.noticed | C.lost | D.driven |
54.A.helpful | B.useless | C.wonderful | D.meaningless |
55.A.training | B.settling | C.traveling | D.volunteering |
56.A.reconsidered | B.remembered | C.recognized | D.recalled |
57.A.refused | B.started | C.decided | D.continued |
58.A.paid off | B.paid for | C.paid in | D.paid out |
59.A.gifts | B.honors | C.money | D.praises |
60.A.exciting | B.dangerous | C.inspiring | D.adventurous |
But the doctor's soft words dropped like (42)B."I don't think she's going to make it"he said."There's only a 10-percent(43)A she will pull through the night,and even then,if by some chance she does make it,her future could be a very(44)C one."
David and Diana listened as the doctor (45)D the serious problems the newly-born baby,Anna,would (46)B face if she survived.She would never walk;she would never(47)A;she would probably be blind;and so on.
"No!No!"was all Diana could (48)C.She and David,with their 5-year-old son Dusfin,had long(49)Dthe day they would have a daughter to become a (50)A of four.Now,within a matter of hours,that dream was slipping away.But Diana insisted,"I don't care what the doctors say!One day she will be coining home with us!"
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41.A.showing | B.counting | C.measuring | D.weighing |
42.A.gifts | B.bombs | C.orders | D.comforts |
43.A.chance | B.right | C.time | D.result |
44.A.easy | B.common | C.cruel | D.peaceful |
45.A.solved | B.tollected | C.created | D.described |
46.A.bravely | B.1ikely | C.completely | D.firmly |
47.A.talk | B.taste | C.breathe | D.see |
48.A.act | B.consider | C.say | D.refuse |
49.A.gone through | B.given up | C.relied on | D.dreamed of |
50.A.family | B.group | C.team | D.unit |
51.A.ever | B.even | C.never | D.still |
52.A.happier | B.stronger | C.quieter | D.calmer |
53.A.strangely | B.sharply | C.particularly | D.slowly |
54.A.strength | B.progress | C.skill | D.wisdom |
55.A.hold | B.grasp | C.touch | D.defend |
56.A.nurses | B.parents | C.relatives | D.doctors |
57.A.notice | B.warn | C.judge | D.urge |
58.A.doubted | B.feared | C.hoped | D.accused |
59.A.but | B.and | C.so | D.or |
60.A.effects | B.marks | C.signs | D.evidences. |