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【题目】If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.For often,achieving what you __ _ to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a ____ hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older boys stopped by to ____.
“What are you doing?”asked one of the visitors.
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!”One of the brothers ____ excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,____ the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was ____.After a long ____,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a wide variety of insects.He ____ the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑) ____.
Then he said quietly and ____,“Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth,look what we have found along the way!”
Their ____ was far too ambitious,but it did ____ them to dig.And that is what a goal is for-to cause us to move in the ____ we have chosen;____ to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully ____.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.Not every dream will be ____.
But when you ____ your aim,perhaps you can say,“Yes,____ look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”
It is in the ____ that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly ____.
【1】A.look forward B.set out C.set about D.give in
【2】A.wide B.deep C.large D.shallow
【3】A.watch B.discuss C.introduce D.instruct
【4】A.whispered B.commented C.lectured D.volunteered
【5】A.expressing B.explaining C.telling D.arguing
【6】A.unnecessary B.impossible C.unbelievable D.incorrect
【7】A.silence B.intention C.recreation D.imagination
【8】A.folded B.covered C.removed D.deleted
【9】A.volunteers B.hunters C.contributors D.visitors
【10】A.confidently B.curiously C.immediately D.strictly
【11】A.idea B.thought C.goal D.belief
【12】A.make B.expect C.cause D.force
【13】A.decision B.feeling C.chance D.direction
【14】A.as a result B.in other words C.now and then D.all the way
【15】A.achieved B.absorbed C.controlled D.decided
【16】A.predicted B.grasped C.realized D.depended
【17】A.correspond to B.head for C.live up to D.fall short of
【18】A.but B.so C.and D.or
【19】A.searching B.digging C.arranging D.discovering
【20】A.regards B.proves C.occurs D.matters
【答案】【1】 B
【2】 B
【3】 A
【4】 D
【5】 C
【6】 B
【7】 A
【8】 C
【9】 D
【10】 C
【11】 C
【12】 C
【13】 D
【14】 B
【15】 A
【16】 C
【17】 D
【18】 A
【19】 B
【20】 D
【解析】【1】此处set out to do sth.是固定词组,表示“打算去做某事”,从语境知,作者认为“实现你原本计划要做的事情并不是那么重要”。set about doing sth.“动手做某事”。
【2】从下文through the earth可知,两兄弟要挖一个很深的洞,所以用a deep hole,选B项。
【3】从下文可知,当这对兄弟正在工作时,两个年长的男孩路过此地并停下来观看。watch“观看,观察”,符合语境。
【4】问他们在干什么,兄弟俩其中一个非常兴奋,主动地说他们要挖一个贯穿地球的深洞。volunteer“主动告诉”,符合语境。whisper“轻轻说”;comment“评论”;lecture“发表演说”,都与语境不符。
【5】从上下文可知,那两个年长的男孩大笑起来,告诉(tell)他们要挖一个贯穿地球的洞是不可能的(impossible)。express“表达”;explain“解释”;argue“争辩”,都与语境不符。
【6】参见上题解析。unnecessary“没必要的”;unbelievable“难以置信的”;incorrect“不正确的”,都与语境不符。
【7】尽管遭到嘲笑,但那对年轻的兄弟并没有理会,继续挖他们的洞,最后挖到了一罐虫子。after a long silence表示“经过很长时间的沉默”,符合语境。
【8】从下文可知,他把盖子拿开(remove),显示给那两个嘲笑他们的旁观者(visitors)看。fold“折叠”;cover“覆盖”;delete“删除”,据此选C项。
【9】参见上题解析。第三段也有答案提示。
【10】他平静但很自信地(confidently)说“即使我们没有挖通地球,但我们还是有所收获的”,curiously“好奇地”;immediately“立刻,马上”;strictly“严格的”,都不符合语境,所以选A项。
【11】从下一句可知,此处表示他们的目标(goal)虽然过高,但还是促使(cause)他们去付诸实践,去挖地洞。
【12】参见上题解析。下文cause us to move也是答案提示。
【13】解析:选D。从上下文可知,目标可以让我们朝我们选定的方向(direction)前行。decision“决定”;feeling“感觉”;chance“机会”,都不符合语境。
【14】这里是对前一句的进一步解释,故用in other words“换句话说”。as a result“结果”;now and then“不时地”;all the way“一直,一路上”,都不符合语境。
【15】第一段中有“achieving what you...”提示,此处语意为“并不是所有的目标都能完全实现(achieve)”。
【16】根据语境此处表示“实现梦想”,用固定词组realize the dream,所以选C项。
【17】但是当你的目标达不到(fall short of)时,你可以说“是的,虽然没有达到目标,但(but)看看我在此过程中找到的东西吧!”这里的fall short of是固定词组,表示“缺乏,达不到”。correspond to“回应”,head for“朝……方向去”,live up to“达到,符合”,都不符合语境。
【18】参见上题解析。
【19】此处是引申义,表示“生命在不停的探索之中才有生存的意义”,用dig来表示“人生的探索”,据此选B项。
【20】文章最后点出主题:人生旅途中的快乐才是重要的。matter在此处作动词,表示“要紧,有重大影响”。
【题目】选词填空
speed up,drip with,be rooted in,in spite of,transform...into...,live out,rise up, stand up for |
【1】The patient _________ another year.
【2】_________________ the difficulties,we should still go on working.
【3】The town has been ________________ a beautiful garden city after ten years’ development.
【4】You must ___________________ your rights.
【5】The people in the whole country __________ in arms and defeated the enemy at last.
【6】The trees were ________________ fruit.
【7】The peace must ________________________ the lives of nations.
【8】We are ________________ the development of our country.