History abounds(有许多) with tales of specialists who thought that the ideas,plans,and projects of others could never be achieved.__1__,success came to those who say,“I can make it happen.”

The Italian__2__Agostino d'Antonio worked hard on a large piece of marble.Unable to produce his__3__masterpiece,he said sadly,“I can do nothing with it.” But Michelangelo discovered the stone and __4__ the possibilities in it.His “I­can­make­it­happen” attitude __5__ one of the world's masterpieces-David.

The __6__of Spain concluded that Columbus's plans to discover a new and shorter route to the West Indies was__7__.“I can make it happen,” Columbus__8__.And he did.Everyone knew the world was __9__,but not Columbus.

__10__the great Thomas Alva Edison__11__his friend,Henry Ford,from pursuing (致力于) his __12__vinced __13__the worthlessness of the idea,Edison invited Ford to come and work for him.Ford said no and continued to tirelessly pursue his dream.__14__his first attempt failed,Henry Ford  __15__ he could make it happen.And,__16__,he did.

Finally,__17__ you read this article under the magnificent __18__of your environment,consider the __19__ situation of Benjamin Franklin.He was advised to stop foolishly experimenting with lighting.What a waste of time!Why,nothing could be __20__ than the oil lamp.Thank goodness.Franklin knew he could make it happen.You too can make it happen!

1A.Therefore  B.Instead  C.However  D.Otherwise

解析:文章第一句话说有许多专家认为很多事情是不可能的,但由下一句的那些成功者的话“我能把它实现”可以看出两句话之间是转折关系,因此选C项。

答案:C

2A.sculptor  B.professor  C.painter  D.expert

解析:由这一句话提到的“一块大理石”,以及后文提到的米开朗琪罗的大卫雕像,可以推测出Agostino d'Antonio是一个雕刻家,因此选A项。

答案:A

3A.desired  B.well­known  C.inspired  D.disturbed

解析:masterpiece “杰作”。由下一句话He said sadly,“I can do nothing with it”可以看出他并没有成功,因此这句话的意思是“不能创作出他渴望的杰作”,因此选desired,意思是“渴望的,热望的”。

答案:A

4A.believed  B.wished   C.expected  D.imagined

解析:结合下一句话可以推测出这句话的意思是:“但是米开朗琪罗发现了那块石头,并且看到了成功的可能性”。wish和expect的主观性太浓,都表示主语的主观希望,用在此处不合适。imagine用在此处可以看出米开朗琪罗不仅看到了石头,而且设想出了其中的可能性。

答案:D

5A.called in  B.resulted in  C.took in  D.turned into

解析:result in“导致,最终使成为”;call in“召集,召来”;take in“吸收,理解”;turn into“进入,(使)变成”。联系上下文以及米开朗琪罗的事迹我们知道他最终完成了他的杰作“大卫”,因此选B项。

答案:B

6A.specialists  B.officials  C.students  D.people

解析:文章开头便提出有很多专家认为很多人的想法都是不能实现的,因此推测出此处选A项,表示专家们断定西班牙的哥伦布的计划也是行不通的。

答案:A

7A.unnecessary  B.necessary  C.impossible  D.possible

解析:由前一段作者组织文章的逻辑我们可以推测出此处应该也是一种对比,而且由本段的最后一句话也可以看出此处说的是专家们都不相信哥伦布的方案是可行的。此外,通过对比,把哥伦布不服输的精神刻画得淋漓尽致。

答案:C

8A.doubted  B.laughed  C.wondered  D.insisted

解析:doubt“怀疑”;laugh“大笑”;wonder“想知道”;insist“坚持”。从“I can make it happen”的语气可以看出哥伦布“坚持”的态度。

答案:D

9A.round  B.flat  C.big  D.small

解析:那个时候人们都认为地球是平的,只有哥伦布不这么认为,因此他想找到到达西印度群岛的最短途径。

答案:B

10A.Yet  B.Even  C.Still  D.But

解析:由本段的第二句话可以看出爱迪生认为福特的想法是毫无价值的,由此可以推测出此段组织的结构仍与前两段相同,采用对比手法,与前两段的衔接并不存在任何转折。众所周知,爱迪生是伟大的发明家,甚至他也反对福特的想法,因此even表示语气上的强调。

答案:B

11A.discouraged  B.prevented  C.protected  D.encouraged

解析:由本段的第二句话可以看出爱迪生并不支持福特的想法,但并不能认为有他阻止福特想造汽车的做法。只是“不支持,劝他不要这样做”,因此用discouraged。

答案:A

12A.opinion  B.knowledge   C.idea  D.information

解析:opinion“主张,看法”,通常指某人的意见或建议;knowledge“知识”,指通过学习而获得的有益的知识。汽车是由福特发明的,在他之前没有任何这方面的知识可言;idea“想法,点子”,多用于表述新奇的想法;information“信息”。这里指他想发明汽车这个想法,故选C项。

答案:C

13A.for  B.of  C.with  D.about

解析:convinced 与of 连用,是固定搭配,意思是“确信某事”。

答案:B

14A.If  B.As  C.Until  D.Although

解析:这一句的“he could make it happen”与前面的“failed”构成让步关系,意思是:虽然他的第一次尝试失败了。因此选D项。

答案:D

15A.wondered  B.knew  C.guessed  D.imagined

解析:由前一句“Ford said no and continued to tirelessly pursue his dream”我们可以看出福特决不会轻易放弃他的想法,因此我们可以推测出他的态度。句意:“尽管他的第一次尝试失败了,但是亨利·福特仍然相信他能够成功”。这里knew的语气表明了福特想成功的决心。

答案:B

16A.no doubt  B.in time  C.of course  D.once more

解析:no doubt“毫无疑问”;in time“及时”;of course“当然”;once more“再一次”。本文的主题是:“我能行”的态度决定了成功的结果。这里选of course 表示福特的成功在意料之中。

答案:C

17A.as  B.since  C.before  D.after

解析:as“当……的时候”。结合下一分句我们可以看出此处选as表示时间,能够更好地衔接上下文。句意:“最后,当你在美好的灯光下读这篇文章的时候,不妨想一下当时富兰克林的艰难处境。”

答案:A

18A.warmth  B.feeling  C.comfort  D.lighting

解析:由本段的第二句话我们可以看出这段话叙述的是富兰克林的事迹,因此选lighting与这一句相照应,而且能更好地开启下文。

答案:D

19A.difficult  B.unfair  C.mysterious  D.strange

解析:由下一句“He was advised to stop foolishly experimenting with lighting.”,我们可以看出富兰克林当时的处境是很艰难的,因此选A项。

答案:A

20A.worse  B.better  C.brighter  D.darker

解析:由前一句话“What a waste of time!”以及这一句话中的why可以推测出这里叙说的是与富兰克林同时代人的想法,显然当时的人们认为油灯就很好了。句意:“没有什么比油灯更好的了。”,因此用better更为贴切。

答案:B

1-You ______ some new ideas?

-Yeah.I'll tell you later.

A.come about  B.come into C.come up with  D.come out with

解析:come about“发生”;come into“进入;得到”;come up with“想出”;come out with“发表,公布,说出”。句意:--你想出新的主意了吗?--是的,我过会儿告诉你。

答案:C

2-John is such a stupid guy that he failed every exam.

-Sorry,I won't agree.He is ______ than stupid.

A.lazier  B.no lazier  C.more lazy  D.lazier rather

解析:考查形容词。句意:--约翰是如此愚笨的学生以至于每次考试都不及格。--我不完全赞同,与其说他愚笨倒不如说他懒惰。句式more+adj./n.+than+adj./n.表示“与其说……倒不如说……”。

答案:C

3______,he can help his mother with a lot of housework.

A.A small boy as he is

B.Though a small boy he is

C.Small boy although he is

D.Small boy though he is

解析:as/though 引导的让步状语从句中,表语、状语常放在句首。如果表语是单数可数名词,冠词a/an通常省略。句意:尽管他是个小男孩,但能帮助母亲做很多活。

答案:D

4______ good use you made of your time to study,there is still room for improvement.

A.However  B.Whatever  C.Though  D.That

解析:句意:不管你多么充分利用了学习时间,仍然还有进步的余地。因为use是名词,故选B项。however后面接形容词或副词。

答案:B

5Some wild animals,______ tigers and pandas,are in danger of dying out.

A.such as  B.as such  C.like such  D.as

解析:such as...用来列举部分事物。通常放在被列举事物的前面以及需要说明的事物的后面,意思是“比如;诸如……之类的”,可与like互换,as后面不能有逗号。从后面的tigers and pandas可知,这里表示部分列举,故选A项。

答案:A

6Now that I know ______,I understand why they needed so much money.

A.what a hard life they lived

B.they led what a hard life

C.what they lived a hard life

D.how hard a life did they lead

解析:此题考查宾语从句的语序。a hard life为名词短语,故用what修饰,what是引导词,故要放在从句的前面,因为是宾语从句,要用陈述语序,故选A项。

答案:A

7You must ______ at the lawyer's office at noon.

A.present 

B.present itself

C.present yourself 

D.be present to

解析:present oneself“出席;到场”。句意:你必修立刻到律师办公室。若选D项,应去掉to。

答案:C

8-I thought it must have been William that took the dictionary by mistake.

-So did I,but he ______ taking it.

A.refused  B.denied  C.admitted  D.recognized

解析:refuse“拒绝”;deny “否认”;admit“承认”;recognize“认识,承认”。句意:--我认为一定是威廉错拿了词典。--我也这么认为,但他否认这事。

答案:B

9Without facts,we can't form a worthwhile opinion,for we need to have factual knowledge ______ our thinking.

A.which to be based on

B.upon which to base

C.which to base upon

D.to which to be based

解析:base...upon/on“以……为基础”。句意:没有事实,我们就不能形成有价值的观点,因为我们的思考要建立在客观事实的基础上。这里的结构是base our thinking on factual knowledge。

答案:B

10-Better get down to your work,Charles.

-Julia,______.

A.It's my pleasure

B.Not to mention it

C.Mind your own business

D.You're welcome

解析:考查交际用语。it's my pleasure和you're welcome是对别人的感谢的回答,表示“不用谢”“这没什么”;not to mention it含义为“不用提它”;mind your own business含义为“别多管闲事”。根据题干上句的含义:查尔斯,你最好开始工作。查尔斯肯定不会说“不用谢”或“不用提这事”。故选C项。

答案:C

1There is no ______in pushing children unless they are talented and they enjoy it.

A.wonder  B.need  C.point  D.doubt

解析:It is no wonder...“不足为奇”;There is no need...“没有必要……”;There is no point in doing sth.“做……没有意义”;There is no doubt...“没有疑问……,毫不怀疑”。句意:逼迫孩子没有任何意义,除非他们有天赋并且喜欢它。

答案:C

2There is a(an) ______ that more graduates choose teaching as their permanent careers.

A.direction  B.attraction  C.tendency  D.attempt

解析:direction=way in which sb./sth.develops or is developed“动向;趋势,趋向”;attraction“吸引,吸引力,吸引人的事物”;tendency=way a person or thing tends to be or behave“趋向,倾向”;attempt“努力,尝试,企图”。句意:有一种趋势:越来越多的毕业生选择教师作为他们的永久职业。

答案:A

3-Is it safe enough to stand here,Mom?

-No,come a bit ______ to me,honey.

A.close  B.closely  C.closer  D.more closely

解析:句意:--妈妈,站在这里够安全吗?--不,再向我这边靠一点,宝贝。close 与closely的区别在于前者表具体概念“靠近地”;后者表抽象概念“密切地”。此外,本句需要用比较级形式,故C项为正确答案。

答案:C

4Put a tie on-it'll make you look more ______.

A.respected  B.respective  C.respectable  D.respectful

解析:句意:打上领带,它能使你看起来更值得尊敬。respective“分别的,各自的”;respectable“可敬的,有名望的”;respectful“有礼貌的,尊敬的”。

答案:C

5I looked at it and found that including the wine,the bill ______ $70.

A.arrived at  B.topped at  C.reached to  D.came to

解析:come to“达到”,后面跟表示数量的词,表示达到多少。

答案:D

6______ team wins on Saturday will go through to the national championships.

A.No matter what    B.No matter which

C.Whatever      D.Whichever

解析:句意:在周六获胜的队都可进入全国锦标赛。根据句子结构可知,本题考查名词性从句的用法,故排除A、C两项;whatever与whichever的不同之处在于前者没有范围限定而后者有范围,而本句中所表达的是在周六参加比赛的获胜队,是有范围的,故D项正确。

答案:D

7Green products are becoming more and more popular because they are environmentally ______.

A.friendly  B.various   C.common  D.changeable

解析:句意:绿色产品因其环保而变得越来越受人喜爱。根据句意environmentally 和friendly构成固定词组“环保的”。

答案:A

8The book which ______ at the end of last year turned out to be a great success in Shanghai.

A.came about  B.came up  C.came out  D.came around

解析:句意:去年年底出版的那本书在上海证明是个巨大的成功。come about“产生,发生”;come up“发芽;流行;发生;讨论;出现”;come out“长出,露出;传出;出现;出版”;come around“恢复知觉;回来”。

答案:C

9It soon became clear that the Labour Party had,for the first time in its history,won its third election ______.

A.in a hurry  B.in a way  C.in other words  D.in a row

解析:in a hurry “匆忙地”;in a way“从某种意义来说”;in other words “换言之”;in a row“连续地”。只有D项符合题意。

答案:D

10These problems,______ will seriously affect the growth of teenagers and even the nation's future.

A.not if solved properly

B.if solved properly

C.not if properly solved

D.if not solved properly

解析:句意:这些问题如果不被恰当解决将会严重影响青少年的成长甚至国家的未来。if not solved properly是if they are not solved properly的省略形式。当主、从句的主语一致,且从句中谓语为be时,可省略从句中的主语和动词be。

答案:D

Everything becomes possible to a hard will

   A grey-haired granny,with thick glasses on,is sitting in a classroom of Tianwan Vocational School (职业学校),Chongqing,listening to the teacher carefully.She isn’t a student here,  1  a parent visiting the school.She attends school in  2  of her grand-daughter-a paralysed (瘫痪的) girl.And she has been  3  so for six years.

   Wang Li,the girl,became paralysed at very early age.She had to  4  school when she was in Grade Four for her worsening  5  .The girl was very  6  .“I want to go to school! I want to!”she cried sadly.At the words,Dong Shizhi,the granny,  7  as if a knife were cutting into her heart.She was  8  to help the girl “  9  ”,not with her feet but with  10  and skills needed by society.

   Like a bird catching worms to feed its young,Dong went to school every day,and then  11  the girl at home.Wang Li,an outstanding girl,worked very  12  in spite of her poor conditions.Their efforts  13  when the girl was enrolled (招收) by Tianwan Vocational School last summer to study computer science.What a  14  way it is to the granny and the young paralysed girl! But nothing difficult can  15  them away.One day when teachers  16  Dong’s nine notebooks full of lecture notes,they were so  17  that they decided to go to her home after school to give the girl special help in  18  .

   Rain or shine,the granny is seen walking with  19  on her way to and from school.“I’ll go on like this until I have  20  .It’s my wish to see my grand-daughter’s dream come true,” she said.

1.A.either          B.nor        C.but         D.and

答案:B

提示:她既不是学生也不是来访的家长。

2.A.place          B.honor       C.case         D.hope

答案:A

提示:in place of是固定短语,意为“代替”。

3.A.testing          B.trying       C.doubting       D.doing

答案:D

提示:doing so此处替代上文的“attending school in place of her grand-daughter。”

4.A.go           B.return       C.leave       e

答案:C

提示:leave school“退学”。

5.A.grades         B.fame        C.health        D.behavior

答案:C

提示:小女孩因“身体状况越来越差”而被迫“退学”。

6.A.scared         B.worried       C.happy        D.sad

答案:D

提示:由下文知小女孩因不能上学而伤心。

7.A.felt          B.seemed        C.looked       D.thought

答案:A

提示:老奶奶感到心里像刀扎似的。

8.A.regretted       B.determined       C.bothered      D.struggled

答案:B

提示:be determined to do“决心去做某事”。

9.A.keep up        B.sit up         C.stand up      D.pull up

答案:C

提示:她决心帮助小女孩重新“站起来”。

10.A.value        B.words        C.knowledge     D.classes

答案:C

提示:并不是帮助小女孩用脚站起来,而是用社会所需要的知识和技能帮助她站起来。

11.A.taught        B.fed          C.cared       D.caught

答案:A

提示:老奶奶每天去学校听课,然后回到家教给孙女。

12.A.tensely         B.slow        C.freely        D.hard

答案:D

提示:小女孩学习很努力。

13.A.paid back         B.paid for      C.paid off       D.paid out

答案:C

提示:两人的共同努力终于获得了成功。pay off可作不及物动词,意为“成功,有了回报”。

14.A.hard          B.silly        C.fast        D.clever

答案:A

提示:两人的成功来之不易。

15.A.take          B.frighten       C.drive        D.put

答案:B

提示:再大的困难也吓不倒她们。

16.A.picked         B.copied       C.watched      D.saw

答案:D

提示:有一天老师们发现了老奶奶做的课堂笔记。

17.A.moved         B.excited       C.pleased      D.admired

答案:A

提示:他们很受感动。

18.A.return          B.turn        C.advance      D.time

答案:B

提示:于是他们决定轮流到小女孩家给她做个别辅导。in turn意为“轮流”。

19.A.ease          B.difficulty       C.interest      D.joy

答案:B

提示:不管天气如何,人们总是会看到老奶奶蹒跚地走在上学的路上。

20.A.broken away      B.broken off      C.broken down    D.broken out

答案:C

提示:“我要一直这样做下去,直到我身体不能动弹为止。”break down可作“(身体)垮掉”解。

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