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【题目】 Life is short, so you have to make the most of it. Has anybody ever told you that? Maybe they just said ‘‘YOLO” to you instead. It __ “You Only Live Once”, and is a very popular saying on social media.

Having a YOLO attitude means that you make the ___of every day. It means you life,___ you only get one. Someone who has a YOLO attitude is always open to doing new and fun activities.

Now, thanks to a US study, YOLO might be more than just a popular ____ The study found it might be __ to have a YOLO attitude!

A research team did an experiment with two groups of students __ different US universities. One group pretended (假装) they only had 30 days left before moving to a new city. They did lots of activities and __ time with people they loved. In other words, they had a YOLO lifestyle. Another group continued to live __ normal lives.

At the end of the experiment the students did a survey to __ how happy they were. It showed that the first group was much happier.

“The study shows that being and making close friendships are important to __ life,” the research group told The Washington Post. However, they also called on others to do experiments with different groups of people and. see if their results were similar.

【1】A. stands forB. waits forC. thinks ofD. points at

【2】A. worstB. mostC. leastD. farthest

【3】A. whenB. ifC. becauseD. until

【4】A. sayingB. bookC. ideaD. poem

【5】A. happierB. weakerC. strongerD. faster

【6】A. toB. fromC. aboutD. with

【7】A. costB. paidC. tookD. spent

【8】A. ourB. hisC. yourD. their

【9】A. put outB. find outC. take outD. give out

【10】A. losingB. savingC. enjoyingD. killing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

文章介绍了一种新的生活态度，生命是短暂的，不要怕冒险，想做什么就做什么，享受人生，有这样生活态度的人生活的更幸福。

【1】考查动词短语。句意：它代表着“你仅仅生活一次”。A. stands for代表；B. waits for等待；C. thinks of想到；D. points at指着；根据‘‘YOLO”和 “You Only Live Once”可知是缩写，代表；故选A

【2】考查形容词辨析。句意：你可以充分利用每一天。A. worst最差的；B. most最多的；C. least最少的；D. farthest最远的；根据so you have to make the most of it. 和Someone who has a YOLO attitude is always open to doing new and fun activities可知做最多的；故选B

【3】考查连词。句意：因为你只有一次生命。A. when当---时候；B. if如果；C. because因为；D. until直到；根据It means you life,和 you only get one.之间的关系，可知是因为；故选C

【4】考查名词辨析。句意：YOLO也许比一个流行的谚语更多。A. saying谚语，格言；B. book书；C. idea主意；D. poem诗歌；根据is a very popular saying on social media.可知是格言，谚语；故选A

【5】考查形容词辨析。句意：研究发现有YOLO生活态度的人更幸福。A. happier更幸福；B. weaker更弱；C. stronger更壮；D. faster更快；根据It showed that the first group was much happier.可知是更幸福；故选A

【6】考查介词。句意：一个调查组对来自不同的美国大学的两组学生做了个实验。A. to到；B. from来自；C. about关于；D. with和；根据A research team did an experiment with two groups of students 51 different US universities.可知是来自不同的大学；故选B

【7】考查动词辨析。句意：他们做许多活动和他们喜欢的人一起度过。A. cost花费；B. paid支付；C. took花费；D. spent花费，度过；根据spend,/cost/take/pay都可以表示花费。spend主语是人， spend time/money on sth在---上花时间、金钱；cost主语是物或某种活动，sth costs money某物花了多少钱；take通常是一个固定结构it takes sb time to do sth做某事花了某人多长时间；pay主语是人，pay money for sth买某物花了多少钱。故选D

【8】考查物主代词。句意：另一组继续过他们的正常生活。A. our我们的；B. his他的；C. your你的；D. their他们的；根据Another group可知是它们的生活；故选D

【9】考查动词短语。句意：在实验结束时学生做了调查弄清楚他们多幸福。A. put out扑灭；B. find out弄清楚；C. take out拿出；D. give out分发，公布；根据the students did a survey 和how happy they were弄清楚；故选B

【10】考查动词辨析。句意：研究显示有亲密的友谊对于享受生活是重要的。A. losing丢失；B. saving挽救；C. enjoying享受；D. killing杀死；根据One group pretended (假装) they only had 30 days left before moving to a new city. They did lots of activities and 52 time with people they loved. In other words, they had a YOLO lifestyle.可知是享受生活；故选C

根据前后文语境，结合时态，语态，词性，短语，句型，词义辨析和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如：小题9 考查动词短语。句意：在实验结束时学生做了调查弄清楚他们多幸福。A. put out扑灭；B. find out弄清楚；C. take out拿出；D. give out分发，公布；根据the students did a survey 和how happy they were弄清楚；故选B