Question

Passage 7 (2014 山东烟台)

      阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺的单词。

      It’s necessary to discover what you’re good at or not and what you like or dislike.

      Many students would be unhappy if they f   1    in a very difficult physics course,but in fact they have known a lot about t    2     .

They realize that they should not become engineers or p   3    scientists in the future. So failing can help a student to live a happier life if he or she draws something out of it. They may then decide on their aim and c    4     the kind of work that they would be fit for and they would like to do.

      You can’t be sure whether you like something u   5    you have tried it.If you make a d    6   that you would like to play the violin,

you need to take more music classes b   7     you know if you are really interested in it.

      It is not e    8    to hope to be a violinist. You also have to stand the hard practice before you become one. If you would enjoy being a great violinist,but hate the hard and b   9   work,just give it up.

      It’s a good plan to try as many ideas as possible when you are still young. And then you will be able to find o    10   what your true interests are.

1.f       2. t       3. p       4.c       5. u      

6.d       7. b       8. e       9.b       10.o      

Answer 1

Passage 7

[语篇解读]本文为一篇议论文。文章通过讲述发现自己擅长或不擅长，喜欢或不喜欢某件事情，告诉学生，趁年轻找到自己真正的兴趣爱好，制订好计划，为实现自己的目标而努力奋斗。

1. failed    根据上下文“如果他们在一门非常难的物理课上……，很多 学生会感到不开心”可知应该填“failed”。

fail不及格。

2. themselves    根据上下文和首字母t,可知应该是他们自己，故填 themselves。

3. Physical     根据上下文和本句句意:他们意识到他们在未来不应该成 为工程师或……科学家。再根据首字母p可知应该填：物理学的 physical。

4. choose      根据上下文和所给首字母c,应该填:选择choose。

5. until        not...until...首到...才 。

6. decision      考查固定短语make a decision作出决定，下决心。

7. before      句意:如果你决定了你想拉小提琴，在你知道你是否真的对小提琴感兴趣之前，你需要上更多的音乐课。根据上下文和所给首字母b可知应该填:之前before。

8. enough      考查结构 be (not) enough to do sth.做是(不)充分的。

9. boring      句意:如果您想享受成为一名伟大的小提琴家的感觉而又恨 艰苦和……的工作，那么你就放弃吧。再根据所给首字母b可知应 该是无聊的boring。

10. out       考查固定短语find out发现。