题目内容
【题目】用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空, 使短文意思完整。(每个单词限用一次, 每空只填一个单词。)
son old simple patient we get come time idea write
“What is the meaning of life?” It is a question that I have asked myself many 【1】over the years.
The best answer I ever 【2】 across was written by the great psychologist Viktor Frankl , who survived the Nazi concentration camps(纳粹集中营)of World War II. He 【3】, “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”
When I was a young boy, I gave my life meaning by 【4】 playing, running, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike.
When I went to school, I gave my life meaning by studying hard, 【5】 good grades and trying to make my mom and dad proud.
In college, I found meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what career I wanted to prepare for.
When I was working as a teacher, I found meaning by helping open young minds to new 【6】 and old wisdom.
When I got married, I found meaning in protecting and watching over my wife. And when I had to face both of my【7】mental illnesses, I found meaning in loving them, caring for them, and learning from them about love 【8】, faith, and joy.
As I got 【9】, I began to realize that meaning isn’t something that comes and goes. We are responsible for creating our own meaning. All we have to do is love 【10】and others. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.
【答案】
【1】times
【2】came
【3】wrote
【4】simply
【5】getting
【6】ideas
【7】sons’
【8】patience
【9】older
【10】ourselves
【解析】
这篇短文主要讲述了作者在不同时期对生活意义的不同理解。
【1】句意:这是我多年来多次问自己的问题。
根据上文“What is the meaning of life?” It is a question可知,这里是问自己许多次。time表示次数要变复数。根据题意,故填times。
【2】句意:我遇到的最好的答案是伟大的心理学家维克多·弗兰克尔写的,他在二战纳粹集中营中幸存下来。
短语come across表示偶然发现;这里是过去式用come的过去式came。根据句意,故填came。
【3】句意:他写道:“生命的意义在于赋予生命意义。”
wrire写,动词,这里是一般过去时态,write的过去式是wrote。根据句意,故填wrote。
【4】句意:当我还是个小男孩的时候,我通过简单的玩耍、跑步、游泳、大笑和骑自行车来赋予我的生命意义。
根据playing, running, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike.可知这里都是简单的活动。simpe形容词,简单的,这里用副词修饰simply,意思是“简单地”,根据句意,故填simply。
【5】句意:当我上学的时候,我努力学习,取得好成绩,努力让爸爸妈妈为我感到骄傲,这让我的人生充满意义。
根据下文trying to make my mom and dad proud.可知,这里是取得好成绩,by+doing的形式。这里用get的分词,getting。根据题意,故填getting。
【6】句意:当我当老师的时候,我发现帮助年轻人接受新思想和旧智慧是有意义的。
根据and old wisdom可知这里是新的主意。idea的意思是“主意”,这里用名词复数。根据句意,故填ideas。
【7】句意:当我不得不面对两个儿子的精神疾病时,我发现爱他们,关心他们,向他们学习爱,耐心,信仰和快乐是有意义的。
根据上文When I got married, I found meaning in protecting and watching over my wife可知这里是说我儿子的精神疾病。son名词,儿子,这里用名词复数的所有格。sons’ mental illnesses表示儿子的精神疾病。根据句意,故填sons’。
【8】句意:我发现爱他们,关心他们,向他们学习爱,耐心,信仰和快乐是有意义的。根据下文faith, and joy.可知,这里是说向他们学习爱心,信仰和快乐。patience名词,意思是“耐心”。故填patience。
【9】句意:随着年龄的增长,我开始意识到,意义不是来来往往的。
根据下文I began to realize that meaning isn’t something that comes and goes.可知这里是随着年龄的增长。这里用old的比较级older。根据句意,故填older。
【10】句意:我们要做的就是爱自己和他人。是爱赋予生命意义。是爱让生命有价值。
根据下文and others. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.可知,这里是说爱自己和他人。这里用we的反身代词ourselves,意思是“我们自己”,根据句意,故填ourselves。
考查单词在具体语境中的使用。做题时,应注意结合句意以及单词的首字母,确定应填写的单词,并根据单词在句中的作用以及句中使用的句型、时态等,填写单词的适当形式。例如第10小题,反身代词。句意:我们要做的就是爱自己和他人。是爱赋予生命意义。是爱让生命有价值。根据下文and others. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.可知,这里是说爱自己和他人。这里用we的反身代词ourselves,意思是“我们自己”,根据句意,故填ourselves。