题目内容
【题目】缺词填空
先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的词,使短文意思完整。
If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t 【1】. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train u 【2】he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt h 【3】because of his clothes and common looks. His mother encouraged him: “Why not try to be better in other things i 【4】of just dress and good looks?”
Carnegie tried to be more a 【5】in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after a 【6】, he lost 12 times. The young man was disappointed(失望的) in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures.
But soon Carnegie was s 【7】 practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good r 【8】 at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest(比赛) and became well-known.
The young man made his own words come true: “Bthat you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s 【9】 his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) include How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million c 【10】of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.
【答案】
【1】trying
【2】until
【3】hopeless
【4】instead
【5】active
【6】another
【7】seen
【8】results
【9】share
【10】copies
【解析】
试题分析:本文主要讲述了一位在公众演讲和自我发展方面的先驱:Dale Carnegie的生平故事。他的一生在不断努力尝试中度过,他通过向世人展示如何成功而闻名于世。
【1】根据后文他证明给人们看怎么样是成功的,可知他一直尝试。keep doing sth,一直做某事,故填trying
【2】这个男孩直到十二岁才看到火车。根据句意,故填until
【3】根据后文的原因:因为他的衣服和普通地外貌,可知他感到没有希望,故填hopeless
【4】他的妈妈鼓励他,为什么不在其他方面做的更好,而不是仅仅衣服和好看的外貌方面。根据句意,故填instead
【5】根据后文他参加了辩论队,可知他在上大学时设法更积极,故填active
【6】根据转折可知一次又一次,他失败了12次,故填another
【7】但是很快人们看到Carnegie 在河边练习公共演讲。根据句意,故填seen
【8】最后他的努力工作带来了好的结果。根据句意,故填results
【9】为了分享他的成功,Carnegie 开学写书。根据句意,故填share
【10】超过五千万册书用38中语言印刷。根据句意,故填copies
【题目】阅读短文,根据短文内容完成表格。
Minoru Yamasaki was a famous American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.
Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw.
Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.
Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in it. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.
Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job. Jun,2 1986. was the date of his death. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.
The title | A【1】American architect |
Be born | In【2】in Seattle, Washington |
In college | Studied architecture in college |
Worked in a fish factory to【3】for college | |
【4】in a room with 100 other men | |
His design of buildings | Made people【5】peaceful and happy |
Had【6】opinions about his buildings | |
The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion | |
Successful career | Was not the【7】as other architects |
Didn’t begin his successful career【8】he started his own company | |
Won【9】awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life | |
Date of his【10】 | Died on Jun, 2 1986 |