Question

【题目】Attitude Matters

Jerry was a manager of a restaurant. He was always in a good mood (情绪) and always had something______ to say. Sometimes when the waiters or cooks in the restaurant had a bad day, Jerry always came up with a smile, and helped them to look on the bright______.

One day a friend asked Jerry, “How can you be so positive (积极的) all the time?” He replied, “Every morning I tell myself that I have two _____— to be in a good mood or in a bad one. I always choose the good one. When something wrong happens, I can be sad and angry or I can learn instead I choose to learn Life is all about choices. You can’t stop bad things from happening, but you can _____your own attitude.”

One morning, Jerry left the restaurant s back door open and three robbers (抢劫犯) with guns broke in. When Jerry was asked to open the safe, he was so ____ that he couldn’t get the password correct. The robbers shot him in anger and hurried off. Luckily, Jerry was found and taken to hospital in time. After many hours of operation, Jerry was finally saved.

When he was asked what he was thinking during the accident, he said, “When lying on the floor, I _____the two choices. To live or to die? I chose to live. When I was in the hospital, the nurse asked me if I was allergic (对...过敏) to anything, I replied ‘Yes’. Then I took a deep breath and shouted, ‘Bullets (子弹)’. They started laughing and I said, ‘my choice is to live, so ______me as I am alive, not dead.’”

Thanks to the skills of the doctors, now Jerry is as well as before. However, his amazing _____ played an even more important role.

【1】A. excitingB. surprisingC. interestingD. encouraging

【2】A. sideB. listC. reportD. light

【3】A. plansB. choicesC. dreamsD. decisions

【4】A. findB. keepC. decideD. follow

【5】A. curiousB. carelessC. nervousD. impatient

【6】A. rememberedB. noticedC. valuedD. regretted

【7】A. helpB. treatC. serveD. respect

【8】A. wordsB. purposeC. actionsD. attitude

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【解析】

本文介绍了杰瑞是一家餐馆的经理。他总是心情很好，总是说些令人鼓舞的话。杰瑞总是面带微笑，帮助他们看到光明的一面。每天早上我都告诉自己我有两个选择——心情好还是心情不好。你不能阻止坏事发生，但你可以决定自己的态度。最后是他惊人的态度发挥了更重要的作用。

【1】句意：他总是心情很好，总是说些令人鼓舞的话。本题考查形容词辨析。A. exciting令人兴奋的；B. surprising令人惊讶的；C. interesting有趣的；D. encouraging令人鼓舞的。后文说道Jerry在其他人感到不愉快的时候总是能够面带微笑，帮助他人看到光明的一面。故选D。

【2】句意：杰瑞总是面带微笑，帮助他们看到光明的一面。本题考查名词辨析。A. side方面；B. list清单；C. report报道；D. light光，灯。前文说道当人们有坏心情的时候，他总是帮助人们去看到bright (明亮的,光明的) ________。根据文章语境判断。故选A。

【3】句意：每天早上我都告诉自己我有两个选择——心情好还是心情不好。本题考查名词辨析。A. plans计划；B. choices选择；C. dreams梦想；D. decisions决定。后文中提到“to be a good mood or a bad one”译为“有一个好心情还是坏心情”，后文说到当事情出问题的时候他会选择从中吸取教训。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项B。

【4】句意：你不能阻止坏事发生，但你可以决定自己的态度。本题考查动词辨析。A. find发现，寻找；B. keep保持；C. decide决定；D. follow跟随。根据前文“You can’t stop bad things from happening, but you can ________ your attitude.”译为你不能阻止坏的事情发生，但是你可以________你的态度。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项C。

【5】句意：当杰瑞被要求打开保险箱时，他紧张得连密码都找不到。本题考查形容词辨析。A. curious好奇的；B. careless粗心的；C. nervous紧张的；D. impatient不耐烦的。前文提到，抢劫犯带着枪破门而入，让Jerry打开保险箱，Jerry是如此的________以至于他想不起来密码。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项C。

【6】句意：躺在地板上时，我想起了两个选择。本题考查动词辨析。A. remembered牢记，记得；B. noticed注意到；C. valued重视，评价；D. regretted后悔。前文提到当Jerry被问到在这个事故中他在思考什么，根据动词先后顺序原则，可以推断出后面的动词是和think相关的。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项A。

【7】句意：他们开始大笑，我说，‘我的选择是活下去，所以把我当作活着的人来对待，而不是死的人’。本题考查动词辨析。A. help帮助；B. treat治疗，对待；C. serve服务，端上；D. respect尊敬。根据前文，这句话是对护士说的，而且此处有连接词so，表示因果关系，因为Jerry的选择是活着，所以可推断出是“在我活着的时候治疗我”。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项B。

【8】句意：然而，他惊人的态度发挥了更重要的作用。本题考查名词辨析。A. words话语； B. purpose目的；C. actions行为；D. attitude态度。本题考查名词复现，前文16题中提到“你可以决定自己的态度”，本题中说到“________起到了更重要的作用”。根据文章语境判断，故正确答案为选项D。