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【题目】 One day not too long ago the workers of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their workmates had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects.

Everyone wondered: Who is this person? Who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here! One by one the workers got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless.

They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: There is only one person who is able to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.

You are the only person who can control your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your ambition and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself.

Stop thinking that the people around you make your life more difficult, stop complaining about the trouble life brings about, just be the master of your own life!

【1】The underlined word “hindering” in the passage probably means “________”.

A.getting down toB.getting away from

C.getting in the way ofD.getting ready for

【2】The workers seemed not sad when they got to the gym because ________.

A.someone died and they were still living

B.they found out actually no one died

C.there were many people in the gym and it was like a party

D.the death of the one hindering their growth was good for them

【3】People were speechless when they looked inside the coffin because ________.

A.they could see their own souls inside.B.there was nothing but a mirror inside.

C.their closest colleague lay inside.D.what was inside told a great truth.

【4】We can infer from the passage that the workers________.

A.were annoyed about the hoax in the end

B.understood the purpose of the company at last

C.were still happy that someone hindering their growth died

D.refused to look at themselves in the mirror

【5】We can learn from the passage that________.

A.No one can influence your happiness, ambition and success except you

B.There is somebody else responsible for your life and stop complaining

C.when the people around you change, your life changes too

D.you are not the only one responsible for your life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

短文讲述了一个令发人深省的故事。密苏里州圣路易斯的一家大公司的员工午餐回来，发现门上有个告示牌，上面写着：一位阻止你们成长的人死了，请到家去参加他的葬礼。大家得知有同事去世，心情都很沉重。来到葬礼上，他们看到棺材里的不是人，而是一面镜子，镜子旁边有一个牌子，上面写着：能阻止你成长的人是你自己。

【1】词义猜测题，A. getting down to认真对待；B. getting away from摆脱C. getting in the way of妨碍……；D. getting ready for做好准备。根据“The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. 当员工们到达健身房致以最后的敬意时，兴奋之情与日俱增。”可知死去的人应该是对他们无益的人，而且他的死还会有好处，故选C。

【2】细节理解题，根据“The sign said: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away.告示牌上写着：昨天，阻碍您在本公司发展的人去世了。”可知因为死去的是阻碍他们成长的人，所以人们到体育馆时似乎并不难过，故选D。

【3】细节理解题，根据“There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.棺材里有一面镜子：每个往里面看的人都能看到自己。”所以人们往棺材里看时无言以对，故选B。

【4】推理判断题，根据“They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.他们站在棺材旁，震惊而沉默，仿佛有人触及了他们灵魂的最深处。”可推知他们明白了只有一个人能限制你的成长，那就是你自己，知道了公司这样做的原因，故选B。

【5】主旨大意题，根据最后两段“You are the only person who can control your life. ……stop complaining about the trouble life brings about, just be the master of your own life!”可知我们是唯一能影响自己的幸福、抱负和成功的人。不要认为周围的人会让我们的生活变得更困难，不要抱怨生活带来的麻烦，做自己生活的主人，故选A。

（一）主旨题

主旨题主要考查学生对短文中心思想或作者意图的掌握。做此类题时，应通读全文，理解文章大意，充分理解主题句的意义。短文往往围绕主题句展开，主题句通常出现在短文第一句或最后一句。本短文主要正在最后两段体现主旨大意。

（二）细节题

细节题是用来进一步表达主题，体现中心思想的，往往针对短文某个细节来设题。做此类题时，应快速捕捉信息，可能是一些事例、数字等，阅读时要有针对性。

（三）猜测词义题

猜测词义题主要考查学生根据上下文正确判断灵活变化的词义能力。一般情况下，推断词义的题目中所出现的单词，大多数是学生未曾见过的生词，学生需要在该词出现的上下文中去寻找线索。通过阅读上下文，断定该词的真正含义，然后将这个释义代入文中，检查是否贴切，仔细比较直到得出该词的确切的含义。

1.通过因果关系猜词

通过因果关系猜词，首先是找出生词与上下文之间的逻辑关系，然后才能猜词。有时文章借助关联词(如because，as，since，for，so，thus，asaresult，ofcourse，therefore等等)表示前因后果

2.通过同义词和反义词的关系猜词

通过同义词猜词，一是要看由and或or连接的同义词词组，二是看在进一步解释的过程中使用的同义词，通过反义词猜词，一是看表转折关系的连词或副词，如but，while，however等；二是看与not搭配的或表示否定意义的词语