Question

【題目】完形填空。（每小題1.5分, 共15分）

Maybe you have seen this in schools. Some students are studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, ______some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to _____. But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.

Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers ______ these questions, “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers_______ the abacus（算盤） now. Progress in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers.

There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it _______ an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.

How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no_______ to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a solution, he put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the workers ______ to use it, he sat down in his seat, tired.

“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a _______ simpler and cheaper way,” a worker said.

“Really? How?”

“We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind ________ from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap.”

See, this is smart work. _______ succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.

【1】A. however B. and C. when D. while

【2】A. success B. school C. exam D. question

【3】A. to B. with C. of D. in

【4】A. along with B. including C. besides D. instead of

【5】A. received B. accepted C. heard from D. heard of

【6】A. way B. use C. need D. doubt

【7】A. what B. how C. when D. where

【8】A. very B. more C. far D. pretty

【9】A. come B. came C. is coming D. coming

【10】A. Stick to B. Hold on to C. Thanks to D. In order to

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要通過日本一個人運用聰明才智解決生產(chǎn)中遇到的難題的事例，說明努力并非成功的唯一途徑，智慧同樣可以起到事半功倍的效果。

【1】考查連詞與語境理解。A. however 然而；B. and 和；C. When何時；D. While然而，當(dāng)……時候，句意：然而其他一些人可能在書本上花時間少但考試卻考的很好。根據(jù)句意此空是表示轉(zhuǎn)折，但however要與后面的句子用逗號分開，所以只能選 D。

【2】考查名詞與語境理解。A. Success成功；B. School學(xué)校； C. Exam考試；D. Question問題，句意：人們過去認(rèn)為努力工作是成功的唯一途徑。根據(jù)句意此空是指“成功”，故選A。

【3】考查介詞與語境理解。A. toB. with C. ofD. In句意：然而聰明的工人總是能想出問題的幾種不同的答案。“問題的答案”應(yīng)用介詞to，故選A。

【4】考查介詞與語境理解。 A. along with一起；B. Including包括；C. Besides除了（還包括）；D. instead of代替，句意：現(xiàn)在我們可以用計算機代替了算盤。根據(jù)句意“代替”應(yīng)用instead of，所以此題選D。

【5】考查動詞與語境理解。A. Received收到；B. Accepted接受；C. heard from收到某人的來信；D. heard of聽說，句意：一次他從某人那里收到一封不同尋常的信，這人抱怨說肥皂盒里沒有肥皂。根據(jù)語境是收到某人的來信，hear from只能跟人，所以選A。

【6】考查名詞與語境理解。 A. Way方法； B. Use用途；C. Need需要；D. doubt 懷疑，句意：為這個小問題根本就沒有必要花費大量的錢來修理機器。根據(jù)語境是“沒有必要”，所以選C。

【7】考查疑問詞詞與語境理解。A. What什么；B. how 怎樣； C. When何時；D. Where哪里，句意：在教給工人們?nèi)绾问褂弥�后，他坐下來，非常疲憊。根據(jù)語境是教給工人們?nèi)绾巫屖褂�，因此選B。

【8】考查副詞與語境理解。A. Very非常； B. More更多；C. Far遠(yuǎn)的； D. Pretty漂亮的，句意：我們能用一種更簡單和便宜的方法解決這個問題。此題是修飾比較級，只能用far，其他詞不能修飾比較級，故選C。

【9】考查動詞與語境理解。A. ComeB. cameC. is coming.D. Coming句意：來自風(fēng)扇的風(fēng)會吹走空的肥皂盒。此句是簡單句，所以此空需要用非謂語動詞，因此用coming作定語故選D。

【10】考查詞組與語境理解。A. Stick to堅持；B. Hold on to 堅持；C. Thanks to由于，幸虧；D. In order to為了，句意：為了成功我們不僅要像這個工程師一樣努力工作更要像這位工人一樣聰明的思考。根據(jù)句意此空是表示目的，故選D。