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【題目】 It’s been nearly 40 years since I became a member of the navy (海軍). You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief (最高統(tǒng)帥). In fact, it all began from the half a year’s basic training, which I will never forget. The training included midnight swims in the cold water, days without_________and long painful runs in the soft sand. I always felt cold, wet, hungry and painful.

The training also needed to find those who could_________in an environment of stress, mess, failure and hardships. To me, the basic training was a lifetime of challenges that lasted six months. And today, I’d like to talk about one little thing.

Every morning in the training, my instructors (教官) would appear in our rooms. The first thing they did was to_______our beds. The corners would be square if we did it right. The covers would be pulled tight, and the pillow would be centered just under the headboard.

It was a difficult task. But every morning we were required to make our beds_________. It seemed a little funny, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proved to me many times over.

If you make your bed every morning, you will have completed the first task of the day. It will bring you a small_________of success, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another and another. And by the end of the day, one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will prove the fact. If you can’t do the_________things right, you will hardly be able to do the big things right.

Changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. I can make sure that it doesn’t matter whether I ever _______ a day in uniform (制服,軍服). Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection. So if you have an awful day by accident, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

In general, if you want to change the world,_________off by making your bed. I hope all of you will have a brighter future!

【1】A.waterB.sleepC.foodD.air

【2】A.doubtB.leadC.separateD.hurry

【3】A.checkB.cleanC.mendD.make

【4】A.differentlyB.quietlyC.comfortablyD.perfectly

【5】A.giftB.taskC.examD.sense

【6】A.importantB.interestingC.littleD.hard

【7】A.choseB.servedC.rememberedD.celebrated

【8】A.startB.runC.getD.take

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

本文作者是一名海軍軍官。他講述了他在服軍役期間所進(jìn)行的訓(xùn)練。他是從整理床鋪開始的。因為他明白如果他不能把小事做好，他也很難把大事做好。

【1】

句意：訓(xùn)練包括午夜在冰冷的水中游泳，幾天不吃東西，以及在柔軟的沙灘上痛苦地長跑。

A. water水，B. sleep睡覺，C. food食物，D. air空氣。根據(jù)后文的“I always felt cold, wet, hungry and painful.”可知，我總是感到寒冷，潮濕，饑餓和疼痛，此處表示沒有食物，故選C。

【2】

句意：培訓(xùn)還需要找到那些能夠在充滿壓力、混亂、失敗和艱難的環(huán)境中領(lǐng)導(dǎo)別人的人。

A. doubt懷疑，B. lead領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，C. separate分開，D. hurry匆忙。根據(jù)前文的“You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief (最高統(tǒng)帥). In fact, it all began from the half a year’s basic training,”可知，被培訓(xùn)是為了找到領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。故選B。

【3】

句意：他們做的第一件事就是檢查我們的床鋪。

A. check檢查，B. clean打掃，C. mend修理，D. make制作。根據(jù)后文的“But every morning we were required to make our beds____4____”可知，我們被要求整理床鋪，因此教官來這里檢查我們的床鋪，故選A。

【4】

句意：但每天早上我們都被要求把床鋪得完美無缺。

A. differently不同地，B. quietly安靜地，C. comfortably舒服地，D. perfectly完美地。根據(jù)下文的“Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection.”可知，此處指的是床鋪整理得完美。故選D。

【5】

句意：它會給你帶來一種小小的成就感，它會鼓勵你去做另一件事，一件又一件。

A. gift禮物，B. task任務(wù)，C. exam考試，D. sense感覺。a sense of success“成就感”，故選D。

【6】

句意：如果你不能把小事做好，你也很難把大事做好。

A. important重要的，B. interesting有趣的，C. little小的，D. hard努力的。根據(jù)下文的“you will hardly be able to do the big things right”可知，整理床鋪是小事，與后文big形成對比。故選C。

【7】

句意：我可以確保，我是否曾在軍中服役過一天并不重要。

A. chose選擇，B. served服務(wù)，C. remembered記住，D. celebrated慶祝。根據(jù)“in uniform”可知，此處表示穿著軍裝，服軍役，故選B。

【8】

句意：一般來說，如果你想改變世界，從鋪床開始。

A. start開始，B. run奔跑，C. get得到，D. take拿走。根據(jù)前文的“Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection.”可知，此處表示從鋪床開始。故選A。