Question

What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success    46    only with practice. In fact, I feel both of these statements (陳述) are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways    47    not in others.

For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and    48    surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really    49    because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition. Thinking that I might be lucky again, I    50    joining in other art competitions. But the result was that I    51    won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a    52    artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the    53    I produced were not of a very high standard.

These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky    54   , I also need to put in hard work. As we know,    55    makes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.

1.A. moves       B. comes         C. returns         D. leaves

2.A. or          B. so             C. and            D. but

3.A. won        B. began          C. failed           D. ended

4.A. sorry        B. active          C. lucky           D. nervous

5.A. tried        B. forgot            C. stopped       D. remembered

6.A. often        B. ever             C. seldom        D. never

7.A. greater        B. more natural       C. lower       D. more common

8.A. results        B. film           C. prizes          D. drawings

9.A. at last        B. at most          C. at first         D. at least

10.A. chance        B. practice         C. difference       D. experience

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】本短文中，作者談?wù)摿藢Τ晒Φ睦斫�。他講述了好多年前參加畫畫比賽獲獎的成功和失敗的經(jīng)歷，進(jìn)而闡述自己的觀點：成功靠得是練習(xí)，還有更少一點的幸運和機會。

1.句意是：成功伴隨練習(xí)而來。此處有“到來”之意，故選comes。

2.句意是：兩種觀點都是正確的在某些方面，而非其他方面。表示轉(zhuǎn)折，用but。

3.根據(jù)后文中的得到了獎賞，此處應(yīng)該是獲勝了，選won。

4.第一次參加比賽，就獲獎，當(dāng)然是非�！發(fā)ucky”的。

5.第一次參賽就能成功，還想嘗試幾次。選tried。

6.由上下文和句中的again，可以推測：再沒有獲勝過。選never

7.可以這樣理解：我失敗了，是因為別人比我有更強的藝術(shù)能力。選greater

8.我的作品水平不是非常高的。這里，drawings作品與上下文最相符。

9.作者的經(jīng)歷是：起初幸運過，但是后來不成功。選at first

10.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。