Question

【題目】It's well-known that New Year's resolutions don't have a high success rate（成功率）．But why do people make _______ every year even though so few of them follow through？

One reason is the idea of _______．The beginning of a year gives people a fresh start．The idea of making themselves better is another _______．Most people have a natural habit of self improvement，and New Year give_______ a special day to get ready for improvement．

Many people _______ making New Year's resolutions can go as far back as Babylonian times．It's said that Julius Caesar started the tradition_______ making resolutions on January 1st．

It's _______to make a New Year's resolution．People keep making resolutions every year _______ they don't always follow through in the end，but the fact is they try to improve themselves and become better．

Some studies_______ making a New Year's resolution can get people closer to their goals．One study found people who make resolutions are more ______________ than those who had a goal and thought about it，but as last didn't make a resolution．

【1】A. predictions B. resolutions C. competitions D. preparation

【2】A. starting B. trusting C. organizing D. refusing

【3】A. talent B. experience C. event D. reason

【4】A. it B. him C. them D. us

【5】A. advise B. believe C. expect D. wonder

【6】A. in B. on C. of D. for

【7】A. good B. careless C. creative D. difficult

【8】A. because B. or C. so D. though

【9】A. show B. choose C. accept D. question

【10】A. successful B. thankful C. popular D. friendly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 C

【5】 B

【6】 C

【7】 A

【8】 D

【9】 A

【10】 A

【解析】

短文大意：本文談?wù)摰氖切履隂Q心的話題，分析了雖然下了決心而很少有人能做到的兩點(diǎn)原因，追溯了新年下決心的起源，指出新年決心可以讓人們更接近自己的目標(biāo)。

【1】句意：但為什么人們每年都要做決定，即使很少有人能做到？考查名詞辨析題。A. predictions預(yù)測(cè)；B. resolutions決心；C. competitions競(jìng)爭(zhēng)；D. preparation準(zhǔn)備。本句承接上句，根據(jù)開頭It's well-known that New Year's resolutions don't have a high success rate．可知選B。

【2】句意：一個(gè)原因是有開始的意思。考查動(dòng)詞辨析題。A. starting開始；B. trusting信任；C. organizing組織；D. refusing拒絕。根據(jù)下文The beginning of a year gives people a fresh start．可知選A。

【3】句意：使自己更好的想法是另外一個(gè)原因�？疾槊�詞辨析題。another又一個(gè)/再一個(gè)，根據(jù)前文One reason is the idea of starting．，可知這里是解釋另一個(gè)原因，故選D。

【4】句意：新年給了他們一個(gè)特別的日子，讓他們做好改進(jìn)的準(zhǔn)備。考查代詞辨析題。and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知本句give的對(duì)象是前句的Most people，需用them代替，故選C。

【5】句意：許多人相信制定新年計(jì)劃可以追溯到巴比倫時(shí)代�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析題。advise建議；believe相信；expect期望；wonder想知道。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知ACD三項(xiàng)不合句意，故選B。

【6】句意：據(jù)說(shuō)尤利烏斯·凱撒在1月1日開始了制定新年計(jì)劃的傳統(tǒng)�？疾榻樵~辨析題。the tradition of的傳統(tǒng)，of表所屬，所有格的一種；in/on表時(shí)間或地點(diǎn)，for表目的原因，都沒(méi)有這種用法。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選C。

【7】句意：制定新年計(jì)劃是很好的�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。good好的；careless粗心的；creative 有創(chuàng)意的；difficult困難的。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知good符合句意，故選A。

【8】句意：人們每年都在做決定，盡管他們不總是堅(jiān)持到底�？疾檫B詞辨析題。because因?yàn)椋�表原因�?/span>on在上面，介詞，表地點(diǎn)；so所以，表結(jié)果；though盡管，表讓步。本句是讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，需用though連接；根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)，可知選D。

【9】句意：一些研究顯示新年決心可以讓人們更接近自己的目標(biāo)�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析題。show顯示；choose選擇；accept接受；question懷疑。根據(jù)下文One study found…，可知show符合句意，故選A。

【10】句意：一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，下定決心的人比那些有目標(biāo)和思想但最后沒(méi)有做出決心的人更成功�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。successful成功的；thankful感激的；popular流行的；friendly友好的。根據(jù)上文making a New Year's resolution can get people closer to their goals．，可知successful符合句意，故選A。

完形填空集閱讀理解、語(yǔ)法、詞法、句法于一體，考查語(yǔ)言的綜合運(yùn)用能力，是難度最大的題目。解題的方法要帶著空，通讀文章，搞清事件發(fā)生的背景；再讀全文，搞清短文內(nèi)容；最后根據(jù)句意，聯(lián)系上下文確定每個(gè)空的正確答案。它的主要題型有（1）考查詞義辨析：名詞辨析，形容詞副詞辨析，冠詞辨析，介詞連詞辨析等；（2）考查句子時(shí)態(tài)，語(yǔ)態(tài)，要根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，選擇正確的時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)的選項(xiàng)；（3）考查從句（賓語(yǔ)從句，定語(yǔ)從句，主語(yǔ)從句等）；（4）根據(jù)固定句型或短語(yǔ)結(jié)合語(yǔ)境選擇正確的選項(xiàng)。本題主要考查單詞或短語(yǔ)辨析，做此類型題時(shí)，要知道每一個(gè)詞的意義，然后結(jié)合上下文背景語(yǔ)境，選擇適合語(yǔ)境的選項(xiàng)。