Question

In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (執(zhí)著) in every task I devoted myself to. I was ____ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small ____ made me change my mind.

One day my two?year?old son, ___ at a dozen of “stood” color marker?pens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ball?pens, ____ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ball?pens just lay ____. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said ____， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence.

My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always ____ in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, ____， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __ about him and ___ us to look up to him as a role model.

One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”

“Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said.

“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？”

“____.”

“Don't you have time to be with your family at all？”

He shook his head slowly and ____ a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too ____ to even think about letting go.”

A year later I resigned. The ____ thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him. Since then I've never seen him. But occasionally his aged ____ would come to my mind.

Until that day, ____ knowing why the ball?pens couldn't stand up, the two?year?old had ____ the impossibility after many failures. He put aside all the ball?pens and kept only those water markers for his “game”. ___， he already learned to let go of his previous ____ attempts.

In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to ____ them and then decisively let go of them immediately.

1.A.confident B．consistent

C．conscious D．convinced

2.A.event B．incident

C．accident D．affair

3.A.pointing B．shouting

C．screaming D．laughing

4.A.insisting B．requiring

C．intending D．urging

5.A.flat B．silent

C．still D．quiet

6.A.deliberately B．casually

C．unintentionally D．enthusiastically

7.A.interested B．busy

C．devoted D．buried

8.A.therefore B．however

C．otherwise D．though

9.A.high B．highly

C．well D．much

10.A.promised B．demanded

C．inspired D．appealed

11.A.At random B．At times

C．At most D．At least

12.A.let off B．let out

C．sent off D．sent out

13.A.encouraging B．comfortable

C．painful D．ashamed

14.A.latter B．later

C．last D．lately

15.A.picture B．figure

C．reflection D．image

16.A.for B．with

C．without D．besides

17.A.received B．accepted

C．refused D．rejected

18.A.Generally B．Eventually

C．Additionally D．Obviously

19.A.useless B．endless

C．hopeful D．meaningful

20.A.clarify B．distinguish

C．identify D．acknowledge

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者通過自己兒子以及以前一位同事的例子說明了，當意識到目標無法實現時，應該學會接受失敗，懂得放手的道理。

1.D 考察形容詞辨析。A有信心的；B持續(xù)的；C神志清醒的；D確信的；句義：我相信執(zhí)著是通向成功的唯一途徑。根據句義說明D正確。

2.2】B 考察名詞辨析。A重大事件；B小事件；C意外事件；D麻煩事；句義：但是一件小事讓我改變了想法。根據下文的small可知B正確。

3.3】A 考察動詞辨析。A指向；B叫喊；C尖叫；D大笑；句義：我兩歲的兒子，指著幾個站立的彩筆，激動地對我說。根據句義說明A正確。

4.4】C 考察動詞辨析。句義：之后，他找了一些圓珠筆，也打算去那樣做；A堅持；B要求；C打算；D強烈要求。根據句義說明C正確。

5.5】A考察形容詞辨析。句義：盡管他努力嘗試，圓珠筆還是站不起來；根據stood說明這里使用flat故A正確。

6.6】B 考察副詞辨析。A故意地；B隨便地；C并非故意地；D熱情地；句義：他向我求助，我看到圓珠筆的頭要么是尖的，要么是圓的。我就說媽媽也幫不了你。根據句義說明B正確。

7.7】D 考察形容詞辨析。句義：兒子的行為讓我想起了George，他總是埋頭苦干，很少與人說話。A感興趣的；B忠誠的，全心全意地；C項要和to連用；D項和in連用；根據后面的in說明D正確。

8.8】A 考察副詞辨析。根據上文的always…in his work and rarely talked to anyone可知上下文是因果關系。故使用A正確。

9.9】答案：B　考查固定搭配。句意為：我們老板對他高度贊揚……praise highly about sb.意為“高度贊揚某人”，是固定搭配。故答案選B。

10.10】C 考察動詞辨析。A承諾；B要求；C鼓勵；D呼吁；appeal to sb to do sth呼吁某人做某事；故C正確。

11.1】D 考察介詞短語辨析。A隨便地；任意地；B有時候；C最多；D至少；最少；此處表示他每周最少工作80或者90小時。故D正確。

12.2】B 考察動詞短語辨析。句義：那你豈不是根本沒有時間和家人在一起嗎？…他慢慢搖搖頭，嘆氣說…;let out放出，發(fā)泄；let out a sigh嘆氣。故B正確。

13.3】答案：C　考查形容詞辨析。A項意為“令人鼓舞的”；B項意為“舒適的”；C項意為“痛苦的”；D項意為“羞愧的”。根據句意和上下文語境可知，答案選C。

14.4】C 考察短語辨析。A兩種中的后者；B時間上的以后；C最后的；D近來；根據下文的since then I’ve never seen him�？芍�last正確。

15.5】D 考察名詞辨析。句義：從那以來，我再也沒有見到過他，但偶爾會想起他年邁的形象。A圖片，照片；B數字，人物；C反應，反射；D形象，影像；根據句義說明D正確。

16.6】C 考察介詞辨析。句義：直到那天，一個兩歲的孩子，雖然不知道為什么圓珠筆立不起來。但在經歷了多次的失敗以后，接受了失敗的現實。根據句義可知C項正確。

17.7】B 考察動詞辨析。A客觀上收到；B主觀上接受；C拒絕；D排斥；根據下文可知他接受了圓珠筆不能立起來的事實。故B正確。

18.8】D 考察副詞辨析。句義：他把圓珠筆放在一邊，只玩豎立彩筆的游戲。很顯然，他已經學會去放手那些他以前無效的嘗試。A一般說來；B最后；C而且；；D明顯；根據句義說明D正確。

19.19】答案：A　考查形容詞辨析。A項意為“無效的，無用的”；B項意為“無止境的”；C項意為“充滿希望的”；D項意為“有意義的”。根據句意和上文內容可知，答案選A。

20.20】C 考察動詞辨析。句義：在我們的日常生活中，如果我們最大如何去識別那些讓人頭疼的事情，果斷放手，那么很多那樣的事情是可以避免的。A澄清；B區(qū)別；C識別；D承認，答謝；根據句義說明C正確。