Question

Recently, we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were         of laughter, fun and great food. It’s a        thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also        to the end and a return to work.

It was twelve years since we went on a vacation, so this vacation was viewed with         of a great break away from my daily routine. And we weren’t        .

But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a corporative environment. The main       was that when we returned, when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close, we didn’t have the same feeling of      stress, anxiety and fear.

In this recent vacation, it wasn’t that we        enjoyed the various fun and new activities, the break away from routine, the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures, the         to do what we wanted when we wanted or the leisurely       of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t       fear the last day of vacation. You see, we know that we were        what we love to do not what we had to do.

The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In the previous times, the last days of vacation were terrible. We experience an increasing        of stress       we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not        that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.

The        is this: If you do what you love, it doesn’t matter        that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not         yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation, or wishing that you could       enjoying this vacation for much, much longer. A love of what you do        you back like a magnet.

1.A. moments            B. possibilities           C. situations               D. ways

2.A. discouraging      B. bitter                               C. wonderful             D. funny

3.A. come up             B. count down                     C. give out                  D. die away

4.A. expectation                B. attempt                           C. opinion                  D. demand

5.A. satisfied                        B. tired                                  C. disappointed         D. optimistic

6.A. advantage           B. problem                          C. difference              D. drawback

7.A. approaching                B. relieving                          C. bearing                  D. overcoming

8.A. necessarily                  B. thoroughly                      C. relaxingly                D. smoothly

9.A. opportunity                B. desire                     C. possibility              D. right

10.A. pattern                      B. pace                                  C. lifestyle                   D. atmosphere

11.A. yet                               B. still                                    C. also                         D. even

12.A. returning to              B. submitting to                  C. turning to              D. heading for

13.A. number            B. knowledge                       C. sense                      D. awareness

14.A. although                    B. and                                   C. because               D. if

15.A. anything                    B. everything                      C. nothing                  D. something

16.A. lesson                        B. idea                                  C. point                        D. solution

17.A. in the least                B. for a moment                 C. after all                  D. at the moment

18.A. let                     B. find                                  C. make                      D. catch

19.A. maintain                    B. risk                                   C. keep                       D. stop

20.A. draws                         B. holds                                C. pushes                   D. welcomes

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B   

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：外出旅行時人們在行程即將結束時往往會產生恐懼感，其原因是他們又要重新回到自己不喜歡的工作崗位上。但如果所從事的是自己很喜歡的工作，那么人們會不會還有這種恐懼感呢？

1.A名詞辨析。那是有歡笑、快樂和美食的時光，所以用moments。possibility可能性；situation形勢，情況；way方法，手段。

2.D上下文連串。作者認為外出度假本來是一件令人愉快的事情，但人們往往由于對度假結束以后重新走上工作崗位的恐懼而不能充分享受這種快樂，這是一件很奇怪的事情。funny在這一語境中的含義為“奇怪的，難以解釋的”。

3.B動詞短語辨析。count down倒計時。人們在度假的同時在倒數距離假期結束，重新上班的天數。本句旨在表明人們對假期結束后重新上班所表現出的恐懼感。

4.A名詞辨析。expectation期望。因此，這次度假被視為脫離我日常工作的一種期盼。

5.C上下文連串。由下文內容可知，作者對最近的這次旅行感到很滿意，沒有失望之情。

6.C上下文連串。根據上文的something very different判斷，此處應使用difference(差異，區(qū)別)。

7.A動詞辨析。當假期結束回來的時候，我們沒有以往那種走近壓抑和恐懼的感覺。approach(時間或空間上的)接近，靠近。

8.B。副詞辨析。thoroughly在文中的含義為“徹底地，完全地”。

9.A 名詞辨析。做我們想要做的事情的機會。opportunity機會。

10.B。上下文連串。。根據上文的leisurely(悠閑的，慢悠悠的)判斷，此處所傳達的信息為“每天悠閑的生活節(jié)奏”。

11.D副詞辨析。重要的是，甚至在假期的最后一天，我們也沒有感到恐懼。even含義為“甚至”。

12.A 短語辨析。結束旅行后重新回到……，所以用return to。submit to屈服于；turn to求助于；head for朝……前進。

13.C名詞辨析。我們越來越感到壓抑。a sense of是固定短語，含義為“……感覺”

14.C 連詞辨析。根據上下文判斷，空格后面陳述的是原因。

15.D上下文連串。根據所處語境判斷，此處是說“而不是我們所喜歡并且能得到充分享受的事情”，所以用something。

16.C 名詞辨析。文章接下來對全文進行總結。point在這一語境下的含義為“關鍵”。

17.A 短語辨析。如果做自己喜歡的事，假期結束一點兒關系也沒有。in the least用于否定句中表示強調，含義為“一點兒也不”。

18.B 動詞辨析。如果喜歡自己所做的事，你就不會發(fā)現自己在不知不覺地期望假期能多幾天。find oneself doing sth.是固定搭配，用于表達“發(fā)現自己不知不覺地在做某事”。

19.C 上下文連串。本句根據下文的for much，much longer進行判斷。keep doing sth.繼續(xù)或持續(xù)做某事。

20.A 上下文連串。根據下文的like a magnet(像磁鐵一樣)判斷，此空應使用draw，像磁鐵一樣把你吸引過來。

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