Question

A funny story circulated recently about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle clearly told of a time when he climbed into a    1    in Paris. Before he could    2     a word, the driver turned to him and asked, “Where can I     3     you, Mr. Doyle?”

Doyle was    4    . He asked the driver if he had ever seen him before.

“No, sir,” the driver responded. “I have    5    seen you before.” Then he    6    : “This morning’s paper had a story about you being on     7     in Marseilles. This is the taxi stand where people who return from Marseilles always arrive. Your    8    color tells me you have been on vacation. The    9     spot on your right index finger suggests to me that you are a  writer. Your clothing is very English, and not French.    10    up all those pieces of information, I    11    that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“This is truly amazing!” the writer    12    with excitement. “You are very like my    13    creation, Sherlock Holmes!”

 “There’s one other thing,” the driver said.

 “What’s that?”

 “Your    14     is on the front of your suitcase.”

Perhaps the     15     was no master detective, but he was observant! He paid attention and paying attention is an important part of living    16     .

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of    17    . A life lived to the full is lived from moment to moment,    18     from milestone to milestone. It is more of a series of days in which we truly pay attention, than a few    19    events along the way.

Pay attention to the things of life, to people, to events, to your senses, even to the ordinary. Your life will never    20    beauty. By making the most of the moments, you make the most of the years.

1. A. train                 B. taxi               C. bus             D. plane

2. A. write                 B. hear              C. say             D. read

3. A. take                  B. meet              C. wait            D. leave

4. A. pleased               B. scared             C. disappointed     D. surprised

5. A. just                  B. never              C. ever            D. always

6. A. admitted            B. started             C. explained        D. remembered

7. A. business               B. duty              C. holiday          D. work

8. A. skin                  B. hair               C. clothes          D. shoes

9. A. blood                 B. dirt               C. mud             D. ink

10. A. Making              B. Taking             C. Putting          D. Adding

11. A. concluded             B. realized            C. imagined        D. expected

12. A. sighed               B. screamed           C. whispered         D. roared

13. A. mental           B. physical            C. fictional         D. psychological

13. A. license               B. address            C. resume           D. name

15. A. driver                 B. writer             C. detective         D. waiter

16. A. well               B. fully               C. happily          D. peacefully

17. A. stages               B. steps               C. periods          D. moments

18. A. more than            B. less than            C. rather than       D. other than

19. A. small                 B. major              C. personal          D. social

20. A. lack                  B. create              C. appreciate         D. enjoy

Answer 1

1--  20      BCADB   CCADD   ABCDA   BDCBA  

解析:

1. B。根據(jù)下文的提示詞“driver”可知是出租車(chē)。

2. C。結(jié)合上下文的情景知道是在柯南道爾說(shuō)話(huà)之前。

3. A。從上下文知道這位司機(jī)是在問(wèn)柯南道爾，把他送到哪兒去。

4. D。根據(jù)下文司機(jī)的答語(yǔ)，可知他們以前并沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)面，所以柯南道爾聽(tīng)見(jiàn)司機(jī)喊出了自己的名字時(shí)，應(yīng)該感到吃驚。

5. B。結(jié)合前面的“No”，可知答案是never。

6. C。從下文的描述可知司機(jī)在作解釋。

7. C。從下文的“you have been on vacation”可知答案。

8. A。因?yàn)槭窃诙燃�，所以這位司機(jī)從他皮膚的顏色上進(jìn)行判斷。

9. D。從后面的提示詞“writer”可知這里指手指上的墨水點(diǎn)。

10. D。此處表示綜合以上各個(gè)信息。

11. A。這里表示司機(jī)根據(jù)以上各個(gè)信息，推斷出他是柯南道爾。

12. B。聽(tīng)了這位司機(jī)的分析之后，柯南道爾興奮地叫出來(lái)。

13. C。從后面的同位語(yǔ)Sherlock Holmes可知應(yīng)該是他寫(xiě)的小說(shuō)中的人物，所以選fictional。

14. D。結(jié)合上下文，這里表示最后這位司機(jī)又指出柯南道爾的名字就在他的皮箱上。

15. A。聯(lián)系上文可知此處指這位司機(jī)。

16. B。根據(jù)下文中A life lived to the full is lived …可知。

17. D。根據(jù)后面的“from moment to moment”可知應(yīng)選D。

18. C。此處表示生活是一個(gè)時(shí)刻接一個(gè)時(shí)刻，而不是由一個(gè)個(gè)重要事件組成的。

19. B。結(jié)合上文的“milestones”可知在生活中不應(yīng)該只注意那些重要的時(shí)刻。major表示“重要的；主要的”。

20. A。在生活中從來(lái)就不缺乏美，回應(yīng)作者的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，即需要我們?nèi)リP(guān)注。