At the age of fortyfive,my usually wellordered life became full of changes. After twentytwo years of working in a ____,a plan to use less staff _ _the unemployment of over one hundred people,I being one of them. My once secure future became ____.However,I was not a single parent,____ the family did not depend only on my income. My motto has always been “Change is good;change is progress”,but when it ____ my livelihood,I had to change it to “____ change and make the most of it.” From the beginning,I ____ to look at this matter not as ____ luck,but as a welcome opportunity. I refused to become sorry;___,I actively planned to do something new and different. Having a positive attitude made all the ____ in the way I pursued (追求)the future. First,I decided to ___ to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little ____.Not being a graduate had ____ held me back in my career in the bank,but now it was a personal goal I longed to ___.With a lot of determination,I went to evening classes and became an adult ___.In the class,I became more and more confident. During this time,I ____ that no matter what life throws in our way,personal growth never stops. The second thing I did to improve my innerself was to reevaluate(重新评估)my ____ life. It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events. But now,my heart and life are completely around people I ___. The loss of my job led to some ____ changes in my life. Revisiting the past made ___ for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change and am making the most of it.
试题分析:本文主要讲述的作者失去了在银行的工作之后,并没有以消极的态度对待生活,而是乐观生活。他重新回到了学校学习,积极面对困难和挑战,最终生活变得比以前更加的快乐了。本文让我们知道了,只有我们保持了乐观的态度,才能够收获生活中意想不到的惊喜。 【小题1】C考查名词辨析。A.工厂。B.公司。C.银行。D.学校。13空后面提到了held me back in my career in the bank说明了我的工作是在银行。所以答案选C。 【小题2】B考查动词词组辨析。A.把…放置到一旁。B.导致。C.化妆;组成;编造。D.脱下。前文提到a plan to use less staff 而后文又说到了the unemployment of over one hundred people,说明了很多人都已经被解雇了,前后文是构成的一个因果关系。所以答案选B。 【小题3】D考查形容词辨析。A.清楚的。B.明亮的,光明的。C.无聊的,没趣的。D.不确定的,不稳定的。前面提到了My once secure future,所以后面的应该是和secure相反的一个词。根据选项,答案选D。 【小题4】A考查连词辨析。A.所以。B.或者;否则。C.如果。D.但是,不过。前面提到了I was not a single parent,说明了作者并不是一个单生家长,所以家里的负担并不仅仅只是在他一个人身上。这里是一种因果关系,所以答案选A。 【小题5】C考查动词辨析。A.摧毁;毁灭。B.提高;提升。C.影响。D.提供;提出。后文提到了livelihood,表示了改变应该是对生活起到了一定的作用。综合上面选项,应该选C。 【小题6】B考查动词辨析。A.使得。B.接受。C.带来。D.收集。后文提到了and make the most of it.,作者要将改变的作用最大化,说明了作者对change是一种非常积极的态度,应该是接受了改变,且最后一句提到了tI have accepted the change。所以答案选B。 【小题7】A考查动词辨析。A.选择。B.考虑。C.发生。D.假装。前文提到了not as;后文提到了but as,说明了是要在而这种选其一。所以答案选A。 【小题8】C考查形容词辨析。A.特殊的,特别的。B.罕见的。C.不好的;坏的。D.好的。后面提到了welcome opportunity,那么空白处应该是与它相反的,应该是一个消极的词,所以答案选C。 【小题9】B考查连词辨析。A.除此之外还有…B.反倒是。C.不管怎样。D.但是,然而。前文提到了I refused to become sorry,作者表示自己拒绝对生活遗憾。所以这里应该选择一个表示转折替代的连词。答案选B。 【小题10】A考查名词辨析。A.不同点。B.决定;抉择。C.努力;尝试;成就。D.用途;使用能力。根据后文描写,作者的生活和以前有了很大的差别。根据选项,答案是A。 【小题11】C考查动词辨析。A.出席;致力于;投身于。B.转向;转动。C.返回;回到。D.承认。后文提到了graduate many years later than I should have说明作者没有从大学毕业,不过在多年之后,作者又重新返回了大学。答案选C。 【小题12】D考查名词辨析。A.时间。B.风险;冒险。C.机会。D.勇气;胆量。根据句子意思,重新返回大学,是非常困难的一件事情。根据选项,面对这种困难,需要的是极大的勇气。所以答案选D。 【小题13】D考查副词辨析。A.偶尔,有时候。B.永远;曾经。C.经常地。D.从不。后文提到了but now it was a personal goal具有转折意义且后文是表示现在,那已经成为了一个个人目标,说明了前文应该是一个表示否定的词。答案选D。 【小题14】C考查动词辨析。A.找到,发现。B.到达。C.实现,完成。D.发现,碰见。前文提到了but now it was a personal goal,说明现在那已经是我一个个人的目标,有待实现的。根据选项意思,答案是C。 【小题15】A考查名词辨析。A.学生。B.老师。C.经理。D.班长。前文提到了I went to evening classes,我参加了晚上的课程,所以变成了一名学生。答案选A。 【小题16】B考查动词辨析。A.希望。B.意识到。C.相信,确信。D.建议;提议。根据上下文,作者是要表达,在那段时间,他意识到了一些以前没有意识到的东西。答案选B。 【小题17】D考查形容词辨析。A.新的。B.每天的;日常的。C.将来的,未来的。D.过去的。前文提到了reevaluate,重新评估,那应该是对以前的生活进行的。所以答案选D。 【小题18】A考查动词词组辨析。A.喜欢;照料B.加入。C.代表;拥护。D.看,瞧。前文说道,现在我的生活,是围绕着我周围的那些人。根据选项,应该是我在意的那些人。所以答案选A。 【小题19】B考查形容词辨析。A.正常的,普通的。B.积极的。C.确信的。D.不确定的。第十段提到了Having a positive attitude made,同样根据整篇文章,作者失去工作后,积极的态度使得生活也发生了一系列的积极的改变。答案选B。 【小题20】C考查名词辨析。A.变化。B.进步。C.房间,空间。D.承诺;诺言。make room for表示为…提供空间。本句表示作者认为,重新思考过去,能够为未来发展提供更多的空间。答案选C。 考点:考查故事叙述性短文填空。