阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Letting go of success I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've_ __that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully___ ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never___ ___while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The__ ____is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures! I once__ ____a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend___ ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her___ ____son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He___ ____he was racing those cars around a great track, which in___ ____was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable___ ____for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night. When his mother told him the time had come to__ ____,the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?”__ ____to the Oscar. “Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.” The horrified mother___ ____. “Put that back immediately!” Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;___ __it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a___ ____hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to__ ____, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start. You may have learned to let go of past___ ____and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the___ ____? Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock? “I like the__ ____of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I___ ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
试题分析:文章大意是放下过去的成就,轻装前行。充分利用每一天的最好方法是放下过去的失败,这样做还不够,过度沉醉于过去的成功和荣誉也不能很好的度过今天。有时,成功比失败更能阻止人们前行的脚步。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A发现;B推断;C希望;D担心。I've___ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures作者发现过好每一天的最好的方法就是让过去的失败成为过去。故选A。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A花费,度过;B居住;C喜欢;D理解。O ne can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either.一个人沉醉于过去的成功,也无法完全享受今天,故选C。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。A挣扎,努力;B工作,起作用;C学习;D成功。People never____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉).安于过去的荣誉的人永远不会成功,故选D。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A故事;B事实;C主意;D新闻。The __ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!事实是,有时候成功比失败更能阻止我们前进的步伐,故选B。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A听到;B告诉;C知道;D书写。I once ____ a story我曾经听过一个故事,hear听到,故选A。 【小题6】考查动词辨析。A看到;B承认;C遇到;D拜访,参观。根据at the actor's home可知,Gable的一个朋友来拜访他,故选D。 【小题7】考查形容词辨析。A小心的;B小的;C孤独的;D聪明的。根据who was playing happily with toy car可知,那个朋友带着她的小儿子,故选B。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A假装;B相信;C坚持;D建议。根据下句的an imaginary circle around a golden statue可知,朋友的小儿子假装汽车在绕着一个轨道赛跑,故选A。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A案例;B现实;C次序;D需要。which in___was an imaginary circle around a golden statue那个轨道其实是想象出来的一个圆圈,in reality相当于in fact,故选B。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A关心;B询问,要求;C看起来;D赢得。Clark Gable ___ for his performance,Gable因精彩的表演获得的奥斯卡小金人,won sth for...因为......赢得......,故选D。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A行动;B离开;C打(球、游戏),玩耍;D等待。根据the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?”可知,到了该离开的时间了,故选B。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。A奔跑;B得到,变得;C指出;D喊叫。the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar小男孩指着那个奥斯卡小金人问道,“我能要这个吗?”,point to指向,故选C。 【小题13】考查动词辨析。A反对;B注意到;C遭受;D呼吸。根据“Put that back immediately!”可知,妈妈不同意小男孩要那个小金人,故选A。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A出售;B保持;C分享;D挣得。根据past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____,和联系第一段可知,过去的成功会阻止前进的脚步。Gable认为保留小金人没有意义,获得它的过程才有意义,故选D。 【小题15】考查形容词辨析。A特殊的;B舒适的;C昂贵的;D必要的。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”可知,这里指的是一张舒适的吊床,故选B。 【小题16】考查动词辨析。A休息;B欺骗;C停止;D坐。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”,这里指在吊床上休息,故选A。 【小题17】考查名词辨析。A困难;B事件;C失败的人/事;D成就。根据第一段第一行“let go of past failures”可知,你可能已经学会放下过去的失败和错误了,故选C。 【小题18】考查名词辨析。A时间;B将来;C身体;D大脑。But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____?但是你忘记过去的成功和成就来解放将来了吗?future与present形成对比,故选B。 【小题19】考查名词辨析。A主意;B意思,意义;C梦想;D想法。“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” 我喜欢梦想未来,甚于回顾过去,故选C。 【小题20】考查动词辨析。A遵守;B允许;C希望;D同意。根据After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.可知,作者同意杰斐逊说的话,故选D。 考点:夹叙夹议的故事类阅读