Question

In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly introduce some of my personal history.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, sharing my love of music, _16_____ of it as a profession. This was understandable in view of the family __17____. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years and earned barely enough to __18____ for his large family. My father often said it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that helped the family live a life. As a(an) __19___ of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with __20____ financial rewards. My parents insisted upon college instead of a conservatory of a career of music, and so finally I went to college quite happily.

Before my graduation from Columbia, the family met with severe financial problems and I felt it my duty to __21____ college and take a job. Thus was I started a business career – which I always think of as the wasted years.

Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage business. My whole point I is that it was not for me. I went into it for __22___, and apart from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. From being merely dissatisfied I became really ___23___. I knew what I wanted is to save enough to __24____ and go to Europe to study ___25__. I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for “downtown”, disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, saved enough to __26____ me to go abroad. And, by now, the family didn’t need my help any longer. I ended my business career, feeling like a man released from prison, and sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than ever and ___27___ every minute of it.

“Enjoyed” is too mild a word. I walked on air. I really lived. I was a __28____ man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do.

If I had stayed in business, I might be a __29____ man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living. I would have given up all those inner satisfactions, which money can never buy.

When I broken away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family. Most of us are so accustomed to the association of success with money__30___the thought of giving up a good income for an idea seemed rather crazy. If so, all I can say is “Ah! It’s great to be crazy.”

1.                A．thought        B．disapproved     C．agreed   D．disagreed

 

2.                A．background     B．experience      C．tradition  D．belief

 

3.                A．offer           B．support         C．provide   D．give

 

4.                A．expectation     B．intention        C．cause    D．consequence

 

5.                A．certain         B．uncertain       C．sure D．ensured

 

6.                A．enter          B．join            C．leave D．apply

 

7.                A．interest        B．dreams         C．money   D．hope

 

8.                A．painful         B．excited         C．embarrassed   D．cheerful

 

9.                A．drop           B．satisfy          C．live  D．quit

 

10.               A．music          B．medicine       C．economy  D．Business

 

11.               A．let            B．make          C．encourage D．enable

 

12.               A．spent          B．enjoyed        C．wasted    D．used

 

13.               A．free           B．wealthy        C．creative   D．enthusiastic

 

14.               A．strong         B．successful       C．wealthy   D．satisfied

 

15.               A．it             B．which          C．that  D．as

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過自己追求精神上的滿足于成功告訴我們，富有并非成功，精神上的滿足才是最重要的。金錢是好東西，但可能為了金錢，我們付出的代價太昂貴。

1.B動詞辨析。A認為B不支持C同意D不同意；根據我爺爺的例子，說明我的家人不支持。

2.A名詞辨析。A背景B經歷C傳統D信念；從我家的背景來看有這樣的想法是可以理解的。

3.C動詞搭配。Provide…for…提供某人某物；指我的爺爺掙的錢不夠養活一個大家庭。

4.D名詞辨析。A期待B目的C原因D結果；因為我家里的爺爺的這個例子的結果。

5.B形容詞辨析。A確認B不確定C確定D肯定；指我搞音樂沒有確定的經濟收入的保障。

6.C 動詞辨析。A進入B參加C離開D申請；我家里的經濟出現了大的問題，我決定離開學校，我參加工作來幫助家里度過這個難關。

7.C 上下文串聯。我參加工作就是為了掙錢來幫助家里，不僅僅是讓家里人滿意。

8.A 形容詞辨析。A痛苦的B興奮C尷尬D興奮的；我在做自己不喜歡的事情，很痛苦。

9.D 動詞辨析。A跌落B滿意C居住D放棄；我想做的就是掙得足夠的錢以放棄這份工作。

10.A 上下文串聯。根據上文說明我非常喜歡音樂，所以這里表示我去歐洲學習音樂。

11.D 動詞辨析。A讓B生產C鼓勵D使…能夠；慢慢掙夠錢讓我能夠去歐洲；

12.B 動詞辨析。A花費B喜歡C浪費D使用；我在那里待里四年，享受那里的每一分鐘。

13.A 形容詞辨析。A自由B富有C有創造性D熱情；我可以做我想做的事情，我很自由。

14.C 形容詞辨析。A強烈B成功C富有D滿意的；如果我做生意，我會是一個很富有的人。

15.C 考查固定句式。So…that…如此...以至于…；that引導的是結果狀語從句。

考點：考查人生哲理類完型填空

點評：本文通過作者自身的故事告訴我們：富有并非成功 追求精神上的滿足。精神上的滿足是最重要的。從本篇完型我們可以看出完形的考查趨勢。突出考察學生詞匯與結構，詞匯與結構這部分既是整個考試的基礎，也是本題考察的重點部分，在以后的復習中，要特別重視詞匯與語法的復習，重視自己基礎的夯實與提高，只有這樣，才能以不變應萬變，在高考中中立于不敗之地。另外在答題注意上下文理解，同時結合邏輯推理進行答題，題目就能迎刃而解了。