Question

Who is setting your standards for you ?

A true story has it that one elder man  36  to jog around the local high school football field. As he huffed and puffed(氣喘吁吁) along, the team was  37 . The players soon started running sprints up and down the field. The man told himself “I will 38  keep running until they quit.”

So he ran. And they ran. And he ran some more. And they kept running. And he kept running until he 39  finally run no more. He stopped in  40 . One of the players, equally out of breath, approached him and said in a crying voice, “Boy, I am so glad that you finally stopped. 41  told us we had to keep running  42 the old guy who was jogging !” He was watching them. They were watching him. He was letting them set his 43  , on the contrary, they allow him to set  44 .

My question is this: Are you keeping  45  with somebody else in your daily life? Are you 46  people to set your standards for you? What about your standards, or  47 , for moral behavior or even your way of building up your own characteristics ? Or guidelines for what kind of life  48  you want? Negative or positive? Do you keep pace with those  49  you, or do you decided yourself just 50  you will live your life? The true is that only you are  51  to determine what your standards will be.

Set your standards too low, and you will know only  52 . But set high standards and you can live an immeasurably full and  53 life. For only when you  54  the best that is within yourself, will you experience great living. Just as an old saying goes: “Think big 55 , and win big success.”

Who is setting your standards?

1.A .planned          B. decided          C. hoped        D .begged

2.A. in practice       B. in order          C. in place       D. in danger

3.A. just             B. simple          C. hardly         D. nearly

4.A. would           B. should          C. could          D. must

5.A. delight          B. despair          C. astonishment    D. exhaustion

6.A. Headmaster      B. Teacher          C. Coach         D. Monitor

7.A. as long as        B. as far as         C. as soon as      D. as good as

8.A .example         B. timetable         C. standards      D. tricks

9.A. his             B. him             C. them          D. theirs

10.A. touch           B. pace             C. contact        D. promise

11.A. making         B. encouraging       C. having         D. allowing

12.A. principals       B. theories           C. principles      D. rules

13.A. way           B. method            C. technique      D. attitude

14.A. around         B. along             C. against        D. across

15.A. why            B. how              C. where         D. whether

16.A. admitted        B. educated          C. qualified       D. demanded

17.A. dishonest       B. discontent         C. uncomfortable   D. unforgettable

18.A. selfless          B. valueless         C. worthwhile      D. worthless

19.A. work for        B. long for          C. reach for        D. run for

20.A. target           B. score            C. deal           D. goal

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：一個(gè)老人在慢跑鍛煉時(shí)把自己的鍛煉目標(biāo)設(shè)定為：那些運(yùn)動(dòng)員停我才停。直到他最后跑不動(dòng)了，停下來(lái)的時(shí)候，一個(gè)同樣上氣不接下氣的運(yùn)動(dòng)員向他喊道：你終于停了，教練告訴我們，你跑著，我們就不能停。通過(guò)這個(gè)故事，引出作者的看法：只有自己才有資格來(lái)確定自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。圍繞著個(gè)觀點(diǎn)，說(shuō)明自己的看法和原因。

1.B 句意：一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事，一位老人決定在當(dāng)?shù)匾凰�高中的足球�?chǎng)慢跑（鍛煉）。由于下面說(shuō)的是老人慢跑期間發(fā)生的事情，所以既不能是planned計(jì)劃，也不能是hoped希望，更不能是begged乞求。

2.A句意：當(dāng)他氣喘吁吁的（沿著跑道）慢跑的時(shí)候，一支體育隊(duì)在訓(xùn)練。in practice：1. 在實(shí)踐中；實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上2. 在不斷練習(xí)中；in order：整齊；秩序井然 ；in place：在適當(dāng)?shù)奈恢茫籭n danger：處于危險(xiǎn)中。

3.A 句意：我就是要跑到他們停下來(lái)為止。柯林斯解釋?zhuān)簀ust: adv. You use just to emphasize the following word or phrase, in order to express feelings such as annoyance, admiration, or certainty. 就是 (加強(qiáng)表示感情的語(yǔ)氣)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]；simple：簡(jiǎn)單地；簡(jiǎn)樸地；容易地；hardly：幾乎不；nearly：將近，幾乎

4.C句意：他繼續(xù)跑，直到他最終再也跑不動(dòng)了。表示能力,用could.

5.D句意：他再也跑不動(dòng)了，精疲力盡地停下了。delight：高興； despair：絕望；喪失信心； astonishment：驚訝；驚異；exhaustion：精疲力盡；枯竭；耗盡。

6.C句意：我太高興了，你終于停下來(lái)了，教練告訴我們，只要那位慢跑的老人不停，我們就不能停。既然是體育訓(xùn)練隊(duì)，那就是教練的指令。headmaster：校長(zhǎng)； coach：教練； monitor：班長(zhǎng)；監(jiān)控器。

7.A 見(jiàn)上題。as long as: 只要；as soon as: 一…就…;as far as：遠(yuǎn)到；就…而言；as good as:像…一樣好；幾乎。

8.C句意：He was watching them. They were watching him. He was letting them set his 43  , on the contrary, they allow him to set  44 . 他（老人）在看著他們。他們?cè)诳粗�他。他（老人）讓他們定他的�?biāo)準(zhǔn)，相反，他們讓他（老人）來(lái)定他們的（標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）。43，提示來(lái)自標(biāo)題：Who is setting your standards for you ?

9.D見(jiàn)上題解釋。theirs=their standards.

10.B句意：Are you keeping  45  with somebody else in your daily life? 你跟日常生活中的某人保持同步嗎？keep pace with：并駕齊驅(qū)；保持同步。下文提示：Do you keep pace with those  49  you…

11.D句意：你允許別人給你設(shè)定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)嗎？提示信息在上文：on the contrary, they allow him to set  44。 allow sb. to do sth 允許某人做某事。

12.C句意：What about your standards, or  47 , for moral behavior or even your way of building up your own characteristics ? 那么，你的道德行為，甚至你建立個(gè)人特點(diǎn)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或原則（也讓別人設(shè)定嗎）呢？根據(jù)or來(lái)確定，47和standards為同一類(lèi)的名詞，principals：校長(zhǎng)；負(fù)責(zé)人；theories：理論；principles：原則；法則； rules：條例；規(guī)定。

13.D句意：抑或你想要的哪種生活態(tài)度?  根據(jù)后文：Negative or positive? 消極的還是積極的？四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有attitude:態(tài)度；看法，有積極或消極之說(shuō)。

14.A句意：Do you keep pace with those  49  you, or do you decided yourself just 50  you will live your life? 你跟你身邊的人保持同步嗎，還是你自己決定你要怎樣過(guò)自己的生活？ around sb.:在某人身邊；在某人周?chē)��?/p>

15.B見(jiàn)上題：decided 的賓語(yǔ)從句，從句中主語(yǔ)賓語(yǔ)齊全，根據(jù)句意，是說(shuō)生活的方式。

16.C句意：The true is that only you are  51  to determine what your standards will be. 只有你才有資格決定你的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。admit：承認(rèn)；準(zhǔn)許進(jìn)入 ； educate：培育，教育；qualified：合格的；有資格的 ； demand：需要；要求

17.B句意： 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)定地過(guò)低，你只會(huì)不滿足。dishonest：不誠(chéng)實(shí)的；欺詐的； discontent：不滿足的； uncomfortable：不舒服的；不安的； unforgettable：難忘的。

18.C句意：把標(biāo)準(zhǔn)定高一些，你就能過(guò)一種無(wú)限充實(shí)并有真正價(jià)值的生活。根據(jù)and這個(gè)并列連詞確定，需要的是和full : 豐富的；完整的；圓滿的；的近義詞。selfless：無(wú)私的；不考慮自己的； valueless：無(wú)價(jià)值的；微不足道的； worthwhile： 1. 值得花時(shí)間的；值得花精力的 2. 有真正價(jià)值的

值得的；worthless：無(wú)價(jià)值的；不值錢(qián)的

19.C句意：For only when you  54  the best that is within yourself, will you experience great living. 因?yàn)橹挥心闩�力為尋求自身最�?yōu)秀的品質(zhì)的時(shí)候，你才能夠體驗(yàn)美好的生活。. work for：效勞；為…工作；為…效力； long for：渴望； reach for：伸手去拿；努力達(dá)到； run for：競(jìng)選；匆匆去取。

20.D句意：Just as an old saying goes: “Think big 55 , and win big success.” 正像一句諺語(yǔ)所說(shuō)：目標(biāo)遠(yuǎn)大則成就偉大。target：(攻擊的)目標(biāo)；靶子； score：分?jǐn)?shù)；得分； deal：交易；分量；goal：目標(biāo)；球門(mén)；得分，柯林斯解釋?zhuān)篠omething that is your goal is something that you hope to achieve, especially when much time and effort will be needed.（花費(fèi)大量時(shí)間和努力要實(shí)現(xiàn)的）目標(biāo)

考點(diǎn)：考查夾敘夾議文閱讀。