Question

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.

During his talk, Jack   41   his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ‘‘Who wants this?”   42   shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would   43  . But I jumped up, ran up the   44   to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,   45  raced through my mind — was I about to be humiliated(羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they   46   security guards and take me from the stage?    47   my desire for bold （大膽的）action was louder than any   48  voice. As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the   49   to come to us. We must take    50    to create what we want!’’

After his talk, I   51   to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next months, I sent him emails   52   my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got busy   53  other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.

A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.

I e-mailed him, and then again — but got no   54  . As I sat down at my computer to 55   my e-mails, I  56   woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely   57   that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.

Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We   58   believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)   59   way. So we don’t try. We  60  . But as Wayne Gretzky said，“You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.

Now what are you waiting for?

1.A. brought in                    B. reached for                     C. took over                         D. handed in

2.A. Cheers                                    B. Shouts                              C. Heads                     D. Hands

3.A. offer                              B. trust                                  C. like                                   D. choose

4.A. path                               B. road                                  C. steps                                 D. route

5.A. thoughts                       B. opinions                           C. ideas                      D. plans

6.A. ask                                 B. call                                    C. demand                            D. order

7.A. And                               B. So                             C. But                                    D. Or

8.A. noisy                             B. doubtful                           C. meaningful                      D. helpful

9.A. opportunities                  B. consequences                  C. results                              D. aims

10.A. step                         B. measure                           C. way                       D. action

11.A. expected                            B. tried                                  C. permitted                        D. managed

12.A. stating                       B. describing                        C. presenting                       D. sharing

13.A. with                             B. in                                  C. about                                 D. over

14.A. news                                    B. message                           C. response                          D. reaction

15.A. check                                   B. examine                           C. inspect                             D. review

16.A. gradually                    B. suddenly                          C. immediately           D. slowly

17.A. desiring                               B. claiming                            C. begging                            D. dreaming

18.A. particularly                         B. honestly                           C. falsely                      D. correctly

19.A. difficult                B. impressive                C. early                         D. natural

20.A. give up                                 B. put up                         C. take up                     D. set up

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者通過講述了參加成功人士jack的一次講座的難忘經歷及講座結束后作者通過兩人的交往心得，說明一個道理：機會稍縱即逝，不要去被動的等待機會，而是應該主動去抓住機會。

1.上下文串聯。從下文中提到他拿出一張100美元的支票可以推斷出此處是指他伸手去掏錢包，故填reach for伸手去夠，伸手去拿。 bring in引進，賺錢；take over負責，接管；handed in上交，均不符合題意。

2.上下文串聯及常識。上文提到 他拿出一張100美元的支票問誰要，根據常識肯定很多人都會快速的舉起手要，與shot up連接起來表示“迅猛舉起手來”。故應填hands.Cheers歡呼聲；Shouts叫喊聲；Heads頭均與shot up 搭配不當。

3.上下文串聯。上文提到很多人都舉手要那100美元，因此他們探著身子想知道Jack會 choose（選擇）誰。offer提供；trust信任；like 喜歡.

4.根據下文stage（舞臺）可以得知是在較高處，因此作者是跳上臺階（steps）。Path小路，小道     road        道路； steps臺階；route路線。

5.從破折號后面的一連串的疑問句，從內容上看都是作者的內心想法。故此處是指作者很多想法在腦海中縈繞。故選A。thoughts想法，思想；opinions觀點；ideas主意，辦法；plans計劃。

6.根據上下文語境，此處是指作者懷疑他們會打電話給保安過來把他拉走。故應該使用call。ask問，要求ask sb to do sth 要求某人做某事。demand要求;order命令

7.上下文串聯。從下文 I got the bill from his hand說明作者的行動戰勝了懷疑，故此處與上文作者的懷疑態度構成轉折關系，故選C

8.上下文串聯。從上文一連串的疑問句可以看出作者當時猶豫，矛盾的心理，但最終他內心渴望大膽的行動聲音戰勝了懷疑的聲音。故選doubtful懷疑的；noisy吵鬧的；meaningful有意義的；helpful有益的，有幫助的。

9.原詞復現。從文章最后一段You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!可以看出此處是指：我們不能等著機會自己找上門來。故選opportunities機會。Consequences結果；      results結果；aims目的。

10.考查固定搭配。Take steps/measures/action to do sth 采取措施做某事，故選D.  Way方法，手段，不與take搭配。

11.上下文串聯。從下文可以看出作者和Jack有了交往，說明此處是指設法成功的會見了jack。Manage to do sth 設法做成功某事。Expect to do sth期待做某事；try        to do sth 努力做某事；permit 不能直接接不定式，permit sb to do sth允許某人做某事。

12.固定搭配。Share sth with sb 與某人分享某事。根據語境，此處是指作者通過電子郵件與Jack一起分享他的觀點和夢想。State陳述；describe描述；present呈現，展示；share分享。

13.固定搭配。be busy with sth 或be busy in doing sth忙于做某事。根據后面所接的詞為other things.故填with。About和over不與be busy搭配。

14.上下文串聯。前段提到作者每次都會寫郵件Jack，談論他的觀點和夢想，jack每次都 kindly e-mailed back，而本段中提到我再次寫郵件給他時，用了轉折詞but,說明是他沒有回復我，故選擇response（回應，回復）。news消息;message消息，口信；reaction反應

15.check意為“檢查；核對”，強調檢驗事物是否與預料中的現象或者標準一致examine意為“仔細檢查；心細查看”，以找出線索或發現問題。此外，它意為“對…進行考試”， inspect 檢驗；視察review復習。

16.上文提到作者一直在等待著Jack回郵件，而當他坐在電腦旁查郵件的時候，他想起當年聽Jack講座時那一百美元的事兒，他頓悟了。故此處應該使用suddenly突然。gradually逐漸地;immediately       立刻，馬上；slowly慢慢地。

17.上下文串聯。前后呼應。文章第二段提到很多聽講座的人都舉手，說明他們都渴望那張百元支票。故選desire渴望； claim聲稱，要求；beg乞求；dream做夢。

18.下文提到“會100%的錯過機會，說明“認為一切事情都會以想當然的，自然的方式到來而不去嘗試”是錯誤的認識，故選C。Particularly特別，尤其；honestly老實說；correctly正確的

19.從下文So we don’t try我們不去嘗試，可以推斷：是因為我們認為一切事情都會以想當然的，自然的方式到來，即我們存在等待的心理。故選擇D自然的。 difficult困難的; impressive給人印象深刻的；early早的                     

20. 從前文So we don’t try可以推斷出我們放棄了。故選give up（放棄）。put up舉起，張貼；take up從事，占據；set up建立。

考點：夾敘夾議短文閱讀。