Question

Chris's parents were proud of him when he graduated from college.But after six months, he still didn't find a job.In fact, he had no idea     he wanted to do.He was living at home with his parents and things were becoming not good.His father thought of     as a lazy man who was afraid      the real world.

Chris thought his dad was unreasonable(不讲道理的).After all, he was young and he needed some space.During a recent argument, Chris said, "I'm not you, Dad.I have my own way      doing things.I want a job I enjoy." His dad said, "That's a nice idea,      anyway we call.it 'job'  because it's about making a living, not      fun."

There are many young people like Chris.They are having trouble getting started with a serious job and becoming     They just don’t want to grow up.They think when the time is right, everything will be all right.

      , it doesn’t work that way.Things happen and opportunities appear most often when we are moving, not standing still（静止）.The     step is the hardest, but the key to     in anything is getting started.

1.A.how             B.what          C.where         D.why

2.A.he              B.his           C.it            D.him

3.A.to enter        B.entering      C.entered      D.enter

4.A.to              B.with          C.at            D.of

5.A.however         B.and           C.but           D.so

6.A.have            B.to have       C.having       D.had

7.A.funny           B.independent    C.strange      D.famous

8.A.Unluckily      B.Luck         C.Lucky       D.Luckily

9.A.last            B.first         C.one           D.only

10.A.success        B.successful     C.succeed       D.successfully

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过克里斯大学毕业后找工作的故事，讲述了一个“万事开头难”的道理。当我们在犹豫时，事情发生了、机会出现了。迈出的第一步最困难，而任何事情的关键就是开始。

1.B 考查疑问词及语境理解。句意：他不知道他想要做什么。A.how怎样，表示方式；B.what什么，指事物；C.where在哪儿，指地点；D.why为什么，指原因。不知道要做什么，故选B。

2.2】D考查代词及语境理解。句意：他父亲把他看成一个害怕踏入社会的懒人。A.he他，人称代词主格，作主语；B.his他的，物主代词；C.it它，指动物或事物；D.him他，人称代词宾格形式。本句指人克里斯，作介词of的宾语，用宾格，故选D。

3.3】A考查非谓语动词及语境理解。句意：他父亲把他看成一个害怕踏入社会的懒人。害怕作某事：be afraid to do sth或be afraid of doing sth后跟不定式或由介词of引出动名词。故选A。

4.4】D考查介词及语境理解。句意：我有自己的行事方式。做……的方式：the way of doing sth, the way to do sth介词of后跟动词用动名词形式，to后跟动词原形构成不定式，空后的doing是动名词，用介词of，故选D。

5.C考查连词及语境理解。句意：那是一个好的想法，但是无论怎样我们称之为工作，因为它是有关谋生而不是开心的事。A.however然而，副词，常用一个逗号与句子隔开；B.and并且，连词，表示并列或递进；C.but但是，连词，表示转折；D.so因此，连词，表示结果。根据语境，表示句意转折，用连词but引出，故选C。

6.6】C考查非谓语动词及语境理解。句意：因为这是有关谋生，而不是开心。作介词about的宾语，用动名词形式，故选C。

7.7】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们开始一份认真的工作并且独立有困难。A.funny有趣的；B.independent独立的；C.strange奇怪的，陌生的；D.famous著名的。找到工作，独立生活。故选B。

8.A考查副词及语境理解。句意：不幸的是，事情不那样发生。A.Unluckily不幸地，副词形式；B.Luck运气，好运，名词形式；C.Lucky运气好的，形容词形式；D.Luckily幸运地，副词形式。前句讲：They think when the time is right, everything will be all right.在恰当的时间，一切都会好的。本句说事情不像那样出现。可以推测出“不幸”，故选A。

9.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：第一步是最困难的。A.last最后的；B.first第一的；C.one一；D.only仅仅，唯一。根据语境，开头难，即第一步难。故选B。

10..success成功，名词；B.successful成功的，形容词；C.succeed成功，动词；D.successfully成功地，副词。作介词to的宾语，用名词、代词或动名词形式。故选A。

【考点定位】 考查社会生活类短文阅读。