Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。

I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager came over and said that our meal was free. He stood there   _________at me, he seemed to know me. _________  I asked if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably  _________ him, but I had changed his life. He said that twelve years ago he was in _________  stress management class. I asked the group what their number one stress was and _________of them, including him, said it was their _________ .

He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I   _________ on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from _________  there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to think about how _________ the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).

Then I asked them to _________ their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good__________   and hired（雇佣） them? Do they remember how happy they were to be _________ for the job? How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had   _________ said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living. He answered no.

He told me his   _________ changed that night. He went back to work with a _________ card to his boss. He had been the manager for 8 years. He said he owed（把……归功于） it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude（感激之情）.

1.A. Shouting     B. smiling    C. looking     D. knocking

2.A. Suddenly      B. Luckily    C. Finally     D. Firstly

3.A. Remembered    B. seen       C. disliked   D. forgotten

4.A. their          B. our       C. his         D. my

5.A. More         B. most     C. few         D. fewer

6.A. teachers     B. wives     C. bosses     D. children

7.A. stood        B. sat        C. walked      D. rested

8.A. down          B. right      C. left       D. up

9.A. special       B. different C. strange     D. same

10.A. miss          B. consider   C. like       D. thank

11.A. qualities    B. tastes     C. looks      D. skills

12.A. found        B. refused    C. chosen      D. trained

13.A. never        B. always    C. sometimes   D. ever

14.A. life         B. luck      C. salary      D. job

15.A. sorry        B. post      C. thank-you  D. greeting

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文讲述了在我们的生活中，要学会从不同的角度看问题，这样我们就可以更好的理解别人，同时我们要对别人心怀感激之情。

1.B考查语境理解及动词辨析。Shouting喊叫；smiling微笑；looking看；knocking 敲门。联系后半句he seemed to know me.可知此处指的是，他站在那儿看着我。故选B。

2.C考查语境理解及副词辨析。Suddenly突然地；Luckily幸运地；Finally终于，最后；Firstly 首先。联系前一句描述，可知最后我问他是否认识我。故选C。

3.D考查语境理解及动词辨析。Remembered记得；seen看见；disliked讨厌，不喜欢；forgotten 忘记。联系后一句描述，可知我可能是忘记这个人了。故选D。

4.D考查语境理解及代词辨析。Their他们的；our我们的；his他的；my 我的。联系后两句描述，可知他参加了我的减压课堂。故选D。

5.B考查语境理解及词语辨析。More更多的；most大部分的；few很少几个；fewer 更少的。联系下文including him,描述，可知此处指的是他们大部分。故选B。

6.C考查语境理解及名词辨析。Teachers老师们；wives妻子们；bosses老板们；children 孩子们。联系下文Then I asked them to their bosses.可知他们说的是他们的压力就是老板。故选C。

7.A考查语境理解及动词辨析。stood站立；sat 坐；walked行走，步行；rested 休息。联系下文I asked the group to think about how the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).描述，可知此处指的是，从另一个角度看待问题，故不可能是坐在椅子上，故选A，站在椅子上。

8.D考查语境理解及副词辨析。Down向下，在下方；right正确的，恰当的； left左边的，剩下的；Up在……上方，向上的；句意：我想让他们从椅子上看看这个房间。故选D。

9.D考查语境理解及形容词辨析。Special特殊的，专门的；different 不同的； strange奇怪的，陌生的；same相同的。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是这个房间看起来有什么不同。故选B。

10.B考查语境理解及动词辨析。Miss错过，想念；consider考虑，认为； like 喜欢；thank感谢。联系下文，可知此处我让他们想一下老板。故选B。

11.A考查语境理解及名词辨析。Qualities品质； tastes品味，味道；looks相貌；skills 技术，技能。联系后半句描述，可知此处指的是他们的好品质。故选A。

12.C考查语境理解及动词辨析。Found发现；refused拒绝；chosen选择；trained培训。结合语境可知此处指的是，他们被选中做这项工作。故选C。

13.D考查语境理解及副词辨析。Never从来不，永远不；always一直，总是；sometimes有时，偶尔；ever曾经。结合语境可知我问的是，他是否曾经向老板说过感谢。故选D。

14.A考查语境理解及名词辨析。Life生活；luck运气，好运；salary薪水，工资；job 工作。联系后两句描述，可知他告诉我那天晚上他的生活改变了。故选A。

15.C考查语境理解及词语辨析。Sorry抱歉，对不起；post岗位，邮件；thank-you感谢；greeting 打招呼。根据短文最后一句描述，可知此处指的是一张感谢卡。故选C。

考点：考查人生百味类短文。