Question

完形填空。

通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

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 ______, 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 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 it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude.

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：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地理解别人。同时我们要对别人心怀感激之情。

1. 考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他站在那里，微笑着看着我们，好像他对我很熟悉。A.shouting大喊；B. Smiling微笑；C. Looking看着；D.knocking 敲， 根据句意此处指“向我微笑”。故选B。

2. 考查副词及语境的理解。句意：最后我问他是否认识我。A.suddenly突然；B.luckily幸运的是；C. finally最后；D. firstly首先。根据句意即语境，最后是finally,故选C。

3.

4. his他的；D. my我的。根据句意“我的”，故选D。

5. most大多数的；C. few几乎没有的；D. fewer更少的。根据上下文“大多数的”,应是“most of them”，故选B。

6. wives妻子们；C. bosses老板们；D. children孩子们。根据句意及上下文，故选C。

7. Sat坐下； C. walked步行； D.rested休息。根据上下文此处指站在椅子上，故选A。

8. down向下；B. light右；C.left左；D.up向。根据句意及语境，故应该选D。

9. C.strange奇怪的； D same同样的。根据句意及语境，故选B。

10. B. consider认为、考虑；C.like喜欢；D.thank谢谢。根据句意及上下文，故选B。

【小题11 】A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：这是不是当初看到他们好的品质并雇佣他们的同一个人？A. qualities品质； B. tastes味道；C.looks相貌；D. skills技巧。根据句意及上下文，故选A.

11. found发现； B. refused拒绝；C. chosen选择； D. trained。训练。根据句意及语境，故选C.

12. sometimes有时；D. ever曾经。根据句意，此处指曾经，故选D。

13. Luck运气； C. salary薪水； D.job。工作。 根据句意，此处指生活态度改变，故选A.

14. Sorry道歉；B. post邮寄；C. thank-you感谢；D. greeting打招呼。 根据词法与语境此处是指对老板的感谢，故选C。

考点：生活类短文阅读