Question

    One day, a teacher entered his classroom and gave his students a surprise test. He walked around the classroom and handed out the question papers with the text facing downwards.

Once he had given them all out, he asked his students to _______ the page and begin. To everyone's _______ , there were no questions, but just a black dot in the center of the _______ .

The teacher saw the _______ on everyone's face and said, "I want you to write what you _______ there. You have three minutes to finish this." The confused students got started on the _______ task. After three minutes, the teacher _______ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them, with no _______ , described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.

After each paper had been _______ , the classroom was silent. The teacher began to ________ .I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to ________ .No one wrote about the white part of the paper, Everyone ________ on the black dot, and the same thing ________ in our lives, we have a piece of white paper to enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our ________ is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to celebrate-friends that help us or jobs that support our lives. However, we keep focusing only on the dark spots-the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationships with other people. The dark spots are really ________ , but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a positive life!"

1.A.read B.set C.turn D.check

2.A.delight B.surprise C.sadness D.disappointment

3.A.blank B.picture C.page D.text

4.A.symbols B.mash C.appearances D.expressions

5.A.remember B.see C.imagine D.desire

6.A.unusual B.common C.boring D.important

7.A.chose B.divided C.corrected D.collected

8.A.exception B.means C.doubt D.attention

9.A.answered B.counted C.read D.written

10.A.complain B.explain C.question D.reply

11.A.prefer to B.make up C.work out D.think about

12.A.depended B.lay C.focused D.agreed

13.A.happens B.appears C.remains D.develops

14.A.family B.life C.friendship D.heart

15.A.exciting B.interesting C.strange D.annoying

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了老师通过一次特殊的考试，告诉学生们：不尽如人意的黑点只是你生命中的一小部分，不要紧紧抓住不放，要看到生命中更加广阔的爱与幸福。

1.

句意：他把卷子都发给学生，要求学生翻开卷子开始作答。

read读；set放置；turn转；check检查。根据前文“handed out…facing downwards.”可知，刚开始试卷是面朝下的，等到都分发完毕时，老师才要求他们把试卷翻到正面答题，turn the page翻面。故选C。

2.

句意：令每一个人吃惊的是，那一页纸上没有问题，只有中间一个黑点。

delight高兴；surprise惊讶；sadness伤心；disappointment失望。根据下文“The confused students…”从学生们困惑的表情中可知，此处表示的是令学生惊讶的是试卷上竟然没有试题，to one’s surprise令某人惊讶的是。故选B。

3.

句意：令每一个人吃惊的是，那一页纸上没有问题，只有中间一个黑点。

blank空格；picture图片；page纸；text课本。根据下文“described the black dot…on the paper.”可知，黑点是在纸上。故选C。

4.

句意：老师看到每一个人脸上的表情。

symbols象征，符号；mash麦芽浆；appearances外表；expressions表情。从前文第二空描述可知，学生们很惊讶，所以老师看到的是他们惊讶的表情。故选D。

5.

句意：我想让你们写下你们在纸上看见的东西。

remember记得；see看见；imagine想象；desire渴望。根据后文“described the black dot … it was on the paper.”每个学生都描述了这个黑点，尽力解释黑点的所在，可知老师是让学生描述他们在纸上看到的东西。故选B。

6.

句意：困惑的学生们开始了这个不同寻常的任务。

unusual不同寻常；common普通的；boring无聊的；important重要的。结合实际，因为试卷上不是普通的题，而是一个小黑点，所以是不同寻常的考试。故选A。

7.

句意：三分钟过后，老师收集了所有的答题纸，并开始阅读。

chose选择；divided分开；corrected纠正；collected收集。根据上下文可知，试卷答题完毕后，老师应该是收集起来。故选D。

8.

句意：所有人，无一例外，都描述了这个黑点，尽力解释那个点在纸上的位置。

exception例外；means含义；doubt疑惑；attention注意。根据后文“No one wrote…on the black dot”每一个人的注意力只有这个黑点，没有人描写纸上空白的部分，所以描述黑点这件事是所有人都有做的，无一例外。故选A。

9.

句意：每一张试卷读完后，教室里一片寂静。

answered回答；counted数数；read阅读；written书写。根据上文“started reading each one of them.”可知，老师在所有学生面前读答案，因此此处表示当老师把所有的答案都读完后。故选C。

10.

句意：老师开始解释。

complain抱怨；explain解释；question提问；reply回答。老师读完全部答案后，根据后文“I am not going… to think about”他开始给学生解释他出题的用意，想要引发学生些许思考。故选B。

11.

句意：我只是想给你们一些思考。

prefer to参考；make up组成；work out解决；think about思考。根据上文“I am not going to grade you according to this.”可知，老师并不想据此打分，所以只是想要引发学生的思考。故选D。

12.

句意：每个人的注意力都集中在这个黑点上。

depended取决于；lay放在；focused集中于……；agreed同意。根据“No one wrote about the white part of the paper”可知，学生们的注意力都是在这个黑点上，focus on集中注意力于……。故选C。

13.

句意：同样的事情也发生在我们的人生中。

happens发生；appears出现；remains保留；develops发展。从学生对白纸上的黑点的描述这件事上引申为生活中发生的事情，同样也发生过类似的事情。故选A。

14.

句意：我们的人生是一个礼物，充满了关爱。

family家庭；life人生；friendship友谊；heart心。根据上文“and the same thing…in our lives”可知，此处讲述的是我们的人生。故选B

15.

句意：这些黑点令人恼火。

exciting激动的；interesting有趣的；strange奇怪的；annoying恼火的。根据上文“However, we keep focusing … with other people”可知，黑点代表的是健康问题、金钱问题以及人际关系问题，都是不尽如人意的事，所以令人烦恼、恼火。故选D。