Question

    "Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"

The usual laughter followed, and people stirred（喧闹）to go.

Papaderos held up his hand and ______ the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was ______ and seeing from my eyes that I was.

"I will answer your question."

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he ______out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter.

And what he said went like this:

"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a ________ village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a ______. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.

I tried to ______ all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could ______ light into dark places where the sun would never ______-in deep holes and crevices (裂缝) and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor（暗喻） for ______ I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light-truth, ______, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places ______ if I reflect it.

I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and ______ I do not know. ______, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world-into the black places in the hearts of men-and change some things in some people. Perhaps ______ may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the ______ of my life."

1.A.walked B.stilled C.smiled D.surprised

2.A.kidding B.popular C.serious D.angry

3.A.sent B.put C.noticed D.brought

4.A.alive B.busy C.lonely D.comfortable

5.A.mirror B.motorcycle C.plane D.machine

6.A.examine B.hide C.leave D.find

7.A.behave B.reflect C.create D.stick

8.A.shine B.pull C.manage D.direct

9.A.what B.how C.where D.when

10.A.information B.preparation C.understanding D.practice

11.A.just B.only C.possibly D.usually

12.A.heart B.activity C.mistake D.shape

13.A.But B.However C.Until D.Unless

14.A.others B.another C.other D.the other

15.A.rule B.truth C.meaning D.idea

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

本篇讲述帕帕德罗斯小时候在战争期间捡到一个镜子的碎片，他从镜子能光带到黑暗的地方得到启示，他一样可以把真理、理解、知识等光明的东西带给其他人，这就是生命的意义。

1.

句意：帕帕德罗斯举起手来，把房间静了下来，看着我很长时间，用眼睛问我是不是认真的，从我的眼睛里看出我是认真的。

walked走；stilled使……安静；smiled微笑；surprised惊奇；根据上文“The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go”可知下文指帕帕德罗斯举起手来、使房间静了下来。故选B。

2.

句意：帕帕德罗斯举起手来，把房间静了下来，看着我很长时间，用眼睛问我是不是认真的，从我的眼睛里看出我是认真的。

kidding开玩笑；popular.受欢迎的；serious严肃的；angry生气的；根据下文“I will answer your question.”结合上文语境可知此处指帕帕德罗斯想知道我是不是认真的。故选C。

3.

句意：他从后口袋里掏出钱包，拿出一个四分之一的小圆镜。

sent送；put放；noticed注意；brought带来；根据上文“Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket”可知，他掏出钱包拿出小圆镜；故选D。

4.

句意：当我还是个小孩的时候，战争期间，我们非常贫穷，我们住在一个偏僻的村庄里。

alive活着的；busy忙碌的；lonely偏僻的；comfortable舒适的；根据and并列表相承关系，上文“we were very poor”可知，此处指住在偏僻的村庄；故选C。

5.

句意：一天，在路上，我发现了一面镜子的碎片。

mirror镜子；motorcycle摩托车；plane飞机；machine机器；根据下文“A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place”可知，此处指镜子的碎片。故选A。

6.

句意：我尽力要找到所有的碎片并把它们拼在一起，但不可能，所以我只保留了最大的一块。

examine检查；hide隐藏；leave离开；find找到；根据下文“so I kept only the largest piece”可知上文指尽力要找到所有的碎片；故选D。

7.

句意：我开始把它当作玩具玩，并开始着迷于这样一个事实：我可以把光线反射到黑暗的地方，在那太阳永远不会照到的深坑、裂缝和黑暗的衣橱里。

behave表现；reflect反射；create创造；stick粘贴；根据上文“ light into dark places ...”和常识可知，镜子能够把光线反射到黑暗的地方。故选B。

8.

句意：我开始把它当作玩具玩，并开始着迷于这样一个事实：我可以把光线反射到黑暗的地方，在那太阳永远不会照到的深坑、裂缝和黑暗的衣橱里。

shine照耀；pull拉；manage管理；direct指导；由“deep holes and crevices and dark closets”提示可知这些是太阳照不到的地方。故选A。

9.

句意：当我长大成人后，我逐渐明白，这不仅仅是一个孩子的游戏，而是一个隐喻，我可以用我的生命去我可以做的。

what什么，问事或物；how怎样，问方式；where在哪里，问地点；when什么时候，问时间；此空作do的宾语，指做的事情。故选A。

10.

句意：但光明——真理、理解、知识就在那里，只要我反射它，它就会在许多黑暗的地方闪耀。

information信息；preparation准备；understanding理解；practice练习；由“truth；knowledge”提示，可知此处是与真理和知识一样，客观存在的，因此C选项更符合；故选C。

11.

句意：但光明——真理、理解、知识就在那里，只要我反射它，它就会在许多黑暗的地方闪耀。

just仅仅；only只要；possibly可能；usually通常；此处借由上文中镜子反射的事，来让我们理解这个道理，只要反射，就会照亮其他地方；故选B。

12.

句意：我是一面镜子的碎片，我不知道它的整个设计和形状。

heart心脏；activity活动；mistake错误；shape形状；由“whole design”提示，可知，此处指整个镜子的设计和形状。故选D。

13.

句意：然而，用我所有，我可以将光明反射到这个世界的黑暗之处，反射到人们心中的黑暗之处，并改变一些人的某些东西。

But但是，并列连词；However然而，副词，位于句首时，要用逗号与句子其它部分隔开； Until直到……；Unless除非……；上文“I am a fragment of a mirror …”与下文“…I can reflect light into the dark places …and change some things in some people”虽然只是镜子的碎片却一样可以反射光明，上下文有转折的意义，空格在句前。故选B。

14.

句意：也许其他人也会看到，也会这样做。这就是我想要的。这就是我生命的意义。”

others其他人或物，代词；another三者或以上另外的，形容词或代词；other其它的，形容词；the other二者中另一个；根据上文“…change some things in some people”可知，此处指其他人也会看到，也会这样做，此处是主语。故选A。

15.

句意：也许其他人也会看到，也会这样做。这就是我想要的。这就是我生命的意义。”

rule规则；truth事实；meaning意义；idea主意；由上文可知帕帕德罗斯希望自己能像镜子一样把光明带给心灵黑暗的人，这就是他生命的意义。故选C。