Question

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn’t __36__ it as a profession. My grandfather, having taught music for years at college and, though much __37__, earned merely enough to support his family. As a result of this _38___in the family, I went to college -----quite __39__, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other _40___. Before my graduation from Columbia, I felt _41___my duty to leave college and take a job. Aside from the satisfaction of being able to ___42__the family, money is all I got out of it. My only ambition was to save enough to _43___ the job and go to Europe to study __44___. I used to get up at dawn to practice_45__ I left for “downtown “to work. . I continued to make money, and _46__, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to ___47_.

The situation of my family improved, and my help was _48___necessary, so I resigned from my __49__and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for _50___. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and _51___every minute of it. I was a _52__man and I was doing what I__53__ to do and what I was meant to do. If I had stayed in business, I might be a quite wealthy man today, __54__ I wouldn’t have made a success of living . I would have _55__all those that money can never buy.

Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high price on it.

1.                A．receive         B．accept          C．refuse    D．keep

2.                A．respected       B．hated          C．doubted  D．scolded

3.                A．excuse         B．chance         C．promise  D．example

4.                A．happily         B．sadly           C．hopelessly D．nervously

5.                A．interests        B．pities           C．experiments   D．problems

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．one

7.                A．question        B．help           C．warn D．visit

8.                A．give up         B．give in          C．go on D．throw away

9.                A．computer       B．law            C．history   D．music

10.               A．after           B．in case         C．before    D．the moment

11.               A．firstly          B．finally          C．generally  D．lately

12.               A．go back        B．go home        C．go abroad  D．go down

13.               A．no longer       B．of course       C．in fact D．much too

14.               A．position        B．college         C．home D．friends

15.               A．Asia           B．Europe         C．Africa D．North America

16.               A．wasted         B．lost            C．forgot D．enjoyed

17.               A．native          B．free           C．wise  D．weak

18.               A．repeated       B．offered         C．loved D．signed

19.               A．so             B．and            C．but   D．for

20.               A．missed         B．gained         C．achieved  D．won

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文从自己的亲身经历告诉我们钱很重要，但是做自己喜欢的事情更重要，要在金钱和心中真正的追求之间取得平衡，要去做能自己喜欢做的事情。

1.B 动词辨析。A受到B接受C拒绝D保持；我的不能接受我把音乐当成事业。

2.A 动词辨析。A被尊重B被恨C被怀疑D被责备；尽管我爷爷受人尊重但挣的钱不够养家。

3.D 名词辨析。A借口B机会C诺言D例子；爷爷就是学习音乐的例子。

4.A 副词辨析。A开心地B悲哀地C绝望地D紧张地；我上大学时候很开心，我有别的兴趣。

5.A 名词辨析。A兴趣B遗憾C实验D问题；我上大学时候很开心，我有别的兴趣。

6.C 语法分析。It是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式短语。

7.B 动词辨析。A询问B帮助C警告D参观；除了能够帮助家里以外，我还能挣到钱。

8.A 动词辨析。A放弃B屈服C继续D扔掉；我唯一的愿望就是放弃这份工作去欧洲学音乐。

9.D 上下文串联。根据句意：我唯一的愿望就是放弃这份工作去欧洲学音乐。

10.C 连词辨析。A在…后B以防C在…前D一…就；我在上班之前，练习音乐。

11.B 副词辨析。A首先B最后C逐渐D最近；最后我积累了足够地钱出国了。

12.C 短语辨析。A返回B回家C出国D下降；指积累了足够多的钱可以出国去欧洲学音乐。

13.A 副词辨析。A不再B当然C实际上D太…；指家庭情况好转，我的帮助也不再有必要。

14.A 名词辨析。A职位B大学C家庭D朋友；我辞职了，离开了那份工作。

15.B 上下文串联。根据上文提及要去欧洲学习音乐，说明要去欧洲。

16.D 动词辨析。A浪费B失去C忘记D享受；指我享受在欧洲的每一分钟。

17.C 形容词辨析。A本地的B自由的C聪明的D虚弱的；指我是一个自由的人了。

18.C 动词辨析。A重复B提供C爱D示意；指我在做我所喜欢的事情。

19.A 上下文串联。如果我不辞职，我会是一个很富有的人，但是我的生活就不会如此成功。

20.A 动词辨析。A错过B得到C实现D赢得；指错过这些钱难以买到的东西。

考点：考查哲理类短文