Question

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是美国总统奥巴马在巴纳德学院毕业典礼上的演讲，他提出了建议－－要坚持不懈。奥巴马举了给自己影响很大的女性的例子，说明做什么事都要坚持。

1.考查动词：A. compete竞争B. persevere坚持C. struggle斗争D. preservation保护，我的最后一点建议－－这很简单，但可能是最重要的一点：坚持不懈。选B

2.考查动词：A. rest休息B. decline下降C. quit放弃D. regret后悔，可是他们坚持不懈，从错误中学习。他们绝不放弃。选C

3.考查名词：A. campus校园B. downtown市中心C. farm     农场D. country国家，乡村，从后面的So even as I worked after graduation 可知是在校园里。选A

4.考查形容词：A. confident自信的B. uncertain不确定的C. ambitious有野心的，D. proud骄傲的，我知道我想有所作为，但却不清楚如何去做。选B

5.考查动词：A. shape  塑造B. instruct     指导C. organize   组织D. lead领导，可我想尽自己的力量去建设一个更美好的世界，选A

6.考查形容词：A. amazing 惊人的，B. disturbing让人不安的，C. meaningful有意义的，D. unsatisfactory不令人满意的，即使当我毕业后在纽约从事几份没有成就感的工作的时候，选D

7.考查词组：A. reached out努力争取B. put out扑灭C. gave out分发，用尽     ，D. made out辨认出。我也在努力求索。选A

8.考查动词：A. presented   呈现B. structured构建C. learned学习D. created创造，但事实是，这是后天学到的。选C

9.考查动词：A. copying复制B. detecting 侦探C. persuading说服D. watching观察，我是从养育我的人身上观察到的，选D

10.考查名词：A. life   生活B. work 工作C. school学校D. business生意，从后面的scholarships可知是在努力维持家庭生计的同时完成学业。选C

11.考查副词：A. yet然而B. even甚至C. still仍然D. also也，甚至一度靠领取食品劵勉强养家度日。选B

12.考查词组：A. get by勉强度过B. come by经过C. get along进展D. come along一起来，解析同上题。选A

13.考查介词：A. during在…期间B. through通过C. across   穿过D. over  越过，并确保我和我妹妹能依靠奖学金和辛勤努力来获得我们的学位。选B

14.考查物主代词：A. mine我的B. us我们C. ours我们的D. hers她的，有ours指代：my sister and I ，选C

15.考查词组：A. for the time being暂时B. long before很久前C. up to now 直到现在，D. later on以后，后来，我遇到一位女性，选D

16.考查形容词：A. young年轻的B. poor穷的 C. weak虚弱的D. strong强壮的，米歇尔和我竭尽全力在发展事业与照顾幼小的孩子之间找到平衡。选A

17.考查连词：A. as if好像B. if是否C. whether是否D. unless除非，这里用whether引导让步状语从句，if不可以，无论是创办一家企业、竞选公职、还是抚养一个美好的家庭，选C

18.考查动词：A. rising上升B. raising抚养C. arousing引起D. arising产生，抚养家庭用raise，选B

19.考查动词：A. view 观点B. stay   逗留C. remark评论D. mark印记，要在这个世界上留下你的影响不是一件轻而易举的事情。选D

20.考查名词：A. goals目标B. advantages好处C. shortcomings缺点D. setbacks后退，挫折，随之而来的是大量挫折，以及无数次的失败。选D。

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