Question

There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.

Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.

Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.

1.                A．owners         B．discoverers      C．inventors D．users

2.                A．depends on     B．turns down      C．makes up D．leads to

3.                A．never          B．hardly          C．nearly    D．surely

4.                A．decision        B．leap           C．conclusion    D．contribution

5.                A．early           B．old            C．hard     D．wise

6.                A．If              B．Before          C．Even     D．Since

7.                A．hoped         B．learnt          C．thought   D．heard

8.                A．plan           B．job            C．belief    D．method

9.                A．stressed        B．decided        C．realized  D．Dreamed

10.               A．response       B．reply          C．answer    D．excuse

11.               A．instead of       B．regardless of    C．because of     D．in spite of

12.               A．result          B．factor          C．pressure  D．strength

13.               A．changes        B．helps          C．begins D．matters

14.               A．opposite        B．impossible      C．strange    D．valuable

15.               A．make          B．suggest         C．require   D．follow

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过一个举例告诉我们不要把自己的年龄当借口，去放弃自己的追求和梦想。

1.根据of many useful things，故选C, inventors发明家。

2.这里想说它取决于你的态度，故选A，depends on取决于。

3.根据After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the decision，故选A，never从不。

4.根据he put a business plan together，故选A，decision决定。

5. 根据They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family，故选B。

6.根据many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he thought that they knew what was best，故选D，Since既然。

7.这里想说他认为他们知道什么是最好的，thought，认为，故选C。

8.根据he put a business plan together，故选A。

9.这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，realized意识到，故选C。

10.这里想说这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，excuse借口，故选D。

11.根据age or another limiting factor，故选C，because of由于。

12.根据Have you put off a goal because of age or another limiting factor?故选B。

13.这里想说你的态度最要紧，matters，重要，故选D。

14.这里想说你没有老到不能尝试有价值的事情，故选D，valuable有价值的。

15.这里想说它们需要一点调整，故选C，require需要。

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