Question

Recently, we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were         of laughter, fun and great food. It’s a        thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also        to the end and a return to work.

It was twelve years since we went on a vacation, so this vacation was viewed with         of a great break away from my daily routine. And we weren’t        .

But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a corporative environment. The main       was that when we returned, when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close, we didn’t have the same feeling of      stress, anxiety and fear.

In this recent vacation, it wasn’t that we        enjoyed the various fun and new activities, the break away from routine, the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures, the         to do what we wanted when we wanted or the leisurely       of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t       fear the last day of vacation. You see, we know that we were        what we love to do not what we had to do.

The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In the previous times, the last days of vacation were terrible. We experience an increasing        of stress       we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not        that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.

The        is this: If you do what you love, it doesn’t matter        that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not         yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation, or wishing that you could       enjoying this vacation for much, much longer. A love of what you do        you back like a magnet.

1.A. moments            B. possibilities           C. situations               D. ways

2.A. discouraging      B. bitter                               C. wonderful             D. funny

3.A. come up             B. count down                     C. give out                  D. die away

4.A. expectation                B. attempt                           C. opinion                  D. demand

5.A. satisfied                        B. tired                                  C. disappointed         D. optimistic

6.A. advantage           B. problem                          C. difference              D. drawback

7.A. approaching                B. relieving                          C. bearing                  D. overcoming

8.A. necessarily                  B. thoroughly                      C. relaxingly                D. smoothly

9.A. opportunity                B. desire                     C. possibility              D. right

10.A. pattern                      B. pace                                  C. lifestyle                   D. atmosphere

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

12.A. returning to              B. submitting to                  C. turning to              D. heading for

13.A. number            B. knowledge                       C. sense                      D. awareness

14.A. although                    B. and                                   C. because               D. if

15.A. anything                    B. everything                      C. nothing                  D. something

16.A. lesson                        B. idea                                  C. point                        D. solution

17.A. in the least                B. for a moment                 C. after all                  D. at the moment

18.A. let                     B. find                                  C. make                      D. catch

19.A. maintain                    B. risk                                   C. keep                       D. stop

20.A. draws                         B. holds                                C. pushes                   D. welcomes

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B   

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：外出旅行时人们在行程即将结束时往往会产生恐惧感，其原因是他们又要重新回到自己不喜欢的工作岗位上。但如果所从事的是自己很喜欢的工作，那么人们会不会还有这种恐惧感呢？

1.A名词辨析。那是有欢笑、快乐和美食的时光，所以用moments。possibility可能性；situation形势，情况；way方法，手段。

2.D上下文连串。作者认为外出度假本来是一件令人愉快的事情，但人们往往由于对度假结束以后重新走上工作岗位的恐惧而不能充分享受这种快乐，这是一件很奇怪的事情。funny在这一语境中的含义为“奇怪的，难以解释的”。

3.B动词短语辨析。count down倒计时。人们在度假的同时在倒数距离假期结束，重新上班的天数。本句旨在表明人们对假期结束后重新上班所表现出的恐惧感。

4.A名词辨析。expectation期望。因此，这次度假被视为脱离我日常工作的一种期盼。

5.C上下文连串。由下文内容可知，作者对最近的这次旅行感到很满意，没有失望之情。

6.C上下文连串。根据上文的something very different判断，此处应使用difference(差异，区别)。

7.A动词辨析。当假期结束回来的时候，我们没有以往那种走近压抑和恐惧的感觉。approach(时间或空间上的)接近，靠近。

8.B。副词辨析。thoroughly在文中的含义为“彻底地，完全地”。

9.A 名词辨析。做我们想要做的事情的机会。opportunity机会。

10.B。上下文连串。。根据上文的leisurely(悠闲的，慢悠悠的)判断，此处所传达的信息为“每天悠闲的生活节奏”。

11.D副词辨析。重要的是，甚至在假期的最后一天，我们也没有感到恐惧。even含义为“甚至”。

12.A 短语辨析。结束旅行后重新回到……，所以用return to。submit to屈服于；turn to求助于；head for朝……前进。

13.C名词辨析。我们越来越感到压抑。a sense of是固定短语，含义为“……感觉”

14.C 连词辨析。根据上下文判断，空格后面陈述的是原因。

15.D上下文连串。根据所处语境判断，此处是说“而不是我们所喜欢并且能得到充分享受的事情”，所以用something。

16.C 名词辨析。文章接下来对全文进行总结。point在这一语境下的含义为“关键”。

17.A 短语辨析。如果做自己喜欢的事，假期结束一点儿关系也没有。in the least用于否定句中表示强调，含义为“一点儿也不”。

18.B 动词辨析。如果喜欢自己所做的事，你就不会发现自己在不知不觉地期望假期能多几天。find oneself doing sth.是固定搭配，用于表达“发现自己不知不觉地在做某事”。

19.C 上下文连串。本句根据下文的for much，much longer进行判断。keep doing sth.继续或持续做某事。

20.A 上下文连串。根据下文的like a magnet(像磁铁一样)判断，此空应使用draw，像磁铁一样把你吸引过来。

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