Question

Yu Bingbing is a 28­year­old market research manager. When she is ____ her way to work each morning, she cannot help feeling ____ about whether she has locked the door of her apartment and ____ off the gas.

“I'm usually ____ with these feelings for the entire day，” Yu said. Working at an international pharmaceutical(制药的) firm, Yu looks older than she is and her heavily made­up face always has a(n) ____ look. “Since I have been ____ to a managerial position, I lose my temper with my parents and husband more frequently just because of some ____ things，” she said, adding that ____ wrinkles and acne(粉刺) on her face have irritated her even more, and even luxury cosmetics cannot ____ her.

“I have to work six days a week and don't even have extra off­time when I'm sick，” she said. “I have to ____ myself to become a workaholic since the competition in my company is really ____ and I also have to pay a 5,000 yuan monthly mortgage, besides saving a certain amount of money for my ____ baby.”

Life is like riding on a ____ for Yu and many other members of China's post­80s generation, the first generation ____ after the ____ of the family­planning policy and the group to benefit ____ from the country's opening up policy and its booming economy.

Being the only child in their family, and without much to trouble them during their youth, most of them were taken good care of or even ____ by their parents and grandparents.

Having such a ____ carefree youth—when this generation reached ____ and had to ____ with soaring(猛增的) prices, the high cost of raising children and intense competition in the workplace—they suffered a rude awakening.

According to statistics, the population of China's post­80s generation is over 200 million. The media usually refers to them as “slaves” to property, credit cards, children and marriage.

1.A.on  B．inC．at  D．off

2.A.unsure B．doubtfulC．anxious  D．angry

3.A.turned  B．tookC．got  D．run

4.A.wrestling  B．goingC．associating  D．keeping

5.A.worried  B．exhaustedC．sad  D．terrible

6.A.promoted  B．risenC．put  D．occupied

7.A.unhappy  B．unimportantC．bad  D．household

8.A.big  B．manyC．heavy  D．slight

9.A.help  B．decorateC．benefit  D．beautify

10.A.makeB．pushC．pull  D．encourage

11.A.fierce  B．severeC．strong  D．huge

12.A.planned  B．preparedC．behaved  D．grown

13.A.bike  B．horseC．roller­coaster  D．line

14.A.born  B．raisedC．started  D．suffered

15.A.practice  B．introductionC．completion  D．influence

16.A.much  B．mostC．approximately  D．little

17.A.loved  B．protectedC．avoided  D．spoiled

18.A.likely  B．seriouslyC．greatly  D．relatively

19.A.childhood B．youthC．adulthood  D．mid­life

20.A.cope  B．meetC．talk  D．share

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。中国八零后的生活就像坐过山车，他们是实施计划生育政策后的第一代人，他们在父母的呵护下长大，但却要应付来自生活的巨大压力。本文以于冰冰为例讲述了八零后的生活现状。

1.答案：A 考查介词用法。on one's way to意为“去……的路上”，符合语境，故A项正确。

2.2】答案：C 考查形容词辨析。unsure不确定的；doubtful可疑的；anxious担忧的，焦虑的；angry生气的。由语境知，在上班途中，不由自主地对自己是否锁了门，关掉了煤气感到担心。故C项正确。

3.3】答案：A 考查动词辨析。turn off关掉；take off起飞，脱掉；get off下车；run off逃跑。turn off the gas“关掉煤气”，符合语境。故A项正确。

4.4】答案：A 考查动词辨析。wrestle摔跤，对付，解决；go去；associate交往；keep保持。本段主要讲述了她每天都在很大的压力下生活，因此常常要面对压力之下产生的一切负面情绪。故A项正确。

5.5】答案：B 考查形容词辨析。worried担忧的；exhausted疲惫的；sad难过的；terrible很糟的。由于在国际制药公司上班，她看上去要比实际年龄成熟得多，画着浓妆的脸上总是带着疲惫的神情。此处与句中的“older”相照应。故B项正确。

6.6】答案：A 考查动词辨析。promote提升；rise上升；put放；occupy占据。根据句中“a managerial position”可知，A项正确。

7.7】答案：B 考查形容词辨析。unhappy不快乐的；unimportant琐碎的；bad坏的；household家庭的，日常的。由“just”一词可知，她常因一些琐碎小事跟家人发脾气。故B项正确。

8.8】答案：D 考查形容词辨析。根据第一段第一句“Yu Bingbing is a 28­year­old market research manager.”可知，她很年轻，因此D项符合语境。slight轻微的。

9.9】答案：A 考查动词辨析。help帮助；decorate装饰；benefit有益于；beautify使美化。脸上的粉刺和皱纹就连奢侈的化妆品也掩盖不住，无济于事。故A项正确。

10.0】答案：B 考查动词辨析。make使得；push推；pull拉；encourage鼓励。由语境可知，她每周不得不工作六天，即使生病也没有时间去管，不得不使自己成为一个工作狂。push oneself to do sth.意为“促使某人做某事”。故B项正确。

11.1】答案：A 考查形容词辨析。fierce激烈的；severe严峻的，严厉的；strong强壮的；huge巨大的。根据句中的“become a workaholic”可知，工作竞争激烈。故A项正确。

12.2】答案：A 考查形容词辨析。planned根据计划的；prepared 准备好的；behaved举止……的；grown长大的。由语境知，除了每月固定的5 000元的按揭贷款外，她还要为未出生的宝宝攒一笔钱。故A项正确。

13.3】答案：C 考查名词辨析。上下文描述的内容是八零后的两种不同的生活境遇。所以此处指对于中国八零后这些人来说，生活如同坐上了过山车。故C项正确。

14.4】答案：A 考查形容词辨析。由常识知，八零后是实施计划生育政策后第一代出生的人。故A项正确。

15.5】答案：B 考查名词辨析。practice练习；introduction采用，介绍；completion完成；influence影响。此处指实施计划生育政策。故B项正确。

16.6】答案：B 考查副词辨析。much非常，很；most最多；approximately大约；little完全不。由语境知，在改革开放，经济腾飞的大潮中，他们是受益最大的群体。故B项正确。

17.7】答案：D 考查动词辨析。love爱；protect保护；avoid避免；spoil溺爱。由语境知，大多数独生子女都得到父母及祖父母的精心照料，甚至是溺爱。故D项正确。

18.8】答案：D 考查副词辨析。likely很可能地；seriously严肃地；greatly非常；relatively相对地，比较地。根据上文可知，他们的青春相对过得无忧无虑。故D项正确。

19.9】答案：C 考查名词辨析。根据下文中“with soaring(猛增的)prices，the high cost of raising children and intense competition in the workplace”可知，此处指他们成年后所面临的一些困境。故C项正确。

20.20】答案：A 考查动词短语辨析。cope with应付；meet with遭遇(某事)；talk with与……交谈；share with和……分享。他们必须应对飞涨的物价、抚养子女的高昂开销以及职场中的激烈竞争。故A项正确。