Question

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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Human growth is a process of experimentation，trial，and error eventually leading to wisdom．Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action，you can never quite be certain how the situation will ____．

Sometimes you are victorious，and sometimes you become disappointed．The ____ experiments，however，are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact，you ____ learn more from your “failures” than you do from your ____．If you have made what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own ____， you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged (声称的) wrong­doer．

However，viewing past actions as ____ implies guilt and blame，and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming．___， forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself．Forgiveness is the act of erasing an ___ debt．There are four kinds of forgiveness．

The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself．

The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another．

The third kind of forgiveness is ____ forgiveness of yourself．This is for serious misbehaviors，the ones you carry with deep ____．When you do something that violates your own values and principles，you create a gap between your standards and your actual ____．

In such a case，you need to work very hard at ____ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap．This does not ____ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldn't feel regret，___ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthy．

The __   and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another．

At some time of our life，you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems ____．

However，harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you ____ in victimhood．Under such a circumstance，you should force yourself to see the bigger picture．By so doing，you will be able to ____ the focus away from the anger and resentment．

It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and ____ the memory．When you can     release the situation，you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth．

1.A．turn out    B．turn up       C．break up       D．break out

2.A．important   B．engaged       C．failed         D．successful

3.A．obviously   B．necessarily   C．continuously   D．usually

4.A．success     B．failure       C．fault          D．benefit

5.A．ability     B．expectations  C．belief         D．experiences

6.A．mistakes    B．victories     C．experiments    D．fantasies

7.A．Still       B．Therefore     C．Instead        D．However

8.A．absurd      B．original      C．emotional      D．unusual

9.A．ordinary    B．advanced      C．alternative    D．certain

10.A．wisdom     B．mercy         C．injury         D．shame

11.A．thought    B．approach      C．behavior       D．purpose

12.A．punishing  B．forgiving     C．blaming        D．praising

13.A．mean       B．prove         C．reflect        D．represent

14.A．and        B．or            C．but            D．so

15.A．uncertain  B．premier       C．next           D．last

16.A．essential  B．valuable      C．impossible     D．unavoidable

17.A．trapped    B．located       C．lost           D．occupied

18.A．drive      B．drag          C．put            D．shift

19.A．keep       B．refresh       C．weaken         D．clean

20.A．naturally  B．finally       C．definitely     D．initially

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题解析：

1.】A项意为“结果是”；B项意为“出现”；C项意为“分裂，分手”；D项意为“爆发”。故选C。结合上下文的意思，可知此题应选A。

2.】依据下文出现的successful一词，可推断此处的词应与successful的意思相对，因此答案选C。

3.】A项意为“明显地”；B项意为“必要地”；C项意为“连续不断地”；D项意为“通常”。结合上下文的意思，可知此处的意思是我们在失败中学到的东西比在成功里学到的东西通常是更多的，故选D。

4.】结合上下文的意思，根据上文的failure，可知此处应选B。

5.】A项意为“能力”；B项意为“期望”；C项意为“相信，信仰”；D项意为“经历”。依据语境可知，此处讲的是不要辜负了自己的能力，因此答案为A。

6.】A项意为“错误”；B项意为“胜利”；C项意为“实验”；D项意为“幻想”。根据空格后的implies guilt and blame，可知此处作者说的是把过去看作是错误。因此答案为A。

7.】结合上下文的意思，可知此处应该用一个表示因果关系的连词来连接前后两个句子，故选B。

8.】A项意为“荒谬的”；B项意为“原始的”；C项意为“情感上的”；D项意为“不寻常的”。根据文意，可推断作者认为宽恕就是去除情感上的一种债务，故选C。

9.】根据50题所在的句子中出现的advanced，可知本题应选B。

10.】根据前面一句中出现的misbehaviour可推断这是一种耻辱（shame），故答案选D。

11.】由上文中出现的misbehaviour，并结合该句的语境可推断应选C。

12.】根据语境可知这几段都一直在讲述如何去宽恕自己与别人，故选B。

13.】根据对上下文的理解，可知本句的意思是：这并不是意味着（mean）你要赶着去原谅你自己而且对自己所做过的错事一点后悔之心都没有。故可知此处答案选A。

14.】结合上下文的意思，可知此处应该用一个表示转折关系的连词来连接前后两个句子，故选C。

15.】根据上文的第三段讲述了一共有4中宽恕，而前面已经讲了三种，那么现在就只剩下了最后的（last）一种了，可知此题的答案为D符合。

16.】根据文意，可知道此处所讲的意思是：要去宽恕那些对你造成了很大伤害的人几乎是不可能的（impossible），可知答案为C。

17.】在英语中，be trapped in 是固定搭配，意思是“被困在…．中”，结合上下文的意思，可知答案选A。

18.】根据对上下文的理解，可知道此句的句意是：通过这样做，你将可以把你的集中力转移到（shift）其它地方去。故选D。

19.】根据本句前面的erase，可知此空格的词与之同义，故选D。

20.】作为文章结尾，可知要用finally一词，故选B。