Question

One day, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and I was feeling_______. As I paid for the gas, the attendant said, “How do you feel?” that seemed like a_______question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look _______.” he replied and continued to tell me my skin appeared _______.

By the time I left, I was a little _________. About a block away, I _________ to the side of the road to look at my face _______the mirror. Was everything all right? Had I picked up _______rare disease? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a slight _______somewhere in my body.

The next time I went into that gas station, I __________ what had happened: The place had recently been painted a bright, bilious yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside ________as though they were sick! That was the truth. ________, I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His __________ observation affected the way I felt and acted.

This experience made me think a lot. It is the same with life, in which attitude ________. The way we look at life determines how we feel and how we ________. If we expect something to turn out________, it probably will. But ________ also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they ________do. An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an)________. So after that, I chose to highlight the ________throughout the rest of my life.

1.A. great    B. excited    C. sick    D. uncomfortable

2.A. considerate    B. thoughtful    C. strange    D. funny

3.A. happy    B. comfortable    C. satisfied    D. well

4.A. grey    B. yellow    C. black    D. red

5.A. angry    B. uneasy    C. painful    D. unbelievable

6.A. pulled over    B. pulled in    C. pulled out    D. pulled through

7.A. on    B. at    C. over    D. in

8.A. certain    B. some    C. several    D. anxiety

9.A. comfort    B. relief    C. pain    D. anxiety

10.A. picked out    B. put out    C. turned out    D. figured out

11.A. feel    B. behave    C. look    D. see

12.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Besides    D. Otherwise

13.A. kind    B. helpful    C. rude    D. negative

14.A. matters    B. affects    C. decides    D. speaks

15.A. work    B. perform    C. learn    D. believe

16.A. smoothly    B. badly    C. well    D. positively

17.A. the principle    B. the saying    C. the meaning    D. the sentence

18.A. usually    B. certainly    C. definitely    D. seldom

19.A. imagination    B. tool    C. necessity    D. importance

20.A. important    B. useful    C. positive    D. special

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述的是我在一个加油站加油时，被服务员说脸色发黄，由此一天都担心自己的健康，而第二次去时发现是由于墙壁反光造成的。最终我联想到了生活也是如此，采用积极的态度面对人生，就会有好的事情发生。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。A. great好的；B. excited激动的；C. sick生病的；D. uncomfortable不舒服的。根据"It was a beautiful day."可知，我应该是感觉非常好的，因此选A。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。A. considerate可考虑的；B. thoughtful体贴的；C. strange奇怪的；D. funny有趣的。根据服务员问的问题，"how do you feel?"你感觉怎么样？由前文可知，作者是去加油，这个问题显然不符合情景，因此选C。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。A. happy高兴的；B. comfortable舒服的；C. satisfied满意的；D. well好的。前一句作者回答服务员问题，我感觉很好。而他的回答是"you don't look ___"可知，他应该是不同意我的看法，因此选D。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。A. grey灰色的；B. yellow黄色的；C. black黑色的；D. red红色的。由前文可知，服务员认为我的气色并不好，所以我的皮肤应该是呈现不健康的颜色，因此选B。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. angry生气的；B. uneasy心神不安的；C. painful痛苦的；D. unbelievable不可思议的。因为前文服务员说他的脸色不好，因此作者离开时应该是感到心神不安，因此选B。

6.考查动词短语辨析。A. pulled over停下车；B. pulled in（火车）进站；C. pulled out （火车）出站；D. pulled through渡过难关。作者应该是停下车在镜子中看自己的脸色，因此选A。

7.考查介词词义辨析。A. on在……上面；B. at在……（地点）；C. over在……上方；D. in在……里面。作者应该是在镜子中看自己的脸色，固定搭配，因此选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. certain某一；B. some一些；C. several几个；D. anxiety焦虑。A选项certain为某一的意思时，前面要加冠词；B选项some表“一些”，符合句意。因此选B。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. comfort舒适；B. relief减缓；C. pain疼痛；D. anxiety焦虑。根据句意，作者应该是回到家感觉身体某些部分有些疼痛。因此选C。

10.考查动词短语。A. picked out挑选；B. put out出版，扑灭；C. turned out结果是；D. figured out搞清楚。根据句意应是作者在去一次加油站时他搞清楚了缘由。因此选D。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. feel赶到；B. behave表现，行为；C. look看起来；D. see看见。作者想表达的意思是他们看起来就像生病一样。因此选C。

12.考查连词辨析。A. However但是；B. Therefore因此；C. Besides此外；D. Otherwise否则，不然。句意：我让那段短对话改变了我对整整一天的态度。与前文的真相形成一种转折，因此应该选A。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。A. kind友善的；B. helpful有帮助的；C. rude粗鲁的；D. negative消极的。 "I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His ____13____ observation affected the way I felt and acted."句意：我让那段短对话改变了我对那一整天的态度，他的……观察影响了我的感官和行为。因此，选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. matters有重大影响；B. affects影响；C. decides 决定；D. speaks谈话。"It is the same with life, in which attitude ___14___."句意：那和生活是一样的，态度有重大的影响。因此选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. work工作；B. perform表现；C. learn学习；D. believe相信。句意：我们看待生活的方式决定了我们如何感受和……。结合前文"His ____13____ observation affected the way I felt and acted."act的同义词应为behave。因此选B。

16.考查副词词义辨析。A. smoothly光滑地；B. badly坏地；C. well好地；D. positively积极地。句意：如果我们认为一些事情会变得……，那么它可能会实现。后一句转折，如果我们认为好的事情会发生，可以知道前面应该是坏的事情。因此选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. the principle原则，原理；B. the saying谚语；C. the meaning意义；D. the sentence句子。"If we expect something to turn out___16___, it probably will. But ___17___ also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they___18___do."前面一句为如果我们认为一些不好的事情会发生，那么它有可能真的会发生。后面一句为如果我们认为好的事情会发生，那么它很大可能会发生。可知句意应该是反过来也同样适用这个原理。因此选A。

18.考查副词词义辨析。A. usually通常；B. certainly确定地；C. definitely绝对地；D. seldom很少。句意：如果我们认为好的事情会发生，那么它们……。根据前一句原理同样适用可知，应该是有很大可能性发生。因此选A。

19.考查名词词义辨析。A. imagination想象力；B. tool工具；C. necessity必要性，必需品；D. importance重要性。"An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an)___19___. "句意：我相信一个积极的态度，并不是奢侈品，而是一项必需品。因此选C。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。A. important重要的；B. useful有用的；C. positive积极地，正面；D. special特别的。"I chose to highlight the ___20___throughout the rest of my life."根据句意，在我的余生，我将重视积极的一面。因此选C。