Question

Please excuse me if I’m a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years, ______professional skills with a sweet nature.

And now he’s moving on to an exciting new ______ opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re sincerely______for him. But that doesn’t make it any ______ to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.

Our ability to cope with ______ determines happiness in life. But how do we do that? Philosophers’ responses have been ______ . According to the author of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, comfort can be found in ______ that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Kahlil Gibran urged his listeners to “let today embrace the ______ with remembrance, and the future with longing.”

A friend of mine reminds his fellow that “survivability depends upon ______.” And a surfer summed up ______ problems in four words: “Go with the flow.”

I think life is a series of ________—both good and bad . No matter how excellent your organizational skills, there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no_______. The truly successful person is _______ to make adjustments should the need arise.

That means when things_____ that aren't exactly in your plan，you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some ______ along the road of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to _______ than the sudden death of a loved one. But the _______ is the same.

Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever _______ . And if memory has its force and worth, so has______. We’re going to miss Mark, but rather than be lost in the sadness of our parting, we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future－for him, and for us. And then we’ll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.______our plans change--again.

1.A. toying    B. combining    C. supplying    D. refreshing

2.A. educational    B. commercial    C. medical    D. professional

3.A. pleased    B. pity    C. anxious    D. numb

4.A. odder    B. easier    C. ruder    D. fairer

5.A. change    B. challenge    C. choice    D. chance

6.A. varied    B. evaluated    C. discussed    D. spread

7.A. explaining    B. recommending    C. remembering    D. anticipating

8.A. tomorrow    B. then    C. now    D. past

9.A. competence    B. confidence    C. blessings    D. adaptability

10.A. attitude    B. health    C. life    D. security

11.A. stories    B. events    C. questions    D. memories

12.A. right    B. control    C. advantage    D. priority

13.A. forced    B. prepared    C. allowed    D. encouraged

14.A. come up    B. put out    C. pull up    D. take out

15.A. stops    B. crossings    C. bumps    D. alternatives

16.A. prevent    B. predict    C. handle    D. imagine

17.A. principle    B. conclusion    C. consequence    D. problem

18.A. obvious    B. needful    C. wonderful    D. ambiguous

19.A. future    B. parting    C. attempt    D. hope

20.A. Until    B. Before    C. If    D. After

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. A

4. B

5. A

6. A

7. C

8. D

9. D

10. C

11. B

12. B

13. B

14. A

15. C

16. C

17. A

18. B

19. D

20. A

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章通过Mark的故事表达了作者的一种生活态度，即对生活中出现不可控因素影响我们生活时我们要随遇而安。这并不意味着我们不需要不断努力去实现梦想，而是在解决问题后，按原计划继续前行。

1.考查动词辨析。根据He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years可知这里意思是将专业技能与甜美的天性相结合。A. toying玩具；B. combining结合；C. supplying供应；D. refreshing恢复精神，故选B。

2.考查形容词辨析。根据___1___professional skills with a sweet nature.可知这里意思是现在，他前往一个令人兴奋的新的职业机会。A. educational教育的；B. commercial商业的； C. medical医学的；D. professional职业的，故选D。

3.考查形容词辨析。根据It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime,可知我们真诚地为他高兴。A. pleased高兴的；B. pity怜悯；C. anxious担忧的；D. numb麻木的，故选A。

4.考查形容词辨析。句意：但这并没有让我们向一位亲爱的朋友和值得信赖的同事告别变得更容易。A. odder奇怪的；B. easier更容易；C. ruder粗糙的；D. fairer更公平，故选B。

5.考查名词辨析。句意：我们应对变化的能力决定了生活的幸福。A. change改变；B. challenge挑战；C. choice选择；D. chance机会，故选A。

6.考查动词辨析。根据下文内容可知哲学家们的答复多样化。A. varied多样化；B. evaluated评估；C. discussed讨论；D. spread传播，故选A。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：人们可以通过记住“大千世界，万事万物皆有时”来获得安慰。A. explaining解释；B. recommending推荐；C. remembering记得；D. anticipating预期，故选C。

8.考查名词辨析。句意：让今日用回忆拥抱着过去，用希望拥抱将来。A. tomorrow明天；B. then当时；C. now现在；D. past过去，故选D。

9.考查名词辨析。句意：我的一个朋友提醒他的同伴:“生存取决于适应性。”A. competence能力；B. confidence信心；C. blessings祝福；D. adaptability适应性，故选D。

10.考查名词辨析。句意：一位冲浪者用四个词总结了生活中的问题:“随波逐流”。A. attitude态度；B. health健康；C. life生活；D. security安全，故选C。

11.考查名词辨析。句意：我认为生活是由一系列的事件组成——既有好的，也有坏的。A. stories故事；B. events事件；C. questions问题；D. memories记忆，故选B。

12.考查名词辨析。句意：不管你的组织能力有多优秀，总会有一些你无法控制的影响生活的因素。A. right正确；B. control控制；C. advantage优势；D. priority优先，故选B。

13.考查动词辨析。句意：真正的成功者为在必要时做出调整做好准备。A. forced强迫；B. prepared准备；C. allowed允许；D. encouraged鼓励，故选B。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：这意味着当不完全在你计划中的事情出现时,你解决——然后继续前进。A. come up出现；B. put out熄灭；C. pull up拔起；D. take out取出，故选A。

15.考查名词辨析。句意：当然，人生道路上的一些坎坷比其他的更容易走。A. stops站点；B. crossings交叉口；C. bumps磕磕碰碰；D. alternatives替代选择，故选C。

16.考查动词辨析。句意：例如，因雨外出野餐，比亲人突然去世更容易处理。A. prevent预防； B. predict预报；C. handle处理；D. imagine想象，故选C。

17.考查名词辨析。句意：但原理是一样的。A. principle原理；B. conclusion结论；C. consequence结果；D. problem问题，故选A。

18.考查形容词辨析。句意：的确，改变是痛苦的，但也是必要的。A. obvious明显的；B. needful必要的；C. wonderful极好的；D. ambiguous模糊的，故选B。

19.考查名词辨析。句意：如果记忆有它的力量和价值，那么希望也有它的力量和价值。A. future未来；B. parting分开；C. attempt试图；D. hope希望，故选D。

20.考查连词辨析。句意：然后我们会走出去，尽我们所能让未来成为现实。直到我们的计划再次改变。A. Until直到；B. Before在…之前；C. If如果；D. After在…之后，故选A。