Question

After graduation, Susan was asked to become the executive director of the Floating Hospital. She __ at first, as it was a very big job and she didn’t know if she could __it. But finally, she __.While her job was rewarding, she soon got tired of it. When she sat at her desk one day, the __ came into her mind to go down to the New School for Social Research.__she was learning to trust her intuition (直觉)，she decided to have a go.

Without any forethought, she titled the __ ‘Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway’. Susan was __ as she faced the first session of the twelve-week course. The two hours went well, but she then was challenged with a __ fear, for she didn’t know what to teach the next week. But every week she found she had more to say. And her __ level grew. She realized she had learned so much over the years about __ fear. And her students were drinking it up. At the end of the course, they were __ at how shifting their thinking really changed their lives.

Susan __ decided to write a book based on the course she had taught. She faced many roadblocks. And after four agents and fifteen __from various publishers, she __ put the proposal in a drawer.

After three years of writing, she was going through the drawer that __her much-rejected book proposal. Picking it up, she had a(n) __ sense that she held something in her hands that many people __ to read. So, she set out with much __ to find a publisher who believed in her book the __ way she did. This time, she succeeded. She succeeded __ her wildest dreams.

She was so happy she followed her heart and never gave up overcoming fears that stood in her way.

1.A. admitted    B. wondered    C. hesitated    D. recognized

2.A. help    B. handle    C. hatch    D. have

3.A. explained    B. paused    C. ignored    D. agreed

4.A. thought    B. chance    C. approach    D. demand

5.A. While    B. Since    C. If    D. Though

6.A. book    B. talk    C. speech    D. course

7.A. nervous    B. energetic    C. delicate    D. depressed

8.A. general    B. constant    C. pure    D. new

9.A. balance    B. confidence    C. happiness    D. success

10.A. handing over    B. taking over    C. getting over    D. looking over

11.A. relieved    B. puzzled    C. amazed    D. amused

12.A. eventually    B. gradually    C. originally    D. temporarily

13.A. rejections    B. applications    C. indications    D. restrictions

14.A. hopefully    B. swiftly    C. unconsciously    D. unwillingly

15.A. held    B. emptied    C. removed    D. supported

16.A. vague    B. slight    C. acute    D. basic

17.A. happened    B. afforded    C. agreed    D. needed

18.A. determination    B. hesitation    C. satisfaction    D. imagination

19.A. right    B. ideal    C. same    D. obvious

20.A. within    B. beyond    C. behind    D. through

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. D

4. A

5. B

6. D

7. A

8. D

9. B

10. C

11. C

12. A

13. A

14. D

15. A

16. C

17. D

18. A

19. C

20. B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了主人公Susan将自己教授的课程写成一本书，出版碰壁，但最终得以出版的故事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. admitted承认；B. wondered想知道；C. hesitated犹豫；D. recognized承认。有后半句“she didn’t know”可以知道她不确定，所以起初她犹豫了。故选C。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. help帮助；B. handle处理；C. hatch策划；D. have有。她不知道自己能否付得了。故选B。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. explained解释；B. paused暂停；C. ignored忽略；D. agreed同意。 But表示转折，最终，她还是同意接受了这个工作。故选D。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. thought想法；B. chance机会；C. approach方法；D. demand要求。根据“came into her mind”提示是她突然有一种想法。故选A。

5.考查连词词义辨析。A. While然而；B. Since因为；C. If如果；D. Though尽管。因为她学着相信直觉，所以她决定尝试一下，前后呈因果关系。故选B。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. book书；B. talk交谈；C. speech发言；D. course课程。原词重现，下一句出现“course”。她不假思索地给这门课起了名字。故选D。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。A. nervous紧张的；B. energetic精力充沛的；C. delicate脆弱的；D. depressed沮丧的。前文都在讲述Susan的迟疑和紧张。苏珊在面对12周课程的第一节课时很紧张。故选A。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. general普遍的；B. constant不断的；C. pure纯的；D. new新的。这两小时都进展得很好，但是她又被一种新的恐惧所挑战。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. balance平衡；B. confidence信心；C. happiness快乐；D. success成功。她每周都发现自己有更多的话可以说，说明她慢慢不那么害怕了，她的自信心也随之增强。故选B。

10.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. handing over移交；B. taking over占据；C. getting over克服；D. looking over检查。前文都在讲述Susan希望克服自己的恐惧。她意识到这些年来她已经学会了很多克服恐惧的方法。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。A. relieved减轻的；B. puzzled困惑的； C. amazed惊讶的；D. amused愉快的。在课程的最后，他们惊讶地发现，思维的转变真的改变了他们的生活。故选C。

12.考查副词词义辨析。A. eventually最后；B. gradually\逐渐地；C. originally起初的；D. temporarily临时的。Susan最后决定把她教授的课程写成一本书。故选A。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. rejections拒绝；B. applications申请；C. indications指示；D. restrictions限制。后半句说她把申请放在了抽屉里，说明被拒稿了。故选A。

14.考查副词词义辨析。A. hopefully有希望的；B. swiftly迅速地；C. unconsciously无意识的；D. unwillingly不情愿地。她想出版她的书，所以把它们放在抽屉里一定是不情愿的。故选D。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. held 容纳；B. emptied清空；C. removed消除；D. supported支持。他浏览抽屉里放着她许多被拒稿的出版计划。故选A。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。A. vague模糊的；B. slight轻微的；C. acute剧烈的；D. basic基础的。她有一种强烈的感觉她手里拿着的东西很多人都需要读。故选C。

17.考查动词词义辨析。A. happened发生；B. afforded付得起；C. agreed同意；D. needed需要。她认为许多人需要读她的书。故选D。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. determination决心；B. hesitation犹豫；C. satisfaction满意；D. imagination想象。这一急迫的想法使她立马着手行动了，她一定怀着很大的决心。她下定决心要找到一个和她一样相信她的书的出版商。故选A。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。A. right正确的；B. ideal理想的；C. same相同的；D. obvious明显地。她要找到一个和她有着一样的想法的出版商。故选C。

20.考查介词词义辨析。A. within在……之内；B. beyond超越；C. behind在……之后；D. through通过。她万万没想到她会成功。故选B。