Question

    The summer before the ninth grade, procrastination(拖延 )affected my life in a deep way. With only a few days until the start of school, I had_______just one of three homework tasks we were_______Instead of enjoying my last few moments of _______, I spent that time doing homework, which was an_______way to end the vacation.

Putting in 100 percent_______, I always started with strong_______at the beginning of each school year._______I struggled to maintain that energy as the weeks passed.

One night, my father and I were having a_______about college. He told me, " It doesn’t _______much whether you get into an Ivy League university or just a(n)____________college-what matters is how you get there and what you do to____________it". This really spoke to me, because it made me focus more on the____________of my work rather than the quantity.

Thanks to that conversation, I____________the way I went through life. I started to ____________ that trying my____________best is a thousand times better than simply doing something to get it done.

My effort began to____________in my first year of high school. I had never____________that my grades in some harder classes could be better than those in the easier ones I took last year.

Now I would rather work hard for something and enjoy the____________of success, than not try at all or give up halfway. Motivation can ____________become a habit if you repeat a(n)____________that helps you avoid procrastination.

1.A. finished B. shared C. quitted D. repeated

2.A. passed B. arranged C. designed D. showed

3.A. pride B. freedom C. silence D. surprise

4.A. unpleasant B. enjoyable C. valuable D. confusing

5.A. trust B. fund C. effort D. knowledge

6.A. curiosity B. misunderstanding C. fear D. motivation

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

8.A. conversation B. quarrel C. discussion D. break

9.A. occur B. work C. matter D. fail

10.A. popular B. famous C. ordinary D. new

11.A. disturb B. accomplish C. attract D. embarrass

12.A. amount B. comment C. request D. quality

13.A. changed B. refused C. admitted D. copied

14.A. explain B. doubt C. believe D. expect

15.A. slight B. sharp C. steady D. absolute

16.A. fall behind B. run out C. break out D. pay off

17.A. worried B. imagined C. promise D. questioned

18.A. pleasure B. effect C. opinion D. progress

19.A. luckily B. hardly C. easily D. silently

20.A. test B. idea C. game D. routine

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了我在学习上很爱拖延，爸爸与我的一次谈话改变了我，也让我认识到如果你重复一种有助于避免拖延的常规，动力很容易成为一种习惯。

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. finished完成；B. shared分享；C. quitted放弃；D. repeated重复。

根据本空前的“procrastination(拖延 )affected my life in a deep way”可知，受拖延的影响，离开学只有几天的时候我只完成了布置的三项作业中的一项，故A项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. passed传递；B. arranged布置；C. designed设计； D. showed展示。根据常识可知，老师布置假期作业，故B项正确。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. pride骄傲；B. freedom自由；C. silence沉默；D. surprise惊讶。上文说还有几天就开学了，可是我还有很多作业没有写，所以我放弃了享受假期最后的自由时光，开始补作业，故B项正确。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。A. unpleasant不愉快的；B. enjoyable快乐的； C. valuable有价值的；D. confusing令人困惑的。因为补作业而不能享受假期最后几天的自由时光是一件不愉快的事情，故A项正确。

5.考查名词词义辨析。A. trust信任；B. fund资金；C. effort努力；D. knowledge知识。

根据本空后的“I always started with strong___6___at the beginning of each school year”可知，在每个学年的开始，我总是以百分之百的努力，以强大的动力开始，故C项正确。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. curiosity好奇心；B. misunderstanding误解； C. fear害怕；D. motivation动力。根据上文可知，我总是以百分之百的努力和强大的动力开始每个学年，故D项正确。

7.考查副词词义辨析。A. Otherwise否则；B. However然而；C. Therefore因此；D. Besides况且。根据本空后的“I struggled to maintain that energy as the weeks passed.”可知，然而，几周后我就很难保持那种劲头，故B项正确。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. conversation谈话；B. quarrel争吵；C. discussion讨论；D. break休息。

根据本空后的“about college. He told me,”可知，一天晚上，爸爸和我进行了一场关于上大学的谈话，故A项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. occur发生；B. work起作用；C. matter重要、要紧；D. fail失败。

根据本空后的“what matters”可知，爸爸告诉我不管是上常青藤联盟大学（重点大学）还是上普通大学都不重要，故C项正确。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。A. popular流行的；B. famous出名的；C. ordinary普通的；D. new新的。上文说不管是上常青藤联盟大学（重点大学）还是上普通大学都不重要，故C项正确。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. disturb打扰；B. accomplish实现、完成；C. attract吸引；D. embarrass使尴尬。根据本空前的“what matters is how you get there and what you do to”可知，重要的是你如何考上大学以及你怎样实现它，故B项正确。

12.考查名词词义辨析。A. amount数量；B. comment评论；C. request请求；D. quality质量。根据本空后的“of my work rather than the quantity.”可知，爸爸的话让我更注重质量而不是数量，故D项正确。

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. changed改变；B. refused拒绝；C. admitted承认； D. copied抄袭。

根据本空后的“the way I went through life.”可知，多亏了那次谈话，我改变了我的生活方式，故A项正确。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. explain解释；B. doubt怀疑；C. believe相信；D. expect期望。根据本空后的“that trying my_____15_____best is a thousand times better than simply doing something to get it done”可知，我相信尽我最大的努力做一件事比只是为了完成任务而做一件事要好一千倍，故C项正确。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. slight轻微的；B. sharp锋利的；C. steady稳定的；D. absolute绝对的、完全的。根据上文可知，我相信尽我最大的努力做一件事比只是为了完成任务而做一件事要好一千倍，故D项正确。

16.考查动词短语辨析。A. fall behind落后；B. run out用完；C. break out 爆发；D. pay off取得成功、得到回报。根据本空前的“My effort began to”可知，我的努力开始在我高中的第一年有了回报，故D项正确。

17.考查动词词义辨析。A. worried担心；B. imagined想象；C. promise承诺；D. questioned询问。

根据本空后的“that my grades in some harder classes could be better than those in the easier ones I took last year”可知，我从没想过我在一些较难的课程上的成绩会比去年那些较容易的课程的成绩要好，故B项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. pleasure喜悦；B. effect影响；C. opinion观点；D. progress过程。根据本空后的“of success”可知，现在我享受成功的喜悦，故A项正确。

19.考查副词词义辨析。A. luckily幸运地；B. hardly几乎不；C. easily容易地；D. silently默默地。根据本空后的“become a habit if you repeat a(n)_____20_____that helps you avoid procrastination.”可知，如果你重复一种有助于避免拖延的常规，动力很容易成为一种习惯，故C项正确。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. test测试；B. idea想法；C. game游戏；D. routine惯例、常规。根据上文可知，如果你重复一种有助于避免拖延的常规，动力很容易成为一种习惯，故D项正确。