Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother _______ from stroke(中风) and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no _______ what I could do to help her to relieve her _______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

Last month I _______ a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt _______ about the loss.

There have been many _______ like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things _______ I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.

“When the wise man is handed a lemon,” he says, ‘What _______ can I get from this? How can I _______ my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’”he wrote.

I suddenly ________ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay ________all the time.

Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ________. When my mother was fighting for ________, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of ________ and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ________ a prize. If I had not ________ this article, I would definitely have felt ________ again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ________.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) as well, but these thorns help us become________ and strong. When life ________ us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.

1.A.resulted B.suffered C.survived D.escaped

2.A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt

3.A.pain B.anxiety C.fear D.pressure

4.A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost

5.A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible

6.A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties

7.A.when B.until C.though D.since

8.A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.challenge

9.A.control B.accept C.improve D.avoid

10.A.realized B.thought C.discovered D.predicted

11.A.healthy B.independent C.serious D.positive

12.A.exactly B.differently C.easily D.practically

13.A.recovery B.life C.freedom D.happiness

14.A.shouting B.hiding C.quarreling D.regretting

15.A.expect B.miss C.win D.refuse

16.A.figured out B.written down C.found out D.come across

17.A.embarrassed B.discouraged C.excited D.concerned

18.A.performance B.experience C.progress D.effect

19.A.brave B.calm C.great D.clever

20.A.shows B.makes C.gives D.sends

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。生活中不仅仅是鲜花，更多的是荆棘和坎坷。作者对生活充满了绝望和抱怨时，看到了Dale Carnegie的“给你一个酸柠檬，你得把它变成甜柠檬汁”这句名言后，开始用积极的心态来面对生活。

1.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系。句意：我妈妈得了中风。A. resulted结果；B. suffered遭受；C. survived幸存；D. escaped逃跑。根据后文stroke可知，作者的妈妈是得了中风，suffer from意为“遭受，患病”。故选B。

2.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我不知道怎么帮助她缓解痛苦。A. hope希望；B. wonder惊奇；C. idea想法；D. doubt怀疑。have no idea意为“不知道”。故选C。

3.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我不知道怎么帮助她缓解痛苦。A. pain痛苦；B. anxiety焦虑；C. fear恐惧； D. pressure压力。根据上文Last year my mother _____ from stroke(中风).可知，作者的妈妈得了中风，应该是很痛苦，故选A。

4.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系和对应原文。句意：上个月我丢失了一块珍贵的手表。A. received收到；B. sold卖掉；C. fixed修理；D. lost丢失。根据下文I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt _____about the loss.可知，作者丢了一个珍贵的表，与下文的loss对应，故选D。

5.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：因为我对其失去感到很难过。A. unbelievable难以置信的；B. shameful可耻的；C. angry生气的；D. terrible糟糕的。根据上文I could not fall asleep for a co本题考查语境判断之其他线索。uple of nights可知，作者感觉很糟糕。故选D。

6.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：在我的生活中有很多这样的事情。A. diseases疾病；B. memories记忆；C. incidents事件；D. difficulties苦难。根据上文可知，作者的妈妈得病，自己又失去手表，这些都是人生中发生的事件。故选C。

7.本题考查语境判断之逻辑连接词。句意：我从不知道怎么处理这样困难的事情，直到我读了……。A. when当……的时候；B. until直到；C. though尽管；D. since自从。和never搭配用until，表示“直到……才”。故选B。

8.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我可以从中学到什么道理？A. lesson教训，道理；B. lemonade柠檬水；C. decision决定；D. challenge挑战。根据上一段I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things ___7___ I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.可知，这里是表示作者思考从中能学到什么，get a lesson from从……中得到启示，故选A。

9.本题考查语境判断之感情色彩。句意：我怎么改善我的形势？A. control控制；B. accept接受；C. improve提高；D. avoid避免。根据本段文意，都是如何改善处境，把事情转变好，故选C。

10.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我突然意识到人生就是充满了起起伏伏。A. realized意识到；B. thought思考；C. discovered发现；D. predicted预测。作者意识到人生就是充满了起起伏伏。故选A。

11.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：所以我需要一直保持乐观。A. healthy健康的；B. independent独立的；C. serious严肃的；D. positive积极的。根据上文I suddenly _____that life is full of ups and downs可知，生活就是充满了起起伏伏，所以应始终保持积极的心态。故选D。

12.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：在当我想起我的过去，我希望我能以不同的方式处理事情。A. exactly恰好地；B. differently不同地；C. easily容易地；D. practically实际地。根据下文When my mother was fighting for _____, I should have held her hands in mine可知，作者希望自己用不同的方法处理问题。故选B。

13.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：当我母亲在为康复而努力时，我应该握着她的手。A. recovery康复；B. life生活，生命；C. freedom自由；D. happiness幸福。根据上文可知，作者的妈妈中风，需要努力康复。故选A。

14.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我应该抓住她的手，告诉她情况会好起来而不是躲藏和哭泣。A. shouting叫喊；B. hiding躲藏；C. quarreling吵架；D. regretting后悔。消极的行为是“躲藏”，妈妈生病，所以不会是跟妈妈“叫喊”“吵架”和“后悔”，故选B。

15.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我没有得奖。A. expect期望；B. miss想念；C. win赢得；D. refuse拒绝。根据下文内容可知，作者没有获奖。故选C。

16.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：如果没看到这篇文章，我肯定会再次遭受打击。A. figured out算出；B. written down写下；C. found out发现；D. come across偶然遇到，无意中发现。作者是偶然看到这篇文章，故选D。

17.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我肯定会再次感到气馁。A. embarrassed尴尬的；B. discouraged泄气的；C. excited激动的；D. concerned关心的。根据下文But instead, I smiled after the competition.可知，如果作者没有遇到这本书，她一定会泄气。此处是与过去事实相反的假设，故选B。

18.本题考查语境判断之其他线索。句意：我很高兴，至少我获得了舞台经验。A. performance性能；绩效；表演；B. experience经验；C. progress进步；D. effect影响。作者参赛是获得了经验，故选B。

19.本题考查语境判断之感情色彩。句意：这些刺会让我们变得勇敢和坚强。A. brave勇敢的；B. calm沉着的；C. great伟大的；D. clever聪明的。根据常识可知，刺是让我们变得勇敢，故选A。

20.本题考查语境判断之逻辑关系和对应原文。句意：当人生给我们一个柠檬的时候，让我们把它做成柠檬水。A. shows显示；B. makes制作；C. gives给；D. sends发送。与上文的If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade呼应。故选C。