Question

    Enlightenment （启迪）can show up in some pretty strange ways. The Buddha found it under a Boddhi tree ____ Nelson Mandela in prison. Little did I know, mine would ____ in the form of a hard-shelled animal trying to ____ the road — a turtle. But this wasn't just any turtle ； this was the world's most _____ one. He determined to cross twenty feet of tar （柏油）road as cars drove past quickly.

But today was his ____ day. My wife's quick driving reflexes （反应）not only ____ that 'turtle soup” would not be for dinner that night, but her act of kindness would ___ become the foundation for everything I teach today. As unusual as this sounds, the simple act of ______ our car, removing this little turtle from harm's way, and placing him back into the _____, caused something extraordinary to happen inside of me.

As I stood there ____ this tiny creature in my hands, a wave of pure ____ came over me. It was that warm, teary-eyed ____ that we feel during life's greatest moments, like falling in love or the birth of a child. I honestly felt as if my heart was ____ opening up as everything stood still around me.

______would I have described it as “enlightenment”, but there was no ____about it — helping this little turtle just felt so good!

But why?_____ , it's just a turtle, right? And then it hit me. I finally realized what was happening. At that point, a flood of inspiring thoughts ran through me. I walked back to the car, opened my journal and wrote eight words that would ____ prove to be life changing for me: " kindness creates happiness" and live a _____ of kindness".'

It was the ____ I had been looking for. The secret to inner peace and _____ happiness was kindness.

1.A.for B.and C.that D.so

2.A.leave B.return C.arrive D.combine

3.A.fix B.climb C.stop D.cross

4.A.optimistic B.weak C.pessimistic D.stressful

5.A.bad B.lucky C.boring D.dangerous

6.A.ensured B.kept C.accessed D.admitted

7.A.initially B.interestingly C.eventually D.hopefully

8.A.setting off B.breaking down C.passing by D.pulling over

9.A.tree B.park C.wild D.road

10.A.holding B.showing C.refreshing D.frightening

11.A.entertainment B.delight C.amusement D.movement

12.A.cooperation B.feeling C.connection D.adventure

13.A.completely B.complicatedly C.irregularly D.inevitably

14.A.In this way B.By the way C.In no way D.In the way

15.A.problem B.use C.answer D.doubt

16.A.Above all B.In conclusion C.After all D.In brief

17.A.latter B.latest C.lately D.later

18.A.living B.life C.way D.method

19.A.answer B.entrance C.attention D.approach

20.A.temporary B.desperate C.discontinuous D.lasting

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文是夹叙夹议文。一只小乌龟缓慢过马路，作者的妻子并没有着急通过，而是及时停车让小乌龟通过。通过这个故事，作者总结出人生启迪：善良能给人带来快乐。

1.考查连词词义辨析。句意：佛陀在一棵菩提树下发现了它（启迪），纳尔逊•曼德拉在监狱里发现了它。A. for 为了；B. and和；C. that那个； D. so因此。本空前后两句之间是并列关系，用并列连词，故选B项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的启迪会来自于一只硬壳动物。A. leave离开；B. return返回；C. arrive到达；D. combine结合，联合。mine意思为my enlightment（我的启迪）,短语in the form of“以……形式”。句子字面的意思为“我的启迪是以一只乌龟的形式到来”。故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的启迪会来自于一只试图穿过马路的硬壳动物——一只乌龟。A. fix修理，固定；B. climb爬；C. stop停止；D. cross横穿。从下文“He determined to cross twenty feet of tar road”可知乌龟是要横穿二十英尺宽的柏油马路。故选D项。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但这可不是一只普通的乌龟，这是世界上最乐观的乌龟。 A. optimistic乐观的 ；B. weak弱的；C. pessimistic悲观的；D. stressful有压力。根据下文He determined to cross twenty feet of tar （柏油）road as cars drove past quickly.可知，作者描述乌龟 “试图穿过车辆疾驰的马路”，可以看出乌龟是比较“乐观的”。故选A项。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但今天是他的幸运日。A. bad糟糕的；B. lucky幸运的；C. boring无聊的；D. dangerous危险的。从下文“My wife's quick driving reflexes（我妻子驾驶时的快速反应）”可知作者的妻子看到乌龟过马路，就快速停车，小乌龟没有被轧到，所以说这只小乌龟是很“幸运的”。 故选B项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我 妻子的快速反应不仅保证了它不会以“乌龟汤”的形式成为今 晚的餐桌一景，而且她接下来的善举还成就了我今天要讲述的 一切的基础。A. ensured确保，保证；B. kept保持；C. accessed有机会接近/进入；D. admitted承认。因为我妻子及时停车，没有轧到小乌龟。不然的话，这只小乌龟就会被轧死，变成晚餐的盘中物了。故选A项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我 妻子的快速反应不仅保证了它不会以“乌龟汤”的形式成为今 晚的餐桌一景，而且她接下来的善举还成就了我今天要讲述的 一切的基础。A. initially最初；B. interestingly有趣地；C. eventually最终；D. hopefully有希望地。从文章最后作者得到的启迪‘kindness creates happiness’and‘live a ___18___ of kindness’可知，是妻子善良的行为最终让我得到了这个启迪。故选C项。

8.考查动词短语辨析。句意：这听上去要多玄有多玄，一个简单的将车停到路边， 把这只小乌龟救离险境并将之归还给大自然的举动引发了我内心深处一场惊天动地的变革。 A. setting off出发；B. breaking down出故障，抛锚；C. passing by路过；D. pulling over停车。从上文“My wife's quick driving reflexes （反应）not only ensured that 'turtle soup” would not be for dinner”可知，作者妻子及时停车，没有让小乌龟受伤。故选D项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽这听上去要多玄有多玄，一个简单的将车停到路边， 把这只小乌龟救离险境并将之归还给大自然的举动引发了我内心深处一场惊天动地的变革。A. tree树；B. park公园；C. wild野外；D. road路。短语the wild “野外”。作者把幸运的小乌龟放

回到野外。故选C项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我站在那儿，手捧着这只小乌龟。A. holding拿着；B. showing展示；C. refreshing精神振作；D. frightening使害怕。根据in my hands可知，应该是作者“手里拿着小乌龟”。故选A项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我站在那儿，手捧着这只小乌龟, 一阵纯粹的喜悦感席卷了我。 A. entertainment娱乐；B. delight高兴；C. amusement逗乐；D. movement活动。根据下文“helping this little turtle just felt so good!”可知，作者觉得能帮助这只小乌龟，感到很高兴。故选B项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：那是一种温暖的催人泪下的感觉， 往往发生在人生最伟大的时刻，比如坠入爱河，比如婴儿降生。A. cooperation合作；B. feeling感觉；C. connection联系；D. adventure冒险。根据后面的 “we feel…”可知，作者此时觉得就像是生命中很重要的时刻，感到温暖、感动。故选B项。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：老实说，当周围的一切好像都静止了，我真的觉得我的心扉完全敞开了。A. completely完全地；B. complicatedly复杂地； C. irregularly 不规律地；D. inevitably不可避免地。从下文“helping this little turtle just felt so good! ”可以看出，作者此时心情愉悦，从善良的行为中得到了启迪。故选A项。

14.考查介词短语辨析。句意：我我 不想把这称之为“启迪”。A. In this way用这种方式；B. By the way顺便说一句；C. In no way绝不；D. In the way挡住去路。根据“would I have …”可知，本句为一个倒装句， 用否定短语in no way置于句首，构成倒装。故选C项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但毫无疑问，帮助这只小乌龟感觉很好！A. problem问题；B. use使用；C. answer答案；D. doubt怀疑。固定句型There is no doubt about….“毫无疑问”。作者为帮助了小乌龟而感到高兴，这是毋庸置疑的。故选D项。

16.考查固定短语辨析。句意：毕竟，它只是一只乌龟，对吧？A. Above all最重要的是；B. In conclusion总之；C. After all毕竟，别忘了；D. In brief简要地说。after all 在此处用以提醒被忽略的事实。故选C项。

17.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我回到车上，翻开日志，写下八个字，事后证明这8个字成为了我的人生转折点。A. latter 后者；B. latest最新的；C. lately最近；D. later后来。根据句意，应是“后来这八个字改变了作者的人生”。故选D项。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意： 事后证明这8个字成为了我的人生转折点：“善生乐”，以及“人 生须行善”。 A. living生计，生活方式；B. life生命；C. way方法；D. method方法。固定短语live a … life“过着……的生活”。故选B项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是我孜孜以求的答案。A. answer答案；B. entrance入口； C. attention注意；D. approach接近，靠近。根据下文“The secret to… ”可知，是寻找的答案。故选A项。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：内心宁静和永远快乐的 奥秘就是善良。A. temporary 暂时的；B. desperate绝望的；C. discontinuous 不连续的，间断的；D. lasting长久的。根据上文“kindness creates happiness”可知，善良能让我们内心感受到长久的幸福。 故选D项。