Question

    For many years my parents subscribed to “Reader’s Digest”. Usually I enjoyed reading each issue(期) as much as they did. The _______ in the magazine I liked most was “The Best Advice I Ever Had.”

Even today, one of those best advice stories sticks with me and _______ a great lesson. Writing about his _______. Harry Fosdick—longtime beloved minister of Riverside Church in New York City— _______ a morning when his father was leaving the house. He _______ to Harry’s mother and said “Tell Harry he can cut the grass today, _______ he feels like it.” Then after a few steps the father turned back and _______ a meaningful suggestion: “Tell Harry he had better feel like it.” The reason why I treasure Fosdick’s father’s instruction is that many of us know what we have to do in our _______ tasks —we are told what to do, while the major _______ is that in many cases we delay action until we feel like it.

So think of the ________ that Harry’s father tells him that he “had better feel like it” when we must do the ________ things. Already, I am confident you could add a dozen similar ________ tasks and responsibilities to this list—possibly two dozen. If you ________ until you feel like doing them, tasks will become more difficult. Getting back to young Harry’s task, I can ________ that a small boy pushing the mower(割草机) with great effort back and forth, around flowers and bushes on this ________ day, wiping the sweat from his face until he got the job ________. Let’s be aware that this was one of those long ago mowers, ________ a motor, appropriately called “push mowers.” So the task is ________. Harry got the demanding job finished, because he knew that he “had better feel like it.”

________ you are to finish your task or do your work, you’ll have to feel like it. After you ________ feel like it you’ll surprisingly find it isn’t difficult to finish.

1.A.article B.comment C.picture D.advertisement

2.A.shows B.includes C.implies D.remains

3.A.boyhood B.job C.life D.joke

4.A.spent B.considered C.remembered D.learned

5.A.returned B.moved C.wrote D.turned

6.A.because B.if C.though D.since

7.A.mentioned B.understood C.added D.explained

8.A.given B.daily C.next D.favorite

9.A.fact B.condition C.concern D.problem

10.A.result B.way C.advice D.reason

11.A.unpleasant B.awesome C.aggressive D.supreme

12.A.strange B.annoying C.particular D.easy

13.A.wait B.change C.stick D.resist

14.A.believe B.expect C.imagine D.suppose

15.A.freezing B.hot C.comfortable D.starry

16.A.started B.done C.paid D.offered

17.A.without B.through C.with D.for

18.A.funny B.different C.interesting D.rough

19.A.After B.But C.When D.Unless

20.A.mainly B.really C.naturally D.hardly

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者讲述自己从《读者文摘》上看到的一个故事：一位备受爱戴的牧师仍旧记得小时候的一天，父亲在离开家之前建议他儿子不要等到想要去做某件事才会去做。作者认为这个建议对他仍旧是最好的建议之一。当我们必须做不愉快的事情时，不要等着直到愿意去做，那样完成任务会更困难。当你一定要完成你的任务或工作的时候，你必须想要做它，当你真正想要做的时候，你会发现做起来并不难。

1.考查名词词义辨析。A. article文章；B. comment评论；C. picture图画；D. advertisement广告。根据下文“The Best Advice I Ever Had.”可推断，在这本杂志中我最喜欢的文章是“The Best Advice I Ever Had.”。故选A。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. shows展示；B. includes包括；C. implies暗示；D. remains保持；仍然处于。根据上文“Even today, one of those best advice stories sticks with me”可推断，甚至是今天，那些最好的建议中的一个继续支持着我，仍旧是一个伟大的教训。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. boyhood少年时代；B. job工作；C. life生活；D. joke玩笑。根据下文内容可知，下文讲述Harry Fosdick对过去少年时代的回忆。句意：写了他的少年时代，Harry Fosdick——纽约河滨教堂长期受人爱戴的牧师记得，一个早晨，他的父亲正打算离开家。故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. spent花费；B. considered认为；C. remembered记住；D. learned学习。解析同上。Harry Fosdick记得他父亲正打算离开的一个早晨。故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. returned返回；B. moved移动；C. wrote写；D. turned转身。根据上文提到的“his father was leaving the house”可推断，他转身对Harry的母亲说。故选D。

6.考查状语从句。A. because因为；B. if如果；C. though尽管；D. since既然。父亲说：告诉Harry，如果他想要割草的话，今天他就可以去割。故选B。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. mentioned提到；B. understood理解；C. added增加；D. explained解释。根据语境可知，后来走了几步以后，父亲又折回来增加了一条有意义的建议：告诉Harry他最好想要做这件事。上文父亲给了建议，因此此处又增加了一条。故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. given被给予的；B. daily日常的；C. next下一个；D. favorite最喜欢的。根据下文“we are told what to do”可推断，我珍惜Fosdick的父亲的指示的理由是我们中的许多人知道在我们被给予的任务中我们必须做什么。故选A。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. fact事实；B. condition情况；C. concern关心；D. problem问题。根据下文“in many cases we delay action until we feel like it.”可推断，问题是在许多情况下，我们拖延行动到我们想要做。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. result结果；B. way方法；C. advice建议；D. reason原因。根据上文Then after a few steps the father turned back and ___7___ a meaningful suggestion: “Tell Harry he had better feel like it.”可知，当我们必须做讨厌的事情时，考虑一下Harry的父亲告诉他“最好想要做它”的建议。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。A. unpleasant使人不愉快的；讨厌的；B. awesome令人敬畏的；C. aggressive好斗的；D. supreme最高的。根据上文提到的“in many cases we delay action until we feel like it.”可推断，此处指“讨厌的事情”，句意：当我们必须做令人不愉快的事情时，考虑一下Harry的父亲告诉他“最好想要做它”的建议。故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. strange奇怪的；B. annoying讨厌的；C. particular特殊的；D. easy容易的。根据语境可知，此处讲述我自信你可以增添一打类似的讨厌的任务和责任到名单上——很可能是两打。故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. wait等待；B. change改变；C. stick坚持；D. resist抵抗。根据下文“tasks will become more difficult. Getting back to young Harry’s task”可推断，如果你等待直到你想要做它，任务将会变得更艰难。故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. believe相信；B. expect期待；C. imagine想像；D. suppose认为。根据下文a small boy pushing the mower(割草机) with great effort back and forth可推断，我可以想像一个小男孩非常努力地来来回回地推着割草机。故选C。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. freezing冰冷的；B. hot炎热的；C. comfortable舒适的；D. starry闪闪发光的。根据下文“wiping the sweat from his face”可推断，天气炎热。故选B。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. started开始；B. done做；C. paid支付；D. offered提供。根据语境可知，小男孩努力在炎热的天气里来来回回围绕着鲜花和灌木丛推着割草机，擦着脸上的汗直到工作做完。get sth. done“完成某事”。故选B。

17.考查介词词义辨析。A. without没有；B. through穿过；C. with用；随着；D. for为了。根据下文“appropriately called ‘push mowers.’”可知，割草机没有马达。故选A。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。A. funny滑稽可笑的；B. different不同的；C. interesting有趣的；D. rough艰苦的。根据下文“the demanding job”可知，这项任务是艰苦的。故选D。

19.考查连词词义辨析。A. After在……以后；B. But但是；C. When当……的时候；D. Unless除非。当你一定要完成你的任务或工作的时候，你必须想要做它。故选C。

20.考查副词词义辨析。A. mainly主要地；B. really真正地；C. naturally自然地；D. hardly几乎不。根据上文“you’ll have to feel like it”可推断，在你真正想要做它以后，你会惊奇地发现完成起来也不难。故选B。