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For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”.

I _______ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, _______, working on a paper. Out of nowhere, those words came _______ off the page in a quote: “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of _______ truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more. Then I _______ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was _______ to hear what he’d think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to _______ it a few times, but once he _______ it, he laughed. “All I can say to that is totally _______,”he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and ________ to find that quote. “Why is that?” he asked. "Well, spring is a sure ________ that life persists. And it just makes me ________.”

He laughed again, and then in his ________ voice, he recited for me his ________“spring time” words: “The desert shall rejoice(高兴), and ________ as the rose does…Even with joy and singing.”

Many years later, ________ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming cactuses(仙人掌), I could ________ hear my granddad laughing: “The desert shall rejoice."

Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of ________ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of ________ and the green of spring. Spring ________ us that we’re alive forever.

1.A. looked for    B. came across    C. picked out    D. made up

2.A. bored    B. worried    C. tired    D. confused

3.A. running    B. dancing    C. rushing.    D. moving

4.A. fear    B. doubt    C. terror    D. lie

5.A. called    B. visited    C. consulted    D. informed

6.A. patient    B. confident    C. upset    D. desperate

7.A. copy    B. print    C. repeat    D. recite

8.A. got    B. made    C. undertook    D. managed

9.A. puzzlement    B. excitement    C. agreement    D. amusement

10.A. practically    B. especially    C. obviously    D. naturally

11.A. way    B. inspiration    C. mark    D. sign

12.A. nervous    B. energetic    C. merry    D. alive

13.A. lovely    B. calm    C. cold    D. high

14.A. impressive    B. superb    C. classical    D. favorite

15.A. exist    B. flower    C. survive    D. sow

16.A. after    B. when    C. until    D. although

17.A. hardly    B. always    C. almost    D. mostly

18.A. journeys    B. words    C. world    D. desert

19.A. winter    B. spring    C. summer    D. autumn

20.A. convinces    B. ensures    C. reminds    D. strikes

 

1.B 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.D 7.C 8.A 9.C 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.B 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.A 20.C 【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章,讲述的是作者有感于春天的活力,以及偶然读到的一段话联想到生命的意义与坚持。生命长存于寂静沙漠的植物中,长存于冬去春来的绿意中。冬去春来,生命依然长存,而我们也要继续前行。 1.根据语境可知,几年前坐在大学的图书馆里作者偶然遇到这两个单词 “Life persists”。came across偶遇,B项符合语境。 2.根据下文的“Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more”可知,作者当时在图书馆里的心情是很烦闷的。bored烦恼,故选A。 3.这两个词突然从书页上的引语中跃入作者的眼帘,故B项 dancing形象生动地描述了这两个词所富含的美好活力以及作者遇它们的偶然性。 4.在死亡中,生命依然坚持;在谎言中,真理依然长存;在黑暗中,光明依然永驻。A. fear害怕;B. doubt怀疑;C. terror恐怖;D. lie谎言。故选项D 符合语境。 5.根据下文的“on the phone”可知,作者给爷爷打电话,故选项A符合语境。 6.根据语境及上下文中的“I loved to talk with him”可知,作者很想听到爷爷对这句话是怎么看的。A. patient耐心的;B. confident信心的;C. upset沮丧;D. desperate急切的。故选项D符合语境。 7.根据上文中的“He had poor hearing, so I had to"和下文中的“a few times”可知,爷爷听力不灵,所以作者不得不多次重复(repeat)。故选C。 8.但是一旦作者的爷爷明白(got it) 了,他就笑了起来。make it获得成功 准时到达,故选A。 9.根据上文中“laugh"和下文中作者爷爷所背诵的语句与该句话的主题的一致性可知,作者的爷爷对这句话所表达的主题是完全同意的。puzzlement疑惑;skepticism怀疑;agreement赞同,同意;disapproval反对,不赞成。故选C。 10.作者吿诉爷爷她在漫长的冬天过后,最终看到春天,特别是偶然发现这句引语,自己是有多么高兴。especially“特别,尤其”符合语境。故选B。 11.春天就是一个可信的迹象,它表明生命是长存的。sign“迹象,征兆”符合语境。故选D。 12.根据上文中的“I wasn’t unhappy”,下文中的rejoice(高兴)“joy”及文章主题可知,这句话是作者感到开心(merry)。故选C。 13.作者的爷爷又笑了笑,然后用他那悦耳的嗓音为作者背诵了他最喜欢的语句。故A项lovely(可爱的;令人愉快的)符合语境,故选A。 14.参见上题解析,故选D。 15.沙漠应该高兴,像玫瑰一样盛开。根据空后的“as the rose does”可知,flower“开花”,符合语境。故选B。 16.多年后,当作者和丈夫驱车穿越一个有很多野花和盛开的仙人掌的沙漠时,她几乎又听到了爷爷笑着说“沙漠应该高兴”。分析句子结构可知,空处在此引导时间状语从句,且在从句中作时间状语,故选B。 17.多年后,当作者和丈夫驱车穿越一个有很多野花和盛开的仙人掌的沙漠时,她几乎又听到了爷爷笑着说“沙漠应该高兴”。hardly几乎不;always总是; almost“几乎,差不多”;mostly主要地;基本上;C项符合语境。 18.根据空后的 “the blooming of cactuses…”和上文中的“a desert with many wildflowers and blooming(盛开的)” cactuses及“The desert shall rejoice”可知,生命长存,同样的,我们也要坚持。生命长存于寂静的沙漠(desert)中和盛开的仙人掌里。故选D。 19.in the dead of winter“在隆冬,在严冬”。空前的dead形象地表现出了冬季万物萧条的景象,与春季的绿意及万物复苏的景象形成鲜明的对比,故选A。 20.春天提醒我们,我们永远充满活力。convince使相信;assure使确信;remind提醒;strike突然想到,故选C。
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