Question

    The opening and closing of the doors are the most significant actions of man’s life. What a _______ lies in doors!

No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door._______ the most familiar room, where the clock ticks and the hearth glows red at dusk may harbor______. The worker may actually have called and______ the leaking pipe. The cook may have been ill and demanded her passports.

There are many kinds of doors. Revolving doors for hotels, shops and public buildings. They are_____ the busy, bustling ways of modern life. Can you ______ William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a ______ door? There are double doors, sliding doors, stage doors and glass doors. The ______ and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden. A glass door is not a door at all, but a window. The meaning of a door is to ______ what lies inside; to keep the heart in suspense.

Also, there are many ways of opening doors. There is the cheery ______ of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door. There is the sympathetic and awful ______ of the dentist’s maid who opens the door into the operating room and, without speaking, ______ that the doctor is ready for you.

The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the ______ , some sense of moving into a new moment. Even in ______ , the opening of a door may bring relief. But the closing of doors could be ______, A door closed brings ______ to an end. And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors. A door slammed is a confession of weakness. A door ______ shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life.

The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life. Life will not stay ______ and let us alone. We are ______ opening doors with hope, closing them with despair. Life ______ not much longer than a pipe of tobacco, and destiny knocks us out like the ashes.

1.A.mystery B.relief C.scenery D.pleasure

2.A.So B.Still C.Even D.Also

3.A.wishes B.puzzles C.surprises D.changes

4.A.checked B.fixed C.wrapped D.removed

5.A.necessary to B.different from C.consistent with D.typical of

6.A.imagine B.suggest C.catch D.notice

7.A.stage B.sliding C.glass D.revolving

8.A.symbol B.miracle C.sign D.mark

9.A.busy B.hide C.discover D.exhibit

10.A.knock B.bump C.push D.touch

11.A.silence B.noise C.voice D.peace

12.A.announce B.admits C.implies D.expects

13.A.darkness B.certainty C.possibility D.unknown

14.A.vain B.hope C.sadness D.happiness

15.A.easy B.terrible C.dull D.interesting

16.A.nothing B.everything C.anything D.something

17.A.heavily B.hurriedly C.gently D.firmly

18.A.still B.calm C.silent D.simple

19.A.naturally B.continually C.obviously D.possibly

20.A.measures B.matches C.reaches D.lasts

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文。以门为例，揭示了深刻的道理。世上有很多门，我们有很多开门关门的方法，怀着希望开门，面对未来，绝望地关门，告别过去；人生苦短，每个人只是一粒尘埃，所以我们要以积极的心态去面对生活。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：门是多么神秘啊!A. mystery秘密；B. relief解脱；C. scenery风景；D. pleasure乐趣、喜悦。根据下文，后文提到“当他打开一扇门的时候，没有人知道等待他的是什么”。故可知，门很神秘。故选A项。

2.考查连词词义辨析。句意： 没有人知道当他打开门后会面对什么，即使是最寻常的门。

A. So因此；B. Still仍然；C. Even即使；D. Also也、还。根据上下文，上文提到没人知道门背后有什么。此处表示递进“甚至是最寻常的门”故选C项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：即使是最熟悉的房间，在那里的时钟滴答作响，壁炉在暮色中闪着红光，也可能藏有叫人惊喜的事情。A. wishes愿望；B. puzzles疑惑；C. surprises惊喜；D. changes改变。根据上下文，此空与首句相呼应，显示门后的不确定性。这里面都可能蕴藏着惊喜。故选C项。

4.考查动词词义变。句意：管子工可能真的来过，修好了漏水的水龙头。A. checked检查；B. fixed修理；C. wrapped包装、缠绕 ；D. removed移开。根据上下文，后面的宾语是“漏水的管道”，主语是“工人”。工人修理管道符合语境。故选B项。

5.考查形容词短语辨析。句意：他们是现代生活中典型的繁忙、忙碌的方式。A. necessary to必要的；

B. different from与…….不同；C. consistent with与……一致和谐；D. typical of是……典型特征。根据上下文，前句提到了“酒店、商店和公共建筑的旋转门”，这些都是现代忙碌生活的典型。故选D项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你能想象威廉•莎士比亚或查尔斯•狄更斯跳过旋转门吗?

A. imagine想象；B. suggest建议；C. catch赶上；D. notice注意。根据上下文，莎士比亚和狄更斯都是古代的人，他们穿过现代的旋转门是难以想象的。故选A项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：你能想象莎士比亚或者狄更斯穿过旋转门吗？A. stage舞台；B. sliding滑动；C. glass镜片；D. revolving旋转。根据上下文，在本段第二句提到了revolving doors，属于“名词复现”。故选D项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：门的象征和秘密在于它的隐藏性。A. symbol象征，特征；B. miracle奇迹；C. sign标志；D. mark记号。根据下文提到的“玻璃门不仅仅是门更是一扇窗”可知，门具有象征意义。故选A项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：门的含义在于他把里面的东西藏起来;使心悬疑不定。A. busy使忙于；B. hide隐藏；C. discover发现；D. exhibit展览。分析句子，该句后面讲到“使心悬疑不定”。可推出，门隐藏了某些东西。根据上文its quality of being hidden也有提示。故选B项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：侍者用胳膊肘欢快地一推，打开了厨房的门。A. knock敲打；B. bump肿块、撞击；C. push推；D. touch接触。根据上下文，前文提到“有各种各样的开门方法”，然后此处用cheery(快乐的)来形容后面的名词push。根据常识也可知，很多门都是推开的。故选C项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：牙医的女助手富于同情而悄然无声地打开手术室的门，她一声不吭。A. silence寂静；B. noise喧闹；C. voice嗓音；D. peace和平。根据上下文，该句后面提到“without speaking（不说一句话）”，可知，牙医的女助手开门的时候是沉默的。故选A项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：暗示着医生已经准备好给病人动手术了。A. announce宣布；B. admits承认；C. implies暗示、意味；D. expects期望。根据上下文，该处的前句提到，女助理沉默地打开门，不说一句话。故可以推断，此处表示暗示着医生已经准备好给病人动手术了。故选C项。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：门的开启有一些未知的味道，一些进入新时刻的感觉。A. darkness黑暗；B. certainty确信；C. possibility可能性；D. unknown未知。根据后文提到“尽管处于悲伤，但是打开门可能带来的是释怀”。所以门的开启有一些未知的味道。故选D项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管在悲伤中，开门可以带来解脱与安慰。A. vain白费力气；B. hope希望；C. sadness悲伤；D. happiness快乐。根据上下文，前文提到“门可能开启了一些未知的味道，可能会进入新的时刻”。再根据前后转折，在开门前尽管悲伤，但开门后可能带来了解脱和安慰。故选C项。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但关门可能是可怕的。A. easy简单的；B. terrible可怕的；C. dull乏味的；D. interesting有趣的。根据上下文，本段最后一句讲到：关上门，可能是人生最悲催的举动。所以关门可能是可怕的。故选B项。

16.考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：关门表示某件事情的结束。A. nothing没什么；B. everything一切事情（肯定句）；C. anything任何事情（否定句）；D. something有些事情。根据上下文，关门代表了某些东西的结束。故选D项。

17.考查副词词义辨析。句意：砰地关上门是虚弱的表现；轻轻关门或许是生活里最悲剧的举动。A. heavily沉重地；B. hurriedly仓促地；C. gently轻轻地；D. firmly紧紧地。根据上下文，此处填的副词和前句的“slammed”相呼应。故选C项。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：生活不会静止不动，撇下我们不顾。A. still静止的；B. calm冷静的；C. silent沉默的；D. simple简单的。根据上下文，后文提到“我们不断地以希望打开大门，以绝望关闭大门”可知，生活不会静止不动。故选A项。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们继续怀着希望打开门，怀着绝望关上门。A. naturally自然地；B. continually不断地；C. obviously明显地；D. possibly可能地。上句提到生活不会静止不变，让我们独处。故我们总会不断的开门、关门。故选B项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：生命持续的时间不超过一袋烟，命运最终像烟灰一样把我们击倒。A. measures测量；B. matches搭配；C. reaches到达；D. lasts持续。根据longer than a pipe of tobacco可知，生命持续的时间不超过一袋烟。故选D项。