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    Perhaps you’re in the middle of a divorce, suffering the loss of a loved one, or facing an illness. Perhaps you have a dream you’ve strived for long, but it still seems out of ______. Maybe you’re ______ a difficult time looking for a job, or you’re working but just getting by, and burdened with ______. Have you ever felt like giving up?

My friend Jorge Perez, a screenwriter in his 30’s, working 12 hours a day, six days a week, has put every extra waking ______ and every penny he ______ into Bodies of Work, an independent TV pilot he wrote, ______, directed and shot. He’s ______ to be a success. When he gets ______, he thinks of the words from Racing in the Rain. “Your car goes where your eyes go. In other words, wherever you focus your attention is where you’re ______, with related consequences. It takes the same energy to focus on positive outcomes as negative ones, with better ______.”

I never knew anyone more realistically optimistic than my own ______ sister, whose dying words were, “I’m not giving up.” Pam ______ Cystic Fibrosis(囊肿性纤维化), lived independently, graduated from college and ran her own daycare before we ______ her to the illness. Pam taught me that even when you are at your most ______ and feeling like you can’t go on, you ______ have the power to choose between ______ or hope, forgiveness or revenge. She supported the words of Viktor Frankl: “When you can’t change your circumstances, you are ______ to change yourself.” 

These people accept their present circumstances and they ______ it. They focus on the best way to move forward and set goals to do so, rather than looking back or blaming others for their current ______. Ultimately, of course, our ______ is a letting go— but until then, don’t give up.

1.A.sight B.reach C.order D.place

2.A.keeping up B.going through C.trying for D.seeing through

3.A.debt B.responsibility C.pride D.guilt

4.A.work B.energy C.rest D.hour

5.A.hid B.collected C.earned D.distributed

6.A.preferred B.shared C.cast D.read

7.A.excited B.surprised C.concerned D.determined

8.A.disappointed B.addicted C.discouraged D.bored

9.A.heading B.landing C.fleeing D.falling

10.A.measures B.results C.purposes D.grades

11.A.late B.bitter C.desperate D.keen

12.A.cured B.acquired C.battled D.dismissed

13.A.connected B.reduced C.applied D.lost

14.A.powerless B.aimless C.careless D.merciless

15.A.almost B.indeed C.just D.still

16.A.delight B.despair C.regret D.sorrow

17.A.challenged B.raised C.organized D.offered

18.A.take charge of B.make the best of C.take hold of D.make a fool of

19.A.behaviors B.commitments C.adventures D.difficulties

20.A.experience B.expectation C.destination D.dream

 

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.A 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.D 16.B 17.A 18.B 19.D 20.C 【解析】 这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。每个人都有坚持不下去想放弃的时候,但人应该要往前看,要不放弃。作者以自己过世的姐姐Pam和好朋友Jorge Perez为例,说明了这一点。 1.考查名词词义辨析。句意:也许你有一个为之奋斗了很长时间的梦想,但它似乎还没有实现。A. sight目光;B. reach到达;C. order命令;D. place地点。根据but可知,该处与Perhaps you have a dream you’ve strived for long相反,out of reach意为“够不着的、没有实现”。符合语境,故选B。 2.考查动词短语辨析。句意:也许,你正在经历一段艰难的时光,或是在找工作,又或是你在工作,但只是勉强度日,负债累累。A. keeping up保持;B. going through经历;C. trying for争取;D. seeing through看穿、识破。经历艰难的时光用go through。故选B。 3.考查名词词义辨析。句意:也许,你正在经历一段艰难的时光,或是在找工作,又或是你在工作,但只是勉强度日,负债累累。A. debt债务;B. responsibility责任;C. pride骄傲;D. guilt内疚。前文but just getting by说明状况不好,结合选项,burden with debt意为“负债累累”,符合语境。故选A。 4.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我朋友Jorge Perez 是一个30多岁的编剧,一天工作12小时,一周工作六天,他把每一个额外的清醒时间和赚的每一分钱都用在Bodies of Work 上,这是他写作、选角、导演和拍摄的一个独立的电视试播节目。A. work工作;B. energy能量;C. rest 休息;D. hour小时。根这里描述的是醒着的每个小时(hour),故选D。 5.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我朋友Jorge Perez 是一个30多岁的编剧,一天工作12小时,一周工作六天,他把把每一个额外的清醒时间和赚的每一分钱都用在Bodies of Work 上,这是他写作、选角、导演和拍摄的一个独立的电视试播节目。A. hid隐藏;B. collected收集;C. earned赚钱;D. distributed分配。据“working 12 hours a day, six days a week”以及“every penny”空白处意为“赚钱”,用earn。故选C。 6.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我朋友Jorge Perez 是一个30多岁的编剧,一天工作12小时,一周工作六天,他把把每一个额外的清醒时间和赚的每一分钱都用在Bodies of Work 上,这是他写作、选角、导演和拍摄的一个独立的电视试播节目。A. preferred;偏爱;B. shared分享;C. cast分配角色、选派角色;D. read读。根据an independent TV pilot he wrote,__6___, directed and shot.可知,空白处意为“选派角色”,故选C。 7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他下定决心要成功。A. excited兴奋的;B. surprised惊讶的;C. concerned 担心的;D. determined下定决心的。前文working 12 hours a day, six days a week, has put every extra waking _4__ and every penny he__5__ into Bodies of Work,说明他下定决心(be determined to do)要成功,故选D。 8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当他灰心的时候,他会想起Racing in the Rain中的话:你眼睛看向哪里,车就开向哪里。A. disappointed失望的;B. addicted上瘾的;C. discouraged灰心的;D. bored 枯燥的。根据上下文,该处描述的是,在工作中感到灰心丧气的(discouraged)时候他会怎么做。故选C。 9.考查动词词义辨析。句意:换句话说,你注意力集中在哪里,你就朝着哪里去,就有相关的后果。A. heading朝……(方向)行进;B. landing着陆;C. fleeing逃跑;D. falling 落下来。根据上文“Your car goes where your eyes go. ”空白意为“朝你注意力的方向行进”,用head。故选A。 10.考查名词词义辨析。句意:关注积极的结果和消极的结果需要同样的精力,但关注积极的结果成效更好。A. measures措施;B. results结果、成效;C. purposes目的;D. grades等级。根据“outcomes”可知,该句描述的是关注积极的结果会有更好的成效(result)。故选B。 11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我从没见过比我自己已故的姐姐更现实乐观的人,她的临终遗言是:我不会放弃的。A. late在晚年的、已故的;B. bitter苦的;C. desperate绝望的;D. keen 敏锐的。下文whose dying words were说明是已故的(late)。故选A。 12.考查动词词义辨析。句意:在她因病去世前,Pam与囊肿性纤维化对抗,独立生活,大学毕业,自己经营日托。A. cured治愈;B. acquired获得;C. battled对抗;D. dismissed解散。根据“ lived independently, graduated from college and ran her own daycare”可知,与疾病对抗用battle。故选C。 13.考查动词词义辨析。句意:在她因病去世前,Pam与囊肿性纤维化对抗,独立生活,大学毕业,自己经营日托。A. connected联系;B. reduced减少;C. applied申请;D. lost失去。前文Pam __12__Cystic Fibrosis(囊肿性纤维化)说她是因病去世(lose her to the illness)。故选D。 14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:Pam教会我,即使在你最无力,感觉坚持不住的时候,你仍然有力气在绝望和希望、原谅和复仇中做选择。A. powerless无力的;B. aimless漫无目的的;C. careless粗心的;D. merciless 无情的。下文feeling like you can’t go on说明该处是无力的(powerless)。故选A。 15.考查副词词义辨析。句意:Pam教会我,即使在你最无力,感觉坚持不住的时候,你仍然有力气在绝望和希望、原谅和复仇中做选择。A. almost几乎;B. indeed确实;C. just仅仅;D. still仍然。没有力气坚持的时候仍然(still)可以做选择。故选D。 16.考查名词词义辨析。句意:Pam教会我,即使在你最无力,感觉坚持不住的时候,你仍然有力气在绝望和希望、原谅和复仇中做选择。A. delight愉快;B. despair绝望;C. regret后悔;D. sorrow悲伤。根据下文forgiveness or revenge 可知,这里要填hope的反义词绝望(despair),故选B。 17.考查动词词义辨析。句意:当你不能改变环境的时候,你要挑战改变自己。A. challenged挑战;B. raised举起;C. organized组织;D. offered 提供。根据“change yourself.”可知,改变自己是一种挑战(challenge)。故选A。 18.考查动词短语辨析。句意:这些人接受现状,并充分利用现状。A. take charge of控制;B. make the best of充分利用;C. take hold of控制;D. make a fool of戏弄。下文They focus on the best way to move forward and set goals to do so 说明他们在充分利用(make the best of)现有的。故选B。 19.考查名词词义辨析。句意:他们专注于前进的最佳方式,并为此设定目标,而不是退缩或因当前的困难责怪他人。A. behaviors行为;B. commitments承诺;C. adventures冒险;D. difficulties困难。前文When you can’t change your circumstances说明遇到困难(difficulties)了。故选D。 20.考查名词词义辨析。句意:当然,最后我们的目的地是放手,但在那之前,不要放弃。A. experience经验;B. expectation期望;C. destination目的地、终点;D. dream梦想。前文说They focus on the best way to move forward and set goals to do so,最后我们的目的地(destination)是放手。故选C。
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