Question

    What is a true winner? We may be very _______of Honda Motors.

In 1938, Soichiro Honda was still in school, when he started a little workshop. His plan was to sell piston rings （活塞环）to Toyota. He _______ night and day, believing he could _______ his design and produce a worthy product. Then, came the day he took a sample to Toyota, _______ to be told that the rings did not _______ their standards!

However, he refused to give up. _______ focus on his failure, he continued working towards his goal. After two more years of _______, he won a contract with Toyota. By then, Soichiro Honda needed to build a factory to supply Toyota, but building materials were in short supply.

Again he would not _______! He invented a _______ process that enabled him to build the factory. But ________   , an earthquake destroyed the factory.

Was he ________ to give up now? No! Soichiro Honda wrote to 18, 000 bicycles shop owners and asked them to help him. 5, 000 responded and ________ him what little money they could to build his tiny bicycle engines. ________ gradually the company got great success.

Honda succeeded because one man made a truly committed decision, ________ it, and made adjustments ________ a continuous basis.

1.A.envious B.familiar C.aware D.fond

2.A.thought B.prayed C.slept D.labored

3.A.perfect B.start C.win D.admire

4.A.only B.still C.even D.simply

5.A.meet B.improve C.update D.apply

6.A.In order to B.Or else C.Other than D.Rather than

7.A.silence B.explanation C.service D.struggle

8.A.agree B.suffer C.quit D.return

9.A.abnormal B.special C.responsible D.specific

10.A.eventually B.unfortunately C.surprisingly D.definitely

11.A.unwilling B.honest C.ready D.hopeful

12.A.begged B.promoted C.refused D.advanced

13.A.Or B.Otherwise C.And D.Yet

14.A.thought about B.acted on C.reflected on D.joined in

15.A.on B.in C.at D.with

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述本田宗一郎如何遇到困难绝不放弃，努力克服重重困难最终获得成功。

1.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们可能对本田宗一郎是非常熟悉的。A. envious 羡慕的；B. familiar 熟悉的；C. aware 意识到的；D. fond 喜爱的。由前一句“What is a true winner?”可知，什么是真正的获胜者？由此可见，本句是对前一句“什么是真正的获胜者”的回答，表达的是一种获胜者是谁的语境。选项familiar，熟悉的，符合语境。故选B。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他日夜工作，相信他能使他的设计完美，而且生产出一个有价值的产品。A. thought 认为；B. prayed 祈祷；C. slept 睡觉；D. labored 劳动，工作。由本句中的“believing he could ___3___ his design and produce a worthy product.”可知，他相信他能使他的设计变得完美，并且生产出一个有价值的产品。由此可见，要使设计完美和生产出一个有价值的产品，需要他日夜的劳作。选项D. labored 劳动，工作，符合语境。故选D。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他日夜工作，相信他能使他的设计完美，而且生产出一个有价值的产品。A. perfect 使完美；B. start 开始；C. win 获胜；D. admire 钦佩。由本句中的and可知，and的后半部分“ produce a worthy product.”表示的是生产一个有价值的产品和前半部分“___3___ his design”是并列关系。由此可见，“___3___ his design”应该表示的也是一种好的语境。选项A. perfect 使完美，符合语境。故选A。

4.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后，他带着样品去丰田的这天到来了，却被告知这个活塞环不符合他们的标准！A. only 却，不料；B. still 仍然；C. even 甚至；D. simply 简单地。由前一句“He ___2___ night and day, believing he could ___3___ his design and produce a worthy product.”和本句的后半部分“the rings did not ___5___ their standards!”可知，他日夜工作，相信他能使他的设计完美，而且生产出一个有价值的产品。这个活塞环不符合他们的标准。这个超出他的意料。only to do 表示出乎意料的结果。故选A。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后，他带着样品去丰田的这天到来了，却被告知这个活塞环不符合他们的标准！A. meet 符合，满足；B. improve 提高；C. update 更新；D. apply 申请，应用。由第三段的第一句“However, he refused to give up.”中的however可知，本句和“Then, came the day he took a sample to Toyota, ___4___ to be told that the rings did not ___5___ their standards!”之间是转折关系。“However, he refused to give up.”表达的是“但是他拒绝放弃”。由此可见，“the rings did not ___5___ their standards!”应该表达的是一种失败的语境，即这个活塞环是不符合他们标准的。选项A. meet 符合，满足，符合语境。故选A。

6.

考查连词短语词义辨析。句意：他继续努力向他的目标前进而不是专注在他的失败上。A. In order to 为了; B. Or else 否则，要不然；C. Other than 除了，不同于；D. Rather than 而不是。分析本句可知，“努力向他的目标前进”和“专注在他的失败”之间是对比关系。选项D. rather than 而不是，表达的是对比关系，符合语境。故选D。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：两年多的奋斗努力之后，他获得了丰田的合同。A. silence 沉默；B. explanation 解释；C. service 服务；D. struggle 奋斗。由前一句“___6___ focus on his failure, he continued working towards his goal.”可知，他继续努力向他的目标前进而不是专注在他的失败上。由此可见，他继续的努力最终为他赢得了合同。选项D. struggle 奋斗，和前一句的“working”相呼应，符合语境。故选D。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：再次他不想放弃！A. agree 同意；B. suffer 遭受；C. quit 放弃；D. return 返回。由第三段的第一句“However, he refused to give up.”可知，但是他拒绝放弃。由此可见，他再次不会放弃。选项C. quit 放弃，和第三段的第一句中的“give up”相呼应，符合语境。故选C。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他发明了一个能让他建造这个工厂的特殊流程。A. abnormal 异常的；B. special 特殊的；C. responsible 负责的；D. specific 特定的。由第三段的最后一句“By then, Soichiro Honda needed to build a factory to supply Toyota, but building materials were in short supply.”可知，到那时，本田宗一郎需要建一个工厂去给丰田供给，但是建造材料供应不足。由此可见，本田宗一郎在建造工厂时遇到了材料不足的问题，针对这个问题，他发明特殊的流程去建造工厂。选项B. special 特殊的，符合语境。故选B。

10.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：但是不幸的是，一场地震摧毁了这个工厂。A. eventually 最后；B. unfortunately 不幸地；C. surprisingly 惊人地；D. definitely 一定地。由本句的后半部分“an earthquake destroyed the factory”表示的是一场地震摧毁了这个工厂。这是一个不幸的事情。选项B. unfortunately 不幸地，符合语境。故选B。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他现在准备放弃吗？A. unwilling 不情愿的；B. honest 诚实的；C. ready 准备好的；D. hopeful 有希望的。由第三段的第一句“However, he refused to give up.”可知，但是，他拒绝放弃。由此可见，本句也是在表达他不想放弃的语境。选项C. ready 准备好的，符合语境。故选C。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：有5,000名店主给他答复，给他预付了他们能给的那点钱去建造他的小型自行车引擎。A. begged 恳求；B. promoted 促进；C. refused 拒绝；D. advanced 预付。由后一句“___13___ gradually the company got great success.”可知，渐渐地这个公司获得巨大的成功。由此可见，本田宗一郎获得了5,000店主的微薄资助。选项D. advanced 预付，符合语境。故选D。

13.

考查连词辨析。句意：并且渐渐地这个公司获得巨大的成功。A. Or 或者；B. Otherwise 其他；C. And 并且，和；D. Yet 但是。分析本句可知，“gradually the company got great success.”表达的是“渐渐地这个公司获得巨大的成功”，和前一句“5, 000 responded and ___12___ him what little money they could to build his tiny bicycle engines.”表达的“有5,000名店主给他答复，给他预付了他们能给的那点钱去建造他的小型自行车引擎。”，两者之间是并列关系。选项C. And 并且，和，表达的是并列关系，符合语境。故选C。

14.

考查动词词组辨析。句意：因为一个人做出了一个真实而又坚定的决定，然后付诸行动，并且在持续的基础上做出调整，所以本田成功了。A. thought about 考虑；B. acted on 行动；C. reflected on 反省，回想；D. joined in 加入。由第二段第二句“His plan was to sell piston rings （活塞环）to Toyota.”和第三句“He ___2___ night and day, believing he could ___3___ his design and produce a worthy product.”表达的是他的计划是卖活塞环给丰田。他日夜工作，相信他能使他的设计完美，而且生产出一个有价值的产品。由此可见，本田做出决定，就会实际行动起来。选项B. acted on 行动，符合语境。故选B。

15.

考查介词辨析。句意：因为一个人做出了一个真实而又坚定的决定，然后付诸行动，并且在持续努力的基础上做出调整，所以本田成功了。A. on 关于，在……之上；B. in 在……之中；C. at 在，处于……状态；D. with 和，用。分析本句句意可知，on basis是固定搭配，表达的是在……基础之上。表示在持续努力的基础上做出调整，所以本田成功了。故选A。