Question

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是奥巴马在母校Bamard College发言稿，主要告诉我们在人生中无论遇见什么困难，都要学会坚持。

1.B 上下文串联。根据42空下一行this perseveranc说明本文谈论的是毅力和坚持。

2.C 动词辨析。A休息B下降C放弃D遗憾；很多人都会遇见困难和失败，但他们没有放弃。

3.Ａ上下文串联。根据文章开头at Bamard College是奥巴马在母校的演讲。

4.B 形容词辨析。A自信B不确定C有野心D自豪；如何实现自己的梦想还不确定。

5.A 动词辨析。A形成B指导C组织D领导；但是我想为形成一个更好的世界做出我的努力。

6.D 词义辨析。A惊讶B困扰C有意义D不满意；毕业以后我做了我自己感觉不满意工作。

7.A 词义辨析。A伸出B出版C分发D辨认；我伸手向别人求助。

8.C 动词辨析。A呈现B构成C学习D创造；坚持是可以通过后天学习得到的。

9.D 动词辨析。A复制B查明C说服D观察；我是通过观察身边的人学习到毅力和坚持的。

10.C 名词辨析。A生活B工作C学校D生意；妈妈努力让她自己完成了学业。

11.B 副词辨析。A然而B甚至C仍然D也；妈妈的处境很不好甚至要到食品救助站去了。

12.A 短语辨析。A继续存在B经过C相处D来；妈妈让我们继续生存下去。

13.B 介词辨析。通过学习和努力工作，我们实现了我们自己的学位。

14.C 上下文串联。Ours指我们自己的degree。

15.D 短语辨析。A暂时B很久以后C直到现在D后来；后来，我遇见了一个给我很大帮助的女人。

16.A 形容词辨析。A年轻的B贫穷的C虚弱的D坚强的；我们组建了年轻的家庭。

17.C 固定结构。Whether…or…无论…还是…

18.B 动词辨析。A上升B抚养C引起D出现；指抚养一个家庭。

19.D 名词辨析。A观点B逗留C品论D痕迹；如果你想在世界上留下你的痕迹和印迹。

20.D 名词辨析。A目标B优势C缺点D挫折；你会遇见很多的挫折和失败，都要坚持。

考点：考查人生哲理类短文