Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容，在文章后小題的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)單詞

Goals are the guides all through our life. We all have goals that we are moving towards and making a great effort to achieve. This is a good thing. Or can it be bad? How many of us never reach our goals and yet we have tried so hard and really thought about nothing else? I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus(集中) on our present situation.

Let me explain. Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone that we use simply as a means of reaching our final destination(終點(diǎn)). We don’t take time to truly appreciate(感激) where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives. We should focus our attention on the journey and not on the destination, or we will miss the beautiful scenery along the way.

Let’s use our job as an example. Now most of us want a promotion. We have plans to become the manager or general manager in our companies. Unfortunately, most of us will never reach the goal, but will watch others achieve our goal instead.

What we should be doing is focusing on the job we are currently in now. Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present. You see, what we can control is our performance in our current job. We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job. Now this may mean further education to have the skills we currently do not have. It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues(同事). It could simply be a change of attitude(態(tài)度), such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee. By doing our current job to the best of our abilities, we in fact give ourselves the best chance of promotion(晉升).

So the best thing for all of us to do to achieve our goals is to just focus on what we have and where we are now. Do the best and be the best we possibly can in our current situations, and we will give ourselves the very best chance of reaching our goals in the future. We have heard the old sayings and they are true: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” “Patience is a virtue(美德).” and so on.

Have patience, have appreciation for what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can. Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.

Title	Focus on the present
Theme	◆To 【1】 our goals, we should focus on what we have and where we are now.
Common 【2】	◆We do not focus on our present situation. ◆Most of us see our present situation as a stepping stone to our final destination. ◆We do not 【3】 the time truly appreciating where we are today and what we already have in our lives.
An 【4】 — our job	◆【5】 the thought of getting promoted. All we have to do is to 【6】 our best to do our current job. ◆To be the best in our current job, we should get further education, work harder than 【7】, stop complaining and 【8】 ourselves to our job.
Conclusion	◆If we are 【9】, grateful for what we have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can, we can not only 【10】 in the future, but also enjoy our life every day.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】achieve/reach/meet

【2】mistakes

【3】spend

【4】example

【5】Forget/Ignore

【6】try/do

【7】colleagues/others

【8】devote

【9】patient

【10】succeed

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講的是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)我們的目標(biāo)，我們應(yīng)該聚焦在我們現(xiàn)在所擁有的和我們現(xiàn)在所處的位置，如果我們對(duì)自己所擁有的有耐心、心存感激，并且花時(shí)間幫助自己成為所能成為的最好的，我們未來(lái)不僅能成功，而且也能夠每天享受我們的生活。

【1】根據(jù)題干可知聚焦在我們現(xiàn)在所擁有的和我們現(xiàn)在所處的位置是為了實(shí)現(xiàn)我們的目標(biāo)，第4段中“achieve our goal”中的achieve表示“實(shí)現(xiàn)”；第1段中“reach our goals”中reach表示“實(shí)現(xiàn)”；結(jié)合所學(xué)內(nèi)容可知meet也可以與our goals連用表示“實(shí)現(xiàn)我們的目標(biāo)”。不定式符號(hào)to后接動(dòng)詞原形。故答案為achieve/reach/meet。

【2】根據(jù)題干可知與“Common ____”對(duì)應(yīng)的是一些追求自己目標(biāo)的過(guò)程中常見(jiàn)的錯(cuò)誤，結(jié)合第1段中“I believe the mistake most of us make is that we do not focus on our present situation.”可知要用mistake表示“錯(cuò)誤”，對(duì)應(yīng)有三點(diǎn)錯(cuò)誤，用復(fù)數(shù)。故答案為mistakes。

【3】根據(jù)第2段中“We don’t take time to truly appreciate where we are today and all the great things we already have in our lives.”可知原句用take time to do sth.表示“花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事”，結(jié)合題干中“We do not ____ the time truly appreciating …”可知此處用其同義短語(yǔ)spend time doing sth.。故答案為spend。

【4】根據(jù)第3段中“Let’s use our job as an example.”可知此處以工作為例，用原句中的example填空。故答案為example。

【5】根據(jù)第4段中“Forget where we want to get to and just focus on the present.”可知是要忘記晉升的想法，用原句中forget或其近義詞ignore都可以，題干是個(gè)祈使句，以動(dòng)詞原形開頭，首字母須大寫。故答案為Forget/Ignore。

【6】根據(jù)第4段中“We can decide to be the best we possibly can in our current job.”可知此處是說(shuō)要盡力做好我們當(dāng)前的工作，結(jié)合題干中“to ___ our best to do our current job”可知要用try one’s best to do sth.或do one’s best to do sth.表示“盡某人最大努力做某事”。故答案為try/do。

【7】根據(jù)第4段中“It may mean working harder to produce better results than our colleagues.”可知是要比同事工作更努力，也可以說(shuō)是比其他人工作更努力。故答案為colleagues/others。

【8】根據(jù)第4段中“It could simply be a change of attitude, such as stopping complaining and becoming a more devoted and supportive employee.”可知是要全力以赴去工作，結(jié)合原句中“devoted”及題干中“___ ourselves to our job”可知此處用devote oneself to sth.表示“致力于做某事”，and連接并列結(jié)構(gòu)，devote與stop一樣用動(dòng)詞原形。故答案為devote。

【9】根據(jù)最后一段中“Have patience, have appreciation for what we already have, and take time to help ourselves be the very best we can.”可知我們要有耐心，be動(dòng)詞后接形容詞，patience的形容詞形式是patient。故答案為patient。

【10】根據(jù)最后一段中“Do these things and we will all reach our goals, but more importantly, we will enjoy our life every day.”可知此處是說(shuō)我們能達(dá)到目標(biāo)，即獲得成功，can后接動(dòng)詞原形，“成功”用succeed表示。故答案為succeed。

此題屬于任務(wù)型閱讀題，考生需要在理解全文大意的前提下根據(jù)表格內(nèi)容提煉信息，題目基本都是原文信息的轉(zhuǎn)化，做題時(shí)，需注意一下幾點(diǎn)：（1）與原文句子是同義句的要通過(guò)信息轉(zhuǎn)化與原文保持一致；（2）需要?dú)w納概括的，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行歸納，選擇合適的詞語(yǔ)填空；（3）注意時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)等語(yǔ)法問(wèn)題，對(duì)所填詞語(yǔ)進(jìn)行適當(dāng)形式的變化；（4）注意單詞首字母的大小寫問(wèn)題。本題第8小題在文中能找到相應(yīng)的句子，原文中“becoming a more devoted and supportive employee”與題目中“___ ourselves to our job”構(gòu)成同義句的轉(zhuǎn)換，需把形容詞devoted轉(zhuǎn)換成動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)devote oneself to sth.，結(jié)合題干語(yǔ)境來(lái)確認(rèn)devote的最終形式。