Question

Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Though I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find work.

I was a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had five interviews with a company and one day, between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. “Why has my life become so ?” I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to a little girl, she handed me an earring（耳環(huán)）saying that I should keep it somebody claimed (認領) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it me--I had been giving all of my to what was going wrong with my experiences rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me from a lady who was a director at a large . She asked me if I would give a one-day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of that I completely changed my life.

1.A. successful B. extra C. satisfying D. convenient

2.A. driving B. repairing C. taking D. designing

3.A. prepared for B. attended C. asked for D. held

4.A. hard B. busy C. serious D. short

5.A. wave at B. drop off C. call on D. look for

6.A. in case B. or else C. as if D. now that

7.A. hurt B. hit C. caught D. moved

8.A. feelings B. attention C. strength D. interests

9.A. list B. book C. check D. copy

10.A. connect B. turn C. keep D. add

11.A. hospital B. factory C. restaurant D. hotel

12.A. operation B. speaking C. employment D. thinking

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章是一篇記敘文。作者不僅擁有碩士學位，還有著豐富的經(jīng)驗，但是作者卻總是找不到滿意的工作。更雪上加霜的是，作者開校車的工作也丟了。后來，作者轉(zhuǎn)換了思考方式，積極地發(fā)現(xiàn)生活中的美好，他順利找到了滿意的工作。

1.Though I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree”可知，作者經(jīng)驗豐富，還擁有碩士學位，但是他找不到滿意的工作，故選C。

2.I was a school bus to make ends meet作者在通過開校車來抵掉日常開銷，make ends meet收支相抵，故選A。

3.I had five interviews with a company作者已經(jīng)參加了一個公司的五次面試，故選B。

4.I did not get the job”和后句的“painfully”可知，作者的生活變得很艱難，故選A。

5.As I pulled the bus over to a little girl,作者停車讓一個小女孩下車，故選B。

6.I should keep it somebody claimed (認領) it小女孩讓作者保管著耳環(huán)，以防有人來認領，故選A。

7.I had been giving all of my to what was going wrong with my experiences rather than what was right!”是作者的感悟，作者突然意識到自己一直只在意哪些地方錯了，而忽視了對的地方。Hit sb使某人突然想起，故選B。

8.I had been giving all of my to what was going wrong with my experiences rather than what was right!作者一直關注的是不好的事情，而沒有注意生活中的美好，故選B。

9.I decided then and there to make a of fifty things I was happy with.作者當即決定列出50件自己覺得滿意的事情，then and there當即，故選A。

10.Later, I decided to more things to the list.之后，作者決定再往清單里添加更多滿意的事情，add...to...把......添加到......，故選D。

11.200 medical workers”可知，作者接到的是來自一個大醫(yī)院的電話，故選A。

12.it was because I changed my way of that I completely changed my life是一個強調(diào)句，正是因為作者改變了思考方式，他才有了不一樣的人生，故選D。

考點：生活類短文閱讀