Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Letting go of success

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've _ __ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully ___ ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ___ ___ while resting comfortably on their laurels (榮譽). The __ ____ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!

I once __ ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ___ ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her ___ ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He ___ ____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ___ ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ___ ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

When his mother told him the time had come to __ ____，the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” __ ____ to the Oscar.

“Sure，” he smiled. “It's yours.”

The horrified mother ___ ____. “Put that back immediately！”

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; ___ __ it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ___ ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to __ ____， rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.

You may have learned to let go of past ___ ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ___ ____？ Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?

“I like the __ ____ of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I ___ ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

1.A. discovered B. inferred C. hoped D. worried

2.A. spend B. live C. enjoy D. understand

3.A. struggle B. work C. learn D. succeed

4.A. story B. fact C. idea D. news

5.A. heard B. told C. knew D. wrote

6.A. saw B. recognized C. met D. visited

7.A. careful B. small C. lonely D. clever

8.A. pretended B. believed C. insisted D. suggested

9.A. case B. reality C. turn D. need

10.A. cared B. asked C. looked D. won

11.A. act B. leave C. play D. wait

12.A. running B. getting C. pointing D. shouting

13.A. objected B. noticed C. suffered D. breathed

14.A. selling B. keeping C. sharing D. earning

15.A. special B. comfortable C. expensive D. necessary

16.A. rest B. cheat C. stop D. sit

17.A. difficulties B. Events C. failures D. achievements

18.A. time B. future C. body D. brain

19.A. idea B. meaning C. dreams D. thoughts

20.A. obey B. permit C. wish D. agree

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意是放下過去的成就，輕裝前行。充分利用每一天的最好方法是放下過去的失敗，這樣做還不夠，過度沉醉于過去的成功和榮譽也不能很好的度過今天。有時，成功比失敗更能阻止人們前行的腳步。

1.小題1】考查動詞辨析。A發(fā)現；B推斷；C希望；D擔心。I've___ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures作者發(fā)現過好每一天的最好的方法就是讓過去的失敗成為過去。故選A。

2.小題2】考查動詞辨析。A花費，度過；B居�。籆喜歡；D理解。O ne can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either.一個人沉醉于過去的成功，也無法完全享受今天，故選C。

3.小題3】考查動詞辨析。A掙扎，努力；B工作，起作用；C學習；D成功。People never____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (榮譽).安于過去的榮譽的人永遠不會成功，故選D。

4.小題4】考查名詞辨析。A故事；B事實；C主意；D新聞。The _ _ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!事實是，有時候成功比失敗更能阻止我們前進的步伐，故選B。

5.小題5】考查動詞辨析。A聽到；B告訴；C知道；D書寫。I once ____ a story我曾經聽過一個故事，hear聽到，故選A。

6.小題6】考查動詞辨析。A看到；B承認；C遇到；D拜訪，參觀。根據at the actor's home可知，Gable的一個朋友來拜訪他，故選D。

7.小題7】考查形容詞辨析。A小心的；B小的；C孤獨的；D聰明的。根據who was playing happily with toy car可知，那個朋友帶著她的小兒子，故選B。

8.小題8】考查動詞辨析。A假裝；B相信；C堅持；D建議。根據下句的an imaginary circle around a golden statue可知，朋友的小兒子假裝汽車在繞著一個軌道賽跑，故選A。

9.小題9】考查名詞辨析。A案例；B現實；C次序；D需要。which in___was an imaginary circle around a golden statue那個軌道其實是想象出來的一個圓圈，in reality相當于in fact，故選B。

10.小題10】考查動詞辨析。A關心；B詢問，要求；C看起來；D贏得。Clark Gable ___ for his performance，Gable因精彩的表演獲得的奧斯卡小金人，won sth for...因為......贏得......，故選D。

11.小題11】考查動詞辨析。A行動；B離開；C打（球、游戲），玩耍；D等待。根據the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?”可知，到了該離開的時間了，故選B。

12.小題12】考查動詞辨析。A奔跑；B得到，變得；C指出；D喊叫。the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar小男孩指著那個奧斯卡小金人問道，“我能要這個嗎？”，point to指向，故選C。

13.小題13】考查動詞辨析。A反對；B注意到；C遭受；D呼吸。根據“Put that back immediately!”可知，媽媽不同意小男孩要那個小金人，故選A。

14.小題14】考查動詞辨析。A出售；B保持；C分享；D掙得。根據past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____,和聯系第一段可知，過去的成功會阻止前進的腳步。Gable認為保留小金人沒有意義，獲得它的過程才有意義，故選D。

15.小題15】考查形容詞辨析。A特殊的；B舒適的；C昂貴的；D必要的。根據第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”可知，這里指的是一張舒適的吊床，故選B。

16.小題16】考查動詞辨析。A休息；B欺騙；C停止；D坐。根據第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”，這里指在吊床上休息，故選A。

17.小題17】考查名詞辨析。A困難；B事件；C失敗的人/事；D成就。根據第一段第一行“l(fā)et go of past failures”可知，你可能已經學會放下過去的失敗和錯誤了，故選C。

18.小題18】考查名詞辨析。A時間；B將來；C身體；D大腦。But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____?但是你忘記過去的成功和成就來解放將來了嗎？future與present形成對比，故選B。

19.小題19】考查名詞辨析。A主意；B意思，意義；C夢想；D想法�！癐 like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” 我喜歡夢想未來，甚于回顧過去，故選C。

20.小題20】考查動詞辨析。A遵守；B允許；C希望；D同意。根據After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.可知，作者同意杰斐遜說的話，故選D。

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