Question

【題目】Advice for Graduates

Thank you for letting me share this wonderful day with you. The next part of my speech consists of some advice, which is rarely valued, seldom remembered, never followed. As Oscar Wilde said, 【1】 So, here comes the advice.

First, every time you celebrate an achievement, 【2】 Thank your parents and friends who supported you, thank your professors who were inspirational, and especially thank the other professors whose less-than brilliant lectures forced you to teach yourself. To your fellow students who have added immeasurably to your education during those late night discussions, hug them.

Second, in your future life, cultivate a generous spirit. 【3】 Leave the change on the table. In a successful cooperation, everybody gets 90 percent of the profit.

My third piece of advice is as follows: As you begin this new stage of your lives, follow your passion. If you don’t have a passion，don’t be satisfied until you find one. 【4】 When I was your age, I was incredibly single-minded in my goal to be a physicist. After college, I spent eight years as a graduate student and postdoc at Berkeley, and then nine years at Bell Labs. During that my time, my central focus and professional joy was physics.

Here is my final advice. Pursuing a personal passion is important, but it should not be your only goal. When you are old and gray, and look back on your life, you will want to be proud of what you have done. The source of that pride won’t be the things you have acquired or the recognition you have received. 【5】

A.It will be the lives you have touched and the difference you have made.

B.In all negotiations, don’t bargain for the last, little advantage.

C.“I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.”

D.“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”

E.Life is too short to go through it without caring deeply about something.

F.be thankful to those who made it possible.

G.Change your manners when you are dealing with others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】B

【4】E

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹的是美國第12任能源部部長朱棣文給哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)生做的演講，向他們提供了幾點人生的建議。

【1】空前說演講的下一部分是一些很少被重視、很少被記住、從來沒有遵循過的建議，空后又說正如奧斯卡·王爾德所說的“所以，我給你一個建議”，此處解釋提供這些建議的原因，故D項（對于好的建議，你所能做的就是把它送給別人，因為它對你沒有任何用處）符合語境。故選D。

【2】空后提到了要感謝你的父母和支持你的朋友，要感謝那些啟發(fā)過你的教授，尤其要感謝那些講課不夠精彩，迫使你自學(xué)的教授，這說明每當(dāng)你慶祝一個成就的時候，你要感謝那些幫助你取得這個成就的人，故F項（感謝那些使之成為可能的人）符合語境。故選F。

【3】空前說在你未來的生活中，培養(yǎng)一種慷慨的精神，空后又說不要把談判桌上的錢都拿走，這說明你要舍利，故B項（在任何談判中，都要把最后一點小小的利益留給對方）符合語境。故選B。

【4】空前說生命中要有激情（自己酷愛的東西），此處承接這一話題，E項中的caring deeply about與上一句話中的passion相一致，故E項（生命過于短暫，所以不能空手走過，必須對某樣?xùn)|西傾注你的深情）符合語境。故選E。

【5】空前說當(dāng)你老了，頭發(fā)花白了，回顧你的一生，你會為你所做的感到自豪，但這種自豪感不會來自你得到的物質(zhì)或獲得的認(rèn)可，此處承接上文，講的是真正讓你感到自豪的東西是什么，故A項（它來自那些你觸動過的心靈和你帶來的改變）符合語境。故選A。