Question

My friend BJ Gallagher once worked as a training manager for a large newspaper, which was more than a hundred years old. The company’s past had blinded the authorities to the need for change, and they new ideas and would say “This is the way we’ve always done it.”. As the years went by, BJ grew more and more with their short-sightedness. Finally, she left the company. But she found that she hadn’t left her behind when she resigned. She carried it with her, like “rocks in the stomach”.

“I finally decided to about my experiences and my feelings. I it would be a good mental health . I wanted to be rid of that company and those people, once and for all. So I wrote and wrote. It wasn’t just a story that poured out — it was a whole ! My resentment (怨恨) my writing. The whole world would know how they were!”

“What when the book came out?” I asked BJ.

“Not much,” she replied, “The newspaper kept doing what it had done. My feelings didn’t them one bit, but it took me several more years to finally my negative emotions. Finally, the time came when I decided to make amends (修正) for the angry things I had said about the company. I my former boss to dinner and made my . I told him I was sorry for being so resentful. It was a great healing process for me.”

“What was the outcome?” I asked her.

“Gratitude,” she replied, “Not only wasn’t I resentful any more, but I was grateful to the company. If I hadn’t had those experiences, I never would have written a book. And the book became hugely successful — now in 21 languages. In short, my resentment gave way to gratitude.”

She smiled, “I owe them a debt of thanks for giving me such a great tale to tell.”

Trading resentments for gratitude isn’t always easy. But it’s worth it, gratitude is a far happier feeling than resentment.

1.A. skill B. management C. success D. business

2.A. resisted B. got C. broke D. shaped

3.A. moved B. frustrated C. excited D. surprised

4.A. sadness B. worry C. doubt D. anger

5.A. think B. care C. write D. talk

6.A. proved B. figured C. concluded D. agreed

7.A. exercise B. suggestion C. lecture D. theory

8.A. diary B. lesson C. accident D. book

9.A. prevented B. delayed C. fueled D. corrected

10.A. sensitive B. successful C. greedy D. stupid

11.A. happened B. reported C. received D. resulted

12.A. sometimes B. always C. recently D. already

13.A. forgive B. reward C. bother D. cheat

14.A. think of B. get over C. pass on D. look through

15.A. invited B. called C. persuaded D. followed

16.A. promise B. apology C. plan D. decision

17.A. only B. natural C. direct D. final

18.A. useful B. funny C. painful D. shameful

19.A. finished B. edited C. read D. published

20.A. for B. though C. but D. and

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者的朋友BJ看不慣公司的一成不變和對新想法、新觀念的排斥態(tài)度，她選擇了辭職。但辭職并沒有讓她擺脫對公司的怨恨，這種怨恨促使作者寫了一本書。后來，BJ選擇向原公司道歉，并感激自己的經(jīng)歷讓自己在寫作方面獲得了成功。作者認(rèn)為，用怨恨換來感激是值得的，這樣做能讓人更快樂。

1.This is the way we’ve always done it.”和第四行“their short-sightedness”可知，公司的管理層被過去的成功蒙蔽了雙眼，他們變得墨守成規(guī)，故選C。

2.blinded the authorities to the need for change”可知，公司管理者被成功蒙蔽了雙眼，他們不思變通，排斥新的想法，故選A。

3.BJ grew more and more with their short-sightedness作者的朋友BJ對公司短淺的目光越來越失望，故選B。

4.She carried it with her, like “rocks in the stomach”.”可知，BJ辭職辭職時(shí)，她沒有放下內(nèi)心的怒氣，根據(jù)第二段第三行“My resentment (怨恨) my writing.”可知答案，故選D。

5.So I wrote and wrote.”可知，BJ想通過寫作來釋放內(nèi)心的不滿，故選C。

6.I it would be a good mental health她認(rèn)為把自己的經(jīng)歷寫出來是一種很好的讓內(nèi)心變強(qiáng)大的方法，故選B。

7.I it would be a good mental health她認(rèn)為通過寫作，能磨練自己的心智，從而使心理變得更健康，故選A。

8.when the book came out?”可知，BJ認(rèn)為她寫的是一本書，而不僅僅是一個(gè)故事，故選D。

9.My resentment (怨恨) my writing.作者對原來公司的怨恨激發(fā)了她寫作的動(dòng)機(jī)，故選C。

10. 考查形容詞辨析。A敏感的；B成功的；C貪婪的；D愚蠢的。The whole world would know how they were!全世界都將會(huì)知道那些人有多么的愚蠢，根據(jù)上一段可知，公司不懂得變通，不聽取新的想法，故選D。

11.“Not much,” she replied, “The newspaper kept doing what it had done.”可知，公司還是按照原來的套路在運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，沒有太大的影響，由此可知，作者問BJ新書出版后是否發(fā)生了什么變化，故選A。

12.The newspaper kept doing what it had done.公司還是按照原來的思想在運(yùn)作，故選B。

13.My feelings didn’t them one bit她的情感并未給他們帶去麻煩，故選C。

14.but it took me several more years to finally 34 my negative emotions她又花了幾年才克服了自己的負(fù)面情緒，故選B。

15.my former boss to dinner ”可知，BJ邀請?jiān)�公司的老板吃飯，故選A。

16.decided to make amends (修正) for the angry things”可知，作者決定為自己說的話道歉，make one’s apology道歉，故選B。

17.“What was the outcome?” I asked her.作者問BJ最后的結(jié)果怎樣，故選D。

18.My resentment (怨恨)...my negative emotions...the angry things I had said”可知，作者以前的經(jīng)歷是痛苦的，故選C。

19.now in 21 languages那本書現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被翻譯成了21種語言并出版發(fā)行，故選D。

20.But it’s worth it, gratitude is a far happier feeling than resentment用怨恨交換感激并非易事，但這樣做是值得的，因?yàn)楦屑ぶ�情比怨恨能帶給人更多的快樂，故選A。

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