Question

A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and as much land areas as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was or tired, he did not stop he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was . Then he asked himself, “Why did I myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only a very small area to myself.”

The above story is to the journey of our We push ourselves very hard every day to make more , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘記) our , time with our family and to appreciate(欣賞) the surrounding and the things we love to do. One day we look back, we will that we don’t really need that much, then we cannot turn back time for what we have .

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

1.A. use B. cover C. work D. get

2.A. Good B. Strange C. Sure D. Interesting

3.A. rode B. ran C. expanded D. struggled

4.A. kept on B. asked for C. gave up D. succeeded in

5.A. sad B. excited C. confused D. hungry

6.A. but B. so C. because D. if

7.A. sleeping B. arguing C. dying D. smiling

8.A. push B. make C. destroy D. prove

9.A. need B. have C. find D. show

10.A. live B. bury C. support D. sleep

11.A. useful B. certain C. similar D. special

12.A. future B. past C. history D. life

13.A. friends B. progress C. discoveries D. money

14.A. health B. career C. honor D. freedom

15.A. things B. condition C. people D. beauty

16.A. before B. when C. unless D. since

17.A. realize B. regret C. apologize D. explain

18.A. or B. until C. however D. but

19.A. saved B. missed C. reduced D. won

20.A. possible B. probable C. necessary D. suitable

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過馬夫的故事說明了一個道理：在生活中，我們不能為了工作把自己逼得太緊，不能忽視健康，要多些時間享受生活，陪陪家人，欣賞周圍的美景。

1.考查動詞。A使用；B覆蓋，看完，走完；C工作；D得到，獲得。從下文的“give him the area of land he had covered”推斷出該處填cover表示“走完”。選B。

2.。A好的；B奇怪的；C確定的；D 有趣的。sure enough表示“確定無疑的”,皇帝要把馬夫走完的土地都給他，這一點馬夫是很確定的。選C。

3.考查動詞。 A騎；B跑；C擴展；D掙扎。上文說到“jumped onto his horse”，說明他是“騎馬”。選A。

4.考查動詞短語。A一直做某事；B要求……；C放棄；D成功地做某事。此處是說，他不停地騎馬。選A。

5.考查形容詞。A悲傷的；B興奮的；C困惑的；D饑餓的。四個選項中能和tired并列的形容詞是hungry。選D。

6.。A但是；B因此，所以；C因為；D如果，是否。他不停下來因為他想覆蓋盡可能多的土地。這兩句為因果關(guān)系，選C。

7.考查動詞。A睡覺；B爭論；C死；D微笑。從前面的“he was exhausted”看出他快死了。選C。

8.考查動詞。A推，逼迫；B使，讓；C破壞；D證明。push sb too hard把某人逼得太緊，符合語境。選A。

9.考查動詞。A需要；B有；C發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到；D展示，表明。此處是說，現(xiàn)在我要死了，我只需要一點地方埋葬自己。選A。

10.考查動詞。 A生活；B埋葬；C支持；D睡覺。句意：現(xiàn)在我要死了，我只需要一點地方埋葬自己。選B。

11.考查形容詞。 A有用的；B肯定的；C相似的；D專門的，特殊的。be similar to和……相似；句意：上面的故事和我們的人生旅途相似。similar符合語境，選C。

12.考查名詞：A將來，未來；B過去；C歷史；D生活。此處是說，上面的故事和我們的人生旅途相似。life符合語境，選D。

13.考查名詞。A 朋友；B進步，進展；C發(fā)現(xiàn)；D金錢。make money賺錢，掙錢，符合語境，選D。

14.考查名詞：A健康；B事業(yè)；C榮譽；D自由。句意：我們忽略了健康，忽略了和家人共處的時光。health符合語境，選A。

15.考查名詞。A事情，情況；B條件，狀況；C人們；D美麗。從最后一段的“enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life”推斷出此處要用beauty。選D。

16.考查連詞。A在……之前； B當(dāng)……時候；C除非；D自從。句意：某一天，當(dāng)我們回顧時，我們會意識到我們并不需要那么多。用when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，選B。

17.考查動詞。A意識到，明白；B后悔，遺憾；C道歉；D解釋。此處是說，我們會意識到我們并不需要那么多。realize符合語境，選A。

18.考查連詞。A 或者，否則；B直到；C然而；D但是，表轉(zhuǎn)折。但到那時，我們不能讓時光倒流。but符合語境，選D。

19.。A挽救；B錯過，想念；C減少，降低；D贏得，獲勝。此處是說，我們不能因失去的東西而讓時光倒流。選B。

20.考查形容詞。A可能的；B可能的；C必要的；D合適的。表示工作僅僅是生存的必要條件。necessary符合語境，選C。

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