Question

 One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is you can take something valuable out of it. The 1    I wasn't sure of that was on September 11th.

  I heard old people  2 about the attack on Pearl Harbour and Kennedy's being murdered and 3    greatly those events 4    them in their lives. For my 5    ， the tragedy of September 11th can be 6    to that of Pearl Harbour. We will be talking about the terrible effect ' our country,and on our lives as the single human being,for years to come.

  It wasn't until a few weeks 8   September 11th that I began to see that perhaps something good did come from this tragedy. People seem 9    now,more understanding,more friendly. Little things that seemed to be much a bother before are no longer a 10    deal. Personally,I am more patient than I was. I realize life is too short and 11    to let myself get upset over unim?portant things. Life is also too short to carry complaints and 12    I've become more forgiving and understanding. I've also learnt that you can't take things for granted. You know how we always say " 13    you later. ”O(jiān)ne thing I have realized from September 11th is that you can't ever say that for sure. 14    change in the blink of an eye. People go to 15    and don't come back. One minute they are living and the 16    minute they are not.

And,it doesn't  17   who you are because there is nothing you can do about it. We 18    know when our time will be over,so we all need to make the 19    of every minute we have.

  You try to learn from what happened. You cannot live by it. All you can do is just to 20    .

1.A. thing   B. time   C. event   D. place

2.A. think   B. know   C. talk   D. learn

3.A. how   B. what   C. when   D. where

4.A. affected   B. taught

C. disappointed   D. improved

5.A. opinion   B. people   C. generation   D. children

6.A. connected   B. followed   C. compared   D. mixed

7.A. in   B. on   C. for   D. to

8.A.after   B. before   C. when   D. that

9.A. happy   B. sad

C. funny   D. different

10.A. little   B. big   C. small   D. right

11.A. terrible   B. hard

 C. precious   D. hopeless

12.A. then   B. therefore   C. yet   D. however

13.A. See   B. Call   C. Meet   D. Visit

14.A. Demands   B. Things   C. Buildings   D. People

15.A. offices   B. factories   C. work   D. hospitals

16.A. other   B. another   C. next   D. last

17.A. matter   B. trouble   C. mean   D. realize

18.A. always   B. ever   C. possibly   D. never

19.A. most   B. use   C. effort   D. sense

20.A. study   B. work   C. live   D.play

Answer 1

1. B后面說到9月11日，因此這里表示時間，選B。

2.C這里用talk about表示"談?wù)?。"我"常聽老人們談?wù)撜渲楦凼录�和肯尼迪被殺事件�?/p>

3.A

4.A這些事件對他們的生活造成了很大的影響。

5.C前面談的是長輩(old people) ，這里說的是"我們"這一代人。

6.C這里用動詞compare表示比較。

7.B本題是have an effect on短的變化形式。

8.A根據(jù)come from this tragedy可推斷這是9月11日之后的事情了。

9.D現(xiàn)在人們似乎比以往更善解人意、更友好了，由此看來人們與以前不同了。

10. B以前讓人煩心的事現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)沒有什么大不了的了。 a big deal表示"重要的事情"。

11.C生命是短暫的，也是珍貴的。

12.B前后表示順接和遞進關(guān)系，因此(therefore) "我"變得更寬容、更善解人意。

13.A表示"再見，用."See you later.'。

14.B事情轉(zhuǎn)眼間發(fā)生了變化。in the blink of an eye眨眼的工夫，很快。

15.C人們?nèi)?世貿(mào)大樓) 上班，卻從此再也回不來了。

16.C這里用one minute/moment --. the next( minute/mo?ment) ，表示"剛才還……，轉(zhuǎn)眼間就……"。

17.A這里用matter表示"重要"。

18.D未來會發(fā)生什么事誰也不知道。

19.A這里用make the most of表示"充分利用"。

20.C