阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I hear a lot of people talking about New Year’s resolutions(新年计划). Some say, “I can’t keep them and I never make resolutions.” Perhaps the real is that we have trouble changing. We get in our way of life and even if things aren’t good, they are familiar.
As the years go by, our resolutions seem to lose some . In spite of the fact that my own eagerness seems to , I still like the idea of making resolutions. It is the of not giving up that is important.
I think of the year like a carpet of new fallen snow that has not yet been by footprints or marks of any kind. It before us so perfect and beautiful, but it won’t remain that way for long. we know it, we must get out in the snow and make our own marks and tracks. Soon, we will see all kinds of and paths in the snow. We will see everything from , icy mud to the prints of snow angels made by children at play.
It’s all part of our . As we close out the old year, a new set of months lies ahead of us and we think, “Maybe, just maybe I can do .” Perhaps, this time, we can lose those pounds, a bad habit, improve our behavior, build a better relationship. Even though there are situations in our lives that can get us , we can look forward to beginning again and doing what we can do to our lives according to how we are able.
As the New Year comes around, what kind of marks will you make in the ?
| 小题1: | | A．plan | B．idea | C．puzzle | D．problem |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfortable | B．curious | C．serious | D．painful |
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| 小题3: | | A．at most | B．at last | C．at least | D．at first |
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| 小题4: | | A．faith | B．enthusiasm | C．sense | D．confidence |
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| 小题5: | | A．increase | B．exist | C．decline | D．disappear |
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| 小题6: | | A．spirit | B．rule | C．challenge | D．decision |
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| 小题7: | | A．behind | B．between | C．around | D．ahead |
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| 小题8: | | A．discovered | B．noticed | C．damaged | D．cleared |
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| 小题9: | | A．stands | B．lies | C．comes | D．occurs |
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| 小题10: | | A．Although | B．Before | C．Until | D．If |
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| 小题11: | | A．prints | B．stones | C．plants | D．pictures |
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| 小题12: | | A．tidy | B．soft | C．dry | D．dirty |
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| 小题13: | | A．quality | B．attitude | C．belief | D．wisdom |
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| 小题14: | | A．better | B．worse | C．easier | D．harder |
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| 小题15: | | A．exact | B．final | C．extra | D．former |
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| 小题16: | | A．pick out | B．call off | C．cut down | D．give up |
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| 小题18: | | A．over | B．across | C．down | D．away |
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| 小题19: | | A．save | B．experience | C．start | D．improve |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A |
试题分析：很多人在新年即将到来时会做新年计划。但是在实际生活中又恢复原状 ，虽然如此，但是我还是喜欢这种不放弃的精神。生活中不如意事常八九，但是面对新的生活我们还是要多一些美好的愿望和期待。 这才是积极的生活态度。
小题1:考查定语从句的关系词的辨析和对语境的理解。或许真正的问题是我们自己在改变上有问题。A. plan计划；B. idea想法；C. puzzle迷惑；D. problem问题。故选D。
小题2:考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。我们对自己的生活方式感到舒服。A. comfortable 舒适的；B. curious好奇的；C. serious严重的；D. painful痛苦的。故选A。
小题3:考查形容词的辨析和对语境的理解。该句应该理解为：即使不好，但是至少他们是我们所熟悉的。A. at most至多；B. at last最后；C. at least至少；D. at first首先。故选 C 。
小题4:考查介词的辨析和对语境的理解。随着岁月流逝，我们对计划似乎失去一些热情。A. faith信念；B. enthusiasm热情；C. sense感觉；D. confidence信心。根据语境可知选B。
小题5:考查不定代词的辨析和对语境的理解。尽管事实上，我自己的渴望似乎消减了，但是我还是喜欢做计划的想法。A. increase增加；B. exist存在；C. decline下降；D. disappear消失，故选C。
小题6:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。常识理解为：其实是不放弃的这种精神很重要。A. spirit精神；B. rule规则；C. challenge挑战；D. decision决定。故选A 。
小题7:考查形容词的辨析和对语境的理解。我认为即将到来的新年像新地毯一样。A. behind在……之后；B. between在……和……之间；C. around围绕着；D. ahead在前面的。后文有aheadof出现，故选 D。
小题8:考查非谓语动词的辨析和对语境的理解。新年就像都没有被任何脚印或任何种类的痕迹平破坏过的新落的雪铺就的地毯似得。A. discovered发现；B. noticed注意；C. damaged损坏；D. cleared清除。故选C。
小题9:考查副词的辨析和对语境的理解。它在我们面前是如此完美，漂亮，但它不会保持很长时间。A. stands站，位于；B. lies躺，位于；C. comes来；D. occurs发生，故选B 。
小题10:考查定语从句的关系词的辨析和对语境的理解。在我们还不知道的时候就必须走进风雪中踏出我们自己的各种痕迹。A. Although虽然；B. Before在……之前；C. Until直到；D. If如果。故选B 。
小题11:考查形容词的辨析和对语境的理解。结合前面的描述可知：很快，我们将看到雪中有了各种各样的印迹和小路。A. prints印迹；B. stones石头；C. plants植物；D. pictures图片。下一句也有prints出现，故选A。
小题12:考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。我们将看到脏的、冰的泥和孩子们玩雪时留下的各种痕迹。A. tidy整洁的；B. soft软的；C. dry干燥的；D. dirty脏的。故选D 。
小题13:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。这就是我们的生活态度。A. quality质量；B. attitude态度；C. belief信念；D. wisdom智慧。故选B。
小题14:考查关系词的辨析和对语境的理解。在我们结束了过去的一年，在我们面前的是新的岁月，我们认为，“也许我可以做得更好。”A. better更好；B. worse更糟糕；C. easier更容易；D. harder更难。人们总是展望美好的未来。故选A。
小题15:考查形容词的辨析和对语境的理解。根据语境理解可知：也许，这一次我们可以减掉那些多余的体重。A. exact准确的；B. final最后的；C. extra特别的；D. former以前的。故选C。
小题16:考查副词的辨析和对语境的理解。…… 也许可以改掉坏毛病。A. pick out挑出；B. call off取消；C. cut down消减；D. give up放弃。故选D。
小题17:考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。前后用逗号隔开是选择关系，所以句意是：…… 改进我们的行为或者建立更好的人际关系。A. and和；B. or或者；C. so所以；D. for因为。故选B。
小题18:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。这里是与get 构成短语：get over克服；get across穿过；get sb down使某人情绪低落；get away走开。即使生活中有些时候会让我们情绪低落，但是我们可以期待新的开始。故选C。
小题19:考查介词的辨析和对语境的理解。结合前一句可知句意是：我们可以尽我们所能来改善我们的生活。A. save挽救；B. experience经验；C. start开始；D. improve改善。故选D。
小题20:考查名词的辨析和对语境的理解。随着新年的即将到来，你又会在雪中做什么样的标记呢？A.snow雪；B. mud泥；C. carpet地毯；D. ice冰，结合前文可知，故选A。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I hear a lot of people talk】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
“I’m a little worried about my future．”said Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate．He should be so lucky．All he had to worry about was whether to have an affair with Mrs. Robinson．In the sixties，that was the total sum of post-graduation anxiety．
Hoffman’s modem peers are not so fortunate．The Mrs. Robinsons aren’t sitting around at home any more．They are out in the workplace，doing the high-powered jobs the graduates want，but cannot get．For those fresh out of university，desperate for work but unable to get it，there is a big imbalance between supply and demand．And there is no narrowing of the gap in sight．
Parents feel as badly let down as the young people themselves．Middle-class families see their graduate offspring on the dole (救济金) queue and wonder why they bothered paying school fees．Working-class families feel an even keener sense of disappointment．For many such families，getting a child into university was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream．It was proof that they were living in a dynamic，economically successful country．That dream does not seem so rosy now．Graduate unemployment is not，ultimately，a political problem．Job-creation for graduates is very low down in the government’s schedule．If David Cameron’s Conservatives (保守党) had a brilliant idea for guaranteeing every graduate a well-paid job，they would have presented it by now．It is a social problem，though a more deep-seated social problem than people perhaps realize．
小题1:The author begins with the lines from The Graduate in order to __________ ．| A．support the fact that more women are working now | | B．show that few graduates started working right after graduation | | C．demonstrate that there were much fewer graduates than now | | D．emphasize the sharp contrast between now and then |
小题2:Regarding job opportunities for young graduates，the author sounds __________ ．| A．pessimistic | B．hopeful | C．unconcerned | D．content |
小题3:The main purpose of the passage is to __________ ．| A．criticize the government | | B．present a current severe situation | | C．publicize a movie | | D．display the success of the country |
小题4:Towards the end of the passage，the author implies that __________ ．| A．there will be job-creation programs for graduates | | B．graduate unemployment is more of a political issue | | C．graduate unemployment is not likely to be solved in a short time | | D．the Conservatives have done nothing to solve the issue |
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A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos survey. The typical person said that he / she read four books in the last year and, excluding those who had not read any books at all, the usual number of books read was seven.
Of those who did read, women and pensioners (领养老金者) were the most eager readers, and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices. The number of books read was nine books for women and five for men. The number also showed that those with college degrees read the most, and people aged 50 and over read more than those who are younger.
People from the West and Midwest are more likely to have read at least one book in the past year. Southerners who do read tend to read more books — mostly religious books and romance novels — than people from other regions.
Those who said they never attend religious services read nearly twice as many books as those who attend frequently, but the Bible and religious works were read by two thirds of the people in the survey, more than all the other categories. Popular fiction, histories, biographies and mysteries took up about half, while one in five read romance novels. Politics, poetry and classical literature were named by fewer than 5% of readers. More women than men read every major category of books except for history and biography books. Men tend to prefer non-fiction.
Book sales in the US have been flat in recent years and are expected to stay that way, which, experts think, results from competition from the Internet and other media, and the unsteady economy.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us ______.| A．the number of Americans who read books last year dropped | | B．the book sales in the US have been dropping in recent years | | C．the reasons why one in four Americans read no books last year | | D．about region differences in the number and kind of books read last year |
小题2:Which kind of Americans read the most last year according to the survey?| A．Older men with college degrees from the South. | | B．Older women with college degrees from the South. | | C．Younger educated men from the Midwest. | | D．Younger educated women from the West. |
小题3:What kind of books was read most according to the passage?| A．Religious works. | B．Popular fiction. | | C．Poetry. | D．History. |
小题4:Which of the following reasons why people read fewer books is true?
①. Competition from the Internet.
②. Competition from other media.
③. The unsteady economy.
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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up with a fat dad------450 pounds at his heaviest. Every week he’d try a new diet, and my family____ eating whatever freeze-dried he was trying at that moment. He hoped every new diet could stop his waistline from______ .My mother, on the other hand, had no____ in preparing food. Therefore, almost all of our meals____ my dad’s diet foods.
What I remember most about those years is that I was always hungry ------ hungry for food, hungry for nice clean clothes, hungry for someone to ____ when I ran away from home or hid in the closet(壁橱) for hours. I just ____ to be cared for.
But on Friday nights, I was____ hungry. My grandmother would take me to her home for the weekend. When we____, there was always a pot of something cooking on the stove. She taught me how good it felt to be cared for, and how to care for myself and others through____. My grandmother was always____ of my parents’ strange eating habits and ____ on processed diet foods, and made it her duty to teach me how to ____ myself.
After my third-grade year, my dad changed his jobs. ____ as I was, I had to move away from my hometown, Chicago, and leave my grandmother and her delicious food behind. I felt extremely lonely and lost, and I____ my grandmother terribly. My grandmother knew just how I felt------ and she knew the ____: Every week, she would send me a card with a $20 bill, a recipe and a list of what to buy at the market. Her____ filled my body and soul.
Now I’ve grown to better understand my father’s struggles with____. Today, he weighs 220 pounds. Food is no longer a barrier that keeps us____, but a bridge that keeps us connected. There’s nothing my dad enjoys more than talking with me about dietary theories and his weight-loss____. And now I am the one____ sending recipe cards to my father’s house, just as my grandmother did for me.
| 小题1: | | A．put off | B．set out | C．gave up | D．ended up |
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| 小题2: | | A．changing | B．expanding | C．decreasing | D．disappearing |
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| 小题3: | | A．fault | B．difficulty | C．interest | D．pride |
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| 小题4: | | A．consisted of | B．differed from | C．belonged to | D．made up |
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| 小题5: | | A．follow | B．accompany | C．stop | D．notice |
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| 小题6: | | A．forgot | B．desired | C．proved | D．pretended |
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| 小题7: | | A．undoubtedly | B．especially | C．even | D．never |
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| 小题8: | | A．arrived | B．approached | C．agreed | D．returned |
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| 小题9: | | A．creativity | B．guidance | C．cooking | D．observing |
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| 小题10: | | A．envious | B．skeptical | C．proud | D．fond |
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| 小题11: | | A．judgment | B．influence | C．dependence | D．impression |
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| 小题12: | | A．feed | B．relax | C．convince | D．enjoy |
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| 小题13: | | A．Embarrassed | B．Unfortunate | C．Ashamed | D．Unwilling |
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| 小题14: | | A．appreciated | B．missed | C．imagined | D．responded |
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| 小题15: | | A．cure | B．reason | C．feeling | D．rule |
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| 小题16: | | A．expectations | B．recipes | C．promises | D．words |
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| 小题17: | | A．health | B．money | C．weight | D．promotion |
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| 小题19: | | A．problems | B．anxieties | C．benefits | D．victories |
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| 小题20: | | A．completely | B．casually | C．regularly | D．gradually |
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They say that the real marathon begins at 35 kilometers — the rest is just a warm up. And sure enough, in 2009, at around the 36 kilometer point of the Beijing Marathon I experienced what runners call “hitting the wall”. I had been doing well until that point, but suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my leg. My pace slowed down dramatically and every brain cell in my head seemed to be screaming “stop!!!”
The last 5 kilometers were not fun; in fact, they were really hard work. Keeping motivated to run those last few kilometers was one of the hardest things I had ever done. But that is what makes running a marathon such a rewarding experience — if it were easy everyone would do it.
I have to admit it is sometimes not even easy to find the motivation to get out of bed, pull on your running shoes and head out into the morning to go for another run. These last two weeks of training for the Muztagata climb have been a little tough. I have been following my training plan for about three months but now I find that my original enthusiasm (热情) has all been used up. Day after day of going to the gym is beginning to wear me down and there still seems so much longer to keep this up. I have begun to doubt that I am actually making any progress or getting any fitter and even thought that I might be going backwards!
These are all very common experiences for people who are working towards challenging, longer term goals and I have learned to recognize these “highs” and “lows” in my energy and enthusiasm. Over the years I have learned a number of tricks that help me to deal with the days when my early motivation seems to have abandoned me for good.
小题1:Many runners say that the real marathon begins at 35 kilometers because it is at this point that __________.| A．runners begin to enjoy running the marathon race | | B．runners are worn out as if they are breaking down | | C．the rest part is just the preparation for the race | | D．the race is a rewarding experience for runners |
小题2:When people are working extremely hard towards challenging, _________.| A．they can keep themselves motivated all the time | | B．they will never hesitate to continue carrying out their plan | | C．they sometimes feel as if they stop making progress | | D．they will fail to keep their spirits up |
小题3:What is the author going to talk about in the following passage?| A．How to get trained. | | B．Tips for becoming a marathon runner. | | C．How to meet challenges. | | D．Tips for keeping motivation high. |
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In December,2010,many American newspapers publish a list of the best books of the year. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is one of the most repeatedly praised books on this year’s list of favorites. It tells about the ups and downs of the Berglund family over many years. Mr.Franzen fills the book with sharp observations about American politics, culture and society.
Jennifer Egan’s book A Visit from the Goon Squad takes place in 13 chapters over 40 years. The story moves back and forth in time,from different viewpoints. One main character is former rock musician Bennie Salazar who works for a record company. The other main character is a troubled young woman named Sasha who works for Bennie. The reader learns about their pasts and those of their friends.
The main character in The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman is a failing English Language newspaper published in Rome,Italy. Each chapter of the book tells about a reporter or editor working for this paper. Their stories are filled with intelligence and great personality.
Two of the most popular nonfiction books of 2010 were about rock and roll stars. Just Kids is by rock singer Patti Smith. It tells about her friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and 1970s before they became famous. Life is the autobiography of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. It is an honest and exciting look at the development of rock and roll and the wild times this famous band has experienced.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand tells about a man named Louis Zamperini. She tells about his extraordinary survival story after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean during Would War Two.
Stacy Schiff has received great praise for her book Cleopatra: A Life. It tells about one of the most misrepresented and famous women in his story, Cleopatra. She ruled ancient Egypt about 2,000 years ago. One critic said Ms. Schiff has brought Cleopatra to life again by unearthing her story from centuries of lies.
小题1:The following books are related to music EXCEPT________.| A．The Imperfectionists | B．A Visit from the Goon Squad | | C．Just Kids | D．Life |
小题2:If your major is the history of ancient Africa, you may pay attention to ________.| A．Freedom by Jonathan Franzen | | B．Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand | | C．The Imperfections by Tom Rachman | | D．Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff |
小题3:Which book will give you a practical understanding of the USA?| A．Life | B．Cleopatra: A Life | | C．Freedom | D．A Visit from the Goon Squad |
小题4:The last sentence of the passage implies that ________.| A．Stacy Schiff is an archaeologist | | B．the critic finds the character in the book very real | | C．the critic speaks highly of Cleopatra in history | | D．Stacy Schiff tells a story about an imaginary Egyptian queen |
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