In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly introduce some of my personal history.
The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, sharing my love of music, _16_____ of it as a profession. This was understandable in view of the family __17____. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years and earned barely enough to __18____ for his large family. My father often said it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that helped the family live a life. As a(an) __19___ of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with __20____ financial rewards. My parents insisted upon college instead of a conservatory of a career of music, and so finally I went to college quite happily.
Before my graduation from Columbia, the family met with severe financial problems and I felt it my duty to __21____ college and take a job. Thus was I started a business career – which I always think of as the wasted years.
Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage business. My whole point I is that it was not for me. I went into it for __22___, and apart from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by. From being merely dissatisfied I became really ___23___. I knew what I wanted is to save enough to __24____ and go to Europe to study ___25__. I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for “downtown”, disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, saved enough to __26____ me to go abroad. And, by now, the family didn’t need my help any longer. I ended my business career, feeling like a man released from prison, and sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than ever and ___27___ every minute of it.
“Enjoyed” is too mild a word. I walked on air. I really lived. I was a __28____ man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do.
If I had stayed in business, I might be a __29____ man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living. I would have given up all those inner satisfactions, which money can never buy.
When I broken away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family. Most of us are so accustomed to the association of success with money__30___the thought of giving up a good income for an idea seemed rather crazy. If so, all I can say is “Ah! It’s great to be crazy.”
| 小题1: | | A．thought | B．disapproved | C．agreed | D．disagreed |
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| 小题2: | | A．background | B．experience | C．tradition | D．belief |
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| 小题3: | | A．offer | B．support | C．provide | D．give |
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| 小题4: | | A．expectation | B．intention | C．cause | D．consequence |
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| 小题5: | | A．certain | B．uncertain | C．sure | D．ensured |
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| 小题6: | | A．enter | B．join | C．leave | D．apply |
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| 小题7: | | A．interest | B．dreams | C．money | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．painful | B．excited | C．embarrassed | D．cheerful |
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| 小题9: | | A．drop | B．satisfy | C．live | D．quit |
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| 小题10: | | A．music | B．medicine | C．economy | D．Business |
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| 小题11: | | A．let | B．make | C．encourage | D．enable |
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| 小题12: | | A．spent | B．enjoyed | C．wasted | D．used |
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| 小题13: | | A．free | B．wealthy | C．creative | D．enthusiastic |
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| 小题14: | | A．strong | B．successful | C．wealthy | D．satisfied |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C |
试题分析：本文通过自己追求精神上的满足于成功告诉我们，富有并非成功，精神上的满足才是最重要的。金钱是好东西，但可能为了金钱，我们付出的代价太昂贵。
小题1:B动词辨析。A认为B不支持C同意D不同意；根据我爷爷的例子，说明我的家人不支持。
小题2:A名词辨析。A背景B经历C传统D信念；从我家的背景来看有这样的想法是可以理解的。
小题3:C动词搭配。Provide…for…提供某人某物；指我的爷爷挣的钱不够养活一个大家庭。
小题4:D名词辨析。A期待B目的C原因D结果；因为我家里的爷爷的这个例子的结果。
小题5:B形容词辨析。A确认B不确定C确定D肯定；指我搞音乐没有确定的经济收入的保障。
小题6:C 动词辨析。A进入B参加C离开D申请；我家里的经济出现了大的问题，我决定离开学校，我参加工作来帮助家里度过这个难关。
小题7:C 上下文串联。我参加工作就是为了挣钱来帮助家里，不仅仅是让家里人满意。
小题8:A 形容词辨析。A痛苦的B兴奋C尴尬D兴奋的；我在做自己不喜欢的事情，很痛苦。
小题9:D 动词辨析。A跌落B满意C居住D放弃；我想做的就是挣得足够的钱以放弃这份工作。
小题10:A 上下文串联。根据上文说明我非常喜欢音乐，所以这里表示我去欧洲学习音乐。
小题11:D 动词辨析。A让B生产C鼓励D使…能够；慢慢挣够钱让我能够去欧洲；
小题12:B 动词辨析。A花费B喜欢C浪费D使用；我在那里待里四年，享受那里的每一分钟。
小题13:A 形容词辨析。A自由B富有C有创造性D热情；我可以做我想做的事情，我很自由。
小题14:C 形容词辨析。A强烈B成功C富有D满意的；如果我做生意，我会是一个很富有的人。
小题15:C 考查固定句式。So…that…如此...以至于…；that引导的是结果状语从句。
点评：本文通过作者自身的故事告诉我们：富有并非成功 追求精神上的满足。精神上的满足是最重要的。从本篇完型我们可以看出完形的考查趋势。突出考察学生词汇与结构，词汇与结构这部分既是整个考试的基础，也是本题考察的重点部分，在以后的复习中，要特别重视词汇与语法的复习，重视自己基础的夯实与提高，只有这样，才能以不变应万变，在高考中中立于不败之地。另外在答题注意上下文理解，同时结合逻辑推理进行答题，题目就能迎刃而解了。 |
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试题【In order to tell what I believe, I must briefly introduce some of my personal hi】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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I’ve often had difficulty remembering names. Proper nouns seldom found easy purchase in my brain unless I consciously repeat them over and over again. Needless to say, when people leave my life their names are often soon forgotten. This can have some embarrassing consequences.
Five or six years after high school graduation, I was reading carefully the shelves of a local auto supply shop when I noticed someone familiar enter the store. I knew him. He was in my graduation class and although he was not a good friend of mine, we had shared many classes and knew each other well. I began to feel an increasing sense of foreboding（预感）and quickly hid behind the nearest shelving unit. I should have known his name. How many times had I heard it during class role call? How many conversations had we had in the hallways?
I easily remembered his surname, “Ricca”. His was a large, well know family in the town of my childhood. I couldn’t have just acknowledged him using his surname. I might as well have admitted forgetting his name, which was not a choice. One’s name is important to every person’s identity. Not remembering an old acquaintance’s name is similar to forgetting your wife’s favourite flower, an embarrassing mistake of the highest order.
I quickly ran through the alphabet (字母表), a strategy I developed for just such an occasion. Abe? No, Adam, Andy, Bob? No, Bill? Yes! Bill sounded right. Of course, his name is Bill. I confidently made my way around the shelves and spoke to him as he was studying some cans of motor oil.
“Bill, how are you doing?”, I said offering him my hand which he took with a friendly shake. We talked a bit, some amusing remarks about our college experiences and such. I took his hand again, said how good it was to see him and gave him a happy wave, calling him by name again, as I left.
I was so pleased that I avoided yet another awkward encounter(相遇) that I could feel a big smile on my face as I paid the cashier and exited the store. As I marched merrily across the parking lot, an awful thought came into my mind. John, his name is John! Where did Bill come from? Was that one of my brothers? The sudden realization of what I did made me stop in my tracks. My head dropped when I realized my mistake. There was no way Mrs. Ricca would name one of her sons “Bill”. “Billerica” was the name of a town just north of Boston.
小题1:Which one can show the charge of the writer’s feelings?
a. guilty b. anxious c. embarrassed d. happy e sure| A．a-d-b-e-c | B．d-e-b-a-c | C．c-b-e-d-a | D．b-c-d-e- |
小题2:According to the passage, which statement is NOT sure?| A．Forgetting your wife’s favourite flower is a very serious mistake. | | B．It is common to call an old acquaintance his given name. | | C．The writer was in his twenties when he met John in the store. | | D．John and the writer studied in the same college. |
小题3:The underlined word “acknowledge” probably means “ ” here.| A．accept | B．greet | C．thank | D．admit |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that _______.| A．The writer must have experienced such embarrassment many times | | B．The writer had difficulty remembering names because he was getting old | | C．Running through the alphabet was always an effective way of remembering an acquaintance’s name for the writer | | D．Mrs. Ricca would have named one of her sons “Bill” if Billerica was not the name of a town north of Boston |
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“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned（使…震惊）me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting（代替）. “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped，“What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.
小题1:What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?| A．The writer is a good athlete. | | B．The writer scolds herself too much. | | C．She is encouraging the writer | | D．A gold medal is not a big deal. |
小题2:What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?| A．She has low self-esteem over some small things. | | B．She often makes serious mistakes in daily life. | | C．She is a third-grade teacher. | | D．She cares too much about her appearance. |
小题3:We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.| A．something untidy | B．someone dangerous | C．something dirty | D．someone lazy |
小题4:What can we learn about Annabel?| A．She used to put herself down a lot. | | B．She often goes to church. | | C．She was in charge of a workshop. | | D．She used to be too shy to talk to others. |
小题5:What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?| A．She is ready to turn to God for help. | | B．She will be kind to all children. | | C．She won’t insult(侮辱) herself as well as others. | | D．She is willing to be a child of God. |
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Childhood is a time （1）_____ there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (2)_____ is impossible that he will ever again in his life (3)________(give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child hashis pains; he is not so free to do (4) _____he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished (5)_____ what he has done wrong.
When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (6)________ (comfort). If he spends most of his time (7) ________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (8)________ (hunger). If, however, he works hard, (9)________(keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (10)________ (social). |
When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practised handwriting with old sheets of newspapers complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you’ll write better. ”
The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting，you would think you were writing a draft（草稿）. It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspapers were plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper you’ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少) of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you’ll do the handwriting much more attentively than otherwise practising it. Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed，we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspapers”. We don’t care if we scrawl and waste them, thinking that they will come endlessly --- those “old newspapers” are inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draw a draft. That’s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed. Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of best paper.
小题1:The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought _______. | A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper | | B．it was comfortable to write on the bet paper | | C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper. | | D．the student could write more on the best paper. |
小题2:The student didn’t make much progress at first because _________.| A．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft | | B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write | | C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice | | D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner |
小题3:We learn from the passage that _________.| A．the student finally gave up | | B．the student made rapid progress by persisting more carefully | | C．the calligrapher was strict with his students | | D．old newspaper is not useful |
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．What teachers say is always true. | | B．Success calls for attentiveness. | | C．Handwriting is easy to practice. | | D．New things are always better than old ones. |
小题5:The writer wants to tell us that _________.| A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting | | B．life is like old newspaper | | C．we should learn from the student in the story | | D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft |
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Somebody might say, “I want to be a big fish, as big as Bill Gates, in a big pool, as large as Microsoft.” However, we all know it is 36 for a green hand(新手) in the field. Then you have to 37 the question carefully. No matter 38 side you choose to take, you have your chance to succeed. Now the problem is which can provide you more 39 .
I choose to be a big fish in a small pool. A big company may provide you a 40 starting point, but a small company offers you opportunity to practice various 41 . During the 42 , you may 43 yourself, recognize your 44 points and find your potentiality(潜力). What’s more, 45 so many limitations and rules in a small company, if you are competent you have 46 chances to climb to a higher point. Finally, being a big fish (although) in a small pool, gives a green hand 47 self-confidence which is quite important for 48 .
49 , you should not be confined(使局限) to your small pool, and be 50 with being a big fish there. You should always dream of being a big fish in a big pool!
| 小题1: | | A．impossible | B．uninteresting | C．unnecessary | D．uncorrectable |
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| 小题2: | | A．think | B．recognize | C．consider | D．realize |
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| 小题3: | | A．what | B．whether | C．how | D．which |
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| 小题4: | | A．help | B．chances | C．advice | D．money |
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| 小题5: | | A．high | B．proper | C．rich | D．practical |
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| 小题6: | | A．jobs | B．tools | C．skills | D．topics |
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| 小题7: | | A．success | B．perform | C．products | D．process |
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| 小题8: | | A．increase | B．improve | C．impress | D．encourage |
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| 小题9: | | A．weak | B．reasonable | C．strong | D．amazing |
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| 小题10: | | A．without | B．because of | C．except for | D．with |
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| 小题12: | | A．various | B．serious | C．precious | D．former |
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| 小题13: | | A．succeed | B．success | C．successful | D．succeeded |
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| 小题14: | | A．Personally | B．Certainly | C．Immediately | D．Generally |
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| 小题15: | | A．satisfied | B．proud | C．relaxed | D．regretted |
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