阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens.
As the time for the Olympics 36 it became clear that Bill’s wife would give birth to their first child about the time that the U.S. team would be 37 in the Paris games. In 1924 there were no jet airliners from Paris to the United States, only 38 ocean-going ships. And so Bill found himself in a 39 . Should he go to Paris and 40 not being at his wife’s side when their baby was born? Or should he 41 from the team and remain with his family?
Bill’s wife 42 that he go to Paris. 43 , competing in the Olympics was his life long 44 . But Bill felt 45 and, after much 46 searching decided to withdraw from the competition and remain home, where he could 47 his wife when the child arrived.
As it 48 , the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris. And Bill’s wife was 49 in giving birth to their child. She was so late, 50 , that Bill could have competed in the event and returned home in time to be with her when she gave birth.
People said, “What a shame.” But Bill said he had no 51 . For the rest of his life, he believed he had made the 52 decision. Bill Havens knew what was most 53 to him. Not everybody figures that out. And he acted on what he believed was best. 54 everybody has the strength of character to say no to something he or she truly wants in order to say yes to something that truly 55 . But for Bill, it was the only way to peace; the only way to no regrets.
| 小题1: | | A．neared | B．started | C．ended | D．narrowed |
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| 小题2: | | A．practising | B．competing | C．entering | D．trying |
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小题3:.| A．expensive | B．heavy | C．large | D．slow |
| 小题4: | | A．hurry | B．puzzle | C．dilemma | D．trouble |
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| 小题5: | | A．avoid | B．risk | C．bear | D．missed |
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| 小题6: | | A．break | B．keep | C．wander | D．withdraw |
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| 小题7: | | A．complained | B．preferred | C．insisted | D．promised |
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小题8:.| A．After all | B．Above all | C．In all | D．At all |
小题9:.| A．purpose | B．struggle | C．opportunity | D．dream |
| 小题10: | | A．disappointed | B．conflicted | C．confused | D．encouraged |
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| 小题11: | | A．memory | B．decision | C．soul | D．peace |
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小题12:.| A．support | B．watch | C．comfort | D．raise |
| 小题13: | | A．fed back | B．pointed out | C．came out | D．turned out |
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| 小题14: | | A．effortless | B．sorry | C．late | D．hard |
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小题15:.| A．at last | B．in fact | C．without doubt | D．in brief |
| 小题16: | | A．pains | B．sufferings | C．defeats | D．regrets |
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| 小题17: | | A．better | B．bigger | C．worse | D．more |
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小题18:.| A．obvious | B．true | C．important | D．close |
| 小题19: | | A．Almost | B．Certainly | C．Surely | D．Not |
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小题20:.| A．1asts | B．matters | C．works | D．rewards |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:A 动词辨析。A靠近B开始C结束D变窄；随着奥运会的解决，他的妻子也要生孩子了。
小题2:.B 动词辨析。A练习B比赛，竞争C进入D尝试；孩子出生时间正好是他所在的队伍参加比赛的时间。
小题3:D 形容词辨析。A昂贵B重C大D慢；当时没有飞机，只有越洋大轮船。
小题4:C 名词辨析。A匆忙B困惑C进退两难的境地D麻烦；对于他来说，他陷入了进退两难的境地。
小题5:.B 动词辨析。A避免B冒险C承受D错过；他应该去巴黎而冒着不在妻子身边的危险吗？
小题6:.D 动词辨析。A打破B徘徊C闲逛D退出；或者是从队伍中退出和家人在一起。
小题7:.C 动词辨析。A抱怨B宁愿C坚持要求D表扬；妻子坚持要求他取参加奥运会。
小题8:A 短语辨析。A毕竟终究B首先，最重要C共计D全然；毕竟参加奥运会是他一生的梦想。
小题9:D 名词辨析。A目的B奋斗C机会D梦想；毕竟参加奥运会是他一生的梦想。
小题10:.B 形容词辨析。A失望B矛盾C困惑D鼓励；Bill感觉非常矛盾。
小题11:.C 名词辨析。A记忆B决定C灵魂D和平；指经过灵魂的斗争，他决定退出奥运会。
小题12:A 动词辨析。A支持B注视C安慰D提高；当孩子出生的时候，他会在家里支持她。
小题13:D 短语辨析。A反馈B指出C出版，发行D结果是；正如结果那样；美国队赢得了冠军。
小题14:C 形容词辨析。A容易B难过C晚D困难；指她的妻子分娩较晚。
小题15:B 短语辨析。A最后B事实上C毫无疑问D简洁地；实际上Bill本可以参加奥运会以后也能陪妻子。
小题16:D 名词辨析。A努力B失败C痛苦D遗憾；Bill说他没有遗憾。
小题17:A 形容词辨析。A更好B更大C更糟糕D更多；他认为他可以做出更好的决定。
小题18:.C 形容词辨析。A明显的B真的C重要的D亲密的；Bill知道什么对自己更重要。
小题19:.D 句意分析。并不是每个人对于自己真正想要做的事情有说不的勇气。
小题20:.B 动词辨析。A持续B重要C工作D酬谢；为了对那些真正重要的事情说是。
点评：本文讲述了Bill为了陪妻子而放弃了自己的奥运梦想，人在很多时候都面临这抉择，生活本就是一个抉择的过程。本文的内容较为简单，需要考生仔细研读文章内容。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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I"m feeling sad．My 19-year-old∞nleft home about a week ago to 36 the Air Force, and my 23-year-old daughter left two days ago to marry in another state．I"m so 37 of my son as he had to really work hard to get into the Air Force, and my daughter moved to be with her fiance（未婚夫）．I"m just simply upset．It 38 feels like someone has ripped my heart from my chest．I’ve tried to talk to their father, friends, and family but it just feels like no one around me 39 what I"m going through．
My children were 40 to me．I put all my energy into 41 both of them and doing all types of activities with them, even sometimes at the 42 of my own best interests．I understand they grow up and need their _43 ,but for some reason I just can"t seem to let go．I am go _ 44 that they"re establishing their own lives, 45 I get so depressed whenever I have even a simple _46 of them．I"ve been crying for over a week now．I really don"t know what to do to make this 47 go away．I can"t even walk by either one"s room without bursting into tears．I don"t understand why I"m unable to _48 this sense of great loss．I"m 49 that I need to move on with my own life and find _50 things to devote my attention to, but I _51 being a mom and spending time on my children．I"ve 52 adopting a child but it"s _53 atthe moment for me considering my poor health．
I"m just thankful to have found this website and found there are others who are 54 similar problems．It helps to 55 I"m not crazy or overreacting．Thank you for sharing your problems and showing others like myself this isn’t so abnormal．
| 小题1: | | A．join | B．visit | C．contact | D．lead |
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| 小题2: | | A．afraid | B．proud | C．ashamed | D．guilty |
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| 小题3: | | A．hardly | B．even | C．almost | D．truly |
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| 小题4: | | A．reminds | B．regrets | C．understands | D．questions |
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| 小题5: | | A．everything | B．everyone | C．nothing | D．anyone |
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| 小题6: | | A．persuading | B．raising | C．paying | D．charging |
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| 小题7: | | A．mercy | B．distance | C．sight | D．cost |
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| 小题8: | | A．freedom | B．country | C．career | D．house |
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| 小题9: | | A．anxious | B．embarrassed | C．amazed | D．happy |
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| 小题11: | | A．thought | B．look | C．impression | D．idea |
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| 小题12: | | A．moment | B．decision | C．feeling | D．event |
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| 小题13: | | A．recognize | B．realize | C．achieve | D．overcome |
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| 小题14: | | A．afraid | B．aware | C．doubtful | D．confident |
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| 小题15: | | A．expensive | B．great | C．new | D．simple |
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| 小题16: | | A．forgot | B．tried | C．stopped | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题17: | | A．admitted | B．considered | C．suspected | D．remembered |
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| 小题18: | | A．impossible | B．disappointing | C．worthy | D．surprising |
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| 小题19: | | A．researching | B．experiencing | C．imitating | D．recording |
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| 小题20: | | A．hear | B．imagine | C．know | D．say |
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Ray Travers sat back at the large desk, and looked around his plush（豪华的）office．He was tired．
Ray"s eyes stopped at a painting on the wall．It was a gift given by an old friend, Bull, as a farewell gift when he left his hometown．He recalled the life spent in that small town; pleasant times．The many hours he spent talking lo his good friend, and the tales he was told about hunting in the Africa of old．
Memories flowed back more than ten years; he remembered how he enjoyed hearing about the wonderful hunting, and how he wished he could have shared those times．
Ray opened his desk drawer and brought out a wooden box．He opened the lid and exposed a work of art, a hand-made hunting knife．This was a gift from Bull, given to Ray more than 20 years ago．It was one of the first knives Bull had made, and Ray had called it "Zambezi”, the river where Bull had been so many times．
He closed the box and sat upright at his desk; he was driving himself hard, and deserved a break．Things were going well with the business, everything running smoothly．He could afford a week off!
He went back home．A week in the hometown would be like going back in history．"Man, it"s going to be good," Ray said aloud, as he turned onto the highway and watched the city lights fast disappearing, as he looked in the rearview mirror．
It was well into the night when Ray pulled into an all-night gas station He walked around the gas station and the memories started … He was finally back on the road, the powerful car going its way through the night, headlights piercing （穿透） the darkness．Memories danced through the man" s mind．Memories of good times , when he knew what it was to relax , to talk, and to really visit．
Slowly entering town he looked around．Ray sat in his car, looking at the old building, smiling． Inside it was almost as though it was the same people as 15 years ago．
小题1:We learn from the passage that Bull is ．| A．Ray"s colleague | B．a man in Ray" s hometown | | C．Ray"s relative in Africa | D．an African woodcarving artist |
小题2:What does the author mainly want to tell us in Paragraphs 2 －5?| A．Bull loved Africa and knew much about it． | | B．Bull was good at making works of art． | | C．Ray missed his hometown and relatives． | | D．Ray missed the time he spent with Bull in his hometown． |
小题3:What do we know from the passage?| A．Ray visited Africa together with Bull many times． | | B．Ray and Bull often went hunting together． | | C．Zambezi is the name of a river in Hay a hometown． | | D．Ray planned to stay in his hometown for about a week． |
小题4:What does the under lined part in Paragraph 7 mean?| A．Ray knew how to relax after keeping busy for along time． | | B．Ray didn"t want to leave his hometown because of so many memories． | | C．Ray"s hometown changed a lot and was worth a visit． | | D．The visit to his hometown reminded Ray of the days together with Bull． |
小题5:What may the author talk about in the paragraph that follows the passage?| A．The hard time Ray experienced in his career． | | B．Why Ray left his hometown alone． | | C．The situation in Ray"s hometown． | | D．How Ray became a successful businessman． |
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As you probably know, J．Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history．Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916．He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him as the world"s richest private citizen．
Although he is highly regarded by vast numbers of people for his financial success, as a younger man, his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women．He was, at one point quoted assaying "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure．” He married five times, having children with four of these wives．He couldn’t seem to keep a marriage going for very long．His obsession with having a fortune and power alienated （疏远） each of his wives, eventually driving them away． His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years．
Perhaps as a young man, Getty was willing to pay whatever price for financial success．Yet Paul came to feel some regret in regard to his life priorities as he approached his later years when he Wrote: "I hate and regret the failure of my marriages．I would gladly give all of my millions for just one lasting marriage success．"
At the end of Getty"s life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him．It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most．Despite all of his accomplishments, he died with great regret．
It" s a sad story and a cautionary tale for those of us who may have chosen to make career building our highest priority（优先权）, thereby ignoring our relationships．Like any other living organism, relationships require care and attention in order to grow．Even the strongest relationships will he damaged, if there is not enough care．
小题1:What is Paragraph l mainly about?| A．People" s admiration for J．Paul Getty． | | B．How J．Paul Getty led his life． | | C．J． Paul Getty"s achievements． | | D．How J．Paul Getty became rich． |
小题2:The underlined word "detrimental" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to "_ "．| A．harmful | B．interesting | C．positive | D．demanding |
小题3:J．Paul Getty"s marriage that lasted for the longest time was with _ ．| A．Ann | B．Adolphine | C．Allene | D．Louise |
小题4:At the end of his life, what J．Paul Getty cares about most is the success in ．| A．business | B．politics | C．marriage | D．education |
小题5:What is the author"s conclusion from the passage?| A．Young people should focus an career - building． | | B．The strongest relationships between people won"t be damaged． | | C．We should attend to the needs in relationships． | | D．Successful people don"t care about relationships with others． |
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As a youngster, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stone walls, the house and field provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I was used to tidy living rooms that seemed to whisper, "Not to be touched!"
I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first visit to the farm, I had wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stone walls surrounding the houses. My parents would never approve. The walls were old; some stones were missing, others loose and falling. Still, my idea to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally, one spring afternoon, I had all my courage to enter the living room, where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner.
"I, uh-I want to climb the stone walls," I said. Everyone looked up. "Can I climb the stone walls? "Immediately voices of disagreement went up from the women in the room. "Heavens, no!" You"ll hurt yourself!" I wasn"t too disappointed; the response was just as I"d expected. But before I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather"s loud voice. "Now hold on just a minute," I heard him say. "Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself."
"Go," he said to me, "and come and see me when you get back." For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls -and had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventures. I"ll never forget what he said. "Fred," he said, smiling, "You made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember, there"s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are."
Many years have passed since then, and today I host the television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, seen by millions of children throughout America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing remains the same: my message to children at the end of almost every visit. "There"s only one person in this whole world like you," the kids can count on hearing me say, "and people can like you exactly as you are.”
小题1:When the writer was small, he lived .| A．in the city | B．on the farm | | C．with his grandparents | D．away from his parents |
小题2:The writer enjoyed his visits to the farm because .| A．there were old stone walls. | B．it was an exciting place for him. | | C．he liked his grandfather. | D．the living room there was clean |
小题3:The underlined word “approve” in paragraph 2 means .| A．prove | B．suppose | C．allow | D．mind |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that the writer was .| A．adventurous | B．funny | C．smart | D．talkative |
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You may picture firefighters holding a hose (水管) outside of a burning building, but the Golden Eagles Hotshots don’t fight fires quite that way. When they go into action, you may not even see a fire truck.
The Hotshots are firefighters who battle fires in wildness areas. But don’t think you’ll only find them in their home state California. Wherever there is a national wildfire emergency, the Golden Eagles Hotshots could be there.
But these firefighters don’t work the same way as firefighters in a big city. They work in areas where there are a large number of trees, bushes, and grass. They climb up and down steep hills to clear brush and burnable debris（残骸）. They sometimes use water, but they often fight fire with fire!
They do that by lighting what are called “backfires,” which are small, controlled fires that burn up fuel in the path of large wildfires. That way, when the wildfire gets there, it has nothing to burn and nowhere to go, because all the burnable fuel has already gone up in smoke.
The Hotshots also clear away fuel using old-fashioned hard work. For example, they use a saw to cut away trees and heavy brush that could catch fire.
Of course there are times when the Golden Eagles Hotshots do have trucks to supply water to the fires. But the water is limited, and these guys have to rely on hard work more than anything. Physical fitness is very important. They have to be in great physical shape to handle steep hills and difficult terrain(地形) while carrying a 60-pound pack.
The Golden Eagles Hotshots definitely work hard for their pay. But thanks to their efforts, many lives have been saved, many houses have not burned, and countless trees are still standing.
小题1:67. The firefighters mentioned in the passenger. | A．do much of their work in California | | B．avoid climbing steep hills in their work | | C．do their work equipped with advanced tools. | | D．carry out their work mostly in forests and mountains. |
小题2:68. According to the passage, why do the firefighters light “backfires”?| A．To signal for help. | B．To remove obstacles. | | C．To protect trees and bushes. | D．To prevent the fire from spreading. |
小题3:69. What can we learn about the Golden Eagles Hotshots?| A．They are firefighters working in big cities. | | B．Their work requires physical strength. | | C．They are voluntary firefighters working for free. | | D．They usually hold a hose to put out the fires. |
小题4:70. What is the author’s attitude towards the Golden Eagles Hotshots?| A．Appreciative | B．Doubtful | C．Worried | D．Critical |
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